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5027 - Chapter 7

sulley1 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:25:23 -0400

Chapter 7

Crack! Boom! Crack!
We were pummeled by laser fire from the huge Cruiser.
“We can’t take much more of this!” I yelled.
“Then get us out of here!”
“What do you think I’m doing!”
“Even given the circumstances, I’m still your superior officer!”
“You won’t be anything if you don’t help me!”
“What do you want me to do?”
“Get to one of the gun emplacements,&rdquo...

5027 - Chapter 6

sulley1 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:00:51 -0400

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Chapter 6

Date: March 21, 5027
Somewhere in outer space

As we rocketed away from Kulbar towards Earth we worked on the walker. It was a mess; I had never had the chance to get a close look at it. There were hunks of metal lodged in the armor across the front of the walker. One especially large chunk was stuck in between the forward cannons.
“How are we gonna get that out,” I asked.
“With...

5027 - Chapter 5

sulley1 — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:05:13 -0400

Chapter 5

From the moment we reached base we were in trouble. The men there knew that a walker had been taken, and they were prepared for the enemy to engage them. Good thing they thought that the enemy had tried to draw them out, and not us. But this made it hard for us to get in. They had the base on full alert; every man was out trying to catch the enemy.
We made it over to the rocket launch pad with ease. The hard part was to get a rocket, and to load our walker into it.
“How ...

5027 - Chapter 4

sulley1 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:22:47 -0400

Chapter 4

Date: March 20, 5027
Kulbar, Kulbar System
Military base 173

“You’ve got to make a distraction so I can get out of here.”
“You can’t move anyway!”
“I have my ways.”
“Well what should I do?”
“You can get them all out of here.”
“Well, How??”
“Tell them that a chemical bomb exploded, or that the enemy has forced his way in…”
“Well I’ll try; you just get out of ...

5027, A Terran Marine's Story

sulley1 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:36:47 -0400

Chapter 3

Date: December 18, 5026
Earth Research Center For Space Technology

“Jack you need to finish this!”
“I will soon, Dentrin.”
“We need to come out with something soon, or they’ll shut us down. Do you realize that it’s been over a year since we’ve had a new ship or technology?”
“Yes, and this will solve both problems.”
“It better.”
Jack headed over to the large hunk of metal sitting in the middle of t...

5027 - Chapter 2

sulley1 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:05:25 -0400

Chapter 2

When I awoke, the next morning, I nearly hit my head on Bud’s old bunk.
I gotta find Bud!
I had slept in my armor, and I was sore, so I took a quick shower. I put on a white shirt and some army edition khakis with boots.
Then I ran down to the Medical Wing.
When I found him I shook him from his sleep. I know I shouldn’t have but I really need to get his attention fast, before I forgot who the guy was.
“Bud! I know who the guy was!”
“Mmm&...

5027, A Terran Marines Story - Chapter 1

sulley1 — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:39:29 -0400

Chapter 1

Date: March 19, 5027
Kulbar, Kulbar System

I’ve never been in a more hellish place. From the moment we landed, we were in chaos. Just the rocky terrain its self tries to swallow you up in huge crevices. We’ve lost over a hundred men, to the land alone, over ten thousand, to the enemy. This was Intelestar War II, and the enemy was getting the best of us.
I tried the Comlink, but all I got was static. I was too far away. I’d nearly lost bud a couple times, and w...

5027, A Terran Marine's Story

sulley1 — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:55:06 -0400

Zombie Survival Guide Announcement

derbal213 — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:15:11 -0400

I am using this space to announce the beginnings of a complete, uncut zombie survival guide that a friend and I are writing. It will include everything that has to deal with surviving the zombie apocaplyse. And it will include our sometimes twisted humor, as well as references to pop culture. (Expect a massive amount of Shaun references.)

So far we have begun researching the various weapons that could/will be used. This is, as of now, broken up into three different categories. The M...

The Day I Lost All Respect For Kurt Vonnegut

Gene Nash — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:56:57 -0400

Don't mistake me for a Kurt Vonnegut fan turned bitter enemy. I've never read any of his books. I don't know much about him. The extent of my contact with him is living for the moment in the film adaptation of Slaughterhouse-Five when Valerie Perinne shows up naked. I used to have a book about SF drama that had a lovely still of that. Despite that, I did have a certain respect for the man and his standing.

Mr. Vonnegut himself snuffed out whatever respect existed. One day around the time Gera...

Five Secrets

JillUser — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:44:08 -0400

I finally read a whole book! It was a short one but it was one full of impact. The book is called "the five secrets you must discover before you die" by John Izzo Ph.D.

I'm a people person so this book truly kept my interest. The "secrets" are conclusions from hundreds of interviews with people who were nominated by people in their lives as being happy people. I really enjoyed reading about what other people think leadh them to happiness.

I truly agree with mo...

Where can i go for a good read?

Scotteh — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:12:38 -0400

Usually i do a lot of my book reading, as opposed to online reading shortly before i go to bed, say 30 minutes before hand and it usually suffices.

The other day however i purchased the following three books to go through:

Das Kapital: A Critique of Political Economy, Author Karl MarxSocial Evolution, Author Benjamin Kidd(Geek Momment) Quantum Computer Science: An Introduction, Author David MerminI suspect the latter will be somewhat of a brain buster and i'll be honest i'm not really look...

I love Audiobooks

My Views and Muse — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:51:26 -0400

Not that I have recently discovered the joy of Audiobooks. I was a fan a long time ago but as time went by my need or desire for them waned because of circumstance which will be more apparent below. But, having just finished one yesterday and purchasing my next one today and loading onto my mp3 player I am reminded of how much I like them.

