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What's the Last Book You Read?

Island Dog — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 9:26:00 AM -0500

We talk about movies and TV, so why not have a discussion about the books we read! Let us know what's the last book you read, and feel free to recommend it or expand on what it's about. I mostly read through my Kindle and get most of my eBooks through Amazon. The book I recently finished was Inside the Real Area 51: The Secret History of Wright Patterson .

The Webrunner Give-away May 28th - Jun 28

webnavigator — Fri, 29 May 2020 9:20:08 PM -0400

I wrote this book a few months after being the hospital the second time and a few months it took me to write pretty intense stuff and flashbacks writing it but yeah I enjoyed it and now writing the second book 16,000 words in slowly but surely I'm gaining momentum finding things to write about slowly but yeah this is my first project and I put it up for a give-away for 50 copies on goodreads check it out and if you buy it and enjoy it or don't please leave a constructive review I know i...

Thank You, Cory Doctorow

Larry Kuperman — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 9:05:07 PM -0400

The end of the year is always a time of reflection for me, of looking back over the past and thinking about the reasons to be grateful. One of the big things for me, and for my family, this past year was getting to meet Cory Doctorow in person. I have been a fan of his for a number of years, ever since someone recommended that I read his novel " Little Brother." I really wish I could remember who that was. After the first book, A Place So Foreign and Eight More, Overclocked: Stories of...

Review: One Second After

Draginol — Sat, 17 Aug 2013 5:10:21 PM -0400

Review: One Second After

Wow!

One Second After is a fictional story in which the United States is attacked by an Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP) weapon.

What’s scary about EMP weapons is that they’re not far-fetched. When a nuclear explosion takes place in the upper atmosphere, it rains down a huge electromagnetic pulse that will take out most electronics that aren’t hardened specifically for it. That means your car, your electricity, everyone else’s electricity, and all your gadgets are fried.

The most enjoyable book you've ever read that people you like and respect really trashed

Glazunov1 — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 8:35:03 AM -0400

We invert the last question--so instead of a book you've really hated that friends recommended highly to you, now we have a book you ended up liking a great deal, that friends and such panned. I'd have to go with the fourth part (book) of Gulliver's Travels. Back in junior high (which for those of you who aren't USian, means about twelve to fourteen years of age) I read the version in my school library. It consisted of the first three parts of GT, but not the controv...

The most disappointing book you ever read, after high recommendations.

Glazunov1 — Sat, 18 May 2013 1:44:18 PM -0400

So, not just any book that you found tedious or poorly-written, but a book that came with great praise from people you respect. Just the worst of these, if you please.

Brad’s bookshelf: February 2011

Draginol — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 6:56:34 PM -0400

Reading is what I do while I wait for the night to be over to start the next day. I love my Kindle. 99 cent books. Anyway, here are a few books I highly highly recommend for those who dig sci-fi Excellent: Old Man’s War The Last Colony The Ghost Brigades Post-Human and Trans Human Good: The Forever War The Old Man and the Wasteland Decent: Anomaly Zoe’s Tale The Doomsday Book (this is good if you like history) Fat...

Weird and The New Weird

Emperor_Nero — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 6:56:45 PM -0500

Recently I have fallen in love with postmodernist literature, and then that led me into some of the stories by H.P. Lovecraft (not postmodern, but I had been curious and read a couple of stories of his a year or so back) through some convoluted avenues of Wikipedia. Lovecraft is the father of the Weird story and is probably one of the, if not the most influential figures in modern horror literature. A piece of Weird fiction generally involves the merging of science, mythology, and the paranormal...

Dracula - What was the last book you read?

utemia — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 4:59:59 PM -0500

I was in the hospital recently for 3 days and had decided to take a good book along as reading is a really great way to pass time - and I chose Dracula. I hadn't actually read the book even though I had to read literature journals about the role of woman in the victorian society, the function of the monster, sexuality and eroticism in gothic novels, and about vampires as a gothic creation that stood for the monster that was allowed to do everythings that wasn't in the prude victorian society. ...

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

Draginol — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 3:14:00 PM -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...

where to go after wheel of time and game of thrones(A Song of fire and ice) series

joasoze — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 6:22:37 PM -0500

Title says it all. Are there any other fantasy series of the same quality?

What Warhammer 40k books should I start with?

Saint C — Sat, 12 May 2012 3:46:53 PM -0400

I've recently started reading some books dealing with the lore of Warhammer 40k and am a little overwhelmed when shopping on Amazon. I'm pretty new to the Black Library and am looking for a little direction since it's hard to ascertain where in the timeline each one is. I've read Eisenhorn, Rynn's World, and am currently reading the Ultramarines Omnibus. I think next, I'm gonna look into Ravenour and some of the Horus Heresy novels. Any direction is appreciated.

Pranay Gupte's "Dubai: The Making of a Megapolis" is published

PranayGupte — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 9:23:06 AM -0500

I am please to report that my new book, "Dubai: The Making of a Megapolis," has just been published by Penguin-Viking (India). It's available on Amazon.Com, and will be hitting the bookstores soon. The book marks the 40th anniversary of the found of the United Arab Emirates, and is a broad sweeping history of the Gulf region, and Dubai's rise from a small fishing village to one of the world's great cities.

