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^ One of my least favorite Stephen King books. :lol: I've read most.
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Just finished Logan's Run over the weekend. It's a dystopian novel from the late 60's, set in a universe where everyone is killed at age 21 in order to conserve resources. Naturally, when the man hunting the "runners", the ones who try to escape, turns 21, he... doesn't want to die.

It's a fun read, only about 140 pages. Lots of action, lots of fun techno-stuff. He also talks about new super-techno-LSD-from-the-future, which is a hoot. I wonder where he got his inspiration for this story...
Final Fantasy IX is the best one
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catnip wrote:Just finished Logan's Run over the weekend. It's a dystopian novel from the late 60's, set in a universe where everyone is killed at age 21 in order to conserve resources. Naturally, when the man hunting the "runners", the ones who try to escape, turns 21, he... doesn't want to die.

It's a fun read, only about 140 pages. Lots of action, lots of fun techno-stuff. He also talks about new super-techno-LSD-from-the-future, which is a hoot. I wonder where he got his inspiration for this story...


Now go check out the movie!
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Ack wrote:Now go check out the movie!

Whoa, there's a movie? Awesome. Super down.
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I enjoy reading accounts from all sides of WWI.
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puke_face wrote:Currently reading:

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I enjoy reading accounts from all sides of WWI.


Check out Dan Carlin's blueprint for armageddon podcasts they're neat as well.
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Pulsar that has been on my to read list for far too long. I look forward to hearing your opinion on it.
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Pulsar_t wrote:Check out Dan Carlin's blueprint for armageddon podcasts they're neat as well.


I'll do that, thanks for the recommendation 8)
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fastbilly1 wrote:Pulsar that has been on my to read list for far too long. I look forward to hearing your opinion on it.


I haven't read that book yet, but I did read 1915: The Death of Innocence, and it comes highly recommended.

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Pulsar_t wrote:Check out Dan Carlin's blueprint for armageddon podcasts they're neat as well.


I'll do that, thanks for the recommendation 8)


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I think this might be the most important book I'll be reading for a while. The book tries to explain how we moved from the now-defunct era of future shock into presentism, and is rife with contemporary examples and insights even if that leaves the reader a bit disjointed. And another bonus is that it lays out for me in simple english why I'm the type who doesn't enjoy Lost or Game of Thrones :lol: :lol:
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BoneSnapDeez wrote:^ One of my least favorite Stephen King books. :lol: I've read most.


Have you ever into him.while chopping fire wood or checking beaver traps up in Maine?
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