And just about any other sci-fi novel I can get my hands on.
They're difficult to get here. Heck, any English novels are difficult to get here. The biggest bookstore, Vijitha Yapa, is large enough that they actually have different shelves for the different genres, and in that, they are unique. In this country. Sci fi titles - they may have oh, a hundred or a hundred and fifty, and I've read at least half of them. The other half look boring.
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I don't expect I'll read SotG. But I do have a big stack of books to get through, starting with:
The Motorcycle Diaries (Che Guevara), which my parents gave me for Christmas The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Salman Rushdie), which I first read nearly four years ago and absolutely loved -- it's time to read it again The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini), which mum lent me The Wayfarer Redemption (Sara Douglass), by special recommendation Wizard's First Rule (Terry Goodkind), also by special recommendation
Some other stuff, too. But I need to get through these ones first. Most of them are fairly hefty tomes.
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Ahh, reading. I love it. I plan to do a lot of it. I'm reading "For Whom the Bell Tolls" right now. I like it. Anyone else read it? [sorry, i kind of changed the subject of the thread.]
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Besides Shadow of the Giant, there's also OSC's Magic Street to look forward to -- it's a stand-alone novel, so especially looking forward to that one.
There's going to be a new Diana Gabaldon "Outlander" book, A Breath of Snow and Ashes.
And a new Jared Diamond book just came out -- Jared Diamond's the guy who wrote Guns, Germs, and Steel -- this one's called Collapse, it's about societies that collapsed because they didn't deal with environmental issues (deforested their land, didn't make good use of resources, etc.)
And GRRM's A Feast for Crows will be out in 2005 I bet.
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-finish Return of the King -Unfinished Tales (Tolkien) -finish Different Seasons (Stephen King) -The Stand (King) -Rachel and Leah (OSC) -reread Johnny Got His Gun (Dalton Trumbo) read it when I was 16, and just found it at my mother's house a few months ago -more from the Dark Tower series -reread the Song of Ice and Fire series in preparation for the next book -The Boy With No Shoes (William Horwood) -reread The Galactic Milieu series (Julian May) -and anything else I find through the year
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These are what we know we'll read. The "whatever I can get my hands on" is understood, I think. Posts: 2292 | Registered: Aug 2003
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I am going to read Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger if it kills me. I'm not going to understand a word of it, but I'm darn well going to finish it.
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Johnny Got His Gun was good, but very disturbing, at least it was to me. I can't imagine being in that guy's position.
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I've got to finish up Lord of the Rings for the 3rd time and then I'll start thinking of that.
Actually, I've gotten some great books for Christmas...I'm going to start into some translations of Dumas, namely Man in the Iron Mask and The Count of Monte Cristo.
I also got L.M. Montgomery's Emily series that I've never read (shame on me, a true Anne fan) and that will be some fun fuzzy socks reading.
Aside from those, there are still at least 20 books on my shelf that I haven't read yet....it's exciting!
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Hmmm...and now that I've just read the first three chapters of SotG, I'm gonna have to go back and read the first three again just to refresh my memory.
I'm not opposed to this. Posts: 6415 | Registered: Jul 2000
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1. Finish the rest of Sandra Brown's books (got about 10 left). Don't ask. 2. Reread or read in preparation for the upcoming movies: H2G2, Chronicles of Narnia, War of the Worlds 3. I, Robot after I see the movie. 4. TBA while waiting for Shadow of the Giant and HP6.
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I don't have "plans" as such. I literally have a physical stack of books in my room that I'm going to read. I'll probably read them in the order they've been stacked in. Posts: 10886 | Registered: Feb 2000
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I got a George W Bush biography for Christmas that looked pretty cool. I also borrowed a bio on Mary Lincoln and the collected works of Poe from my mom.
Oh, Steve, let me save you some time with The Time Machine. Nothing happens. Ever.
He goes into the future. He doesn't do anything. Then he goes farther into the future and nothing happens. Some crabs wander around on the beach.
Wells had some cool ideas sci-fi wise, but he had no idea what a plot or character were.
