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Re: Good Books

Postby Troll » Sun Sep 11, 2011 12:01 pm

Mother Night is really cool and Slaughterhouse-Five is one of my favourite Vonnegut books. Slapstick and Deadeye Dick are also very good.

Finally started Harry Potter 7. I'm planning to watch the films as well.
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Re: Good Books

Postby Megrimmtroll » Wed Sep 14, 2011 4:18 pm

Have just finished reading "Northern Lights" by Philip Pullman, a very good book indeed! It has lot of depth and plenty of back story going on. Lots of wit too and really gritty written with a great imagination I also liked the political machinations in the story line as well, I will be getting the other two books in the series!! :D

Same as Troll going to read "The Deathly Hallows" to refresh my memory for the second part of the film comes out on DVD :ugeek:
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Re: Good Books

Postby CymrianBard » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:02 pm

I loved the Northern Lights books, shame about the film :cry:

I'm currently reading the Finnish epic poem Kalevala. Truly epic! Also tracked down a book I read as a teen and was convinced was called Ragnarok - it's not, it's a romance, and it should arrive soon so I can read it again :D
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Re: Good Books

Postby kituvan_kiitos » Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:37 am

CymrianBard wrote:I'm currently reading the Finnish epic poem Kalevala. Truly epic! Also tracked down a book I read as a teen and was convinced was called Ragnarok - it's not, it's a romance, and it should arrive soon so I can read it again :D


I'm reading something by Elias Lönnrot too: the Magic Songs of the Finns. I got a new edition of it last week.

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Re: Good Books

Postby Mats Sundin » Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:35 am

CymrianBard wrote:I loved the Northern Lights books, shame about the film :cry:

+1 How did they fuck up such a great story?

i'm reading Moonlight Mile which is a sequel to gone baby gone,and like it is not a happy story.well written though.
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Re: Good Books

Postby WiCkEdRock » Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:46 pm

Troll wrote: Hétszűnyűkaponyányimonyók. Nice name.


Is it weird that I knew how to pronounce this? Black Metal legend Attila Csihar teaches Hungarian: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BPflitslGo
Yes, this is one of the weirder albums in my CD collection. Despite the popularity of Tormentor's Anno Domini, no one has heard Recipe Ferrum. One of the tracks is just heavy metal with lyrics straight up being about H.C. Andersen's Little Match Girl.

The library finally got the 12th book of the Wheel of Time series back, so I'll be reading that this weekend. So far it'll be the first book that I haven't actually read before, and the first book co-authored by Brandon Sanderson. They got explosives in the 11th book, shit just got real!
I bet that piece of shit who had the book before me is gonna take like two god damn months to read the 13th book.
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Re: Good Books

Postby WiCkEdRock » Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:08 pm

Ärväthyyll wrote:Before you go all "Jackass? Booo!"


I grew up watching/listening to a lot of CKY (awesome prank calls), Jackass and other related projects, so I'll probably give that bio a go. No need to excuse yourself, if it's wrong to almost die laughing at people puking out two gallons of milk then I don't want to be right.
I also love reading bios about the absolute debauchery that is people living the rock'n'roll lifestyle, which Steve-O certainly has some experience with. :D

I read most of Marilyn Manson's bio recently, but eh.. The life and times of trying too hard.
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Re: Good Books

Postby Mats Sundin » Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:30 am

marilyn manson was really funny.sometimes he meant to be.his list of what makes you gay is classic.

sorry for the crap on this page
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Re: Good Books

Postby WiCkEdRock » Sat Sep 24, 2011 6:11 am

Yeah, he's pretty funny at least. More respects to that guy than most artists, his interviews actually have a point.
Are you drunk Mats you've been posting like a demon
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Re: Good Books

Postby Troll » Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:43 pm

WiCkEdRock wrote:Black Metal legend Attila Csihar teaches Hungarian: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BPflitslGo

OMG, the dreadful Kaponyányimonyók is hungry!

I'm reading Alexandre Dumas: The Black Tulip. It's very exciting as all of his books.
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