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    by nekrobarr » Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:36 am

    viathyn wrote: As for the food items I just listed, those are just commonly mentioned foodstuffs in the ASOIAF book series... can't say I've ever had lamprey pie or cooked lemon cakes, but several horns of ale sounds pretty damn good about now.


    I just recalled seeing THIS at Barnes and Noble maybe 2 months ago. Can't say I glanced at the contents, but I imagine it makes lemon cakes within your reach!
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    Re: What book are you reading at the moment ?

    by Laura » Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:09 pm

    Since I very recently decided to try to do a trip next year that has been long on my “bucket list” - The Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada (August 26-September 2, 2013) http://www.burningman.com/ – I checked out these three books today from where I work to learn as much as I can about it. I actually had not known about this fest at all until I had worked here several years and the occasional library patron would come in and ask for books about it and such…. since then it has intrigued me and I’ve wanted to go for many years now. Anyway, this fest seems like it would be quite the amazing experience, and I'm stoked even thinking about the real possibility of finally going! My cabinmate from the first 70K (who I met at Wacken in 2009) is interested in going as well –the hardest part will be getting tickets, so we’ll see….if not in 2013, maybe 2014. (I like to plan ahead!) Gnoff’s 70K cabinmate Ulrike from Sweden said on facebook in response to a post I made that she has been twice! :cool:

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    Re: What book are you reading at the moment ?

    by vikingbitch » Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:55 am

    Brokedown Palace by Steven Brust

    There is a reason why I love this author, his writing is just so damnably clever. If you see ANY of his books I highly recommend checking him out.
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    by AlaskaRachel » Thu Aug 23, 2012 3:44 pm

    I'm reading this:
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    It's really interesting, even though I don't agree with all of the author's points.
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    by AlaskaRachel » Thu Aug 23, 2012 3:57 pm

    vikingbitch wrote:Brokedown Palace by Steven Brust

    There is a reason why I love this author, his writing is just so damnably clever. If you see ANY of his books I highly recommend checking him out.

    Hmmm will have to check it out! With an Amazon description of "a goddess, a wizard, an enigmatic talking stallion, and a very hungry dragon" I'm already sold on it
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    Re: What book are you reading at the moment ?

    by Jebus_Cripes » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:30 am

    I'm surprised I got myself to start reading another Tolkien book after the Silmarilion, but I am reading the Hobbit now and its a refreshing change.
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    by rootleaf » Mon Aug 27, 2012 11:58 am

    Laura wrote:Since I very recently decided to try to do a trip next year that has been long on my “bucket list” - The Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada (August 26-September 2, 2013) http://www.burningman.com/ – I checked out these three books today from where I work to learn as much as I can about it. I actually had not known about this fest at all until I had worked here several years and the occasional library patron would come in and ask for books about it and such…. since then it has intrigued me and I’ve wanted to go for many years now. Anyway, this fest seems like it would be quite the amazing experience, and I'm stoked even thinking about the real possibility of finally going! My cabinmate from the first 70K (who I met at Wacken in 2009) is interested in going as well –the hardest part will be getting tickets, so we’ll see….if not in 2013, maybe 2014. (I like to plan ahead!) Gnoff’s 70K cabinmate Ulrike from Sweden said on facebook in response to a post I made that she has been twice! :cool:



    I remember reading about burning man in this Wired article in '96 (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.11/burningman.html). That was back in the old days when it was not nearly as big of an event. From what I read about it now I don't get as excited about what it has evolved to as when I first heard about it. I'm sure it is still an awesome experience though. You mentioning it just reminded me of when I first discovered it back in the 90s, and I thought I would share. let me know how it compares to the experiences in the early article.
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    Re: What book are you reading at the moment ?

    by mooyagi » Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:53 pm

    Jebus_Cripes wrote:I'm surprised I got myself to start reading another Tolkien book after the Silmarilion, but I am reading the Hobbit now and its a refreshing change.


    :lol: Quite a difference in level of effort required in reading those two books.
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    by BadMetalKitty » Mon Aug 27, 2012 2:03 pm

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    by Jebus_Cripes » Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:14 pm

    mooyagi wrote:
    Jebus_Cripes wrote:I'm surprised I got myself to start reading another Tolkien book after the Silmarilion, but I am reading the Hobbit now and its a refreshing change.


    :lol: Quite a difference in level of effort required in reading those two books.


    Yeah I found it so surprising how different the writing was and then I read that the Hobbit was written for his kids so it made a little more sense.
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    by DrinkMoxie » Mon Aug 27, 2012 3:16 pm

    Jebus_Cripes wrote:
    mooyagi wrote:
    Jebus_Cripes wrote:I'm surprised I got myself to start reading another Tolkien book after the Silmarilion, but I am reading the Hobbit now and its a refreshing change.