I have always been a reader. I read mostly science fiction with an occasional fantasy or regular fiction thrown in from ti...

The many lives of V S Naipaul

Bahu Virupaksha — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:21:33 -0400

It is always a difficult task to write the life of a living writer, and that too the biography of an opiniated and at time infuriatingly controversial, but highly talented writer, like V S Naipaul. Partick French has succeeded in doing just that:A narrative of the lfe of V S Naipaul from the sugar cane fields of Trinidad to the hieghts of Nobel fame and glory. The World is What it is covers the life of V S Naipaul from the vantage point of uncovering the man behind the books, it is reverntial wi...

The Iliad for the Common Reader Part 2

erathoniel — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:57:58 -0400

   Jere's Part 2 of the Iliad for the Common Reader. The Article Link reads back to the previous one in the series, if you're lost.

    With these words he sat down, and Calchas, wisest of prophetss, who knew things past present and to come, rose to speak. He had guided the Greeks with their fleet to Troy, through the propheses which Phoebus Apollo had told him. With all sincerity and goodwill he addressed them:

    "Achilles, loved of heaven, you a...

The Iliad for the Common Reader, Part 1

erathoniel — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:35:24 -0400

I'm gonna try putting the Iliad into plain English. It's already in English in the translation I'm using, but I'm making it simple. It will have footnotes. Most quotes will be left somewhat intact, especially describing the pantheon of the Greeks.

Sing, O goddess*, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Greeks. It killed many of the Greeks, and it led to the death of many heroes, for so Zeus's commands fufilled, when son...

Brad's Night Stand: February 2008

Draginol — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:19:47 -0500

I didn't get to read much in January. I basically got up, went to work for 8 hours at the office, came home, worked for another 8 hours, and went to bed and repeated that. Very busy time in those last weeks of Sins of a Solar Empire, new year business work, GalCiv II: Twilight of the Arnor, MyColors, WindowBlinds, DeskScapes, Impulse, etc.

But now I'm back.

So now I'm starting to read again. This month I'm reading "Arrest Proof Yourself" which I got to learn more about what type...

Why Kindle will fail as a device, succeed as a format.

Draginol — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:46:39 -0500

I just got back from the future in my time machine. Lots of cool stuff and not so cool stuff too.

But one of the things that surprised me was how eBooks ended up succeeding in ways one didn't expect and failed utterly in the areas it was expected to do well in.

It all started with the Kindle. The Kindle was the first mainstream (seriously mainstream) attempt to get eBooks going. With Amazon getting behind it (just like the did the Segway incidentally) the Kindle became pretty s...

A new comic made in Michigan!

relswick — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:43:28 -0500

This comic is done by a friend of mine and she is an amazing arts. Her artwok as well as Erin Seigel's work on the comic make this a new and upcoming sensastion. It has a unique american style as well Kay is a fan of the old school style Art work that used be produced all the time by Disney.

You can get a feel for the art style of the comics by checking out their site.

Hope you Enjoy it and if you do, please stop back by here and let me know!

'Mere Anarchy' by Woody Allen

Gene Nash — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:18:56 -0400

Mere Anarchy is Woody Allen's latest book, a collection of 18 humorous short stories, more than half of which originally appeared in The New Yorker.

This book definitely isn't for everyone. If anything, it's sunk by its own pseudo-intellectual pretensions. If you're the kind of person who doesn't like to watch certain sitcoms because you don't get the references or whose head begins to ache every time Dennis Miller opens his mouth, you should either treat this book like that odd, smelly neigh...

Harry Potter, Harry Potter, OOH!

amandapearl2 — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:53:52 -0400

I finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows this weekend. Yes I was one of the nerds who went to a midnight release (in costume) and then didn't come out of their bedroom until it was finished. Which for me was at about 2:00 Sunday morning, and I started reading it at about 1:30 on Saturday morning. Slightly over 24 hours, not bad. It was an awesome book though! I thought it was a wonderful way to end the series, though maybe a bit predictable. I think people overall were predicting ...

Harry Potter- How can you avoid spoilers?

JillUser — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:55:20 -0400

I am looking forward to reading the final installment of the Harry Potter series. I didn't preorder the book and I don't plan to be going to any of the late night parties to buy it either. My husband plans to buy it and read it at our cottage next week.

I don't know when I will get the chance to read it since I'll A) have to wait until Brad is done reading it and will have to wait until the baby allows me time to get some reading in.

So, in the meantime, any suggestions on avo...

Book Advice

aidy145 — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:32:15 -0400

Okay, I'm looking for some works which fit one or more of the below criteria:

- Modern American social commentary
- Satire
- Witty humor, but with substance
- Stupid and risque things that happen in a New York City
- Fresh ideas and themes
Any suggestions appreciated.

SHE's Book Review: The Dresden Files

Sugar High Elf — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:42:07 -0400

This isn't so much a book review as it is a review of a series of books. The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher tells the stories of the only wizard you'll find in the yellow pages. Harry Dresden, the detective wizard, works with Chicago Police head of Special Investigations Lt. Murphy. Together, they fight vampires, werewolves, creatures of Faerie and demons. Harry also has to deal with the White Council -- the governing body of wizards who do not trust Harry because he has a bit of a history wit...

Kuperman's Fire- A Review

Larry Kuperman — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:32:34 -0400

Let me start off by saying that Kuperman's Fire by John J. Clayton moved my more than any other book that I have read in a long time. Only 304 pages in length, it took me longer to read than I would have thought. There were parts that I read over several times to savor; other times I had to stop after only a few pages because a passage left me emotionally drained.

It is hard to put Kuperman's Fire into a category. Is it suspense? There are certainly suspenseful portions. Is it philosophy?...