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Reread Shadow series in preparation for Giant (Mar 05) Reread HP in preparation for HalfBlood (July 05) Reread Eragon in preparation for Eldest (Aug 05) Complete the Wayfarer Redemption series Complete John Sandford's Prey series Complete Catherine Asaro's Skolia series
gee, and I originally wasn't going to set any goals for 2005 LOL
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quid,
I have a library card. I can renew books online. The library is ONE block from work. I make frequent trips to the post office, which is also ONE block from work, and two doors down from the library.
Here's what I propose: browse the collection here, and send me an email if there's something you want to read. I'll pick it up and mail it, up to 5 at a time. Keep them until you finish, and then mail them back.
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Well, I've still got a fair number of trilogies and series that I started in '04 and need to finished. These include:
- The Abhorsen Trilogy - His Dark Materials Trilogy - The Dark Tower - The Redwall Series
I am also waiting for the release of A Feast for Crows, which I hope will be released in '05 (but since I only read the series last summer, I can wait a bit longer if needed). There's also Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I also have plenty of Star Wars EU novels that I have yet to read, and several novels waiting to be released in '05.
And, of course, any new (to me) series I may run across or decide to begin.
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I will probably not read SotG either. I haven't read any of the Shadow books beyond Ender's Shadow.
Books I will probably read this year:
Finish rereading Ender's Game Cryptonomicon (Neal Stephenson) The Urth of the New Sun (Gene Wolfe - and I may need to reread The Book of the New Sun first) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (I'll probably reread the other 5 before that) The Fionavar Tapestry and/or The Sarantine Mosaic (Guy Gavriel Kay)
I don't know if I will get through all of this as my reading speed has been crappy lately and I spend too much time on the computer rather than reading a book.
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Boon - your edit was much more clear, thanks.
I'm going to think about this. One major consideration is the Sri Lankan postal service. For several reasons. 1. Because they lose/steal/abscond with so many things. 2. Because they charge duty on anything they think they can get away with. 3. Because they lose/steal/abscond with so many things. Yeah, I know I said it before, but I've heard so many horror stories.
Friends of mine had a package sent to them. When they went to pick it up, it was less than half full. On the outside of the box, it said candy. When it was opened in front of them (it had also been opened prior to them getting there), there was no candy in the box. All removed. All that was left were things that Sri Lankans don't know what to do with - canned soup, pasta, cake mix.
And I'd really hate to have anything like that happen to books from a library that someone else would have to pay for.
I really appreciate the offer - it's wonderful of you, Boon, to make an offer like this. But I don't think I can accept. It's not practical for this part of the world.
Having said that, what I keep forgetting - and Fahim has to keep reminding me - is that he's downloaded hundreds or thousands of books off the internet that I can read with anytime I feel like curling up with my laptop. Sigh. Not the same as a paperback, but it'll do the job. And most of those books, I haven't read. So I'll just have to start reading those. Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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Okay, I understand. If, however, you simply can not find a copy of something you really want to read, I have a solution that won't cost a dime. I'll not post it, though. Just let me know if there's something you need.
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Of course, it'll mean curling up with your laptop some more...but you'll be reading something you really want to read...so it's worth it, right?
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It's true that I'm also really lucky I married a geek. I'm only a beta-geek whereas he's a full-fledged alpha. He's found tonnes of stuff. But oh yeah, I'll be letting ya know. Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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More non-fiction. I once again promised myself I would read a good history of the Santa Fe Trail, since I drove back and forth from New Mexico to our home in Colorado this past week. You can occasionally see wagon ruts from the Trail, which gives me a real feeling of connection with that time. I'm totally addicted to Southwestern history.
I got myself a John D MacDonald fix over Christmas vacation. Read 4 of the Travis McGee stories (for about the 100th time). I used to have the whole set, but left it in the other lifetime.
I'll probably also start the Harry Potter series, if I get a chance. I was trying to put that off until the seventh book was published, but I've had too many people recommend it to me to put it off any longer.
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Shadow of the Giant Crystal City First Meetings in the Enderverse (yeah, I know...I'm a little behind...) Also the new Harry Potter book
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