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2 Jan 10 - 14:51
Seven thinking hats - De Bono

Psych next year will not be fun
Mindi Jackson , I think I'm in love. Now I just need to get famous.
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Nero Higher Spirit
2 Jan 10 - 16:25
Finished Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks
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Sentynel One with The Other Place
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2 Jan 10 - 16:28
rubberchickenben wrote:
Sentynel wrote:I read (and subsequently watched) Stardust by Neil Gaiman yesterday. =D
Haven't read it, but a damn good movie. The pirate captain reminded me of Julio Scoundrel of OotS fame.
Yes, me too. Very much so.

Book's definitely worth reading. Even better than the film.
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6 Jan 10 - 03:15
moved on to war of the worlds, hopefully better than the god awfull Tom Cruise film
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6 Jan 10 - 04:08
FuzzyLobster wrote:So it's a Canada-based deficiency?

Only one way to know. LUCIENE!?!
Don't worry i'm an American and I havn't read it. Reading Septimus Heap. A little young for me but I still like it. Dunno what i'm gonna read next. Any suggestions? I was considering Eragon.
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6 Jan 10 - 04:20
SevenPentacles wrote:
FuzzyLobster wrote:So it's a Canada-based deficiency?

Only one way to know. LUCIENE!?!
Don't worry i'm an American and I havn't read it. Reading Septimus Heap. A little young for me but I still like it. Dunno what i'm gonna read next. Any suggestions? I was considering Eragon.
Well, do you like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings?
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7 Jan 10 - 16:32
Try Eragon. It is not too bad.
Finished Kite Runner. T'was awesome! And, in a way, sad too. But I loved it.
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7 Jan 10 - 20:34
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby

Tried reading "Conversations with Crime Writers," but ended up giving up 100 pages in.

OMGGUYSLOOKIT.

*dies laughing*


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7 Jan 10 - 21:09
nathanielandbartimaeus wrote:Try Eragon. It is not too bad.
WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!??!
FuzzyLobster wrote:OMGGUYSLOOKIT.

*dies laughing*
YES Gladstone!



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7 Jan 10 - 21:26
Pfft. An elaborate hoax, no doubt.

Nero's probably one of the twelve. That's why this forum exists.


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8 Jan 10 - 01:25
Apollo wrote:
SevenPentacles wrote:
FuzzyLobster wrote:So it's a Canada-based deficiency?

Only one way to know. LUCIENE!?!
Don't worry i'm an American and I havn't read it. Reading Septimus Heap. A little young for me but I still like it. Dunno what i'm gonna read next. Any suggestions? I was considering Eragon.
Well, do you like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings?
Reading star wars = social suicide.
I got halfway through the story. I finished book 3 but couldn't really get into the later ones.
I'dve thought Gladstone or Sentynel would be one of the reasons.
8 Jan 10 - 01:31
Nero wrote:
nathanielandbartimaeus wrote:Try Eragon. It is not too bad.
WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!??!
I KNOW RIGHT!!!! IT'S AWESOME!!!!
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8 Jan 10 - 02:26
David Cat wrote:
Nero wrote:
nathanielandbartimaeus wrote:Try Eragon. It is not too bad.
WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!??!
I KNOW RIGHT!!!! IT'S AWESOME!!!!
Read the beach by Alex Garland or Perfume by Patrick Susskind then compare the writing to Eragon, all I'm saying.
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8 Jan 10 - 02:27
Ugh Perfume. What a stupid ending.


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8 Jan 10 - 02:29
you mean brilliant ending
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8 Jan 10 - 14:42
Asmoral_The_Resolute wrote:
David Cat wrote:
Nero wrote:
nathanielandbartimaeus wrote:Try Eragon. It is not too bad.
WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!??!
I KNOW RIGHT!!!! IT'S AWESOME!!!!
Read the beach by Alex Garland or Perfume by Patrick Susskind then compare the writing to Eragon, all I'm saying.
No, his writing is pretty poor. But the story isn't. I know a lot of it has been copied from Star Wars, but since I have not seen/read Star Wars, it doesn't seem like a repeat to me.
"If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination ... no more men!" - Einstein
"I like quoting Einstein. Know why? Because nobody dares contradict you." - Studs Terkel.
<@Ximenez> Sentynel: But i have a life? No. Qed.
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8 Jan 10 - 20:28
I can excuse borrowing the basic idea (Star Wars) or setting (LOTR) in a work if the writing is good and has enough original concepts. Paolini's definitely missing the first, but he's doing okay with the second. Still too derivative though.

Also the way he writes languages is all wrong. His languages are more of codes with new words substituting old ones instead of having a different structure. Not too important; but it's a point that's really bothered me.


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11 Jan 10 - 16:54
Yeah, like I said, his writing is bad.
Reading Japanese Wife by Kunal Basu (short stories).
"If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination ... no more men!" - Einstein
"I like quoting Einstein. Know why? Because nobody dares contradict you." - Studs Terkel.
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11 Jan 10 - 16:57
FuzzyLobster wrote:Also the way he writes languages is all wrong. His languages are more of codes with new words substituting old ones instead of having a different structure. Not too important; but it's a point that's really bothered me.
Oh come on, you can't expect the man to invent an actual new language, that's reserved for REALLY NERDY things like Star Trek :P
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11 Jan 10 - 17:26
David Cat wrote:
FuzzyLobster wrote:Also the way he writes languages is all wrong. His languages are more of codes with new words substituting old ones instead of having a different structure. Not too important; but it's a point that's really bothered me.
Oh come on, you can't expect the man to invent an actual new language, that's reserved for REALLY NERDY things like Star Trek :P
Or Lord of the Rings? =p
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