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Old Feb 24, 2006 | 08:41 PM
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1, 2, 3, 6, 7&8
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Old Feb 25, 2006 | 04:16 AM
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Brave New World, and i just skimmed it.
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Old Feb 26, 2006 | 10:06 PM
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Read #1 years ago...didn't like it very much
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Old Feb 27, 2006 | 02:57 PM
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I've read several of them, and I am trying to read Cryptonomicon...but its just so damn technical. I don't think i am going to finish this one, and isntead pick up Stranger in a Strange land, or Brave New World.

also, why is tehre no Arthur C. Clarke in the list? he is a geek's wet dream (and my frickin idol) Surely 2001, or RAMA would qualify.

and why cryptonomicon over the braroque cycle?

to me the list is a bit flawed, but, you can't have everything you want.

I've read 1,2,4,6,7,8, and a bit of 17.
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Old Feb 27, 2006 | 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by jackalope,Feb 27 2006, 03:57 PM
Arthur C. Clarke ... 2001
-- Saw the movie. The DVD is actually very well done with 5.1 surround. Hard to believe it's 40 years old!
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Old Feb 27, 2006 | 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by jasonw,Feb 27 2006, 06:11 PM
-- Saw the movie. The DVD is actually very well done with 5.1 surround. Hard to believe it's 40 years old!
I never understood WTF was going on at the end of that movie until I read the book. Then it all made much more sense. Kinda like Dune in that respect. Read the book, then watch the movie.

And yeah, I thought it was a little odd not having 2001 on there. Rendezvous with Rama was another interesting one.
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