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I just make it up as I go along. I'm currently reading "It" by Stephen King so I may do some more King down the line but we'll have to see.
 
Maestro said:
Angry Angel said:
I intend to enjoy the Dune series on the balcony this Summer.
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Oh, don't do that. Just read Dune and stop. There were no other books. Neither Herbert, nor his kid, nor Kevin J. Anderson wrote any further books. Dune is one, self-contained book. Please heed my warning.
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:lol: no, sorry, but I'm afraid I'll be throwing your caution to the wind. But if it becomes too bad I can always introduce alcohol and numb the brain a bit.
 
I played the games and saw the mini-series and was reminded of it when we were in a sci fi bookstore so I figured I'd pick it up. It's definitely a bit out of there, but I tend to enjoy that sort of stuff. Hell, last book I actually finished and enjoyed reading was The Silmarillion ... guess I like torturing myself.
 
DarkHelmet said:
As of yesterday, I started to re-read the Wheel of Time series again, from start to finish.
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I was thinking about reading them again, but I'm missing three or four of the books...I think I loaned a couple out and never got them back, and a couple of them fell apart (even the hardcovers. wtf is that about?).
 
JimCasy said:
DarkHelmet said:
As of yesterday, I started to re-read the Wheel of Time series again, from start to finish.
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I was thinking about reading them again, but I'm missing three or four of the books...I think I loaned a couple out and never got them back, and a couple of them fell apart (even the hardcovers. wtf is that about?).
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Yeah, I wanted to do this to prep for what I THOUGHT was the final book, #12, coming out this fall. However, I just learned that the new author, Brian Sanderson, has decided to split this up into 3 books, so now there will be three more.

I expect to read the conclusion in... oh.... 2028. :scream:
 
I have to read so much for school that by the time I am off for a break I just can't bring myself to pick up a book. However, I really love reading and when I was a kid and teenager I read ALL the time, and rather quickly. Now I read very slowly and can't do it in spurts of a few minutes on the bus or while waiting, if I am going to read it needs to be for at least an hour or two.

I miss reading for pleasure and hopefully I get bored enough this summer that I will finish the book I started last year. After that I will read my Agatha Christie books. I have the entire Hercule Poirot series that I really want to get to, but I have only read 5 of them.
 
I'm mixing new novels, classic SF that I never got around to reading, and actual classics that I never got around to reading. :lol:

I'm almost done with Alfred Bester's "The Stars My Destination" right now - AWESOME book! Next up (in no particular order):

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith (I can't resist this concept! :guffaw: )

Blind Faith - Ben Elton

Anna Karenina - Tolstoy

Dandelion Wine - Ray Bradbury

Wake - Robert J. Sawyer

The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy

Portrait of a Lady - Henry James

... that will probably keep me busy for most of the summer. I don't have that much free time to read! :)
 
DarkHelmet said:
Yeah, I wanted to do this to prep for what I THOUGHT was the final book, #12, coming out this fall. However, I just learned that the new author, Brian Sanderson, has decided to split this up into 3 books, so now there will be three more.

I expect to read the conclusion in... oh.... 2028. :scream:
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Oh man, really? I hadn't looked into it for a while, but I was looking forward to finally finishing this series. I started reading it in 8th grade...I had no idea what I was getting into!
 
Im 5 pages into Twilight.. I hate it but i'm being pestered by a friend to read it.

I tend to read a lot of Star Trek books, I finished Metamorphosis a while back and i'm now reading Descent.
 
I read a lot of non-fiction and have 3 books on the go right now.

Word Freak - Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive SCRABBLE Players (Stefan Fatsis)

Last Chance to Eat - The Fate of Taste in a Fast Food World (Gina Mallet)

Get A Life! (Bill Shatner); this one is a re-read after I found it while editing my book stash recently.
 
Currently reading Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett.

Coming up:

Cabal by Clive Barker
Soul Music by Terry Pratchett
Resistance: The Gathering Storm by William C. Dietz
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
Diary by Chuck Palahniuk (again)
and, possibly, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
 
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