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Terry Pratchett and Australia
« on: November 30, 2009, 01:31:17 pm »
Hello Bay12. About two weeks ago I got back from a trip to Cairns in Australia. It was AMAZING :o . Rainforest, SCUBA diving, massive swarms of fruit bats, fishing, a beautiful resort/hotel, and everything else. Oh and Discworld. I have an Amazon Kindle that I got as a birthday present from my aunt (get most of my nice stuff from her). I downloaded Small Gods and Men At Arms before I left and figured I would read them on the flight. I ended up reading them in all of my spare time between rugby games and a bit of nethack. :P  Not to say all I did was read but I did buy Night Watch, Thud, and Guards! Guards! while I was there as well. Amazing books and I just downloaded Feet of Clay (I like the night watch). So this thread is essentialy here to discuss anything related to my post.  ;D
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I like to slip into bear caves around midnight and gently caress the carnivore inside before leaving a small cut of fresh fish and sneaking out.

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« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2009, 05:16:04 pm »
Downloading books...

Why do I always get goose bumps when I hear it (especially if it's about downloading GOOD books)?
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Re: Terry Pratchett and Australia
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2009, 05:20:22 pm »
Why's that?
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Quote from: Girlinhat on November 15, 2012, 11:53:44 am
I like to slip into bear caves around midnight and gently caress the carnivore inside before leaving a small cut of fresh fish and sneaking out.

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« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2009, 05:36:59 pm »
I think I'll skip the Kindle technology. I like owning huge amounts of books...one of the few things I actually want to own a lot of. Along with music and bike shit.
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Re: Terry Pratchett and Australia
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2009, 05:45:18 pm »
Yeah, there's just something so real about holding a proper doorstopper in your hands.
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« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2009, 05:53:33 pm »
Yep I prefer having the physical book myself, I like to use paperbackswap.com for getting books lately. Its a great site for getting rid of books you don't want and getting different ones in exchange for just postage.
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« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2009, 06:23:21 pm »
Quote from: Jude on November 30, 2009, 05:36:59 pm
I think I'll skip the Kindle technology. I like owning huge amounts of books...one of the few things I actually want to own a lot of. Along with music and bike shit.

I owned lots of books for a while. Then I started moving all the time and carting around so much stuff is a pain in the arse. As much as I loved my books I decided only to keep the ones I love and will likely re-read and the ones that I didn't like as much but would make me look cultured by having them on my bookshelf. :P
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« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2009, 09:17:10 pm »
Small Gods and Men at Arms are my two favourite Pratchett books. Good choice to start reading the dicsworld series on them.
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Re: Terry Pratchett and Australia
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2009, 11:10:48 pm »
I love my ebook reader. I love being able to read my ebooks (of which I have MANY!) and my class notes anywhere, without having to get out my netbook (which while very portable is not deployable anywhere anyway).
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« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2009, 03:30:00 am »
Your holiday sounds nearly identical to mine, except I only bought one Pratchett (Making Money) and it was good ol' fashioned paper. Scuba diving off the Great Barrier and swimming round a river in a rainforest were major highlights, best holiday ever. Did you go to Port Douglas?
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« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2009, 08:52:06 pm »
Dude. You choice of books is bad. It should've totally been The Last Continent, which is about a sufficiently Australia like place that is not Australia.
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« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2009, 09:14:32 pm »
Quote from: Jackrabbit on December 03, 2009, 03:30:00 am
Your holiday sounds nearly identical to mine, except I only bought one Pratchett (Making Money) and it was good ol' fashioned paper. Scuba diving off the Great Barrier and swimming round a river in a rainforest were major highlights, best holiday ever. Did you go to Port Douglas?

Went up to Port Douglas one day for a dive thing. Real touristy. The second one was better. Even better was the fact that I was certified.
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Quote from: Girlinhat on November 15, 2012, 11:53:44 am
I like to slip into bear caves around midnight and gently caress the carnivore inside before leaving a small cut of fresh fish and sneaking out.

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« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2009, 04:32:33 am »
I stayed in Port Douglas specifically. It was touristy to the max and I loved the place. Also first SCUBA experience.

Amazing.
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