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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Knotter8 on August 05, 2001, 10:49:43 PM
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Well, I\'m not such a big reader myself. I remember highschool
literature lists, such a pain in the ass. But I believe kids are
gonna dislike it more if teachers ORDER to read such huge lists.
Voluntarely reading is still the best imo.
My favourite book is \'Het huis der onbekenden\' ( the house of the
unknown ( no not you Unknown )) written by Jos Vandeloo. It\'s
a psycholical drama about a guy who suddenly doesn\'t recognize his own wife and kid anymore, and first assumes it\'s a practical joke from the kid\'s school. ( mixing the families up, that is ) It turns out this is not the case and his life takes a dramatic change. It\'s real good.
Also for my last graduation scription I\'ve been reading some books on videogames. \'Trigger Happy\' by Steven Poole and \'Jostick Nation\' by J.C. Herz. I like Trigger Happy especially.
Does anyone know some more good literature on videogames ?
Knotter8 :nut:
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I love literature - since the times of Enid Blyton\'s classic Five ( well, I don\'t know the english name, but just think of any Blyton\'s book ).
I\'ve been reading books since I was 5, but nowadays, I just can\'t find time for them. Sometimes I read trough nights, but I read much less than I used to.
I\'ve read many great books, but I can still list the most emotionally impact books.
Here\'s the list:
J.R.R. Tolkien\'s Lord of the Rings - by far the greatest Fantasy book I\'ve ever read. My fifth time going - it just sucks you up to it\'s world. I recommend to everybody - including those who think they don\'t like fantasy.
Frederick Pohl\'s Gateway - some say this is boring and slow-paced book, but they\'re so wrong. It\'s a psychological trip, and questions is it rightful to sacrifice many for one. Recommend to all sci-fi fans out there.
A.C. Clarke\'s Space Odyssey 2001 - a wonderful book. Masterpiece to say the least. Kubrick\'s film-version of this book was perhaps quite boring, but the book is whole different league.
J. Carcaterra\'s Sleepers - the true story about 4 boys, whom because of innocent prank have to face the coldness of the world. Great book - \'tho the story is... well... Emotionally very touching.
And some more.
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Who gives a sh!t about TV, give me a good book any day.
all time favorite book(s)
Hyperion (all books) - Dan Simmons
other worthwhile contenders:
Time Ships - Stephen Baxter (all of his books are kick azz)
Orion - Ben Bova
Neuromancer - William Gibson
Darwins Radio
Eon - Greg Bear (all his books are great)
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe ( do yourself a favor, read this :D )
The Damnation Game - Clive Barker
There are more, but why bother, not too many people read anyways, right?
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Books? Do you mean manuals? No, I don\'t read manuals. (Maybe I play too much)
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I read (almost) every night before bed. My wife and I love reading together:)
She prefers horror and I prefer fantasy (dragons, magic, etc).
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I love to read.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy - J. R. R. Tolkien
The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
The Foundation trilogy - Asimov
Hyperion - Dan Simmons
1984 - George Orwell
Weaveworld - Clive Barker
Neuromancer - William Gibson (he has written lots of other great cyberpunk stories too)
Those are the ones that stood out that I can remember as I type... there are many others worth a mention I\'m sure.
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I read all the time. Clancy, Grisham, Cussler, Crichton, and many others. I\'ll read anything I can get my hands on, and I usually read the whole book in one day. I read pretty fast.
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I read a lot, but mainly non-fiction about computers and science.
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I read so much for my classes that I don\'t have the time to read for pleasure. Just finished The Odyssey and the Illiad.
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Yes, I like it. My favourite one is The Lord of the Rings. ;)
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jeez I haven\'t read a full book in ages.....:(
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Uhhh I\'ve read a Dean Koontz book.
A Steven King-Cujo
Man I don\'t read much except magazines.
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:D :D magazines?? If someone give me only 1 dollar for every mag I have, I would be millionaire :D
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Hmmm...
Readers - Non readers
50 % - 50 % ?
Some of you are quite fanatic bookreaders.
