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Brett Stuart
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Began reading A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin as soon as UPS dropped it off at my house this morning. 
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Jesus Garcia
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"Alice In Wonderland"

My wife got me an IPhone for my birthday and I'm working my way through the Classics. Read "Robinson Crusoe", "The Time Machine", and "Huckleberry Finn" this way.

Also reading ISO-9003 but youse guys wouldn't be interested.
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Wallace Sellars
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NURTURE SHOCK
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FORGED - Bart D. Ehrman. His latest book on Christian history, this time about the many forgeries that found their way into the New Testament.

THE LIQUIDATOR - John Gardner. There's an old spy comedy starring Rod Taylor that used to be a favorite (haven't seen it in years) and doesn't appear to be on DVD. So I bought the book!

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"The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom" by Graham Farelo

"Lovecraft Unbound" by Ellen Datlow
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Just started THE WORST HARD TIME and MOBY DICK.  I really hate nautical books yet I love 19th century literature, so I've been agonizing over MD for a while now.  I figure that if I mix in something I like then it won't be so bad.
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William,

I had always heard MOBY DICK described as "boring" and "difficult" to read before I gave it a try.  I loved it!  One of my favorite books!  I'll be interested to see what you think!

Myself, I just finished THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand this week.  It's basically a 700 page book about a bunch of architects standing around and talking.  It should be boring.  I found it absolutely mesmerizing!  One of my favorites!  I would recommend someone familiarize yourself a bit with Objectivism before diving into the book though.
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In the next to last Dark Tower novel by S. King-"Song of Susannah".  Got into these b/c of the comics Marvel did (I'll read whatever Jae Lee draws) and am loving them.  It's taken too long but I'm ready to finish and see how this all turns out!
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Mark McKay
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Started A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin today.

Started Book 12 of Robert Jordan's THE WHEEL OF TIME two days ago as well.
I've been blowing through those books for the last few months.

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Brad Krawchuk
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Just picked up a copy of Carl Sagan's COSMOS, and Richard Dawkins' THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH.

10 pages into COSMOS. 
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Flavio Sapha
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THE SEVEN PERCENT SOLUTION ~ Sherlock Holmes meets Sigmund Freud.
Written by the same guy from THE WRATH OF KHAN, Nicholas Meyer (how
about that?). Almost done.
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Flavio Sapha
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Myself, I just finished THE FOUNTAINHEAD by Ayn Rand this week. It's
basically a 700 page book about a bunch of architects standing around
and talking. It should be boring. I found it absolutely mesmerizing!
One of my favorites! I would recommend someone familiarize yourself a
bit with Objectivism before diving into the book though.
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Nonsense! The Fountainhead is itself the best introduction into
Objectivism. I think it's a much better novel than ATLAS SHRUGGED
(though, in terms of outlining the Rand's philosophy, AS is more
thorough). The Fountainhead is more relevant for people who have
artistic inclinations, I feel...a lot of it revolves around aesthetics.   

Toohey is one of the all-time best villains EVER created! Perfect!!!

The movie is not half-bad either.

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