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roenick
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I want to read this as well as The Big Short. I love the movies but want to read the books as well.
What are you reading? What was the last book you enjoyed?
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I want to read this as well as The Big Short. I love the movies but want to read the books as well.
Didn't realize the big short was a book, i'll dig that out after I finish reading The Science of Harry Potter
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0142003557/?tag=robitaille-20
Its a neat book so far, just getting people up to speed on some science breakthroughs, it stretches a bit but conceptually its a fun read.
Deadman's Road - A really old Joe Lansdale story that he updated and some followups he's written since about a preacher who roams the old west and fights supernatural evil. It's very Hammer films-ish and a whole lot of fun.
A Single Shot - A down on his luck hunter makes a mistake and pays for it for an entire novel. I liked, but did not love, this book. Some of the suspense bits are really well done and the climax was great. Haven't seen the movie yet.
Savage Season - Re-read the first Hap & Leonard book in anticipation of the TV show starting in March. Nowhere near the best book of the series, but still a ****load of fun. One of my favorite book series of all time.
And some comics:
Hellblazer v12: How To Play With Fire - Finally, DC gets around to collecting the end of Paul Jenkins run on this book. I hadn't read it in ages and had forgotten what a huge ****ing downer it is. Thankfully, his run is followed up by Garth Ennis 5 or 6 issue story that's funny and ****ed up. In fact, if you've never read Hellblazer and were looking to start that Ennis story would be a good place to do so. It was released on it's own years ago: John Constantine, Hellblazer: Son of Man. Highly recommended.
Thanos: Cosmic Powers - Presumably because of the success of Guardians Of The Galaxy and maybe because of who/what might be showing up in the sequel, Marvel has been releasing collections of a ton of it's 90's era cosmic stuff. Great news for me because I was eating that **** up at the time and a lot of it, like this series, I haven't read in almost two decades. This particular book is fun, but without the nostalgia I get from it, I'm not sure it's enough fun to justify the $30 cover price ($24 on Amazon).
Infinity War Aftermath - See above. Just ****in' elated to have this collected.
Just ordered Savage Season. Sounds like a good read
adgy-san
PJ Harvey is God
I can almost guarantee that book, and the series, will be up your alley.
Took a slight detour and decided to read Jules Vernes
Journey to the Center of the Earth
You have to remember when you're reading old pioneering books that the concepts in them which made them so outrageous at the time have usually been assimilated completely into our pop culture today. Its a fast read, seems like a book middle schoolers would really enjoy these days but I enjoyed it quite a bit. For not having traveled Verne is extremely descriptive in his writing regarding other lands. I can see why they keep making this into movies.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
You have to remember when you're reading old pioneering books that the concepts in them which made them so outrageous at the time have usually been assimilated completely into our pop culture today. Its a fast read, seems like a book middle schoolers would really enjoy these days but I enjoyed it quite a bit. For not having traveled Verne is extremely descriptive in his writing regarding other lands. I can see why they keep making this into movies.
adgy-san
PJ Harvey is God
Never heard of The Plantation. Is it also funny?
OK finished off The science behind harry potter and I would recommend it as a random journey through different current and formerly current scientific research. Depending on your tastes you'll probably find something that he takes back to. Overall an enjoyable book very loosely based on Harry potter concepts and mostly a random journey through sciences.
Then I turned to
Where Wizards stay up late
By Katie Hafner
Unlike the title this a straight nonfiction history behind the ARPAnet and how it blossomed through network technology to become the original internet and was eventually shelved by the evolution into the NSF backed open internet. Before anyone asks no Al Gore does not figure prominently in it but he is mentioned. The research appears solid, the stories give life to the names and as expected there are many many people that got together to take an original concept of not duplicating resources in computing by attempting to time share mainframes and it grew into an incredibly interesting useful tool. Fascinating read that includes the history of DARPA and some of the origins of scientific funding in the US. President Ike gets a lot of love in this one early on. In any case the book was written in 1998 so you can imagine just how much of this story could be written again. The book was commissioned by one of the companies that was involved in the creation of the original nodes of the Arpanet but the story does not beat their chest overly prominently and spreads the credit around where it is due.
