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Phantasos · #**751** 08-31-2010, 12:58 PM

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No, no. Much of the text is about why a lot of the things explained in the Qu'ran back then are enforced by recent scientific discoveries. There are a a lot of diagrams that help to demonstrate this.

Oooh, now that does sound like a good read.

I'm always impressed by ancient civilisations, and their religions or cultures, and their somewhat unsettling detail to the universe and world around them, that we have only just stumbled across ourselves..

crimsonxking · #**752** 08-31-2010, 03:04 PM

Yeah the ending of The Stand was probably the best example of Deus Ex Machina ever. But, overall, it was a pretty good book. Not my favorite King book, but probably one of the best.

OANST · #**753** 08-31-2010, 03:06 PM

King is obsessed with Deus Ex Machina. He has ruined almost every book he's written with a Deus Ex Machina ending. But holy shit, is Black House the worst. I wanted to like that book so much because of how much I loved The Talisman, but goddamn it.

crimsonxking · #**754** 08-31-2010, 03:14 PM

Never read Black House. The Tailsman is pretty good, though.

Honestly, I normally don't have a problem with Deus Ex Machina endings. If they have been properly alluded to and set-up or make sense they can be pretty good. I really like how The Shining was resolved in the book. But sometimes it really does feel like it could have been a much better book when he does things like that.

OANST · #**755** 08-31-2010, 03:21 PM

Yeah, well, at the end of Black House all of the "good guys" shot laser beams out of their school rings even though they didn't know they could. That's how they beat the bad guy.

Wings of Fire · #**756** 08-31-2010, 03:32 PM

The Talisman was almost perfect. There's just one weird writing error somewhere near the end which I'm convinced isn't a casual error and is actually King breaking style.

It's very jarring.

Leto · #**757** 08-31-2010, 03:51 PM

The Glass Bead Gamez By Herman Hesse because I so kool.

Anyone have an ereader? We just got one for mum, and I was pining quite hard for one up until the point I actually used it. eInk is a fucking lame baby technology atm, basically a convoluted calculator display. Plus the resolution is so balls on all ereaders in the market that parsed pdfs can't be fully displayed, aka scroll around the page with the crushingly slow refresh rate.

I will stick to using university printing credit to read my illegal pdfs and epubs.

Phylum · #**758** 09-01-2010, 04:10 AM

We have to read Chineese Cinderella for English.

The dog ate her duck D:

STM · #**759** 09-01-2010, 12:39 PM

It's surprisingly good! I read it in year 7

Mr.Spandexpants · #**760** 09-01-2010, 11:28 PM

I'm reading the Night Angel Trilogy, by Brent Weeks.
Its awesome.
Yay.

STM · #**761** 09-11-2010, 03:06 AM

Is disc world good? I here some good things but overall a mixed reception.

Wings of Fire · #**762** 09-11-2010, 03:39 AM

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Is disc world good? I here some good things but overall a mixed reception.

It's incredibly good, start at Guards Guards.

STM · #**763** 09-13-2010, 09:39 AM

Shouldn't I start with The Colour of Magic? Also, what's it about mainly

Wings of Fire · #**764** 09-13-2010, 09:46 AM

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Shouldn't I start with The Colour of Magic? Also, what's it about mainly

Really don't. Guards Guards! is where it changes from an above par fantasy to a massively fun deconstruction series of basically everything. Also it's the first City Watch book and that's my favourite plotline.

STM · #**765** 09-13-2010, 09:51 AM

Might get it, first I want to read 1984, then the LoTR trilogy and maybe one other LOTR related film.

MeechMunchie · #**766** 09-13-2010, 09:56 AM

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Also it's the first City Watch book and that's my favourite plotline.

Mine is the Rincewind & Twoflower series.

Wings of Fire · #**767** 09-13-2010, 10:24 AM

But but Night Watch.

MeechMunchie · #**768** 09-13-2010, 10:28 AM

But but Eric

Wings of Fire · #**769** 09-13-2010, 10:29 AM

If I had to pick a favourite from the Rincewind books I'm damn sure it wouldn't be Eric.

Interesting Times, bitch.

MeechMunchie · #**770** 09-13-2010, 10:34 AM

Interesting Times was #2 for the R&Ts. It moves a bit slowly at the start.

Dynamithix · #**771** 09-13-2010, 11:24 AM

I picked up two books at a sale yesterday, Dr. Who - The Clockwise Man and a thriller called Anna Online.

Wings of Fire · #**772** 09-13-2010, 11:28 AM

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Anna Online.

That sounds almost biographical.

Dynamithix · #**773** 09-13-2010, 11:30 AM

It seems very interesting. I'm currently reading the Dr. Who one.

Wings of Fire · #**774** 09-13-2010, 11:35 AM

It was very interesting, but it had a horrible ending.

Dynamithix · #**775** 09-13-2010, 11:45 AM

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It was very interesting, but it had a horrible ending.

I'm interested to see how bad the end is.

Wings of Fire · #**776** 09-13-2010, 11:46 AM

I haven't read the book. I was making a self indulgent joke.

Dynamithix · #**777** 09-13-2010, 01:24 PM

Liar!

OANST · #**778** 09-13-2010, 02:40 PM

I just started House of Leaves. I'm not sure if I like it yet.

used:) · #**779** 09-13-2010, 06:57 PM

I just started All Quiet on the Western Front for my history class. Eerie to say the least.

Phylum · #**780** 09-13-2010, 10:17 PM

Puckoon by Spike Milligan.

It's a surreal book. I have 10 pages left to read and there's been minimal plot. I was reading it in my doctor's waiting room today and I found myself unable to stop laughing after reading an interesting moment of author intevention that saw characters walking up from seemingly nowhere and then retreating on one leg while making animal calls.