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Old 09-19-2006, 10:37 AM
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I'm currently reading "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". It's fairly good so far. Not my usual sort of book but I occasionally delve into the classics.

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Old 09-19-2006, 11:07 AM
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I am reading The Mist by Stephen King. It's a short story in the Skeleton Crew, and according to Mark Laidlaw (Writer for Half-Life), it was one of the inspirations for the game's story.
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Old 09-21-2006, 04:17 PM
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Snow falling and night falling fast, oh fast
In a field I looked into going past,
And the ground almost covered smooth in snow,
But a few weeds and stubble showing last.

The woods around it have it--it is theirs.
All the animals are smothered in their lairs.
I am too absent-spirited to count;
The loneliness incluces me unawares.

And lonely as it is, that loneliness
Will be more lonely ere it will be less--
A blanker whiteness of benighted snow
With no expression, nothing to express.

They cannot scare me with their empty spaces
Between stars--on stars where no human race is.
I have it in me so much nearer home
To scare myself with my own desert places.

Desert Places--Robert Frost
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Old 09-21-2006, 04:40 PM
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Old 09-21-2006, 04:44 PM
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Old 09-21-2006, 04:47 PM
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The Ruins, by Scott Smith (author of A Simple Plan).

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Old 09-21-2006, 05:03 PM
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Quote:
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The Ruins, by Scott Smith (author of A Simple Plan).

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how does it compare ?

simple plan was a pretty straight forward no frills kind of writing style that suited the story ..

is that typical of him or did his style change for this book ?
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Old 09-23-2006, 02:05 PM
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Just read Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
It actually upset me. :rolleyes:
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Old 09-23-2006, 06:01 PM
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Just read Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
It actually upset me. :rolleyes:
Yeah, I was upset after reading this one, too. Things really start to get intense. I am very eager for the next one...


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Snow falling and night falling fast, oh fast
In a field I looked into going past,
And the ground almost covered smooth in snow,
But a few weeds and stubble showing last.

The woods around it have it--it is theirs.
All the animals are smothered in their lairs.
I am too absent-spirited to count;
The loneliness incluces me unawares.

And lonely as it is, that loneliness
Will be more lonely ere it will be less--
A blanker whiteness of benighted snow
With no expression, nothing to express.

They cannot scare me with their empty spaces
Between stars--on stars where no human race is.
I have it in me so much nearer home
To scare myself with my own desert places.

Desert Places--Robert Frost
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Old 09-23-2006, 08:00 PM
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