My problem ( if you wanna call it that way )
is that I read to slow and that my concentration
level is not that high. When it comes to books
I\'m just destracted easily, shame , maybe...
Anyway, I\'ve got no problem with books when
it comes to software books like Learning Maya
or topics that really interest me.
Knotter8
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Well I read....erm.....Star Trek
I read:
The Star Trek encyclopedia
All the star Trek technical manuals
Star Trek dictonaries
and so on
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Reading books is good. I mostly read magazines and stuff. I just got done reading the Lord of the Rings series...er...the first one anyway. I started to read Hannibal before the movie came out, but the book kind of sucked, and the movie was infinitely worse. That stupid cannibal brain s**t wasn\'t even in the book. :rolleyes:
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The two latest books I have been reading were SSN and Rainbow 6, both my Tom Clancy. I just finished Steven Spielburg\'s biography (snore) and the last good book I read was The Return by William Shatner. That has to be the best Star Trek book around.
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I like biographies on rich people/companies, the last couple of books i read were about Apple, Microsoft, Intel, Gates, Ellison, Jobs. :D
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I like to read quite a lot. I love Sci-Fi, the plethora of new Star Wars titles keep me busy, I love the newest books that have introduced the Yhuzhan Vong - bad guys who make the new Jedi order look as dangerous as a bunch of giggling 5 year old girls.
However recently I\'ve \'discovered Robert Crais - he\'s an excellent author (IMO) of detective novels - the first Crais book I read, LA Requiem, is one of the best novels I\'ve ever had the pleasure of reading. Recently I\'ve read Crais\' Sunset Express, Stalking the Angel (those two and LA Requiem are Elvis Cole novels, Cole being the hilarious fictional detective that Crais created), and Demolition Angel. If you\'re into mysteries/detective stories I wholeheartedly recomend LA Requiem or any of Crais\' other titles. Crais used to write for Hill Street Blues, and his newest novel, Hostage, has been bought by Paramount (I think) to be adapted for a movie staring Bruce Willis.
I also love the various X-Men and Spiderman novels (the Time\'s Arrow Trilogy rocks), and of course I love Michael Crichton.
I\'m currently reading Voodoo River (an Elvis Cole novel) by Robert Crais.
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ok he it goes (in no particular order)
the godfather
rainbow six
a clockwork orange
hannibal
fight club
catch-22
field of dreams
second to home- by ryne sandburg(soon to be hall of fame cubs second basemen ryne sandburg)
the sword of shannara
the martian conicles
jurrasic park
sphere
on the road
huckelberry finn
old man and the sea
in cold blood
catcher in the rye
necronomicon
snow crash
jonny got his gun
inheret the mob
thats all i could thing of at the moment
P.S. forgot 1984
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a reading topic? Strange, never seen one of those on here before :)
I read tons. Right now I am working on Michael Chricton\'s Timeline (so far EXCELLENT)
Orson Scott Card is one of my favorites.
If someone can name me this book, they will get my 1989 original gameboy!!
The story goes something like this:
A great virus or sickness goes across the world, killing nearly everyone. A young boy is all alone after his family dies out. He does find a girl that lives, and for a short while, he takes her along, until she get\'s sick and dies, too. Later, he meets up with another kid who has been spending his time taking the riches from people\'s houses and driving in a rolls royce.
That is about all I can remember!
please help me!! I read it in like 4 - 8 grade, somewhere in there! I want to read it again, desperately!
Eric Jacob
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I read Dean Koontz and Patricia Cornwell, though I don\'t like them much. My dad reads them and gives them to me when he is done. They are mindless entertainment, so I read them. Cornwell\'s books usually take place near where I live, so I guess it\'s cool to read about the area.
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i dont like to read
but my fav. books are easily the Jurassic Park books...and the Marilyn Manson biography (awesome)
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The only thing I\'ve read in years are the TV Guide and game manuels.
But I used to read.
Lord of the Rings and anything by R.A.Salvator are my favourties
He\'s the guy that wrote the Icewind Dale and Dark Elf Triolgys
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Originally posted by jaropkls
necronomicon
Lol, you read The Necronomicon? Strange reading that\'s for sure. I didn\'t bother reading it all through, so I just skimmed the pages.
