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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #195 - Jul 17^th, 2014 at 8:19pm I am currently reading a Karin Slaughter novel... 'Genesis'. Have already been through earlier novels.... If you want to get a handle on how sick some people are.. read some of her novels. Highly recommended.
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Reply #196 - Jul 17^th, 2014 at 8:34pm

Emma wrote on Jul 17^th, 2014 at 8:15pm:

Annie Anthrax wrote on Jul 17^th, 2014 at 7:58pm:

I've just finished 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' which I absolutely loved and have just started 'Deliverance.'

So far, so good.

Next on my list is Huxley's 'Brave New World.'

Yes I read Deliverance many yrs (decades) ago ...scary stuff... the movie was pretty good actually..

Brave New World..... again.. read many yrs ago... but definitely worth it.

Have you read Animal House..? by Hmm jeez there goes the memory.

Do you mean Orwell's Animal Farm? I started it, but couldn't get into it. I enjoyed 1984 though. I should probably give Animal Farm another crack. I like dystopian novels. 'The Handmaid's Tale' is one of my favourite reads ever.

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Emma Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9853 OZ Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #197 - Jul 17^th, 2014 at 8:38pm Animal Farm is definitely worth another go ...
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Reply #198 - Jul 17^th, 2014 at 8:43pm

if u r interested in old S-F try Clifford D Simak..

He wrote many visionary tales... All Flesh is Grass, among many...

and highly recommended if you can find it CITY.

Sort of a segue to Animal Farm..

City is about when DOGS... intelligent wise DOGS are the dominant life-form... after humans had shot their wad.

Fascinating.

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Reply #199 - Jul 17^th, 2014 at 8:51pm

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jul 12^th, 2014 at 10:04pm:

Re-reading Frederick Forsyth's The Day of the Jackal.

I think probably the best book I have read.

Some years ago I read a collection of his short stories. An absolute master.

Being a thoroughly with-it, modern guy, I would also like to recommend the following on iTunes:

Prominent authors reading their favourite short stories published in the The New Yorker.

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Annie Anthrax Gold Member Offline Take the plan, spin it sideways Posts: 7057 Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #200 - Jul 17^th, 2014 at 9:17pm Soren wrote on Jul 17^th, 2014 at 8:51pm: Being a thoroughly with-it, modern guy Yes, you're one cool cat, daddy-o.
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Soren Gold Member Offline Posts: 25654 Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #201 - Jul 17^th, 2014 at 9:36pm Annie Anthrax wrote on Jul 17^th, 2014 at 9:17pm: Soren wrote on Jul 17^th, 2014 at 8:51pm: Being a thoroughly with-it, modern guy Yes, you're one cool cat, daddy-o. Yes, dreaming of lions soon.
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Annie Anthrax Gold Member Offline Take the plan, spin it sideways Posts: 7057 Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #202 - Jul 17^th, 2014 at 9:54pm May you be neither destroyed nor defeated.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #203 - Jul 18^th, 2014 at 11:12am Next on my list is Huxley's 'Brave New World.' The word "pneumatic" comes to mind from that book. I think I was too young to know what he was talking about at the time. I seem to remember he died from an overdose of LSD.
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Reply #204 - Jul 18^th, 2014 at 4:23pm

I was reading up on Hitler. Then I stopped at his political era to start reading a book on JFK. Got about as far as his governorship, and stopped reading. Picked up a book on Napoleon. Read as far as his teenaged years as a military officer cadet. Put that down to start reading John Douglas "Mindhunter". Don't know which book to finish reading.

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Reply #205 - Jul 18^th, 2014 at 5:47pm

UnSubRocky wrote on Jul 18^th, 2014 at 4:23pm:

I was reading up on Hitler. Then I stopped at his political era to start reading a book on JFK. Got about as far as his governorship, and stopped reading. Picked up a book on Napoleon. Read as far as his teenaged years as a military officer cadet. Put that down to start reading John Douglas "Mindhunter". Don't know which book to finish reading.

That could be a consequence of internet usage. People get so used to getting entire stories or concepts in short bites that restlessness sets in with anything more substantial.

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Reply #206 - Jul 18^th, 2014 at 6:26pm

Annie Anthrax wrote on Jul 18^th, 2014 at 5:47pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Jul 18^th, 2014 at 4:23pm:

I was reading up on Hitler. Then I stopped at his political era to start reading a book on JFK. Got about as far as his governorship, and stopped reading. Picked up a book on Napoleon. Read as far as his teenaged years as a military officer cadet. Put that down to start reading John Douglas "Mindhunter". Don't know which book to finish reading.

That could be a consequence of internet usage. People get so used to getting entire stories or concepts in short bites that restlessness sets in with anything more substantial.

Yes, easier to Google.

Books require focus and you can't click.

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Reply #207 - Jul 18^th, 2014 at 6:56pm

Soren wrote on Jul 18^th, 2014 at 6:26pm:

Annie Anthrax wrote on Jul 18^th, 2014 at 5:47pm:

UnSubRocky wrote on Jul 18^th, 2014 at 4:23pm:

I was reading up on Hitler. Then I stopped at his political era to start reading a book on JFK. Got about as far as his governorship, and stopped reading. Picked up a book on Napoleon. Read as far as his teenaged years as a military officer cadet. Put that down to start reading John Douglas "Mindhunter". Don't know which book to finish reading.

That could be a consequence of internet usage. People get so used to getting entire stories or concepts in short bites that restlessness sets in with anything more substantial.

Yes, easier to Google.

Books require focus and you can't click.

The best and worst thing about reading is getting lost in the story or language. Books that you take to bed and you struggle to stay awake to finish the chapter, with longer and longer blinks of the eye til you're waking up and didn't even realise you were drifting off. Or ones that make a telephone call or knock on the door seem like major irritations.

It's pretty cool when you think about it.

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Reply #208 - Jul 18^th, 2014 at 7:48pm

Annie Anthrax wrote on Jul 17^th, 2014 at 8:34pm:

Emma wrote on Jul 17^th, 2014 at 8:15pm:

Annie Anthrax wrote on Jul 17^th, 2014 at 7:58pm:

I've just finished 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' which I absolutely loved and have just started 'Deliverance.'

So far, so good.

Next on my list is Huxley's 'Brave New World.'

Yes I read Deliverance many yrs (decades) ago ...scary stuff... the movie was pretty good actually..

Brave New World..... again.. read many yrs ago... but definitely worth it.

Have you read Animal House..? by Hmm jeez there goes the memory.

Do you mean Orwell's Animal Farm? I started it, but couldn't get into it. I enjoyed 1984 though. I should probably give Animal Farm another crack. I like dystopian novels. 'The Handmaid's Tale' is one of my favourite reads ever.

Animal Farm is a great read.

It's only short, so it won't take too long.

'The Handmaid's Tale' - wonderful book. Thanks for reminding me - I might read that again.

Currently reading (among about 7 other books) Personal History - Katharine Graham.

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Reply #209 - Jul 18^th, 2014 at 8:02pm

greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 18^th, 2014 at 7:48pm:

Annie Anthrax wrote on Jul 17^th, 2014 at 8:34pm:

Emma wrote on Jul 17^th, 2014 at 8:15pm:

Annie Anthrax wrote on Jul 17^th, 2014 at 7:58pm:

I've just finished 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' which I absolutely loved and have just started 'Deliverance.'

So far, so good.

Next on my list is Huxley's 'Brave New World.'

Yes I read Deliverance many yrs (decades) ago ...scary stuff... the movie was pretty good actually..

Brave New World..... again.. read many yrs ago... but definitely worth it.

Have you read Animal House..? by Hmm jeez there goes the memory.

Do you mean Orwell's Animal Farm? I started it, but couldn't get into it. I enjoyed 1984 though. I should probably give Animal Farm another crack. I like dystopian novels. 'The Handmaid's Tale' is one of my favourite reads ever.

Animal Farm is a great read.

It's only short, so it won't take too long.

'The Handmaid's Tale' - wonderful book. Thanks for reminding me - I might read that again.

Currently reading (among about 7 other books) Personal History - Katharine Graham.

Is it good? I struggle with proper autobiographies. Even Stephen Fry's which I thought I'd love. The only one I've ever really enjoyed was Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis, which was totally unexpected.

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