Five Secrets

JillUser — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 2:32:53 PM -0500

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...

The Atlantic Crossing of the Mayflower Pilgrims

Sailor Cull — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 2:47:41 PM -0500

After all the troubles with the Speedwell were over, the Mayflower finally set off alone, on September 6, 1620. The weather was good, and the wind remained near perfect for many days. Most all the passengers became very sea-sick. It was not long after that they lost their good wind, and the Atlantic storms hit them in full force. Powerful cross-winds and extremely high seas tossed the 180-ton Mayflower violently. The upper deck started leaking badly, keeping the passenger...

What the Pilgrims Went Through to Prepare and Start Their Voyage

Sailor Cull — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 5:58:55 PM -0500

When the Pilgrims reached Delftshaven, Holland, they found everything was ready for them to go the next morning. The Speedwell was to take them into Southampton, England, where the Mayflower was waiting to receive them. When the Pilgrims reached Delftshaven, Holland, they found everything was ready for them to go the next morning. The Speedwell was to take them into Southampton, England, where the Mayflower was waiting to receive them. After twelve years of living with their friends and fello...

Brad’s bookshelf: February 2010

Draginol — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 1:05:49 AM -0400

With Winter getting along, my wife is insisting that I start taking the books I’ve recently read out of our bedroom and put them away downstairs. I won’t bore you with the books that weren’t good, below are the ones I highly recommend: The Little Black Book of Violence: What Every Young Man Needs to Know About Fighting Gridlock: Why We're Stuck in Traffic and What to Do About It The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology Transcend: Nine Steps to L...

Erich Segal: Author, Historian and Poet

Bahu Virupaksha — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 9:40:42 PM -0500

I did not believe my eyes when I read that Erich Segal the author of Love Story had died in London. I remember reading this wonderful novel set in Harvard and Radcliffe which touched all the emotional and political chords of the 1960's USA: a more innocent and less politically correct time. I was in High School when I read Love Story and I was struck up the culture and openess of American University education, and that impression prompted me to go to the US for my graduate studies. From the fir...

Avail Best Education Opportunities in UK and Australia

redcloverindia — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 5:11:59 PM -0500

Red Clover is an education consultant that has implemented the concept of Career Programming successfully. Many other education consultants have taken cue from us later. As part of career programming, we take you through the pros and cons of foreign education. This lets to have a clear idea on how to carve a successful career for yourself abroad. We are dealing with education prospects in UK and Australia in an extensive manner. As of now, there are ample opportunities in the wo...

Ram S. Varma's Book on The Ramayana

PranayGupte — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 3:06:35 AM -0500

RAM S. VARMA's BOOK ON THE RAMAYANA By Pranay Gupte Some professional writers – particularly journalists -- will tell you that writing is a breeze. All you need to do is get your facts straight through relentless reporting, sit in front of your computer, and the words will flow. There’s a story – and it happens to be true – of the late R. W. “Johnny” Apple Jr. of The New York Times dashing out a 7,000-word cover story for The Times&rsquo...

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Adewi-R — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 9:09:09 PM -0500

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Review: The Da Vinci Code revisited

utemia — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 3:39:20 PM -0400

I was ransacking my bookshelfs the other day looking for Harry Potter book 1 to give to a friend, and I rediscovered my copy of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. I know that his book created quite a stir back in the day due to the conspiracy of Mary Magdalene and Jesus and their supposed offspring and subsequent royal dynasty of the Merovingians. Many religious people were outraged and warned against the dangers such statements could produce etc pp. People wrote books about the historic errors and fa...

Joseph Heller, Catch 22, London 1955, chapter 12 - Bologna

utemia — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 5:49:51 AM -0400

First few pages of chapter 12 - Bologna Actually, itw as not Captain Black but Sergeant Knight who triggered the solemn panic of Bologna, slipping silently off the truck for two extra flak suits as soon as he learned the target and signaling the start of the grim procession back into the parachute tent that degenerated into a frantic stampede finally before all the extra flak suits were gone. "Hey, what's going on?" Kid Sampson asked nervously. "Bologna can't be that rough, can it?" N...

I can read

Locamama — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 5:40:17 AM -0400

Some mini book reviews The Late Lamented Molly Marx by Sally Koslow I really enjoyed this book about a woman who is deceased, we get to see what's going on with her family currently, how they are dealing with her death, look back at her memories and find out who killed Molly. The actual who did it is really a small part of the book. This book was well and engaging. I liked Molly, hated some other characters okay mainly the horrible, cheating husband and his lady friend.&n...

Jewish Poker

utemia — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 2:09:19 PM -0400

This is one of my favourite Stories by Kishon, a great humorist. Jewish Poker For quite a while the two of us sat at our table, wordlessly stirring our coffee. Ervinke was bored. All right, he said. Let's play poker. No, I answered. I hate cards. I always lose. Who's talking about cards? thus Ervinke. I was thinking of Jewish poker. He then briefly explained the rules of the game. Jewish poker is played without cards, in your head, as befits the People of the Boo...