I hate being new

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Tue, 09/28/2004 - 20:37

dzudzu

Mrs. ireLocus

Joined: 09/24/2004

Hey guys,
So, I've been roaming this website for a while now but never signed up just cause I hat ehat new feeling. So I figured I might as well get it over with.
I gotta say, I've read all chuck's books except Choke. It was refreshing to find a current author who actually writes decently as well as keeps you interested. none of that romance crap. what stinks is that once you've read chuck its hard to find other books you like. any suggestions?

Tue, 09/28/2004 - 20:39

ireLocus

AKA ADJ

Joined: 09/23/2004

try [url]http://www.chuckpalahniuk.net/authoresque.php[/url] it's a list of "palahniuk-esque" books on the site here.

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Tue, 09/28/2004 - 20:43

dzudzu

Mrs. ireLocus

Joined: 09/24/2004

thanks - I've noticed they have house of leaves on the site. that's a cool book.

Tue, 09/28/2004 - 20:45

ireLocus

AKA ADJ

Joined: 09/23/2004

yeah, I've read it. it was pretty sweet. er.. is pretty sweet.. I guess.

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Tue, 09/28/2004 - 20:47

dzudzu

Mrs. ireLocus

Joined: 09/24/2004

wow - thats quite the list. guess i need to go to the bookstore again. Happy

Tue, 09/28/2004 - 20:52

ireLocus

AKA ADJ

Joined: 09/23/2004

yeah, I'm all about borrowing books, but I always give them back, but no one ever gives mine back to me. [I]jerks[/I]

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Tue, 09/28/2004 - 20:56

dzudzu

Mrs. ireLocus

Joined: 09/24/2004

i don't know. I always have to own the books i read. prolly cause i hate giving them back. i get too attached to them. you spend so much time with them, ya know? how can you just get rid of them like that?

Tue, 09/28/2004 - 21:00

ireLocus

AKA ADJ

Joined: 09/23/2004

well, I guess I'm cheap. I mean I like to own books too, but any one particular book isn't necessarily something you'd use every day, like, say... drugs, or a dust devil mini vac. It's ok with me to own the really good books (palahniuk, cicero, dante, calvin and hobbes) and borrow the other... or at least buy them for really cheap at a used place.

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Tue, 09/28/2004 - 22:31

elrobotico

From: A suburb outside Vancouver, BC, known as the NINTH CIRCLE OF HELL. Most old people prefer to call it Coquitlam though.

Joined: 08/11/2004

YES! Another person who thinks that calvin and hobbes ranks with dante. But I need to own books. I let others borrow them (ok, just my close friend... but she's pretty close to keeping them in sealed plastic packages), but I just can't borrow from others.

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Tue, 09/28/2004 - 23:11

owenwarland

From: High School, Professor's RM 308

Joined: 11/02/2003

Borrow, buy ,steal. Whatever. Just nice to meet another new member who enjoys reading. And Choke was my 1st Palahniuk novel, so congrats.

Tue, 09/28/2004 - 23:57

#10

Undertow

Joined: 09/26/2004

I think Calvin and Hobbes is solely responsible for my stellar vocabulary skills today.

Tue, 09/28/2004 - 23:59

#11

owenwarland

From: High School, Professor's RM 308

Joined: 11/02/2003

[QUOTE=Undertow]I think Calvin and Hobbes is solely responsible for my stellar vocabulary skills today.[/QUOTE]

"Transmogrify," bitches!

Wed, 09/29/2004 - 08:13

#12

Undertow

Joined: 09/26/2004

[QUOTE=owenwarland]"Transmogrify," bitches![/QUOTE]

Dude, those books were [I]all[/I] about the transmogrifier! I wanted one to exist for so long.

Wed, 09/29/2004 - 11:51

#13

ireLocus

AKA ADJ

Joined: 09/23/2004

hell yeah "transmogrify" My parents took those books away from me when I was a kid, I got too many ideas. I actually tried to sell their car (well, more as a joke, I knew no one in their right mind would buy our car). remember when calvin got the soap and wrote "4 sale cheep" on the windshield. That was great!

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Wed, 09/29/2004 - 11:57

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dzudzu

Mrs. ireLocus

Joined: 09/24/2004

I like all the snowmen ones and how they philosophy about life while whizzing down that huge hill in a wagon

Wed, 09/29/2004 - 12:00

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dzudzu

Mrs. ireLocus

Joined: 09/24/2004

used bookstores are definitely a great place for books - especially hard cover first editions that aren't super famous yet

Wed, 09/29/2004 - 12:16

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ireLocus

AKA ADJ

Joined: 09/23/2004

oh, yeah... I own some books, don't get me wrong. I'm not that cheap. I just don't own, say..... [i]the pokey little puppy[/i] .... okay, I do. but I don't have to explain myself to you. so there.

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Wed, 09/29/2004 - 12:19

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dzudzu

Mrs. ireLocus

Joined: 09/24/2004

just happy to hear that you own books. its sad when people don't books. sadder still when people don't read. what's worse - not reading books you don't own or owning books you haven't read?

Wed, 09/29/2004 - 12:20

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dzudzu

Mrs. ireLocus

Joined: 09/24/2004

sorry - i mean reading books you don't own or not reading books you do own???

Wed, 09/29/2004 - 12:24

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ireLocus

AKA ADJ

Joined: 09/23/2004

um, i'd say anything involving not reading is bad. except warning labels. they can all burn in hell.

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Wed, 09/29/2004 - 12:30

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dzudzu

Mrs. ireLocus

Joined: 09/24/2004

or directions?

Wed, 09/29/2004 - 12:37

#21

ireLocus

AKA ADJ

Joined: 09/23/2004

all I've got to say is [i] Yukon Ho![/i]

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