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Title: Quicksilver
Post by: FUNKED1 on November 06, 2003, 01:26:21 PM
Anybody else read this?  Freaking hilarious.  Next time I quit AH and rejoin, my handle will be L'Emmerdeur.
Title: Quicksilver
Post by: Mini D on November 06, 2003, 01:27:49 PM
Saw the movie... Kevin Bacon was hot.

MiniD
Title: Quicksilver
Post by: gofaster on November 06, 2003, 01:29:18 PM
Jamie Gertz was hotter, even if she did have lopsided boobies.
Title: Quicksilver
Post by: Furious on November 06, 2003, 02:02:23 PM
Am about 300 pages in.  Starts really slowly.
Title: Re: Quicksilver
Post by: straffo on November 06, 2003, 03:11:56 PM
Quote
Originally posted by FUNKED1
Anybody else read this?  Freaking hilarious.  Next time I quit AH and rejoin, my handle will be L'Emmerdeur.


uh ???
Title: Quicksilver
Post by: FUNKED1 on November 06, 2003, 03:18:40 PM
He's a character in the book.
Title: Quicksilver
Post by: straffo on November 06, 2003, 03:32:48 PM
Did you noticed the ethymology of the word "Emmerdeur" ?

And Emmerdeur can be a :


and lastly Emmerdeur come from the verb Emmerder : covering with fecal matter :)

I guess it won't be your next handle :rofl
Title: Quicksilver
Post by: FUNKED1 on November 06, 2003, 04:48:43 PM
Read the book, he is a great hero and tard, exactly like me.  :)
And yes he does end up covered in **** a few times.  :)
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Post by: Vulcan on November 06, 2003, 08:59:08 PM
When did funked learn to read n rite?
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Post by: straffo on November 07, 2003, 02:07:29 AM
Dunno if I'll be courageous enought to read it in English or I'll wait 5 year for they translation ...

I've 3 books about the US revolution to read first ...
Title: Quicksilver
Post by: niknak on November 07, 2003, 06:03:25 AM
I am reading cryptonomicon at the moment which i believe is loosley related.

I am traveling round the world for 6 months starting in december and need a big long book is Quicksilver a good candidate?
Title: Quicksilver
Post by: Furious on November 07, 2003, 01:35:15 PM
It is.  and if you are a NS kick get "Snow Crash" and "The Diamond Age" as well.
Title: Quicksilver
Post by: FUNKED1 on November 07, 2003, 02:47:54 PM
Yep Quicksilver is actually 3 books in one convenient package.  If you get Diamond Age and Snow Crash you could travel to Mars and not run out of reading material.  :)
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Post by: Montezuma on November 07, 2003, 03:46:09 PM
Quicksilver, my shorts.
Title: Quicksilver
Post by: Furious on November 07, 2003, 04:44:48 PM
Quicksilver is actually volume 1 of a 3 volume series.

The Baroque cycle Volume 1: Quicksilver
The Baroque cycle Volume 2: The Confusion  (april 2004)
The Baroque cycle Volume 3: The System of the World (september 2004)