    :lol: Quite a difference in level of effort required in reading those two books.


    Yeah I found it so surprising how different the writing was and then I read that the Hobbit was written for his kids so it made a little more sense.

    yeah, the Silmarilion is hard to read because of the nature of it being an anthology of history and isoften very dry
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    by KDibildeaux » Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:33 pm

    DrinkMoxie wrote:
    Jebus_Cripes wrote:
    mooyagi wrote: :lol: Quite a difference in level of effort required in reading those two books.


    Yeah I found it so surprising how different the writing was and then I read that the Hobbit was written for his kids so it made a little more sense.

    yeah, the Silmarilion is hard to read because of the nature of it being an anthology of history and isoften very dry

    All of the elvish names get confusing after a while
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    by Sinister Realm » Mon Aug 27, 2012 5:57 pm

    I just got done reading Mark Evan's "Dirty Deeds" book. Mark was the original bass player in AC/DC and this is really the first time someone inside the AC/DC camp has spoken about the band. Mark tells a good tale and it's interesting to read about Bon and how the other guys in the band were. He also has had a very intersting life with many triumphs and tragedies beyond AC/DC.
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    by rambof07 » Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:08 am

    I love books and recently i am reading a romantic love story. And my favorite is romance and second horror.
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    by Laura » Tue Aug 28, 2012 7:58 am

    rootleaf wrote:
    Laura wrote:Since I very recently decided to try to do a trip next year that has been long on my “bucket list” - The Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada (August 26-September 2, 2013) http://www.burningman.com/ – I checked out these three books today from where I work to learn as much as I can about it. I actually had not known about this fest at all until I had worked here several years and the occasional library patron would come in and ask for books about it and such…. since then it has intrigued me and I’ve wanted to go for many years now. Anyway, this fest seems like it would be quite the amazing experience, and I'm stoked even thinking about the real possibility of finally going! My cabinmate from the first 70K (who I met at Wacken in 2009) is interested in going as well –the hardest part will be getting tickets, so we’ll see….if not in 2013, maybe 2014. (I like to plan ahead!) Gnoff’s 70K cabinmate Ulrike from Sweden said on facebook in response to a post I made that she has been twice! :cool:



    I remember reading about burning man in this Wired article in '96 (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.11/burningman.html). That was back in the old days when it was not nearly as big of an event. From what I read about it now I don't get as excited about what it has evolved to as when I first heard about it. I'm sure it is still an awesome experience though. You mentioning it just reminded me of when I first discovered it back in the 90s, and I thought I would share. let me know how it compares to the experiences in the early article.


    Thanks for the link. As with any long-term festival or "event" - they evolve and change (and often get bigger) - certainly Burning Man is no exception since its early roots go back to the mid-80s. Even having read a fair amount about it, I'm still having a bit of a hard time wrapping my mind around what it would actually be like to experience. Like I mentioned earlier, just getting a ticket is a challenge apparently. So, it's a wait and see whether I can and will actually do this fest next summer or wait till 2014. Right now, I'm a bit pre-occupied with planning a big family trip out to Montana for early August 2013, but am still keeping Burning Man 2013 in late August on the front burner. :P
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    by sageoftruth » Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:03 am

    KDibildeaux wrote:
    DrinkMoxie wrote:yeah, the Silmarilion is hard to read because of the nature of it being an anthology of history and isoften very dry

    All of the elvish names get confusing after a while


    Yeah, I remember trying to tackle that one. I can't remember how I got sidetracked, but it's true, the names can be difficult. I had the same problem with Romance of the Three Kingdoms. All those one-syllable names, like Wei Yuan, Cao Cao, Lieu Bei, etc. just seemed to mesh together, especially with characters who shared a first or last name. I guess names are a big problem for me in books with lots of characters. Thank goodness for Dyansty Warriors.
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    by mooyagi » Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:10 am

    sageoftruth wrote:
    KDibildeaux wrote:
    DrinkMoxie wrote:yeah, the Silmarilion is hard to read because of the nature of it being an anthology of history and isoften very dry

    All of the elvish names get confusing after a while


    Yeah, I remember trying to tackle that one. I can't remember how I got sidetracked, but it's true, the names can be difficult. I had the same problem with Romance of the Three Kingdoms. All those one-syllable names, like Wei Yuan, Cao Cao, Lieu Bei, etc. just seemed to mesh together, especially with characters who shared a first or last name. I guess names are a big problem for me in books with lots of characters. Thank goodness for Dyansty Warriors.


