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bartosso 
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 Topic: Recently Read BooksPosted: 16 Feb 2013 at 9:58am |
 A book which combines dark crime novel with thoughtful social commentary. I love it and I can't wait to read the second volume, 9/10
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Posted: 16 Feb 2013 at 2:20pm |
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I'm in the middle of Thoreau's Walden right now
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Posted: 16 Feb 2013 at 2:26pm |
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I've started to read For Us, The Living by Robert Heinlein. It's the first book of his I've read.
 My novel reading is at a rather slow pace these days. I only read during part of my lunch break at work, so even relatively short novels have taken time (especially when I'm fatigued and doze off
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Posted: 24 Feb 2013 at 8:49am |
 I bought this as a paperback back when it was first released but no longer own it so I am reading a digital version now on my ipad. I do prefer to read actual books rather than digital versions - guess I'm just old fashioned  |
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Posted: 24 Feb 2013 at 9:20am |
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^ Studies have shown that reading a physical version of any text makes it easier for our brain to digest and/or memorize.
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Posted: 25 Feb 2013 at 9:21am |
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the last book i read was this one for school a few months ago when it was still 2012. when i was finished with it i wanted it to go on longer i didn't want it to end yet.
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Posted: 25 Feb 2013 at 9:50pm |
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Posting images isn't my thing on this forum apparently.
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Posted: 25 Feb 2013 at 9:51pm |
 This is the first sci-fi I have read. I like it. |
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Posted: 25 Feb 2013 at 10:56pm |
I bought this when I bought For Us, The Living. I might squeeze in Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles before I reach for this.
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Posted: 26 Feb 2013 at 10:38am |
One of the first sci-fi books I read in about 1972 and it's a classic. Not sure I understood it when I was 13 but have read it again since and got a lot more out of it. This was the beginning of a love of the genre which has sadly waned in recent years. |
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Posted: 26 Feb 2013 at 11:29am |
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Very good book bellow. One of the few hard sci-fi books from a modern author:
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Posted: 26 Feb 2013 at 2:09pm |
 ...yes, I know... |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2013 at 1:09am |
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I'm currently read Peter F. Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy. Finished this one yesterday:
 And I've just started the sequel.  |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2013 at 6:30am |
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Interesting read for gamers and non-gamers
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Posted: 11 Mar 2013 at 3:22pm |
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Currently reading this one:
 Also, I wrote a chapter in this one:  (shameless self-promotion) |
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Posted: 11 Mar 2013 at 3:49pm |
 I've read this book like 100 times, it's amazing. I'm a great fan of Lem.
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Posted: 18 Mar 2013 at 3:35pm |
Final part of the trilogy. Just about to start it.
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Posted: 19 Mar 2013 at 12:18pm |
 I really should try reading a new book ... but I am enjoying re-reading some of my collection. Just about to start the 'Book of the New Sun' series by Gene Wolfe. |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2013 at 12:26pm |
Have never read this trilogy. Let me know what you thought of it when you have completed this one. I liked the Greg Mandel books but believe The Night's Dawn trilogy are more of a 'space opera' in style. I like Iain M. Banks books in that style so is there any comparison? |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2013 at 3:20pm |
Yeah, fantastic book!  |
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