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What book(s) do you plan to read?

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I'm tending towards T.E. Lawrence's Seven pillars of wisdom.

Michael Scheurer, in his Imperial hubris reminded me of a noteworthy
quote from that book -
All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night, in the dusty recesses of their minds, awake in the day to find that it was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes to make it reality.

T.E. Lawrence
Of late ( at least this year ) I've been doing alot of "dreaming" during
the day.

It should make for a good read.

Any others?

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I am going to read something from R. E. Feist... Fantastic fantasy writer.
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"The System Of The World", the third volume of Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle.
Recommended for anyone interested in swashbuckling/adventure novels with a lot of science and history thrown in. I wonder how long the research for the trilogy took, it's intricate and detailed. :)
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I recently started The Golden compass by Joseph Pullman I believe. a plan on reading the whole series of three through the holidays. And finishing the first one. in time to watch, the upcoming movie based on the novel which looks pretty good. This the book is well-done so far reminds me a lot of Charles Dickens with a serious dose of sci-fi fantasy thrown in. this
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Hi Allen,
Books... there's nothing better to the mind like reading books. :)
First, as soon as I can get them, the prequel(s) to the Dune series, written by Brian Herbert (like House Atreides, House Harkonnen, House Corinno, Legends of Dune aso.).
Second, there would be Eric van Lustbader's "Sunset Warrior" series.
I also heard the Nicholas Linnear trilogy (by the same Eric van Lustbader) has in fact four parts - so I'll try to spot the missing fourth book :)
Happy reading, fellow bookworms! ;)
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By William Stevenson , it will give you a whole new thought on the past and possibly how we are failing now . MG2
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ok, I just started Dracula again,

I swear, drop me on a deserted island and I will be reciting it...
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Fixing to start on Ludlum's Bourne trilogy.
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JBE - you'll like Ludlum's writing, very good. I collect the Travis McGee novels by John D. MacDonald I'm re-reading two or three of those while I take time off at Christmas. Enjoy you're books everyone :)
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I've been reading quite a bit of Dick Marcinko's books lately. His writing style is unique, to say the least.
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druid wrote:I recently started The Golden compass by Joseph Pullman I believe. a plan on reading the whole series of three through the holidays. And finishing the first one. in time to watch, the upcoming movie based on the novel which looks pretty good. This the book is well-done so far reminds me a lot of Charles Dickens with a serious dose of sci-fi fantasy thrown in. this
I just started reading this trilogy as well. About half way throug the first one. Plan on seeing the movie next week.
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My reading list:

Hannibal
The Call Of Cthulhu
The Portrait Of Dorian Gray
All Edgar Allen Poe
Necronomicon

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LOOKABIRD wrote:My reading list:

Hannibal
The Call Of Cthulhu
The Portrait Of Dorian Gray
All Edgar Allen Poe
Necronomicon

Tom
I didn't want to finish Hannibal,
Portrait of Dorian Gray is GREAT! won't take long either.
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Trying to find this elusive book:

Happy Wife, Happy Life - by Utopia Man

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The Mechanic's Tale by Steve Matchett
Hooker by Lou Thesz (if I can ever find a reasonably priced copy)
Another Man's Poison by Charles Fountain
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jujigatame wrote:Hooker by Lou Thesz
that sounds interesting, I want to say that I've actually read
a little bit of it.

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Soon i get a book about bowie knifes, this one:
http://www.amazon.de/Bowie-Primer-Era-K ... 770&sr=1-9

Then i´m thinking of reading the Bushido, but have to buy it first :)
I´m on Clive Barkers Books of Blood, i read it once already, but it´s a very good book, since this whole book are basicly just a whole of short stories.

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Argento wrote:´m on Clive Barkers Books of Blood, i read it once already, but it´s a very good book, since this whole book are basicly just a whole of short stories.

Best wishes Robert
I'm a big fan of Clive Barker,
I've read Books of Blood and his other works in comic book format,
and I enjoy his movies.

Hellraiser series and Night Breed.

Take care Robert,
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knife afficiendos take note...

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Here's one I've gotta get to sooner or later...

http://www.amazon.com/Knife-Fighting-Pr ... 875&sr=1-2

No use carrying'em if you don't know how to use them in self defense.

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All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night, in the dusty recesses of their minds, awake in the day to find that it was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes to make it reality.

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LOOKABIRD wrote:My reading list:
Hannibal
excellent read...way better than the movie, and more believable IMO. :)

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