As per the Now Playing one - but not a thread you can post on every half hour ;)
Clive Barker - Abarat
For (ahem) "Younger" readers really but I like his writing style (and wierd imagination) and so thought I'd read it anyway :) . Pretty good so far ;D
Good idea :)
George R. R. Martin - A Game of Thrones (german edition is called 'Die Herren von Winterfell')
(Last book was: Dan Brown - Illuminati)
Quote from: Peter on Tue, 2005-04-26, 10:50:05
Good idea :)
George R. R. Martin - A Game of Thrones (german edition is called 'Die Herren von Winterfell')
(Last book was: Dan Brown - Illuminati)
That's a great series, one of favourites ever. The next volume is "A Feast For Crows" but he's been writing it for nearly 5 years now :( , wish he'd hurry up.....
R. Feist - The Krondor Trilogy
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Tue, 2005-04-26, 11:46:56
R. Feist - The Krondor Trilogy
Love Feist, one of my all time favourite authors. Just finished reading King of Foxes from the Conclave of Shadows Trilogy. The third part doesn't seem to be on sale yet ... can't wait. The Riftwar Saga is also worth reading, as is the Mistress of the Empire trilogy (co-written with Janny Wurtz)
Well, come to think of it, right now, I'm reading this thread!
And I'm listening to my furnace. It is May 1 and snowing. Blast this Colorado weather!
I don't like reading books, find it quite boring. I only read magazines of my interest: sports and nature. With nature I mean: animals, especially birds, in case you think something different ;D.
Just started "Shakey", Neil Youngs autobiography. Should keep me going for a couple of weeks ;D
Been reading election results for the past couple of days, trying to make sense of it all! ???
But for much-needed escapism, I'm reading a book that Hoggie's had for ages, Piercing the Darkness, can't recall author's name in my present condition and can't be bothered to go look. It's about demons and angels fighting a battle and the human souls that get embroiled in their spiritual battles.
Quote from: Xanxtuary on Sun, 2005-05-01, 15:37:37
Love Feist, one of my all time favourite authors. Just finished reading King of Foxes from the Conclave of Shadows Trilogy. The third part doesn't seem to be on sale yet ... can't wait. The Riftwar Saga is also worth reading, as is the Mistress of the Empire trilogy (co-written with Janny Wurtz)
I have already read The Riftwar Saga as well as Prince of the Blood and The Kings Buccaneer. My girlfriend
makes me read the books, but I don't mind, the're great! ;)
Today I'm going to finnish the Krondor Trilogy. The first book was imho a bit boring so it took a long time before I completely read it, but the other books are better and today I will finnish the third. Maybe I will show up more on the forum after today :o ;D
The Lord Of The Rings (repeatedly since 1968!)
Hammer Of The Gods - Stephen Davis
The Jungle Is Neutral - F Spencer Chapman DSO
The HitchHikers Guide To the Galaxy series (repeatedly since 1979!)
Sahara - Micheal Palin
Violent Ward - Len Deighton
MacWorld
Anything with Pirates in it (that's cutlass waving Pirates - not blokes at boot sales with dodgy copies of HHGTTG)
Mac OS X Bible
Various audio books in the car - Bill Bryson - Capt WE Johns (read by Micheal Palin - superb)
And this thread :P
Quote from: Oliver Twist on Mon, 2005-05-09, 22:46:58
The HitchHikers Guide To the Galaxy series (repeatedly since 1979!)
Absolute and total CLASSÂ ;D
Now reading "The Ice Mage" by Julia Gray, an author who I've just discovered. I'm waiting for Hogweed to finish reading The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, which will be a long time, since there's a lot of Chronicles.
Of course, Lord of the Rings is an all-time favourite, but I have to be in the right mood (and have the time) to really settle down and read it. From time to time I pick it up and read bits of it, but I need a long flight or train journey, etc, to have the uninterrupted pleasure. Or a nice long vacation ...
Hitchhiker's Guide series is also one of my favourites,
Nearly finished book 2 of Robin Hobb's "Tawny Man". I'm beginning to think she's one of the best fantasy authors ever 8)
Just started Dan Brown's "Deception Point". Certainly a page-turner, am a third of the way through already :o
Breakfast In Biarritz
Quote from: mdread666 on Thu, 2005-06-09, 11:10:34
Breakfast In Biarritz
what, the booklet?
heh, back again, in old form...../cynism
Dan Brown's "Digital Fortress". Should take me a couple of days if his previous ones are anything to go by ;D
The Nord Lead 3 brochure...
Most exciting! ;D
Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Wed, 2005-06-29, 17:12:07
The Nord Lead 3 brochure...
Most exciting! ;D
Is that the third in the trilogy ;D ;D
Neil Peart - The masked rider
What a great writer he is! :)
Garth Nix - Mister Monday ;D
Julia Gray - The Guardian Cycle
Just finished Book 1 - The Dark Moon and now moved on to Book 2 - The Jasper Forest.
I only recently discovered her work through reading The Ice Mage and am keen to read more. I think she is a fairly new author and I love her writing so far.
Just finished the first series of "The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" about to get my teeth into the second series which includes "Wounded Land" ( Sounds familiar that 'un ;D )
Jonathan Safran Foer - Everything Is Illuminated
Original and funny. Just started in it, after working my way trough Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast Trilogy. Loved the first two books, found the third one dissapointing and difficult to get through.
Just started JV Jones "Cavern of Black Ice". Impressive so far. ;D
Honourable Enemy from Feist (at least I think that the english title)
Just about to start the Half Blood Prince (yeh, OK, so it's predictable)
My boss bought it when it came out and read it during the weekend, so he's brought it into work for me to read now.
big thanks to J.k.............Chaz (10 1/2) is begging for bedtime at the mo cos of the Half Blood Prince....... should be able to hand it over to his old mum in a day or two!!!
one more to go..............
CAx
PET SHOP BOYS - "It's A Sin"
from the album 'Actually'
Peter... looking at this the next day, I do realise that this post is actually in the wrong thread...
I wonder if you'd move it to the NOW PLAYING THREAD...?
Ta! ;D
Quote from: Xanxtuary on Tue, 2005-07-19, 22:06:28
Just about to start the Half Blood Prince (yeh, OK, so it's predictable)
My boss bought it when it came out and read it during the weekend, so he's brought it into work for me to read now.
I'll be joining the stampede for the paperback in around 12 months time :D
After finishing 6 thick books from the "Song of Ice & Fire" series by Goerge R. R. Martin (part 7 out in November or something) I now started 4-book-series "Memory, Sorrow and Thorn" by Tad Williams. Fine reading, really...!
Finished with "The masked rider", now starting "Ghost rider"
both by Neil Peart. :)
Quote from: Peter on Wed, 2005-07-20, 09:23:26
After finishing 6 thick books from the "Song of Ice & Fire" series by Goerge R. R. Martin (part 7 out in November or something)
Hate to be picky, but sometimes I just can't help it ;)
There are technically only 3 books in the "Songs of Fire & Ice" series :
1. A Game of Thrones
2. A Clash of Kings
3. A Storm of Swords
In some territories however. book 3 was split into 2 volumes, hence 4 books. If you claim to have read 6 books then maybe the publishers have split the first two and reissued them as it has been over 5 years since the last book and they must be getting desperate for some cash..!!
Interestingly, the "4th" book, "A Feast for Crows" is also being split into 2 volumes as he STILL hasn't finished it ::)
Great, great series though.....
;D
OK, I correct myself to "... 6 thick books from the German version of..."
I just recently finished "Last Chance To See" by Douglas Adams & Mark Carwadine
Now finishing off the last few chapters of Iron Maiden's "Run To The Hills" before wading into "The Blind Watchmaker" by Richard Dawkins.
Finished Harry Potter earlier on this week. I was very sad at the end.
Now back to my Julia Grey series ... just started The Crystal Desert, so far excellent, although there's a yukky bit about a custom of the nomadic desert travelling tribes ... a newborn baby is bathed in camel urine and rubbed down with salt, as a sort of birth ritual! Not very pleasant thought whilst munching a sandwich at lunchtime!
Quote from: Moonloop on Tue, 2005-07-19, 08:29:34
Just started JV Jones "Cavern of Black Ice". Impressive so far. ;D
...and very good it was too. Now onto Book 2 "A Fortress of Grey Ice" 8)
Quote from: Xanxtuary on Sat, 2005-07-30, 13:48:22
... a newborn baby is bathed in camel urine and rubbed down with salt ..
it toughens up the skin. best to start early on that if you live in the desert
Just started on Neil Peart's "Travelling music". :)
I'm currently re-reading some UK LeGuin books that I 've had for a couple of years...by the way she is my no 1 writer, and I just wanted to refresh.
So now I'm somewhere in the middle of the book which is a colection of short s/f stories "A Fisherman of the Inland Sea" by Harper. (1994) My favourite ones in this collection are "The Shobies' Story" (an experimental faster-than-light ship is about to embark on its first test run with a real crew on board and nobody, even the ones who constructed it, knows what the real risks are... ) and "The Rock That Changed Things" (about a community where women slaves are used to recreate a kind of ritual stone patterns whose meaning they are not supposed to know untill one day.....)
Has anyone here ever read anything by LeGuin? I do not supose any of the guys did 'cos a bit female perspective may seem discouraging but who knows? ;)
Emilia
I actually did read the original Earthsea cycle and I liked it. But then, I always used to be a feminist :)
At the moment I'm reading All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson. Not much of a plot but he's got style.
Quote from: Emilia on Fri, 2005-08-12, 13:50:01
I'm currently re-reading some UK LeGuin books that I 've had for a couple of years...by the way she is my no 1 writer, and I just wanted to refresh.
So now I'm somewhere in the middle of the book which is a colection of short s/f stories "A Fisherman of the Inland Sea" by Harper. (1994) My favourite ones in this collection are "The Shobies' Story" (an experimental faster-than-light ship is about to embark on its first test run with a real crew on board and nobody, even the ones who constructed it, knows what the real risks are... ) and "The Rock That Changed Things" (about a community where women slaves are used to recreate a kind of ritual stone patterns whose meaning they are not supposed to know untill one day.....)
Has anyone here ever read anything by LeGuin? I do not supose any of the guys did 'cos a bit female perspective may seem discouraging but who knows? ;)
Emilia
I've read
The Dispossesed by Le Guin which I liked and I have the
Eartsea Trilogy, but still haven't read it!
Currently finishing
The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro, a very strange and intriguing book.
<I've read The Dispossesed by Le Guin which I liked and I have the Eartsea Trilogy, but still haven't read it!>
Earthsea Trilogy is my favourite by LeGuin! Especially "The Fathest Shore" - really worth giving a try (especially if you like this kind of books, very classical, not typical s/f).
<Currently finishing The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro, a very strange and intriguing book.>
Never heard of that guy! What kind of books does he write?
Emilia
Actually, Earthsea has been a favourite of mine for years.
It has probably influenced more than one set of lyrics.... :)
NR-> Wheel of Time (it is called in English I think...). First book The eye of the world. Pretty dull up to now, but the little hints given are promissing :)
Quote from: Emilia on Tue, 2005-08-16, 15:53:06
Earthsea Trilogy is my favourite by LeGuin! Especially "The Fathest Shore" - really worth giving a try (especially if you like this kind of books, very classical, not typical s/f).
<Currently finishing The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro, a very strange and intriguing book.>
Never heard of that guy! What kind of books does he write?
Emilia
Came upon Ishiguro through the movie The Remains Of The Day, he wrote the book of the same title which won the Booker Prize. Isn't SF/fantasy-related, The Unconsoled could be called surrealistic though.
I will definitely read Earthsea sometime, it's already on my shelves, but so much to read, so little time.. :-\
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Tue, 2005-08-16, 17:24:52
NR-> Wheel of Time (it is called in English I think...). First book The eye of the world. Pretty dull up to now, but the little hints given are promissing :)
Robert Jordan... Still haven't ventured into Wheel Of Time, that series just seems to be endless...
Switching from reading to writing, Clive, how's A Curious Gift coming along?
It's been a bit stuck for a while.... :( Not enough time, though I hope to work on it during the tour.
The title has changed, as have a few character names...
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Tue, 2005-08-16, 17:24:52
NR-> Wheel of Time (it is called in English I think...). First book The eye of the world. Pretty dull up to now, but the little hints given are promissing :)
Just my 2p worth, but Jordon's "Wheel of Time" starts off fairly readable and gradually degenerates into Sci-Fi's biggest bore-fest. It's almost as if, around book 3, he didn't really know what to do with the series and just kept writing, looking for inspiration and sticking with a series which (staggeringly) continues to sell, rather than start something new and fresh. Unless you REALLY have time to spare, I wouldn't recommend reading anything after book 1, it's just not worth it as the series just meanders on and on and there are SO many good authors to check out instead. :)
Quote from: Moonloop on Wed, 2005-08-17, 08:40:30
Just my 2p [...] check out instead. :)
Hmm, my girlfriend was very positive about the books. I'll just read and see what happens :)
Quote from: Clive on Tue, 2005-08-16, 16:44:54
Actually, Earthsea has been a favourite of mine for years.
It has probably influenced more than one set of lyrics.... :)
Oh!!! great to know, LeGuin is a master of language for me.....the way she puts ideas into words is really awesome. Read almost everything she wrote.
Emilia
Quote from: erik on Tue, 2005-08-16, 22:27:12
Came upon Ishiguro through the movie The Remains Of The Day, he wrote the book of the same title which won the Booker Prize. Isn't SF/fantasy-related, The Unconsoled could be called surrealistic though.
Oh I see...I actually saw the film, this is the one with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson right? The author of the novel skipped my memory somehow...
Emilia
Roald Dahl
'James And The Giant Peach' ;D
Quote from: Emilia on Wed, 2005-08-17, 15:26:16
Oh I see...I actually saw the film, this is the one with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson right? The author of the novel skipped my memory somehow...
Emilia
Yep, that's the one! It's one of my all-time favourite movies. Hopkins is brilliant in it.
Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Wed, 2005-08-17, 18:10:45
Roald Dahl
'James And The Giant Peach' ;D
Roald Dahl is great!!
Went to the cinema to see Charlie And The Chocolate Factory last week, loved it, the great duo Burton/Depp do it again!
I was just reading the George Martin books like game of Thrones, etc but the books ended and the story didn't. I've heard that he is trying to write some more books but I have no idea when to expect them. If anyone knows let me know :)
Quote from: Wilford Jr. on Thu, 2005-08-18, 21:52:12
I was just reading the George Martin books like game of Thrones, etc but the books ended and the story didn't. I've heard that he is trying to write some more books but I have no idea when to expect them. If anyone knows let me know :)
It's complicated, but basically he's spent the last 5 years working on the 4th installment which is still incomplete. The publishers however want some product, so, he's split the book into 2 volumes, the first of which should be out in October. The unique thing is though, that the book will only contain half the characters, the follow up book (whenever that's going to be ready ::) ) will deal with the remaining ones.
;D
Quote from: Moonloop on Fri, 2005-08-19, 13:26:22
It's complicated, but basically he's spent the last 5 years working on the 4th installment which is still incomplete. The publishers however want some product, so, he's split the book into 2 volumes, the first of which should be out in October. The unique thing is though, that the book will only contain half the characters, the follow up book (whenever that's going to be ready ::) ) will deal with the remaining ones.
;D
The longer it's in the past that I've read the existing books in this series, the more I seem to dislike it. Maybe I've said it before, but there's not even a glimpse of some sort of destination in sight. Where does this story lead to? The last book even made me angry at some stages, because so many people that I had developed rather positive feelings for, died. I mean I could have beared to lose the first or the second in the row, but not, well like 10 or so.
