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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Hey, I don't know that I'd say fantasy novels aren't "proper" novels. There are a lot of well written, great fantasy works, just as there are a lot of terrible "proper" novels. Just need to be picky. Also, depends if you can read a book about real people who don't have to go battling the evil forces of darkness. ;-)
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
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Sorry for the confusion, haha.
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Hey, no worries. But tell me, have you read Name of the Wind?
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
I haven't, no.
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Can I get a whoop whoop for The Dresden Files?
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
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لا هنا ولا هناك "L'homme n'est rien d'autre que son projet, il n'existe que dans la mesure où il se réalise, il n'est rien donc rien d'autre que l'ensemble de ses actes, rien d'autre que sa vie." Jean-Paul Sartre |
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Jim Butcher is a great author. He takes the time to craft plots that stretch over many books fairly unnoticed until it blows up. I've read his formula. It's pretty smart. My parents read the Codex series and they seemed to like it.
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Reality is Broken (Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World) by Jane McGonigal, for dissertation but also because it's a pretty awesome book.
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
^ I haven't read a lot of that, but I have read a lot of counter points in which they fully state that she makes no real use of science and is just hypothesizing on a lot of crap that could be replace for other crap and so makes her claims completely inconsequential. Even wrong.
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
You definitely should, it's interesting in the very least. Also, makes for great references in my dissertation (topic involving games) especially when I know the guy marking it will just see that it's a book that sounds like it's "right" and give me the mark for it. Sometimes I love the school system, sometimes. I'm not too far in at the moment but definitely worth picking it up I would say even if you end up disagreeing with some stuff.
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
I will. Since the attacks against it were interesting, I feel it only correct to read the source material to see who I agree with most. But, the attacks were pretty damning, putting her in league with Gladwell who is a glorified pattern maker with out any real weight behind the words. Opinions that sound good because the words behind them are well put together, but whose reality base is actually pretty shaky.
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Currently Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
Oh yeah, I was participating in this thread... well, since my last post:
I read "Pedro, the Enigma" by Robin Matchett... which wasn't very good. Premise OK, execution lacking. Nearly finished "Three Day Road" by Joseph Boyden, which is a very nice read if you're into serious literature. I enjoy his prose, probably more than any other Canadian author (suck on it, Ondaajte). And am starting "Wrath of a Mad God", Book 3 of the Darkwar saga by Feist and "Name of the Wind" by Rothfuss in preparation for book two which should arrive from the library soon. Also reading, "Inflammatory Cytokines and Postmyocardial Infarction Remodeling" by Nain et al, 2004 as I am planning on writing an updated review paper for publication. ;-)
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Re: What book are you currently reading?
I'm still on my old school SF trip, currently reading "The Food of the Gods" by Wells.
^gl on the paper!
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