What book are you reading?

[nilzark]

When you are not pixelQuesting.

~The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SniTwfm5BwE/TBFMZDusavI/AAAAAAAACfg/pnpP3ExMARk/s1600/Way+of+Kings+banner.jpg

[nilbog]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jP5WC9brL.jpg

http://static.oprah.com/images/201305/orig/201305-orig-books-movies-brooks-284xfall.jpg

[nilzark]

That schrodinger's cat book looks interesting.

[Asap]

lol big bang theory reference?

[nilbog]

lol big bang theory reference?

If you're referring to my link, absolutely not.

[Asap]

If you're referring to my link, absolutely not.

I figured lol, it was just the first thing i thought of when i read the title

[MrSparkle001]

http://thedropp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/a-clash-of-kings-book-review.jpg

[Culainn]

A real historical look, not conspiracy theory crap.

https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1390366342l/1380708.jpg

[Tradesonred]

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSBqZQxfE-9gLz20rjJf5Gf1GGFepjQluhdWstJV0A2ouvNCN_SwQ

And

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fe/Hegemony_or_Survival.jpg

[Swish]

Don't hate pals, history is awesome :)

http://learnink.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/stasiland.jpg

[radditsu]

V for Vendetta is Alan Moore's best work. Better than watchmen.

Been reading through brocade switching. Doing some changes in our layer 3 structure with our new Palo Alto firewall, and trying to figure out some best practices for our future server cluster upgrades.


http://www.brocade.com/data-center-best-practices/bookshelf/Browse.page

[Sidelle]

http://thedropp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/a-clash-of-kings-book-review.jpg

^^Reading this again right now, too.

Also reading:

http://www.nosegraze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/gladiatrix-russell-whitfield.jpg

I haven't gotten that far with it yet but so far so good. I love anything to do with ancient Rome.

Also have a couple other books in line to be read next. Happy reading, all. :)

[BahamutDF]

ASOIAF

[Ahldagor]

http://www.deathdyinggriefandmourning.com/Death-%26-Dying-Images%2060-80/72-b-Ulysses.jpg

bout 40 pages left then

http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/newageamazon/default/finnegans-wake-james-joyce--large-msg-126351744651.jpg

[nilzark]

You killed the thread with James Joyce, bro. Congrats.

[Ahldagor]

god level novels only son

[TanDemain]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/Saga1coverByFionaStaples.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/78/Foundation_cover.jpg

[Sirken]

http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1312029735l/304687.jpg

[Uteunayr]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l5OxkqRupHE/TxSPRIf4uSI/AAAAAAAAFhs/btGiSXfOEyg/s1600/Foundation+Cover+2.jpg

Isaac Asimov - Foundation. Best book series I have ever read.

[Sidelle]

http://www.nosegraze.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/gladiatrix-russell-whitfield.jpg

Disappointed with this book. It could have been a great story but the writing is ultimately shallow and flat and the protagonist is a dumb, arrogant, unlikeable bitch. I've been wishing she would just die in the arena already...

I haven't read a good book in this genre since The Light Bearer and that was forever ago.

Anyone know of any other exceptional novels set in ancient Rome or thereabouts?

[Ahldagor]

here Sidelle
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41vcKF-SrBL.jpg

[Klendathu]

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/i/2013/09/30/paddle-your-own-canoe.jpg

[Rhambuk]

lol big bang theory reference?

nilbog knows better than to watch that garbage show.

http://sites.duke.edu/alexanderglass/files/2013/12/The-Warded-Man.jpg

Just started this, a friend turned me onto it. Pretty solid so far, gets way better apparently.

[Sidelle]

here Sidelle
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41vcKF-SrBL.jpg

So I looked up this book to find out more. Immediately "NAMBLA" popped into my head. Gross. Lol

:D

[Rhambuk]

Don't like Brando sidelle?

[Ahldagor]

So I looked up this book to find out more. Immediately "NAMBLA" popped into my head. Gross. Lol

:D

well you said Roman

[Schnitzel]

Someone is actually going to read Finnegans Wake? I'll be interested to see how far you make it.

