What are you reading?
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well done krelji, but thats beyond my level of understanding.
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Ooooo. Thanks for that link. The Quantitative Biology section caught my eye and I've now added 'An Epidemiological Approach to the Spread of Political Third Parties' to my reading list. I'll probably avoid the physics though. I'm more so into Biology/Anatomy/Chemistry/ect. After all I'm going into Forensics...krelji wrote:Guess I should rename myself to -no one- in this case. I actually enjoyluminier wrote:alright so apparently -no one- likes science. well science hates you.
reading books about physics and astrophysics, as well as reading papers on
arXiv.org.
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matusalem wrote:"The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane" by Robert E. Howard.
Nice!!! I just finished this about 4 days ago!!! N'longa is my hero.
Dresden was amazing--I think I got to Summer Knight before life caught up with me.
My current reads are:
Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges (in spanish)
La Fiesta del Chivo by Mario something Llosa (spanish)
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
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My friend read House of Leaves, that book looks weird.
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What a fun book! The trick to really enjoying it is to occasionally make notes in the margin as you read it. Then, pass the book along to the next reader. Eventually you'll have a book so cluttered with personality that it's worth far more than you paid for it.luminier wrote:My friend read House of Leaves, that book looks weird.
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The only fantasy novel author I still do follow is Raymond Feist, so in a way that's me saying that he is also my favourite author (of that genre). For some reason his stories did not really get boring at all.
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I have read most of the following authors.
Feist
Brooks
Julian May
Tolkien
Stephen R. Donaldson
and more I forgot
I just finished reading the Series Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind , an excellent series which I find when reaching the USA on vacation is a tv series which i have been able to watch on the computer until I caught up with the new series two which is being televised. Very good reading and a good tv series based on the books but recommend you read the books first to get the true facts.
I then went onto read the series The Wheel of Time. Great Series but sad the author died after completing book eleven but good to hear his wife and friends are finishing the series by 2011 working from his notes and thier own conclusions... I see another good tv series following the Seeker coming from this.
One Curious thing too , I find it fascinating that how many players from xyllomer and geas have adopted names found in the Wheel of time Series.
Feist
Brooks
Julian May
Tolkien
Stephen R. Donaldson
and more I forgot
I just finished reading the Series Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind , an excellent series which I find when reaching the USA on vacation is a tv series which i have been able to watch on the computer until I caught up with the new series two which is being televised. Very good reading and a good tv series based on the books but recommend you read the books first to get the true facts.
I then went onto read the series The Wheel of Time. Great Series but sad the author died after completing book eleven but good to hear his wife and friends are finishing the series by 2011 working from his notes and thier own conclusions... I see another good tv series following the Seeker coming from this.
One Curious thing too , I find it fascinating that how many players from xyllomer and geas have adopted names found in the Wheel of time Series.
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I have never really read or heard of the wheel of time series. What's it about? If you can answer that without giving too much of it away that istriska wrote: I then went onto read the series The Wheel of Time. Great Series but sad the author died after completing book eleven but good to hear his wife and friends are finishing the series by 2011 working from his notes and thier own conclusions... I see another good tv series following the Seeker coming from this.
One Curious thing too , I find it fascinating that how many players from xyllomer and geas have adopted names found in the Wheel of time Series.
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WoT in 30(ish) seconds
Magic is drawn from the one true source. Men who wield magic eventually go crazy, so are hunted down. Women who use magic are almost universally feared and hated. Long ago, this wasn't the case.
The Dark One was breaking free once before. Might be doing so again. Mages stood up to him. One very powerful male mage died sealing the Dark One again. Legends say he'll be reborn.
That might be an over simplification.
The books are very well written, and the story and concept drew me in. I did happen to lose interest around the seventh book, for reasons I won't discuss on a public forum for fear of spoiler haters.
Magic is drawn from the one true source. Men who wield magic eventually go crazy, so are hunted down. Women who use magic are almost universally feared and hated. Long ago, this wasn't the case.
The Dark One was breaking free once before. Might be doing so again. Mages stood up to him. One very powerful male mage died sealing the Dark One again. Legends say he'll be reborn.
That might be an over simplification.
The books are very well written, and the story and concept drew me in. I did happen to lose interest around the seventh book, for reasons I won't discuss on a public forum for fear of spoiler haters.
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I think Minariel summed it up very well. Persevere with the reading past book 7 fall in love with one of the three 'hero's and play at being an author like I have tried to do imagining how the series will finish.
Well worth the read. Author Robert Jordan if you want to research more.
Well worth the read. Author Robert Jordan if you want to research more.
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Thanks to my English class this semester, I'm now reading 'The Watchmen'...Definitely a new addition to my list of favorite books.
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Alan Moore rules.
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The Watchmen movie definitely did not do the book justice, but I cannot say that I expected it to. There's just too much in the book. But the lack of a giant squidalien (one word) in the movie really was what ruined it for me.
Side Note: I really liked the V for Vendetta Moore did.
Reading through Bradbury again, currently at the Illustrated Man. Also have Sense, Sensibility and Sea Monsters open.
Side Note: I really liked the V for Vendetta Moore did.
Reading through Bradbury again, currently at the Illustrated Man. Also have Sense, Sensibility and Sea Monsters open.
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Iunno I honestly thought the ending in the movie made more sense. Pitting the whole world against Dr Manhattan instead of some squid monster makes a lot more sense.
It's also a more controllable outcome. Dr. Manhattan can come back at any time to eff shit up and unite the world again. Squid monsters can't, unless Veidt has an unlimited supply of squid monster.
Im just saying.
It's also a more controllable outcome. Dr. Manhattan can come back at any time to eff shit up and unite the world again. Squid monsters can't, unless Veidt has an unlimited supply of squid monster.
Im just saying.
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On an unrelated side note...Alan Moore is how I kinda envision Matusalem to look....
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Oh man I lol'd
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Bought an ebook reader. Got a huge range of sci fi and fantasy books on the stack.
Right now, the George RR Martin series, and the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
Right now, the George RR Martin series, and the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
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Yes. Exactly like Alan Moore.Arwenth wrote:On an unrelated side note...Alan Moore is how I kinda envision Matusalem to look....
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what am i reading:
textbooks.
textbooks.
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I knew it, I bloody knew it. There is a reason I haven't clicked on this thread yet. Crap now I'm going to spend a whole week reading, I think I'll try to finish the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series in a week.
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