Read any good books lately?
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I am pretty sure I read Neuromancer many years ago, but I just bought it again for my Kindle. I read a lot of books and sometimes I am not sure if I have read a book before until I start reading the first few pages and it comes back to me.
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Loved this. If you are a child of the 80s, you will too.
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I read a so so book called White Shotgun about a female FBI sent on vacation to Italy to 'visit' her half sister she never knew she had and help the FBI and Italian Police with a MOB thing. OK for a cop book.
I also reread a interesting book called Red Army by Ralph Peters. It is set during the cold war, no real date but Abrahams tanks are mentioned, it tells the story of the Russians invading West Germany from the perspective of the Russian Army Generals, Colonels majors and even a few Privates. pretty interesting if your Clancy, Coonts, Bond fan.
I also reread a interesting book called Red Army by Ralph Peters. It is set during the cold war, no real date but Abrahams tanks are mentioned, it tells the story of the Russians invading West Germany from the perspective of the Russian Army Generals, Colonels majors and even a few Privates. pretty interesting if your Clancy, Coonts, Bond fan.
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The Joe Picket series by C J Box. Pickett is a Wyoming game warden and expert at getting into sticky situations.
Also some Jim Harrison on the side (he wrote Legends of the Fall).
Also some Jim Harrison on the side (he wrote Legends of the Fall).
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Ah, this thread again. Secretly my favorite.
Well, there's the new Neal Stephenson, Sevenes. that's great.
And Umberto Eco's Foucaults Pendulum.
Reread Palahniuk's Fight Club, for kicks. It worked.
And Camus's L'etranger. Disturbing, but cool. Perhaps a bit of a Frenchie mood, since I read Houllebecq the day after, his modern day successor (perhaps even surpassor?).
Perhaps J.-K. Huysman's À Rebours should deserve a mention. Not sure how much of that has reached the Anglosphere since Wilde liked it as the most perverse thing he'd ever read (and that's saying sumthin), but no matter. It's a weird but gratifying trip.
Well, there's the new Neal Stephenson, Sevenes. that's great.
And Umberto Eco's Foucaults Pendulum.
Reread Palahniuk's Fight Club, for kicks. It worked.
And Camus's L'etranger. Disturbing, but cool. Perhaps a bit of a Frenchie mood, since I read Houllebecq the day after, his modern day successor (perhaps even surpassor?).
Perhaps J.-K. Huysman's À Rebours should deserve a mention. Not sure how much of that has reached the Anglosphere since Wilde liked it as the most perverse thing he'd ever read (and that's saying sumthin), but no matter. It's a weird but gratifying trip.
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The Huysman is a good tip. Thanks. I tried to read The Stranger again recently, but just couldn't make it through.
I found a late nineteenth century copy of Shelley's poetry at an estate sale a few weeks ago, figurng I'd expand my brain.
But my brain struggles with poetry too.
Same guy had the first six Harry Potters in 1st edition hard covers. At a buck a piece I thought I had hit the jackpot. But, no. First two are later printings, and they printed jillions of the later books.
Really enjoyed On The Water, a series of essays by Guy de la Valdene.
Next......
I found a late nineteenth century copy of Shelley's poetry at an estate sale a few weeks ago, figurng I'd expand my brain.
But my brain struggles with poetry too.
Same guy had the first six Harry Potters in 1st edition hard covers. At a buck a piece I thought I had hit the jackpot. But, no. First two are later printings, and they printed jillions of the later books.
Really enjoyed On The Water, a series of essays by Guy de la Valdene.
Next......
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I tried to read The Stranger again recently, but just couldn't make it through.
Books lately:
13 Moons, by Frazier. He wrote Cold Mountain, but there is a better book in the same vein, The Wolf Pit, that ruined Cold Mountain for me.
Re-read The Loop, (about wolves vs. ranchers, kind of a trash novel, in many ways.)
Re-plowing my way through Robert Kennedy and His Times. First read it around 1980, I think. My perspective on it now is a lot different. Hard to stay in it.
