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Old 10-12-2016, 05:22 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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Old 10-16-2016, 06:15 AM   #32 (permalink)
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Old 10-16-2016, 07:49 AM   #33 (permalink)
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There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.
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Old 10-16-2016, 10:34 AM   #34 (permalink)
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It's an empty space on a bookshelf, actually.
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Off the top of my head:

The Foundation Trilogy - Isaac Asimov
Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion - Dan Simmons
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Ghost Story - Peter Straub
On The Beach - Nevil Shute
Blindness - Jose Saramago
I Am Legend - Richard Matheson
Wool - Hugh Howey
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
Iron Coffins - Herbert Werner
A lot of great stuff there. On the Beach in particular would probably be on my list as well.
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On the Beach in particular would probably be on my list as well.
I had a really hard time getting through the final chapter because I had tears in my eyes and running down my face through most of it.

Have you seen the 1959 film adaption?
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I had a really hard time getting through the final chapter because I had tears in my eyes and running down my face through most of it.

Have you seen the 1959 film adaption?
No, I haven't seen it. Is it good?
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No, I haven't seen it. Is it good?
Considering how old it is, yes. Captures the desperation and impending doom really well. Fred Astaire plays the scientist and it was his first dramatic role. He nails the part. The only miss-step is they cast an older Eva Garner in the lead role. Once you get past that she's great acting opposite Gregory Peck.

Check it out and let me know what you think. The ending scene will give you goosebumps.
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Considering how old it is, yes. Captures the desperation and impending doom really well. Fred Astaire plays the scientist and it was his first dramatic role. He nails the part. The only miss-step is they cast an older Eva Garner in the lead role. Once you get past that she's great acting opposite Gregory Peck.

Check it out and let me know what you think. The ending scene will give you goosebumps.
I'll have check it out sometime. I think I saw it on Netflix or Amazon recently.

My list:

Frankenstein—Mary Shelley
Blackburn—Bradley Denton
The Mezzanine—Nicholson Baker
The Nuclear Age—Tim O'Brien
Johnny Got His Gun—Dalton Trumbo
Slapstick—Kurt Vonnegut
The Martian Chronicles—Ray Bradbury
The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break—Steven Sherrill
A Scanner Darkly—Philip K. Dick
On the Beach—Nevil Shute
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