Quote from: Peter on Fri, 2005-08-19, 13:34:25
The longer it's in the past that I've read the existing books in this series, the more I seem to dislike it. Maybe I've said it before, but there's not even a glimpse of some sort of destination in sight. Where does this story lead to? The last book even made me angry at some stages, because so many people that I had developed rather positive feelings for, died. I mean I could have beared to lose the first or the second in the row, but not, well like 10 or so.
Yes, he does have a habit of killing the main characters off ;D , some I've quite enjoyed actually, but others not so >:(
If I remember correctly, he's mapped out 7 books in the series, the 'new' one being the 4th (discounting split volumes). Don't mind waiting, as long as he stays alive to actually write them ;) :D
Gormenghast? I already found the second one very disappointing and boring. I've never managed to get to the third one.
Quote from: Peter on Fri, 2005-08-19, 13:34:25
The last book even made me angry at some stages, because so many people that I had developed rather positive feelings for, died. I mean I could have beared to lose the first or the second in the row, but not, well like 10 or so.
I had that too when reading Feist's Serpentwar Saga where a lot of "big" characters die like Jimmy the Hand.
I agree with Peter. He spends three books developing characters only to kill them off. Â Makes one sort of wonder who will be the main characters by the time the sixth or seventh books come out! Â ;)
Garth Nix - Grim Tuesday 8)
Still on the Julia Gray Guardian Cycle ... now nearly finished the fourth book "The Red Glacier" ... only one more to go in the series. I have really enjoyed them. Excellent, gripping fantasy writing.
Hoggie's sister in law has just given me a load of books that she's finished with so no doubt I will be dipping into them fairly shortly.
Asterix and The Roman Agent
...a bloody good read! :)
I'm still on "Traveling music" by Neil Peart. I borrowed the book from the bass player, but now it's mine. Why? 'Cause I like it so well?? No. Well, I do, but that's not it. -"It" being my son, my cup of coffee, and the book...
Now you know
>:(
Well, yesterday I finnished the first Wheel of Time book and I liked it. The more I came to the end of it I started to like it. Of tot the Second book :)
Mort by Terry Pratchett...what a damn fine read.
Now how do I become Deaths apprentice?
Just started the last in the Guardian Cycle ... Alyssa's Ring.
But I think my time might be more wisely spent reading up on conspiracy theories about The Pope ...
Quote from: The Pope on Wed, 2005-08-31, 21:20:06
Mort by Terry Pratchett...what a damn fine read.
Agreed. Certainly one of his best ;D
Now reading: the booklet of my new Home Cinema Set. Oh, what a sound. Arena even sounds better than with my old one. Wouldn't have thought it was possible ;D.
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Wed, 2005-08-24, 20:59:37
Well, yesterday I finnished the first Wheel of Time book and I liked it. The more I came to the end of it I started to like it. Of tot the Second book :)
I felt the same way about The Wheel of Time Book but the more I read the sequels the more tedious they became. I'd be interested in hearing if you experience the same results.
Quote from: Moonloop on Thu, 2005-09-01, 09:42:20
Agreed. Certainly one of his best ;D
Reread Reaper Man recently, all the Discworld novels in which Death figures prominently are great!
Love the series.
Terry Pratchett - 'The Hogfather'
Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Sun, 2005-09-04, 13:58:24
Terry Pratchett - 'The Hogfather'
LOL! Sounds like a cross between Hogweed and a mafia movie! Not actually read any Pratchett, though I know I ought to. I'm sure he would interest me.
Quote from: Xanxtuary on Sun, 2005-09-04, 18:08:42
LOL! Sounds like a cross between Hogweed and a mafia movie! Not actually read any Pratchett, though I know I ought to. I'm sure he would interest me.
It's actually the Discworld version of Santa Claus... Death takes his place when the Hogfather has been kidnapped and... read the book! The whole series is highly recommended. And very unsuitable for reading in public places because you're constantly provoked to laugh out loud, which makes the people around you raise their eyebrows, unless they know Terry Prathett and understand ::)
I tried 3 different books from Pratchett and.... failed/gave up/threw em away. I always found him to be a "try-super-hard-wannabe-Douglas-Adams-of-fantasy-by-making-up-extremely-strange-
stories-and-hiding-humour-in-between-lines-and-pages-or-even-chapters" -something... just my 2c. Never got warm with him.
Quote from: erik on Sun, 2005-09-04, 18:13:43
It's actually the Discworld version of Santa Claus... Death takes his place when the Hogfather has been kidnapped and... read the book! The whole series is highly recommended. And very unsuitable for reading in public places because you're constantly provoked to laugh out loud, which makes the people around you raise their eyebrows, unless they know Terry Prathett and understand ::)
I was sitting in a bookstore reading and laughing at Mort by TP. People were looking at me in a strange way. :D
David Gemmell - White Wolf
8)
Quote from: Peter on Sun, 2005-09-04, 19:04:27
I tried 3 different books from Pratchett and.... failed/gave up/threw em away. I always found him to be a "try-super-hard-wannabe-Douglas-Adams-of-fantasy-by-making-up-extremely-strange-
stories-and-hiding-humour-in-between-lines-and-pages-or-even-chapters" -something... just my 2c. Never got warm with him.
There's a lot more to it! Discworld is not just fantasy with a twist, it's a mirror of our own world, where certain things are different but others are very much the same... It elegantly touches on subjects such as religion (Small Gods), journalism/the free press (The Truth), the music business (Soul Music) and so on... See also http://www.terrypratchettbooks.com/discworld/themes.html
That's a good site!
NR: Sound On Sound magazine
Now reading Dean Koontz - Strange Highway
Bit of a change of genre for me, but I like to take a break from epic fantasy from time to time.
Still haven't read any Terry Pratchett ... maybe one day I will get around to it!
The Discworld Almanak - The year of the Prawn by Terry Pratchett and Bernard Pearson excellent work if you are into Brassicas!
Quote from: Xanxtuary on Mon, 2005-09-12, 23:00:30
Now reading Dean Koontz - Strange Highway
Bit of a change of genre for me, but I like to take a break from epic fantasy from time to time.
Still haven't read any Terry Pratchett ... maybe one day I will get around to it!
Used to love Koontz's earlier books but, to me, he's gone off the boil in the last few years :(
Much preferred him when his books had one word titles and the plot involved the main character undergoing hypno-regression - which was like, every book... ;)
I started in part 3 from Wheel of Time. I liked the second book very much.
Just started the Gormenghast trilogy, never read it before.
Quote from: Moonloop on Tue, 2005-09-13, 08:42:05
Used to love Koontz's earlier books but, to me, he's gone off the boil in the last few years :(
Much preferred him when his books had one word titles and the plot involved the main character undergoing hypno-regression - which was like, every book... ;)
Well this one seems a bit contrived. It's OK and like I said, makes a change from my usual fare. But I wouldn't have gone out to buy it specially ... a relative passed it onto me after she had finished with it. The best Koontz novel that I read was False Memory, although I recall liking The Bad Place as well.
The latest copy of Sound On Sound magazine ;D
I'm on "The Lake of Death" by Jean Rabe. A DragonLance saga book of course... 8)
David Gemmell - The Swords of Night & Day
;D
I just started with the first series of books from Robin Hobb. It took some getting used to, since it is written in the first persons form.
I'm currently reading "Monstrous Regiment" By Terry Pratchett.
I go through books so quickly you might find I'll turn into a regular in this particular thread! ;)
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Thu, 2005-09-22, 12:22:50
I just started with the first series of books from Robin Hobb. It took some getting used to, since it is written in the first persons form.
My girlfriend didn't leave part 2 at my place >:( Now I've got nothing to read :'(
Robert Westall - 'The Machine Gunners'
I'm now reading The Ghatti's Tale: Book Two. Mind Seekers Call - By Gayle Greeno.
:-[ I did say I might become a regular here.....
Just started The Earthsea Quartet by Ursula Le Guin. I think I read something by her years ago but nothing since and since I've heard good things about her, I picked this one up the other day. Four books in one, so it should keep me going for a while!
Scrolling through this forum made me just realise: I don't have music on! :o
Let's see what I can do about that...
...
Bob Dylan - I want you
Edit: Had so much beer, I can't read properly anymore... *copy-paste to 'playing topic*
Quote from: Lady_Reaper on Fri, 2005-09-23, 22:31:04
I'm currently reading "Monstrous Regiment" By Terry Pratchett.
I go through books so quickly you might find I'll turn into a regular in this particular thread! ;)
Good choice! Still haven't got/read that one, nor
Going Postal and I saw that
Thud! is out now too!
Allways good to have some Pratchett in store, as I just can't seem to get enough of it ::)
Now reading
A Hat Full Of Sky
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Thu, 2005-09-22, 12:22:50
I just started with the first series of books from Robin Hobb. It took some getting used to, since it is written in the first persons form.
Hope you enjoy them, I think the 3 trilogies are some of the best Fantasy books I've read in a long time 8)
Quote from: erik on Tue, 2005-09-27, 13:06:14
Good choice! Still haven't got/read that one, nor Going Postal and I saw that Thud! is out now too!
Allways good to have some Pratchett in store, as I just can't seem to get enough of it ::)
Now reading A Hat Full Of Sky
It's a really good book, the ending was very touching (Although I'm just a closet softy). I'm the same when it comes to Pratchett, I go through them so quickly that the libarary's running out of books I've not yet read....... That's a
good thing, right? :-\
Quote from: Lady_Reaper on Wed, 2005-09-28, 10:20:53
It's a really good book, the ending was very touching (Although I'm just a closet softy). I'm the same when it comes to Pratchett, I go through them so quickly that the libarary's running out of books I've not yet read....... That's a good thing, right? :-\
Of course it's a good thing, you can never read too many books! ;)
Would your alias be hinting at a certain Discworld novel by the way? :)
Quote from: erik on Wed, 2005-09-28, 20:59:30
Of course it's a good thing, you can never read too many books! ;)
Would your alias be hinting at a certain Discworld novel by the way? :)
Sadly no, But my signature is.
My alias is more of a joke between me and Keyboardistmatt that ended up sticking as an online nick name, Strange how that always happens.
David Zindell - The 9th Kingdom
(struggling with this one a bit)
:(
Quote from: Xanxtuary on Sun, 2005-09-25, 00:31:54
Just started The Earthsea Quartet by Ursula Le Guin. I think I read something by her years ago but nothing since and since I've heard good things about her, I picked this one up the other day. Four books in one, so it should keep me going for a while!
Let me know if you liked it and which part is your favourite as soon as you finish :) (mine is "The farthest shore")Â I absolutely love this book and U.K. leGuin is my favourite female writer. If you like this one I would further recommend perhaps "Left Hand of Darkness" or "City of Illusions". Or if you like short stories "The Fisherman of the Inland Sea" collection. Enjoy your reading!
Emilia
Finnished with Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy.
WOW :o She is really a good writer!
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Thu, 2005-10-06, 17:24:45
Finnished with Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy.
WOW :o She is really a good writer!
You need to move swiftly on to the "Liveship Traders" trilogy (or whatever it's called). Same world/time but different characters/story BUT it does tie in with the Farseer storyline towards the end of the trilogy and then the next set of 3 books (the "Fool" trilogy) finishes everything off - epic stuff indeed ;D
Quote from: Emilia on Thu, 2005-10-06, 15:19:44
U.K. leGuin is my favourite female writer. Emilia
Have you read any Robin Hobb or JV Jones..?? If so how does UK Leguin compare..?? I think those 2 are the only 2 female authors within the Fantasy genre which I've read books by and they're both top drawer so I'm curious about ULG now ;D
Cheers ;D
I'm reading a book called 'Bint'.
It's for school, and in some way I do like it.
The story's about a schooldirector who's name is Bint. He uses an iron fist to rule the school.
Another teacher who's called 'De Bree' is one of the most frustrating teachers in the world I guess. He is a tool, used by Bint to create an atmosphere wherein students are trained to become really strict personalities.
It's written in a very difficult way...
I'm on one of the last pages but I can't go on... it's too difficult... :( But I have to, 'cause it's for school...
Wish me luck. :D
At the moment i'm at book 5 in The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. I saw people have different opinions about it, but i for one love the series.
Before that i read The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (first and second chronicle) and The DaVinci code.
Books that i read whenever i get the time are The Hitchhiker's Guide and LOTR :)
The Studiospares catalogue. :-X
This thread ;D
the biography of lee evans and my previous reply to this thread ::) ;D
... the 1000 replies to almost all the treads of the forum by Higgins III.....
help me!!!! :-X ;)
i can't help it. i love this place ;D ;D ;D ;Di've gone reply mad. give me sleeping pills quick
Quote from: Higgins III on Sun, 2005-10-09, 12:52:00
i can't help it. i love this place ;D ;D ;D ;Di've gone reply mad. give me sleeping pills quick
I believe it is known as 'Spamming...' and in forum world, is generally frowned upon, and not allowed.
oh dear. what a shame. Oh well. Never mind
Bringing us all back down to earth... Exploring Corporate Stategy by Johnson and Scholes. (I may well be asleep in a minute!) :-\
Still on the David Zindell one. It's getting mildly interesting now so I'm beginning to think I may get my £7.99's worth ::)
Quote from: Moonloop on Thu, 2005-10-13, 09:12:51
Still on the David Zindell one. It's getting mildly interesting now so I'm beginning to think I may get my £7.99's worth ::)
I've upped my game, and gone back to basics...
Asterix The Gaul. ;D
Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Thu, 2005-10-13, 20:14:50
I've upped my game, and gone back to basics...
Asterix The Gaul. ;D
Asterix is cool 8)
At the moment, cartoon wise, I'm alternating between Beau Peep and Dilbert ;D
Hmmm.... Dilbert....
I'll have to buy some. :)
Not yet, though! >:(
Now I'm on The Ghattis tale, book three: Exiles' Return.
Picked up part 4 from Robert Jordan's duo-decimoligy (or whatveroligy).
My Email folder. I have enough messages to make a good size novel! :(
Junkmail or from actual friends? (Like irl, that thing outside of this forum :P)
Alot of junkmail, but also alot of 'When are you comming back to Bournemouth?' emails, too! That's where I come from y'see! :)
I've finished a while ago, but just started to read it again: Dan Brown - The DaVinci Code.
Absolutely briljant. 8)
I saw a nice docu about that book. Seems like he claims to tell facts and stuff, but when experts take a look at it, it doesn't stand ::) (Which doesn't mean I'm saying it's a bad book, can't comment on that since I haven't read it ;))
Now reading the Korg Prophecy Parameter guide.
Oh my goodness...
There is a purpose to it though, I'm not doing it for fun! ;)
Just began reading the new book of Robert Ludlum and Patrick Larking, called "The Moscow Vector".
Pretty interesting and the main character, John Smith, is having a hard time in the beginning.
Started in the Wheel of Time books again 8)
In the middle of The eagle has landed by Jack Higgins
Nochnoi Dozor, Sergei Lukianenko, very cool.
A Game Of Thrones - George RR Martin.
Nearly finished Whit by Iain Banks, which means I'll have read all of his fiction novels. Now just have to plough through the sci-fi ones I haven't read. ;D
After Sergei Lukianenko, I turned to a "new" German writer, called Christoph Marzi and bought his much praised "Lycidas" and "Lilith". I read the first, was very eager to find out the end, found it to be rather cheesy, read a quarter of the second book and decided that I'm done with this guy now. :(
Now I'm reading Anne Bishop's "Black Jewels" trilogy, second book at the moment. Like it a lot. :)
Since I had to wait for 2 months for the next Wheel of Time book, I started reading Hobb's Farseer trilogy. After that I can start with the Liveship Traders, and I'm planning to order The Tawny Man Trilogy very soon 8)
I was reading for school (again) and now I was reading: "Want dit is mijn lichaam" by Renate Dorrestein...
Ok, that wasn't as boring as I thought at first, but it's not one of my favourites...
