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Forum: Reading Recommendations 03-04-2012, 01:58 AM
Replies: 65
Views: 13,779
Posted By fiver
My dad introduced me to Lovecraft, M.R. James,...

My dad introduced me to Lovecraft, M.R. James, Algernon Blackwood, E.F. Benson, and others when I was a child - he used to read the stories to me and he always pointed out a passage or turn of phrase...
Forum: Reading Recommendations 10-17-2010, 12:26 AM
Replies: 52
Views: 8,834
Posted By fiver
Not sure if this is a final Top 11 of all time...

Not sure if this is a final Top 11 of all time list but I do love all 11 of these books.

Watership Down by Richard Adams
Neverness by David Zindell
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
If On A...
Forum: Reading Recommendations 09-22-2010, 06:29 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 5,407
Posted By fiver
Neverness is my 2nd favorite novel (the 1st being...

Neverness is my 2nd favorite novel (the 1st being Watership Down). I have a nice first edition UK hardcover on my shelf that my wife bought me one christmas many years ago.

Also, The Broken God is...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 09-14-2010, 09:06 PM
Replies: 720
Views: 92,140
Posted By fiver
Got a shipping notice on mine today - a week...

Got a shipping notice on mine today - a week earlier than Amazon previously stated. Fortunately, my Oberon cover shipped too - I don't want to start reading until I have a protective covering.
...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 09-12-2010, 12:46 PM
Replies: 720
Views: 92,140
Posted By fiver
Ordered on Sept 4th and just got an email this...

Ordered on Sept 4th and just got an email this morning that it will ship on Sept. 22nd. I ordered the Graphite Wifi+3G model

Michael
Forum: General Discussions 05-18-2010, 08:46 AM
Replies: 70
Views: 12,537
Posted By fiver
Watership Down by Richard Adams has been my...

Watership Down by Richard Adams has been my favorite book since I was ten - read it 4 times so far.

followed closely by

Neverness by David Zindell

Michael
Forum: Reading Recommendations 02-15-2010, 11:39 AM
Replies: 92
Views: 14,771
Posted By fiver
I started reading on my own when I was 4 - and...

I started reading on my own when I was 4 - and was always way ahead of my grade level.

Read a lot of:


Hardy Boys
Encycolopedia Brown
Paddington Bear
OZ
Ramona Quimby
Forum: Self-Promotions by Authors and Publishers 02-07-2010, 08:57 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 8,759
Posted By fiver
Cool! Picked up a bunch that I'd been meaning to...

Cool! Picked up a bunch that I'd been meaning to try
Great deal
Forum: Amazon Kindle 02-06-2010, 11:44 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,868
Posted By fiver
Some features of Adobe PDF don't work on the...

Some features of Adobe PDF don't work on the Kindle DX - table of contents, hyperlinks are two big ones.

Unfortunately there's no workaround - I know a lot of people are hoping this is being...
Forum: News 01-31-2010, 08:32 PM
Replies: 441
Views: 41,342
Posted By fiver
I for one won't buy any more apple products since...

I for one won't buy any more apple products since it seems they had a significant role in bringing the e-book pricing discontent to a head - of course that doesn't really mean much since the only...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 01-23-2010, 02:34 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,209
Posted By fiver
Make sure to run your manga volumes through...

Make sure to run your manga volumes through 'mangle' before zipping them up and loading them on the kindle. The kindle takes 20-30 seconds to load up a new volume of manga and (at least as of the...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 01-11-2010, 10:51 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,940
Posted By fiver
I have just over 1000 titles on my kindle 2. ...

I have just over 1000 titles on my kindle 2. I've not seen any 'freeze ups' that I feel can be attributed to the indexing - however, since the 2.3 update, going between the current book and the...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 01-11-2010, 10:46 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 10,113
Posted By fiver
You'll probably want to run your images through...

