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04-01-2012, 08:32 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Hunter NSW
Posts: 324
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Two books on the go at the moment........."Shop Class As Soulcraft-an inquiry into the value of work" by Matthew Crawford and "Tunesmith" by Jimmy Webb in an attempt to refine my meagre songwriting skills.
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04-01-2012, 09:08 PM
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Seriously Amateur
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 1,279
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The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins
Ok - aimed at an audience that has had limited exposure to science / scientific methods.
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04-01-2012, 10:43 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
Posts: 863
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Currently reading 'You'll be sorry when I'm dead' by Marieke Hardy...
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04-01-2012, 10:49 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Swan Hill
Posts: 7,102
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The Sookie Stackhouse Companion 
One of the series from the True Blood collection
Im so hooked on this show 
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05-01-2012, 08:50 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posts: 84
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I was hooked on the books, now I am starting to watch the show. It took a bit to get over the big changes but now I am really enjoying it.
I am reading the assassins apprentice series at the moment. It was in the childrens section of our library but it has had me hooked. It has been a while since I have been so hooked on a series so it is a little surprising that they are kids books!
Previous to that I was on an Ursula Le Guin kick, and still slowly plugging my way through Samuel Pepys diary.
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05-01-2012, 11:41 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 52
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Currently, I am reading a novelisation of a board game - Settlers of Catan. The novel is by by Rebecca Gablé - I think she wrote it in German and it was translated into English.
Not the greatest read I've ever had, but fun if you're a fan of the game.
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13-01-2012, 07:53 PM
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'ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha'
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 1,017
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Just finished Why is Uranus Upside Down? by Astronomer Fred Watson. Lots of good information presented in easily digested packets of information.
Time to revisit The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy before moving onto part six of three, And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer.
Without giving too much away, has anyone read And Another Thing and does it do justice to the brilliance of Douglas Adams?
Regards,
Stu.
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13-01-2012, 08:45 PM
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pro lumen
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: ballina
Posts: 3,265
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I just started Stieg Larssons third and last novel .. I fInd probably through the translation its easy to lose my way a little with these great stories so I'll bunk down with a couple of Clive Cusslers for a couple of days and try again .
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13-01-2012, 09:37 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Beautiful SE Tassie
Posts: 4,734
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Am reading Bill Brysons .. Down Under .... .quite enjoyable with many laughs. 
Before that I read his ... Neither here Nor there .... his account of travels in europe - some parts downright hilarous, and many I could relate to. 
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13-01-2012, 09:59 PM
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Life is looking up!
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 2,017
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Stephen King, 11:22:63. It his first foray into time travel and it is about trying to prevent the assassination of President Kennedy. It isn't as good as his last book, but it isn't bad either.
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13-01-2012, 10:09 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Waikato, NEW ZEALAND
Posts: 91
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"More Telescope Power, all new activities & projects for young astronomers". Which is a book for kids, and I picked it up from the local library for a dollar. But because we don't all grow up I'm enjoying flicking through it myself, and my youngest daughter, at 12, is taking an interest. Bargain!
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14-01-2012, 12:42 AM
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Astro-Addict
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posts: 633
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Currently i'm reading 'Game of Thrones' by George RR Martin. I Just finished reading over the last month 3 books by Stephen King- 'It', '11/22/63' and 'Full Dark, No Stars'. All are great reads.
Sean
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14-01-2012, 01:30 AM
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The 'DRAGON MAN'
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In the Dark at Snake Valley, Victoria
Posts: 14,412
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Apollo 13 . . . again
Written by Jim Lovell, Commander on Apollo 13.
My 3rd time reading it 
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15-01-2012, 07:43 PM
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Meteor & fossil collector
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Bentleigh
Posts: 1,386
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Just finished reading the Steve Jobs book, I have seen a couple of other people reading it on the train too.
If you have any interest at all in the history of the PC (Apple or Windows etc) you should read this book. I found it fascinating, the writer has done a lot of research into the subject matter and reveals a "dark side" to Steve, and Apple for that matter. Unfortunately, by the end of the book, I feel he also fell under the influence of the "reality distortion field", but you will only understand that if you read the book! Now I am looking for a good book on Gates.
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19-01-2012, 08:48 PM
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Learning fast
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 197
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Rereading The Andromeda Strain after 40 years. (As an eBook) I'm quite surprised that I can't remember what comes next. A 'report' of an alien infection collected by an orbiting spacecraft in the 1960s and its investigation. Can't remember the crunch!
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20-01-2012, 04:56 PM
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Great Sage == Heaven
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posts: 735
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I've just started reading some books by "Randolph Lalonde" called "Spinward Fringe Broadcast" and the first two "Broadcasts 1 & 2: Resurrection and Awakening" are very good old school styled Sci-Fi. Very space opera-ish but very modern.
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