I hate it to read books for school, but it's part of the literature education...
Now reading Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) by George Orwell.
Interesting to say the least.
I like the idea of a doom-future, that's why I love Arena.
Yeah, this book is so inspirational.
Big Brother is watching you ;)
Currently reading Tom Clancy's Powerplays: Politica
I had this waiting in my bookcase for a couple of months now and finally start reading it. It's nice so far. Though the book is a bit tiny.
Quote from: maddox on Fri, 2007-01-26, 23:22:31Currently reading Tom Clancy's Powerplays: Politica
I had this waiting in my bookcase for a couple of months now and finally start reading it. It's nice so far. Though the book is a bit tiny.
I've read a good first bit of that book a couple of years ago.
Is that the one in which Boris Yeltsin has drunk himself to death?
But I didn't like it too much. The book is not for christian kids of the age of 14... ::)
EDIT: By the way, I'm now reading Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
...in English...
It's an absurd story, but I like it... 8)
Through The Looking Glass will follow quickly.
I'm readingTolkiens Silmarillion (:p) for the umpteenth time!
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Tue, 2007-05-29, 20:54:51
I'm readingTolkiens Silmarillion (:p) for the umpteenth time!
Found that one extremely hard to read and rather ...boring... after The Hobbit and LOTR, actually. Like dude goes there, does that, then goes to war with the other dude, and so on. Not a good read, really...
I never read the rest of Tolkien but to me LOTR was amazing. Already read some 800 till 1100 pages in the past (Tom Clancy for instance) but LOTR was pretty rough.
But nevertheless one of the best books i've ever read. *horns*
I'm done with Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (by Lewis Carroll) and Through The Looking Glass will have to wait, because...
I bought the entire Lord Of The Rings trilogy!
In Dutch though... "In de ban van de ring".
The Fellowship, The Two Towers and The Return Of The King all packed in one thick book (1401 pages), and it costed me just 15 euros! ;D
Quote from: PH on Sat, 2007-06-23, 20:19:10
I'm done with Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (by Lewis Carroll) and Through The Looking Glass will have to wait, because...
I bought the entire Lord Of The Rings trilogy!
In Dutch though... "In de ban van de ring".
The Fellowship, The Two Towers and The Return Of The King all packed in one thick book (1401 pages), and it costed me just 15 euros! ;D
That's a bargain. ;)
Well done.
Please tell us what you though of it in ehm lets say, one week? :D
Quote from: maddoxQuote from: PH on Sat, 2007-06-23, 20:19:10
I'm done with Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (by Lewis Carroll) and Through The Looking Glass will have to wait, because...
I bought the entire Lord Of The Rings trilogy!
In Dutch though... "In de ban van de ring".
The Fellowship, The Two Towers and The Return Of The King all packed in one thick book (1401 pages), and it costed me just 15 euros! ;D
That's a bargain. ;)
Well done.
Please tell us what you though of it in ehm lets say, one week? :D
And? Have you finished it yet? ;)
I just begun reading the new novel of Michael Crighton called Next. 8)
Quote from: maddox on Thu, 2007-07-12, 21:48:53
That's a bargain. ;)
Well done.
Please tell us what you though of it in ehm lets say, one week? :D
And? Have you finished it yet? ;)
No I think I'm at 1/6 of the book. (The trilogy that is.)
That's the 10th chapter of part 1: The Fellowship.
I really like it! I really do. It grabs you and makes you shift into the world that is Middle-Earth.
I think Tolkien not only wrote a book, but he sort of wrote a self formed history.
Really clever dude the Tolkien-guy.
Quote from: PH on Thu, 2007-07-12, 22:33:37
No I think I'm at 1/6 of the book. (The trilogy that is.)
That's the 10th chapter of part 1: The Fellowship.
I really like it! I really do. It grabs you and makes you shift into the world that is Middle-Earth.
I think Tolkien not only wrote a book, but he sort of wrote a self formed history.
Really clever dude the Tolkien-guy.
Well it grabbed me too but only after about 100 pages. Personally i think the beginning is dull although it's quite essential to read the 'background' info in the beginning.
It took me a while to end it though. Not enough time i guess. :-\
But you're right about one thing. It's amazing.
Quote from: maddox on Thu, 2007-07-12, 22:43:25Well it grabbed me too but only after about 100 pages. Personally i think the beginning is dull although it's quite essential to read the 'background' info in the beginning.
You mean the prelude and things like "About Hobbits", "About the pipe-weed" etc etc?
Yeah, that's pretty dull indeed. When I started on it I thought "is this it?"
Quote from: PH on Thu, 2007-07-12, 22:59:45
You mean the prelude and things like "About Hobbits", "About the pipe-weed" etc etc?
Yeah, that's pretty dull indeed. When I started on it I thought "is this it?"
My thoughts exactly. Even the first beginning of the actual book was a bit dullish but after thati began to like it more and more.
I mostly read it before i went to sleep so that explains why it took me so long to finish it but there were occasions my wife woke and said 'It's almost two a.m. Are you ready to sleep now?'. :-[ ;D
Currently reading:....A New Voice. ;D
*horns* *horns* *horns*
By whom, Maddox?
Tried to Amazon it, but couldn't find anything that made sense.
Nicky.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Sun, 2007-07-29, 20:08:09
By whom, Maddox?
Tried to Amazon it, but couldn't find anything that made sense.
Nicky.
The new edition from Dream Theater's VoicesUK fanclub. ;)
With that i also got the Romavarium DVD as mentioned in the Now Playing Thread. ;D
It holds the entire Octavarium album but then recorded in Rome during the Octavarium tour.
Needles to say it rocks! *horns*
Quote from: maddox on Sun, 2007-07-29, 20:26:08
With that i also got the Romavarium DVD as mentioned in the Now Playing Thread. ;D
It holds the entire Octavarium album but then recorded in Rome during the Octavarium tour.
Needles to say it rocks! *horns*
I'm also on needles to get it ;D
> The new edition from Dream Theater's VoicesUK fanclub. ;)
Aha, so you're a member. I checked it out, but as they ask you to pay first, I've let it hang for a while. Can you recom becoming a member? Any tips?
Nicky.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Sun, 2007-07-29, 20:33:13
> The new edition from Dream Theater's VoicesUK fanclub. ;)
Aha, so you're a member. I checked it out, but as they ask you to pay first, I've let it hang for a while. Can you recom becoming a member? Any tips?
Nicky.
I can. ;)
Besides that you can access the forum, which is strictly off limits for non-fanclub-members, 4 times a year you get a full colour magazine in which you find prox. 32 pages of info, news items, interviews etc etc about probably the best band in the world, Dream Theater [/D'uh- ::)-mode off] ;D and also once a year you get a fan club CD or in this case DVD, which doesn't happen often i might add.
With my subscription i also got a Car-sticker, a membership card and a T-shirt but from what i understand that's history. The T-shirt that is. ;)
The previous edition was even bigger than 32 pages. It was a rather thick book of 64 pages (!).
There are a few other fanclubs in the world of DT but the real official one was Theatre Of Dreams, located in the Netherlands but due to limited time and busy life's, the staff of TOD decided to quit 2 years ago. So now VoicesUK is one of the biggest fan clubs of DT.
Was it helpful? ;)
Tomorrow I go on vacation to Germany!
And it's the only time that I don't regularly go on the internet and waste my time here, so that way I've got plenty of time to read.
So I went to the library today and took 4 books home again.
Three books by Terry Pratchett:
- The Colour Of Magic
- The Light Fantastic
- The Truth
And Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Devide And Conquer.
And of course I'm not finished with The Lord Of The Rings trilogy!
Or actually The Lord Of The Rings trilogy isn't finished with me yet...
Quote from: PH on Fri, 2007-08-03, 21:18:54
And Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Devide And Conquer.
As a Clancy fan who read all of his books including the Op-Center series i can only say this: 8)
Have fun on your vacation, PH. ;)
Send us a postcard. :D
Quote from: maddox on Sun, 2007-07-29, 21:29:23
... about probably the best band in the world, Dream Theater [/D'uh- ::)-mode off] ;D
You know, that's a tricky one, Maddox. Half a year ago, when Six Degrees got better and better with every run, I felt I was getting illoyal, you know what I mean; but recently I had an Arena rampage, and now I can say with full conviction: Arena and DT are my two absolute favorite (active) rock groups! They're both unbelievably good!
> Was it helpful? ;)
Yeah, thanks a lot, Maddox. Once I get through this present maze to a job (ho hum), I'll get me a credit card again (right now I'm as prol as PH), and join VoicesUK. Looking real forward to it.
How's the little one getting along?
Nicky.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Sat, 2007-08-04, 11:19:06
How's the little one getting along?
Nicky.
Very good actually. She's in her usual self 3-year-old-mode. Pretty self-willed and suddenly not able to listen. ::) ;D
You know, like all the three year old girls on the world. ;)
She says that it doesn't hurt any more and by a miracle she even begun eating again. That was a bit of a problem lately.
Thanks. ;)
Changeling - The Autobiography of Mike Oldfield
Quote from: maddox on Sat, 2007-08-04, 09:49:18As a Clancy fan who read all of his books including the Op-Center series i can only say this: 8)
Have fun on your vacation, PH. ;)
Send us a postcard. :D
In the end I didn't read it. I only read
The Colour Of Magic,
The Light Fantastic and little bits of
The Lord Of The Rings (all in Dutch by the way...). So I didn't get to Tom Clancy or
The Truth...
Now I've started in
Equal Rites (part three of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels) but at the moment I'm too busy with school to get further with it.
Quote from: PH on Tue, 2007-09-18, 13:07:35
... but at the moment I'm too busy with school....
Chatting and trippin to Hidria Spacefolk on your mp3, Paco ;D
Well, lady tells me I'm like that too :)
NR Still Monte-Cristo. Only got 10 pages into it, but looked up a lot of French vocabulary 8)
Nicky.
Currently i'm reading two new episodes/books of the 24 series. Based on the T.V. series 24. I just began reading 'Area 51' about a stolen stealth-proto type from Airforce base Groom Lake, Nevada.
The books have nothing to do with the latest season six. It is situated before season one.
Comparisons are Tom Clancy's OP-centre.
NR Genesis: Chapter & Verse *horns*
Got it yesterday from the bookstore where I ordered it; a very good read so far (the Charterhouse years), this heavy volume is going to provide for many enjoyable reading hours! :P
NR Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Yes, I know I'm so not up-to-date with this one, but I had other stuff to read first!
Sergej Lukianenko - Последний Дозор (= The Last Watch)
Quote from: Peter on Mon, 2007-10-22, 17:55:42
Sergej Lukianenko - Последний Дозор (= The Last Watch)
It must be difficult to find an alt-code for that. :P
Quote from: Peter on Mon, 2007-10-22, 17:55:42
Sergej Lukianenko - Последний Дозор (= The Last Watch)
Erm... that's the guy who wrote all these "Night Watch/Day Watch/..." books, right?
I was reading Terry Pratchett's Equal Rites but I stopped reading, 'cos I had to bring it back to the library. The first two books of the Discworld saga are far more interesting in my opinion. So I don't know wether or not I will read it again.
Still trying to find time and interest to pick up and read The Lord Of The Rings where I left.
And I also started to read a book about church history. That's very interesting. The chapters that I read so far were about the war between Romans and Jews and the destroying of Jerusalem and the temple.
-Paco
Quote from: Nicky007 on Sat, 2007-08-04, 11:19:06
> Was it helpful? ;)
Yeah, thanks a lot, Maddox. Once I get through this present maze to a job (ho hum), I'll get me a credit card again (right now I'm as prol as PH), and join VoicesUK. Looking real forward to it.
Nicky.
Nicky,
If you want to work on your French, the French DT fanclub has an open and fare-free forum http://forum.yourmajesty.net/ (http://forum.yourmajesty.net/) ;) There are a lot of informations to be found on their website too. And no, I am not a member but I pay a visit from time to time
Found a book on the shelf that has been lying there for over three years. :o
Patrick Robinson - Barracuda 945
In English so that should improve the quality of my Englishj. ;D
Quote from: maddox on Tue, 2007-10-23, 19:12:10
Patrick Robinson - Barracuda 945
In English so that should improve the quality of my Englishj. ;D
Lookin forward to that, Maddox. If my French gets better than your English, then you have something to be ashamed of ;D
What's PR's book about? Never heard of the guy.
Nicky.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Tue, 2007-10-23, 20:55:24
Lookin forward to that, Maddox. If my French gets better than your English, then you have something to be ashamed of ;D
What's PR's book about? Never heard of the guy.
Nicky.
It's a techno-thriller about a SAS officer who after a fight disappears and resurface again after about one year in a very bad mood. With some terrorists he takes capture of a Submarine and attacks several targets in the Atlantic ocean, mainly English targets and the east coast of USA.
The military command of both England and America works together to stop him.
Good book actually. 8)
Btw: Patrick Robinson is from the United Kingdom. ;)
Trail magazine to get me in the mood for 3 days in the lake district in May to celerate my 10 year wedding anniversary
The user manual for my new toy... the E-mu Proteus 2000!
It sounds sooo good!! :)
F1 Racing magazine *horns*
Robert Ludlum's The Arctic Event.
Quote from: gelert on Sun, 2008-04-20, 19:41:37
F1 Racing magazine *horns*
Ahhhh, another F1-fan? :)
Cheers, Tom
Quote from: The Butterfly Man on Sun, 2008-04-20, 20:04:30
Ahhhh, another F1-fan? :)
Cheers, Tom
'Fraid so...Mac...
Also BTCC, GP2, Porsche Supercup, DTM, and at a pinch A1GP.
Fair play to ITV for giving me full coverage of the BTCC weekends! Go, Matt Jackson....!
Quote from: gelert on Sun, 2008-04-20, 20:10:25
'Fraid so...Mac...
Great man! Same here. Been a McLaren fan since '96.
Have you been to any GP-weekends yourself?
Tom
I've been re-reading the R.E. Feist series 8) atm I'm at Rage of a Demon King from the The Serpentwar Saga, my favourite serie :)
The Player's Handbook, d20 v3.5
Quote from: The Butterfly Man on Sun, 2008-04-20, 20:17:35
Great man! Same here. Been a McLaren fan since '96.
Have you been to any GP-weekends yourself?
Tom
See here (http://shattered-room.net/index.php?topic=1252.0) ;)
Re-reading Robin Hobb - Fool's Fate
I'm not hugely into fantasy (I've got a note from my mother to say I'm excused dragons) but I make an exception for Ms Hobb. I love her stuff.
Tried to buy Alastair Reynold's new Sci-Fi tale yesterday, but couldn't find it in any shops around here. I guess that'll be another online purchase, then! :)
David Gemmell - Troy 1: Lord of the Silver Bow.
Not read any of his stuff before (didn't think it would be quite my thing) but bought one as I was struggling to use up a gift voucher. I'm about half way through and hooked - I can feel one of my 'buy and read everything by an author without regard to eating or sleeping' moods coming on ;)
Lately I've been reading pretty much.
No fiction though, or stories for that matter.
I just finished A Skeptics Quest by Josh McDowell. (But I read it in Dutch, and then the title was Jezus, feit of fictie.)
It's about his quest to dig for arguments to prove christianity wrong.
But in the process he finds that the arguments to prove christianity right, are much stronger.
This book is filled with these arguments, objections and explanations.
Very interesting read!
-Paco
Quote from: PH on Fri, 2008-05-16, 12:20:29
I just finished A Skeptics Quest by Josh McDowell.
I just looked him up on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_McDowell . Interesting guy. I'l keep him in mind. Thanks, Paco.
Nicky.
