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by **canofhumdingers** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:42 pm

Frank Herbert's Dune

& i'm REALLY enjoying it. I'm a huge fan of Star Wars. But not Star Wars as we know it today, Star Wars as it was before the "directors cut" special editions began to change everything. (Don't even get me started on the prequels....i don't even consider those "Star Wars" in any way....)
I've also become very interested in the Star Wars universe as it was before ESB came out in 1980. Back when Darth was a first name. When Luke's father really had been murdered. when none of the main characters were related to each other & before "A New Hope" was shoehorned into the opening crawl. The galaxy was huge back then & the possibilities endless.

Anyway, i bring all that up, b/c those interests & investigations have caused me to go back & learn more about the influences that helped shape the original film. Dune was a heavy influence so i've finally gotten around to reading it & it's great! It REALLY has that same kind of wide open adventure feel to it that made the first film so fantastic.

On a slight side note, if anyone's interested in the history of Star Wars' creation, you should check out an incredible FREE e-book called The Secret History of Star Wars. It's extremely well researched & will open your eyes to the way that the accepted history of how the films came to be is quite deceptive. Infact, the REAL story is FAR more interesting.

by **planetxleader** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:48 am

Cormac McCarthy's The Road - After seeing No Country For Old Men twice, I felt like trying one of McCarthy's books to see if I liked it. This one's about a father and a son surviving in post-apacolyptic America and it's hopelessly depressing. I'm really liking it, though. I'm halfway through and a scene where they stumble into a cellar where people are being kept for food had me on the edge of my seat.

Also reading "Killing Johnny Frye" by Walter Mosley. I love Mosley's stuff, though this one isn't far away from being a straightforward pornographic novel. Still, the main character goes through a period of transformation, redefining what he wants in his career and cutting this ties from his old girlfriend; it's actually pretty motivating to read about this guy's liberation.

by **lhb412** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:01 pm

Fates Worse Than Death by Kurt Vonnegut.

by **Xenorama** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:09 pm

The (annotated) Hobbit, which is a coffee table sized version, filled with illustrations from all over the world and loads of notes on the origins of various creatures and plot points (they are in Mirkwood now). great stuff.

David

by **Tiny Gigan** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 3:54 pm

About to finish Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene- The Followers of Jesus in History and Legend by Bart Ehrman.

by **lhb412** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:33 pm

Slapstick, another Kurt Vonnegut book. It's a novel this time (my last one was a wonderfull essay collection).

by **kiryugoji04** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:20 pm

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Dear God, it's so much FUN.

by **MekaGojira3k** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:26 pm

The Bible
by Various Authors.

by **lhb412** » Sun May 04, 2008 11:36 pm

Okay, about to start The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. One of those novels I know I should have read but haven't.

by **Tiny Gigan** » Wed May 07, 2008 7:15 pm

Getting ready to start Death By Black Hole by Neil De Grasse Tyson.

by **lhb412** » Mon May 19, 2008 7:10 pm

Sourcery by Terry Pratchett.

by **canofhumdingers** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:12 pm

Just finished Notes in Japan by Alfred Parsons. He's an English landscape artist who spent a year traveling Japan & painting in 1892. He wrote a book about his travels that includes many of his illustrations. It was a REALLY neat read as he was there while Japan was still very much in the middle of transitioning from ancient to modern. I mean, there had still been sword carrying samurai less than twenty years before his visit!! The copy i have is neat too. My wife found it in an antique store & it's the first edition (if it was ever even reprinted) from 1896. & his illustrations of the japanese country & people are fantastic!

by **Tyler E. Martin** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:27 pm

Hiroshima by John Hersey.

by **lhb412** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:27 pm

Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut

by **lhb412** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 11:48 pm

Finished Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett and have started Hellboy: The Companion.

by **metal_bryan** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 2:20 am

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson

by **canofhumdingers** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:26 pm

finally got around to starting August's Eiji Tsubaraya biography. But i'm afraid to pack it in my suitcase for fear it'll get damaged so i only read it at home. when i'm on the road i'm reading Homer's Odyssey & slooowly reading the free e-book The Secret History of Star Wars. (don't like having to pull out my laptop everytime i want to read part of a book, so i only read in it every once in a while -- but it's a REALLY interesting & well researched book. too bad it doesn't stand a chance of getting published, as it's far more deserving than most books on Star Wars out there today.)

by **MekaGojira3k** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 2:34 pm

by **lhb412** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:28 pm

Animal Farm, by George Orwell. I've never read it before. Not in school, not after I read 1984. It's a long time coming.

by **lhb412** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:34 am

by **Tiny Gigan** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 2:00 am

LHB- What part of the south do you live in? That description wasn't far off from my parents' neighborhood...

Just started Blind Faith- The Unholy Alliance of Religion and Medicine by Richard P. Sloan, Ph.D. It took me a long time to finish up Death By Black Hole - Summer offers so many other distractions that I always end up behind in my reading. :cry:

by **lhb412** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 12:39 pm

by **Reaper G** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:08 pm

by **Tiny Gigan** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 7:24 pm

by **lhb412** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:16 am

The Neverending Story by Michael Ende.

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