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14 Feb 2007, 6:23 pm

Principia Mathematica, in english translation



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14 Feb 2007, 6:54 pm

kpupg wrote:
Principia Mathematica, in english translation


Not an easy read 8O


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14 Feb 2007, 7:11 pm

Yeah, I'm on page 7 so far hee hee



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14 Feb 2007, 7:17 pm

Thanks to Pseudointellectualhorse, I am reading Jurgen.


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14 Feb 2007, 10:19 pm

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'do androids dream of electric sheep?' (philip dick)


Ditto.



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14 Feb 2007, 10:22 pm

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I am re-reading The Catcher in the Rye...


Never really got to me. :(
Maybe I should've tried out when I was younger. (Am 22 now.)

It's quite the classic, eh?



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15 Feb 2007, 2:34 am

Hans_Solo wrote:
lemon wrote:
'do androids dream of electric sheep?' (philip dick)


Ditto.



funny to know someone else is reading the same book... :D



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15 Feb 2007, 3:56 am

Dune: The Battle of Corrin by Brian Herbert, Battle by R.G. Grant, and The Complete History of the World by Richard Overy.


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15 Feb 2007, 6:58 am

lemon wrote:
Hans_Solo wrote:
lemon wrote:
'do androids dream of electric sheep?' (philip dick)


Ditto.



funny to know someone else is reading the same book... :D


Just nice to know that people are still reading good literature. :)



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15 Feb 2007, 8:38 am

American Woman by Susan Choi



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15 Feb 2007, 10:51 am

lemon wrote:
Hans_Solo wrote:
lemon wrote:
'do androids dream of electric sheep?' (philip dick)


Ditto.



funny to know someone else is reading the same book... :D


Blade-Runner! 8O


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15 Feb 2007, 12:39 pm

Monopolistic Competition and the General Theory of Equilibrium. Very interesting read.


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15 Feb 2007, 12:58 pm

pretending to be normal



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15 Feb 2007, 3:40 pm

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Blade-Runner! 8O

yep, i'm writing an essay about it, about how the androids get their (false) memory by receiving photographs in the film. but the book is more about the sheep...



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15 Feb 2007, 3:42 pm

agent79 wrote:
I am re-reading The Catcher in the Rye...

I've read that one three time now, I love it :D

NR: Raymond Feist - The King's Buccaneer
Great fan of his work :D



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16 Feb 2007, 3:16 am

Battle Royale

So sick and so dark, it's great!


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