07-31-2008, 04:54 AM | #51 |
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Re: What book are you reading?
I am currently reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy - esentially because I found out that Bethesda has cited it as one of the main influences on the plot for Fallout 3.
Must say that I'm not particularly impressed with it - the sentence structure is often stunted and the gritty realism and sense of desperation is often lost in the repetition of dull, insipid dialogue. There are moments of lucid, vivid description - but not quite as much as I was hoping for. However, the relationship it portrays between a father and son over the course of their journey in a post-apocalyptic America is strongly carried throughout - I just don't see how it relates to the Fallout world at all other than its similar setting and smaller aspects of its atmosphere.
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08-12-2008, 04:00 PM | #52 |
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Re: What book are you reading?
I have finished The Fires of Heaven (Book 5 Wheel of Time). Wow! Was as good or better than the last which I didn't think possible. So many surprises toward the end of this one. What to read next, book six or start another series for a break?
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08-12-2008, 04:49 PM | #53 |
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Re: What book are you reading?
I just finished reading "Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman", an autobiography by Richard Feynman. A very fascinating but extremely odd person!
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08-13-2008, 10:23 AM | #54 |
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Re: What book are you reading?
I am now starting a new series of four books for a break from the Wheel of Time.
The first book id: <b>His Majesty's Dragon</b>. Not sure what it is about yet but starts off at the end of a battle between to ships. Muskets and swords are the choice of weapons and the French are on the losing end. Good Start! |
08-14-2008, 12:40 PM | #55 |
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Re: What book are you reading?
<b>His Majesty's Dragon</b>: This book is like a parallel world set during the Napoleonic Wars. Only difference is there is an air force that is made up of Dragons and there riders. The first chapter was mainly about the British capturing a French vessel that contained a Dragon egg, which than hatched into a rare Black Dragon (Temeraire). It has been pretty cool thus far apparently the entire series is based and said black Dragon. I like the concept of parallel worlds like this one that are familiar to us but has something unique.
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08-14-2008, 01:42 PM | #56 |
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Re: What book are you reading?
I'm reading Terry Pratchett's "Going Postal" at the moment.
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08-15-2008, 10:07 AM | #57 |
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Re: What book are you reading?
I think I read Going Postal a while back. I've always enjoyed Terry Pratchett's work.
Just finished a "biography", if you will, about the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island up in the northern parts of Michigan. It truly is a grand hotel, and was the setting for the Christopher Reeve film Somewhere in Time. Ah, for the days when a room was $7 a night... including meals... I've got Murder of a King on the list next... an account of the murder of some historical robber baron-type guy in Michigan from last century (or maybe the one before). Don't know if it will be any good or not... yet...
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08-20-2008, 05:55 PM | #58 |
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Re: What book are you reading?
I'm reading Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt.
Just finished reading The Trial by Franz Kafka.
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08-21-2008, 12:05 PM | #59 |
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Re: What book are you reading?
Just finished reading <b>His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire)</b>. WoW this was a great book a little short but it was refreshing, in that the concept seems new, more like several ideas combined into one fantastic book. Now it is on to book 2 in this series. <b>Throne of Jade</b>
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