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What Book are you Currently reading? |
 Oct 24 2007, 08:52 AM
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 T.V'S AGONY UNCLE  Group: Global Moderator Posts: 1,359 Joined: 14-August 07 From: liverpool,england Member No.: 20  |
QUOTE (IceAngels @ Oct 24 2007, 02:28 AM)  Currently reading Lightning - Dean Koontz On the night of Laura Shane's birth, a stranger appears from the lightning to prevent her delivery's being botched by an alcoholic physician. Throughout Laura's childhood the stranger reappears at times of danger. He protects rather than threatens, yet menace seems to follow him. Thirty years later another storm flashes and the stranger collapses, shot, at Laura's door. Now Laura protects her erstwhile guardian from mysterious hunters. He reveals that he and the hunters are time travelers. Laura, quick-witted and brave, leads the way to a bloody showdown. The paradox in time travel's tampering with history provides an interesting twist in this gripping thriller by a popular writer. What a book IceAngels Lightning is my favourite fiction book of all time,must have read it 10 times 
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Oct 24 2007, 09:41 AM
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Administrator Group: Root Admin Posts: 326 Joined: 3-August 07 Member No.: 1 |
I read it years ago (15 or so) and it was the book that got me hooked on to Dean Koontz. I honestly do not remember the story though.
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Oct 24 2007, 09:49 AM
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T.V'S AGONY UNCLE Group: Global Moderator Posts: 1,359 Joined: 14-August 07 From: liverpool,england Member No.: 20 |
QUOTE (Grinler @ Oct 24 2007, 03:41 PM) I read it years ago (15 or so) and it was the book that got me hooked on to Dean Koontz. I honestly do not remember the story though. I would recommend reading it again grinler ,fantastic story. There were rumours a couple of years back that a movie would be made,no news of that lately. I would rush to see it if it's ever made. While on the subject have you read twighlight eyes by Dean Koontz another great read. -------------------- god my head hurts
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Oct 24 2007, 09:11 PM
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 Venting Addict Group: Members Posts: 959 Joined: 21-October 07 From: Central NSW Australia Member No.: 173 |
a)New Passages, Gail Sheey, ... b)Grimms Fairy Tales, .... c)The Pendragon, Catherine Christian, ..... d)The Marian Conspiracy, Graham Phillips. Have been through several months of overdoing re-reads of Ian Fleming's "Bond", Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Matthew Reilly et al, so dug up a couple of oldy-but-goody's (b & c) and a couple that have been sitting on my bedside table for a long time, and am now getting round to reading them (a & d). The pleasure of getting back to Grimms (and they go a LONG way back!)has been surprising ... and I've always been a nutter for King Arthur/Merlin stories - got lotsa versions and one very old, very battered hard copy of Tennyson's Holy Grail and other poems, printed in 1870. The real joy of books, for me, is variety and I do like the "feel-good-at-the-end" stuff! Only problem is basically time - do most of my reading at night in bed, and get woken up by the 'thump' of the book as it hits the floor! 
-------------------- do what you will, but harm not yourself or any other
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Nov 27 2007, 01:53 PM
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 Advanced Venter Group: Members Posts: 298 Joined: 15-November 07 Member No.: 231 |
I just recently picked up "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" by Neitsche? (wierd name to spell). Very interesting philosophy.
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Nov 28 2007, 10:59 AM
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 Vented Out Group: Administrators Posts: 1,424 Joined: 10-August 07 From: USA Member No.: 8 |
One of Nietzsche's last books, Ecce Homo, included a chapter entitled, "Why I write such good books." Zarathustra inspired several classical musicians: Richard Strauss, Gustave Mahler, and Delius (the libretto for his "A Mass of Life" is taken from Also Sprache Zarathustra). Perhaps it is no coincidence that many musicians have been inspired by FWN, given his close (at least for a time) relationship with Wagner and Cosima--- N's first published work was "The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music."
Z -------------------- Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one should be silent.
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Dec 25 2007, 10:10 PM
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I'm rereading Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce. I just finished rereading Patricia Wrede's Mairelon the Magician and Magician's Ward.
Orange Blossom 
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Jan 18 2008, 02:55 AM
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 Venter Group: Members Posts: 73 Joined: 20-September 07 From: Finland Member No.: 53 |
I've started reading Melville's Moby Dick.. It's good although I didn't really have any expectations, so a positive surprise.
 Then I'll probably continue with Cussler's novels.
-------------------- Hi there, stranger!
 Which Final Fantasy Character Are You? The careful student of history will discover that Christianity has been of very little value in advancing civilization, but has done a great deal toward retarding it. ~ Matilda Joslyn Gage, suffragist |
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Feb 16 2008, 12:35 AM
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Venter Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 27-November 07 From: Boston, Massachussetts Member No.: 247 |
Well I just finished the ender/shadow series by Orson Scott Card and they were great books. I would recommend them to anybody.
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Feb 18 2008, 09:16 AM
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Advanced Venter Group: Members Posts: 298 Joined: 15-November 07 Member No.: 231 |
I thought Ender's Game to be good, and Ender's Shadow wasn't bad, but I found the rest to be disappointing. Especially "Speaker for the Dead." But I would recommend the first two mentioned.
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Feb 22 2008, 09:19 PM
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Venting Addict Group: Members Posts: 959 Joined: 21-October 07 From: Central NSW Australia Member No.: 173 |
I have enjoyed a lot of books in all genres, but have just finished one that really earns the title "gripping" - it's "By the light of the moon" by Dean Koontz - I really had trouble putting tis one down. Anyone else read it? If so, what did you think of it?
-------------------- do what you will, but harm not yourself or any other
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Feb 24 2008, 03:56 AM
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 Venter Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: 5-September 07 From: Hamburg, Germany Member No.: 40 |
Meh, I meant to start reading a "fresh" book for ages. Unfortunately its just lying on my desk here, waiting to be opened
 . Its called "Memed, my hawk."
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Feb 24 2008, 10:58 AM
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Vented Out Group: Administrators Posts: 1,424 Joined: 10-August 07 From: USA Member No.: 8 |
I have been reading (on-line) Grant's Memoirs. Fascinating stuff.
Z -------------------- Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one should be silent.
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Mar 17 2008, 06:06 PM
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I'm currently reading Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce. It is the 4th book in her Song of the Lioness quartet.
Orange Blossom
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Mar 18 2008, 08:39 AM
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Advanced Venter Group: Members Posts: 298 Joined: 15-November 07 Member No.: 231 |
I'm just about to finish "The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" that contains five novels and a short story from the same author and characters. Undoubtedly the funniest series I've ever read.
If you're a fan of British humor, definitely pick it up. |
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