I just remembered some more books I\'ve read:
Ender\'s Game - Orson Scott Card
Cujo, The Shining - S. King
?? - Michael Crichton (I can\'t remember the title - it was from like 1969 and about a virus)
Anna Karienka (sp?) - Leo Tolstoy
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Originally posted by Samwise
Lol, you read The Necronomicon? Strange reading that\'s for sure. I didn\'t bother reading it all through, so I just skimmed the pages.
i didnt really read the whole thing either but the story that goes with it and the H.P. Lovecraft stuff is pretty cool
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Originally posted by Darth Joyda
J.R.R. Tolkien\'s Lord of the Rings - by far the greatest Fantasy book I\'ve ever read. My fifth time going - it just sucks you up to it\'s world. I recommend to everybody - including those who think they don\'t like fantasy.
go tolken!!! im going to read that for the second time before the movie comes out!!!!
i like the lord of the rings and the hobbit, (although the first 100 pages of the hobbit are quite boring)
and i also like Rainbow 6 by tom clancy. great book, if you like action and read a lot, thats a great one.
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My high school during the summer, like all schools, make my class read during the summer. I don\'t like to read too much but if a book grabs me, I like to read them. I read, well so far, Fallen Angels, Death Be Not Proud. My favorite book so far is probably The Lost World. It was the only book that I read that kept me off my PS2. ;)
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I just finished reading Starwars - New Jedi Order -
Edge of Victory II - Rebirth,
Recommendation, do not buy ! :rolleyes: that
book is just filler material for books to follow this one,
nothing worth much happens, the first part of this 2 book run was cool, and interesting, now this crap is released. :mad:
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I haven\'t read any SW books Toxical, but is
Jarjar Binks in the books ? If so, is he as annoying
as in the movie ?
:laughing: Knotter8
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Yeah I read books.. Not alot but some..
Mostly fact books and history books.. :)
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Originally posted by fastson
Yeah I read books.. Not alot but some..
Mostly fact books and history books.. :)
Hmmm..... the words \'fact\' and \'history\'. You know, I
always tend to come up with question marks when it
comes to books that portray history as fact. I had this
especially when I had history class in highschool.
My motto for that thing is ; always use common sense
and think about things presented to you as historical facts.
Ppl write books, but ppl also have the ability to lie and
twist things up a little.....
Knotter8
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Originally posted by Knotter8
I haven\'t read any SW books Toxical, but is
Jarjar Binks in the books ? If so, is he as annoying
as in the movie ?
:laughing: Knotter8
No Jar-Jar in this book Knotter8 ! ;)
Lucky for us, that anoyin SOB, they should kill Jar-Jar
in the next episode, :laughing:
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I just read the original Planet of The Apes book(Monkey Planet?) it is pretty good and it kind of explains how the ending in the new movie is possible. It is also pretty short (197 pages) so it shouldn\'t take that long to read. I started tuesday and finished yesterday night.
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I read true crime and other legal research books , such as "The Death Penatly in America" and other things.
I never read fiction, well, I did the Thomas Harris trilogy (Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal). Other then that, I stick to true crime.
Oh and Friedrich Nietzsche... "Beyond Good and Evil" is an awesome , insightful and thought provoking book.
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Originally posted by Toxical
I just finished reading Starwars - New Jedi Order -
Edge of Victory II - Rebirth,
Recommendation, do not buy ! :rolleyes: that
book is just filler material for books to follow this one,
nothing worth much happens, the first part of this 2 book run was cool, and interesting, now this crap is released. :mad:
I\'m catching up 2 u! :) I\'m almost done SW-NJO Balance Point (okay-ish), and I already have Edge of Victory I - Conquest on my bookshelf ready to read. Shame to hear that Edge of Victory II isn\'t very good - but I\'m probably going to read it anyway because I don\'t want to miss any books in the series. :wedge:
I want to read as much as I can before summer ends because once uni starts all I\'ll be reading will be bio and chem texts...fun fun..:snore: