Chili
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Ever watch the related film 'The Prisoner of Shark Island' by John Ford? (Dr Mudd's story). If not believe it's on YouTube.
OT: The Good Book: What are you reading right now?
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Walrus26
Wearing a Habs Toque in England.
Re-reading my Iain M. Banks collection (RIP). Currently on Excession, which arguably is the hardest sci-fi of all of his Culture series books. It's got the most interplay between the various Ship Minds and their personalities and perhaps the best alien antagonists in all his Culture books - I imagine the Affront as upscaled, space-faring, intelligent, beliigerent, misogynistic versions of the balloon alien in the Dark Star film with the attitude of drunken football fans looking for a row. They're certainly written that way 
I ended up rooting for the Affronters in some ways in the end, and the way one of the threads wraps up after the denoument is especially good.
I ended up rooting for the Affronters in some ways in the end, and the way one of the threads wraps up after the denoument is especially good.
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angusyoung
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I have not seen the film however ,and I might be mistaken,but was he not incarcerated on an island off of Florida and aided in treating prisoners that were getting sick due to saltwater contamination?
Kimota
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A Song of Ice & Fire: A Clash of Kings(2nd Book of the series). Pretty good. Although I was more invested into the first half of the book than the second half. We finally met Ygritte. I always find unbelievable how scenes makes much more sense when you read them in the book. A lot of times it seems like on the show they changed things just for drama sakes and it hurts the logic. And you're like "why did that character did that and that". Then you read the book where the characters made different decisions and it makes much more sense. Like on the show Jon comes off as a dummy with Ygritte where she managed to escape. Whereas in the book he let her go. And it's better. Also we learn that Halfhand knew that Jon would not be able to kill Ygritte. He said he let Jon take charge of her to see what kind of man Jon was. And he seems glad that Jon didn't kill her. Whereas on the show it sort of seems to make little sense that they would let Jon handle Ygritte cause he clearly already has issues killing her.
Chili
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That's the doctor. Interesting story, pretty good film. There must be a good book on him somewhere.
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I haven’t started it yet tbh… been carrying it around tho
angusyoung
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Ok,well forget what I said then,maybe I got it wrong.
Looked further into it and will check out the movie at some point. It appears there are several books on him,one in particular piqued my interest. From his daughter I believe and has some actual letter written from him.
Frozenice
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Started browsing through The Next Civil War and the author doesn’t seem to understand that America is a Constitutional Republic and not a democracy.
In the Republic system, the will of the majority cannot be overridden since the constitution will protect those rights.
In a democracy, the will of the majority has the right to override the existing rights.
tinyzombies
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Started Ministry of the Future - about climate change … terrifying so far
angusyoung
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I'm sure it is,it's a dire thing that is not being taken seriously enough.
Have you seen this doc?
Rising Tides (TV Series 2020) ⭐ 8.2 | Documentary
Rising Tides: With Kadir van Lohuizen. Rising Tides is a four-part documentary series in which internationally acclaimed Dutch photography journalist Kadir van Lohuizen investigates the consequences of the rising sea level and how sea level rise affects the lives of ordinary people.
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini - I'm not sure if I'll go the distance but it's ok so far
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I liked the 3rd book the best in that series so far. I'm not sure he'll ever finish it though.
The 5th book ends on a huge cliff-hanger - in my head I was like "Dang GRRM, don't you want to start tying up these loose ends rather than creating new ones?"
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I read The Master and Margarita years ago - it was a good book. It's kind of playful - it's been a while now so the details are hazy but I definitely liked it quite a bit.
Did you ever read it?
BigDaddyLurch
Have some PRIDE, Eric...
...was rooting through some of my old shyte looking for pics of our German Shepherd Ozzie (had to put her down last Thursday...12 1/2, had a good life) and while looking through my old Barrack Box, found my 1st Edition copy of The Legend of Huma...forgot how much I liked those old Dragonlance novels when I was younger; story still immerses me almost 35 years later...great read if you're into ol' Sword & Sorcery...
Kimota
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I'm toward the end of the 2nd now and I have a friend who is pissed at GRRM beyond belief, he's waited since 2011 for TWOW. Martin's recent postings seemed encouraging though, esp. that it seems to be going more and more away from what they did on the show. Cause he has so many loose ends and keep creating new threads. It's his style of writing "like a gardener" lol but that idea can lead to basically creating something that never ends. I just hope he doesn't die soon before finishing the story. He's no spring chicken.
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Just wanted to add that I’m so sorry for your loss....was rooting through some of my old shyte looking for pics of our German Shepherd Ozzie (had to put her down last Thursday...12 1/2, had a good life) and while looking through my old Barrack Box, found my 1st Edition copy of The Legend of Huma...forgot how much I liked those old Dragonlance novels when I was younger; story still immerses me almost 35 years later...great read if you're into ol' Sword & Sorcery...
BigDaddyLurch
Have some PRIDE, Eric...
Just wanted to add that I’m so sorry for your loss.
...thanks, amigo...been a REAL rough year for our Clan...this gettin' old shyte is gettin' old...
QuebecPride
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Started a few books this past month, but currently reading this one more intensively.
Another Personal finance book. This one from the biggest name in personal finance blogging. He's very California / Tech / finance centric in his suggestions since he has made multiple 6 figure salaries his whole life, but some of what he suggests are applicable to the average working person. Since I work in the field, I always try to stay on top of various ways to improve your financial situation. I'll let you know my full thoughts when I finish in a week or two.
The other books I've started recently are two books from local authors.
The first one I'd wager a few of you have already read, which is La bête à sa mère from Sherbrooke's own David Goudreault. I'm not yet fully immersed, but I'll finish it eventually. The story of a problem child whose father left when his mom got pregnant and whose mom has huge issues and eventually is forced to give him up to the DPJ (child protection department here in Québec, they take care of orphans or children whose parents are not fit to be parents and whatnot). It's the first of a trilogy, I'm not sure yet how far I'll go into it, but i'll for sure give the first one a shot.
Finally, the last one is Le Plongeur from Stéphane Larue, it's very entertaining, the story of a young CÉGEP student struggling to find his way and eventually ends up working as a plongeur in a restaurant doing the dishes and whatnot. It's very interesting for an outsider like me who has never worked in that environment, I was notably surprised to learn that the guy doing the dishes also chimes in to prepare the food. I'd say it's a nice insider look into the restaurant world for those who are curious. I learned about it as it won some prizes. It was in my bookshelf the past couple of years, but since I moved to a new place in July, I thought, what the hell, let's give it a shot. I'm not disappointed thus far.
Another Personal finance book. This one from the biggest name in personal finance blogging. He's very California / Tech / finance centric in his suggestions since he has made multiple 6 figure salaries his whole life, but some of what he suggests are applicable to the average working person. Since I work in the field, I always try to stay on top of various ways to improve your financial situation. I'll let you know my full thoughts when I finish in a week or two.
The other books I've started recently are two books from local authors.
The first one I'd wager a few of you have already read, which is La bête à sa mère from Sherbrooke's own David Goudreault. I'm not yet fully immersed, but I'll finish it eventually. The story of a problem child whose father left when his mom got pregnant and whose mom has huge issues and eventually is forced to give him up to the DPJ (child protection department here in Québec, they take care of orphans or children whose parents are not fit to be parents and whatnot). It's the first of a trilogy, I'm not sure yet how far I'll go into it, but i'll for sure give the first one a shot.
Finally, the last one is Le Plongeur from Stéphane Larue, it's very entertaining, the story of a young CÉGEP student struggling to find his way and eventually ends up working as a plongeur in a restaurant doing the dishes and whatnot. It's very interesting for an outsider like me who has never worked in that environment, I was notably surprised to learn that the guy doing the dishes also chimes in to prepare the food. I'd say it's a nice insider look into the restaurant world for those who are curious. I learned about it as it won some prizes. It was in my bookshelf the past couple of years, but since I moved to a new place in July, I thought, what the hell, let's give it a shot. I'm not disappointed thus far.
angusyoung
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angusyoung
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Afghanistan certainly changed over the years,for better or for worse depending on ones own perspective,Used to be a great place from what I've been told,part of the ''hippie trail'' until the 70's.Always wanted to go,but seems less likely and definitely would not bring the wife!
Walrus26
Wearing a Habs Toque in England.
Big love to the spirit of your hound that doubtless remains hovering around you in some way. I loved Dragonlance...was rooting through some of my old shyte looking for pics of our German Shepherd Ozzie (had to put her down last Thursday...12 1/2, had a good life) and while looking through my old Barrack Box, found my 1st Edition copy of The Legend of Huma...forgot how much I liked those old Dragonlance novels when I was younger; story still immerses me almost 35 years later...great read if you're into ol' Sword & Sorcery...
Walrus26
Wearing a Habs Toque in England.
@BigDaddyLurch and other sword & sorcery fans.....I will assume you've played some RPG / D&D in the past as well.
If you haven't yet read Kings Of The Wyld by Nicholas Eames, do so. It is pure literary entertainment in every sense of the word and manages to deliberately take the gentle piss out of so many tropes whilst remaining a true, page-turning, read. Feel free to thank me later
If you haven't yet read Kings Of The Wyld by Nicholas Eames, do so. It is pure literary entertainment in every sense of the word and manages to deliberately take the gentle piss out of so many tropes whilst remaining a true, page-turning, read. Feel free to thank me later
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BigDaddyLurch
Have some PRIDE, Eric...
Big love to the spirit of your hound that doubtless remains hovering around you in some way. I loved Dragonlance
@BigDaddyLurch and other sword & sorcery fans.....I will assume you've played some RPG / D&D in the past as well.
If you haven't yet read Kings Of The Wyld by Nicholas Eames, do so. It is pure literary entertainment in every sense of the word and manages to deliberately take the gentle piss out of so many tropes whilst remaining a true, page-turning, read. Feel free to thank me later
