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    Quote Originally Posted by Geordie9 View Post
    Never read this one - Let me know if I should!
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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    Yes you should definitely read it, its brilliant. Its got Shawshank Redemption, Apt Pupil & Stand By Me in it!
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    Next up, a horror classic
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    Currently reading "Scene By Scene" by Mark Cousins - a film book based on a BBC series from the late 90s/early 00s in which the author (who recently made the astonishing 15 part documentary series The Story of Film, based on his book of the same name) interviews actors and directors about some of their most famous scenes in their most famous films. It's a nicely put together book and there's some interesting little tidbits throughout.



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    Before that I read James Ellroy's "Silent Terror" (aka Killer on the Road), which is his third book. It wasn't until his seventh book that he began his most famous achievement ("The L.A. Quartet" - The Black Dahlia/The Big Nowhere/L.A. Confidential/White Jazz - all of which I've read and thoroughly enjoyed), so his style is in its earlier stages here, but you can see the seeds nonetheless. It's a first-person account of a serial killer, going from B&E's to full-scale mass murder, across America and throughout the 60s/70s/80s.



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    And before that I read "The Walking Dead: The Fall of The Governor Part One".


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    50+ years old, but very readable and interesting!
    Brilliant book, but the last few chapters weren't as strong IMHO!

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    Comes across a little childish in writing style, but that may be due to it being translated.
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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    ^^ Hey look at the amount of books I'm getting through! I'm like a bookworm!
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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    Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Malinowski. An anthropological must!
    "The bumps you feel are asteroids smashing into the hull."

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    Ender's Game was brilliant IMHO, except it seemed to lose pace towards the end, and even lose itself a little.

    This book is like putting on a familiar comfortable pair of slippers again Straight away you feel at home with it. So far so good!

    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
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    Does anyone know any good online sites to read on. I'd like to read "story" by robert mckee

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    Finished Edawrd Rutherfurds New york, what a good read it was!! Next up.....

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    Hello all, This is my first post, I am a noob on this site but not to life. I cant claim this as currently reading but as have read, 3X. It is worth it. any one else? If so you will know when I say this book I believe was used as influence to the movie "starship troopers"
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