Also re-reading the USMC Staff NCO handbook, trying to figure out why I'm crazy. What is the proper bias on your trouser hems?
Also, When Hell Was in Session, by Jeremiah Denton. Waterboarding, they'd have been so lucky in Hanoi.
This fall, I'm going back and re-reading the FoxFire series. Appalachian wisdom.
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Anyone into Sci-Fi might like The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
I thought it was pretty great.
I thought it was pretty great.
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How so? My entire family reads voraciously now that we have Kindles. I used to run out of stuff to read-now I never do. Words are words, read on paper or screen. Some of the books I read are self-published, so the author probably gets a higher cut. Books take up room and you need to cut down a tree to make one. My entire family is reading more books since we went electronic. A lot of them are free-I downloaded the entire collection of Jack London recently, for example. I can check out books from my local library without going in. E-books never sell out. If I'm not sure about the meaning of a word, instantaneous built in dictionary is my friend.
Pictures, however, suck on the Kindle. The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles would be unreadable/unwatchable. I'll make an exception for books that have a lot of images that add to the story.
Books are to E-readers (specifically the easy on the eyes Kindle series) what telegraphs are to email?
Pictures, however, suck on the Kindle. The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles would be unreadable/unwatchable. I'll make an exception for books that have a lot of images that add to the story.
Books are to E-readers (specifically the easy on the eyes Kindle series) what telegraphs are to email?
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07-01-15, 10:47 PM
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Since this thread has been bumped, the best book I have read recently is All Man!: Hemingway, 1950s Men's Magazines, and the Masculine Persona by David M. Earle. As the title suggests, the book is mostly about Ernest Hemingway's public persona, celebrity status, and (hyper)masculine image, but there's quite a bit about the origins and development of the pulp magazine industry. It's an interesting read if you have any interest in Hemingway's fiction, American pop culture, or 20th century literary culture - plus it's an entertaining read because the the book includes many images of the magazine covers and articles (many of them are delightfully campy by today's standards) referenced in the text.
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picked these two up for a couple of bucks each the other day . Thought they might be interesting :- )
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C J Box, Joe Pickett series are great easy reading. I like the progression of the family life as well.
Read The Martian in under 24hrs last year, great fun and gripping Boy's Own adventure, happy to see they made a movie out of it.
Read The Martian in under 24hrs last year, great fun and gripping Boy's Own adventure, happy to see they made a movie out of it.
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How so? My entire family reads voraciously now that we have Kindles. I used to run out of stuff to read-now I never do. Words are words, read on paper or screen. Some of the books I read are self-published, so the author probably gets a higher cut. Books take up room and you need to cut down a tree to make one. My entire family is reading more books since we went electronic. A lot of them are free-I downloaded the entire collection of Jack London recently, for example. I can check out books from my local library without going in. E-books never sell out. If I'm not sure about the meaning of a word, instantaneous built in dictionary is my friend.
Pictures, however, suck on the Kindle. The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles would be unreadable/unwatchable. I'll make an exception for books that have a lot of images that add to the story.
Books are to E-readers (specifically the easy on the eyes Kindle series) what telegraphs are to email?
Pictures, however, suck on the Kindle. The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles would be unreadable/unwatchable. I'll make an exception for books that have a lot of images that add to the story.
Books are to E-readers (specifically the easy on the eyes Kindle series) what telegraphs are to email?
I like to read as I'm going to sleep. With a real book, I can turn a few pages ahead and decide where i want to stop. Tougher to do with an ebook.
No batteries.
Books can be signed by the author. I have several autographed copies that I treasure.
First editions?
Books are easier to share. No DRM.
Used books and used bookshops are awesome.
Books smell great.
Once you own a book, you own it. The store can’t take it off your shelf when the licensing arrangements change. No DRM.
Books are tactile.
Bookselves are beautiful.
Less screen-time!
