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Type: fiction

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Status: disliked

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Author: William Golding

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Tags: fiction classic politics

2005-11-21

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Type: fiction

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Author: Douglas Adams

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Tags: fiction humor scifi

2005-11-21

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Type: special

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Status: to read

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Authors: Harry Turtledove Bryan Strong Christine DeVault Barbara Sayad the writers of The Daily Show Jon Stewart

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Tags: history humor america politics

2005-11-21

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Type: fiction

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Frank Herbert

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Tags: fantasy scifi geektop20

2005-11-21

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Type: fiction

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Author: George Orwell

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Tags: classic geektop20

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Description: In a grim city and a terrifying country, where Big Brother is always Watching You and the ThoughtIn a grim city and a terrifying country, where Big Brother is always Watching You and the Thought Police can practically read your mind, Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. He knows the Party's official image of the world is a fluid fiction. He knows the Party controls the people by feeding them lies and narrowing their imaginations through a process of bewilderment and brutalization that alienates each individual from his fellows and deprives him of every liberating human pursuit from reasoned inquiry to sexual passion. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be....

2005-11-21

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Author: Douglas Adams

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Tags: humor scifi

2005-11-21

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Authors: Robert Anton Wilson Robert Shea

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Tags: humor scifi

2005-11-21

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Type: fiction

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Author: Oscar Wilde

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Tags: fiction classic

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Description: The idea behind the book is a good one but it definitely takes backseat to dialog. ProbablyThe idea behind the book is a good one but it definitely takes backseat to dialog. Probably read more for that the any pretentions it might have at philosophy about how incredibly shallow we can be....

2005-11-21

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Type: fiction

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Status: now reading

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Author: Neal Stephenson

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Tags: science fiction scifi geektop20

2005-11-21