I am reading

[Ahldagor]

Someone is actually going to read Finnegans Wake? I'll be interested to see how far you make it.


about 10 pages in i realized you have to read it out loud like so you sound like an irish drunkard. 50 pages in now and the history of ireland is being given. shit's too funny

[Millburn]

About to crack open this book here in a few minutes. Got some good recommendations from people for it so figured I would give it a shot.

Blindsight by Peter Watts (http://www.amazon.com/Blindsight-Peter-Watts/dp/0765319640)

"Two months have passed since a myriad of alien objects clenched about the Earth, screaming as they burned. The heavens have been silent since—until a derelict space probe hears whispers from a distant comet. Something talks out there: but not to us. Who should we send to meet the alien, when the alien doesn’t want to meet?"

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2f/Blindsight_(book_cover).jpg

[Hailto]

http://i.imgur.com/HtbQBnA.jpg

[citizen1080]

http://www.newrafael.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dune_frank_herbert.jpg

For the 50th? time

[Tecmos Deception]

http://tvaraj.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/the-holy-bible.jpg

Seems to be reading a lot differently for me now at 30 with a wife and 2 kids than it did when I was taking confirmation classes 17 years ago.

[Lune]

Seems to be reading a lot differently for me now

How so?

[Babayaaga]

https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1327884954l/10414941.jpg

Russian history is fascinating. This one reads like a story making it one of the more engaging historical reads.

[Babayaaga]

A real historical look, not conspiracy theory crap.

https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1390366342l/1380708.jpg

That looks good.

[Babayaaga]

Don't hate pals, history is awesome :)

http://learnink.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/stasiland.jpg

So does this… great thread!

[dethbringre]

Found a digital copy of 250ish Forgotten Realms books. I've read quite a lot of them but this time I started them in chronological order. using this site:
http://o-love.net/realms/fr_time_books.html

[Rheaume]

https://fivestonesmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Covenant-of-War-book1-600x600.jpg

[Tecmos Deception]

How so?

Well, back then I knew what the parables were supposed to teach and what the lessons you were supposed to learn were, what some random psalm was about, etc. But I was just a kid. Big difference between knowing the answers to questions and understanding those answers and what good they are, or between knowing the history of a poem and being able to relate to it. Easier to avoid getting hung up on the "details" now too.

[Swish]

Found a digital copy of 250ish Forgotten Realms books. I've read quite a lot of them but this time I started them in chronological order. using this site:
http://o-love.net/realms/fr_time_books.html

I've got so much to read, hopefully I'll get around to these! +1

[Randarn]

Only for the 4th time Bob. I'm getting there.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-ryd-N5yqFAK5chn5l5_3GFbdUAzqidusF7Lo-ByFupYS7rzQDQ

and..

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff73/nawfalq/Books/FoundationandEmpire.jpg

[Schnitzel]

https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1327884954l/10414941.jpg

Russian history is fascinating. This one reads like a story making it one of the more engaging historical reads.

Nice, adding this to my list. Thanks! There is a good one about Marie Antoinette called Abundance that I liked a lot.

[citizen1080]

Only for the 4th time Bob. I'm getting there.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-ryd-N5yqFAK5chn5l5_3GFbdUAzqidusF7Lo-ByFupYS7rzQDQ

and..

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff73/nawfalq/Books/FoundationandEmpire.jpg

Niice. Catching up !


I need to read foundation one of these days...

[Cyrano]

I just started Blood Meridian, it's really hard to get into.

[Sidelle]

https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1327884954l/10414941.jpg

Russian history is fascinating. This one reads like a story making it one of the more engaging historical reads.

I loved this book. I also recommend "Nicholas & Alexandra" and "The Romanovs: The Final Chapter". Mr. Massie really knows how to make his subjects come back to life. It was hard for me to put any of his books down.

[Sidelle]

Nice, adding this to my list. Thanks! There is a good one about Marie Antoinette called Abundance that I liked a lot.

