Topic: What are you reading? (Read 152120 times)

The_FOO · « **Reply #50 on:** September 04, 2004, 12:17:24 PM »

I haven't really played any of them. I wanted to play 7th Guest, but for some reason I never bought it, even when it was in the bargain bin.

Myst never really interested me.

That whole FMV era of computer games is better left alone I think. Some of those things were aweful.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #51 on:** September 07, 2004, 09:18:44 AM »

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Just read Ender's Game again after many years. It was much shorter than I remembered. Might go through neuroomancer again next.

You should check out Ender's Shadow for a good read. I litterally couldn't put it down once I started reading it. Blasted through it in one sitting. It's easily the equal of Ender's Game if not better.

I agree. It's what should have come next, instead of "Speaker For The Dead".

What a snore-fest that book was.

xolik · « **Reply #52 on:** September 07, 2004, 09:49:31 AM »

"Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment." What fun.

The_FOO · « **Reply #53 on:** September 07, 2004, 12:20:46 PM »

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I agree. It's what should have come next, instead of "Speaker For The Dead".

What a snore-fest that book was.

I found both it and Xenocide were far worse books than Ender. Too much thought, not enough action. Good books though don't get me wrong, but definately not in the same league as Ender.

The_FOO · « **Reply #54 on:** September 07, 2004, 12:21:13 PM »

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"Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment." What fun.

Oh man... I feel your pain.

Law · « **Reply #55 on:** September 10, 2004, 12:41:11 PM »

I've moved on to Sedaris' "Dress your family..." but am disappointed. While it's his usual humor, most of the books seems to be the script he used on his spoken word tour I saw last year.

I need to kill time until "The System of the World" comes out in October...

pbsaurus · « **Reply #56 on:** September 10, 2004, 06:30:11 PM »

Glad I missed the tour then, because the book cracked me up!

Law · « **Reply #57 on:** September 10, 2004, 10:00:34 PM »

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Glad I missed the tour then, because the book cracked me up!

Nah. Never be glad about that.

Just realized he's on tour again this year. Nice.

hackess · « **Reply #58 on:** September 16, 2004, 09:35:15 AM »

Life, the Universe, and Everything

Law · « **Reply #59 on:** September 16, 2004, 02:21:03 PM »

Finished Sedaris (and bought tickets to his show next month).

Moved on to Life of Pi by Yann Martel. It was recommended to me a long time ago and has sat in my bookcase for almost a year. The author's note at the beginning was beautifully written and was some fantastic prose. I can't imagine what the rest of the book will be like.

Dark Shade · « **Reply #60 on:** September 16, 2004, 08:33:35 PM »

The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy...for the ump-teenth time now.

hackess · « **Reply #61 on:** September 16, 2004, 08:34:53 PM »

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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy...for the ump-teenth time now.

Copycat.

Dark Shade · « **Reply #62 on:** September 16, 2004, 08:37:19 PM »

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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy...for the ump-teenth time now.

Copycat.

Tee hee! Now I feel special!

Demosthenes · « **Reply #63 on:** September 22, 2004, 02:05:59 PM »

I've decided to get back to my roots, so to speak. So I've dug out my old Robert E. Howard paperbacks and am in the process of blowing years of dust off of volume 1, simply called "CONAN".

It's better than I even remember it. Robert E. Howard kicks so much sword-and-sorcery ass.

The_FOO · « **Reply #64 on:** September 23, 2004, 01:05:18 PM »

I gotta read those. Dammit. I was making my way through the Barsoom books a while back. Never finished those either.

I really should get to a library or something.

Currently reading the latest Myth Inc. book by Robert Asprin whose title I can't remember.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #65 on:** September 23, 2004, 04:33:34 PM »

Barsoom. As in Edgar Rice Burroughs? Princess Of Mars, that kind of thing?

I haven't read those in fricken YEARS. I should look for those. They were good books.

Dan · « **Reply #66 on:** September 23, 2004, 08:44:39 PM »

Radioactive Boy Scout
The Wee Free men (the guy had to be stoned when he wrote it)
Stuck in Nuetral

Vespertine · « **Reply #67 on:** September 24, 2004, 12:23:29 AM »

I've moved on to The Golden Ratio by Mario Livio and The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene.

Vespertine · « **Reply #68 on:** September 24, 2004, 12:25:07 AM »

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...Stuck in Nuetral

Are you sure that you should be reading a book with words that are too big for you to spell?

ho0ber · « **Reply #69 on:** September 24, 2004, 09:14:23 AM »

R.C. Hibbeler's Engineering Mechanics: Statics, Tenth Edition.

ho0ber · « **Reply #70 on:** September 24, 2004, 09:15:40 AM »

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I've moved on to The Golden Ratio by Mario Livio and The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene.

I rather enjoyed both of those. I also enjoy Constants of Nature by someone I dont remember. That was a fun read.

Scizar · « **Reply #71 on:** September 24, 2004, 11:25:49 AM »

"Singularity Sky" by Charles Stross

Dan · « **Reply #72 on:** September 25, 2004, 08:22:07 PM »

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...Stuck in Nuetral

Are you sure that you should be reading a book with words that are too big for you to spell?

Yeah, how else am i to learn

Niox · « **Reply #73 on:** September 27, 2004, 03:05:30 PM »

I just finished reading "Masters Of Doom" fr like the tenth time

xolik · « **Reply #74 on:** September 27, 2004, 03:30:46 PM »

"Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure." Boss now wants the 291 by next month. Slavedriver.

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