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Offline providence13

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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #40 on: September 04, 2012, 11:26:07 PM »
Quote from: RandalThor on September 01, 2012, 11:38:15 AM
So, I finally read Man-Kzin Wars (one), and guess what? There was no war in it! I mean, if you are going to title it "Wars" it should have some dang war in it!

I had read somewhere that Niven didn't feel confident writing "war stories".
I liked the book. He even wrote some for the old Star Trek Cartoon; he introduced the Kzinti.
Although they may seem passe now, he was the first to do a workable cat people.  :)
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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #41 on: September 05, 2012, 05:23:05 AM »
Quote from: ob1knorrb on September 04, 2012, 04:04:52 PM
Just finished "The Sisters Brothers", a fairly short but amusing Western.  Now trying to decide between "Paul of Dune" or "A Dance with Dragons"
I'm two chapters in on ''A Dance with Dragons'' so far so good.
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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #42 on: September 05, 2012, 09:39:29 PM »
The Tyranny of the Night, Glen Cook.
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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #43 on: September 05, 2012, 11:02:54 PM »
Check out this book if anyone has time.
http://physicsofsuperheroes.com/
http://www.amazon.com/The-Physics-Superheroes-James-Kakalios/dp/1592401465
Better science teaching through comics.
This has me thinking that enlarge spells should have game modifiers.
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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #44 on: September 24, 2012, 09:16:25 PM »
Quote from: frnchqrtr on September 05, 2012, 09:39:29 PM
The Tyranny of the Night, Glen Cook.

About half way through - love the series but a map would be great.  I get the feeling it would look a lot like Europe about the time of the second crusade...
 
Really need to get it done as next up will be The Crippled God to finish off that series.
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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #45 on: September 28, 2012, 11:19:01 AM »
Just finished the Hobbit in prep for the movies. (Three.....sheesh.) Totally forgot how he wrote that like he was talking to you, not used to the narrative being so visible. Still a fun read though.

Gonna try and dig into Darkover Landfall, next.
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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #46 on: November 06, 2012, 12:47:37 AM »
I am a third of the way through The End of Everything by Megan Abbott. No way skiffy, more literary fiction than otherwise. It involves the best friend of the 13-year old narrator disappearing.
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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #47 on: November 06, 2012, 11:13:24 AM »
Halfway through Lev Grossman's
The Magicians.

Magic is real and more serious than Harry Potter. Interesting..
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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #48 on: November 06, 2012, 01:06:47 PM »
Quote from: RandalThor on September 28, 2012, 11:19:01 AM
Gonna try and dig into Darkover Landfall, next.
Read it, dug it.

Now I am on to Lin Carter's The Warrior of World's End.
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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #49 on: November 06, 2012, 01:09:04 PM »
Oooh. I also reread the Riftwar Saga by Feist. It was still fun, and had lots of cool ideas.
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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #50 on: November 06, 2012, 01:59:32 PM »
Quote from: RandalThor on November 06, 2012, 01:09:04 PM
Oooh. I also reread the Riftwar Saga by Feist. It was still fun, and had lots of cool ideas.
an excellent series :)

I am trying to get through 10 billion days and 100 billion nights. a very interesting read.
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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #51 on: November 06, 2012, 02:29:47 PM »
After I am done with A Warrior at World's End, I will be digging into the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn (you know, it starts with The Dragonbone Chair) series by Tad Williams, another series I read a long time ago and want to reread. I hope it hasn't aged poorly.
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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #52 on: November 06, 2012, 05:51:12 PM »
I have now started reading Beyond Viral: how to Attract Customers, Promote your Brand, and Make Money with Online Video, by Kevin H. Nalty
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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #53 on: November 07, 2012, 05:53:19 AM »
Quote from: ghyle on November 06, 2012, 05:51:12 PM
I have now started reading Beyond Viral: how to Attract Customers, Promote your Brand, and Make Money with Online Video, by Kevin H. Nalty
You people and your educational and career minded reading. Sheesh!  ;D
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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #54 on: November 07, 2012, 10:54:20 AM »
I'm actually reading the first book in the Wheel of Time, for the first time. I like it! .. and I thought I had seen the name of the main character before... ;)
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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #55 on: November 07, 2012, 11:14:09 AM »
Quote from: DangerMan on November 07, 2012, 10:54:20 AM
I'm actually reading the first book in the Wheel of Time, for the first time. I like it! .. and I thought I had seen the name of the main character before... ;)
Funny thing: my favorite character is Perrin; it just so happens that my actual name is Randall (I go by Rand, and of course, my favorite novels of all time is The Wheel of Time series).
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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #56 on: November 07, 2012, 01:58:36 PM »
Quote from: DangerMan on November 07, 2012, 10:54:20 AM
I'm actually reading the first book in the Wheel of Time, for the first time. I like it! .. and I thought I had seen the name of the main character before... ;)
prepare for angst, and lots of sexual frustration. Good series, its just that those two things were kind of the defining trait for them :P
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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #57 on: November 07, 2012, 02:02:47 PM »
Im half way through the first book and my only concern is that I have way too little time for reading.
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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #58 on: November 07, 2012, 02:59:05 PM »
Quote from: RandalThor on November 07, 2012, 05:53:19 AM
Quote from: ghyle on November 06, 2012, 05:51:12 PM
I have now started reading Beyond Viral: how to Attract Customers, Promote your Brand, and Make Money with Online Video, by Kevin H. Nalty
You people and your educational and career minded reading. Sheesh!  ;D

True: one of the reasons I want to read it is to get ideas about promoting online poetry videos (since I am, by vocation, a poet).
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Re: Resurrection: What are you Reading?
« Reply #59 on: November 07, 2012, 03:01:47 PM »
Quote from: chippermonks on November 07, 2012, 01:58:36 PM
prepare for angst, and lots of sexual frustration. Good series, its just that those two things were kind of the defining trait for them :P
Now, I know what you are talking about when you say, "angst" but I cannot for the life of me, get where the "sexual frustration" comes from. The Wheel of Time is not erotic fiction. In fact, one can say (and I wouldn't disagree) that the romance of the series is fairly simple - even taking in the Rand situation.
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