I might check that one out. I love reading about her. I really liked "Marie Antoinette: The Journey" by Antonia Fraser. And if you want to know more about the fate of her son, the dauphin, after the executions of the king and queen I highly recommend "The Lost King of France: How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette" by Deborah Cadbury. (http://www.amazon.com/Lost-King-France-Murdered-Antoinette/dp/0312320299/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1393214002&sr=1-1&keywords=lost+king+of+france)

It was really good, but so sad and tragic that I actually cried.

[Babayaaga]

I loved this book. I also recommend "Nicholas & Alexandra" and "The Romanovs: The Final Chapter". Mr. Massie really knows how to make his subjects come back to life. It was hard for me to put any of his books down.

I will definitely check those out. This is my first of his books, but I am becoming a fan.

[mgellan]

http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1312029735l/304687.jpg

Awesome book, just finished it myself!

Regards,
Mg

[mgellan]

http://www.sfwriter.com/red-planet-blues-us-cover.jpg

http://wpmedia.arts.nationalpost.com/2013/09/command-and-control.jpg

http://skepticblog.org/wp-content/uploads/b127HB_lg.jpg

Regards,
Mg

[Hailto]

http://tvaraj.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/the-holy-bible.jpg

Seems to be reading a lot differently for me now at 30 with a wife and 2 kids than it did when I was taking confirmation classes 17 years ago.

Do you realize that its a work of fiction now or no?

[Schnitzel]

I might check that one out. I love reading about her. I really liked "Marie Antoinette: The Journey" by Antonia Fraser. And if you want to know more about the fate of her son, the dauphin, after the executions of the king and queen I highly recommend "The Lost King of France: How DNA Solved the Mystery of the Murdered Son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette" by Deborah Cadbury. (http://www.amazon.com/Lost-King-France-Murdered-Antoinette/dp/0312320299/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1393214002&sr=1-1&keywords=lost+king+of+france)

It was really good, but so sad and tragic that I actually cried.

Thanks! I will add that one too. I looked up what happened to him once, it seemed to be a big fat unanswered question in a French Revolution class I took. But this sounds really interesting.

[Tradesonred]

Lets turn this thread into a book suggestion thread, itll quickly run out of steam unless we read 2 books a week =)

My favorite reads are science fiction, and i would love some suggestions as i dont have the time to filter all the crap, since i have many interests.

Heres a couple of science fiction books i really enjoyed and suggest:

Pre-apocalyptic tale, in the form of a diary of a 12 year old girl, as shit hits the fan in Manhattan:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/Randomactspaperback.jpg

Cyberpunk classic, with a main story and a couple of short stories at the end that cover the later years of the story explored in the first main one. Humanity is split among many factions, 2 being the mechanists (Cyborgs) and the shapers(genetic engineers):
http://thereisnogenre.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/schismatrix1.jpg

A ship that drifts through space with thousands of inhabitants that forgot what was the ships mission when it was first set off in space, generations ago:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a0/Ship_of_Fools%2C_Richard_Paul_Russo_%28book_cover% 29.jpg/200px-Ship_of_Fools%2C_Richard_Paul_Russo_%28book_cover% 29.jpg

A collection of short stories, uneven id say but the one called rogue farm and the story with the 2 bear things are worth the cover price alone:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b0/Live_Without_a_Net_by_Lou_Anders.jpg

This one not science fiction really, but dark fantasy and really interesting. Its a collection of short stories, the story called cram i thought was especially good.

http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1387702939l/974296.jpg

[SwordNboard]

Cannot read this book enough times.

http://makarl.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/agincourt.jpg

[Ahldagor]

this is an interesting read if you like mythologies and poetic structures
http://www.misterdann.com/proseeddasnorristurluson.jpg

[nilzark]

Further: Beyond the Threshold by Chris Roberson

I liked this book. Read it this past month. About the first attempt to reach the Alpha Centauri system, but the team ends up being awoken from hyper sleep 12 thousand years later. Kind of comedic.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61xWHtE6TQL._SL300_.jpg

[Hailto]

Read the Wool series of you like science fiction. It's a quick read and not overly complex but I couldn't put it down.

