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  1. porkstock41

    porkstock41 Every time across from me...not there!

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    ^^^i hear you on the incest thing. i've come across that in a couple of his books - never understood the point in it..

    so what? i've never read it.
    i've read several books from Heinlein's "juvenile series" as an adult, and enjoyed them just fine.
     
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  3. BlackBillBlake

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    I enjoyed it as a kid - I think maybe it might have been the first sci-fi book I ever read. I can still loosely recall the plot.

    You'll probably like it now.
     
    BlackBillBlake, Dec 14, 2014
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  5. porkstock41

    porkstock41 Every time across from me...not there!

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    i think 3 of the other books i listed by Heinlein are also from the juvenile series...

    the first book (and maybe the best) that i ever read by him was The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.


    and my other post was a lie, as i'm currently finishing up Heinlein's Assignment in Eternity - a compilation of 4 short stories.
    then i'm gonna start with Dhalgren or Methusela's Children
     
    porkstock41, Dec 14, 2014
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  7. guerillabedlam

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    The God Delusion-Richard Dawkins
     
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  9. eggsprog

    eggsprog anti gang marriage HipForums Supporter

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    about 100 pages into This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs the Climate, by Naomi Klein.
     
    eggsprog, Dec 23, 2014
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  11. Gyro Gearloose

    Gyro Gearloose Senior Member

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    Hello,

    rereading the Tao of Physics.

    Regards
    Gyro
     
    Gyro Gearloose, Dec 23, 2014
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  13. Asmodean

    Asmodean Slo motion rider

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    I'm strugglin somewhere halfway in The name of the rose by Umberto Eco. It is a great book that imerges you in the middle ages and the mindset of the people but it is really not an easy read. I can imagine if he would go to a publicer nowadays an editor would advise him to break up all these long winded sentences :p
     
    Asmodean, Dec 23, 2014
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  15. Dirtyhippycommiebastard

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    WOW! This thread has become the thread that never dies!
     
    Dirtyhippycommiebastard, Dec 27, 2014
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  17. guerillabedlam

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    Philisophical Investigations-Ludwig Wittgenstein
     
    guerillabedlam, Dec 30, 2014
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    'At Play in the Fields of the Lord' - Peter Matthiesen.

    A novel about gringos and Indians in the S.American jungle.
     
    BlackBillBlake, Dec 31, 2014
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  21. eggsprog

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    Just finished reading Gardens of the Moon, by Steven Erikson, and am starting The Lies of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynch.
     
    eggsprog, Jan 1, 2015
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  23. Asmodean

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    Is that a travel book of one of the descendants of Leif Erikson?
     
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  25. eggsprog

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    Alas, it is not. It's high fantasy.
     
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    The user manual for my car.
    At work reading Wonder by R. J. Palacio.
     
    shygurl170, Jan 2, 2015
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    slaughter house 5 by Kurt Vonnegut.
     
    tonydoe420, Jan 3, 2015
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  35. eggsprog

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    Finished that one, now on to The Heart of the Matter , by Graham Greene.

    My goal is to read 36 books in 2015, so I'm now at 1/36.
     
    eggsprog, Jan 4, 2015
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  37. Asmodean

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    Seems like a good start on the fifth day of the new year! :p
     
    Asmodean, Jan 5, 2015
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  39. guerillabedlam

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    Out of our Heads- Alva Noe
     
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