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Old 05-16-2016, 09:09 PM   #1 (permalink)
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i'm reading marx's das kapital. i hope to fully convert to communism after reading this book.
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Old 05-16-2016, 10:13 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Lotr definitely has a brilliant story, but the prose is really hard for me to sift through. I need something flowery or well written. Plus I don't need to know the lyrics of the songs that they sing when they visit a pub.
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Gandalf talks way too much in book one. An ungodly amount of dialogue.
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I could never get past the Gandalf part. Been meaning to just watch the movies, as my attention span barely held on enough to finish The Old Man and the Sea within a year.
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Lotr definitely has a brilliant story, but the prose is really hard for me to sift through. I need something flowery or well written. Plus I don't need to know the lyrics of the songs that they sing when they visit a pub.
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Old 05-16-2016, 10:24 PM   #4 (permalink)
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^See, that's exactly what I need to know.
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Old 05-16-2016, 10:32 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I thought that glasses were a nerd blindfold to criticism, but I might have to reconsider that.
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I thought that glasses were a nerd blindfold to criticism, but I might have to reconsider that.
I actually agree the book is flawed. For me, the series has a tendency to ramble and get off track a bit.
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To top of a fantastic day, my copy of Neuromancer arrived in the post. This will be my first venture into cyberpunk, and Gibson seemed a fitting place to start.

Was hoping to pick up a first-edition, but they command quite a price for a first-read.

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To top of a fantastic day, my copy of Neuromancer arrived in the post. This will be my first venture into cyberpunk, and Gibson seemed a fitting place to start.

Was hoping to pick up a first-edition, but they command quite a price for a first-read.
A: If you like Neuromancer, go with Three Days in April. It's on Kindle. It's cyberpunk.
B: Either that or Black Cauldron are next for me.
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