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Ikareta Baby
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Joined: Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:08 pm
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Location: Electric Heavyland
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Taking a break from the bombastic coventions of the russian vernacular by re-reading a collection of Robert Hayden poems. He is still my favorite American Poet :]
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Alero
rookie jet
Joined: Thu Jan 26, 2006 3:16 am
Posts: 212
Location: In the contents of my infinitual mind
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White Oleander. It's a pleasant book.
I am also finishing Tale of Two Cities, but that's for school which makes it a second read.
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pokemon master
stalker
Joined: Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:00 pm
Posts: 947
Location: San Francisco
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The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion
This book is crazy........ its not a fantasy book its actually a detailed instructional book on how to take over the world. and im serious. written by some russian anti-semetic guy. its really quite interesting.
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CUBICLE FIGHT.
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GoldenRhino
...don't give a fuck
Joined: Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:20 am
Posts: 5745
Location: vancouver
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Fight Club, by Chuck Palaniuk.
Needs no explanation at all.
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robotic
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Joined: Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:37 am
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Location: ontario, canada
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history textbooks. research :D
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zenkalia
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Joined: Wed Mar 16, 2005 5:40 am
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i just finished [i]how to kill a rockstar[/i] and now i'm reading [i]beloved[/i] and a plethora of books about hackers for research 
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"In the end, it is my wish that there will be no more secrets worth keeping, and no more fear worth running from...all that should remain is the clear heart and a vibrant joy, and of course, music..." -Billy Corgan
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Jomei
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Joined: Sat Jan 15, 2005 10:52 pm
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Short stories. So far I've read Powder, Prue, the Purloined Letter, and Revelation. I'm reading Updike's A&P for monday.
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GoldenRhino
...don't give a fuck
Joined: Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:20 am
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Location: vancouver
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Graham Greene: The Quiet American
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Joyeuse
Doutei So Young
Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2005 6:29 pm
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On the Road, by Kerouac, for my American Lit class. Also Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke.
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Kozumou
vain dog
Joined: Sat Mar 18, 2006 8:59 pm
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Location: Maine or Massachusetts, USA
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[i]The Kite Runner[/i] by Khaled Hosseini
I'm reading it for school, but my teachers actually decided to pick a book that was recently written (2003), and it's awesome. I'd recommend it to anyone so far.
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Kyoko
vain dog
Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2005 6:36 pm
Posts: 336
Location: le synthetic flying machine
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[quote="Joyeuse"]On the Road, by Kerouac[/quote]
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Uhm uhm as for meeee I ordered two books by Albert Camus (L'Etranger anddd La Chute). Am I fluent enough in French to read them? Probably not. Do I care? Nup.
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Jomei
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Why not just go down to the local library and pick up the newer english translation?  The Stranger takes less than a day to read.
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Kyoko
vain dog
Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2005 6:36 pm
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Location: le synthetic flying machine
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Translations are for lame-os. :o It's probably because I'm an obnoxious elitist kid, but when I can I prefer to read stuff in its original language. That and it's good for vocabulary buildingggg! >:D
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Jomei
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The newer translation is excellent. Building your French vocab is a good excuse, though. Personally, I'd rather read a book like The Stranger in my native language in order to more effectively absorb the theme, but suit yourself. Either way, a French copy would be cool to have. 
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discovolante
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Joined: Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:56 pm
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Location: beaver this, beaver that
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[i]Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World[/i] by Haruki Murakami, per terra's request.
Didn't grab me right away, but now I'm about 50-60 pages into it and I'm loving it.
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[quote="Lesser_Hamster"][i]Sawao utters a chilling whisper through the bathroom door; it's so faint that Manabe almost misses it.
"I WANNA BE YOUR GENTLE MAN."[/i][/quote]
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