[Dalven]

Spent the last couple of months reading Raymond E. Feists Riftwar Cycle. Twenty books of widely varying quality (none of which come close to the best fantasy I've read) and three more to go.

[Hailto]

Spent the last couple of months reading Raymond E. Feists Riftwar Cycle. Twenty books of widely varying quality (none of which come close to the best fantasy I've read) and three more to go.

Whats the best fantasy you've read?

[Dalven]

Whats the best fantasy you've read?

Outside of ASOIAF I've enjoyed Robin Hobbs' Assassin books a lot, Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy and standalones are well worth reading and while a lot of Steven Erikson's Malazan series is patchy books two and three are a couple of the best I've read. I also liked Tad Williams' Dragonbone Chair books.

[Hailto]

Outside of ASOIAF I've enjoyed Robin Hobbs' Assassin books a lot, Joe Abercrombie's First Law trilogy and standalones are well worth reading and while a lot of Steven Erikson's Malazan series is patchy books two and three are a couple of the best I've read. I also liked Tad Williams' Dragonbone Chair books.

Malazan is on my to-read list. You should check out the Wheel of Time series, if you don't mind starting a massive series, they are pretty good, im on book three so far.

[citizen1080]

Malazan is on my to-read list. You should check out the Wheel of Time series, if you don't mind starting a massive series, they are pretty good, im on book three so far.

It's all downhill from there. Stopped reading at book 7 I think. But I hear Brandon Sanderson saved the series with the last few books.

[Juevento]

Just finished the first two books in Patrick Rothfuss' Kingkiller Chronicles.

http://i.imgur.com/qkR8LbI.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/DXVGOiB.jpg


I got almost the same feeling after reading these as when I finished reading the first few WoT or ASOIAF books. Really looking forward to the 3rd and final book when it comes out in a few months.

[Dalven]

Yeah the Wheel of Time is definitely on my to read list, cheers. Malazan is totally worth a read, although Erikson is a long winded dude its worth reading the series for Deadhouse Gates and Memories of Ice alone.

[Hailto]

It's all downhill from there. Stopped reading at book 7 I think. But I hear Brandon Sanderson saved the series with the last few books.

Yeah, ive heard it gets a bit boring in the middle of the series.

[Dr. Edge]

Oh God I had to finish WOT just because I had too much invested.

Lol

Quit while your ahead

I did audiobooks, I couldn't imagine reading hundreds of pages of woman arguing, talking about the lace on their dresses and tugging braids

[Hailto]

Oh God I had to finish WOT just because I had too much invested.

Lol

Quit while your ahead

I did audiobooks, I couldn't imagine reading hundreds of pages of woman arguing, talking about the lace on their dresses and tugging braids

would like to tug nynaeves braid..you feel me?

[Ahldagor]

Oh God I had to finish WOT just because I had too much invested.

Lol

Quit while your ahead

I did audiobooks, I couldn't imagine reading hundreds of pages of woman arguing, talking about the lace on their dresses and tugging braids

casual listener scum get out of our reading thread.

[Hailto]

casual listener scum get out of our reading thread.

Only time audiobooks are acceptable are if you're taking a long car trip, or if you're blind imo. Personally i find the physical act of reading enjoyable and it ruins it for me when i hear some narrator doing character voices and stuff.

[Ahldagor]

Only time audiobooks are acceptable are if you're taking a long car trip, or if you're blind imo. Personally i find the physical act of reading enjoyable and it ruins it for me when i hear some narrator doing character voices and stuff.

hence my comment towards the toy salesman look alike.

[Dr. Edge]

I read so freaking much tech stuff and text books for school.
I enjoy zoning out to a good audiobook to relax

[Sidelle]

casual listener scum get out of our reading thread.

