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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Bella Fortuna » Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:09 pm

Reading this (short stories from the bizarre to the sublime):

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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Trolldor » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:04 am

The Greatest Show on Earth.

Unfortunately, seems to be all shit I've already read.
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Don't Panic » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:21 am

Finished "And another thing", well worth reading if you're a guide fan, a few minor niggles which I may write a review about.



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Post by Trolldor » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:25 am

The thing I liked about the third one was that it seemed 'final' with Marvin's death. I wonder how this one is going to work...
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Don't Panic » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:50 am

born-again-atheist wrote:The thing I liked about the third one was that it seemed 'final' with Marvin's death. I wonder how this one is going to work...
Marvin died at the end of the 4th book, and he hasn't come back(although his leg gets a mention). I won't spoil the book by saying any more though.
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Trolldor » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:52 am

I thought it was only three, and that one of them was a "spin-off"... ah well. I've got the 'collector's edition' of Hitchhiker's, so I've got five of them all mashed up in to one giant volume.
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Trolldor » Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:50 am

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I am so charming and witty and clever. It wasn't officially out, but without any prompting the lovely young lady at the counter offered to make an 'unofficial' recording: IE she wrote down information on a post-it to enter it in to the system when the book was finally properly released. They only arrived today.

But... I'm not gargantuanly impressed. Don't get me wrong, I think he did an exemplary Job, but like DP the frequency of Guide Excerpts were unnecessary, for me they detracted from the story. I found myself skipping over them. However, it does read very similarly to Douglas' Own work. Overall, I would say it's worth a read through.
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:49 am

This may shock you:
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The God Delusion.
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Pappa » Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:55 am

Gawdzilla wrote:This may shock you:
Trigger Warning!!!1! :
The God Delusion.
I didn't rate it. Too shouty and lacking in substance. His worst book by miles.
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Trolldor » Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:04 pm

Pappa wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:This may shock you:
Trigger Warning!!!1! :
The God Delusion.
I didn't rate it. Too shouty and lacking in substance. His worst book by miles.
I agree.
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Animavore » Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:06 pm

born-again-atheist wrote:
Pappa wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:This may shock you:
Trigger Warning!!!1! :
The God Delusion.
I didn't rate it. Too shouty and lacking in substance. His worst book by miles.
I agree.
The other 'New Atheist' books are all better but TGD brought atheism out in the open so its not all bad.
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:10 pm

Animavore wrote:
born-again-atheist wrote:
Pappa wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:This may shock you:
Trigger Warning!!!1! :
The God Delusion.
I didn't rate it. Too shouty and lacking in substance. His worst book by miles.
I agree.
The other 'New Atheist' books are all better but TGD brought atheism out in the open so its not all bad.
It's "baseline reading" for me.
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Re: What are you reading now?

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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Animavore » Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:16 pm

This.

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Again.
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Re: What are you reading now?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:27 pm

Animavore wrote:This.

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Again.
I actually had to back off that and read some primer material before I felt comfortable giving it the reading it deserved. The second time through it was much easier to filter through my brain-substitute.
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