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Mon 15/07/02 at 14:08
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Well? How many have you read in 2002 thus far, and what were they?

I can't remember all the books I've read, but I'll list some of them:

Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?
-Philip k Dick

Cradle
-Isaac Asimov (i think...)

The Gap Into Conflict - The Real Story
The Gap Into Vision - Forbidden Knowledge
The Gap Into Power - A Dark and Hungry God Arises
The Gap Into Madness - Chaos and order
-Stephen Donaldson

and about 10 Star Wars books, mostly New Jedi Order ones by various authors. Had a go at reading Fury by Salman Rushdie, but i just couldn't get into it.

Next on my list (logically enough) is the conclusion of the Gap series: The Gap into Ruin - This day all Gods die. Inspireed by Stephen Donaldson's work, I will be following this up with the Thomas Covenant series.

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Tue 16/07/02 at 15:59
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Insane Bartender wrote:
> is shadow hunter any good? I avoided it as it looked like a half arsed
> attempt to cash in on Maul's image...


Thats exactly what it was - It wasnt too bad but there are better books out there!
Tue 16/07/02 at 15:57
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is shadow hunter any good? I avoided it as it looked like a half arsed attempt to cash in on Maul's image...
Tue 16/07/02 at 15:30
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Plus Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter
Tue 16/07/02 at 15:30
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Lord of the Rings (only half of it so far!)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Sleepy Hollow
Christine
Pet Semetary
The Green Mile
Tue 16/07/02 at 02:16
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Ive only read Lord Of The Rings. Thats pretty shocking.
Tue 16/07/02 at 02:13
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Christ I can't remember them all.
The ones that have made an impression on me for one reason or another:

"Dear Boy" Bio about Keith Moon
"American Scream" Bio about Bill Hicks
"Survival in Auschwitz" & "Reawakenings" by Primo Levi
"Blood Crazy" Simon Clark
"How to talk dirty & influence people" Lenny Bruce
David Pelzer's trilogy
"The man who mistook his wife for a hatstand" Oliver Sachs

And loads of others that just kind of passed through my head without stopping.
I need more books.
Mon 15/07/02 at 22:41
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I don't know whether they were all this year, but :

The Shining - Stephen King
The Stand - Stephen King
Sepulchre - James Herbert
Gateway - Frederik Pohl
The Lathe of Heaven - Ursula Le Guin
The fifth head of Cerberus - Gene Wolfe
Mon 15/07/02 at 15:29
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Gah, can't remember tham all.

Thief of Time, The Last Hero - Terry Pratchett

Game of Thrones, Clash of Kings, Storm of Swords (Pt 1 & 2) - George R R Martin (YH, I recommend you read these)

Gormenghast - Mervyn Peake

The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum - Robert Mitchum

Winters Heart - Robert Jordan

Artemis Fowl: The Artic Incident - Eoin Colfer

The Wasp Factory, Use of Weapons - Iain M Banks

Long Walk To Freedom - Nelson Mandela

Think thats it. I'm currently reading The Trial of the Templars by Macolm Barber. Very interesting.
Mon 15/07/02 at 15:29
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Life, the Universe & Everything - Douglas Adams
LotR - The Two Towers - J.R.R Tolkien
Mon 15/07/02 at 15:26
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P@st@ M@st@ wrote:
> Liked Darksabre a bit more - have you read that?

I own it, haven't rea it yet. I'm saving it for the plane flight to Turkey next month.

Of course, the undisputed king of Star Wars novels is Timothy Zahn. I do hope you have read the Thrawn Trilogy, and the Hand of Thrawn duology...

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