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    Foundation

    I read prelude to foundation before foundation (prequel written after the foundation trilogy) so maybe i found it easier knowing more about hari seldon psychohistory and its purpose. I thought they were both great im looking forward to the others when i get them.
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    Iain M Banks

    Ive read a bit of the algebraist right now its good so far, i dont think its a culture novel though
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    Half-Life 2

    Im gonna get it on PC when i get a new gfx card. I think the mouse is much better for fps games. I loved halflife and addons and many brilliant mods so im looking forward to it. Bigmacscanlan i think Frost meant u get the new official mods for hl2, counterstrike source is basicly...
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    Best spaceship?

    Im playing homeworld 2 right now and it has some awesome ship designs Iain M Banks Culture ships GSVs and GCUs are cool because they are just vast, and the AI minds that control them are cool too, especially the eccentric ones and their names too.
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    Aspartame

    This article says its genetic whether you like the taste or not and genetic if its harmful to you and everything else is unproven. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame The link also refers to an EU report(link below) which has some more detail. Aspartame itself it appears isnt absorbed...
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    The Ghost In the Shell

    I've only seen the film, but I'd like to read it, it must have influenced quite a few things like deus ex and the matrix. I hope they show the sequel here in the cinema.
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    Your Favorite Collection of sci-fi Short Stories

    Iv'e enjoyed reading Asimov's Complete Robot(inlcludes I Robot), Philip K Dick's The Days of Perky Pat, Ursula de Guin's The Birthday of the World and also State of the Art by Iain M Banks.
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    Operation Flashpoint

    Im in the process of completing resistance, it feels a bit harder than the others.
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    Oldboy

    Has anyone seen this very violent Korean film thats in some cinemas now. Plot Outline: A recently paroled middle-aged man, who spent 15 years in prison without any explanation as to why he was jailed, seeks revenge on those who brought him down...
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    Book Hauls!

    Re: Recent Buys G.K. Chesterton - The Man Who Was Thursday
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    Anyone wanting to read Dune prequels?

    My local library seems to buy all the dune prequels as soon as they come out and sometimes multiple copies! I thought the preludes to dune were ok. The Butlerian Jihad stuff is alright for a light read. I wouldnt buy em to read. Ill buy Chapterhouse Dune though its the only proper dune i haven't...
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    Sentience

    I don't know if consciousness can be defined or detected, for instance some people think self-awareness and consciousness is an illusion. I think it could be possible to create an AI or an evolving program that could create an AI. And people might still argue whether it was conscious or not. As...
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    Some of the classics I've read...

    Just read Nova by Samuel R Delany, I also think Babel-17 is great. Philip K Dick: Time Out of Joint The Man in the High Castle The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Now Wait for Last Year Ubik Valis Arthur C Clark - The City and the Stars Frederik Pohl: Gateway Man-plus
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    PC RPGs

    Systemshock 2 definately worth a try if you liked deus ex. It's quite scary too.
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    Iain M Banks

    I've read and enjoyed all of his sf novels. Use of Weapons and Consider Phlebas are worth mentioning i wasn't too keen on inversions either. I've also read The Wasp Factory and Dead Air
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