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  • Jam930
    FFR Player
    • Apr 2004
    • 1069

    #31
    RE: Re: RE: Reading List

    Oh... hah.

    It's a good book.


    Sorry... but you did make typo in the name which could have tragically thrown people way off... or maybe a little.
    -Jamie

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    • NaOTa4231
      FFR Player
      • Jun 2004
      • 743

      #32
      RE: Re: RE: Reading List

      Just finished Freakonomics. Not so sure what all the hype was about. Hopefully going to try and start A Clockwork Orange and Blink if I get time.


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      • mead1
        Cerebellumberjack
        FFR Simfile Author
        • Aug 2003
        • 3960

        #33
        RE: Re: RE: Reading List

        I just finished Flowers For Algernon, and right before that I read A Clockwork Orange. You won't be disapointted NaOT, it's a wonderful book (If a bit hard to read for the first few chapters).

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        • blahblah18
          FFR Player
          • Aug 2004
          • 1662

          #34
          RE: Re: RE: Reading List

          mead, now you're qualified to watch the movie
          but for now... postCount++

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          • iggymatrixcounter
            FFR Veteran
            • Nov 2003
            • 1924

            #35
            RE: Re: RE: Reading List

            A lighter, but funny book on the English language I found at the Library is <u>Armed Gunmen, True Facts, and Other Ridiculous Nonsense</u> by Richard Kallan

            Some of the funny things from it:

            Deliberate Lie- More forthright than the inadvertent lie
            Crazy Lunatic- Not a candidate for group therapy
            Stupid Idiot- Often found in the company of the moronic jerk and the idiotic moron
            Deadly Killer- A killer who's serious
            Terrible Tragedy- A tragedy that's no laughing matter
            Unsolved Problem- More problematic than a solved problem
            General Public- A public worthy of salute
            Original Founder-Forerunner to the second founder
            Personal Friend- A friend you actually know
            Jewish Rabbi- More authentic than a Catholic rabbi
            Inocent Bystander- A bystander inexperienced in the ways of the world
            Surviving Widow- The last one standing in an all-widow game of Russian roulette
            Unknown Stranger- A stranger without a nametag
            Approximately Around- Doubly unsure
            Clap with Both Hands- But not with all three
            Repeat Again- An encore presentation
            Weave In and Out- A unique way of weaving
            Circle Around- When circling square won't do
            Perfect Utopia- Better than a run-down Utopia
            Past History- History that's already happened
            Easter Sunday- Holier, and more convienient, than an Easter Wednesday
            Close Proximity- Nearer than distant proximity
            Each and Every- When you want to cover all your bases, twice
            Today's Soup du Jour- Fresher than yesterday's soup du jour
            Necessary Prerequisite- When manatory compliance isn't optional
            Fortunate Luck- More fortunitous than planned luck

            pretty much the whole book is full of these things and I thought they were hilarious
            lastfm
            PANDORA

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            • GuidoHunter
              is against custom titles
              • Oct 2003
              • 7371

              #36
              RE: Re: RE: Reading List

              I plan on rereading Black Beauty (screw you, that book was awesome when I read it years ago) and No Relation. Ever heard of it? Yeah, neither had I.

              You know those really old-looking books stores leave around to make something look more sophisticated? Well, I recently decided to start looking at them. Turns out most of them are just Readers Digest collections, but you find an occasional novel. I found one a while ago in a furniture store that looked really cool, but promptly forgot the name. Last weekend, I was in some store and I found the works of Voltaire, but some of the pages were bound together at the bottom. Very weird. But, there was No Relation, a book by E. Menot or Monot (I can't remember exactly).

              So, I've decided to read it since I haven't read a novel in a while.

              --Guido


              Originally posted by Grandiagod
              Originally posted by Grandiagod
              She has an asshole, in other pics you can see a diaper taped to her dead twin's back.
              Sentences I thought I never would have to type.

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              • stretchypanda
                shock me shock me
                • Sep 2004
                • 4123

                #37
                RE: Re: RE: Reading List

                Monot.

                I'm glad you found something valuable and the Polo Ralph Lauren Outlet. =)

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                • msbrunnettemickey
                  FFR Player
                  • Sep 2004
                  • 1780

                  #38
                  RE: Reading List '05

                  I finished the book The 5 people you meet in heaven.

                  Good book, i liked it a lot, it's a page-turner. I just think it was too short, i wanted to get more in the novel.

                  I also read On the street where you live by Mary Higgins Clark.

                  Very confusing book, but i got through it. It's a good mystery/suspense book.

                  It was also #1 New York Times bestseller.

                  בקצה השמיים, ובסוף המדבר, יש מקום רחוק מלא פרחי בר
                  מקום קטן, עלוב ומשוגע, מקום רחוק מקום לדאגה
                  יש אומרים שם שמשיקרה וחושבים אל כל מה שקרה
                  אלוהים שם יושב ורואה ושומר אל כל משברא
                  אסור לקטוף את פרחי הגן
                  אסור לקטוף את פרחי הגן
                  ודואג ודואג נורא

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                  • Cenright
                    You thought I was a GUY?!
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 3139

                    #39
                    RE: Reading List

                    I just started it, but I am in the book of Leviticus in the Bible.
                    http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...Cube_in_55.mpg

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                    • kickassbuddy
                      FFR Player
                      • Jun 2004
                      • 594

                      #40
                      RE: Reading List

                      Good books I have read: 1984, The Kite Runner, Quicksilver (927 pages with small font!), and thats about it.

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                      • russell35
                        FFR Player
                        • Jul 2004
                        • 47

                        #41
                        well i have read three books in my entire life

                        halo: the fall of reach
                        halo: the flood
                        halo:first strike

                        read them....do it.....or ill choke the fuck out of you

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                        • esupin
                          FFR Player
                          • Nov 2003
                          • 1756

                          #42
                          I'm reading some Agatha Christie books(The Hercule what's-his-last-name ones), which I highly recommend.
                          Also, I checked out Last of the Mohicans because I saw the movie a while back.

                          PS-The movie is great because Daniel Day Lewis absolutely nails the running-with-a-rifle-across-frontier-terrain-while-being-accompanied-by-superb-music scenes.

                          http://www.youtube.com/esupin

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                          • NaOTa4231
                            FFR Player
                            • Jun 2004
                            • 743

                            #43
                            I really liked The Last of the Mohicans


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                            • blahblah18
                              FFR Player
                              • Aug 2004
                              • 1662

                              #44
                              Hercule Poirot... yes they're quite enjoyable..
                              hated LAst of the Mohicans

                              Just finished Time Enough for Love... damn Rober Heinlein is my hero if I haven't said that recently.

                              Maaaaybe I'll finally get around to reading Atlas Shrugged, I keep putting it off.
                              but for now... postCount++

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                              • The_Q
                                FFR Player
                                • May 2004
                                • 4391

                                #45
                                Maaaaybe I'll finally get around to reading Atlas Shrugged, I keep putting it off.
                                You better read it. Just make sure you don't jump and hump Objectivism too hard.

                                Might as well read the Communist Manifesto and The Prince while you're at it. Those are classics that ever soon-to-be dictator should read.

                                Q

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