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~NOBODY~
The One And Only
Joined: 15 Sep 2003
Posts: 1824
Location: Vivec, Jobasha's Rare Books |
What do you read, RPGDotters? What kinds of books, What authors?.. What's popular here? |
Sat Oct 25, 2003 4:54 am |
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stanthony
One Smart Dog
Joined: 28 Oct 2002
Posts: 556
Location: Tallinn, Estonia |
Join Worshippers of the Written Word usergroup and find all the answers 
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- Druids do not fight with metal weapons! Sit here, and you over here. Put the elbows of your right arms on the table...
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Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:27 am |
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Korplem
Swashbuckler
Joined: 23 Dec 2002
Posts: 853
Location: Pearl Harbor, HI |
i read words... mostly english...
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Sat Oct 25, 2003 6:52 am |
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Roach
SBR Belfry Bat
Joined: 20 Jan 2002
Posts: 3233
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First, I second what stanthony said.
I read mostly fantasy, though I try to stay away from the whole Elves and Fairies kind of stuff and stick to less fantastical, and hopefully a little darker, stuff. And then every so often I try to stick in a classic like a Shakespearian play or Dostoevsky or something all smart-like like that. A couple days ago I started reading a chronicle of Salam Pax’s internet diary. I’d say the name of the book but it has different names in different countries. Anyway, Salam Pax is starting to be called the Anne Frank of the Iraqi war. So far it is very interesting, I’m only 60 pages into it but I’d already recommend it. And who knows, maybe I’ll even start a discussion about it in the Worshipers of the Written Word usergroup soon.
I also read the words that it writes on the inside of my eyeballs, but that is a totally different story. |
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Sat Oct 25, 2003 7:21 am |
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Pikkon
A Hadou Master And A Skilled Thief
Joined: 29 Jun 2003
Posts: 2325
Location: Where the sea is salt and the pool is not... |
After ill finish my book, Ill start reading 1000 nights and night suriel... 22 books  |
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Sat Oct 25, 2003 7:26 am |
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Jaz
Late Night Spook
Joined: 20 Jan 2002
Posts: 9708
Location: RPGDot |
There is no genre I prefer, but I tend to read a lot. I read gazillions of SF books when still in school, never really got into 'high' fantasy (luckily the local fantasy author whose books I'm test-reading isn't into this wizards-and-elves stuff). Nowadays I like to read fact books, mystery books, humorous books. And about everything else  .
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Sat Oct 25, 2003 7:30 am |
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Iron Man
Dazed and Confused
Joined: 07 Dec 2002
Posts: 773
Location: Location Location |
The last book I read was the return of the king (I wanted to read the boks before I saw the film) Anywya, I'll read almost anything but I've started on the discworld series. But I haven't had the time to read them.
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Sat Oct 25, 2003 8:16 am |
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Toaster
Bread Alert
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Posts: 5475
Location: Sweden |
I read and re-read all David Eddings books I can lay my hands on, but otherwise a lot of almost everything.
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Sat Oct 25, 2003 9:18 am |
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Lord_Brownie
High Emperor
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
Posts: 575
Location: Unfashionable arm of the spiral galaxy |
Lucky me, I have a long list of books to read for school, including works by Stephen Crane, kate Chopin, Henry James, and a long list of works by Nietzsche. "The Poverty of Aboundence" was a quick read I attempted for myself between classes, but I didnt finsh it.
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Sat Oct 25, 2003 10:44 am |
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~NOBODY~
The One And Only
Joined: 15 Sep 2003
Posts: 1824
Location: Vivec, Jobasha's Rare Books |
1-As far as I know, WotWW is for writers, and I'm just a reader. So I can't join.
2-I like Detectives, Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Cristie, etc. Also I like Charles Dickens & Jule Vern(sp?). I don't understand people who like fantasy. I read around 50 pages from LotR and hated it.
3-About Genres, mystery & humour are cool, but sometimes they don't match my mood. Scientific fantasy is quite good, but I like the ones that are old. |
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Sat Oct 25, 2003 1:23 pm |
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Jaz
Late Night Spook
Joined: 20 Jan 2002
Posts: 9708
Location: RPGDot |
The WWW is for everybody who loves to read or write. So you can join, believe me.
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Sat Oct 25, 2003 1:27 pm |
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Northchild
Fearless Paladin
Joined: 03 May 2002
Posts: 232
Location: New York, USA |
I like reading as much as I can! 
Terry Pratchett - Have read and re-read the entire Discworld series (minus Monstrous Regiment) many times. My favorite: Hogfather.
Thich Nhat Hanh - Not for everyday reading, but inspirational nonetheless.
Margaret Atwood - My favorite author, and a great SF novelist. Try "Cat's Eye".
Lev Tolstoy - Anna Karenina is my all-time favorite novel. Dostoyevski's "Crime and Punishment" a close second.
Walden - A favorite book, though Thoreau's other stuff didn't grab me.
Nancy Kress - The "Beggars" series is very good, also check out her other works.
Douglas Adams - Enough said!
L.E. Modesitt - Yes, I know, not everyone's favorite SF author and can be too formulaic, but not bad.
Any MYST/Riven book.
Ursula K. Le Guin - I'm now reading The Left Hand of Darkness.
Various books about art and animation (2D and 3D). Last read: Harnessing 3ds max 5, The Art of Photoshop, Building a Digital Human.
Game manuals. No kidding.
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Sat Oct 25, 2003 1:37 pm |
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~NOBODY~
The One And Only
Joined: 15 Sep 2003
Posts: 1824
Location: Vivec, Jobasha's Rare Books |
...Game manuals?...  |
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Sat Oct 25, 2003 2:16 pm |
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stanthony
One Smart Dog
Joined: 28 Oct 2002
Posts: 556
Location: Tallinn, Estonia |
With regard to game manuals - yes, I like reading game manuals - absolutely seriously. I rarely start a game without reading a manual... It's more fun than it seems first
I read a lot besides manuals, too. I can name top 5 favorite authors/books:
1. Oscar Wilde "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
2. Nietzshce "Also Sprach Zarathustra"
3. James Joyce "Ulysses"
4. Edgar Poe. His novels.
5. Marcel Proust "In Search of Lost Time"
I like classics. I like ancient greek theatre, I like late Roman novel. I adore symbolism and something that is called decadance in literature. I like Russian classics - Dostoyevki is certainly among my favorite authors.
Now I mostly read non-fiction: Law books and journals, history, religion, theology. Rigth now I have a choice of "Carriage of Goods by Sea" textbook and "Systematic Theology" just for fun
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- Druids do not fight with metal weapons! Sit here, and you over here. Put the elbows of your right arms on the table...
- Arm-pulling? Get me back me pan!
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Sat Oct 25, 2003 3:29 pm |
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Jaz
Late Night Spook
Joined: 20 Jan 2002
Posts: 9708
Location: RPGDot |
The best game manual ever was the German translation of the TIE Fighter manual with that great story with all the homoerotic undertones. It was a true classic. I didn't know if I wanted to laugh or cry while reading it... and I just couldn't refrain from jotting down notes between lines.
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