    Yeah, that novel is enormous and spans a few generations :lol: If I didn't know some backstory from the games it would have been much more difficult.
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    Laura wrote:
    rootleaf wrote:
    Laura wrote:Since I very recently decided to try to do a trip next year that has been long on my “bucket list” - The Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada (August 26-September 2, 2013) http://www.burningman.com/ – I checked out these three books today from where I work to learn as much as I can about it. I actually had not known about this fest at all until I had worked here several years and the occasional library patron would come in and ask for books about it and such…. since then it has intrigued me and I’ve wanted to go for many years now. Anyway, this fest seems like it would be quite the amazing experience, and I'm stoked even thinking about the real possibility of finally going! My cabinmate from the first 70K (who I met at Wacken in 2009) is interested in going as well –the hardest part will be getting tickets, so we’ll see….if not in 2013, maybe 2014. (I like to plan ahead!) Gnoff’s 70K cabinmate Ulrike from Sweden said on facebook in response to a post I made that she has been twice! :cool:



    I remember reading about burning man in this Wired article in '96 (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.11/burningman.html). That was back in the old days when it was not nearly as big of an event. From what I read about it now I don't get as excited about what it has evolved to as when I first heard about it. I'm sure it is still an awesome experience though. You mentioning it just reminded me of when I first discovered it back in the 90s, and I thought I would share. let me know how it compares to the experiences in the early article.


    Thanks for the link. As with any long-term festival or "event" - they evolve and change (and often get bigger) - certainly Burning Man is no exception since its early roots go back to the mid-80s. Even having read a fair amount about it, I'm still having a bit of a hard time wrapping my mind around what it would actually be like to experience. Like I mentioned earlier, just getting a ticket is a challenge apparently. So, it's a wait and see whether I can and will actually do this fest next summer or wait till 2014. Right now, I'm a bit pre-occupied with planning a big family trip out to Montana for early August 2013, but am still keeping Burning Man 2013 in late August on the front burner. :P


    I thought you might enjoy an older perspective on it. Even though I don't think I'd put the effort out to track down a ticket to it, if you said you had an extra ticket for me for sure I would still go in a heartbeat. I think it would be a wonderful experience for anyone. I just don't have it high on my priority list anymore. it is probably something you could just go there with nothing at all and find a way in and have a great time. If I was going, I'd just go and hope to find the kindness of others to get me in. If they don't embrace that then they are probably missing the spirit of the whole thing anyway.
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    mooyagi wrote:What's on my Ballot? Arizona's general Election Guide

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    I'll give that a look right after finishing my book, "The Paint That Dried".
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    sageoftruth wrote:
    mooyagi wrote:What's on my Ballot? Arizona's general Election Guide

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    Citizens Clean Elections Commission Statewide and Legislative Candidate Statement Pamphlet

    Fun times :lol:


    I'll give that a look right after finishing my book, "The Paint That Dried".


    I'll send you a copy :lol:

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    At the zombie walk we were approached by someone who told us that the Pima Library was giving away free books. Most seemed pretty goofy but I managed to score Terry Pratchett's Sourcery. Hopefully it's awesome :D
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    by X-Thor » Mon Oct 15, 2012 11:56 am

    nekrobarr wrote:I'm about 2/3 of the way through A Storm of Swords.

    All I have to say is... goddammit.


    You are in for quite the surprise(s).

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    by Daenerys » Mon Oct 15, 2012 12:47 pm

    nekrobarr wrote:I'm about 2/3 of the way through A Storm of Swords.

    All I have to say is... goddammit.


    Hehehe. I've always loved the way Martin toys with his fans; you never know who's going to be alive at the end of the books ;) At least you still have 2 more books to go before you run out of material; then the real torture begins - the waiting. I started reading Martin in 2001, so I had to wait FOUR years for his 4th book, and then another SIX years for the 5th. It was awful :evil: Really hoping he doesn't take that long for the last two.
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    by X-Thor » Mon Oct 15, 2012 4:11 pm

    Daenerys wrote:
    nekrobarr wrote:I'm about 2/3 of the way through A Storm of Swords.

    All I have to say is... goddammit.


    Hehehe. I've always loved the way Martin toys with his fans; you never know who's going to be alive at the end of the books ;) At least you still have 2 more books to go before you run out of material; then the real torture begins - the waiting. I started reading Martin in 2001, so I had to wait FOUR years for his 4th book, and then another SIX years for the 5th. It was awful :evil: Really hoping he doesn't take that long for the last two.


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    Re: What book are you reading at the moment ?

    by Samhain » Mon Oct 15, 2012 4:26 pm

    nekrobarr wrote:I'm about 2/3 of the way through A Storm of Swords.

    All I have to say is... goddammit.


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    by X-Thor » Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:55 pm

    Samhain wrote:
    nekrobarr wrote:I'm about 2/3 of the way through A Storm of Swords.

    All I have to say is... goddammit.


    My friends and I now lovingly refer to it as "A Storm of Sobs".
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    by nekrobarr » Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:14 pm

    Daenerys wrote:
    nekrobarr wrote:I'm about 2/3 of the way through A Storm of Swords.