^^Lol.

http://media.tumblr.com/4e502f5b2afff9ce34613029e8bd5975/tumblr_inline_mhivbvU66T1rctfjr.gif

So, anyways... I have a serious question for the busy people who use audiobooks for reasons of convenience and/or lack of free time to sit down with a book... If you suddenly had more time and it didn't make a difference in your life either way, which method would you prefer the most? Old-school or audiobook?

I have yet to try the audiobook thing. I'm concerned that there is too much potential for stories that I love to become corny and ridiculous with someone reading every word aloud while changing character voices, playing out dramatic scenes, etc... (They do change character voices, right? Cuz I really don't know. :o)

I also wonder if audiobooks ever make a listener feel awkward during certain stories. :D

[Tradesonred]

^^Lol.

http://media.tumblr.com/4e502f5b2afff9ce34613029e8bd5975/tumblr_inline_mhivbvU66T1rctfjr.gif

So, anyways... I have a serious question for the busy people who use audiobooks for reasons of convenience and/or lack of free time to sit down with a book... If you suddenly had more time and it didn't make a difference in your life either way, which method would you prefer the most? Old-school or audiobook?

I have yet to try the audiobook thing. I'm concerned that there is too much potential for stories that I love to become corny and ridiculous with someone reading every word aloud while changing character voices, playing out dramatic scenes, etc... (They do change character voices, right? Cuz I really don't know. :o)

I also wonder if audiobooks ever make a listener feel awkward during certain stories. :D

It really depends on the reader. Neuromancer is read by William Gibson himself and i really enjoyed it. It has a music for different scenes, electronic music, well done. Same with the dark tower audio book. Some are just a robot reader and those are really bad, and i had to stop the audio book version of Menzoberanzzan because the reader was unbearable. Kinda depends how much effort was put into it.

[Ahldagor]

I read so freaking much tech stuff and text books for school.
I enjoy zoning out to a good audiobook to relax

really lame excuse

[Crede]

http://img2.imagesbn.com/p/9781435132115_p0_v2_s260x420.JPG

Great book. Thank you for telling me about this Shawshank Redemption:

http://cfs2.tistory.com/upload_control/download.blog?fhandle=YmxvZzEyNjA4QGZzMi50aXN0b3J5 LmNvbTovYXR0YWNoLzAvOS5qcGc%3D

"'The Count of Monte Cristo', by Alexander Dumbass." - Hayward

[Sarajo]

^^Lol.

http://media.tumblr.com/4e502f5b2afff9ce34613029e8bd5975/tumblr_inline_mhivbvU66T1rctfjr.gif

So, anyways... I have a serious question for the busy people who use audiobooks for reasons of convenience and/or lack of free time to sit down with a book... If you suddenly had more time and it didn't make a difference in your life either way, which method would you prefer the most? Old-school or audiobook?

I have yet to try the audiobook thing. I'm concerned that there is too much potential for stories that I love to become corny and ridiculous with someone reading every word aloud while changing character voices, playing out dramatic scenes, etc... (They do change character voices, right? Cuz I really don't know. :o)

I also wonder if audiobooks ever make a listener feel awkward during certain stories. :D

They're best for stuff like listening to stuff while you're doing stuff. This way you can read a novel while you're doing the mindless grind of farming bone chips, camping Quillmane's ph, doing the
dishes, shoveling snow, or riding your bike because the cops took your license.

First book I got my hands(ears) on was Silence of the Lambs as read by Kathy Bates. I've listened to two 28-hour unabridged novels(Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns Read by the author, Khaled Hosseini) and books with two different voice actors doing separate recordings (the Fault in our Stars, read by the author John Green by popular demand, and another by an actress) and ones read by an entire cast of phenomenal actors(Ender's Game).

Does it get awkward with a male reader doing female parts? Only for the reader. This is why John Green hired someone to read his, since the main character was a 16-year-old girl and he was afraid it would be weird. You'll see; actors just change their inflection and tone for different gender characters. It's not done to a ridiculous amount.

EXCEPT..... one notable exception was 50 Shades of Grey as read by Gilbert Gotfried.

