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2008

2008-12-15 13:55:49
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2008-12-08 15:39:47
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2008-12-08 14:54:09
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2008-11-05 04:23:51
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2008-11-02 15:31:12
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2008-10-26 16:37:41
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2008-10-25 19:40:13
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2008-10-24 15:30:05
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2008-10-23 15:45:03
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2008-10-21 20:02:55
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2008-10-19 19:29:42
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2008-10-19 13:51:23
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2008-10-18 05:41:09
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2008-10-12 07:02:40
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2008-10-11 13:02:39
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2008-10-08 17:00:13
rating 2.9
2008-09-30 10:05:00
rating 1.8
2008-10-25 19:40:13
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Reading Of Books
As the year is almost coming to a close, I have been summarising notes from my diary (for future publication in the appendices to my memoirs). Below is a list of the books I have finished reading this year (to date):

Ford (History/Industrialists)
The Destroyer: Guardian Angel (Fiction/Action)
Dark Mission (Cryptohistory/NASA)
Walden (Classic/Philosophy)
Secret Societies: Gardner's Hidden Knowledge (Cryptohistory/Conspiracy)
The Bormann Brotherhood (History/Conspiracy)
The Children Of Mu (Paranormal)
Terminate With Extreme Prejudice (History/Politics)
The City Of Falling Angels (History/Venice)
The English Assassin (Fiction/Action)
Amerithrax (True Crime)
European Paintings of the 19th and Early 20th Century In The National Gallery Of Victoria (Art)
The Wreckers (History/Maritime/British)
The Newgate Chronicle 2 (History/True Crime)
Dead Ground (True Crime/Politics - Northern Irish)
The Cuckoo's Egg (True Crime/Computers)
Queer Blood (Cryptohealth/conspiracy/AIDS)
The Confidential Agent (Fiction-Graham Greene)
The Octopus (True Crime-European)
Elvis - Murdered By The Mob (True Crime/Conspiracy)
Young Stalin (History/Russian)
The Heart Of The Matter (Fiction-Graham Greene)
Secret & Suppressed (Conspiracy)
The Plutonium Files (History-Radiation/Conspiracy)
The Murderers' Who's Who (True Crime)
The Oster Conspiracy Of 1938 (History-German)
The Prisoner (Fiction-TV)
Far From The Land (True Crime/History-Irish)
Fish Who Answer The Telephone and other Bizarre Books (literature)
Tolkien & The Lord Of The Rings (Literature/Middle-Earth)
Starship Troopers (Science Fiction)
A Game As Old As Empire (History/Hegemony)
The Titanic Conspiracy (History-Maritime/Conspiracy)
Annals Of A Fortress (Historical Novel)
The Great Liquidator (True Crime/History-French)
Monty Python And Philosophy (Spam)
Stealing History (True Crime-Archaelogy)
Strange Histories (History-Middle Ages)
The Bookfair Murders (Fiction-Mystery)
Gulliver's Travels (Classic-Fantasy)
The Man They Couldn't Break (True Crime)
On The Trail Of The Assassins (Conspiracy-JFK)
Egyptian Art (Art/History-Egyptian)
The Second Oldest Profession (History-Espionage)
The Inquisition (History-Middle Ages)
The Thoughts Of Karl Marx (Philosophy)
The Devil's Work (True Crime)
Jolly Roger (History-Maritime/Piracy)
Star Of Cursrah (Fiction-Fantasy)
The Merchant Of Prato (History-Italian)
Flouride: Drinking Ourselves To Death (Health)
Behind Closed Doors (History-Papacy)
Baldur's Gate (Fiction-Fantasy)
The Hapsburgs: Embodying Empire (History-Royalty)
The Glass Key (Fiction-Mystery)
Knockoff (True Crime)
Iron Maze (History-Russian/Espionage)
Rumpole And The Reign Of Terror (Fiction-Humour)
The Halls Of Stormweather (Fiction-Fantasy)
The East Indiamen (History-Maritime)
Romanov Autumn (History-Russian/Royalty)
The Girl Of His Dreams (Fiction-Mystery)
Old London Bridge (History-British)
The Snowtown Murders (True Crime)
The Hiram Key (History-Freemasonry/Conspiracy)
The Good Old Days (History-British/True Crime)
Curse Of The Narrows (History-Canadian/Disasters)
The House Of Cthulhu (Fiction-Fantasy)
Great Books (Literature)
The Power And The Glory (Fiction-Graham Greene)
Chopper 11 - Last Man Standing (True Crime)
The Prince Of Australia (History-Australian)
Semiotics And The Philosophy Of Language (Language)
Tarra Khash: Hrossak! (Fiction-Fantasy)
A Tale Of Two Cities (Fiction-Classic)
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows Of Amn (Fiction-Fantasy)
Baldur's Gate II: Throne Of Baal (Fiction: Fantasy)
Rum (History-Rum)
The Venetians (History-Maritime/Italian)
The Invisible College (Conspiracy/History-Royal Society)
Classic Science Fiction Writers (Literature)
The Yellow Silk (Fiction-Fantasy)
Khai Of Khem (Fiction-Fantasy)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (History-Cryptography/Computers)
Inside Putin's Russia (History-Russian)
The Honorary Consul (Fiction-Graham Greene)
Bestial (True Crime)
The City Of Ravens (Fiction-Fantasy)

Any suggestions on further reading or requests for my opinions are quite welcome.
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Posted by SmilinMatt on 2008-10-25 20:17:39
If you enjoyed Starship Troopers, I recommend pretty much everything by Heinlein. "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" is my favorite. I recently read a book about competitive Scrabble called "Word Freak" that led to some interesting comparisons to our nerdy little game.
Posted by Russo on 2008-10-25 20:26:15
Well I would recomend the following books/series:

Years of Rice & Salt - Kim Stanley Robinson (alternative history of Earth from 1300 onwards)

Red Mars, Green mars, Blue Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson (best books ever about terraforming

Malazan Book of The Fallen Series - Steven Erikson (Fantasy - Probably the best I have ever seen, almost like poetry, his style is not repetative like many fanasy writers)

To Ride Hells Chasm - Jenny Wurts (Possibly the most unique fantasy novel I have read in ages)

What If? - Non-Fiction various writers (Two books about alterantive histories based around critical battles, events and discoveries, very thought provoking stuff)

The Farseeer Trilogy - Robin Hobb (Fanatsy trilogy set in a fictitious world circa 900 AD Europe)

Many more just cant remember them all right now :D
Posted by Mr_Foulscumm on 2008-10-25 23:25:21
The year is almost coming to a close?
Posted by Mastermind on 2008-10-26 08:12:04
Well I don't know what the date is where you live, but here it's late October. Christmas is in about 7-8 weeks.

Thanks for the advice, I know the library has the Kim Stanley Robinson stuff. I also have to get around to re-reading the whole (original) Dune series. I'm currently reading The Dune Encyclopaedia, and it reminds me how much these hack-job 'Legends Of Dune' and Dune 'prequel' novels are lacking compared to the original.

And Heinlen is definately on my list. I read a few of them when I was a kid, but that's no excuse not to read them again. Hmmm, must check out some Harry Harrison too....