Post: Do you like to read books?
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09-21-2010, 04:06 PM
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Roar
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Ender's Game
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Enders game is an easy read, but doesn't stop it from being an amazing story. I've read it twice, and both times couldn't put it down. It's a science fiction/fantasy genre. Great for people that enjoy space & war.
From Amazon Review
"Intense is the word for Ender's Game. Aliens have attacked Earth twice and almost destroyed the human species. To make sure humans win the next encounter, the world government has taken to breeding military geniuses -- and then training them in the arts of war... The early training, not surprisingly, takes the form of 'games'... Ender Wiggin is a genius among geniuses; he wins all the games... He is smart enough to know that time is running out. But is he smart enough to save the planet?"
From Pulishers Weekly
"For the 20th anniversary of Card's Hugo and Nebula Award–winning novel, Audio Renaissance brings to life the story of child genius Ender Wiggin, who must save the world from malevolent alien "buggers." In his afterword, Card declares, "The ideal presentation of any book of mine is to have excellent actors perform it in audio-only format," and he gets his wish. Much of the story is internal dialogue, and each narrator reads the sections told from the point of view of a particular character, rather than taking on a part as if it were a play. Card's phenomenal emotional depth comes through in the quiet, carefully paced speech of each performer. No narrator tries overmuch to create separate character voices, though each is clearly discernible, and the understated delivery will draw in listeners. In particular, Rudnicki, with his lulling, sonorous voice, does a fine job articulating Ender's inner struggle between the kind, peaceful boy he wants to be and the savage, violent actions he is frequently forced to take. This is a wonderful way to experience Card's best-known and most celebrated work, both for longtime fans and for newcomers. "
If Ender's Game was not enough, Orson Scott Card added more to the story! keep on reading!
1. Ender's Game
2. Speaker for the Dead
3. Xenocide
4. Children of the Mind
5. Ender's Shadow
6. Shadow of the Hegemon
7. Shadow Puppets
8. Shadow of the Giant
9. A War of Gifts
10. Ender in Exile
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09-24-2010, 12:36 PM
#56
Como
Here's to Loonyology!
Originally posted by WSW
Im sorry, but I just can't read books.
Can't, or won't? :p
Originally posted by needalifesoon
Reading is not unlike gaming.
You are alone doing it and often invest time when you could be doing something else.
Schedules get busy and there is only X amount of available time.
I've always read myself to sleep and a good book can ruin a good nights sleep.
But several hours spent on a book, instead of gaming, can generate a lifetime of influential memories.
I spend plenty of time(too much) playing and thinking about gaming. But it will never generate usefull memories. It will never change or influence my life.
One good book can do that.
The difference between a good book and a good movie is everyone who reads the book sees it differently. It is a more personal experience.
I enjoy books,movies,and gaming and the influence they have on me are listed in the same order. But reading has more personal lifelong influence than any other medium.
You are alone doing it and often invest time when you could be doing something else.
Schedules get busy and there is only X amount of available time.
I've always read myself to sleep and a good book can ruin a good nights sleep.
But several hours spent on a book, instead of gaming, can generate a lifetime of influential memories.
I spend plenty of time(too much) playing and thinking about gaming. But it will never generate usefull memories. It will never change or influence my life.
One good book can do that.
The difference between a good book and a good movie is everyone who reads the book sees it differently. It is a more personal experience.
I enjoy books,movies,and gaming and the influence they have on me are listed in the same order. But reading has more personal lifelong influence than any other medium.
I have run out of thanks to give, but your post has hit the nail on the head, and fully explains my thoughts on this topic also.
09-24-2010, 12:40 PM
#57
09-24-2010, 06:42 PM
#58
Roar
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Originally posted by needalifesoon
Reading is not unlike gaming.
You are alone doing it and often invest time when you could be doing something else.
Schedules get busy and there is only X amount of available time.
I've always read myself to sleep and a good book can ruin a good nights sleep.
But several hours spent on a book, instead of gaming, can generate a lifetime of influential memories.
I spend plenty of time(too much) playing and thinking about gaming. But it will never generate usefull memories. It will never change or influence my life.
