Morning Discussion: New Year's Eve Edition

by Alice O'Connor, Dec 31, 2009 5:00am PST

Today is the day you can feel absolutely fantastic about the past year and be determined to continue that high into 2010. Alternatively, feel absolutely wrecked and broken by 2009 and make a resolution to somehow drag yourself out of the mire by your nails. I don't believe any other option is permitted, for some reason.

You'll probably drink alcohol tonight and deserve everything you get the next morning, so don't even think about complaining. Besides, it only serves to distract you from the real entertainment--arguing over whether today is the end of the decade or merely a decade.

The news desk is unpersoned today and tomorrow but we'll have a few little features to make up for our shameful absence. Have fun, Internet. We'll see you in the future!

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http://www.philsized.com/ebooks12.31.2009.jpg

Guys, give me some good ebooks to download. Imma fill this bitch up and hope that at least three quarters of them load to read. Above is what I have so far.

Dec 31, 2009 4:43pm PST

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http://www.philsized.com/ebooks12.31.2009.jpg Guys, give me some good ebooks to download. Imma fill... : Phil
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  If you like science fiction Hyperion should be on that list, Phil. : [fry]
  - ^^^ this is a very good book, just finished reading the first 2 : Flynn
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    I do, and it shall be purchased - will probably get Altered Carbon too. That's one of my favorites that ... : Phil
    - Dammit it's not available in ebook form at http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ebooks/index.asp : Phil
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      Richard Morgan for the win. His latest book Steel Something is all about a gay swordsman who has hot stea... : steelsamurai
      
      The Steel Remains. He carries a Big Sword and he ain't afraid to use it. : steelsamurai
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  Under the Dome - Stephen King, I hear good things : uglysad
  - i finished this yesterday. it's good. : dirge23
  - I kinda have a fuck you attitude toward Stephen King right now for not releasing UTD for the portable rea... : Phil
- I just finished Spin by Robert Charles Wilson. Really good. : DarkWolf5
- http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Short-History-of-Nearly-Everything/Bill-Bryson/e/9780767916417/ : indosauros
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  wtf dali lama? : hamachi
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    Yeah I read a lot of his books. The one on science & religion is pretty good (the Universe in a Single At... : Phil
    - hmm. never even considered picking up his stuff before. I'll wait till the apple thing emerges to see... : hamachi
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      I guess i don't really get why anyone outside Buddhism listens to him. Not that he's a bad guy, and... : smax
      
      What did the Pope do to distinguish himself to people outside of Catholicism before he became Pope? : Arcanum
- Peter F Hamilton. Specifically Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained : Beady
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  It finally arrived then! Like it? : losimagic
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21763596 : Phil
    - excellent :D As for books, I'm gradually working my way through A Game of Thrones and really enjoying ... : losimagic
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  Whole lots of free sci-fi and fantasy, from both well-known and not-so-well-known authors: http://www.ba... : Arcanum
  - Also, the collected works of H. P. Lovecraft. : Arcanum
- How about some (mostly) non-fiction military books? :D The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 22... : yacoub35
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  World War Z is the shit. : greh kleh
  - Loved the novel and the way it was written.. a++ : rmjackson
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  Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
  Dune
  Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
  Still Life With Woodpecker
  Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency
  
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  Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Dune Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk Still Life With Woodpecker Dirk Gent... : harvord
- James Patterson Maximum Ride is good, also the first of a 5 book series, which are all good and movies co... : shackwack
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  If you like Stevenson then get Cryptonomicon : grayscale
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    it's on the .jpg up there. : Phil
    - I fail at pictures.... Jesus I'm fucked. I just saw Snow Crash and went ADURREPLYREPLYREPLY : grayscale
- Cryptonomicon! Best book ever dude. : MagicWishMonkey
- Phil, this is a good site for you to be a member of: http://www.goodreads.com/ : Matt Burris
- http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Happy-Endings/Jim-Norton/e/9781416565383/?itm=5 : Crimsonbeak
- Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal : cerealSAM2
- Ah, Regulators! They're regulating any stealing of their books, and their daaamn good too. And not just... : sludge vohaul

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