The Gang of Five
Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Arts => Attic Treasures => Topic started by: Timehopper on April 16, 2008, 08:53:19 PM
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What are you reading now?
I'm reading Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
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"Learn Javacript in 24 Hours"
Which BTW is impossible :slap
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"Learn Javacript in 24 Hours"
Which BTW is impossible :slap
Really? I've always wondered about how to use Javascript. :blink:
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"The Alaska Purchase and Russian-American Relations" by Ronald J. Jensen.
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English dictionary "Thesaurus"! :lol
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Really? I've always wondered about how to use Javascript.
In a way, it's harder than even the C++ programming language because you've gotta fit it in the web page with HTML and CSS stuck in there. I gotta tell ya, I'm not very good at making a decently laid out web page using all three languages (Javascript, CSS, and HTML). Others look at my code and go :blink: They may work, but they're impossible to understand unless you're the one who made them. I guess it's because I don't use comments. :p
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I just finished "Unwind" by Neil Shusterman. Its about a future time where an unproductive teenager could be unwound, or his/her body parts be used for other productive people.
http://www.amazon.com/Unwind-Neal-Shusterm...08430797&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Unwind-Neal-Shusterman/dp/1416912045/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208430797&sr=1-1)
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Really? I've always wondered about how to use Javascript.
In a way, it's harder than even the C++ programming language because you've gotta fit it in the web page with HTML and CSS stuck in there. I gotta tell ya, I'm not very good at making a decently laid out web page using all three languages (Javascript, CSS, and HTML). Others look at my code and go :blink: They may work, but they're impossible to understand unless you're the one who made them. I guess it's because I don't use comments. :p
Interesting...I took Web Design during my senior year of High school, although we only learned HTML and CSS.
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I just finished "Unwind" by Neil Shusterman. Its about a future time where an unproductive teenager could be unwound, or his/her body parts be used for other productive people.
http://www.amazon.com/Unwind-Neal-Shusterm...08430797&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Unwind-Neal-Shusterman/dp/1416912045/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208430797&sr=1-1)
Cool, I've never even heard of that book before. It sounds good.
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English dictionary "Thesaurus"! :lol
I was actually reading parts of Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary by A. Merriam-Webster last night before going to bed. What a coincidence! :lol:
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"The Alaska Purchase and Russian-American Relations" by Ronald J. Jensen.
Interesting. :)
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Hood and Bismarck by David Mearns and Rob White
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Popular Science, Showcase Presents Batman & the Outsiders, Showcase Presents Jonah Hex, Essential Marvel Handbook Deluxe Edition, Popeye 1 (from the Thimble Theater Newspaper comic series)
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Hood and Bismarck by David Mearns and Rob White
You are interested in maritime history as well F-22?
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The Red Jacket (the student literary magazine from College)
Express (newspaper; I get it everyday for free at the metro bus stop)
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (still reading it ;) )
Little Big Minds: Sharing Philosophy with Kids by Marietta McCarty
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Hood and Bismarck by David Mearns and Rob White
You are interested in maritime history as well F-22?
Yeah :yes Also in Military history
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The Dark Tower by Stephen King
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Unit 5 of Parliamo Italiano!: A Communicative Approach (Third Edition) by Suzanne Branciforte and Anna Grassi.
Only because I have Italian class in half in hour. ;)
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The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George
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The Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder. I currently forgot the name of the author, but she's done almost 8 books in this series so far. It's a murder/mystery/comedy with recipes throughout the novel! I got the stuff to make cookies from one of the recipes! :DD
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After reading the comments GOF members have made on this novel, I've decided to read Michael Crichton's "Jurassic Park." :lol. Hey, supposedly it's more graphic than the film, so cool beans!
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Star Wars:Alligence by Timothy Zahn.
i love his writing style!
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This board...! :P: But seriously, the last book I read was "A Night to Remember," by Walter Lord (on the wreck of the Titanic). Even so, that was like, two years ago... (I've read a few missing Scripture books though, if that counts...) Oh, but soon, I DO plan to read another book:
Miles: The Autobiography; Miles Davis and Quincy Troupe
I'm partial to his Jazz recordings at this time... The more I hear, the more I wish I could have met the man before he died...! :(
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"Lenin" by HÈlËne CarrËre d'Encausse and "The European Challenge" (a book about the contacts between native Americans and Europeans by Henry Woodhead (ed.) and others.
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i'm reading a national comic: the donald duck, :)
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Superman: The Bottled City of Kandor
Essential Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe vol 1
Popeye 1 (from the Thimble Theatre strips)
Dinotopia: The World Beneath
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I'm currently reading the Alex Rider sereis (6 books)
Again! :P:
Go Anthony Horowitz! Can't wait for nr.7!
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I was reading my enthnography report for my grad class to make sure its done...all fifteen pages of it. :P:
Once the semester is done next week, I'm picking up Watership Down again.