Alastair Reynolds - House of Suns. His latest Sci-Fi novel, which I've been looking forward to and am certainly enjoying. 8) But I can't find the time to sit down and read as much as I would like at the moment. :(
Just finished Wolf of the plains by Conn Iggulden
The Brentforn Chainsaw Massacre (5th book in the Brentford triangle trilogy) by Robert Rankin
Quote from: Iggy on Thu, 2008-06-26, 14:52:46
The Brentforn Chainsaw Massacre (5th book in the Brentford triangle trilogy) by Robert Rankin
Here's hopin that you dont let yourself get inspired by it, Iggy ;D
NR The lyrics of Return To Evermore
Tellya, I'm strainin my intellect to the utmost to find the underlying motifs in this album ..... but it's worth it, guys :)
Nicky.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Thu, 2008-06-26, 17:01:52
Here's hopin that you dont let yourself get inspired by it, Iggy ;D
NRT The lyrics of Return To Evermore
Tellya, I'm strainin my intellect to the utmost to find the underlying motifs in this album ..... but it's worth it, guys :)
Nicky.
It is a 'funny' book not in the style of terry pratchet but along similar lines.
I used to work in the brentford triangle which adds a little spice to the book.
Things the Grandchildren Should Know by Mark Oliver Everett.
A great, bittersweet read. Thoroughly recommended to anyone interested in Eels, or the man behind the band.
The user's manual of my new DVD hard disk recorder. ;D
Quote from: maddox on Thu, 2008-06-26, 20:39:59
The user's manual of my new DVD hard disk recorder. ;D
Ha!
Real men don't read manuals! ;) ;) ;) ;)
Quote from: Steve Jones on Thu, 2008-06-26, 20:41:53
Ha! Real men don't read manuals! ;) ;) ;) ;)
Wrong.
Real men don't have to read French, German (although i can actually understand that), Spanish and Italian manuals.
Somebody forgot to deliver this harddisk recorder with a normal manual in English or in Dutch. ::)
By curious coincidence, I'm reading the manual for a TV that's just been delivered - birthday present for She Who Must Be Obeyed. I'll have to dig out the HDD/DVD recorder manual as well, just to make sure everything is up and running by the time she comes home from work tonight.
Emasculated by technology... :-[ ;)
Quote from: Steve Jones on Fri, 2008-06-27, 10:44:29
By curious coincidence, I'm reading the manual for a TV that's just been delivered - birthday present for She Who Must Be Obeyed. I'll have to dig out the HDD/DVD recorder manual as well, just to make sure everything is up and running by the time she comes home from work tonight.
Emasculated by technology... :-[ ;)
Is it an HD telly?
Quote from: Iggy on Fri, 2008-06-27, 11:41:59
Is it an HD telly?
Yes, I thought they all were these days?
To be more specific, it's a Dream Theater Concert DVD Display Unit (DTCDVDDU) ;D
At least until Mrs Emmerdale Display Unit gets back :(
Quote from: Steve Jones on Fri, 2008-06-27, 10:44:29
She Who Must Be Obeyed
Slightly off-topic but I'm always cracking up when you're talking about 'her' :D...
To stay on-topic however, I'm now reading
Karin Slaughter - Skin PrivilegeTom
Quote from: Steve Jones on Fri, 2008-06-27, 10:44:29
By curious coincidence, I'm reading the manual for a TV that's just been delivered - birthday present for She Who Must Be Obeyed. I'll have to dig out the HDD/DVD recorder manual as well, just to make sure everything is up and running by the time she comes home from work tonight.
You're making it very hard for me not to say anything. ;D
Quote from: Steve Jones on Fri, 2008-06-27, 11:53:54
Yes, I thought they all were these days?
To be more specific, it's a Dream Theater Concert DVD Display Unit (DTCDVDDU) ;D
At least until Mrs Emmerdale Display Unit gets back :(
Yep I had to shell out for my own HD telly after SHE took over the one downstairs.
Now I need to get an 'upresing' DVD player
Quote from: Iggy on Wed, 2008-07-02, 22:14:05
Yep I had to shell out for my own HD telly after SHE took over the one downstairs.
Now I need to get an 'upresing' DVD player
I still do most of my music DVD watching on an old Sony 29 inch glass jobbie of the non-widescreen, non-HD variety. This is partly due, of course, to SWMBO being designated Guardian of the Remote and Slayer of Infidels when it comes to the main telly in the living room, but also due to most music footage being in 4:3 aspect ratio which suits the older set rather than the new one.
Now reading: Philip Pullman's 'The Subtle Knife' after being hugely impressed by 'Northern Lights' 8)
Quote from: Steve Jones on Thu, 2008-07-03, 11:30:57
I still do most of my music DVD watching on an old Sony 29 inch glass jobbie of the non-widescreen, non-HD variety. This is partly due, of course, to SWMBO being designated Guardian of the Remote and Slayer of Infidels when it comes to the main telly in the living room, but also due to most music footage being in 4:3 aspect ratio which suits the older set rather than the new one.
Now reading: Philip Pullman's 'The Subtle Knife' after being hugely impressed by 'Northern Lights' 8)
I found them quite hard going might have to give it another try.
I watched the movie recently and quite enjoyed it.
Happily now though most Music DVD's are 16:9
Quote from: Iggy on Thu, 2008-07-03, 14:27:00
I found them quite hard going might have to give it another try.
Crikey! Don't do that purely on my account, we're probably both titilated by different titles. ;)
Quote from: Iggy on Thu, 2008-07-03, 14:27:00
I watched the movie recently and quite enjoyed it.
Not seen it yet, with movies these days I tend to wait until the DVD drops below a fiver. :-[
Quote from: Iggy on Thu, 2008-07-03, 14:27:00
Happily now though most Music DVD's are 16:9
That's certainly some consolation. Unfortunately, whereas most movies were filmed in widescreen(ish) even when I was a nipper, the vast majority of archive music material is 4:3 so I'm always going to be whinging about it to some extent. You have been warned! ;) ;)
I'd like to stress that I'm not the kind of luddite who is always going to cling to some ancient black & white telly that's still got the 'old money' price tag on ;D but I
am hoping my legacy glass behemoth doesn't blow up any time soon! ;D ;D
Quote from: Steve Jones on Thu, 2008-07-03, 15:00:14
Crikey! Don't do that purely on my account, we're probably both titilated by different titles. ;)
Not seen it yet, with movies these days I tend to wait until the DVD drops below a fiver. :-[
That's certainly some consolation. Unfortunately, whereas most movies were filmed in widescreen(ish) even when I was a nipper, the vast majority of archive music material is 4:3 so I'm always going to be whinging about it to some extent. You have been warned! ;) ;)
I'd like to stress that I'm not the kind of luddite who is always going to cling to some ancient black & white telly that's still got the 'old money' price tag on ;D but I am hoping my legacy glass behemoth doesn't blow up any time soon! ;D ;D
CRT's where built to last unlike LCD's
And until recently had a better picture
Just finished Want to play by P.J. Tracy.
A cracking crime book.
"Don't stop me now" by Jeremy Clarkson
Ah, a Queen fan :o
He probably is. Most of the 70's prog got to him and stuck, I believe.
Quote from: Deenfan on Wed, 2008-07-09, 11:41:25
He probably is. Most of the 70's prog got to him and stuck, I believe.
Ah, that'll explain some of his guests on Top Gear :)
Philip Pullman - The Amber Spyglass. Third book in the trilogy, I'm loving every minute so far. 8)
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Wed, 2008-07-09, 07:14:56
Ah, a Queen fan :o
Or maybe a Toto/Miles Davis fan 8)
Maybe? I know for sure he's into music where you can tell there's real talent behind it.
Now reading "A Woman Of Substance" by Barbara Taylor Bradford.
The book was given to me by a friend as 'holiday reading' (although I don't have holidays...) and to be honest, I already regret that I even started on it. My friend said that it was a book she couldn't put down once she started reading and that it was one of the best stories ever - but so far it didn't grip me at all. Too much sob stuff for my taste... but since I never put away any book once I started and moreover it's in English, I'll consider it as a good excercise for my English (obviously I have disturbingly huge gaps!).
I'm reading 'Hadassah' by Tommy Tenney.
It's a novelization of the book of Esther.
A friend of mine said to me that I should read it. It's a nice read, but somehow I always have problems with novelizations of Bible books. They make me look at the Bible in a different way. Which in itself is not really a problem, but this novel is much different from the 'original'. For instance in this novel Esther regrets that she's Jewish, and she often says that she doesn't really believe in God. I don't recognise it from the Bible... And there are more of such things.
So for me, I rather read a book that's totally fictional, or something that totally isn't, but this book just messes things up.
-Paco
Just finished Country of the Blind by Christopher Brookmyre.
Novel starring an investigative journalist based in bonnie Scotland pretty sure the author isn't a Tory ;D
A good read none the less as long as you aren't looking for anything too serious.
Now reading: the manual of my new digicam. ;D
A female, there...
The reviews of the old Helloween albums by a certain Deen fan. ;D
That! :D :D
Incredibly, I've had to actually do something today, and it's horrible. I'll try to deliver the goods tomorrow. Pray for the good health of the northerners.
I can tell from a distance...
I know - men don't read manuals, they just break the thing and then blame the manufacturer for poor quality! ;D
Quote from: bluepony on Fri, 2008-07-25, 12:34:12
I know - men don't read manuals, they just break the thing and then blame the manufacturer for poor quality! ;D
And your point is?
;D
Quote from: bluepony on Fri, 2008-07-25, 12:34:12
I know - men don't read manuals, they just break the thing and then blame the manufacturer for poor quality! ;D
If a device doesn't work the way I think it will work, it's badly made, and that's that.
David Gemmell - Waylander
Jeremy Clarkson - Clarkson... on cars
Quote from: Deenfan on Sat, 2008-09-06, 12:54:47
Jeremy Clarkson - Clarkson... on cars
Top Gear = 8)
Absolutely! :)
Hugh Laurie - The Gun Seller
The very best of British humour - I'm laughing my ass off!
I will buy that from Amazon right now!!
Thank you for the tip, blueponylady! :)
Quote from: bluepony on Mon, 2008-09-29, 12:59:27
Hugh Laurie - The Gun Seller
The very best of British humour - I'm laughing my ass off!
Absolutely cracking book, highly recommended. There was one bit that had me giggling on and off for literally days - can't remember what it was, as I read the thing years ago, but I do remember having a bl**dy good laugh! ;D
Quote from: Steve Jones on Mon, 2008-09-29, 18:46:34
Absolutely cracking book, highly recommended. There was one bit that had me giggling on and off for literally days - can't remember what it was, as I read the thing years ago, but I do remember having a bl**dy good laugh! ;D
I couldn't stop laughing when I read that bit where he's in the hospital and the two guys visit him (Solomon and his boss) and he says "We both scanned the floor at knee-level to see where that puking dog came from, but then we recognized that it was just Solomon clearing his throat" (or so - I've read it in German and translated it from my mind).
LALALALALAALAALAALAALAALAALAALAA!!!!!!!!!!
*pressing my hands to my ears*
I got it in the mail the other day. I haven't read it yet!
Quote from: Deenfan on Mon, 2008-10-06, 15:15:09
LALALALALAALAALAALAALAALAALAALAA!!!!!!!!!!
*pressing my hands to my ears*
I got it in the mail the other day. I haven't read it yet!
The butler did it. ;)
Quote from: PH on Mon, 2008-10-06, 19:10:28
With whom?
Robin ;)
Proof:
:D
I'm not sure we're talking about the same book, though...
You bloody well shouldn't! >:(
:D :D
I'm in the middle of a H.P.Lovecraft book that I need to get through first. "At the mountains of madness" (and other stories of horrrrrrrrror)
Terry Pratchett - Nation.
Richard Hammond - On the edge. My story
Just finished: Hugh Laurie - The Gun Seller ( in German )
Just started: Anne Bishop - The Invisible Ring
Stephenie Meyer - Twilight (in English)
Yes, I know it's actually a kids book - but it's got all the right stuff (vampires and so on...). And I wanted to know what it's about before the movie is out!
Apropos Dave Gilmour:
NR "Inside Out. A Personal History Of .... ....."
by N... M....
Very enjoyable :) 8) ;D *horns*
Nicky.
What do you want us to think Nicky?
It was a funny coincidence, and a recom for Floyd fans, dressed up as a guessing game. Nothin more, Paxi :) ;)
Now I'm goin to bed, and I'l read a bit more of it.
Nicky.
Rebecca Gablé - A Summary of the History of the English Middle Ages
Very entertaining! ;D
You can read about how English middle aged women stich/ed the family's socks, knit/ted sweaters, cook/ed the pigs' heads ... ;D
... actually also adored their husbands, which they seem to have forgotten meantime :D
Nicky.
I think I will read (once more) Jurassic Park.
RIP Michael Crichton. :'(
He's DEAD?!? >:(
:'( I've read most of his books. Wonderful writer.
Quote from: Deenfan on Sun, 2008-11-16, 17:07:10
He's DEAD?!? >:(
:'( I've read most of his books. Wonderful writer.
Yep, last week or so. Heard it on the news.
He also produced one of my favourite television series, ER, and i've read many of his books including Jurassic Park.
Indeed: Wonderful writer.
Godspeed, Michael. :-\
Quote from: Nicky007 on Fri, 2008-11-14, 17:40:18
You can read about how English middle aged women stich/ed the family's socks, knit/ted sweaters, cook/ed the pigs' heads ... ;D
... actually also adored their husbands, which they seem to have forgotten meantime :D
Nicky.
Nope - you read about (mainly) the English kings, such as "Aethelread the Unready" (which is a lot more funny when translated into German I think) and his ancestors/successors. Unfortunately, it ends just before Henry VIII. entered the stage of history. >:(
Peter F. Hamilton - The Reality Dysfunction.
Not read anything by this author before, but I bought a good selection of books by my 'unread' authors just before Christmas and I'm glad I did. This one started a little slowly for me, but I'm now at page 490 of around 1200 and thoroughly gripped 8)
I'm now reading something entirely different.
Raymond Benson - Metal Gear Solid
;D
It's a novelization of the video game of the same name.
For anyone who didn't know: I am/was a fan of the game(s).
I want to say I am a big fan, but then again I haven't played the latest two games... :-\
And at the moment I'm reading:
Meaningful Learning With Technology by David Jonassen, Jane Howland, Rose M. Marra and David Crismond.
And mannnnn..... is it exciting...
-Paco
We roomies must be Edenists, since we have that affinity gene ;D
Nicky.
All the Harry Potter books in order
Quote from: Nicky007 on Tue, 2009-01-06, 22:35:39
We roomies must be Edenists, since we have that affinity gene ;D
Some days I feel more like an Ivet ;)
Quote from: Steve Jones on Tue, 2009-01-06, 21:40:01
Peter F. Hamilton - The Reality Dysfunction.
Not read anything by this author before, but I bought a good selection of books by my 'unread' authors just before Christmas and I'm glad I did. This one started a little slowly for me, but I'm now at page 490 of around 1200 and thoroughly gripped 8)
I have been tempted so many times but somehow never got around to reading it.
I am reading the Prelude to Dune House Corrino at the moment
Quote from: Iggy on Wed, 2009-01-07, 20:58:41
I have been tempted so many times but somehow never got around to reading it.
I am reading the Prelude to Dune House Corrino at the moment
Ah yes, I read that book as well. No wait, that was House Atreides.
Interesting read.
-Paco
Quote from: PH on Wed, 2009-01-07, 21:04:30
Ah yes, I read that book as well. No wait, that was House Atreides.
Interesting read.
-Paco
i found it an easier read than Dune itself which I have to admit I started 3 times before I finished it.
Paco if you have read House Atreides and enjoyed it you may as well finish that trilogy since it is really one long book.
Yeah, we will see about that.
I don't read books, but I'm reading a weekly magazine 'Sportweek'.
Quote from: Teunis on Wed, 2009-01-07, 21:51:38
I don't read books, but I'm reading a weekly magazine 'Sportweek'.
