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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #120 on: August 22, 2014, 12:55:22 AM
Quote from: Lynn LeFey on August 21, 2014, 11:02:44 PM
I just got done with a road trip I had to take. I checked out the unabridged 'Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' (english translation) audio book, my favorite thing to do for long drives.

8/10

Interesting. I felt there was something of a structural flaw having the two main characters separated for the first half of the book. The entire Wanger Family storyline bordered on convoluted, but I followed along. Overall, I thought it was a pretty entertaining book.

I listen to audiobooks while driving, mowing the grass, snow blowing, sometimes at my desk at work, and if I am working in the garage.
I use an android app on my phone as the player that gives me extra features like:

auto pause if the phone rings or makes any noise (GPS, notification, etc)
short pauses, the player backs up 3 seconds,  long pauses it back up further, up to 30 seconds.
I can alter the play speed.  so those slow readers can be speed up with ease, this is really great for me, and I think many of them read too slow.
you can see how long is left in the current chapter or in the whole book.
there are a ton of other great features that I do not use that much, but  Check it out here  I bought the pro version.

since I use my phone, I am always current in my book no matter where I am.
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #121 on: August 22, 2014, 01:09:49 AM
Just returned from galactic co-ordinate a ZZ9 Pural Z Alpha,in the the firm of Life,The Universe And Everything by the late great Douglas Adams.
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #122 on: August 22, 2014, 01:12:21 AM
Quote from: kirk13 on August 22, 2014, 01:09:49 AM
Just returned from galactic co-ordinate a ZZ9 Pural Z Alpha,in the the firm of Life,The Universe And Everything by the late great Douglas Adams.

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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #123 on: August 22, 2014, 01:14:09 AM
He wrote some of the best books.

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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #124 on: August 22, 2014, 01:17:18 AM
The older I get,the more I can identify with Arthur Dent!


By the by,if anyone sees a cover for an iPad mini,that says in bright,friendly letters 'Don't Panic'
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #125 on: August 22, 2014, 01:20:12 AM
Will do!

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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #126 on: August 22, 2014, 06:26:51 AM
Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom stories. The movie had issues, but I think I liked that version of Dejah Thoris a little better- she wasn't just decorative fluff that needed saving.
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #127 on: August 25, 2014, 11:04:02 AM
Just started reading 'Temeraire' by Naomi Novak - military dragons fighting in the Napoleonic wars  :drool: - Very good so far.....Anyone else read it?
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #128 on: August 25, 2014, 03:59:35 PM
Sir Walter Scott's "Rob Roy". Not in english, I'm affraid...

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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #129 on: August 25, 2014, 04:12:07 PM
Just finished "All you need is kill" by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. Not in Japanese though :P

Its the book to the "Edge of Tomorrow" movie. :2tu: for both from me... I both like, the absence of explanation in the movie and the explanation in the book, either way works for me.
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #130 on: August 25, 2014, 04:50:01 PM
Quote from: Etherealicer on August 25, 2014, 04:12:07 PM
Just finished "All you need is kill" by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. Not in Japanese though :P

Its the book to the "Edge of Tomorrow" movie. :2tu: for both from me... I both like, the absence of explanation in the movie and the explanation in the book, either way works for me.

I read that too before the movie had made it to the theater,  I loved it!  (still have not seen the movie yet)
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #131 on: August 25, 2014, 05:12:29 PM
Quote from: detron on August 25, 2014, 04:50:01 PM
Quote from: Etherealicer on August 25, 2014, 04:12:07 PM
Just finished "All you need is kill" by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. Not in Japanese though :P

Its the book to the "Edge of Tomorrow" movie. :2tu: for both from me... I both like, the absence of explanation in the movie and the explanation in the book, either way works for me.

I read that too before the movie had made it to the theater,  I loved it!  (still have not seen the movie yet)
I have seen the movie first and I like both.
They did change quite a lot in the movie adaptation, for example the Mimics are quite flashy and look scary. Sometimes, the holywoodization ruins the story, but I think in this case they did a good job. Personally, I feel that a lot of things work better in the movie, others work better in the book.
The most important part of any story with time traveling is to keep the reader/viewer so enthralled that they don't start to analyze, I think both, book and movie, accomplish that.

Think of the movie as a homage to the book rather than a strict visualization and I think you will enjoy it.
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #132 on: August 25, 2014, 05:19:46 PM
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Quote from: detron on August 25, 2014, 04:50:01 PM
Quote from: Etherealicer on August 25, 2014, 04:12:07 PM
Just finished "All you need is kill" by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. Not in Japanese though :P

Its the book to the "Edge of Tomorrow" movie. :2tu: for both from me... I both like, the absence of explanation in the movie and the explanation in the book, either way works for me.

I read that too before the movie had made it to the theater,  I loved it!  (still have not seen the movie yet)
I have seen the movie first and I like both.
They did change quite a lot in the movie adaptation, for example the Mimics are quite flashy and look scary. Sometimes, the holywoodization ruins the story, but I think in this case they did a good job. Personally, I feel that a lot of things work better in the movie, others work better in the book.
The most important part of any story with time traveling is to keep the reader/viewer so enthralled that they don't start to analyze, I think both, book and movie, accomplish that.

