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		<title>Books &#8211; I&#8217;ve Bought Them</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in, well .. ever, I&#8217;ve actually bought books online. Not that the &#8220;online&#8221; part makes any difference, I can&#8217;t remember the last time I was in a book store. I&#8217;m not an avid reader, being the Computer Age kind of kid I am(aka procrastinating lazy dweeb).
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For the first time in, well .. ever, I&#8217;ve actually bought books online. Not that the &#8220;online&#8221; part makes any difference, I can&#8217;t remember the last time I was in a book store. I&#8217;m not an avid reader, being the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Age" target="_blank">Computer Age</a> kind of kid I am(aka procrastinating lazy dweeb).</p>
<p>I require my entertainment in an electronic, digital  state. Any type of entertainment complying to these obscene demands are highly regarded, and obviously accepted, in my house. Because of this I&#8217;ve, somewhat shamefully, only read one (1) not-gaming-related book. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neverwhere" target="_blank">Neverwhere</a> by <a href="http://twitter.com/neilhimself" target="_blank">Neil Gaiman</a>. Absolutely loved the shittles out of it, and still remember it surprisingly well, despite being years (two) since I read it. All my other book experiences are game-related. Halo. Warcraft. Starcraft. Mass Effect. Yeah, I&#8217;m a gamer.</p>
<p>That being said, I&#8217;m really looking forward to getting the books, as the bloody heat wave ravaging through Norway makes anything (including playing games) a sweaty, sweaty pain.  So, what books, if any, did I buy? This isn&#8217;t just a lie it is? Have I actually bought anything at all?! Only the bravest, most tech-savvy of my readers will be able to find out, by reading the rest of this entry.</p>
<p><span id="more-148"></span>The first book I added to the shopping basket(after randomly finding out it actually was released) was the second book set in the Mass Effect universe. I absolutely loved the game, and the first book (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Effect:_Revelation" target="_blank">Mass Effect Revelation</a>) was of the same great quality as the game. The second book must-be a safe choice.<span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Mass+Effect%3A+Revelation&amp;rft.author=%5B%5BDrew+Karpyshyn%5D%5D&amp;rft.date=%5B%5BMay+1%5D%5D%2C+%5B%5B2007%5D%5D&amp;rft.pub=%5B%5BDel+Rey+Books%5D%5D&amp;rft.pages=323&amp;rft.series=%5B%5BMass+Effect%5D%5D"><br />
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<p><img class="alignnone" title="Mass Effect Ascension" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4e/Masseffect_ascension.jpg" alt="" width="403" height="625" /><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_Effect:_Ascension" target="_blank">Mass Effect: Ascension</a> by Drew Karpyshyn.</p>
<p>Book number two to dump into my cute little virtual shopping basket was not gaming-related at all and, big surprise, a book by Neil Gaiman.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" title="Coraline" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/61/Coraline.jpg" alt="" width="403" height="625" /></p>
<p>I knew I wanted a Gaiman book. It being <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coraline" target="_blank">Coraline</a> was simply chosen by it being the most popular Gaiman book at the <a href="http://www.tanum.no/" target="_blank">bookstore</a>.</p>
<p>The last book this time around, was a book my girlfriend (drop by her deviantart profile; <a href="http://schizohybrid.deviantart.com/" target="_blank">SchiZo</a>) wanted.  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Call_of_Cthulhu_and_Other_Weird_Stories" target="_blank">The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories</a> by HP Lovecraft.</p>
<p>So there you have it. The longest entry I&#8217;ve ever written to this blog. And it&#8217;s about Books. And Buying. I&#8217;m crazy like that.</p>
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