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What are you reading now?; Novels, newspapers, comics, etc.
Topic Started: Apr 16 2008, 07:53:19 PM (1,443 Views)
Cancerian Tiger
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Look Within Yourself
After reading the comments GOF members have made on this novel, I've decided to read Michael Crichton's "Jurassic Park." :lol. Hey, supposedly it's more graphic than the film, so cool beans!
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jedi472
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Jedi Knight
Star Wars:Alligence by Timothy Zahn.

i love his writing style!
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NeptuneNavigator2001
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Goodnight Everybody!
This board...! :P: But seriously, the last book I read was "A Night to Remember," by Walter Lord (on the wreck of the Titanic). Even so, that was like, two years ago... (I've read a few missing Scripture books though, if that counts...) Oh, but soon, I DO plan to read another book:

Miles: The Autobiography; Miles Davis and Quincy Troupe

I'm partial to his Jazz recordings at this time... The more I hear, the more I wish I could have met the man before he died...! :(
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Malte279
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I'm a historian. I MUST be like that!

"Lenin" by Hélène Carrère d'Encausse and "The European Challenge" (a book about the contacts between native Americans and Europeans by Henry Woodhead (ed.) and others.
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kjeldo
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With a slackjaw and not much to say!
i'm reading a national comic: the donald duck, :)
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Kor
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Superman: The Bottled City of Kandor
Essential Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe vol 1
Popeye 1 (from the Thimble Theatre strips)
Dinotopia: The World Beneath
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Lillefot
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Stupid alien!
I'm currently reading the Alex Rider sereis (6 books)
Again! :P:

Go Anthony Horowitz! Can't wait for nr.7!


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Petrie.
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GOF Founder

I was reading my enthnography report for my grad class to make sure its done...all fifteen pages of it. :P:

Once the semester is done next week, I'm picking up Watership Down again.
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Malte279
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I'm a historian. I MUST be like that!

"Atatürks Erben auf dem Weg nach Westen - Die Türkei im Spannungsfeld zwischen Nahost und Europa" (translates to: "Atatürk's heirs on the way westward - Turkey in the area of conflict between the Middle East and Europe") by Michael W. Weithmann. I'm reading this for a presentation I have to hold in June, but it is quite interesting.
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Mornai
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Always Optimistic.
Dragon: Hound Of Honor By Julie Andrews Edwards.
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Kor
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Finished Superman: The Bottled City of Kandor and will be starting The Brave & Bold: Batman Teamups, the rest I"m still reading.
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Nimrod
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I see you...
Attic, anyone knows this book?
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Malte279
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I'm a historian. I MUST be like that!

"Nach dem Sturm" ("After the Storm") by Marcus Junkelmann. An excellent non-fiction about the time after the US Civil War and about the way the Civil War is comemorated and how all this influenced US culture and culture in the world in general.
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landbeforetimelover
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Littlefoot
A+ certification exam guide. I want to become certified. I don't know why. It's not like I really need it. :rolleyes:
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Lillefot
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Stupid alien!
Finished the Rider books (for the third time) :P:
Now I read The Power of Five. B)

/Lillefot
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Mornai
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Always Optimistic.
Warriors: Into The Wild
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Mornai
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Always Optimistic.
The Revenge Of The Shadow King by Derek Benz. Afterwards i plan on reading those Books in Lillefot's Signature. B)
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Malte279
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I'm a historian. I MUST be like that!

Three different books about coal (my next presentation at the university is about synthetic fuels from coal).
Shakespeare's "Much ado about nothing" (also for the university).
"Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes" (the German version of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". I read the English version already, but never the translation. In a few cases I think they made some translation mistakes (e.g. there is a case where in the German version a character is "desperate" where in the original he is "surprised" etc.)).
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Mumbling
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Rawr.

So you are now reading the translated version Malte. With the Dutch translation I found a couple of mistakes too.. I guess it is better to read the original version in that case.

At the moment I am reading:
De grot (translated: the cave) by Tim Krabbe
Het rad van fortuin (translated: the wheel of fortune) by Thea Beckman. it is one book of a triology, the last book. I have read the other books too. it is about the 100 year war between France and England in the 14th century... Really nice.
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Malte279
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Het rad van fortuin (translated: the wheel of fortune) by Thea Beckman. it is one book of a triology, the last book. I have read the other books too. it is about the 100 year war between France and England in the 14th century... Really nice.
That's funny, I once read a book by Rebeca Gablé (one of my favorite authors of historical novels) about the same time and it was titled "Das Lächeln der Fortuna" ("The smile of fortune") and the image of the "wheel of fortune" not only made the cover of the book but it was repeatedly mentioned in the story as well. In addition to that the book by Rebeca Gablé is also the first of a triology. When I read the title and the topic of the book I first thought that perhaps Rebecca Gablé (this is only a pseudonym) publishes under a different name in the Netherlands.
However, I found that Thea Beckman is a different author who wrote before Gablé. Perhaps Rebeca Gablé drew inspiration from Thea Beckman?
In any case I strongly recommend you the books of Rebeca Gablé if you are interested in medieval historical novels.
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