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They should have trade paperback copies of all of Rand's stuff at chain bookstores. Granted, that's not the most relaxing way to read million-page books, and her posse throws a sheet of cardstock advertisement in the middle so that it will always open to that fucking page, even if you tear it out.
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Yeah, I've found all but Atlas Shrugged at Borders or B&N. I really just want to find it at the used bookstore I have $24 trade credit at. It would be like $5 trade there.
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Isn't Atlas Shrugged just Fountainhead Deluxe? I've heard they're pretty much the same. I can't stand her. I dunno.
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01.10.2009, 08:39 PM | #1625 |
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I'm not sure. Oh well. I have this thing about long novels. I'll flip my shit if/when The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion gets published.
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01.10.2009, 08:44 PM | #1626 |
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I couldn't do that. I feel like I get trapped in those, and have a harder time reading other stuff when I feel like I have another thing to finish. That would be a lifetime project.
Speaking of which, I almost picked up e.e. cummings's Eimi. It looks amazing. I didn't even know it existed. |
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I'm usually pretty good about reading several books at time. I'm hoping that for this semester I'll be able to keep up (mostly) reading 2 novels a time in English, along with one in French. I might have to cut that back to one in each language, but I'll give it a shot.
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01.12.2009, 02:13 AM | #1628 |
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laugh if you must, but I just sat down and read this in under an hour and found it to be quite enjoyable.
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01.12.2009, 09:24 PM | #1629 |
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finished Franny section.
bought these today: The Prince - Machiavelli Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand Fight Club - Chuck Palahnuik
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The Franny section is good, and the Zooey section is great because it adds more explaination to why the the Franny section happened the way it did. It's almost genius I just finished that two nights ago, now I am on Crime and Punishment.
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I'm going through all 6 volumes of Clive Barker's Books of Blood. Some truly twisted stuff going on here.
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I'm writing a book called After the Crash: How to Make Oodles of Money from Other People's Misery after They Lose Everything.
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^half-priced lottery tickets and weapons-grade liquor
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Haha, yeh, and Wal-Mart discounts.
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Richard Dawkins - The GOD Delusion
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I'm a little over halfway through Schulz. My God, that man raked in some dough!!!
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It is a very interesting read man! Mr. Dawkins is not a crackpot crank, even though his detractors claim so, and his writing is great. for athiests, he can crystallize a lot of the thoughts and ideas they may have but cannot put ino words. for theists, he gives food for thought, without outright indignation or insults.
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