[Millburn]

It really depends on the reader. Neuromancer is read by William Gibson himself and i really enjoyed it. It has a music for different scenes, electronic music, well done. Same with the dark tower audio book. Some are just a robot reader and those are really bad, and i had to stop the audio book version of Menzoberanzzan because the reader was unbearable. Kinda depends how much effort was put into it.

Man it can not be stressed enough how much of a difference the reader makes when it comes to audiobooks. The Wheel of Time has some of the best readers (they're a husband and wife pair who switch out who's reading depending on if the chapter is from the perspective of a man or woman) I've ever listened to and that's literally the only way I can get through the middle books in the series anymore.

[Dr. Edge]

Michael Kramer and Kate Reading do the WOT series, they're awesome

[Sidelle]

I'm gonna try an audiobook one of these days just to see what it's all about. Thx for infoz.

[Hailto]

This thread isn't about audiobooks, more book recommendations.

[Abbot]

This thread isn't about audiobooks, more book recommendations.

I like audio books. I rememeber my first audio book. It was James Earl Jones reading The Raven. Ever since that .. I try for audio books whenever feasible.

I recommend the audio book The Raven as read by James Earl Jones. Audio books.



audio books.

[nilbog]

http://www.gatewaycomics.com/catalog/images/RPG_ad&dmonstermnl.jpg

For DMing this weekend.

[Mandalore93]

Like I've said in other threads, I listen to audio books everyday at work. The ASOIAF series read by Roy Dotrice is amazing and I'm on my second listen through (just finished SOS again.)

I'm not sure if I could go back to reading if a series has a good voice actor doing it. Tried reading the Drizzt compilation but I wasn't a big fan of it.

[drktmplr12]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/50/With_the_Old_Breed_%28Eugene_B._Sledge_book_-_cover_art%29.jpg/200px-With_the_Old_Breed_%28Eugene_B._Sledge_book_-_cover_art%29.jpg

Anyone interested in WW2 should read this. Great primary source.

[Hailto]

Bump, i think im going to take a break from the wheel of time series to read Ship of Fools, that someone recommended earlier in the thread. Seems interesting.

[scarletghost]

ReRead, A Memory of Light .

Working on, The FIVE Love Languages

[scarletghost]

http://www.gatewaycomics.com/catalog/images/RPG_ad&dmonstermnl.jpg

For DMing this weekend.

Boy it is hard to find people who ill actually get together to roll dice. And who has the space?

Any Northern New Yorkers out there who roll them dice?

[Ahldagor]

who still has their d20?

[stormlord]

Currently:
http://bks6.books.google.com/books?id=G0jWKrzGfTwC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&imgtk=AFLRE712kR4yYQqHSatzqsUPmOvCorkrPxRZaxWeujUE ECnvxO9gEsukiKdgT68i0FTjQDE2i-Ijbc6JEKpk0tkMRRwqq6ElM2JABeRzlPKnRSVXyowbmpg

Next up:
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[Swish]

http://static.tumblr.com/fbix8ii/lb3m98qyx/reading.gif

Saw this gif and thought of this thread :p

[lecompte]

The Republic of Theives

[Rheaume]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4QHhRKneKZ8/UJEyM47q-gI/AAAAAAAABu0/aDOBGso-XT0/s1600/how-do-you-kill-11-million-people.jpg

[Tradesonred]

http://spacecoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/k9404.gif

[Zadrian]

When you are not pixelQuesting.

~The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SniTwfm5BwE/TBFMZDusavI/AAAAAAAACfg/pnpP3ExMARk/s1600/Way+of+Kings+banner.jpg

Oooh a fairly new fantasy series? I might have to read it.


I've never had luck reading fantasy stuff, but since this is all new and shiny I might like it.

[Vumnaydar]

Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson
The Stormlight Archive Book II

[nilzark]

Oooh a fairly new fantasy series? I might have to read it.


I've never had luck reading fantasy stuff, but since this is all new and shiny I might like it.

