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Old 05-07-03 | 03:03 PM
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Just finished Red Thunder by John Varley
Now reading A Cold Heart (Alex Delaware Novel) by Jonathan Kellerman
Next: Foundation by Issac Asimov (for the Nth time)
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Old 05-07-03 | 03:05 PM
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I'm reading "The power of One" by Bryce Courtenay.

Very good book about the history of Apartheid in South Africa, as shown through the eyes of a white child growing up in a black school.
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Old 05-07-03 | 11:41 PM
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Just finished Tigana by Gavriel Guy Kay, and am now starting Shelby Foote's Civil War: A Narrative.
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Old 05-08-03 | 03:40 AM
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Jus finished Teratologist , by, Edward Lee, and, Wrath James White ( yep, that's his name).

This is what they call Hardcore Horror fiction , or extreme horror.

And, boy , is it ever!

Very graphic sex and violence. These guys just write to gross you out.

Of course, I thought it was very extreme, until I read an online story by Wrath James White called Hurting Him .

Now that's Hardcore horror. An absolutely brutal short story about a man's revenge on someone who stole his love.

Phew! Need something to cleanse my soul. Pretty sure I'm going to hell for reading that novella.

Maybe I'll read something lighter next, like, Her Blood Spattered Face
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Old 05-08-03 | 04:58 AM
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PREDATOR: Big Game

It's a novelization of a Dark Horse Comic where a Predator has come to New Mexico ...to hunt (duh)... and it's forced to deal with a Indian soldier trained to face the Predator by his Medicine Man Grandfather.

Apparently, the Tribe has been dealing with Predators for years

The next book will deal with a Predator in Siberia/Russia

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Old 05-08-03 | 11:49 AM
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I'm rereading the entire Dark Tower series by Stephen King in preparaton for Book 5
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Old 05-08-03 | 01:41 PM
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I'm rereading the entire Dark Tower series by Stephen King in preparaton for Book 5
Awesome - I plan on doing this shortly.
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Old 05-08-03 | 04:45 PM
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Starting Lucifer's Hammer today.
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Old 05-08-03 | 10:50 PM
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Just finished Thomas Perry's Dance for the Dead. Good read - while not as good as Vanishing Act, the ending packs quite a punch.

Next up, Perry's Shadow Woman.
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Old 05-09-03 | 10:09 AM
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The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

My friends have been telling me to read this for months. Now that school is out, looks like I'll have a chance to read it. w00t.
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Old 05-10-03 | 03:20 AM
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Old 05-10-03 | 08:25 PM
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So far this month i've read Dark as Day, The Merchant of Souls, Neverwhere, Damnation Day (something like that) and something else i can't remember the name of.

I'm in the process of reading Ringworld and planning on getting Broken Angels, the new Hammer's Slammer's book and something else i saw in the bookstore but couldn't afford since work doesn't start till monday. That's not going to be enough to hold me over for the rest of the month tho, i'm thinking i'll go find some books i've always meant to read.
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Old 05-11-03 | 09:48 PM
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Finished Devil in the White City recently, it was great. Now i'm reading You Shall Know Our Veloctiy by Dave Eggars. It's pretty good so far.
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Old 05-12-03 | 03:33 AM
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This month, finished "Hannibal", "The Lathe of Heaven" and "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." Really enjoyed them all, especially "Hannibal".

Will start Marquez's "Love in the Time of Cholera" tomorrow.
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Old 05-13-03 | 01:03 AM
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Finished Voice Of The Blood, by Jemiah Jefferson.

A decidedly different Vampire book(which I would have ignored because I was truly sick of Vampire fiction if it were not for reviews by readers on the internet.).

Very erotic, and graphic( the description of a human becoming a vampire is very squishy, and gorey).

Now reading "Face," by, Tim Lebbon.
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Old 05-13-03 | 09:55 PM
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Being a huge huge fan of id Software, I just finished Masters of Doom.
Up next is Antrax in the Shannara series.
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Old 05-14-03 | 12:55 AM
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Finished Voice Of The Blood, by Jemiah Jefferson.

A decidedly different Vampire book(which I would have ignored because I was truly sick of Vampire fiction if it were not for reviews by readers on the internet.).

Very erotic, and graphic( the description of a human becoming a vampire is very squishy, and gorey).

Now reading "Face," by, Tim Lebbon.
Have you read any of Jon Merz's Fixer series? That's an interesting take on the vampire lore.

www.zrem.com
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Old 05-14-03 | 09:04 PM
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Last Week I finished Jennifer Government by Max Barry




Now I'm reading Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich

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Old 05-14-03 | 10:31 PM
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Just finished Thomas Perry's Shadow Woman. Wonderful, wonderful book. This rivals Pursuit as my favorite Perry novel.

Next up, I am going to continue his Jane Whitefield series with The Face-Changers.
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Old 05-15-03 | 12:56 PM
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I'm reading William Gibson's cyberpunk classic "Neuromancer" published waaaay back in '84.
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Old 05-15-03 | 01:47 PM
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I'm reading William Gibson's cyberpunk classic "Neuromancer" published waaaay back in '84.
A classic - I plan on rereading this sometime soon.
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Old 05-15-03 | 05:47 PM
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I am about to finish Hulk by Peter David. It's based on the movie. Not sure what's going to be next
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Old 05-15-03 | 10:00 PM
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Just finished Boy's Life by Robert McCammon

Started Mortal Prey by John Sandford
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Old 05-15-03 | 10:25 PM
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The Talisman - Straub/King
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Old 05-17-03 | 09:25 AM
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Just finished reading Agent 146: The True Story of a Nazi Spy in America. Erich Gimpel's memoir, recently released in US. Originally published in 1957.
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