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JCC If you could recommend one book and only one, what would it be?"

Discussion in 'Community' started by TiniTinyTony , Nov 4, 2013.

  1. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    Rogue1-and-a-half - Oh man, I can't tell you where to start with Carlin; they're all good. I want ot go back and buy the archived ones on the Cold War. But I know the one you mean - quite damning to Teddy Roosevelt!

    If I had to recommend any, it would be the 5 part "Wrath of the Khans" series.
     
  2. solojones

    solojones Chosen One star 10

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    Brilliant use of time, fantastic and cutting parody of war, shockingly effective swings between laugh-out-loud funny and darkly depressing realities. It's a rare read that's enjoyable, enlightening, and sobering all at once. And from a literary perspective it's a brilliant example of what you can do creatively with prose.
     
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  3. Rogue1-and-a-half

    Rogue1-and-a-half Manager Emeritus who is writing his masterpiece star 9 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Five parts?! And each part presumably super long, I bet. That sounds amazing.

    By the by, I am about a week out from starting a thread on podcasts. We need one of those around here; I'll be posting little write-ups about a bunch of different ones (like a hosted discussion) and hopefully also people will be posting about the newest episodes of the ones they listen to, etc. (like a regular thread). Aren't you big into the Smodcasts too?
     
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  4. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    Ha, I actually spoke to a mod about that a while back but nothing came of it. Yeah, I catch the bus to work and cannot read on the bus without feeling profusely ill. So, I go all in for Podcasts - BBC History Hour; Smodcast - Fat Man on Batman; Smodcast - Hollywood Babble-On; BBC Five Live - The Chequered Flag (F1); Red Bull Racing; Sidepodcast; Freakonomics radio; Hardcore History. I used to listen to Reasonable Doubts but it ran out of interesting things to say.

    And they're about 90mins a piece, those Khan ones.
     
  5. Rogue_Ten

    Rogue_Ten Chosen One star 7

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    everybody watch Marjoe right now. academy award winning doc from teh 70s, and one of the great under-watched documentaries of all time. famed child preacher marjoe gortner grows up and decides to expose the scam tactics of evangelical preachers
     
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  6. EmpireForever

    EmpireForever Force Ghost star 8

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    I saw that on Youtube a while ago. Great stuff.
     
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  7. I Are The Internets

    I Are The Internets Shelf of Shame Host star 9 VIP - Game Host

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