Yeah, Sportweek rules! *horns*
Tom
Hmm, i read Aardschok, X-men, Spiderman (yep, no kidding ;D), currently Michael Chrighton's Next, and the Metro but other than that.... :-\
Joe Abercrombie - First Law Trilogy
excellent Fantasy writing, very lively and easy to connect to... recommended ;)
Quote from: Peter on Fri, 2009-01-16, 22:24:18
Joe Abercrombie - First Law Trilogy
excellent Fantasy writing, very lively and easy to connect to... recommended ;)
I totally agree a very enjoyable series. 8)
Currently re-reading Robin Hobb's excellent 'Farseer' trilogy - I'm on the third and final volume.
I've also just bought her 'Liveships' trilogy, again for re-reading. First time around a friend lent me them and got me hooked! 8)
Quote from: Steve Jones on Fri, 2009-01-30, 20:48:41
Currently re-reading Robin Hobb's excellent 'Farseer' trilogy - I'm on the third and final volume.
I've also just bought her 'Liveships' trilogy, again for re-reading. First time around a friend lent me them and got me hooked! 8)
Another three series that I have enjoyed.
Anyone read the Vlad series by Steven Brust?
I enjoyed them as well.
I'm done reading Metal Gear Solid. It was nice. 8) Made me want to play the game again!
Now I started reading Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, and man, it's very well written.
It's supposed to make you feel very depressed I think. And it succeeds.
I have read a fair bit of it already a few years ago, but couldn't bring myself to continue. So now I started all over, and I begin to understand more of it.
-Paco
Quote from: funkster on Wed, 2009-01-07, 07:36:13
All the Harry Potter books in order
Good choice! I will start on those again (to make sure I'll be done when the next film is in cinemas) - as soon as I've finished the vampires.
Oh, I feel so old now :-X ;D
Nicky.
The EMU Proteus 2000 Owners Manual. ::)
Page 44: MIDI parameters.
The new iO Pages landed on my doormat, so I'm going to read it right away!
There's an 8 pages long(!!!!) John Mitchell interview!! :o :o
-Paco
Looks like it's a good magazine, Paxi, much better than anything that's published in Denmark.
I just checked their homepage with a list of articles and concert reviews in the latest issue: http://www.iopages.nl
I'd particularly be interested in reading about the recent Queen concerts.
Nicky.
I've just (read: yesterday evening) begun reading the somewhat short novel Executive Orders by Tom Clancy.
If i'm not mistaken: 1100 pages. ;D
I finished Nineteen Eighty-Four yesterday.
It was a very interesting read.
Did anyone here read it?
-Paco
Yup, Paxi, I read it with great interest in my youth (the 70's). It was a much discussed book then.
The expression "Big brother is watching you" is from that book.
It doesnt seem dated to you ?
Nicky.
Yeah of course it was a bit dated, but it's still a contemporary theme.
It makes you think about what is freedom.
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows."
And how language can have an impact on how you think. It's very clever.
-Paco
Now reading 'The Shattered Room' forum. ;D
*ola* *ola*
Quote from: Nicky007 on Mon, 2009-02-09, 10:38:40
It doesnt seem dated to you ?
Of course it does, it's got 1984 all over it. ;D
Sorry, couldn't resist.
I find it more a figment than dated, John :P
Nicky.
The latest issue of Marillion's 'The Web UK' magazine.
Quote from: Steve Jones on Wed, 2009-03-18, 10:11:44
The latest issue of Marillion's 'The Web UK' magazine.
No you're not.
How can you read the Marillion magazine and post on a forum at the same time.
Impossible!
Don't deny it!!
;D
Quote from: PH on Wed, 2009-03-18, 12:09:20
How can you read the Marillion magazine and post on a forum at the same time.
Impossible!
Ah yes, sorry! I was being a little slow off the mark there :-[
The Shattered Room ;D
Quote from: PH on Wed, 2009-03-18, 21:45:19
???
You're reading the lyrics?
No... ::)
This forum... 8) ;D
It has already been discussed about reading more than one thing at a time... ;)
:-[
Ah of course. Now you got me! ;D
Touché
Aliped lyrics
I just finished Isaac Asimov, I Robot.
Very interesting book.
Quote from: Draco chimera on Thu, 2009-03-26, 15:57:45
I just finished Isaac Asimov, I Robot.
Very interesting book.
I enjoyed most of the Asimov books although many of them seem somewhat dated now.
Quote from: Draco chimera on Thu, 2009-03-26, 15:57:45
I just finished Isaac Asimov, I Robot.
Very interesting book.
Asimov wrote a huge number of books, and most of them were good, although for some reason none of them really stayed with me. On the upside, that means I can read and enjoy them again. ;D
I read several of Asimov's books in my youth, and I remember enjoying them, but Arthur C. Clarke and Ray Bradbury gripped me more.
The best scifi book I'v read is "2001: Space Odyssey". The movie is fabulous too, probably my alltime fave.
Currently Ms 007 and I are reading a scifi book (aloud, in Swedish) by a Swedish astronomer, Peter Nilson, "Projekt Nyaga". It's intriguing and really stretches your imagination 8)
Sadly he's known to only few, mainly Swedes, and to my knowledge, his books have not been translated :(
But with time I'm sure that his books will be cherished by more and more people :)
Nicky.
I have just purchased Classic Rock does Prog and will probably read it later
Quote from: Iggy on Sun, 2009-03-29, 10:46:41
I have just purchased Classic Rock does Prog and will probably read it later
Streuth, you're obviously not feeling the credit crunch! Personally I decided 8 quid for a magazine was a bit greedy.
Quote from: Steve Jones on Sun, 2009-03-29, 11:01:45
Streuth, you're obviously not feeling the credit crunch! Personally I decided 8 quid for a magazine was a bit greedy.
Yep I agree it is a bit greedy and I have to say I wasn't really paying attention when I bought it and hadn't checked the price out. ::)
Quote from: Iggy on Sun, 2009-03-29, 11:36:28
I wasn't really paying attention when I bought it and hadn't checked the price out. ::)
Fortunately I'd seen plenty of adverse comment on the Marillion forum, so wasn't caught out. Each to their own, of course, but to me that's 8 quid better spent on CDs *horns*
Quote from: Steve Jones on Sun, 2009-03-29, 11:54:05
Fortunately I'd seen plenty of adverse comment on the Marillion forum, so wasn't caught out. Each to their own, of course, but to me that's 8 quid better spent on CDs *horns*
It probably didn't help that I had been drinking all afternoon in the Pillars of Hercules. :P
Quote from: Iggy on Sun, 2009-03-29, 13:18:50
It probably didn't help that I had been drinking all afternoon in the Pillars of Hercules. :P
Good thinking. 8 quid better spent on B-E-E-R ;)
Quote from: Steve Jones on Sun, 2009-03-29, 13:35:31
Good thinking. 8 quid better spent on B-E-E-R ;)
It's all relative £6 for 2 Broadsides (Adnam's).
Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
As I've had a stomach bug for a few days that I can't seem to shift (perhaps I'm not eating enough muffins?) it's now time to site on the relaxing armchair in my office and have a nice read. It'll make a nice change from the other place I've been sitting a lot, plus it catches the sun on a nice day like today. I'll probably doze off, even with The Mars Volta playing...
Quote from: Steve Jones on Tue, 2009-04-07, 13:33:55
Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
As I've had a stomach bug for a few days that I can't seem to shift (perhaps I'm not eating enough muffins?) it's now time to site on the relaxing armchair in my office and have a nice read. It'll make a nice change from the other place I've been sitting a lot, plus it catches the sun on a nice day like today. I'll probably doze off, even with The Mars Volta playing...
I've always meant to read that. It's the one that Blade Runner *horns* was based on isn't it?
Quote from: Iggy on Tue, 2009-04-07, 18:32:41
I've always meant to read that. It's the one that Blade Runner *horns* was based on isn't it?
Indeed. Bladerunner is one of my all-time fave films (even got a copy on blu-ray now!) but the book is hugely different. There's overlap in the concept and a couple of characters, but if you've seen the film it's not going to spoil the book. Worth checking out ASAP, I'd say.
Stephen Baxter - Time.
Re-reading this one, and enjoying it so far. Funny thing was, when I re-read 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' yesterday I remembered nothing about it. Not one single thing. I think that's the first time that has happened to me in my entire life!
Quote from: Steve Jones on Sun, 2009-03-29, 11:54:05
Fortunately I'd seen plenty of adverse comment on the Marillion forum, so wasn't caught out. Each to their own, of course, but to me that's 8 quid better spent on CDs *horns*
There is an interesting article about Dream Theater in it though.
Quote from: Steve Jones on Wed, 2009-04-08, 20:54:41
Stephen Baxter - Time.
Re-reading this one, and enjoying it so far. Funny thing was, when I re-read 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' yesterday I remembered nothing about it. Not one single thing. I think that's the first time that has happened to me in my entire life!
As I mentioned before, that seems to happen all the time when I reread an Asimov book (which I haven't done in a long time, so it's even more likely now).
Now reading (and will still be reading for several more months as it's extremely dense and requires thought about almost every page): Douglas Hofstadter's
Gödel, Escher, Bach. I bought this years ago and pretty much skimmed it except for the 'fun' parts. This time I decided to give my brain a workout and really take in all the logic/math/philosophy in there. I generally read just a few pages per night. At the same time, I'll continue to read fluff fiction, which is more my usual fare.
The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton.
Quote from: Draco chimera on Thu, 2009-04-09, 19:19:21
The Andromeas Strain, Michael Crichton.
Oooh, a classic!
This forum. ;)
Foundation, Isaac Asimov.
I guess, it will take a very long time before I finish the whole saga. ;D
I borrow the books from my father, but some are missing here. This is our Foundation collection :
Foundation
Foundation and Empire
Second Foundation
Foundation's Edge
Prelude To Foundation
Foundation's Friends (Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg)
Forward the Foundation
Foundation's Fear (after Asimov, Gregory Benford)
Psychohistorical Crisis, I (after Asimov, Donald Kingsbury)
Psychohistorical Crisis, II (after Asimov, Donald Kingsbury)
There are many other books about the foundation's universe, these ones are only the main part.
Earth and Foundation is missing as you can see, we didn't find it. It's somewhere in the house....
Quote from: Draco chimera on Sat, 2009-04-18, 13:36:30
Foundation
Foundation and Empire
Second Foundation
Oh man, I love those books - the first 3 in particular. I felt things tailed off as the 'trilogy' was expanded, but what an awesome read! Way back when I was a kid my mother bought me the original trilogy as a boxed set for Christmas. I'd never read any Sci-Fi before and was utterly bowled over.
I can still remember the smell of those books, and the Chris Foss artwork that joined up if you put the three books together. Respect! *horns*
Quote from: Steve Jones on Sat, 2009-04-18, 13:48:57
Oh man, I love those books - the first 3 in particular. I felt things tailed off as the 'trilogy' was expanded, but what an awesome read! Way back when I was a kid my mother bought me the original trilogy as a boxed set for Christmas. I'd never read any Sci-Fi before and was utterly bowled over.
I can still remember the smell of those books, and the Chris Foss artwork that joined up if you put the three books together. Respect! *horns*
Good grief I never realised. I just had to get them out.
By the way my Foundation trilogy cost the grand sum of £1.50 when my brother bought them, real value for money. Obviously I accidentally forgot to pack them for him when he emigrated to Australia 25 years ago. :P
George Orwell's 1984. I've not read this since I was at school :o
I'm actually reading the online version which can be found at:
http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/index.html (http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/index.html)
Quote from: Steve Jones on Fri, 2009-05-01, 13:36:26
George Orwell's 1984. I've not read this since I was at school :o
I'm actually reading the online version which can be found at:
http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/index.html (http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/index.html)
Ah yes, really good one, that one.
Tom Clancy's Op Center, Balance Of Power.
This is the second time i read it. Don't know why i picked this one since its the fifth book in the Op-center series.
Great to read though. I wish Tom would write a new Op-center episode since its been seven years since the last one.
Quote from: maddox on Sat, 2009-05-02, 14:25:37
I wish Tom would write a new Op-center episode since its been seven years since the last one.
Okay, okay I guess you're right and it's about time I write a new episode...
;D
Tom
Quote from: The Butterfly Man on Sun, 2009-05-03, 17:17:14
Okay, okay I guess you're right and it's about time I write a new episode...
;D
Tom
:D
I'm reading this. (http://www.dprp.net/proghistory/index.php?i=1998_01) 8)
Echoes - The Complete History of Pink Floyd, by Glenn Povey. Very interesting and complete, from the beginning right up to the Live 8 reunion gig. Just got it, this lavish tome is now available for a mere € 13,95! :o
Also: J.R.R. Tolkien - The Children of Húrin. Beautiful, there's definitely another film in there. But Peter Jackson should first and has promised to do The Hobbit of course!
I've been reading Dear Boy the life and times of Keith Moon. He would have been fantastic to know but I guess he would have shortened your life expectancy by about 50 years.
Dean Koontz - Seize the Night
I actually bought three books while being in England:
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- both The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- The Hound Of The Baskervilles and The Valley Of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
At the moment (not really) I'm reading Treasure Island and I'm enjoying it. :)
Ah, and I also bought a book called The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: The Trilogy Of Four, consisting of:
- The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
- The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe
- Life, The Universe And everything
- So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish
So I actually actually bought four books altogether.
And actually actually actually, they are nine.
So, the rest of my spare time is now scheduled.
-Paco
The latest Dean Koontz - Relentless.
An excellent read, if a little whacky in concept. I finished it in the early hours of this morning, in one of those 'gotta get to the end' moments that a good tale engenders. I'm very bleary eyed this morning 8)
I visited Camp Westenbork last week and there i bought several books about WWII and about the concentration/extermination camps.
Not a light read, but i like to read about it.
Strange, really: the visit really impressed me and i like to read about it. :-\
Sounds odd when you think of it.
Quote from: PH on Tue, 2009-07-28, 22:39:33
Ah, and I also bought a book called The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: The Trilogy Of Four [...]
Excellent choice Paco! Great read that makes you laugh a lot!
Quote from: PH on Tue, 2009-07-28, 22:39:33
I actually bought three books while being in England:
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- both The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- The Hound Of The Baskervilles and The Valley Of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
At the moment (not really) I'm reading Treasure Island and I'm enjoying it. :)
Ah, and I also bought a book called The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: The Trilogy Of Four, consisting of:
::)
- The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
- The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe
- Life, The Universe And everything
- So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish
So I actually actually bought four books altogether.
And actually actually actually, they are nine.
So, the rest of my spare time is now scheduled.
-Paco
Now you have to buy the fifth instalment .
just finished The Time Travellers wife by Audrey Niffenegger
It's just been made into a film which fills me full of dread as it could be great or terrible depending on the American film makers mentality. (apologies American cousins but after Titanic and The Beach ::) )
Quote from: PH on Tue, 2009-07-28, 22:39:33
- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- both The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- The Hound Of The Baskervilles and The Valley Of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
I read all those stories when I was your age, Paxi - well, actually I was younger, but that was probably cause I grew up in the English-language culture area - and I thoroughly enjoyed them.
Enjoy such adventure stories as much as you can now ... cause at my age I can't any longer just read with enjoyment like that :-\
Quote from: erik on Fri, 2009-07-24, 20:50:54
Echoes - The Complete History of Pink Floyd, by Glenn Povey.
Yup, I too have been readin a lot about Floyd recently, mainly Nick Mason's fabulous book. Quite an epic tale *horns*
Nicky.
Zalmen Gradowski - Sonderkommando In The Gas-chambers.