    All I have to say is... goddammit.


    Hehehe. I've always loved the way Martin toys with his fans; you never know who's going to be alive at the end of the books ;) At least you still have 2 more books to go before you run out of material; then the real torture begins - the waiting. I started reading Martin in 2001, so I had to wait FOUR years for his 4th book, and then another SIX years for the 5th. It was awful :evil: Really hoping he doesn't take that long for the last two.


    As I started to read the first book, a buddy of mine told me not to get attached to anyone, as they're probably gonna be dead at some point in the story. I'd say that as I progressed, I did end up empathizing with most of the Starks. Definitely a bit mistake on my part!
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    by Emily » Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:14 pm

    I recently scored a copy of "The Iliad" at a second hand store for $3 that I'm looking forward to starting this weekend. For the past couple of years, I've been a sucker for classics, though try as I might, I can't seem to finish "The Epic of Gilgamesh." It's just so impossibly dry and tedious.
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    by mooyagi » Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:24 pm

    Emily wrote:For the past couple of years, I've been a sucker for classics, though try as I might, I can't seem to finish "The Epic of Gilgamesh." It's just so impossibly dry and tedious.


    Uh oh, that one's on my list of things I'd like to read. Better get ready for a long slog when I finally get around to it. :lol:
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    by alex_canada » Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:32 pm

    X-Thor wrote:
    nekrobarr wrote:I'm about 2/3 of the way through A Storm of Swords.

    All I have to say is... goddammit.


    You are in for quite the surprise(s).

    I am now on book 8 of The Wheel of Time (The Path of Daggers). All I can say is this is one of the finest pices of literature I've ever read.


    Great stuff, I'm just rereading Towers of Midnight in preparation for the last book. ToM has 3 or 4 amazing sequences. I can't remember what book it was, but it was one of the few books ever to get a verbal reaction out of me when something unexpected is teased
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    by Emily » Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:54 pm

    mooyagi wrote:
    Emily wrote:For the past couple of years, I've been a sucker for classics, though try as I might, I can't seem to finish "The Epic of Gilgamesh." It's just so impossibly dry and tedious.


    Uh oh, that one's on my list of things I'd like to read. Better get ready for a long slog when I finally get around to it. :lol:



    Hahaha, I'll bring you my copy. I've all but given up on it, and I can guarantee my hubby won't be picking it up at any point :lol:
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    by mooyagi » Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:16 pm

    Emily wrote:
    mooyagi wrote:
    Emily wrote:For the past couple of years, I've been a sucker for classics, though try as I might, I can't seem to finish "The Epic of Gilgamesh." It's just so impossibly dry and tedious.


    Uh oh, that one's on my list of things I'd like to read. Better get ready for a long slog when I finally get around to it. :lol:



    Hahaha, I'll bring you my copy. I've all but given up on it, and I can guarantee my hubby won't be picking it up at any point :lol:


    Cool! :lol: Hubby ain't much of a reader?
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    by Emily » Thu Oct 18, 2012 4:28 pm

    He goes in spurts. If he finds a series he likes, he reads incessantly, otherwise, it's mostly science-related articles on the internet, which is great, too. I truly feel that one of the greatest tragedies of our day is how there's so much information readily available, but the majority of the masses don't care to take advantage its accessibility. Huzzah for lifelong learning!
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    by mooyagi » Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:03 pm

    Emily wrote:I truly feel that one of the greatest tragedies of our day is how there's so much information readily available, but the majority of the masses don't care to take advantage its accessibility. Huzzah for lifelong learning!


    I think one of the problems is that there is too much information available and it's difficult to pick a starting point for many. The sheer amount of places one can go to find something can be a bit overwhelming. That, and it's far too easy to get distracted. :lol: I know if I go to Wikipedia I usually get way too distracted with all the links and end up forgetting why I originally went there.
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    by AlaskaRachel » Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:05 pm

    mooyagi wrote:
    Emily wrote:I truly feel that one of the greatest tragedies of our day is how there's so much information readily available, but the majority of the masses don't care to take advantage its accessibility. Huzzah for lifelong learning!


    I think one of the problems is that there is too much information available and it's difficult to pick a starting point for many. The sheer amount of places one can go to find something can be a bit overwhelming. That, and it's far too easy to get distracted. :lol: I know if I go to Wikipedia I usually get way too distracted with all the links and end up forgetting why I originally went there.

    same here. I ended up reading a bunch of wiki pages about serial killers for like an hour and I have no idea how I ended up there :?
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    by Emily » Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:51 am

    I find the random places I wind up on Wiki to be most of the fun :lol:
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    Emily wrote:I find the random places I wind up on Wiki to be most of the fun :lol:


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