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DaveCromwell 08.22.2010 10:32 AM

This


 


Can't get enough of it.

tw2113 08.22.2010 01:39 PM

I'm "reading" Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire aka the audiobook.

moppity 08.22.2010 05:16 PM

Does Stephen Fry narrate? I love his voice. And him.

the big quasar 08.22.2010 05:25 PM

 





... not so much reading, but lots of looking

tw2113 08.22.2010 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moppity
Does Stephen Fry narrate? I love his voice. And him.

Not sure if it's Fry or not, but it's definitely a British narrator

the ikara cult 08.22.2010 06:40 PM

a bit of Ian Mckewan, hes easy to read and pleasent, an art thats hard to perfect

davenotdead 08.22.2010 06:42 PM

currently reading and enjoying 'kafka on the shore' by haruki murakami

StevOK 08.23.2010 11:28 AM

 

Rob Instigator 08.23.2010 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davenotdead
currently reading and enjoying 'kafka on the shore' by haruki murakami


I liked this when I read it.

been a huge Murakami fan for a while

Dr. Eugene Felikson 08.30.2010 11:44 AM


 


Almost done with the mini-series. Which is a total bummer, since it's such a wonderful combination of so many of my favorite film characters. Freddy, Jason, Ash, Tommy Jarvis, Deadites, the telekinetic girl from Friday the 13th part 7!!!, etc.

EDIT: Just finished the series. That was outstanding. What a terrifically written horror epic.

!@#$%! 08.30.2010 11:51 AM

just started
 

from the cover it looks like a protofascist book, but no, it chronicles in detail how the pilgrims were fucking up blacks & indians in their pursuit of happiness (i.e., greed). nice book, very readable so far.

tw2113 08.30.2010 11:56 AM

the what are you reading thread </unoriginality>

StevOK 08.30.2010 12:32 PM

 


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Barry_in_Cyberspace

The cover really says it all. Ah, the nostalgia, inanity and, surprisingly enough, lots of bits that still ring true.

tw2113 08.30.2010 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StevOK
 


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Barry_in_Cyberspace

The cover really says it all. Ah, the nostalgia, inanity and, surprisingly enough, lots of bits that still ring true.

examples of stuff still decently true?

verme (prevaricator) 08.30.2010 06:30 PM

 

!@#$%! 08.30.2010 06:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by verme (prevaricator)
 


en inglés, perro?

Count Mecha 08.31.2010 04:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StevOK
 


Is this pretty good? It's always been in the back of my mind to read it.

demonrail666 08.31.2010 06:34 AM

 

StevOK 08.31.2010 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tw2113
examples of stuff still decently true?


'...there was another kind of computer developing, in a parallel universe. This was the Apple, and it operated on an entirely different concept, which was: A regular human could use it. ... ...even a child could understand this. For many years, while we MS-DOS were typing insanely obscure instructions like:

dir c:\abcproj\docs\lttrs\sales\apr\*.*

...the Apple people were simply aiming their little mouse pointers at little pictures and going "click."
...We don't want some wussy "user-friendly" computer: We want a challenge.
That's why, to this very day, Apple is not considered by us cyberwonks to be a truly serious computer. It is viewed as a computer that is popular mainly with your flaky or artsy-fartsy type of individual--your artist, your poet, your beatnik, your flower-arranger, your heroin addict. We serious users pride ourselves on wrestling with openly hostile computers that are running an operating system from the proud, incomprehensible Microsoft tradition.'

StevOK 08.31.2010 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Count Mecha
Is this pretty good? It's always been in the back of my mind to read it.


It was great! Insanely funny, silly and some times sardonic. It's just too short. Plus Terry Jones wrote it while completely naked.


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