One good book can do that.
The difference between a good book and a good movie is everyone who reads the book sees it differently. It is a more personal experience.
I enjoy books,movies,and gaming and the influence they have on me are listed in the same order. But reading has more personal lifelong influence than any other medium.
You are alone doing it and often invest time when you could be doing something else.
Schedules get busy and there is only X amount of available time.
I've always read myself to sleep and a good book can ruin a good nights sleep.
But several hours spent on a book, instead of gaming, can generate a lifetime of influential memories.
I spend plenty of time(too much) playing and thinking about gaming. But it will never generate usefull memories. It will never change or influence my life.
One good book can do that.
The difference between a good book and a good movie is everyone who reads the book sees it differently. It is a more personal experience.
I enjoy books,movies,and gaming and the influence they have on me are listed in the same order. But reading has more personal lifelong influence than any other medium.
I agree 100% you have it right :y:
09-24-2010, 07:01 PM
#59
+tA.Daisho
Crumpets and tea?
09-24-2010, 07:03 PM
#60
Anal Treat
NGU's resident prick
09-24-2010, 07:30 PM
#61
helpmeoprah
FormerStaff HATED ON
(need more great book idea's ask me, off the wall books are my thing)
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^^^ is a great book, better than the movie, its really in depth and teaches you pyro's some cool stuff.
Author: Chuck Palahniuk
amazon review:
Featuring soap made from human fat, waiters at high-class restaurants who do unmentionable things to soup and an underground organization dedicated to inflicting a violent anarchy upon the land, Palahniuk's apocalyptic first novel is clearly not for the faint of heart. The unnamed (and extremely unreliable) narrator, who makes his living investigating accidents for a car company in order to assess their liability, is combating insomnia and a general sense of anomie by attending a steady series of support-group meetings for the grievously ill, at one of which (testicular cancer) he meets a young woman named Marla. She and the narrator get into a love triangle of sorts with Tyler Durden, a mysterious and gleefully destructive young man with whom the narrator starts a fight club, a secret society that offers young professionals the chance to beat one another to a bloody pulp. Mayhem ensues, beginning with the narrator's condo exploding and culminating with a terrorist attack on the world's tallest building. Writing in an ironic deadpan and including something to offend everyone, Palahniuk is a risky writer who takes chances galore, especially with a particularly bizarre plot twist he throws in late in the book. Caustic, outrageous, bleakly funny, violent and always unsettling, Palahniuk's utterly original creation will make even the most jaded reader sit up and take notice. Movie rights to Fox 2000.
and some more good ones by Chuck Palahniuk:
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^^^ is a great book, better than the movie, its really in depth and teaches you pyro's some cool stuff.
Author: Chuck Palahniuk
amazon review:
Featuring soap made from human fat, waiters at high-class restaurants who do unmentionable things to soup and an underground organization dedicated to inflicting a violent anarchy upon the land, Palahniuk's apocalyptic first novel is clearly not for the faint of heart. The unnamed (and extremely unreliable) narrator, who makes his living investigating accidents for a car company in order to assess their liability, is combating insomnia and a general sense of anomie by attending a steady series of support-group meetings for the grievously ill, at one of which (testicular cancer) he meets a young woman named Marla. She and the narrator get into a love triangle of sorts with Tyler Durden, a mysterious and gleefully destructive young man with whom the narrator starts a fight club, a secret society that offers young professionals the chance to beat one another to a bloody pulp. Mayhem ensues, beginning with the narrator's condo exploding and culminating with a terrorist attack on the world's tallest building. Writing in an ironic deadpan and including something to offend everyone, Palahniuk is a risky writer who takes chances galore, especially with a particularly bizarre plot twist he throws in late in the book. Caustic, outrageous, bleakly funny, violent and always unsettling, Palahniuk's utterly original creation will make even the most jaded reader sit up and take notice. Movie rights to Fox 2000.
and some more good ones by Chuck Palahniuk:
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Others whose pictures are to small to show the title:
RANT
Survivor
Stranger Than Fiction
Invisible Monsters
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