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Right now I'm re-reading Naked Lunch for the 3rd? time. God that book makes me happy. Mexico City.....
suppose you're thinking about a plate of shrimp. suddenly somebody will say like 'plate' or 'shrimp' or 'plate of shrimp', out of the blue, no explanation.
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Fear and Loathing for the fifth time. Rest in peace, you crazy bastard.
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Twigman wrote:Fear and Loathing for the fifth time. Rest in peace, you crazy bastard.
Just read that he commited suicide!? How could this have eluded me?? Must find more information...
There are no 'knowns'. There are thing we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know. So when we do the best we can and we pull all this information together, and we then say well that's basically what we see as the situation, that is really only the known knowns and the known unknowns. And each year, we discover a few more of those unknown unknowns.
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How the hell precisely did you miss that? it was a news post right on this site.
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Given the intended audience, how could you ask such a question ? :drunk:
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Good point. Where is my mind? :butthead: <- Ah...That's where.
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Twigman wrote:How the hell precisely did you miss that? it was a news post right on this site.
I dont know I am as surprised as you are... what forum was it in? If it was "In the News" then its really strange that I missed it...
There are no 'knowns'. There are thing we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know. So when we do the best we can and we pull all this information together, and we then say well that's basically what we see as the situation, that is really only the known knowns and the known unknowns. And each year, we discover a few more of those unknown unknowns.
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Hell In A Very Small Place, Bernard Shaw.

About the siege of Dien Bien Phu.
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I'm reading Dirk Gently's Holistc dedective agency.
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David Copperfield!
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Frowning wrote:David Copperfield!
This forum!
There are no 'knowns'. There are thing we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know. So when we do the best we can and we pull all this information together, and we then say well that's basically what we see as the situation, that is really only the known knowns and the known unknowns. And each year, we discover a few more of those unknown unknowns.
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Steppenwolf.
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Twigman wrote:Steppenwolf.
Oh! That one is good... by Herman Hesse. Now that you mention it, I ought to re-read it...
There are no 'knowns'. There are thing we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know. So when we do the best we can and we pull all this information together, and we then say well that's basically what we see as the situation, that is really only the known knowns and the known unknowns. And each year, we discover a few more of those unknown unknowns.
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, in addition to The Trial :chew:
suppose you're thinking about a plate of shrimp. suddenly somebody will say like 'plate' or 'shrimp' or 'plate of shrimp', out of the blue, no explanation.
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hum, I'm currently reading Bloodwars by Brian Lumley & En Folkefiende by Henrik Ibsen.
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Nicolai wrote:hum, I'm currently reading Bloodwars by Brian Lumley & En Folkefiende by Henrik Ibsen.
...aah excellent, have you read all the other Lumley books before Bloodwars? I think I've got through the first set and the trilogy of vampire world novels although there was a gap of about 2 years when I struggled to find the last book, until it surfaced in a charity shop for about 75p. Bargain! Thoughts so far?
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Yeah, I've read 1-7.

I had read some very positive reviews of Necroscope on Amazon, so I thought that I'd give it a shot.. Found all 13 of 'em in a local shop that imports all kinds of neat stuff, so I bought 'em.

I like how Lumley incorporates Lovecraftian elements/ideas/concepts/whatever into his stories... Like, uh, instant transportation with the help of a mathematical equation.. That's taken from Dreams in the Witch-House by Lovecraft. Fun stuff.

Anyway, I heard that Lumley is writing book 14 at the moment. :aiee:
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I remember after reading the third one, set mostly in the Carpthians back in the time of Vlad the Impaler, when I sent him a real fanboy email saying how much I loved that book... tickled pink when I got a response back. I don't do that any more though...

I love the mix of science/mathematics with otherworld aliens and lands as well, makes it a little more tangible I think.
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Phil Caputo's A Rumor Of War.
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Anything by leo frankowski.
Read him or I will fuck your eyesockets.
EzekielLyne (8:34:01 PM): would you be the one they make fun of?
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