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Post by Ramplate on May 6, 2016 23:52:39 GMT -5
Chrichton books had style.
Right now I'm listening to two books (haven't finished Skin Collector), and reading one.
I finished The Entity by Frank de Felitta. Much more story than the movie.
And I finished Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet Washington.
That is a fascinating book about the abuses of medical studies and military biological weaponry experimentation on Blacks and Hispanics in this country. Very shocking to find that the Tuskegee Syphillis Project was just the tip of the iceberg. When I start up my Bottom Feeders thread again you will see what I mean.
Right now I'm trying to listen to the end of One Breath Away by M William Phelps. The story of "Hiccup Girl" and how she went from media darling to life without parole.
And I'm reading Bloody Mary, Book 1 Mary: The Summoning by Hillary Monahan
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Post by Jibbs on May 7, 2016 0:12:21 GMT -5
I dunno, PKD sure had style. Vonnegut.
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Post by Ramplate on May 7, 2016 6:25:55 GMT -5
PKD
Polycystic Kidney Disease? Oh, Philip K Dick
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Post by Justin on May 8, 2016 6:21:52 GMT -5
PKD is one of my favorite writers (made me love reality-bending, science-fiction, and paranoia in literature). Vonnegut is as well.
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Post by Justin on May 8, 2016 7:34:06 GMT -5
Nice Justin . What's the USP for that version? Not many details on Amazon. ISBN: 9780544273443 I pulled it from Barnes & Noble. |
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Post by Deexan on May 8, 2016 17:32:50 GMT -5
Why must they tease us so..... Jibbs |
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Post by Jibbs on May 8, 2016 23:10:10 GMT -5
I don't know.  |
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Post by Justin on May 31, 2016 18:07:39 GMT -5
Just finished Juventus: A History in Black and White by Adam Digby.
Next up is The Rim of Morning: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror by William Sloane. This is a must-read for fans of Lovecraft and weird fiction.
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Post by Deexan on Jun 5, 2016 12:01:00 GMT -5
Someone mentioned it a few months back. The $30m budget seems a bit low so I won't be getting my hopes up too much, will check it out once a subtitled version becomes available though!
July release date in China.
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Post by Jibbs on Jun 5, 2016 23:13:03 GMT -5
Oh I bet the budget is low.
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Post by Justin on Jun 6, 2016 13:16:01 GMT -5
Currently reading Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine (graphic novel), Imajica by Clive Barker, and The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert.
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Post by frankyt on Jun 7, 2016 0:35:55 GMT -5
A General Theory Of Love
Mind blowing in a way.
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Post by Justin on Jul 3, 2016 18:31:01 GMT -5
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl and Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli (finished last night).
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Post by Ramplate on Jul 9, 2016 11:27:40 GMT -5
Currently I'm reading Audrey Rose by Frank De Felitta
But I've been going through lots of other books about Japan in WWII, the underground railroad, the USS Indianapolis tragedy, the supernatural, and others
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Post by Ramplate on Jul 13, 2016 8:57:01 GMT -5
Finished listening to To Kill a mockingbird. Wow what a wonderful book. It's too bad she didn't write anything more of her own works during her lifetime .
I haven't listened to the other book yet. there was a big controversy over it, being a first draft of Mockingbird, and not really meant for publication.
Anyway, I'd call that one of the best books I've ever heard. Sissy. Spacek did a wonderful job of bringing Harper Lee's town to life.
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Post by Seakazoo on Jul 15, 2016 14:39:16 GMT -5
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
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Post by Ramplate on Jul 15, 2016 16:10:09 GMT -5
Finished Audrey Rose.
Bill was a freaking idiot.mi wanted to slap him upside the head.
Good book
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Post by Seakazoo on Jul 18, 2016 19:40:10 GMT -5
I finished The Wasp Factory today so now it's time to start Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.
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Post by Justin on Aug 4, 2016 15:00:13 GMT -5
Caliban's War (The Expanse) by James S. A. Corey
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Post by Jibbs on Aug 5, 2016 18:35:04 GMT -5
Did I read...the book that hasn't come out yet?
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Post by Deexan on Aug 5, 2016 21:35:57 GMT -5
The Japanese version came out years ago....you tool! Translation is coming in September. FFS Jibbs. |
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Post by Jibbs on Aug 5, 2016 22:05:15 GMT -5
I can't read Japanese, idiot!
And I think you mean Chinese.
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