I read it. Was good. Not quite as interesting to me as Wheel of Time, then again I am 35 now and was 15 when I started WOT. Also, the second book just came out this week. It is supposed to be 10 books long 'at least'. So I think this series will end around the time I am 55. Not so excited about that.

Now reading this:
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[Lamil]

[QUOTE=nilzark;1351555]I read it. Was good. Not quite as interesting to me as Wheel of Time, then again I am 35 now and was 15 when I started WOT. Also, the second book just came out this week. It is supposed to be 10 books long 'at least'. So I think this series will end around the time I am 55. Not so excited about that.

Wow now that you put it that way no way can I read that series. I'm in the same boat as you with the WOT and age

[Knuckle]

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For DMing this weekend.

I used to play 2nd edition about 15 years ago, recently played a few sessions of 4E at a game store(11 players...3 hours = one fight encounter)....

I recently bought Aces and Eights and it is by far the most detailed and complex rule system I've ever dealt with. It took a solid 5 hours to roll up some characters even with extensive DnD knowledge, and that's not even finishing off background history and explanation for certain skills, quirks, and flaws.

It's definitely worth a gander if you have any interest in a tabletop RPG based on an alternate USA old west history.

[citizen1080]

Oooh a fairly new fantasy series? I might have to read it.


I've never had luck reading fantasy stuff, but since this is all new and shiny I might like it.

Very good read. Better than anything in WoT other than maybe first 3 books and last few by Brandon

[Rhambuk]

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[Pitborn]

The Joy of Cooking

[Rhambuk]

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[Cecily]

I read Brave New World recently.

Deciding between:

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http://www.pagepulp.com/wp-content/52.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ajj21QI-L.jpg

[Satanicmajestysrequest]

Ancient Wisdom Modern Insight by Shirley Nicholson

[Sidelle]

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Lol

[nilzark]

I used to play 2nd edition about 15 years ago, recently played a few sessions of 4E at a game store(11 players...3 hours = one fight encounter)....

I recently bought Aces and Eights and it is by far the most detailed and complex rule system I've ever dealt with. It took a solid 5 hours to roll up some characters even with extensive DnD knowledge, and that's not even finishing off background history and explanation for certain skills, quirks, and flaws.

It's definitely worth a gander if you have any interest in a tabletop RPG based on an alternate USA old west history.

That actually sounds interesting. I was a ADnD 2 fan and thought the base 20 stuff to be dumb down. I will look up this thing, Aces and Eights.

[Ahldagor]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ajj21QI-L.jpg

his Duino Elegies are masterpieces of language. read them in german if you can.

[Nikon]

Fortunately, I've read a string of entertaining books lately. If you're into science/science history and/or biographies of influential people, I recommend these books.

I'm currently reading a biography on Paul Dirac. He was a peculiar character that fits into and helped define a lot of stereotypes of modern mathematicians and eccentric scholars. One of the pioneers of quantum physics.
http://i57.fastpic.ru/big/2013/0914/54/9ac8b2c97acd9db232f3f77eaae22b54.jpg

My previous few reads that I recommend if you're into the genre and/or physics...
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Quite an interesting story about the man that helped to spearhead America's efforts to make nuclear weapons. With the details on how the FBI kept him and his friends illegally wiretapped and surveilled, it makes you wonder about what's really going on today under our noses.

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If you're into Einstein, this is yet another biography of the famed theorist. I will say that out of the 3 or 4 books I've read specifically on Einstein over the years, Walter Isaacson's book stood out the most. I actually downloaded this one on audiobook after reading it the first time.

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The book follows the lives and achievements of Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch. It puts into perspective the issues facing the early 20th century with an ever expanding global population and the 'giants' that set out to create solutions to the problem; and to profit from it. It also illustrates the close connection between the private sector chemical industry, military, and government and how notorious mega-corporations like IG Farben come to be.

Other books I've enjoyed recently:
The Demon Under The Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug also by Thomas Hager (Author of The Alchemy of Air listed above). It tells the story of how medicine was transformed by the chemical industry in the early 20th century.