Not a light read i can tell you. :-\
I finally read the Arena biography 'The Salt And The Sand' today. It was a nice read. :)
Tom
Quote from: The Butterfly Man on Thu, 2009-08-13, 20:46:07
I finally read the Arena biography 'The Salt And The Sand' today. It was a nice read. :)
Tom
Then you're a tat bit further than i am. :-[ :-[ :-[
Well, after somewhat less than a month, I finally finished Treasure Island and I enjoyed it very much.
Indeed Nicky, it's a children's book, but it's still essential reading.
I have a lot of catch up to do. (Never really liked reading)
Just a few moments ago I started (again) reading John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World To That Which Is To Come. Which is essential christian literature.
As a christian myself, it inspires me a lot.
Currently re-reading 'Winged Victory' by V. M. Yeates for about the hundredth time ;)
A classic tale of WW1 air warfare.
Yesterday I read The Last Fighting Tommy (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Fighting-Tommy-Surviving-Trenches/dp/0747593361/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250854627&sr=1-1), the book about the life of recently deceased Harry Patch. An engrossing read, which is why I polished it off in one day 8)
Now I'm reading Kitchener's Last Volunteer (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kitcheners-Last-Volunteer-Allingham-Surviving/dp/1845964837/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250854771&sr=1-1), about the also recently deceased Henry Allingham. It's not gripping me in the way that the Harry Patch volume did, but I'm still enjoying it.
Reading Foundation's Friends, just after I finished Prelude to Foundation.
Just found out what Polari is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari
Guess Jonesy, Iggy and Matt already knew it.
Nicky.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Sat, 2009-08-29, 11:01:36
Just found out what Polari is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari
Guess Jonesy, Iggy and Matt already knew it.
Nicky.
Ha bloody ha. ;D
Reading The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy now.
Whoa, what fun! ;D
Also, I started reading George Orwell's Animal Farm.
I've heard it is interesting.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Sat, 2009-08-29, 11:01:36
Guess Jonesy, Iggy and Matt already knew it.
I'd never heard of it. But now I know, perhaps I'll better understand what you're burbling on about most of the time ;) ;D
Dean Koontz - Forever Odd
NR Joseph Heller - Catch 22 and George Friedman - The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century
I'm reading The Kiterunner. Great book! :)
Tom
Quote from: Steve Jones on Mon, 2009-08-31, 09:09:20
I'd never heard of it. But now I know, perhaps I'll better understand what you're burbling on about most of the time ;) ;D
If you do, I'd be most grateful if you'd provide me with a translation. ;)
Quote from: erik on Mon, 2009-09-07, 14:58:37
NR Joseph Heller - Catch 22 and George Friedman - The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century
Catch 22 is a classic. I think you have to be in a bit of a crazy mood yourself to fully appreciate it.
I just re-read M*A*S*H for about the 20th time. It's the book the film and TV series were based on, but it's much more biting than the series, which got a little overly warm and fuzzy for my tastes as it wore on. I'm might try my hand at some more Jane Austen soon. I was quite impressed with Pride and Prejudice, especially since most novels from that era bore me to tears.
Quote from: Manatee on Tue, 2009-09-08, 13:10:15
I just re-read M*A*S*H for about the 20th time.
Finestkind *horns*
Quote from: Steve Jones on Tue, 2009-09-08, 13:19:24
Finestkind *horns*
Truly you a prince among men, Steve. I'm proud to be your fictional alter ego.
Quote from: PH on Sat, 2009-08-29, 18:29:32
Also, I started reading George Orwell's Animal Farm.
I've heard it is interesting.
Yup, Paxi, 1984 and Animal Farm are two masterpieces. Thrilling *horns*
I actually oughta read'm again. More than thirty years since I did last. Thanx for remindin ;)
Nicky.
Quote from: Manatee on Tue, 2009-09-08, 13:10:15
Catch 22 is a classic. I think you have to be in a bit of a crazy mood yourself to fully appreciate it.
Quite true, it's insane really, but that's apt 'cause it's about the insanity of war. I like it!
Quote from: Nicky007 on Tue, 2009-09-08, 16:12:50
Yup, Paxi, 1984 and Animal Farm are two masterpieces. Thrilling
I actually oughta read'm again. More than thirty years since I did last. Thanx for remindin
Both great, I want to re-read them as well. Hasn't been thirty years yet (wasn't reading this sort of stuff at age 2 :P), but it's been quite some time. I like these kind of future dystopian novels,
Brave New World (Huxley) and
This Perfect Day (Ira Levin) are also recommended. Look forward to Ridley Scott's take on the former that's in the making now.
Quote from: Manatee on Tue, 2009-09-08, 14:29:55
Truly you a prince among men, Steve. I'm proud to be your fictional alter ego.
;D ;D
Currently reading
Dean Koontz - Odd Hours
Quote from: Nicky007 on Tue, 2009-09-08, 16:12:50
Yup, Paxi, 1984 and Animal Farm are two masterpieces. Thrilling *horns*
I actually oughta read'm again. More than thirty years since I did last. Thanx for remindin ;)
Don't forget, 1984 can be read online at http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/index.html (http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/index.html) if you can live without the feel of good old paper in your hands 8)
Quote from: erik on Tue, 2009-09-08, 19:00:06
Brave New World (Huxley) and This Perfect Day (Ira Levin) are also recommended.
*horns*
Re-read This Perfect Day recently. Whew, one'o my fave books. About feeling different from everyone else in all ways - a real proggie story 8)
I'v read a buncha books by both Aldous Huxley and Ira Levin - two of my alltime fave authors :)
Quote from: Iggy on Sat, 2009-08-29, 13:26:35
Ha bloody ha. ;D
And does that mean that you already knew about Polari, Iggy ???
Nicky.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Fri, 2009-09-11, 12:39:46
And does that mean that you already knew about Polari, Iggy ???
Nicky.
No I didn't.
Read quite a few books whilst on holidays in the south of Spain: Tales From Earthsea and The Other Wind by Ursula Le Guin, Salmon Fishing In the Yemen by Paul Thorday and am now halfway in Ghosts Of Spain - Travels Through A Country's Hidden Past by Giles Tremlett. Also just read the graphic novel The Sandman - Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman.
Quote from: erik on Wed, 2009-09-23, 16:06:44
Read quite a few books whilst on holidays in the south of Spain: Tales From Earthsea and The Other Wind by Ursula Le Guin, Salmon Fishing In the Yemen by Paul Thorday and am now halfway in Ghosts Of Spain - Travels Through A Country's Hidden Past by Giles Tremlett. Also just read the graphic novel The Sandman - Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman.
Ursula LeGuin is fantastic. She's one of my favorite authors. If you haven't read them,
The Disposessed and
Always Coming Home are particularly good. She's classified as sci-fi or fantasy, but mostly she really just writes about people -- very very well.
I agree, she's a marvellous writer and she adds such amazing depth and emotion to her characters. I really liked these two latest installments in the Earthsea cycle and it left me wanting more. Read The Dispossesed quite some time ago, must check out the other title, thanks for the tip!
Quote from: Manatee on Wed, 2009-09-23, 16:16:18
Ursula LeGuin is fantastic. She's one of my favorite authors. If you haven't read them, The Disposessed and Always Coming Home are particularly good. She's classified as sci-fi or fantasy, but mostly she really just writes about people -- very very well.
Now there's a good idea. I haven't read her for ages, my last one was 'The Left Hand of Darkness' if memory serves.
Just finished Ben Elton's - The first Casualty.
Best thing I've read in ages.
I'm currently reading and English book of Brad Thor, called The First Commandment.
Despite the title, it has nothing to do with religion, but it's a classic story about CIA operatives and their fight to uncover all the lies.
And to find out who shot the girl he loves. ;)
Dean Koontz - The Taking
Now reading Raptor Red, by Robet T. Bakker.
This book tells the life of a female Utahraptor. I guess it was a kind of challenge for the author.
I just began it. The press was very optimistic when it was written, so am I. It seems good.
Terry Pratchett - Unseen Academicals
Only got it yesterday, which is a bit late for me. I'd normally get a new Pratchett book as soon as humaly possible and cancel all engagements for the next 24 hours so I can read it uninterrupted *horns*
Robert Harris - Enigma
About the decryption of the German codes during WWII. Very exciting.
A bunch of music reviews, especially those by Nicky's pal "Batman," who always writes very well-considered, detailed reviews. He had rather a lot to say about Beardfish, which is on my possible (UK) punt list.
The internet mainly;
I'm researching The Cascadia Subduction Zone
Quote from: Deenfan on Sun, 2009-10-11, 19:21:14
Robert Harris - Enigma
About the decryption of the German codes during WWII. Very exciting.
From Wiki (my boldface):
"Enigma is a novel by Robert Harris, about Tom Jericho, a young mathematician trying to break the Germans' "Enigma" ciphers during World War II. It was adapted to film in 2001. He is stationed in Bletchley Park, the British cryptologist central office, and is worked to the point of exhaustion.
Apart from the plot, the book is notable for its grim descriptions of winter in a war-torn Britain.
The book, though fiction, is criticised by people who were at Bletchley Park as bearing little resemblance to the real wartime Bletchley Park."NR Hegel's Phenomenology Of The Spirit
Got the Hegel-group moving again, after ½ year's pause.
Difficult book, but uniquely edifying.
Noone here into pure philosophy ?
Also NR William Gibson: Neuromancer
A cult book. Had it lying around for a while, but recently I got real curious. I understand why it's cult: Gibson shows an amazing intelligence here. To plod thru this book ya gotta understand English well and keep track of a tremendous amount of threads *horns*
About a future dystopia where an ace computer (matrix) specialist cheats on his employers, whereupon he's basically emasculated. He's a survivor tho, he struggles like crazy, and gradually moves up the social strata again.
Amazon.com Review:
"Here is the novel that started it all, launching the cyberpunk generation, and the first novel to win the holy trinity of science fiction: the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award and the Philip K. Dick Award. With Neuromancer, William Gibson introduced the world to cyberspace--and science fiction has never been the same.
Case was the hottest computer cowboy cruising the information superhighway--jacking his consciousness into cyberspace, soaring through tactile lattices of data and logic, rustling encoded secrets for anyone with the money to buy his skills. Then he double-crossed the wrong people, who caught up with him in a big way--and burned the talent out of his brain, micron by micron. Banished from cyberspace, trapped in the meat of his physical body, Case courted death in the high-tech underworld. Until a shadowy conspiracy offered him a second chance--and a cure--for a price...."
Nicky.
About the bold paragraph: All movies, books or theater pieces that take place somewhere that actually exists will get that, unless the main goal of the writer is to tell exactly what happened. This author informs the reader that the messages themselves are genuine, but that no character is supposed to bear any resemblance to any actual person. I don't know what the complaints are really about, but given that every character in the book is purely fictional, the environment (what do you call it... ) and the intrigues and all that comes with them will also be different from reality.
What else? The barracks weren't like that? They didn't work that way? There was a pizzeria?
Maybe some aspects are detrimental to the book as such, but if you have to be a native BletchleyParker to pick up on it, I'm not too bothered! :)
Quote from: Deenfan on Thu, 2009-10-15, 21:04:41
Maybe some aspects are detrimental to the book as such, but if you have to be a native BletchleyParker to pick up on it, I'm not too bothered! :)
This sentence evades me, Deenie. Could you please expand ?
It's just that: This subject interests me a lot. Having pursued maths and languages all my life, and working as a programmer (mainly Fortran and SAS) for many years, semiotics and codes really grip me. So I'm on the lookout for authentic material on these matters.
Nicky.
The codes and the messages are supposed to be authentic. What I mean is, maybe there are things in the book that should have been closer to how it really was, because it'd have made the book better. But I do doubt it. Unless you were there, and reading the book, knowing that it wasn't "exactly like that".
The author would be a rare one to change something for the worse. The usual - and sensible - way about it is to "adjust" reality a bit, to make it more exciting - to make it work better as a novel. Which doesn't bother me at all.
Neal Stephenson - Anathem
No "a". I've yet to read anything by this guy that wasn't excellent.
Quote from: Manatee on Sat, 2009-10-17, 21:48:06
I've yet to read anything by this guy that wasn't excellent.
His Mom probably still has some of his toddler scribbles ;D
NR An interesting article in Snopes.com (Rumor has it) about the Eagles' Hotel California.
Claim: The song is about Satanism.
Man, what people have dished up in this direction ::)
Iac Snopes astutely disproves all these claims.
http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/hotel.asp
In fact, the song is "our interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles," and "it's basically a song about the dark underbelly of the American dream and about excess in America, which is something we knew a lot about." - Don Henley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_California_(song)
Nicky.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Mon, 2009-10-19, 17:10:27
In fact, the song is "our interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles," and "it's basically a song about the dark underbelly of the American dream and about excess in America, which is something we knew a lot about." - Don Henley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_California_(song)
In a stunning reversal of trend, this song is about exactly what it sounds like it's about! :o
Quote from: Manatee on Mon, 2009-10-19, 17:21:32
In a stunning reversal of trend, this song is about exactly what it sounds like it's about! :o
You'r right, Greenie, but you also know your fellow Americans ::)
Nicky.
Quote from: Steve Jones on Sat, 2009-10-10, 09:19:24
Terry Pratchett - Unseen Academicals
Only got it yesterday, which is a bit late for me. I'd normally get a new Pratchett book as soon as humaly possible and cancel all engagements for the next 24 hours so I can read it uninterrupted *horns*
:D
Good to see a new one come out, given his Alzheimer diagnosis.
I manage to restrain myself a bit more and always wait for the pocket version to come out. Brilliant series *horns*
NR Edgar Allan Poe - Tales Of Mystery and Imagination
Asterix and the Normans!!
YAY!!!
*ola*
:D Probably the best material to be mentioned here for quite a while.
Quote from: Deenfan on Thu, 2009-10-29, 23:19:43
:D Probably the best material to be mentioned here for quite a while.
Next after "Donald dates Daisy" :P
Nicky.
Eclipse by Stephanie Mayer
Asterix and the Roman Agent!!
Woooo! *horns* *horns* *horns* *horns* *horns* ;D ;D ;D ;D
*ola*
Velvet Elvis by Rob bell which is described as a re painting of the Christian faith and it makes a huge amount of sense to me - highly recommended
Some of the Ranger series by John Flanagan
iO Pages, a Dutch music magazine devoted to progressive rock:
http://www.iopages.nl/
Quote from: Teunis on Fri, 2010-03-19, 10:45:33
iO Pages, a Dutch music magazine devoted to progressive rock:
http://www.iopages.nl/
Great prog mag that, I've also got a subscription!
Quote from: erik on Sat, 2010-03-20, 10:42:28
Great prog mag that, I've also got a subscription!
Yeah, actually it is the first time that I'm reading it (got a subsciption as a Birthday present last month, got my first issue this week). Halfway through it and it's really great *horns*.
Metal hammer *horns*
Features on Down and Cathedral both of whom ring my metal bell aka the bell of doom ;)
Quote from: funkster on Sat, 2010-03-20, 11:48:08
Metal hammer *horns*
Features on Down and Cathedral both of whom ring my metal bell aka the bell of doom ;)
???
I'm a big Down fan. That's why I'm interested.
Nicky.
Some David Gemmell and now onto the latest Harlan Coben
Quote from: funkster on Sun, 2010-05-16, 08:44:09
...now onto the latest Harlan Coben
Harlan Coben is great! What is his latest book?
I'm reading Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol at the moment.
Tom
I enjoyed Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code very much.
One thing was his very intriguing idea of a blood lineage of Jesus Christ, another was his extensive knowledge of painting, further his vivid and precise use of English.
What's The Lost Symbol like, Tom ?
Nicky.
Hey guys,
I am readin the first installment of the screw the American citizens of the new Obama Health Care System. It is just an info-letter sent to me because my insurance runs out in 3 months and since I am totally disabled, I have to wait not 1 year, but 2 years to get medicare insurance. In the meantime Obamacare will have to be my option, (not including prescription medication) which tallies up to 427.00 per month, all the way until next April. So, there you go. Daniel
Quote from: Nicky007 on Tue, 2010-05-18, 12:27:00
I enjoyed Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code very much.
