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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Doug Peacock said of this book it "may be the most important wildlife publication event of the year [2003]"  So despite the lapse of time, of course I have to read it.  Sadly, it start out with a chapter describing how buffalo that cross the line out of Yellowstone are legally shot and butchered.  Ugh.  Rough start, but I will stick it out because it is also said to be, "An affectionate tribute to the animals in the setting in which American are likely to encounter them."  Ruth Rudner, A Chorus of Buffalo; A Personal Portrait of an American Icon:
    A Chorus of Buffalo A Personal Portrait of an American Icon Rudner Ruth 9781569244388 Amazoncom Books


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  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,110
    Has anyone read The Three Body Problem by Chinese author Cixin Liu...Sounds like some good Sci Fi.  I have requested it as a bday gift so hoping to have a copy next week.  Interested in what other readers think, obviously without giving away spoilers.
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  • mpedone
    mpedone 540xxx - Manchester, NH Posts: 1,961
    static111 said:
    Has anyone read The Three Body Problem by Chinese author Cixin Liu...Sounds like some good Sci Fi.  I have requested it as a bday gift so hoping to have a copy next week.  Interested in what other readers think, obviously without giving away spoilers.

    I picked up the trilogy boxed set last year, but haven't gotten around to reading any of it yet.
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  • mpedone
    mpedone 540xxx - Manchester, NH Posts: 1,961
    Currently reading "Wanderers" by Chuck Wendig on my Kindle and "Head On" by John Scalzi in paperback. Interspersing with Nick Offerman's "Where the Deer and Antelope Play", too.
    "I'm a lucky man, to count on both hands the [shows I've done]. Some folks just have one, others they got none..."

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  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,959
    Slaughterhouse-five - modern Library 100 Best Novels By Kurt Vonnegut paperback Target

    First time reading Vonnegut.

  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,831
    eddiec said:
    Slaughterhouse-five - modern Library 100 Best Novels By Kurt Vonnegut paperback Target

    First time reading Vonnegut.

    Oh, I'm jealous!
    Soooo much great reading, ahead.
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  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,959
    F Me In The Brain said:
    eddiec said:
    Slaughterhouse-five - modern Library 100 Best Novels By Kurt Vonnegut paperback Target

    First time reading Vonnegut.

    Oh, I'm jealous!
    Soooo much great reading, ahead.

    So it goes.
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,975
    Finally finished this:
    Great read! :clap:
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  • a5pj
    a5pj Hershey PA Posts: 3,976
    eddiec said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    eddiec said:
    Slaughterhouse-five - modern Library 100 Best Novels By Kurt Vonnegut paperback Target

    First time reading Vonnegut.

    Oh, I'm jealous!
    Soooo much great reading, ahead.

    So it goes.
    Yes, probably my favorite book!
    I've been working my way through all his books, need to grab a few more today.

    I use Betterworldbooks.com if anyone is interested. They're mostly used, cheap, they donate books to ppl that need em, and strive to be carbon neutral. Usually you get old library books, kinda fun to see where they come from.
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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. I've been intending to read it forever since it was so influential on Orwell's 1984. Finally got around to it. 
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,326
    one of the best books I have EVER read! a masterpiece.


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  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,441

    The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life By Alex Trebek

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  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 3,012
    I just discovered what an interesting man James Baldwin was, wondering what might be a good entry point into his works? I’m interested to explore both his essays and his stories. Thanks in advance.
    "The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."

    10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,975
    DarthMaeglin said:
    I just discovered what an interesting man James Baldwin was, wondering what might be a good entry point into his works? I’m interested to explore both his essays and his stories. Thanks in advance.
    Eddie will recommend Jimmy's Blues and Other Poems. :wink:
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,831
    DarthMaeglin said:
    I just discovered what an interesting man James Baldwin was, wondering what might be a good entry point into his works? I’m interested to explore both his essays and his stories. Thanks in advance.
    Going to Meet the Man was my first exposure some 30 years ago and it left a mark.

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  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 3,012
    Pap said:
    DarthMaeglin said:
    I just discovered what an interesting man James Baldwin was, wondering what might be a good entry point into his works? I’m interested to explore both his essays and his stories. Thanks in advance.
    Eddie will recommend Jimmy's Blues and Other Poems. :wink:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    DarthMaeglin said:
    I just discovered what an interesting man James Baldwin was, wondering what might be a good entry point into his works? I’m interested to explore both his essays and his stories. Thanks in advance.
    Going to Meet the Man was my first exposure some 30 years ago and it left a mark.

    Thank you both, I expect I’ll see what’s available at the library in the coming days, very much appreciated the feedback.
    "The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."

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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,831
    Enjoy it.  Crazy talented guy.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    Ledbetterman10 said:
    Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. I've been intending to read it forever since it was so influential on Orwell's 1984. Finally got around to it. 
    This was my favorite book we had to read back in high school
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  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,110
    Finished The Three Body Problem Trilogy by CIXIN LIU.  That was entertaining and pretty great hard sci fi.  I would recommend it to anyone.

    Just started Hyperion by Dan Simmons.  So far I like it.  It is obvious that it was written in a different time (1989)  Might as well have been written in a different world.  More SCIFI/Fantasy than hard sci fi, but still enjoyable.
    Scio me nihil scire

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