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I do like my Kindle and wish my kids' school would go 100% digital for text books (my 9 year old's backpack weighs a ton!). But I prefer real books.
I like to read as I'm going to sleep. With a real book, I can turn a few pages ahead and decide where i want to stop. Tougher to do with an ebook.
No batteries.
Books can be signed by the author. I have several autographed copies that I treasure.
First editions?
Books are easier to share. No DRM.
Used books and used bookshops are awesome.
Books smell great.
Once you own a book, you own it. The store can’t take it off your shelf when the licensing arrangements change. No DRM.
Books are tactile.
Bookselves are beautiful.
Less screen-time!
I like to read as I'm going to sleep. With a real book, I can turn a few pages ahead and decide where i want to stop. Tougher to do with an ebook.
No batteries.
Books can be signed by the author. I have several autographed copies that I treasure.
First editions?
Books are easier to share. No DRM.
Used books and used bookshops are awesome.
Books smell great.
Once you own a book, you own it. The store can’t take it off your shelf when the licensing arrangements change. No DRM.
Books are tactile.
Bookselves are beautiful.
Less screen-time!
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I do like my Kindle and wish my kids' school would go 100% digital for text books (my 9 year old's backpack weighs a ton!). But I prefer real books.
I like to read as I'm going to sleep. With a real book, I can turn a few pages ahead and decide where i want to stop. Tougher to do with an ebook.
No batteries.
Books can be signed by the author. I have several autographed copies that I treasure.
First editions?
Books are easier to share. No DRM.
Used books and used bookshops are awesome.
Books smell great.
Once you own a book, you own it. The store can’t take it off your shelf when the licensing arrangements change. No DRM.
Books are tactile.
Bookselves are beautiful.
Less screen-time!
I like to read as I'm going to sleep. With a real book, I can turn a few pages ahead and decide where i want to stop. Tougher to do with an ebook.
No batteries.
Books can be signed by the author. I have several autographed copies that I treasure.
First editions?
Books are easier to share. No DRM.
Used books and used bookshops are awesome.
Books smell great.
Once you own a book, you own it. The store can’t take it off your shelf when the licensing arrangements change. No DRM.
Books are tactile.
Bookselves are beautiful.
Less screen-time!
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I do like my Kindle and wish my kids' school would go 100% digital for text books (my 9 year old's backpack weighs a ton!). But I prefer real books.
I like to read as I'm going to sleep. With a real book, I can turn a few pages ahead and decide where i want to stop. Tougher to do with an ebook.
No batteries.
Books can be signed by the author. I have several autographed copies that I treasure.
First editions?
Books are easier to share. No DRM.
Used books and used bookshops are awesome.
Books smell great.
Once you own a book, you own it. The store can’t take it off your shelf when the licensing arrangements change. No DRM.
Books are tactile.
Bookselves are beautiful.
Less screen-time!
I like to read as I'm going to sleep. With a real book, I can turn a few pages ahead and decide where i want to stop. Tougher to do with an ebook.
No batteries.
Books can be signed by the author. I have several autographed copies that I treasure.
First editions?
Books are easier to share. No DRM.
Used books and used bookshops are awesome.
Books smell great.
Once you own a book, you own it. The store can’t take it off your shelf when the licensing arrangements change. No DRM.
Books are tactile.
Bookselves are beautiful.
Less screen-time!
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But on the other hand...
I do like my Kindle and wish my kids' school would go 100% digital for text books (my 9 year old's backpack weighs a ton!). But I prefer real books.
I like to read as I'm going to sleep. With a real book, I can turn a few pages ahead and decide where i want to stop. Tougher to do with an ebook.I never lose my bookmark on an e-reader, and I can flip ahead almost as fast as on a paper book. As far as finding the end of the chapter easily, I can imagine that it would be easy to implement-but right now paper books have that advantage.
No batteriesMy Kindle holds a charge for a few weeks of use, however it does tend to come up with the Low Battery pop-up right in the middle of a particularly interesting chapter. Books definitely win there. I do find that I can read an extra few hours after the warning comes up before needing a recharge.