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"Atat¸rks Erben auf dem Weg nach Westen - Die T¸rkei im Spannungsfeld zwischen Nahost und Europa" (translates to: "Atat¸rk's heirs on the way westward - Turkey in the area of conflict between the Middle East and Europe") by Michael W. Weithmann. I'm reading this for a presentation I have to hold in June, but it is quite interesting.
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Dragon: Hound Of Honor By Julie Andrews Edwards.
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Finished Superman: The Bottled City of Kandor and will be starting The Brave & Bold: Batman Teamups, the rest I"m still reading.
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Attic, anyone knows this book?
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"Nach dem Sturm" ("After the Storm") by Marcus Junkelmann. An excellent non-fiction about the time after the US Civil War and about the way the Civil War is comemorated and how all this influenced US culture and culture in the world in general.
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A+ certification exam guide. I want to become certified. I don't know why. It's not like I really need it. :rolleyes:
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Finished the Rider books (for the third time) :P:
Now I read The Power of Five. B)
/Lillefot
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Warriors: Into The Wild
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The Revenge Of The Shadow King by Derek Benz. Afterwards i plan on reading those Books in Lillefot's Signature. B)
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Three different books about coal (my next presentation at the university is about synthetic fuels from coal).
Shakespeare's "Much ado about nothing" (also for the university).
"Harry Potter und die Heiligt¸mer des Todes" (the German version of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". I read the English version already, but never the translation. In a few cases I think they made some translation mistakes (e.g. there is a case where in the German version a character is "desperate" where in the original he is "surprised" etc.)).
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So you are now reading the translated version Malte. With the Dutch translation I found a couple of mistakes too.. I guess it is better to read the original version in that case.
At the moment I am reading:
De grot (translated: the cave) by Tim Krabbe
Het rad van fortuin (translated: the wheel of fortune) by Thea Beckman. it is one book of a triology, the last book. I have read the other books too. it is about the 100 year war between France and England in the 14th century... Really nice.
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Het rad van fortuin (translated: the wheel of fortune) by Thea Beckman. it is one book of a triology, the last book. I have read the other books too. it is about the 100 year war between France and England in the 14th century... Really nice.
That's funny, I once read a book by Rebeca GablÈ (one of my favorite authors of historical novels) about the same time and it was titled "Das L‰cheln der Fortuna" ("The smile of fortune") and the image of the "wheel of fortune" not only made the cover of the book but it was repeatedly mentioned in the story as well. In addition to that the book by Rebeca GablÈ is also the first of a triology. When I read the title and the topic of the book I first thought that perhaps Rebecca GablÈ (this is only a pseudonym) publishes under a different name in the Netherlands.
However, I found that Thea Beckman is a different author who wrote before GablÈ. Perhaps Rebeca GablÈ drew inspiration from Thea Beckman?
In any case I strongly recommend you the books of Rebeca GablÈ if you are interested in medieval historical novels.
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O, thank you Malte for the advice, I'm sure going to take a look :yes!
Edit: o.O She only writes in german? haha, I am going to give it a try! =P
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I think many of her novels were translated to Dutch, but I am not certain which were and which were not. I guess one could find out.
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I haven't come across a dutch version yet, but I am going to search on.
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By the way, do you mean British or American when you say English, Malte? I have read both and I liked the British version better.
I am currently on Men At Arms, the 15th of a 32 book series known as the Discworld Series, by Terry Pratchett.
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By the way, do you mean British or American when you say English, Malte?
With regard to the Harry Potter book? I think it was British English, but I'd have to check out. The cover shows Harry, Ron, and Hermione in trouble within the Leestrange's Gringotts vault. I don't know if the American cover shows a different scene?
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Right now I'm rereading the Axis of Time trilogy, an alternate history set by John Brimingham(Currently on the second novel, Designated Targets), and Strike Force, a techno-thriller by Dale Brown (Yes, I'm reading two books at the same time). Plus, I'm trying to hunt down copies of Silverwing, Sunwing and Firewing by Kenneth Oppel.
EDIT: There's a new McLanahan series (the series that Strike Force is a part of) novel being released this month by Dale Brown! That just made my day far better than it was! As soon as I see it, I'm picking it up!
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The American cover shows the final battle scene. I have an alternate British version with the locket on the cover.
Right now, I'm reading Soul Music, again by Terry Pratchett.
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I decided to reread some of the Bionicle books I have, the storyline itself. The strange thing is, there were quite a number of funny quotes in some of them, but I didn't seem to recall them back when I first read those books.
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Currently:
Dinotopia: Journey to Chandara By James Gurney
Essential Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition Volume 2
Flash Gordon (Mac Raboy's) Volume 1
Jack Kirby's Forth World Omnibus Volume 4
Popeye volume 2 (from thimble theater) by Segar
Showcase Presents: The Elongated Man Volume 1