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I'm hopping back and forth between two collections of short stories by H.P. Lovecraft. I've had them for a while but I haven't read them since high school. So over the last month or so I started digging in again. I am completely in love with his work. He had a style that was just damn-near perfect in my opinion. Lovecraft could fit more detail and imagery into one paragraph than most modern authors achieve in a whole book.
Not to mention the stories themselves. Awesome stuff.
And just look at that guy! Figures he would write such weird and creepy stories. He looked like a damn serial killer.

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Bard2dbone said:
I JUST re-read that. I finished yesterday. One of the nurse at work brought several boxes of books up to the hospital to get rid of. I took a few Heinleins out of it.
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I'm about half-way through. I might go on a major Heinlein readingfest pretty soon, I scored 14 Heinlein novels off Ebay, only 2 of which I have read before, so I'll be occupied with him for a while.
 
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Bard2dbone said:
I JUST re-read that. I finished yesterday. One of the nurse at work brought several boxes of books up to the hospital to get rid of. I took a few Heinleins out of it.
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crucislancer said:
I'm about half-way through. I might go on a major Heinlein readingfest pretty soon, I scored 14 Heinlein novels off Ebay, only 2 of which I have read before, so I'll be occupied with him for a while.
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I've only read Starship Troopers. Any recommendations for his other works?
 
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crucislancer said:
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WOW that cover brings back memories! That image... well, let's say it had a formative impact on my adolescent years.....

Anyhow, I just finished a long slog through James Frazer's The Golden Bough. I'll admit to skimming a lot of it: he'll heap on example after example of magical or religious practices from all over the world. Without footnotes! :hmm:

Brilliant book, anyhow, though I doubt it would stand up to scrutiny today.

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I just received these today (one will be started this evening)
Mark Rippetoe - Starting Strength (2nd Ed.), Strong Enough, and Practical Programming for Strength Training

Also reading:
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out - Richard Feynman
Miles - the Miles Davis Autobiography (this is in my car & is read whenever I dine at a restaurant alone)
Guns, Germs, and Steel - Jared Diamond
B is for Beer - Tom Robbins
On Food and Cooking - the Science and Lore of the Kitchen - Harold McGee. I only read a page or two of this one, in small doses, typically before I fall asleep. This is quite possibly one of the best texts I've ever read that covers food science. A tad encyclopedic, but well-written and a good introduction to the topic.

Regarding books I've started, have partially or mostly completed and now have to completely re-read due to the length of time since I've read them last...
A People's History of the United States, 1492 to the present, Howard Zinn
Joan of Arc - Mark Twain

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