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Old Dec 15, 07
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Qft. I need to get through JPod before the tv series based on the book starts in the new year.
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I AM THE BIGGEST COUPLAND FAN AND MY LIFE IS BASICALLY ME TRYING TO IMITATE MICROSERFS BUT I REALLY THINK jPOD WAS A GIANT PIECE OF SHIT AND IM ON BOYCOT OF ANY NEW WORK ARGH ARGH ANGRY ANGRY
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i was spoiled because they're so fucking good it ruined all other vampire books for me.
Like I said, dude. That's not being spoiled, that's having taste.
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the long dark teatime of the soul was pretty funny, but i think the hhgtg is still the *best* of all his works. i have yet to listen to the radio plays, but i hear they are good as well
the movie was excellent, but only because i read the entire thing. as a representation of the books.. it sucked.

anne rices vampire series is excellent. dark and romantic with some great ideas and great storyline.
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The radio plays are hilarious, although I much prefer the BBC miniseries.

As for the vampire series, I especially enjoyed Pandora.
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I don't read Anne Rice for the same reason I don't read Stephen King. She doesn't write so much as she types. I've never read the Vampire Chronicals, but I've also heard that the original series is worth your time but just about the rest of it is pretty pointless.

That's all hearsay and second-hand information, but honestly I really can't stand her lofty philosophy... she strikes me as a bit of a goth-poser...

Ever listen to her in interviews? It's like reading a livejournal...
You're pretty much right. Interview With the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, Queen of the Damned, and Pandora are her only worthwhile reads. I fell in love with them around 11 or 12, so that most definitely affects my opinion of them.
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^I've read Interview, thought it was alright.

But it wasn't enough to get me to pick up the other books in the series.
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Old Dec 16, 07
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Ooh I just remembered another REALLY good one: Sula by Toni Morrison

...and two "children's" books that are even better with an adult perspective are A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh and Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories.
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Old Dec 17, 07
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you know what children's book i've been wanting to read again? "the wishing bookchair". at least i think that was the name of it.
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^I actually had a published children's book written about me, definitely a great keepsake.
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Griffin & Sabine books by Nick Bantock are some very cool visual art, if you like nonconventional prose.
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Old Dec 17, 07
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Chuck Palahniuk's "Survivor" is a great read
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Old Dec 17, 07
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Come ON! "Siddhartha"?!

You can get more out of an instruction manual on how to tie shoelaces! Either that or afflict yourself w/ "The Celestine Prophecies"!
this is the worst review i've ever read. if you're into buddhist philosophy, this is a great book.
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Chuck Palahniuk's "Survivor" is a great read
I generally agree, although I might downgrade "great" to "good".
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GOD LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I HATE THAT BOOK
I AM THE BIGGEST COUPLAND FAN AND MY LIFE IS BASICALLY ME TRYING TO IMITATE MICROSERFS BUT I REALLY THINK jPOD WAS A GIANT PIECE OF SHIT AND IM ON BOYCOT OF ANY NEW WORK ARGH ARGH ANGRY ANGRY
I'm off the Coupland bandwagon as well.

Everything's Gone Green was dull as dishwater.
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Old Dec 17, 07
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...and two "children's" books that are even better with an adult perspective are A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh and Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories.
Add Alice in Wonderland to that list.

Someone mentioned Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates and Jitterbug Perfume, which I have to enthusiastically second.

Also The Eden Express by Mark Vonnegut. My favorite book of all time. Good luck though. It's been out of print for a long time :(

edit: also Illusions by Richard Bach, and Vancouver (I forget the authors and am too lazy to google, but it is a big fat historical novel set in guess-where that spans thousands of years in the area)
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Old Jan 08, 08
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Qft. I need to get through JPod before the tv series based on the book starts in the new year.
CBC, 9PM tonight... like right now.
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Did anyone mention "Guns, Germs and Steel" in this thread? I'm too lazy/tired to look.
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...and two "children's" books that are even better with an adult perspective are A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh and Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories.
The Tao of Pooh is one of my favourite religious texts of all time.
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Old Jan 09, 08
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"collected stories" -gabriel garcia marquez. a collection of short stories.

"rogue primate" -john livingston. an essay on "human domestication" which touches on a lot of related subjects (environmentalism, animal rights, ecology, social structure, globalization, etc.). please note that it doesn't touch on these subjects in the usual "pro-/anit-" methodology.



i didn't like "siddhartha" either. i felt like it was telling me things i already knew. like being jesus and reading the bible.
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Old Jan 09, 08
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CBC, 9PM tonight... like right now.
I did it Gusty! I finished with a few days to spare!
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Also, if I didn't say it somewhere already, I'm reading A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah. I saw Jon Stewart's interview with him a while back, and finally got my hands on the book (an Xmas present).
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"Armour" by John Steakley.
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