Really ??? You're a lucky man : I found it so uninteresting and poorly written, with such a tiny plot that I guessed the issue (I mean what character is the bad guy) before I reached the middle of the book ... :P
Yeah, well, it's not an ordinary crimi, Bups. The important thing is not "Who dunnit?".
You probably didnt read it in English. That makes a BIG difference. Dan Brown is a scholar in classic English literature and applies this facility fully in DVC.
Also, if I have interpreted you correctly, you'r not all that interested in Christianity. The question of blood lineage from Christ is intriguing to liberal Bible readers.
i don't either know how you are with the classic art works by Leonardo, Raphael etc. Brown has some interesting angles on these.
And he also has a great surname ;D
Nicky.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Tue, 2010-05-18, 12:27:00
What's The Lost Symbol like, Tom ?
I'd thoroughly recommend both 'Lost Symbol' and 'Angels and Demons', in fact I think I'd rate both of them as even more interesting than Da Vinci code, if only by a small margin. Like you I find these sorts of ideas make for fascinating fiction.
I actually read A&D, altho rather fleetly. There were some niceties, but I didnt find the philosophical content as intriguing as in DVC.
I'l of course read The Lost Symbol too.
Nice to have you back, Jonesy :)
Tell us about your musical highlights this past year ;)
Nicky.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Wed, 2010-05-19, 09:54:48
Also, if I have interpreted you correctly, you're not all that interested in Christianity.
Well, let's say that I am not a religious people and that I see more bad than good in religions. But since I am deeply interested in History, I am also obviously interested by the place and role of religions through the ages. For example, I find Crusades fascinating and the situation in Ireland shattering. But you're right, I don't care much about the theological or philosophical aspects of Christianity.
Roadisde crosses by Jeffrey Deaver
Winter frost - my first Frost book and i am really enjoying it :)
Quote from: funkster on Fri, 2010-06-04, 09:34:46
Winter frost - my first Frost book and i am really enjoying it :)
Eh, what's that, Funkster ???
Nicky.
Here is a link to the TV series - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Touch_of_Frost_(TV_series)
It is gritty but with a black humourous touch and i love it :)
OK, I'v seen several episodes of the TV-series - quite entertaining - but I didnt know that there also was a book version 8)
What's the book like in comparison with the TV-series, Funkster ?
Nicky.
The book i am reading is really good - equal parts amusing and tragic with a real gritty edge to it.
Highly recommended
The whisperers by John Connolly
Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkabhan
Started again from the beginning reading the series and loving them as much as ever :D
In my three weeks of absence (absence from the Netherlands, not from the Room) I've began reading several books.
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons Of Liberty
A novelization written by Raymond Benson (best known for writing James Bond novels), based on the video game by Hideo Kojima)
Funny trivia: Raymond Benson also wrote a Jethro Tull biography and two original novels (A Hard Day's Death and Dark Side Of The Morgue) in which his love for progressive rock shows up.
- Essentials Of Animal Behaviour
A highly interesting book (written by P.J.B. (Peter) Slater) about the motivation, function, development and evolution of animal behaviour.
-Zo Ik Niet Had Geloofd
A bundle of written sermons by Rev. D. Heemskerk. In these sermons he deals with the Belgic Confession (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgic_Confession) (in dutch: Nederlandse Geloofsbelijdenis). Very interesting to see why such a confession was needed and how all these articles are still very valuable to the church.
-Covenant Marriage (I read the dutch translation: Huwelijk: Verbond Voor Het Leven)
A nice book about causes of difficulties in a marriage, and how to recognise and solve them. It's written by Dr. Gary Chapman. I think he's a nice chap, man! He's written many books about marriage and love and such things. All from a christian point of view. I can recommend his book The Five Love Languages to everybody, christian or not!
-Wat Is Een Christen Nodig Te Geloven
At first, I was a bit put off by the title of the book (in English it's something like: "What does a christian need to believe?"), but when I began reading, I couldn't stop. It's full of explanations of why christians (particularly reformed christians) believe some theories and why we think other theories (within christianity) are false. All supported by arguments in the Bible. It's not a practical book like Gary Chapman's, but very dogmatic in a sense. Not everyone's cup of tea I presume. I think Nicky would like it, since he's very much into all sorts of theories within christianity (and beyond), but too bad, it's only in dutch. ;)
Needless to say that I'm not finished reading yet... :D
--Paco--
Quote from: PH on Thu, 2010-08-12, 19:56:31
absence from the Netherlands, not from the Room
Does that mean that you occasionally read Room stuff during your AWOL ?
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Essentials Of Animal Behaviour
Paxi, you could consider reading Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. It's very informative, about animal rights and many other things related to animals and the way we treat'm. Eases you to the realisation that vegetarianism is the right thing in our times ;)
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Wat Is Een Christen Nodig Te Geloven
I think Nicky would like it ... but too bad, it's only in dutch.
I aint in Dutch with Dutch. When I'm in marshland, I read Dutch newspapers. It's just like German with a bad cough and/or a bottle of Scotch ;D
Thanx for the tip, Paxi. I'l keep it in mind.
Nicky.
Quote from: PH on Thu, 2010-08-12, 19:56:31
Raymond Benson (best known for writing James Bond novels)
Now that's incorrect, Paxi. The author of the James Bond stories is Ian Fleming. I know that cuz I read several of'm (with gusto) when I was about, hm ... hm, maybe about 15.
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I think Nicky would like it, since he's very much into all sorts of theories within christianity (and beyond)
Well, thank you, Paxi. With you one never knows, of course, but I'v chosen to take it as a compliment :)
Quote
I think he's a nice chap, man!
;D
Nicky.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Fri, 2010-08-13, 13:50:30
I aint in Dutch with Dutch. When I'm in marshland, I read Dutch newspapers. It's just like German with a bad cough and/or a bottle of Scotch ;D
Funny, I always thought that German was just like Dutch with a bad cough.
And Danish a language that you speak when you're really drunk. ;D ;)
*we're back.....
You'r right, Mad, Danish and Dutch do sound quite similar :-[
Maybe that's why they understand each other so well - when they'r "really drunk" ;D
Nicky.
Luke's gospel
I've been reading Battlestar Galactica : The Cylon's Secret and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
I enjoyed both, the Guide is really awesome -complete nonsense, a classic- I really loved it.
Also reading some BSG comics and a new series called Jurassic Park : Redemption. The BSG comics are really good, they fit well in the ambiance of the series. I'm a bit disappointed by the JP ones, being just episodic tales - it's ok, but not really exalting.
Quote from: Draco chimera on Sat, 2010-09-04, 11:25:28
I've been reading Battlestar Galactica : The Cylon's Secret and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
I enjoyed both, the Guide is really awesome -complete nonsense, a classic- I really loved it.
Also reading some BSG comics and a new series called Jurassic Park : Redemption. The BSG comics are really good, they fit well in the ambiance of the series. I'm a bit disappointed by the JP ones, being just episodic tales - it's ok, but not really exalting.
At least you still got JP over there.
They've stopped publishing here in the Netherlands.
I'm quite sad about that.
I always was and actually still am a huge fan of the X-men.
About the Hitchhiker; I've heard a lot of good stories about the book.
It's time to get my hands on it, I guess.
Harry Potter and the half blood prince and Trail magazine
Plus the shattered room of course ;)
IO pages, a progressive rock magazine 8).
The lost symbol by Dan Brown
Should be a bit of fun but nothing serious
Quote from: funkster on Wed, 2010-10-13, 09:30:44
Should be a bit of fun but nothing serious
Don't underestimate Dan Brown, Funky :)
OK, he's become a media star, but so did The Beatles; that doesnt necessarily mean that they'r superficial (altho in some 99% of all cases, media stars
are superficial).
Brown puts a lot of effort into his books. And there is a lot to be found ;)
Iac I ended up spending a lotta time with The Da Vinci Code. First of all there's the elegant language (Brown is a classical literature scholar (Erik ;) )), then there's the whole idea of the physical lineage from Jesus Christ, which has tremendous ramifications, and all the interesting reflections on Renaissance painting, lodges, etc, all very well researched and vividly portrayed 8)
NR J. H. Brennan: Nostradamus: Visions of the Future
Engrossing ;)
Nicky.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Wed, 2010-10-13, 12:41:49
Iac I ended up spending a lotta time with The Da Vinci Code. First of all there's the elegant language (Brown is a classical literature scholar (Erik ;) )),
;D
Thanks for the tip, Nicky, haven't read any of his stuff, only saw the movies.
NR: Dan Simmons' Hyperion series, almost finished in book 2. I love this kind of epic scale SciFi, I devoured Asimov's Foundation series when I was at University. *horns*
I am reading a book called The Glass Houses of the Dream Eaters. Its a thriller with a vey complex plot unlike anything i have read before. Its occupying my afternoons so much that i havent listened to any music for a few days now. However, im off to see Regenesis tomorrow so that will be good.
How stupid am I.? Its called The Glass BOOKS of the Dream Eaters
Quote from: bellanova on Sun, 2010-10-17, 15:53:54
How stupid am I.? Its called The Glass BOOKS of the Dream Eaters
That's why I couldn't find it! :o ;D
Now reading Halo : Contact Harvest. I purchased a pack of Halo books on the internet - everything in english, playing or enjoying anything related to Halo in french would be blasphemy. ;D
I got interesting in those books as the video games series' synopsis was really good, and the book was really appreciated by numerous critics. I basically just began to read it, but it already looks interesting.
Gone tomorrow by Lee Child
The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson.
It's not as good as the first Millenium-book, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo but I do enjoy it from time to time.
Quote from: maddox on Sun, 2010-12-19, 00:12:53
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
It's funny, they changed the title so much that I couldnt recognise it :o
The direct translation from Swedish would be Men Who Hate Women.
The Millenium Series is of course a big thing in Scandinavia.
My Mum read the three books with great fervor.
All three books have been made into films with Swedish actors. My Mum invited me along to see them.
I enjoyed very much the first film; it was pretty grisly. The second and third didnt provide much novelty, but were quite entertaining nonetheless.
I don't expect to watch the American remakes, unless there's somethin real special in'm.
Nicky.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Sun, 2010-12-19, 18:33:15
It's funny, they changed the title so much that I couldnt recognise it :o
The direct translation from Swedish would be Men Who Hate Women.
I know, I never understood it why it was so very different in English either.
Translated in Dutch the book has the same title as you mentioned it.
QuoteThe Millenium Series is of course a big thing in Scandinavia.
Not only in Scandinavia. ;)
In the Netherlands as well. :D
Quote from: maddox on Sun, 2010-12-19, 18:44:08
In the Netherlands as well. :D
So there'l be some Dutchie who writes the 4th Millenium Book: The Girl Who Got Stuck In The Marsh ;D
Nicky.
The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe, Douglas Adams. Pretty cool :D
Kiss of evil by Richard Montanari
Just finished the IO-pages, a Dutch magazine about prog music. There was a nice little review about the Arena gig last November in Zoetermeer. And an interview with Shadow Gallery's Gary Wehrkamp, a very nice read indeed!
Latest edition of Metal Hammer including their 50 best albums of last year *horns*
Bloodlines by mark Billingham
I'm reading the Dream Theater biography 'Lifting Shadows' at the moment. What a fascinating read it proves to be. I've now arrived at the beginning of the infamous Falling Into Infinity-sessions. Their recordlabel wanted them to make radiofriendly tracks which led to a lot of tension within the band and left Mike Portnoy on the verge of quitting. I can't wait to read all about it! :)
Tom
Quote from: The Butterfly Man on Thu, 2011-01-27, 11:33:26
the infamous Falling Into Infinity-sessions
Yeah, it's surprising that FII turned out so great after all. Genius will always shine thru, no matter what *horns*
Nicky.
I've been reading a lot in the commentaries on the Bible by Matthew Henry.
Are you familiar with it, Nicky?
It's been very enlightening to me.
--Paco
Now reading a new copy of the Argos catalogue!
Quote from: keyboardistmatt on Thu, 2011-03-24, 13:44:43
Now reading a new copy of the Argos catalogue!
How was it? ;D
;)
My girlfriend lent me a book. So I really need to read it. I have it in my possession for almost half a year now... And I still haven't read a single page.
So little time.
Anyway, the title of the book is "Just Beyond the Clouds". It's written by christian author Karen Kingsbury.
And it's about a guy whose wife died because of multiple sclerosis. His younger brother has Down's Syndrome and is very dear to him. Now he meets another woman and there's this tension because the guy doesn't know which one of these two persons is the most important to him.
In a nutshell.
Re reading the Riftwar saga by Raymond E Feist and up to Silverthorn now.
After that it is A game of thrones by George rr Martin
I'm reading a lot of articles about goosebumps, and hairs lately. Because I have to write an article myself, about a subject that has to do with biology. And it has to be a current subject.
Game of thrones by George RR Marin - only 100 pages to go now and i have enjoyed it a huge amount.
Loads of characters & 3 main story plots make it a challenging and rewarding read.
Isaac Asimov: The Rest of the Robots and Robot Dreams.
I have just finished the first 3 books of the lastest Thomas Covenant sage by Stephen Donaldson and was a bit annoyed as his other series were trilogy's but this one turns out to have 4 in the series and the forth isn't available yet. >:(
On holiday I read and greatly enjoyed The Woodcutter by Reginald Hill and would highly recommend it.
I have been reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's masterpiece "The Hound Of The Baskervilles" on holiday. And it was as good as 'the album', even a bit better because Clive and Oliver had left out several bits of the book.
At the moment I'm reading another Sherlock Holmes novel: "The Valley Of Fear". I'm halfway and the first part was truly excellent. I'm now at the first chapter of the second part.
Clash of kings by George RR Martin and enjoying it so far
Quote from: funkster on Thu, 2011-08-25, 19:38:06
Clash of kings by George RR Martin and enjoying it so far
I've been reading the first in that series,
A Game of Thrones. I had been "saving" the series until it was finished since it bugs me when I get into a series and have to wait to finish it, but since HBO came out with a production of it that I'd like to watch (and since Martin is apparently a very slow writer), I decided to go ahead and read what there is. So far it's quite good.
Quote from: funkster on Tue, 2011-05-24, 07:28:45
Game of thrones by George RR Marin - only 100 pages to go now and i have enjoyed it a huge amount.
Loads of characters & 3 main story plots make it a challenging and rewarding read.
I loved that series, but after reading about the 6th part, I started to hate it! All the people you start to identify with and who become your heroes while reading die one after another. Really, that angered me, and that's not an emotion I want to have about a book I'm reading.
Not exactly a "Now reading" post, rather a "Just Read" one: Halo: Ghosts of Onyx and Halo: The Cole Protocole. I am relieved to see that those books, while being marketing for the video games, are still well-written and very enjoyable.
Quote from: Draco chimera on Mon, 2011-08-29, 14:21:34
Not exactly a "Now reading" post, rather a "Just Read" one: Halo: Ghosts of Onyx and Halo: The Cole Protocole. I am relieved to see that those books, while being marketing for the video games, are still well-written and very enjoyable.
Yeah, I have two books based on the Metal Gear Solid games and one based on Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. They're not one of the best literary works, but highly enjoyable when you've played the games.
Blood and gold by George RR Martin and it is once again a real cracker
I started Cowl a few days ago. So far, it is interesting and confusing.
Quote from: Draco chimera on Thu, 2011-10-13, 14:45:32
I started Cowl a few days ago. So far, it is interesting and confusing.
