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colin1
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PostPosted: 21:24 - 17 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
zen and the art of motorcylce maintenance is good

part roadtrip and part philosophy

i havent read it for ages and shd get it again
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PostPosted: 18:54 - 18 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
palmer wrote:
Try socialising.

Try reading. Wink
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PostPosted: 19:00 - 18 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Another couple, 'Born Free' (read it first when I was 7 or so, but still a good book from what I remember).
True story about a pet lion and the family it is living with in Africa. And interesting view of a different life style to anything you might have in the UK.

Incompetence by Rob Grant (of Red Dwarf fame).
A lot of bits scarily close to the way the world works in a very dark comedy.
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PostPosted: 17:56 - 20 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
G wrote:
Another couple, 'Born Free' (read it first when I was 7 or so, but still a good book from what I remember).
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I know he's not pretending to be clever, but geez give the poor simpleton some credit Wink Wink
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PostPosted: 20:40 - 21 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
I now have a nice pile of books on top of the TV, cheers people Smile
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PostPosted: 20:53 - 21 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
mr jamez wrote:
I now have a nice pile of books on top of the TV, cheers people Smile

Did you get any Joyce?
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mr jamez
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PostPosted: 21:04 - 21 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not yet, I might pop to some book shops next weekend if I have time. I purchased the others on ebay but the postage was double the price of the books so arses to that.
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PostPosted: 21:42 - 21 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
What did you pick?
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PostPosted: 21:47 - 21 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
colin1 wrote:


there is stuff in the dvds which isnt in the book, and stuff in the book which isnt in the dvds, so its nice to have both




Spot on colin Thumbs Up

With having both the book and dvd, you do a complete view of the whole trip Thumbs Up

Also with having the book, its nice to let the imagination run wild and imagine how you think the scenary looks, and then seeing how it actually looks on the dvd
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PostPosted: 21:50 - 21 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
I went through a bit of a 'classics' phase a while ago (no, not the trainer) and read War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, 1984, Animal Farm, Hitch Hikers Guide (for the millonth time) and the first two books in the 'Foundation' series.

I became an Asimov fan as soon as I started reading 'Foundation', when I get some time I want to re-read the two books I have and find a copy of the third (Second Foundation). So they'd be my recommendations Smile

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PostPosted: 11:25 - 22 Oct 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut.

Its about....the bombing of Dresden in WW2, time travel, aliens, optometry, reality perception, philosophy, and about a million other things. And its a tiny book, only about 250 pages, but i've seen study guides for it that were 800 pages.

In short, its a readable masterpiece.

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TheShaggyDA wrote:
What did you pick?


Thomas covenant trilogy
1984
coming up for air
Down and out in Paris and London
Fatherland
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The stars my destination
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