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Kasdeja wrote:I put in some favorites, but my all time favorites are probably Jane Eyre, Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice. Dorky, I know.
Pshaw. I think Jane Eyre is wonderful, although I prefer Emily to Charlotte Brontë, and Heathcliff to Rochester...

I appreciate Jane Austen, but I don't enjoy her work.

One of my many shortcomings... ;)
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Kimmi-Chan wrote:I'm getting my boyfriend Dune for our anniversary, it's one of his favorites... anyway is that a dorky gift? I'm not sure. :oops:
No.

NO.

NO!

It's NOT dorky!
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I enjoy those books.

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Kimmi-Chan wrote:I'm getting my boyfriend Dune for our anniversary, it's one of his favorites... anyway is that a dorky gift? I'm not sure. :oops:
No. I love it when my wife buys me books :) And if it's a favorite that I don't already own (or even on the occasion that I do already own it), even better! :)

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oh thank goodness, it's our first anniversary, and I didn't want to get a bad gift. you guys are awesome!!!!
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Kimmi-Chan wrote:oh thank goodness, it's our first anniversary, and I didn't want to get a bad gift. you guys are awesome!!!!
My girlfriend will vouch for the fact that males who love reading love getting books as presents.
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AutoPilate wrote:William Gibson & Bruce Sterling - The Difference Engine
For some reason, I didn't enjoy this nearly as much as I thought I would. <shrug>
Yeah, I hear that a lot. I think most people's qualms about it have to do with how confusing the ending is. But I loved the way it evoked Victorian London in my mind, the novel's premise seemed creepily believable and, therefore, plausible.
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Oh, and I loved Stephen King's It, so neener neener. :P
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spaciegirl wrote:The symbol of the key (on many levels) is quite powerful. It is no mistake that I am pictured with one.
Hey, wait a minute. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hold it. Now, are we actually gonna go before a federal judge, and tell him that some moldy Babylonian God is going to drop in on Central Park West, and start tearing up the city?
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AutoPilate wrote:
wintermute wrote:
AutoPilate wrote:William Gibson & Bruce Sterling - The Difference Engine
For some reason, I didn't enjoy this nearly as much as I thought I would. <shrug>
Yeah, I hear that a lot. I think most people's qualms about it have to do with how confusing the ending is. But I loved the way it evoked Victorian London in my mind, the novel's premise seemed creepily believable and, therefore, plausible.
I actually don't think that's it. I'm not exactly sure why I didn't enjoy it. May have just been the mood I was in when I read it.
AutoPilate wrote:Oh, and I loved Stephen King's It, so neener neener. :P
:lol:

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spaciegirl wrote:The symbol of the key (on many levels) is quite powerful. It is no mistake that I am pictured with one.
Hey, wait a minute. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hold it. Now, are we actually gonna go before a federal judge, and tell him that some moldy Babylonian God is going to drop in on Central Park West, and start tearing up the city?
I need more caffeine. I thought you wrote FERAL judge...

And that summoned up some other associations.

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Now that's funny, because while I was copying and pasting, I was thinking feral judge....

But you'll have to order the entire Time-Life series of books to know what that means.
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AutoPilate wrote:Now that's funny, because while I was copying and pasting, I was thinking feral judge....

But you'll have to order the entire Time-Life series of books to know what that means.
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Sheikh Gomelez wrote:I need more caffeine. I thought you wrote FERAL judge...

And that summoned up some other associations.

;)
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wintermute, you ever read Alfred Bester? If not, I recommend The Demolished Man and The Stars My Destination. I think you'd like them...

Stars is one of my favorite science fiction novels.
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