Then I turned to
Where Wizards stay up late
By Katie Hafner
Unlike the title this a straight nonfiction history behind the ARPAnet and how it blossomed through network technology to become the original internet and was eventually shelved by the evolution into the NSF backed open internet. Before anyone asks no Al Gore does not figure prominently in it but he is mentioned. The research appears solid, the stories give life to the names and as expected there are many many people that got together to take an original concept of not duplicating resources in computing by attempting to time share mainframes and it grew into an incredibly interesting useful tool. Fascinating read that includes the history of DARPA and some of the origins of scientific funding in the US. President Ike gets a lot of love in this one early on. In any case the book was written in 1998 so you can imagine just how much of this story could be written again. The book was commissioned by one of the companies that was involved in the creation of the original nodes of the Arpanet but the story does not beat their chest overly prominently and spreads the credit around where it is due.
adgy-san
PJ Harvey is God
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LetTigerIn
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Shockingly, I've actually read some of those books (and own others without having read them yet), and I am not much of a reader.
adgy-san
PJ Harvey is God
Have you read House Of Leaves yet?
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LetTigerIn
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No, but I own it. It's intimidating.
adgy-san
PJ Harvey is God
Ok. Not gonna rush you, but YOU GOT TO READ IT.
I am a reader and I have only read about 5 books on that list. Some of the most likely ones you'd assume I have read.
I really should check out those Dan Simmons books.
I started reading Carrion Comfort early last year, but put it back after an hour or two. Too dense and too much mental power required for me at the time. Saving it for when I finish with school.
But I really want to start reading Simmons stuff. I hear so much about them.
As far as the list, I've only read 3 of them, but own 5 more. Definitely recommend Joe Hill's Heat-Shaped Box. And Haunted.
For all you film buffs out there I think if you haven't picked up this book you need to have it:
William Goldmans Adventures in the Screen trade
William Goldman is a longtime novelist and sreenwriter in Hollywood. He wrote the book back in 1983 and it's amazing how much the book still parallels what we think of as Hollywood today and is recognized as an industry classic. Some of his observations of the future still continue to be spot on. My version of the book also included a version of his screenplay of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid. For anyone that doesn't remember he's also the guy that wrote The Princess bride and the screenplay for All the Presidents men.
In any case its fantastic storytelling about the hollywood process and if it wasn't true then it might as well be true now considering the way people latched onto his concepts.
William Goldmans Adventures in the Screen trade
William Goldman is a longtime novelist and sreenwriter in Hollywood. He wrote the book back in 1983 and it's amazing how much the book still parallels what we think of as Hollywood today and is recognized as an industry classic. Some of his observations of the future still continue to be spot on. My version of the book also included a version of his screenplay of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid. For anyone that doesn't remember he's also the guy that wrote The Princess bride and the screenplay for All the Presidents men.
In any case its fantastic storytelling about the hollywood process and if it wasn't true then it might as well be true now considering the way people latched onto his concepts.
orpheus
The Dolphin Cares!
10 Weird Things That Happen To Your Body When You Stay Up All Night Reading
http://www.bustle.com/articles/1576...-your-body-when-you-stay-up-all-night-reading
http://www.bustle.com/articles/1576...-your-body-when-you-stay-up-all-night-reading
orpheus
The Dolphin Cares!
Readers Live Longer, Plus 4 Other Science-Backed Benefits to Turning Pages
http://www.people.com/article/national-book-lovers-day-reading-benefits
Maybe. But whatever benefits I get from reading cancel out with my other habits, haha.
http://www.people.com/article/national-book-lovers-day-reading-benefits
Maybe. But whatever benefits I get from reading cancel out with my other habits, haha.
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LetTigerIn
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Readers Live Longer, Plus 4 Other Science-Backed Benefits to Turning Pages
http://www.people.com/article/national-book-lovers-day-reading-benefits
Maybe. But whatever benefits I get from reading cancel out with my other habits, haha.
I still don't know how to read!
orpheus
The Dolphin Cares!
I still don't know how to read!
Lol! That's okay if you have other skills like being good with numbers.
I had to learn how to read because Jews are supposed to be the people of the book. mhihi:
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