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09-27-2009, 10:22 PM | #77 |
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House of Leaves is my #1 example of "why all books will not be ebooks, ever, even when we get the battery life fixed and work out how to make good epub textbooks."
Not even as a PDF, because it loses something in being translated to different screen sizes. (Also, I'm not done with it yet, and it may have parts that count on the pages' partial transparency.) |
09-28-2009, 12:45 PM | #78 | |
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09-28-2009, 03:44 PM | #79 |
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Anyone read the Little Fuzzy books by H Beam Piper? I loved these although I don't know if they were ever well known. I always thought they were similar to some of the earlier Heinlein books and definitely worth reading if you enjoy that kind of sci-fi. The little Fuzzies were awfully cute...
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09-30-2009, 09:06 PM | #81 | |
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10-01-2009, 01:28 AM | #82 |
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I think Alasdair Gray is a fabulous writer, and his books should be better known.
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10-01-2009, 11:28 AM | #83 | |
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This one: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12879
It narrates the life of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. I wouldn't be suprised if his life was chosen the most intense and strange life ever lived in the history of humanity. Dr. Drib uploaded this book and this is what I said about it in that thread (sorry to quote myself but I don't feel like writing ) Quote:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12879 It's also available in Manybooks in several formats, both in English and in Spanish: http://manybooks.net/authors/vacaa.html And this is a nice online version: http://alkek.library.txstate.edu/swwc/cdv/book/5.html |
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10-02-2009, 09:23 AM | #84 |
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I thought of another one for the sci/fi lovers. Don't know why I didn't think of this first.
Armor by John Steakley. This is actually one of the best sci/fi books ever written. But the author doesn't get much attention because he's only written 2 books and a very few short stories. His other book was a vampire book that they made into a movie. I read it (Armor I mean, not into vampire books much except original Dracula) about 10 years ago when I noticed it appearing on lists of best sci/fi novels of all time with an asterisk beside it. Last edited by wayspooled; 10-02-2009 at 10:03 AM. |
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10-02-2009, 04:05 PM | #86 | |
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Guessing the asterisk means "At least read 50 pages before giving up. Really, it makes sense later. I swear!" |
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10-03-2009, 02:24 PM | #88 | |
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One of his treasured memories about Armor was getting a note from Heinlein about it saying how impressed he was the second time he read it. He also tells a hilarious story about being at a conference with Jerry Pournelle, and the two of them Not Getting Along. In fact, Not Getting Along to the point of "Okay. Step outside, and let's settle this man to man!" But not actually getting to that point because before punches were thrown, John said "Jerry, wait!" "Why?" "Because Bob Heinlein is gonna be here, and you gotta introduce me to him and say something nice about me!" ______ Dennis |
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The manuscript for the third Fuzzy novel. "Fuzzies and Other People", was eventually found and published long after Piper's death.. What never did surface were the notebooks where Piper was keeping track of his worlds. Piper was one of the first to write in a continuing setting with a coherent history. Two, in fact, as his works were mostly in the Terran Federation series (_Little Fuzzy_, among others) and the Paratime Police series (_Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen_ and others). All save the Lord Kalvan volume have lapsed into the public domain, and HarryT has a couple of compilation volumes posted in MobileRead's ebook library for download. ______ Dennis |
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10-03-2009, 02:43 PM | #90 |
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Basic Economics by Thomas Sowell.
It is a brilliantly simple explanation of how an economy works and of the unintended consequences of different government interventions on the free market. Everyone who votes should read it. |
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