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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-06-04 22:42:05
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I've only read a limited amount of books. Mostly science related stuff like Spiritual Machines, Philosophy texts, and stuff by Hawking.

Actual fiction, just Catcher in the Rye and Brave New World that I can recall. Maybe one or two more.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-06-04 22:42:39
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Bismarck.Magnuss said: »
Do you enjoy it? *** it man, keep it up! You never know what opportunity might come by.
I should get back into writing. I haven't done it in years.
 
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2014-06-04 22:43:47
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Well, I meant writing. The moment we as human beings stop expressing ourselves through the written word is the moment I shake my head at humanity.
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2014-06-04 22:44:57
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Leviathan.Chaosx said: »
Bismarck.Magnuss said: »
Do you enjoy it? *** it man, keep it up! You never know what opportunity might come by.
I should get back into writing. I haven't done it in years.
Yes you should!
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By Bismarck.Bloodrose 2014-06-04 22:49:45
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Schizm, your vids aren't working for me ; ;
By fractalvoid 2014-06-04 22:49:58
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Leviathan.Chaosx said: »
Catcher in the Rye

I saw Mag post in here and was going to ask him if he's read House of Leaves yet, and then saw this and figure I could recommend 9 Stories as well (you as well Chaos - would be rude to quote you and not include you) ... Or anything by Sallinger really

edit: though I was one of the "weird" ones in high school who thought reading Catcher in the Rye for english class was some revolutionary ***so take this advice with a grain of salt.

also hello mag... how could i forget a proper greeting?!
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2014-06-04 22:52:13
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I promise that it's on my to-read list. I've just been bogged down this first summer with all the work I have to do for August and the foreseeable future. I will get to it eventually, though; when things begin to slow down.

edit: Heya, Fractal! Long time no talky, sir.
 
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By Bismarck.Bloodrose 2014-06-04 22:57:28
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Asura.Schizm said: »
Bismarck.Bloodrose said: »
Schizm, your vids aren't working for me ; ;

Hmm...

http://youtu.be/OOLkm00Bn7s
worked much better
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-06-04 22:59:14
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Leviathan.Chaosx said: »
Catcher in the Rye

I saw Mag post in here and was going to ask him if he's read House of Leaves yet, and then saw this and figure I could recommend 9 Stories as well (you as well Chaos - would be rude to quote you and not include you) ... Or anything by Sallinger really

edit: though I was one of the "weird" ones in high school who thought reading Catcher in the Rye for english class was some revolutionary ***so take this advice with a grain of salt.

also hello mag... how could i forget a proper greeting?!
I usually just drifted through reading various cliff notes, or Max Notes. But for some reason I decided to read that book in particular cause it sounded interesting. I remember reading it constantly thinking it was going to lead to some revolutionary ending, to only be disappointed at the end.

Brave New World was better, but that was because the max or cliff notes were on back order at the time, lol.
 
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By Bismarck.Bloodrose 2014-06-04 23:05:12
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If you haven't, read The Giver, you hobos!

Magnuss would like it if he hasn't already read it.
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2014-06-04 23:08:16
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I read part of it back in middle school (when I didn't give a *** about reading). I'd like to do another thorough read-through of it when I get the chance, especially because it's currently sitting on many schools' banned books lists. For some reason, that just makes it more tantalizing.
 
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By Bismarck.Bloodrose 2014-06-04 23:12:04
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WTF.

Why is it on the banned book list?
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2014-06-04 23:12:32
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Asura.Schizm said: »
I really wish other directors were allowed to remake movies for TV.

I would like to see Quentin Tarantino do "Raiders of the Lost Ark" or M. Night Shyamalan do "E.T.".

But with all these remakes, we may one day just see that...
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YOU MONSTER!!
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By Bismarck.Bloodrose 2014-06-04 23:12:48
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Asura.Schizm said: »
I really wish other directors were allowed to remake movies for TV.

I would like to see Quentin Tarantino do "Raiders of the Lost Ark" or M. Night Shyamalan do "E.T.".

But with all these remakes, we may one day just see that...
Real life is becoming more like a movie anyways
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-06-04 23:12:54
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Asura.Schizm said: »
If I am writing a story, it's usually one of those odd situations I think about but then try to add more meaning into the story.

The last one I was pitching an idea to a friend (this is just for fun) is about what if someone is born on another planet, the moon or even in space.

Due to bone structure, you can't go to Earth due to the gravity, but you would be living floating around something so beautiful and see Earth out your window but can't ever go there. You can communicate with people there and they can come to visit you but you can't visit them.

Add alittle idea of debates of racism and characters that have conflictions, acts of rebellion and desires, and well you have a story....
Ok so I made have lied about not writing for years... sorta

I did write a sorta story that's really meant for an RPG adaptation for a video game I'm trying to make.

It's basically a battle between the sexes that involves in depth philosophical views of imperialism.

It also uses a lot of Far East historical references of a sort, mainly from the Han Dynasty, aka Romance of the Three Kingdoms with a sprig of conceptual ideas from the Russian Empire.

I've yet to come up with an ending that I like though.
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2014-06-04 23:14:40
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Of course I had to westernize it a lot too.
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2014-06-04 23:14:44
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Bismarck.Bloodrose said: »
WTF.

Why is it on the banned book list?
They claim it promotes infanticide among other infractions. Sauce.
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By Bismarck.Bloodrose 2014-06-04 23:17:45
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Except that it doesn't
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By Carbuncle.Joeywheeler 2014-06-04 23:20:29
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Damn I forgot about this website.
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By Bismarck.Bloodrose 2014-06-04 23:22:25
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Does the banned book list include Alice in Wonderland? Because that actually does promote the ingestion of drugs.
By fractalvoid 2014-06-04 23:22:43
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Bismarck.Bloodrose said: »
If you haven't, read The Giver, you hobos!

Magnuss would like it if he hasn't already read it.

Very good book but I haven't read it in many years. Will try and re-read it this summer but I've been taking a bunch of books from the couple that owns the house I rent a room in...

Paul Adams is the husbands name (fairly famous neurobiologist apprently) and he has tons of neuroscience etc books laying around that I've been gathering to read over the summer lol

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Bismarck.Bloodrose said: »
Does the banned book list include Alice in Wonderland? Because that actually does promote the ingestion of drugs.

drugs r bad etc
 
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2014-06-04 23:26:55
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Except that it doesn't
Well you have one mother who sees one thing and she goes off on a tangent about how it will influence her kids and blah blah blah. That's why we can't have nice things anymore.
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By Bismarck.Bloodrose 2014-06-04 23:28:32
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So in other words, one mother failed basic reading comprehension in college, and went full retard.
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2014-06-04 23:33:31
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Theoretically, yes. I was using a hypothetical situation, but that essentially is how these situations come about. All it takes is one parent to muck the whole system up.
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By Odin.Minefield 2014-06-04 23:34:42
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