What "Book" are you currently reading? - Page 3

o_geokill-----> · 07-01-2006, 11:43 PM

Last book I read was Brave New World and 1984
But I really want to read more Stephen King Books

o_vertical · 07-02-2006, 05:02 AM

wow, I was about to bet big bucks ($$$) in thinking that 99% of the replies to this thread would be "LOLZ, WHO READS BOOKZ?" or "Books are for nubs, internet's where its at". Guess that was totally the wrong conclusion, which is cool

I actually, honestly, have not read a single book in more than 4 years. (As far as I know) The closest thing I have somewhat read (about a chapter or so) was my PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) book, and a bit of my C++/Visual Basic books. And I decided I was going to read the entire bible as well... I got through about 8 pages before I fell asleep, although it was interesting. I'd still like to read it, but I'd prefer a cleaner version (mine is in like different color text and stuff). [Don't get on the topic of religion, we are talking about BOOKS, this is just one BOOK that I want(ed) to read]

EDIT: I know, but I've always thought it should be Pre Hypertext Processor (Hence PHP) but whatever :P
EDIT2: lol wtf, I typed "Pre Hypertext Protocol" lol? What was I on? Fixed.

Circuitous · 07-02-2006, 05:47 AM

(Pssst. PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. Or it does now. It was originally Personal Homepage Tools. But whatever.)

o_theres *nothing* here · 07-02-2006, 07:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nezumi

In the sandman graphic novels, there are the 7 Endless, which are Dream, Death, Delirium, Destruction, Despair, Destiny and Desire. Basically characters that are anthropomorphic representations of those ideas. The comics revolve around Dream (The sandman) and his 6 siblings show up occasionally. There are 10 volumes and each is made up of several short stories that come together in a more or less coherent plot. The 10 books together don't really have so much of an ongoing plot, but more like ongoing themes and characters. It's really hard to describe what the stories are like. They use everything from DC comics villains to norse mythology. It's all written by Neil Gaiman but illustrated by a bunch of different artists.

Bah, it's so varied it's almost impossible to describe. Anyway I can reccomend them so check it out.

Ooh, also there was another story (The Dream Hunters, I think it was called) which was a picture book illustrated by my most favorite artist Yoshitaka Amano (Points at avatar) that's kindof an asside to the sandman series.
Cover Art

Wow, cool!

I'd like to have a copy.

o_luminous · 07-02-2006, 01:03 PM

slowly makin my way through Watchman by Ian Rankin, third of his books ive read, all of them are good .

fav book by far is Incompetence by Rob Grant (Red Dwarf co-writer)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0...lance&n=266239
Very cheap now, hillarious read, everyone should get it (some characters cud be ppl on here

)

also Circ - u big geek

tho im gonna be buyin the new Shadowrun core rules book soon, so cant say much

Circuitous · 07-02-2006, 05:17 PM

4e? Buncha people I know keep playing it, I've considered running out and getting it one of these days...

o_luminous · 07-03-2006, 11:05 AM

yer 4th, ive uhh, had a look at the book, and it seems quite similar to 3e (tho it was quite along time ago i played it) seems simpler tho overall. no vulcan minigun though D:

o_nezumi · 07-03-2006, 06:38 PM

I just read Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas at the reccomendation of several people (including my mom

)

That was an awesome book. Now I need to see the movie. I <3 Terry Gilliam anyway so this should be awesome.

o_tyrus · 08-30-2006, 01:28 AM

I never finished "The DaVinci Code" in paperback. Apparently I just don't have the attention span, time, nor the vision needed for reading. However, I do have a monotonous non-customer based job where headphones are allowed. So, I downloaded "The DaVinci Code" audio book. It was superb. Loved every moment of it, especially all the information about religion within the story.

Anyways, this audio book caused me to download many others. Currently I am listening to "George Orwell - 1984" Its scary how accurately this book can depict 'some' current events!

o_frenchtoast · 08-30-2006, 01:32 AM

Indeed. I couldn't put down the DaVinci code, I read it in a couple hours.

I'm reading 4 things simultaneously kinda.

Atheism by S.T. Joshi
the Holy Bible
the Qur'an
the Teachings of Buddha - assembled and translated by like 600 people.

I don'tk now what prompted me to read them, but they're all pretty awesome reads.

omega · 08-30-2006, 01:44 AM

Crime and Punishment

..after that, Invisible Monsters!

o_sensai · 08-30-2006, 01:55 AM

Freakonomics

o_nezumi · 08-30-2006, 10:07 AM

I'm re-reading the 7th Nausicaa book, but it's really really sad so I'm kinda scared to go on

So in the meantime I'm reading 'A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man' By James Joyce.

Recently I've been wanting to read War and Peace but I don't know if I can lift it.

o_ekim · 08-30-2006, 10:30 AM

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk.

o_bumgravy · 08-30-2006, 10:58 AM

Just finished Iain M Banks - The State of the Art. Culture novels are brilliant.

o_scale · 08-30-2006, 12:33 PM

Reading the Alias prequal books

o_skull · 08-30-2006, 07:16 PM

The Silmarillion ~ by J. R. R. Tolkien

the begining of middle earth (Lord of the Rings). Very, very interesting book.

o_icarus · 08-30-2006, 08:34 PM

Just started Waylander by David Gemmell and plan to read my way through everything he's wrote.

o_tyrus · 08-30-2006, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrenchToast

Indeed. I couldn't put down the DaVinci code, I read it in a couple hours.