What is it then? Or do you want to keep all the interesting and confusing things for yourself? >:(
;)
Quote from: PH on Thu, 2011-10-13, 17:51:41
What is it then? Or do you want to keep all the interesting and confusing things for yourself? >:(
;)
Sorry about that. It's about (well, kinda) time travellers. As a result, the book isn't linear; even though there is a guiding story, the book tells pieces of stories that happen there and there (well I mean, there and there in
time), and on different levels of probability. Didn't finish it yet, so I do not have an opinion on it. ;D
Lost fleet - Corageous by Jack Campell
Military sci fi is the best description and it is not bad
Little white lies by ian Mcfadyen
http://www.classiccrimefiction.com/ian-mcfadyen.htm
He is my cousin :)
Woaw, classy to have a cousin who's a writer. :D
Once again, I'm reading a Halo related novel, namely The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund. So far, so good. I especially like the way the universe is consistent, cohesive, and makes perfect sense.
I borrowed a Skyrim guide book from a colleague.
I'm now reading a bit through it and discovered that there's even more things to do, than the things I did in this video game.
I also discovered that I've not even finished a quarter of this game yet. It's huge!
I know when I finish this game, I'll start over right again.
Something entirely different:
I know some of you subscribed to the Prog magazine, iO Pages. Does anyone have the latest edition already? I expected it yesterday, but it's not here...
Quote from: PH on Sun, 2012-05-27, 14:09:51
Something entirely different:
I know some of you subscribed to the Prog magazine, iO Pages. Does anyone have the latest edition already? I expected it yesterday, but it's not here...
Don't worry, nobody did receive it yesterday. It was a hot item on Facebook in the 'IO pages' group ;).
Quote from: Teunis on Sun, 2012-05-27, 21:36:59
Don't worry, nobody did receive it yesterday. It was a hot item on Facebook in the 'IO pages' group ;).
Ah alright then. Still a pity, but glad it's not a screw up from my local postman.
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King which seems to have passed me by for some unknown reason. Currently Book 2.
Quote from: PH on Sun, 2012-05-27, 21:46:58
Ah alright then. Still a pity, but glad it's not a screw up from my local postman.
Received it today and you?
Quote from: Teunis on Wed, 2012-05-30, 20:31:51
Received it today and you?
My dad just told me it had arrived. So I think I'll read it tomorrow, because I have a day off then. ;D
Quote from: PH on Wed, 2012-05-30, 23:08:02
My dad just told me it had arrived. So I think I'll read it tomorrow, because I have a day off then. ;D
Cool. I'll take it with me on holidays for the rainy days ;).
St paul's letter to the phillipians alongside A life worth living by Nicky Gumbell
Still this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Life-Worth-Living-Alpha/dp/0854767401
and highly recommended it is as wel
I'm halfway Andy Tillison's "Not As Good As The Book".
:P
It's funny.
Quote from: Iggy on Tue, 2012-05-29, 22:24:48
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King which seems to have passed me by for some unknown reason. Currently Book 2.
Finally finished Book 7. On the whole an enjoyable series if you like this sort of thing.
I'v become a big le Carré fan. It all started with the new Tinker Tailor film by Tomas Alfredson. Excellent film, but now I like the old TV-series with Alec Guinness better, he's the true McSmiley :)
The TA-film got me reading the book, which turned out to be tremendous. I consider that one can compare le Carré to Shakespeare, in terms of language, character development, drama, excitement, psychological and social insights. le Carré's a lot funnier than Shakespeare tho ;D
Both TV-series with Alec Guinness are fabulous. Connects me with good old England, my birthplace.
Now I'm reading The Honourable Schoolboy, also a masterpiece.
I'm just wondering, Jonesey and Iggy, are you guys into le Carré ? Maybe also some other Roomie ?
- Nicky
My lines as i am in my first panto tonight , along with James my eldest.
Tonight Irby village hall
Tomorrow the world :D
Quote from: funkster on Sat, 2013-01-12, 18:16:42
My lines as i am in my first panto tonight , along with James my eldest.
Tonight Irby village hall
Tomorrow the world :D
Cool I was born in Irby. Good luck with the Panto
Quote from: Iggy on Sun, 2013-01-13, 01:31:52
Cool I was born in Irby. Good luck with the Panto
no way !!! i live in Heswall
The Beatles played Irby village hall in 1962
Quote from: Nicky007 on Fri, 2013-01-11, 13:32:12
I'v become a big le Carré fan. It all started with the new Tinker Tailor film by Tomas Alfredson. Excellent film, but now I like the old TV-series with Alec Guinness better, he's the true McSmiley :)
The TA-film got me reading the book, which turned out to be tremendous. I consider that one can compare le Carré to Shakespeare, in terms of language, character development, drama, excitement, psychological and social insights. le Carré's a lot funnier than Shakespeare tho ;D
Both TV-series with Alec Guinness are fabulous. Connects me with good old England, my birthplace.
Now I'm reading The Honourable Schoolboy, also a masterpiece.
I'm just wondering, Jonesey and Iggy, are you guys into le Carré ? Maybe also some other Roomie ?
I don't know le Carré. Neither do I know the films or tv series you mentioned. I do know Alec Guinness from the movie The Bridge On The River Kwai (which I found excellent by the way) and Star Wars. He was a very good actor.
So what is this book/tv series about? Wikipedia says it's espionage. What is it like? Not James Bond right?
Quote from: PH on Sun, 2013-01-13, 22:27:42
So what is this book/tv series about? Wikipedia says it's espionage. What is it like? Not James Bond right?
Nothing like the James Bond films, Paxi. Re the Bond books, I read a few of them (by Ian Fleming) when I was young, but I can't remember what they'r like.
The books by le Carré (pronounced with the stress on "Ca"): First of all, they'r written in the most exquisite English, and with a very extensive use of the language, lots of colloquialisms, puns, and delicious humor, and le Carré makes up some words himself. That's why I would propose that you wait a while and improve your English before reading le Carré.
The Karla Trilogy ("Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy", The Honourable Schoolboy, Smiley's People) takes place during the Cold War, has the British Mi5 & 6 (called the Circus in the books) pitted against the Russian Intelligence Service, and personally the English masterspy George Smiley pitted against his equally ingenious, but diabolic, counterpart "Karla". Very intricate and complex plot. Extraordinarily vivid character descriptions and developments, the characters really come alive.
Paxi, watch the TV-series of Tinker and Smiley's People. One can get them together in a boxset at Amazon for about 15 Euro, all included. (There is no filmatisation of the Honourable Schoolboy to my knowledge - unfortunately). I think that you'l be gripped by the plot. Unless you'r far more intelligent than me, you won't get all of the plot the first time, so watch them several times, they'r sufficiently entertaining to keep one spellbound for several runs.
If it becomes cult for you, like it rapidly did for me, then get the books, and read the many internet sites about the Karla Trilogy, start with the Wikipedia articles.
I'm sure you'l enjoy getting into this fascinating world - but be patient at first :)
- Nicky
game of thrones mainly until i can be bothered going to the library again
Quote from: Nicky007 on Mon, 2013-01-14, 15:10:13
Nothing like the James Bond films, Paxi. Re the Bond books, I read a few of them (by Ian Fleming) when I was young, but I can't remember what they'r like.
I've never read Bond books, but I've seen a couple of the movies. Not really masterpieces, but I can see why many find them so enjoyable.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Mon, 2013-01-14, 15:10:13
The books by le Carré (pronounced with the stress on "Ca"): First of all, they'r written in the most exquisite English, and with a very extensive use of the language, lots of colloquialisms, puns, and delicious humor, and le Carré makes up some words himself. That's why I would propose that you wait a while and improve your English before reading le Carré.
And thank you. ;) Yes, I'm no native speaker of course... but when I read books, most of them are in English (Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, Arthur Conan Doyle, many English study books). Speaking English (or typing for that matter) is probably more of a problem.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Mon, 2013-01-14, 15:10:13
The Karla Trilogy ("Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy", The Honourable Schoolboy, Smiley's People) takes place during the Cold War, has the British Mi5 & 6 (called the Circus in the books) pitted against the Russian Intelligence Service, and personally the English masterspy George Smiley pitted against his equally ingenious, but diabolic, counterpart "Karla". Very intricate and complex plot. Extraordinarily vivid character descriptions and developments, the characters really come alive.
Sounds good. I'll see if I can find them in the library.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Mon, 2013-01-14, 15:10:13
Paxi, watch the TV-series of Tinker and Smiley's People. One can get them together in a boxset at Amazon for about 15 Euro, all included. (There is no filmatisation of the Honourable Schoolboy to my knowledge - unfortunately). I think that you'l be gripped by the plot. Unless you'r far more intelligent than me, you won't get all of the plot the first time, so watch them several times, they'r sufficiently entertaining to keep one spellbound for several runs.
Yes, I think I might actually do that. :)
Ken Follet's Winter of the World.
Quote from: PH on Tue, 2013-01-15, 20:01:55
I've seen a couple of the movies. Not really masterpieces, but I can see why many find them so enjoyable.
Superficial entertainment, to be honest. People like us should avoid stuff like that ;)
The Smiley books and films are true culture. You're properly entertained, and experience that you'r really learning something about life and society.
I often wonder how thinking people can spend sooo much time on pulp. Don't they take their lives seriously ? Is it just a question of getting thru the day somehow ???
Quote
when I read books, most of them are in English (Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, Arthur Conan Doyle, many English study books)
Excellent, Paxi. (I can also give compliments when merited ;) ). You'l find that le Carré's books are more demanding. But with sufficient effort, you'l master them, and feel all the richer in spirit :)
- Nicky
Creole belle by James Lee Burke which is , as always , excellent
I'm halfway reading a 132-page glossy magazine called: "Classic Rock presents Rick Wakeman".
It's part of my Rick Wakeman Journey To The Centre Of The Earth fanpack (http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/get-a-page-turner-preview-of-our-new-rick-wakeman-fanpack/) which I've won in a DPRP competition. ;D
Tonight it will be the script for My cousin Rachel as that is the next play i am in.
Nice. What is your role like?
Quote from: PH on Fri, 2013-04-05, 00:09:32
Nice. What is your role like?
James is a young servant and as i am 43 years old you can guess how old the rest of the drama group are !
It is only a small role but there is some comedy in the role which should be fun
Thanks for asking Paxi
Right now I'm really touched and inspired by Neal Morse's Testimony. It's not a long read. It has 231 pages and the letters are pretty big. So you could finish it in one day.
Man, I love his honesty and his depth. He's showing a lot of himself here. Somehow his story makes me want to be a better christian. Whatever that means.
I simply love his devotion, his energy and honesty. What a great musician. Gonna watch "Testimony Live" soon again! :)
Cool, I want to read that one as well.
I have to buy it first. ;)
Lately I've been hooked on Harlan Coben's work.
Started off with the newest novel Six Years, then Caught, The Innocent, The Woods and Darkest Fear.
He writes in a not to complicated way, with a sense of humor but he's able to keep the tension tight.
Quote from: funkster on Thu, 2013-04-04, 16:27:51
Tonight it will be the script for My cousin Rachel as that is the next play i am in.
Opening night tonight *horns*
Quote from: funkster on Thu, 2013-04-04, 16:27:51
Tonight it will be the script for My cousin Rachel as that is the next play i am in.
I'm sure that she's happy that you'r writing a nice script for her, Funky ;-)
- Nicky
C.S. Lewis - "The Screwtape Letters"
I'm reading it in Dutch ("Brieven Uit De Hel" (Letters From Hell)).
Fascinating.
Interview with Martin Orford www.progressor.net/interview/martin_orford.html
The following surprised me:
VM: What music do you personally like to listen to ?
MO: I very rarely listen to music. As it's my work, it's not something I'm particularly interested in as a leisure activity.
The musicians I'v heard/seen interviews with always mention several items they enjoy listening to currently ???
- Nicky
Yes, I remember this. Martin Orford is a surprising guy :) And his last solo album, The Old Road, is (un)surprisingly great *horns* You should lend a hear.
Quote from: Bupie on Thu, 2013-08-08, 14:15:57
Martin Orford is a surprising guy :) And his last solo album, The Old Road, is (un)surprisingly great *horns* You should lend it a hear.
Thanx, Bupie. I put him on my groups and artists to check list. Also IQ, who I should revisit soon (got Dark Matter and Subterranea).
Toto I feel I'v listened quite sufficiently to. They were played so much in the 70's and 80's. I enjoy most their Falling in Between Live (got that one), cuz it's surprisingly heavy 8)
-Nicky
Script for When we are married by JB Priestley as my rehersals start next Monday
Quote from: funkster on Thu, 2013-08-29, 13:24:07
Script for When we are married by JB Priestley as my rehersals start next Monday
How are the rehearsals going?
Now reading:
At the moment nothing.
But I just got a package with six books I ordered from 'Marktplaats' (Marketplace) the Dutch equivalent of eBay.
It's the complete original Dune saga:
1965 -
Dune1969 -
Dune Messiah1976 -
Children Of Dune1981 -
God Emperor Of Dune1984 -
Heretics Of Dune1985 -
Chapterhouse: DuneSo there's a lot to read!
In fact, I had already read the first two novels during secondary school. I started on the third one, but I noticed the library didn't have the fourth and the sixth books, so I got a bit demotivated to continue. And finally I found them all for just 20 euros. And they're in really good shape!
First one last night PH and it went very well indeed. Due to someone getting a paid role i have been given a better role so well happy.
The Dune books are great
Quote from: funkster on Fri, 2013-09-06, 19:38:47
First one last night PH and it went very well indeed. Due to someone getting a paid role i have been given a better role so well happy.
That's cool. What role do you have? Are you the youngest again? ;)
Quote from: funkster on Fri, 2013-09-06, 19:38:47
The Dune books are great
I know! 8) And I'm pretty excited about these editions, because they look brand new! I still cannot believe someone does them away for so few money!
I'm so excited about it, I even forgetting my grammar!
Gerald who is the church organist in a Yorkshire village circa 1906.Oldest male ;) but 2 younger female roles - phew.
iO pages, Dutch prog magazine *horns*
Yesterday I waited for the new IO Pages, but it didn't come. So, I thought it would probably arrive today, but still nothing... :(
Anyone here who got it/didn't get it? Teunis? Erik?
Quote from: PH on Sat, 2013-10-26, 20:27:02
Anyone here who got it/didn't get it? Teunis? Erik?
Yes, received it yesterday.
There are several people that I know who had it right on time.
I'm no subscriber so I didn't receive it, obviously. ;)
Now reading: Harlan Coben ~ No Second Chance
Bad luck for me then... :'(
And I really want it!
I'll look after it tomorrow.
Just wanted to share this (http://kotaku.com/every-death-in-game-of-thrones-visualized-1468258599) with you.... amazing....
Hehehe funny! ;D
Artie Lange - 'Too Fat To Fish' Autobiography
Once in a while, you enter a bookstore and start looking around, hoping to find that book that has that click.
I had this feeling with the book I Am Pilgrim from Terry Hayes.
When I started to read the first page, in the bookstore, I knew this was a winner.
Fortunately the bookstore had the English version as well, so the choice was easy.
I'm at page 100 at this moment.
Still a few pages to go.
A minor 791 pages. That's all.
(http://forwinternights.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/i-am-pilgrim-by-terry-hayes.jpg)
Highly recommended!
Today I read a bit of the iO Pages.
I read that Mike Oldfield is going to release another boxset that I'm looking forward to.
It will be similar to the "Classic Album Selection 1973–1980" in which he reissued "Tubular Bells", "Hergest Ridge", "Ommadawn", "Incantations", "Platinum" and "QE2".
This time it's "Tubular Bells II", "The Songs Of Distant Earth", "Voyager", "Tubular Bells III", "Guitars", "The Milennium Bell", "Tr3s Lunas" and "Tubular Bells 2003".
Oh another thing I noticed in iO Pages is the absence of a sampler!! How can they do that to me! >:( ;)