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Just began my annual re-reading of the H2G2 series. Almost done with H2G2, then on to The Restaurant.

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"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule."--H.L. Mencken

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Recently begun reading (that is, actually reading, if you understand what I mean) the Canon for the first time in English. Just finished Restaurant, having a short break before Life... to study for exams.

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Well what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today!

i´m with book 14 in the aubrey/maturin series, "the nutmeg of consolation". 14 books and the series has lost nothing of its momentum, neither have the characters lost their appeal. 6 more to look forward to!

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"The human gene pool needs more lifeguards!
Either that or stronger chlorination...." (Pitbull)

I finished three books while in Poland. "Lord of the Rings" part I by J.R.R. Tolkien, "Hells Angels" by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson and "The Right Stuff" by Tom Wolfe.



Actually I cheated. I had already read half of LOTR at home.



I will soon reread "The Rum Diary" by Hunter S. Thompson.

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Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.

-H.L. Mencken


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Just finished "First Man in Rome" by Colleen McCullough. It took my half a semester because I'm so busy. And then I read like 7 books over Spring Break (including the first Hitchhiker). I'm going with The Grass Crown by McCullough for the second half.

I don't count all the books I have to read for school as books I'm reading.

Just started

Had this book for a while, at last felt the urge to start it.

And wow, he writes well. I can relate to his thought processes far more than I expected to....

Only 3 chapters in so far....I hope that the wallowing in self-pity subsides a little, but so far it's good stuff.

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The drug purportedly affected an area of the brain called "Shatner's Bassoon"

I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.
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Im reading The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer.

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"Poo" -- Hungry Joe January 7th, 1923

Just started The Killing of Worlds by Scott Westerfeld.

This one won't take long. It moves at such a furious pace, and yet crams a mountain of
fascinating ideas into each page, that I'm not going to be able to put it down until it's consumed.

A curious twist on the idea of a planet-sized artificial intelligence, if you're interested. What if
your god was in your cell phone?

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Steal Compass. Drive North. Disappear.

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Just started - ashamed to admit - my first P. G. Wodehouse book (hey, I'm young, remember?), Carry on Jeeves.

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Sir Humphrey: With Trident we could obliterate the whole of Eastern Europe.
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You can't be a successful dictator and design women's underclothing. - Bertram Wooster, The Code of the Woosters

ah. there is only one P.G. Wodehouse book in English in my local library, and it's been rewritten to suit um young learners of English. There is one book translated into Norwegian at that same library, but I prefer reading books in their original language.

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Batman: Nobody wants war.

Robin: Gee, Batman. Belgravia's such a small country. We'd beat them in a few hours.

Batman: Yes, and then we'd have to support them for years.

Forunately, this Révbíró dude, the translator did a great job.

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Sir Humphrey: With Trident we could obliterate the whole of Eastern Europe.
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You can't be a successful dictator and design women's underclothing. - Bertram Wooster, The Code of the Woosters

Don't worry WT....I'm still a Wodehouse virgin too.

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The drug purportedly affected an area of the brain called "Shatner's Bassoon"

I used to think that the brain was the most wonderful organ in my body. Then I realized who was telling me this.
http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii297/h2g230/

Ditto. I keep meaning to try one. One of these days... Oh, well.

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"Madness is the first sign of dandruff." - Dr. John "Winston O'Boogie" Lennon

"I'm a pacifist. I don't believe in imaginary violence." - Paul Rudd in Role Models

Q: How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Fish.

Well, I finished the book and all I can say is WOW. Plum Glenville Wodehouse was certainly a master of everything that is in connection with writing! Superb character-descriptions and the awesome description of certain feelings that are really hard to describe.

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Sir Humphrey: With Trident we could obliterate the whole of Eastern Europe.
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You can't be a successful dictator and design women's underclothing. - Bertram Wooster, The Code of the Woosters

Ahem. Pelham Grenville Wodehouse...

Anyway, I just started Monstrous Regiment, by Pratchett.