I don't really think reading the entire book of the DaVinci Code in a couple of hours is possible. Er, correction, maybe possible, but not probable. My copy of this book is 488 pages. You claim to read 4.1 pages per minute. Did you even taste the food as it went down? If you did in fact read it that fast, wow, I'm impressed.

o_raoul duke · 08-30-2006, 10:26 PM

If you liked the story of Da Vinci Code, if not the writing, I'll have to suggest that you read The Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. That's really the book that sparked modern conspiracy-theory writing (written back in the 60s or 70s, I think). Very well written, in some parts, if a bit long. I highly recommend it.

07-02-2006, 05:02 AM	#42
o_vertical Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: USA, KY Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	wow, I was about to bet big bucks ($$$) in thinking that 99% of the replies to this thread would be "LOLZ, WHO READS BOOKZ?" or "Books are for nubs, internet's where its at". Guess that was totally the wrong conclusion, which is cool I actually, honestly, have not read a single book in more than 4 years. (As far as I know) The closest thing I have somewhat read (about a chapter or so) was my PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) book, and a bit of my C++/Visual Basic books. And I decided I was going to read the entire bible as well... I got through about 8 pages before I fell asleep, although it was interesting. I'd still like to read it, but I'd prefer a cleaner version (mine is in like different color text and stuff). [Don't get on the topic of religion, we are talking about BOOKS, this is just one BOOK that I want(ed) to read] EDIT: I know, but I've always thought it should be Pre Hypertext Processor (Hence PHP) but whatever :P EDIT2: lol wtf, I typed "Pre Hypertext Protocol" lol? What was I on? Fixed. Last edited by o_vertical; 07-04-2006 at 03:51 PM.

07-02-2006, 05:47 AM	#43
Circuitous Useless Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jun 2005 Class/Position: D Soldier, O Scout Gametype: AvD Posts Rated Helpful 9 Times	(Pssst. PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. Or it does now. It was originally Personal Homepage Tools. But whatever.) __________________ Look at all those dead links. Last edited by Circuitous; 07-02-2006 at 06:00 AM.

07-02-2006, 05:17 PM	#46
Circuitous Useless Retired FF Staff Join Date: Jun 2005 Class/Position: D Soldier, O Scout Gametype: AvD Posts Rated Helpful 9 Times	4e? Buncha people I know keep playing it, I've considered running out and getting it one of these days... __________________ Look at all those dead links.

08-30-2006, 01:28 AM	#49
o_tyrus Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I never finished "The DaVinci Code" in paperback. Apparently I just don't have the attention span, time, nor the vision needed for reading. However, I do have a monotonous non-customer based job where headphones are allowed. So, I downloaded "The DaVinci Code" audio book. It was superb. Loved every moment of it, especially all the information about religion within the story. Anyways, this audio book caused me to download many others. Currently I am listening to "George Orwell - 1984" Its scary how accurately this book can depict 'some' current events! Last edited by o_tyrus; 08-30-2006 at 01:34 AM.

07-01-2006, 11:43 PM	#41
o_geokill-----> Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fort Worth, Tejas Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	Last book I read was Brave New World and 1984 But I really want to read more Stephen King Books

07-02-2006, 01:03 PM	#45
o_luminous Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	slowly makin my way through Watchman by Ian Rankin, third of his books ive read, all of them are good . fav book by far is Incompetence by Rob Grant (Red Dwarf co-writer) http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0...lance&n=266239 Very cheap now, hillarious read, everyone should get it (some characters cud be ppl on here ) also Circ - u big geek tho im gonna be buyin the new Shadowrun core rules book soon, so cant say much

07-03-2006, 11:05 AM	#47
o_luminous Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	yer 4th, ive uhh, had a look at the book, and it seems quite similar to 3e (tho it was quite along time ago i played it) seems simpler tho overall. no vulcan minigun though D:

07-03-2006, 06:38 PM	#48
o_nezumi Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Peoples Republic of Harmfull Free Radicals Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I just read Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas at the reccomendation of several people (including my mom ) That was an awesome book. Now I need to see the movie. I <3 Terry Gilliam anyway so this should be awesome.

08-30-2006, 01:32 AM	#50
o_frenchtoast Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Markham, Ontario, Canada! Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Indeed. I couldn't put down the DaVinci code, I read it in a couple hours. I'm reading 4 things simultaneously kinda. Atheism by S.T. Joshi the Holy Bible the Qur'an the Teachings of Buddha - assembled and translated by like 600 people. I don'tk now what prompted me to read them, but they're all pretty awesome reads.

08-30-2006, 01:44 AM	#51
omega Retired FF Staff Join Date: May 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Crime and Punishment ..after that, Invisible Monsters!

08-30-2006, 01:55 AM	#52
o_sensai Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Freakonomics

08-30-2006, 10:07 AM	#53
o_nezumi Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Peoples Republic of Harmfull Free Radicals Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I'm re-reading the 7th Nausicaa book, but it's really really sad so I'm kinda scared to go on So in the meantime I'm reading 'A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man' By James Joyce. Recently I've been wanting to read War and Peace but I don't know if I can lift it.

08-30-2006, 10:30 AM	#54
o_ekim Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bristol UK Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk.

08-30-2006, 10:58 AM	#55
o_bumgravy Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Just finished Iain M Banks - The State of the Art. Culture novels are brilliant.

08-30-2006, 12:33 PM	#56
o_scale Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Reading the Alias prequal books

08-30-2006, 07:16 PM	#57
o_skull Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	The Silmarillion ~ by J. R. R. Tolkien the begining of middle earth (Lord of the Rings). Very, very interesting book.

08-30-2006, 08:34 PM	#58
o_icarus Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Just started Waylander by David Gemmell and plan to read my way through everything he's wrote.

08-30-2006, 10:26 PM	#60
o_raoul duke Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	If you liked the story of Da Vinci Code, if not the writing, I'll have to suggest that you read The Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson. That's really the book that sparked modern conspiracy-theory writing (written back in the 60s or 70s, I think). Very well written, in some parts, if a bit long. I highly recommend it.

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