Books can be signed by the author. I have several autographed copies that I treasure. Ok, technology hasn't come up with something for that. But why not come up with an app that an author can use to annotate a personal electronic copy? I can imagine the author writing up a paragraph or to to personalize the book rather than just "To John, Yours, Mary". But I'm definitely not taking an autographed copy to bed with me, I'd probably spill water on it or something. Again, paper books have that advantage.
First editions? That's like buying a bike to look at, not to ride. Maybe I'll find a bike that I just want to look at, and I'll just stick it on the wall. Maybe I'll find a book that I want to collect, it's not an "either/or" thing, so I'm not ruling out books altogether. Same with books where pictures add to the story-my Kindle sucks at that.
Books are easier to share. No DRM. Not really, I can loan any of my Kindle books to anyone with an email address and a Kindle. I can loan a book with my brother 600 miles away instantaneously, don't have to fly or drive or pay for postage. In addition, all of my family member's Kindles are on the same account, we can all read the same book at the same time at one cost. I'd have to buy 4 books to do the same with paper.
Used books and used bookshops are awesome. I agree. There certainly is that great fun in perusing stacks of books and discovering something great to read. The limitations on an eBook are that you can really only look at a few titles at a time. On the other hand, I can walk through the Kindle library 24 hours a day, and even Powell's here in Portland has fewer titles. But it is cool to meander around that store, I'll admit that!
Books smell great Books make some people sneeze. During the height of allergy season, opening a book and getting dust up my nose.
Once you own a book, you own it. The store can’t take it off your shelf when the licensing arrangements change. No DRM. Theoretically, yes, but it's never happened to me. How many times have I reread the same book or looked for a quote in one? Rarely. But on my Kindle I can annotate the book and look it up instantly. I don't even have to be at home to do it.
Books are tactile. I often lose my place when reading a book. When I open up my Kindle it automatically goes to where I left off.
Bookselves are beautiful. Agreed, and I've built several myself. If I kept every paper book I've ever ready, however, I'd need a bigger house.
Less screen-time! Yeah, a glaring screen isn't good to look at for long periods of time. But Paperwhite screens look just like, well, paper.
How many pounds of books do you want to carry on a bike trip? A vacation? At an airport and the flight's delayed? Want to read a book? You can go buy a paperback, or get on the free wifi and download a book if you haven't already. Big books are hard to hold when I'm reading in bed. They take up a lot of room on my bedstand.
Surveys show that people tend to read more with e-readers-YMMV, but, statistically, if you want people to read more, e-readers are a good thing.
The old paradigm of needing a publisher (middleman) limits the number of people who can publish a book. E-readers make it much simpler.
I don't need a dictionary on my bedstand anymore.
I can lose a paper book and it is lost forever. Lose my Kindle, I get a new one, and upload all of my old books from the cloud.
I haven't entirely switched to an e-reader, and I'm sure it's not for everybody. I think there's a romance associated with a paper book similar to that with which we associate our C&V bikes.
But, as I posted earlier, read on the medium that best suits you. I'm not trying to convince anyone to change, just giving my perspective.
For just reading text, I prefer my Kindle.
I like to read as I'm going to sleep. With a real book, I can turn a few pages ahead and decide where i want to stop. Tougher to do with an ebook.I never lose my bookmark on an e-reader, and I can flip ahead almost as fast as on a paper book. As far as finding the end of the chapter easily, I can imagine that it would be easy to implement-but right now paper books have that advantage.
No batteriesMy Kindle holds a charge for a few weeks of use, however it does tend to come up with the Low Battery pop-up right in the middle of a particularly interesting chapter. Books definitely win there. I do find that I can read an extra few hours after the warning comes up before needing a recharge.