Wizard: The Life and Time of Nikola Tesla by Marc J. Seifer. A favorable look at his life and contributions to modern engineering and how he helped to shape the modern electrical age while being used and snubbed by people such as Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan. He was a very eccentric individual.

I haven't read any fantasy books since reading all of the Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman Dragonlance novels.

TL;DR: Look at the pictures. Books are guhd.

[Rhambuk]

Lol

Glad someone caught it!

Also on the topic of reading, What do most prefer Paperback or digital?

I personally cannot stand reading digital. I lose my place way to easy, it hurts my eyes starting at the screen even the kindle that have the lowbacklight or whatever, i prefer having the feel of a book in my hand and actually flipping pages.

besides someday I would like a library in my house of all ive read and something tells me that a kindle by itself in a blank room wouldn't be all that impressive :p

[Lamil]

Gotta have actual books.. It's part of my need to collect things. Digital copies just doesn't cut it

[gwideon]

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[Rhambuk]

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stayin burshed up

[Swish]

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stayin burshed up

That's the only Prima Strategy Guide I ever bought.... and of course, it wasn't totally accurate by the time it made it to the shelves :p

[Rhambuk]

No, I remember enchanters getting Illusion: Sex in kunark according to the guide.


Prima was my Favorite guide brand back in the day, now all i can find are bradygames or some junk.

Haven't bought a game guide in years anyway who does that with the internet?

[Hailto]

Lets turn this thread into a book suggestion thread, itll quickly run out of steam unless we read 2 books a week =)

My favorite reads are science fiction, and i would love some suggestions as i dont have the time to filter all the crap, since i have many interests.

Heres a couple of science fiction books i really enjoyed and suggest:

Pre-apocalyptic tale, in the form of a diary of a 12 year old girl, as shit hits the fan in Manhattan:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/Randomactspaperback.jpg

Cyberpunk classic, with a main story and a couple of short stories at the end that cover the later years of the story explored in the first main one. Humanity is split among many factions, 2 being the mechanists (Cyborgs) and the shapers(genetic engineers):
http://thereisnogenre.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/schismatrix1.jpg

A ship that drifts through space with thousands of inhabitants that forgot what was the ships mission when it was first set off in space, generations ago:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a0/Ship_of_Fools%2C_Richard_Paul_Russo_%28book_cover% 29.jpg/200px-Ship_of_Fools%2C_Richard_Paul_Russo_%28book_cover% 29.jpg

A collection of short stories, uneven id say but the one called rogue farm and the story with the 2 bear things are worth the cover price alone:

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This one not science fiction really, but dark fantasy and really interesting. Its a collection of short stories, the story called cram i thought was especially good.

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Reading Ship of Fools as per your recommendation. Liking it a lot so far.

[Tasslehofp99]

Just read Stephen King's "Night shift" over the weekend, man that guy is fuckin awesome.


Think I may check out that "Random acts of senseless violence" this week, sounds pretty cool.

[Tradesonred]

Think I may check out that "Random acts of senseless violence" this week, sounds pretty cool.

My favorite one in all the ones ive listed

Reading Ship of Fools as per your recommendation. Liking it a lot so far.

Gonna get started soon on this trilogy

Looks great, read the first 50 pages at least two times but got sidetracked by something else, hoping to plow through them this time around.

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[gwideon]

Just read Stephen King's "Night shift" over the weekend, man that guy is fuckin awesome.

I gave up on SK after he left me on a crazy train in the nuclear desert for 6 years during The Dark Tower / Gunslinger series. /bonk

[Raavak]

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[Snow_Flake]

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[Akuma]

Big Sur by Jack Kerouac

[Schnitzel]

I'm reading this.
4788

[Hailto]

http://i.imgur.com/5EODftL.jpg

Starting this one tonight, have never read any of Capote's stuff, going to see what all the fuss is about.

[Aborath]

Currently reading: http://www.collecttolkien.com/images/Books/Book%20Curry%20Defending%20Middle-Earth%20Houghton%20Mifflin%202004.jpg

To be followed by: http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/zizek.jpg