Think of the movie as a homage to the book rather than a strict visualization and I think you will enjoy it.

thanks!  sounds good
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #133 on: September 03, 2014, 01:54:07 PM
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #134 on: September 26, 2014, 01:09:39 AM
I am reading "Doctor Sleep"

when taking a break from that, I am reading MARVEL Omnibus "The Infinity Gauntlet"



http://www.amazon.com/Infinity-Gauntlet-Omnibus-Marvel-Comics/dp/078515468X
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #135 on: September 26, 2014, 11:31:25 AM
Just rereading all my William Gibson books - Spook Country and Neuromancer, as well as a David Icke book :sa:
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #136 on: September 26, 2014, 11:35:28 AM
His Dark Materials Series - Philip Pullman. Now at The Golden Compass/The Northern Lights
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #137 on: September 26, 2014, 11:38:51 AM
Quote from: Corwyn on September 26, 2014, 11:35:28 AM
His Dark Materials Series - Philip Pullman. Now at The Golden Compass/The Northern Lights

What do you think of them?

They are one of the few books I loved enough to read them for myself after reading them to my daughter. The man is a genius.
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #138 on: November 19, 2014, 01:13:49 PM
I'm really enjoying 'And I shall wear Midnight' by Terry Pratchett - His Tiffany Aching series is excellent and I'm enjoying this particular one the most.
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #139 on: February 18, 2015, 01:42:06 PM
Just finished the new William Gibson 'The Peripheral' - As usual it will make a lot more sense on second reading, but very enjoyable and interesting all the same.

Also just finished 'Hydrogen Sonata' by Iain M Banks and have started 'Matter' by same and they are both SciFi at its best.

I can't recommend the Culture novels enough. I want to come back as a member of the Culture.
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #140 on: February 24, 2015, 03:47:48 PM
Just finished Locked On by Tom Clancy (From the Campus series) and now I am waiting for my bookstore to get me the next 2  :D

Come on, hurry up!

The sad part is, I am catching up with Clancy's books, but there seems to be already one by a co-author.
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Reply #141 on: February 24, 2015, 04:51:16 PM
I started Catch-22 by Joseph Heller again the other night.  Such a great if surrealistic book. :)
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #142 on: August 17, 2015, 03:40:01 AM
Been wanting to read the Jack Reacher series so slowly I've been scoring them at the flea market.  $1 per book with several yet to complete the series so I'll read slow till I get books 3 thru 6. 
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #143 on: August 17, 2015, 08:39:33 AM
Quote from: Aloha007 on August 17, 2015, 03:40:01 AM
Been wanting to read the Jack Reacher series so slowly I've been scoring them at the flea market.  $1 per book with several yet to complete the series so I'll read slow till I get books 3 thru 6.
Love those books...

Also loved the movie although they changed a lot.
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #144 on: August 17, 2015, 02:23:51 PM
Quote from: Aloha007 on August 17, 2015, 03:40:01 AM
Been wanting to read the Jack Reacher series so slowly I've been scoring them at the flea market.  $1 per book with several yet to complete the series so I'll read slow till I get books 3 thru 6.

PM me your address and I can supply your missing novels.  I have read them all, and it would be a waste for them to just sit here.
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #145 on: August 17, 2015, 02:27:48 PM
Quote from: Etherealicer on August 17, 2015, 08:39:33 AM
Quote from: Aloha007 on August 17, 2015, 03:40:01 AM
Been wanting to read the Jack Reacher series so slowly I've been scoring them at the flea market.  $1 per book with several yet to complete the series so I'll read slow till I get books 3 thru 6.
Love those books...

Also loved the movie although they changed a lot.

correct,  Tom Cruise is NOT 6 foot 5 inches tall   :rofl:
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #146 on: August 17, 2015, 02:28:53 PM
I'm re-reading Neil Oliver's History of Anicent Britain
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #147 on: August 17, 2015, 02:46:04 PM
Quote from: detron on August 17, 2015, 02:27:48 PM
Quote from: Etherealicer on August 17, 2015, 08:39:33 AM
Quote from: Aloha007 on August 17, 2015, 03:40:01 AM
Been wanting to read the Jack Reacher series so slowly I've been scoring them at the flea market.  $1 per book with several yet to complete the series so I'll read slow till I get books 3 thru 6.
Love those books...

Also loved the movie although they changed a lot.

correct,  Tom Cruise is NOT 6 foot 5 inches tall   :rofl:
Yes, but not being a human mountain makes it more believable that he could drop off the radar... I always thought that the book version was a bit too much Conan.

Movies and books are very different. A car chase works way better in a movie, while in a book you can involve the reader much more. It's why I think movies that use the book as inspiration rather than a fixed script commonly work better.
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #148 on: August 17, 2015, 05:59:51 PM
Quote from: detron on August 17, 2015, 02:27:48 PM
Quote from: Etherealicer on August 17, 2015, 08:39:33 AM
Quote from: Aloha007 on August 17, 2015, 03:40:01 AM
Been wanting to read the Jack Reacher series so slowly I've been scoring them at the flea market.  $1 per book with several yet to complete the series so I'll read slow till I get books 3 thru 6.
Love those books...

Also loved the movie although they changed a lot.

correct,  Tom Cruise is NOT 6 foot 5 inches tall   :rofl:

He's certainly not even close.  I think he did well from what I do know of Reacher characters physical apperance because Tom is a baddass IMO. 

Thanks for the book offer I pm'd you.   
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Re: What are you reading?
Reply #149 on: August 18, 2015, 04:15:33 AM
Just finished "Battle Cry of Freedom", by James McPherson. Won the Pulitzer back in the 1980s; excellent overview of the US Civil War. Get the feeling that Ken Burns used this as an outline for his 'Civil War' tv series; a lot of the same quotes.
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