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mousepod · 03-09-2005, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I started the Illuminatus Triology - love a good conspiracy theory. I'm interested to see how this compares to Dan Browns Angels and Demons.

I bet you'll love it. I've been into R.A.W. since college. The rest of his work is pretty great, too.

I must admit that I was a little disappointed with Dan Brown's stuff - probably because the reviews led me to believe it was going to be more along the lines of Wilson or even Stephenson. DB's ideas are good, and the Robert Ludlum literary style is exciting (see 'The Gemini Contenders'), but RAW will make your head spin... in a good way.

Ghoulish Delight · 03-09-2005, 09:10 PM

Soon, €, you will be doing double takes when you hear lines in movies like "Level 5, cell block AA 23." Conspiracy theories indeed.

€uroMeinke · 03-09-2005, 09:19 PM

heh heh as a Freshman in college I had a roommate who would go on at length about "23" and the illuminati - perhaps now, I will come to understand him a bit better.

Not Afraid · 03-09-2005, 09:56 PM

We saw Mt. Shasta once. I heard they live there.

Ghoulish Delight · 03-09-2005, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

heh heh as a Freshman in college I had a roommate who would go on at length about "23" and the illuminati - perhaps now, I will come to understand him a bit better.

Hey, me too! And no, you won't understand him any better. A much more likely result is understanding yourself a little less.

€uroMeinke · 03-09-2005, 10:12 PM

inconceivable

Cadaverous Pallor · 03-10-2005, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Hey, me too! And no, you won't understand him any better. A much more likely result is understanding yourself a little less.

Hehe. Chris, meet Chris. I'll have to at least skim a copy to refresh me so I can talk to you on this one. All hail Discordia!

Sadly, I'm coming here to post because I'm really not liking Thus Spoke Zarathustra. I do love a flow-of-thought style, but not on and on and on. I am continually confused as to what the Nietzsche believes and what he is making fun of and what he's stating sarcastically. I was really enjoying the other writings, but Zarathustra is making my eyes glaze over.

I now remember that the same thing happened to me the last time I tried to read it. Even the notations aren't helping much.

I just might have to skim Z and read the rest. Sorry €, I tried! I do love the other works though.

€uroMeinke · 03-10-2005, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I just might have to skim Z and read the rest. Sorry €, I tried! I do love the other works though.

heh heh, he is better in small doses. He's not terribly linear, but I tend to like that about his writing.

Claire · 03-17-2005, 12:47 PM

Been on a reading jag. All fun and non-serious.

Susan Isaac's Anywhere I Hang My Hat. Cute.

Al Franken's Lies and the Lying Liars, etc. Snort! I can see why conservatives HATE his guts.

I want this guy on my side. What a frustrating blow-hard! I looooved this book.

I read two Dan Brown books this week.....Deception Point. Eh. And Digital Fortress. Double eh. DF felt like it wanted really bad to be a movie starring Monica Potter and that older guy on Lost.

I'm 1/3 of the way through Sammy's Hill by, don't laugh, Kristen Gore. She writes in a very appealing ADD style with thought tangents that EERILY mirror my own. I've been cracking up non-stop. She reminds me of EH. I'm very much enjoying it. The main character even idolizes and fantasizes about Steve Martin! She thinks he's a genius!

It's so not a deep-thought book, but damn, it's good stuff. Better than Bridget Jones so far, methinks. But I'm only 1/3 of the way in. I believe Kristen Gore and I are probably twins separated by birth and four years.....and not just because I once told my dad that I'd rather have Al Gore for a father than him. It was the cruelest thing I could think of at the moment.......and perhaps rang more true than I knew......

Not Afraid · 03-17-2005, 01:25 PM

I am on my catalog jag again. I have 2 stories left in the Augusten Burroughs book and I just can't take the time to finish it. Part of that was my flu from hell, then I just got out of it. I have a new book on the way (like there's nothing to read here

). But, I need to see what J Crew has in store for spring and what Eddie Bauer has that I can exchange my pants for. The catalogs come in droves daily. I can't help it!

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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Soon, €, you will be doing double takes when you hear lines in movies like "Level 5, cell block AA 23." Conspiracy theories indeed. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	heh heh as a Freshman in college I had a roommate who would go on at length about "23" and the illuminati - perhaps now, I will come to understand him a bit better. __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	We saw Mt. Shasta once. I heard they live there.
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	inconceivable __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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Claire Shagilicious Disneyland!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fulfilling my destiny..... Posts: 740	Been on a reading jag. All fun and non-serious. Susan Isaac's Anywhere I Hang My Hat. Cute. Al Franken's Lies and the Lying Liars, etc. Snort! I can see why conservatives HATE his guts. I want this guy on my side. What a frustrating blow-hard! I looooved this book. I read two Dan Brown books this week.....Deception Point. Eh. And Digital Fortress. Double eh. DF felt like it wanted really bad to be a movie starring Monica Potter and that older guy on Lost. I'm 1/3 of the way through Sammy's Hill by, don't laugh, Kristen Gore. She writes in a very appealing ADD style with thought tangents that EERILY mirror my own. I've been cracking up non-stop. She reminds me of EH. I'm very much enjoying it. The main character even idolizes and fantasizes about Steve Martin! She thinks he's a genius! It's so not a deep-thought book, but damn, it's good stuff. Better than Bridget Jones so far, methinks. But I'm only 1/3 of the way in. I believe Kristen Gore and I are probably twins separated by birth and four years.....and not just because I once told my dad that I'd rather have Al Gore for a father than him. It was the cruelest thing I could think of at the moment.......and perhaps rang more true than I knew...... __________________ Miles: It tastes like the back of a fing L.A. school bus. Now they probably didn't de-stem, hoping for some semblance of concentration, crushed it up with leaves and mice, and then wound up with this rancid tar and turpentine bull**. Fin' Raid. Jack: Tastes pretty good to me.
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03-17-2005, 01:25 PM	#80
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I am on my catalog jag again. I have 2 stories left in the Augusten Burroughs book and I just can't take the time to finish it. Part of that was my flu from hell, then I just got out of it. I have a new book on the way (like there's nothing to read here ). But, I need to see what J Crew has in store for spring and what Eddie Bauer has that I can exchange my pants for. The catalogs come in droves daily. I can't help it!
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