^^ I can send you a couple of Pern books. Which ones do you want?
That's hilarious.
What are you reading?
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My OU course book!
I'm reading Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell and The Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk. Cretinous, right? 
It's an improve-yourself-by-reading-works-that-challenge-your-opinions kind of thing. I read from Kirk in the mornings, with my coffee, and Sowell in the evenings, after supper.
It's an improve-yourself-by-reading-works-that-challenge-your-opinions kind of thing. I read from Kirk in the mornings, with my coffee, and Sowell in the evenings, after supper.
^^ Reading stuff that challenges your opinions is the opposite of cretinous. If you don't allow your beliefs to be challenged, you haven't earned them.
Ohhhh.....That's not what I meant...I have every Pern book ever written...I meant books in general; Sci-fi, fantasy...just NEW...
@ Ghostie and RJD: great minds!!! I have the complete series, too 
Splendid idea, actually - I haven't read them in years!
Splendid idea, actually - I haven't read them in years!
H.P. Lovecraft is breathtaking - strange how most people I meet have never heard of him. I read and re-read his books since I was like 14... anyway, glad to see I'm not the only one!
Miranda
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Ghost Ship by Diane Carey - it was the first of the TNG novels.
Oh, you're not the only one. There are plenty of Lovecraft fans out there. Have you ever seen these guys? Check out their DVDs and CDs.
Just finished Nairobi Heat, by Mukuma wa Ngugi. Interesting crime novel. Takes place in the US and, mostly, Kenya.
Am in the midst of Slow Burn, by Orrin de Forrest, about the CIA and the Vietnam War. Non-fiction. Or at least it's non-fiction to whatever degree one can trust a former CIA hotshot to write non-fiction.
Am in the midst of Slow Burn, by Orrin de Forrest, about the CIA and the Vietnam War. Non-fiction. Or at least it's non-fiction to whatever degree one can trust a former CIA hotshot to write non-fiction.
I am reading Bay of Fires by Poppy Gee. It is a murder mystery set in Tasmania.
My main problem with the book is that the author has blatantly based her plot on two well-known events that occurred in Tasmania in the 1990s - the murder of Italian tourist Victoria Cafasso and the disappearance of German tourist Nancy Grunwaldt, both of which are unsolved to this day. The similarities between the novel and the true life stories are so great that I feel like I am being dragged out of the story and thinking of Nancy and Victoria rather than the characters of Chloe and Anja. This probably would not be a problem for non-Tasmanians.
My main problem with the book is that the author has blatantly based her plot on two well-known events that occurred in Tasmania in the 1990s - the murder of Italian tourist Victoria Cafasso and the disappearance of German tourist Nancy Grunwaldt, both of which are unsolved to this day. The similarities between the novel and the true life stories are so great that I feel like I am being dragged out of the story and thinking of Nancy and Victoria rather than the characters of Chloe and Anja. This probably would not be a problem for non-Tasmanians.
I finished A Dance with Dragons last night. Now without any more A Song of Fire and Ice to read, I'm moving on to other things. So I'm going to read the Mike Piazza autobiography Long Shot, he is the retired catcher for the NY Mets. It will be my first 'real' book to read in a long time. For the last few years I have been reading everything on my iPad. However this was given to me as a birthday gift and I'm really looking forward to reading it. Mike Piazza was one of my favorite Mets.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Brinkmanship
I finished Manifold: Time this morning, and have started on Manifold: Origin. I have to say, some of the scenes in this series read like what I imagine watching the last third of 2001 on LSD must be like. My brain hurts.
I just finished 1632, in which redneck miners are thrown into the Thirty Years War and decide to rebuild 'merica -- from Europe! It's a ball.