Books can be signed by the author. I have several autographed copies that I treasure. Ok, technology hasn't come up with something for that. But why not come up with an app that an author can use to annotate a personal electronic copy? I can imagine the author writing up a paragraph or to to personalize the book rather than just "To John, Yours, Mary". But I'm definitely not taking an autographed copy to bed with me, I'd probably spill water on it or something. Again, paper books have that advantage.
First editions? That's like buying a bike to look at, not to ride. Maybe I'll find a bike that I just want to look at, and I'll just stick it on the wall. Maybe I'll find a book that I want to collect, it's not an "either/or" thing, so I'm not ruling out books altogether. Same with books where pictures add to the story-my Kindle sucks at that.
Books are easier to share. No DRM. Not really, I can loan any of my Kindle books to anyone with an email address and a Kindle. I can loan a book with my brother 600 miles away instantaneously, don't have to fly or drive or pay for postage. In addition, all of my family member's Kindles are on the same account, we can all read the same book at the same time at one cost. I'd have to buy 4 books to do the same with paper.
Used books and used bookshops are awesome. I agree. There certainly is that great fun in perusing stacks of books and discovering something great to read. The limitations on an eBook are that you can really only look at a few titles at a time. On the other hand, I can walk through the Kindle library 24 hours a day, and even Powell's here in Portland has fewer titles. But it is cool to meander around that store, I'll admit that!
Books smell great Books make some people sneeze. During the height of allergy season, opening a book and getting dust up my nose.
Once you own a book, you own it. The store can’t take it off your shelf when the licensing arrangements change. No DRM. Theoretically, yes, but it's never happened to me. How many times have I reread the same book or looked for a quote in one? Rarely. But on my Kindle I can annotate the book and look it up instantly. I don't even have to be at home to do it.
Books are tactile. I often lose my place when reading a book. When I open up my Kindle it automatically goes to where I left off.
Bookselves are beautiful. Agreed, and I've built several myself. If I kept every paper book I've ever ready, however, I'd need a bigger house.
Less screen-time! Yeah, a glaring screen isn't good to look at for long periods of time. But Paperwhite screens look just like, well, paper.
How many pounds of books do you want to carry on a bike trip? A vacation? At an airport and the flight's delayed? Want to read a book? You can go buy a paperback, or get on the free wifi and download a book if you haven't already. Big books are hard to hold when I'm reading in bed. They take up a lot of room on my bedstand.
Surveys show that people tend to read more with e-readers-YMMV, but, statistically, if you want people to read more, e-readers are a good thing.
The old paradigm of needing a publisher (middleman) limits the number of people who can publish a book. E-readers make it much simpler.
I don't need a dictionary on my bedstand anymore.
I can lose a paper book and it is lost forever. Lose my Kindle, I get a new one, and upload all of my old books from the cloud.
I haven't entirely switched to an e-reader, and I'm sure it's not for everybody. I think there's a romance associated with a paper book similar to that with which we associate our C&V bikes.
But, as I posted earlier, read on the medium that best suits you. I'm not trying to convince anyone to change, just giving my perspective.
For just reading text, I prefer my Kindle.
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Right on, Rocket-sauce.
I'll add; try look at great paintings or photographs on a kindle.
Best in person of course, but good art books are treasures.
I'll add; try look at great paintings or photographs on a kindle.
Best in person of course, but good art books are treasures.
07-02-15, 07:33 PM
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But it's not one size fits all. I have more than one tool in my toolbox, and choose the one that works the best for the job at hand.
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08-28-15, 08:06 PM
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Stephen Barr's Modern Physics & Ancient Faith..... published in 2006 so it's a bit like an outdated textbook, interesting none the less.
08-28-15, 08:21 PM
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Nadia Tesla series by Orest Stelmach
Boy from Reactor 4
The Boy who stole from the dead
The Boy who glowed in the dark
Not real heavy, quick reads, and learned a bit of Ukranian history and culture.
Boy from Reactor 4
The Boy who stole from the dead
The Boy who glowed in the dark
Not real heavy, quick reads, and learned a bit of Ukranian history and culture.
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