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    The Pan megladon8's Avatar
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    These came in the mail today...



    "All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"

    "Rick...it's a flamethrower."

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    Oh, aren't we just a horde of materialist horders?

    What I got over the weekend:

    Pride & Prejudice
    A Canticle for Leibowitz
    When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro
    Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman

    Arrived in the mail today:
    What the Maid Saw by Yasutaka Tsutsui
    Film Art An Introduction by Bordwell & Thompson

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    Please write about "Fragile Things" whenever you get around to reading it, Sycophant!

    It's gotten totally mixed reviews - I'd be curious to hear what someone on here thinks of it.
    "All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"

    "Rick...it's a flamethrower."

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    Don't buy books anymore. Not enough space. I interlibrary loan everything I need.
    "Modern weapons can defend freedom, civilization, and life only by annihilating them. Security in military language means the ability to do away with the Earth."
    -Ivan Illich, Deschooling Society

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    These all arrived today...









    "All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"

    "Rick...it's a flamethrower."

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    Two total random purchases I found cheap.



    "Listen man, it might be hard to understand, but
    Don't mourn the dead,
    Celebrate the life they gave"
    - Kashmir "Seraphina"

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    Got in the mail today:

    Novels:
    Almost Transparent Blue by Ryu Murakami
    Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

    Graphic works:
    32 Stories by Adrian Tomine
    Telepathic Wanderers by Yasutaka Tsutsui

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    Quote Quoting megladon8 (view post)




    Two amazing books. Three Stigmata is especially awesome, and quite profound.

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    Quote Quoting Daniel Davis (view post)
    Two amazing books. Three Stigmata is especially awesome, and quite profound.

    Yep, you and KF have become my official literature advisors
    "All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"

    "Rick...it's a flamethrower."

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