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What are you reading?
« on: November 01, 2013, 07:55:13 pm »
Someone recommended I read "A Canticle for Leibowitz" by Walter M. Miller Jr.  I had been working on it about 3 months and I just remembered I had it. 

Has anyone here read it?

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2013, 08:53:48 pm »

What am I reading? This thread. Doi!


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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2013, 09:17:01 pm »
I only have time to read books when I'm in prison, but I got a new tat.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2013, 06:19:39 am »
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2013, 10:43:23 am »
I just re-read Ender's Game along with my 12 year-old.  It holds up very well I just hope the movie is decent.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2013, 11:14:56 am »
Just started reading Dust by Hugh Howey, it's the conclusion to the Silo Saga.  The first 2 parts were Wool and the Shift Series, it's been a great read all they way thru.  Definitely worth reading.


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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2013, 01:51:02 pm »
I can only read picture books.  Anything past that is too difficult for me.
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What are you reading?
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2013, 08:56:00 pm »
I just finished Shada by Douglas Adams. A Doctor Who story based on an unfurled episode also written by DA.

It was like coming home as I always enjoyed the Hitchhiker series.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2013, 12:46:28 am »
Just finished rereading I Want My MTV
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2013, 02:52:26 am »
I have just started reading Windows Server 2012 Unleashed and I have definitely been hooked on it for the past two weeks now.

I cannot wait until I get into Chapter 16: Migration from AD 2008 to 2012. Especially the compatibility Testing.  :drool

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What are you reading?
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2013, 04:18:18 pm »

I have just started reading Windows Server 2012 Unleashed and I have definitely been hooked on it for the past two weeks now.

I cannot wait until I get into Chapter 16: Migration from AD 2008 to 2012. Especially the compatibility Testing.  :drool

Now please don't let out any spoilers, and ruin any fun I will be having.   :cheers:

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Yeah, I ruined it for you but there are many hints throughout that tip you off.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2013, 04:16:32 am »
I can only picture books.  Anything past that is too difficult for me.

So you just imagine them?


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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2013, 09:15:17 am »
“I finally got around to reading the dictionary. Turns out the Zebra did it.”

― Steven Wright

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #13 on: November 04, 2013, 10:13:07 am »
“I finally got around to reading the dictionary. Turns out the Zebra did it.”

― Steven Wright

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #14 on: November 05, 2013, 09:41:33 pm »
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. Not only is it great, but the guys who did Sherlock for BBC are turning it into a mini-series that will air in 2014, so you better get the book in now before they spoil it for you.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #15 on: November 06, 2013, 03:07:23 am »
This Thread  :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:

Other then that I have been working my way through Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & Heroes of Olympus series.  Then its back to the Clive Cussler books.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2013, 10:18:48 am »
I just finished reading Pro Tools for Game Audio. Pretty awesome.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #17 on: November 06, 2013, 10:41:26 am »
Currently reading Eon by Greg Bear.


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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #18 on: November 06, 2013, 01:20:03 pm »
Just started WIZZYWIG Portrait of a Serial Hacker, by Ed Piskor. It's a Graphic Novel, so the picture book crowd may be interested.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #19 on: November 06, 2013, 01:27:55 pm »
Just finished Ender's Game and The Giver.  About to pick up The Dark Tower VII.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #20 on: November 06, 2013, 01:33:14 pm »
About to pick up The Dark Tower VII.


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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #21 on: November 06, 2013, 01:53:52 pm »
About to pick up The Dark Tower VII.


I hate that dude.  Effs up every family event.

Steven King?  Or the gunslinger?

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #22 on: November 06, 2013, 01:56:14 pm »
We've been reading the Ender books and I've been on a Stephen King kick lately.  Life's too complicated to read anything challenging these days.....




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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #23 on: November 06, 2013, 07:19:12 pm »
Currently reading:
Doctor Sleep (sequel to The Shining) by Stephen King (so far, so good)
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #24 on: November 06, 2013, 08:09:06 pm »
The only reading I do is in J-RPG's.  ;D






no, i'm kidding:  I'm reading through Masters of Doom, the story of John Carmack and John Romero's success.

I've been on a non-fiction buzz this year.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #25 on: November 06, 2013, 09:35:50 pm »
I just finished The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling).  Absolutely fantastic book. 

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #26 on: November 06, 2013, 10:19:03 pm »

no, i'm kidding:  I'm reading through Masters of Doom, the story of John Carmack and John Romero's success.

I've been on a non-fiction buzz this year.

I re-read that this summer during my Hawaii vacation. Good fun.

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #27 on: November 06, 2013, 10:25:52 pm »
Game contest?

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #28 on: November 06, 2013, 10:26:34 pm »
Game contest?

I was one of the first five people in the world to receive their copy of Daikatana.  :cheers:
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #29 on: November 06, 2013, 10:28:26 pm »
I just opened an old box I had in storage, found some interesting books in there from Timothy Leary, Jonathan Ott, Daniel Pinchbeck. Boy were those interesting times...

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #30 on: November 07, 2013, 07:32:23 am »
Currently reading Eon by Greg Bear.


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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #31 on: November 07, 2013, 09:34:16 am »
Game contest?

I was one of the first five people in the world to receive their copy of Daikatana.  :cheers:
I never made it past the first level.  Did you finish it?

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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #32 on: November 07, 2013, 09:51:40 am »
Game contest?

I was one of the first five people in the world to receive their copy of Daikatana.  :cheers:
I never made it past the first level.  Did you finish it?

Multiple times.  :laugh2:
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #33 on: November 12, 2013, 09:24:21 pm »
Started "Ready Player One"
FULL of pandering to geeks who grew up in the 80's.
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Re: What are you reading?
« Reply #34 on: November 12, 2013, 09:29:45 pm »
Started "Ready Player One"
FULL of pandering to geeks who grew up in the 80's.

Yeah, I enjoyed it, but even at the time, some of it felt really forced. PBJ had a great breakdown of the book a while back.
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Re: What are you reading?
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I'm reading through Masters of Doom, the story of John Carmack and John Romero's success.
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