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Before long now, I'll reach the age where farting will be an essential part of propulsion.
(...don't piss us off)

I know it's Pelhalm but according to IMDb, he called himself Plum... or maybe not Plum, I check it and I'll be back.

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Sir Humphrey: With Trident we could obliterate the whole of Eastern Europe.
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You can't be a successful dictator and design women's underclothing. - Bertram Wooster, The Code of the Woosters

Yes, Plum is an abbrevation of Pelham.

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Before long now, I'll reach the age where farting will be an essential part of propulsion.
(...don't piss us off)

Never heard the name Pelhalm before, so I couldn't really tell that it's the abbreviation of it...

Anyway, I've just noticed that You wrote the IMDb mini-biography!

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Sir Humphrey: With Trident we could obliterate the whole of Eastern Europe.
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You can't be a successful dictator and design women's underclothing. - Bertram Wooster, The Code of the Woosters

Ah yes! Hah! I'd forgotten that!

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Before long now, I'll reach the age where farting will be an essential part of propulsion.
(...don't piss us off)

The curse of fame.

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You can't be a successful dictator and design women's underclothing. - Bertram Wooster, The Code of the Woosters

He wrote one for Douglas also.

Yes, I knew that.

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You can't be a successful dictator and design women's underclothing. - Bertram Wooster, The Code of the Woosters

Oh
nevermind, then

yay, finished Mary Barton! For a book written in 1848, it wasn't that bad. Of course all the misery wasn't too pleasant to read about, but if it hadn't been there, 'twould have been a rather boring book

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Batman: Nobody wants war.

Robin: Gee, Batman. Belgravia's such a small country. We'd beat them in a few hours.

Batman: Yes, and then we'd have to support them for years.

For a book written in the 13th century, the Vulgata Circle kicks ass.

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Sir Humphrey: With Trident we could obliterate the whole of Eastern Europe.
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You can't be a successful dictator and design women's underclothing. - Bertram Wooster, The Code of the Woosters

For a book written in the 1st century*, the New Testament does a pretty good line in Science Fiction.



*If it was

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The Thirteenth Triskaidekaphobe
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Pride and Prejudice


It's boring me to death

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WWJD... for a Klondike bar?

How far have you got?
P&P was one of my set books for schol and I hated it but I re-read it after seeing the TV series and really enjoyed it.

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The Thirteenth Triskaidekaphobe
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So far...erm, the 4th chapter?? I put it down because it was really boring me to death..but i would try to pick it up again, sometime...

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WWJD... for a Klondike bar?

Well, the New Testament we know, was written around AD. 300-400.

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Sir Humphrey: With Trident we could obliterate the whole of Eastern Europe.
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You can't be a successful dictator and design women's underclothing. - Bertram Wooster, The Code of the Woosters

Or 9th Century
or 11th
or 15th
or 1968

who knows?

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The Thirteenth Triskaidekaphobe
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It was written somewhere between....past to present

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WWJD... for a Klondike bar?

Who knows, that's right. But it was most certainly created after the 4th century.

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Sir Humphrey: With Trident we could obliterate the whole of Eastern Europe.
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You can't be a successful dictator and design women's underclothing. - Bertram Wooster, The Code of the Woosters

started reading The Dice Man earlier today. Nearly at chapter 14 now, some 100 pages into the book. Seems alright, but so far it's not been as funny as I thought it would be (the one that recommended it said it was a very amusing book. still, 400 pages or so left, so lots can still happen )

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Batman: Nobody wants war.

Robin: Gee, Batman. Belgravia's such a small country. We'd beat them in a few hours.

Batman: Yes, and then we'd have to support them for years.

Just finished Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

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Still working through Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 but I'm also currently enjoying The Anthology at the End of the Universe.

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This has been another random act of nonsense.

Shouldn't this thread be in the Book forums?

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This has been another random act of nonsense.

It is.

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Sorry... been at the Ajax again.

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This has been another random act of nonsense.

TV Guide- May 24 2002!

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TERROR!
ADVENTURE!
CREATIONISTS!
BLOOD!
FOREVER!

erm ... why?

Ooh, me, too. Don't tell me how it ends!

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