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I just finished My Name Is Red a while back... wow, I can't believe I waited so long to read it. The narrative is bloody brilliant.
1 and 2 are still amazing.
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Dec 2011 14:15 Post subject: |
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Greatest Battles of the Wafen-SS by Peter Darman
ATM my favorite toilet literature
ZX Spectrum 16K/48K | Grundig C410 cassette recorder (adjustable head) | 20BT TV Philips Multistandard Color V37cm | ZX Interface 2 | New Kempston Compatible Competition Pro Switched Joystick | Sinclair BASIC OS
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Hierofan
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Dec 2011 15:27 Post subject: |
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So, how do you 'read' books ?
hard copy ? kindle ? or audiobooks ?
I'm asking because i'm considering buying a kindle, i love hard copies, there's nothing like flipping page after page and seeing the wear and tear your causing to the book, but the problem is i can't get book in english easily, they're hard to find and/or expensive. And localized versions are shit, they're way too tame to be worth reading.
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zipfero
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Dec 2011 15:48 Post subject: |
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| Hierofan wrote: | So, how do you 'read' books ?
hard copy ? kindle ? or audiobooks ?
I'm asking because i'm considering buying a kindle, i love hard copies, there's nothing like flipping page after page and seeing the wear and tear your causing to the book, but the problem is i can't get book in english easily, they're hard to find and/or expensive. And localized versions are shit, they're way too tame to be worth reading. |
I usually buy english versions in paperback online for around 12-15 dollars.
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garus
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Hierofan
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Dec 2011 22:06 Post subject: |
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| zipfero wrote: | | Hierofan wrote: | So, how do you 'read' books ?
hard copy ? kindle ? or audiobooks ?
I'm asking because i'm considering buying a kindle, i love hard copies, there's nothing like flipping page after page and seeing the wear and tear your causing to the book, but the problem is i can't get book in english easily, they're hard to find and/or expensive. And localized versions are shit, they're way too tame to be worth reading. |
I usually buy english versions in paperback online for around 12-15 dollars. |
well, i buy what i can find, found a place in budapest that also has some expos here from time to time and that's a good soruce but some are cheap, others aren't, not all of them are new, but i don't mind as long as they're in good condition
i used a retailer here and i spent around 20 euros on Atlas Shrugged brand new, i could have gotten it cheaper from the other guys
also, the 79 usd (on amazon) Kindle is 200 usd here, fucking robbery
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Dec 2011 22:19 Post subject: |
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Just finished reading the Mistborn Trilogy by brandon sanderson on the ol' ipad.
Thoroughly interesting read. Just started War breaker, and have booked in Stormlight chronicles for when i get back to london.
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Hierofan
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Dec 2011 22:24 Post subject: |
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I ordered these:
Notes from Underground - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Necronomicon - The Best Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft
Walden - Henry David Thoreau
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
and The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
too bad they didn't have Glamorama on stock 
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dsergei
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After being disappointed with the latest Terry Pratchett book - Snuff I decided to re-read one of my favourite books by him - Night Watch. Along with Reaper Man this book is the epitome of the Discworld series. It combines Pratchett's unique narative style and witty satire with a deep and a realistic take on human nature, power, government, revolution etc.
Really enjoyed this one again - the final scenes sent shivers down my spine. Highly recommended.
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notmeagain
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jan 2012 13:26 Post subject: |
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| dsergei wrote: | After being disappointed with the latest Terry Pratchett book - Snuff I decided to re-read one of my favourite books by him - Night Watch. Along with Reaper Man this book is the epitome of the Discworld series. It combines Pratchett's unique narative style and witty satire with a deep and a realistic take on human nature, power, government, revolution etc.
Really enjoyed this one again - the final scenes sent shivers down my spine. Highly recommended. |
Thud was also great, and masquerade.
In fact most books featuring sam vimes are good reads.
I have the entire collection thus far, one of my favorite authors. |
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dsergei
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Thud was good but not great. The whole Money/Post/Press mini-series feels like a tack-on. Unseeen Academicals has already been done in other books. Night Watch should have been the end of the Vimes storyline - there doesn't seem to be any room for development any more. Snuff is just pathos mixed with cardboard characters.
If I were to list my favourite books, i'd say
Night Watch
Reaper Man
Carpe Jugulum
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Monsters by Micael Dahlén (it's in Swedish by a Swedish professor). The book is about Micaels study and interviews of five serial killers (Manson, Issei Sagawa etc), so not a fictious book.