You'll probably want to run your images through the 'mangle' program before copying them to the kindle - it renames the images to ensure that the kindle displays them in the right order, and does...
Forum: Reading Recommendations 12-26-2009, 06:44 PM
Replies: 109
Views: 13,465
Posted By fiver
This year was filled with a lot of re-reads since...

This year was filled with a lot of re-reads since I got my kindle, but the best things in total I read were:

Watership Down by Richard Adams (my favorite novel since I was ten)
The Pearl By John...
Forum: Reading Recommendations 12-26-2009, 06:35 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 13,388
Posted By fiver
136, but I'm counting volumes of manga in that. ...

136, but I'm counting volumes of manga in that.
If I took those out, I'd have about 90 novels, short story collections, and technical books.

Best year I've had for reading in years - my kindle...
Forum: News 12-19-2009, 05:52 PM
Replies: 103
Views: 16,201
Posted By fiver
When I got my kindle 2 last March, I started...

When I got my kindle 2 last March, I started reading every day at lunchtime in the lobby of my building. Since I was pretty much in the direct line of travel for everyone I work with, there was a...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 12-11-2009, 03:25 PM
Replies: 93
Views: 23,793
Posted By fiver
It kills me that none of his books are available...

It kills me that none of his books are available yet. I grew up reading The Collector and The Magus; never got around to reading his other books although I owned several of them. I re-read The...
Forum: News 12-11-2009, 02:29 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 6,282
Posted By fiver
I used to buy hardbacks from my favorite authors,...

I used to buy hardbacks from my favorite authors, but I'm entirely buying e-books now. If it's not available as an e-book, I'm not purchasing it.

As someone else said, I've got enough on my...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 12-01-2009, 08:12 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 5,219
Posted By fiver
You can see a couple screenshots at...

You can see a couple screenshots at http://foosoft.net/mangle/ that show how a typical manga image looks on the kindle, kindle2 and DX

There are a couple issues to know about. You can't really...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 11-30-2009, 10:10 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 5,219
Posted By fiver
I've tried manga on a kindle 2 and a kindle dx. ...

I've tried manga on a kindle 2 and a kindle dx. By far and away, I prefer reading manga on a kindle DX - I find it much easier on my eyes. I can't read the really fine print on some manga panels on...
Forum: Reading Recommendations 10-31-2009, 05:05 AM
Replies: 186
Views: 31,612
Posted By fiver
Anything written by Arthur C Clarke after 2061 -...

Anything written by Arthur C Clarke after 2061 - but especially...

Anything written by Clarke and Gentry Lee - Cradle is one of the worst things I've ever ready by an SF grand master..

Michael
Forum: Reading Recommendations 10-28-2009, 08:58 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 9,972
Posted By fiver
Here are a bunch I've enjoyed over the years. ...

Here are a bunch I've enjoyed over the years.

David Zindell: Neverness, The Broken God
Harlan Ellison: "I have no mouth and i must scream", "whimper of whipped dogs", "Palladin of the lost hour",...
Forum: Kindle Books 10-26-2009, 11:56 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,760
Posted By fiver
You're awesome Patricia :thumbsup: I think...

You're awesome Patricia :thumbsup:

I think you must have put more than a little time into providing this e-book - I could never find texts for all of these stories anywhere I searched.

Michael
Forum: Reading Recommendations 09-30-2009, 10:05 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 17,110
Posted By fiver
1. Watership Down by Richard Adams 2. ...

1. Watership Down by Richard Adams
2. Neverness by David Zindell
3. The Broken God by David Zindell
4. No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre
5. The Collector by John Fowles
6. The Fountainhead by...
Forum: Deals and Resources (No Self-Promotion or Affiliate Links) 09-30-2009, 08:31 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,909
Posted By fiver
So far I've read 1999 and Making Dylan Maxwell. ...

So far I've read 1999 and Making Dylan Maxwell. I really enjoyed the style of writing and the characters were all interesting; although, the lifestyles these characters inhabit are ones with which I...
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