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**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 91031 04-19-2012 01:34 PM

Just wondering... what is everyone reading now...??
I am finishing the Empire of Ants (1991 novel) by French writer Bernard Werber.
The plot begins as two stories that take place in parallel, one in the world of humans (in Paris) and one in the world of ants (in a Formica rufa colony in a park near Paris). The time is the early 21st century (the recent future, relative to the time when Werber wrote the book). The human character receives a house and a provocative message as legacy from his recently deceased uncle. He begins to investigate the life and mysterious activities of his uncle and decides to descend into the cellar of the house but does not return. His family and other people follow and disappear. The ant character is a male whose foraging expedition gets destroyed in one strike by a mysterious force that comes from above. He suspects that a colony of another ant species has attacked them with a secret weapon, and attempts to meet with the queen and to rally other ants to investigate the disaster. However, he attracts the attention of a secret group of ants within the same colony that appear to want to conceal his information. As the plot unveils, the humans and the ants encounter new mysteries and participate in challenging events, including a war between different ant species. The descriptions of ant morphology, behavior, and social organization as well as their interactions with other species are engaging, detailed, and scientifically based, although Werber significantly exaggerates the reasoning and communication capabilities of the ants (rendering his work science-fiction).

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Unpolished Gem.

It's has an unusual style.

**diggerbanks**

LoP Guest Wrote:

Just wondering... what is everyone reading now...??
I am finishing the Empire of Ants (1991 novel) by French writer Bernard Werber.
The plot begins as two stories that take place in parallel, one in the world of humans (in Paris) and one in the world of ants (in a Formica rufa colony in a park near Paris). The time is the early 21st century (the recent future, relative to the time when Werber wrote the book). The human character receives a house and a provocative message as legacy from his recently deceased uncle. He begins to investigate the life and mysterious activities of his uncle and decides to descend into the cellar of the house but does not return. His family and other people follow and disappear. The ant character is a male whose foraging expedition gets destroyed in one strike by a mysterious force that comes from above. He suspects that a colony of another ant species has attacked them with a secret weapon, and attempts to meet with the queen and to rally other ants to investigate the disaster. However, he attracts the attention of a secret group of ants within the same colony that appear to want to conceal his information. As the plot unveils, the humans and the ants encounter new mysteries and participate in challenging events, including a war between different ant species. The descriptions of ant morphology, behavior, and social organization as well as their interactions with other species are engaging, detailed, and scientifically based, although Werber significantly exaggerates the reasoning and communication capabilities of the ants (rendering his work science-fiction).

That sounds great. I have always considered ants as a good mirror to humans. So... good premise, but is it a good read?

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 91179 04-19-2012 01:50 PM

Recently just finished "And the Devil Will Drag You Under". A sci-fi fantasy that I thought was really good! And I like a good fiction every now and then, but I tend to read non-fiction most of the time.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58439..._You_Under

Just cracked open "In the Light of Truth" last night.

http://www.abdrushin-grail-message.net/

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 91180 04-19-2012 01:52 PM

The Beginner's Guide to Quantum Psychology

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 91183 04-19-2012 02:03 PM

deep economy
way of energy

**Zardoz**

Codex Magica by Texe Marrs.

**Luvapottamus**

Fake job ads.

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LOP! I don't read BHOOKS!

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 49554 04-19-2012 02:30 PM

On the Basis of Morality, Schopenhauer.

**Blueacres**

J.R.R. Tolkien : The Children Of Hurin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Children_of_Húrin

Stephen King : The Dark Tower Series (Just finished the fourth book)
http://www.stephenking.com/DarkTower/the_books.html

Heartflowers

**Zero Point**

Blueacres Wrote:

J.R.R. Tolkien : The Children Of Hurin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Children_of_Húrin

Stephen King : The Dark Tower Series (Just finished the fourth book)
http://www.stephenking.com/DarkTower/the_books.html

Dark Tower kicked serious ass.
Good stuff.

**Zero Point**

Currently re-reading Fingerprints of the gods for the 3rd time.
Going to re-read the mars mystery and then probably Supernatural after that.

**Blueacres**

Also, I'd highly recommend "Shantaram" by Gregory David Roberts. A true story and a great read.

""Shantaram is a novel influenced by real events in the life of the author, Australian Gregory David Roberts. In 1978, Roberts was sentenced to 19-year imprisonment in Australia after being convicted of a series of armed robberies of building society branches, credit unions, and shops. In July 1980, he escaped from Victoria’s Pentridge Prison in broad daylight, thereby becoming one of Australia's most wanted men for the next ten years.""
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantaram_(novel)

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