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jan 2012 16:25 Post subject: |
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| zipfero wrote: | | Hierofan wrote: | So, how do you 'read' books ?
hard copy ? kindle ? or audiobooks ?
I'm asking because i'm considering buying a kindle, i love hard copies, there's nothing like flipping page after page and seeing the wear and tear your causing to the book, but the problem is i can't get book in english easily, they're hard to find and/or expensive. And localized versions are shit, they're way too tame to be worth reading. |
I usually buy english versions in paperback online for around 12-15 dollars. |
+1
Not everything needs to be electronic, I want at least some things that matter to me to be physical, like a good book. I guess it's better for the eyes, too.
Also, I like the way paper smells 
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jan 2012 16:50 Post subject: |
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Uhh how about the library? It's easy and free and even got ebookreaders if that's what you want.
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jan 2012 17:46 Post subject: |
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11/22/63 on my kindle
i love it so far (35% through); I`m a King Junkie, so that doesn`t say much... but it`s really worth a look even if you don`t like some of his other novels I guess.
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My head still hurts from yesterday.
First I went through the Bloop and TNT undecidability chapters of GEB.
Then I wanted to read something else and completely finished Richard Prestons Hot Zone in one seating.
When it was sleepy time I concluded the day with Chapters 4-9 of Hitchens audiobook God is not great.
And what did I dream about? Formal systems, viruses, religion? No, a fucking Call of Duty VR simulation! I spent felt hours going through some stupid mission on the arctic circle and kept turning back time and obsessively starting all over whenever something didnt go perfectly according to plan. And the damn environment, it kept changing and changing with every new try.
I'm still tired and it feels like I've been away for days.
On topic, I need a recommendation for an up-to-date book about AI.
History of development, models, future prospects. Should be more difficult and extensive than a casual nonfiction book but less complex and dry than Stuart Russel's AI.
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Hierofan
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finally here
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Hunger Games (all 3 books). Never heard of them, but since the movie announcement it was on top of amazon charts, so I rented it (love the kindle). First two books were very good imo. Very light read, and pages go by quickly. You never know what is going to happen (nothing ever goes according to plan), so it keeps you interested. I understand it was written for teenagers, but the sappy love story was kept to a minimum and there are plenty of gory deaths. Third book is so-so. Wayyyy too much crying, whining, and wallowing by the main character. Not much interesting stuff happens and seems most of the cool stuff happens while our main hero is knocked out.
Sig too big. -Nothing is too big for Fedor. Expect a nasty armbar.
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Just finished A Feast of Crows. Been reading the whole saga for the last couple of weeks to remember everything before digging into A Dance with Dragons which I just ordered and will start reading next week. Can't fucking wait to find out what happened to Tyrion.
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| locke89 wrote: | | Just finished A Feast of Crows. Been reading the whole saga for the last couple of weeks to remember everything before digging into A Dance with Dragons which I just ordered and will start reading next week. Can't fucking wait to find out what happened to Tyrion. |
After that i suggest you read:
"The Malazan Book of The Fallen"
It's a churning epic of 10 or so books averaging 1000 pages each, it's gritty and deals with a lot of "Fantasy" elements (no elves or dwarves)... It's more Gods and their powers, and their meddling with humanity over the ages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malazan_Book_of_the_Fallen
Give it a chance, I overlooked this series so many times and I now regret not reading it earlier.
It'll be a bit of a head bender to start, the author believes that history has no beginning, so the story starts in the middle of a stalemate between "The moon spawn" and the malazan empire, with absolutely no introduction in how things work - but you get it all by about halfway through and from there it just grabs you by the balls and drags you through this complex and compelling storyline. I'm on book 3 after a week and a half and cannot wait to carry on!
Can't put this series down. |
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Finished House of Leaves last week.
Was ok, although a bit depressing.
Any suggestions of similar books?
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| Sin317 wrote: | | I win, you lose. Or Go fuck yourself. |
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From the two smilies Im guessing it is a good book ?
I need something new to read soon, and I haven't read any Phillip K. Dick books yet.
"Zipfero is the biggest fucking golddigger ever" - Mutantius
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From the two smilies Im guessing it is a good book ?
I need something new to read soon, and I haven't read any Phillip K. Dick books yet.
"Zipfero is the biggest fucking golddigger ever" - Mutantius
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