Hey!! Let's get some action going! What are we reading? - Page 666

Namekuseijin · 07-05-2011, 05:56 PM

oh, man. You started on Dawkins just so this thread come to this number page, don't you?

benham · 07-05-2011, 06:10 PM

Thank you Ditchley, and thank you WT!

Lucid_Dreamer · 07-05-2011, 09:47 PM

Ha! I'd like to take credit for starting page 666 off with Dawkins and Lovecraft, but alas I wasn't even paying attention when I did so. So, I'd be lying if I said it was intentional.

Oh and I couldn't get the Lovecraft download to work on Kindle for PC. Could be because I'm not in Canada (they're public domain in Canada, doesn't say anything about the US)

MickeyC · 07-05-2011, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by benham

Scientific FACT and religion are compatible.

Think Galileo would agree with that?

carld · 07-05-2011, 09:59 PM

I'm currently reading Solis by A. A. Attanasio. It's the free Pheonix Pick for July. At first I didn't care for it really. The writing style was really off-putting. I stuck with it and at about 10% into the book I was starting to enjoy it. Now, about a third of the way in, I'm hooked.

phenomshel · 07-05-2011, 10:33 PM

Just finished "The Bones of Avalon" by Phil Rickman. I got bogged down in a few spots but all in all, a very good read. This is new release day so I'm spoiled for choice over here... the new Kevin Hearne is out, the Naked City anthology (with a new Jim Butcher short story) is out... and a bunch of cozy series I follow, plus some new ones....
Can't make up my mind what to start next!

kennyc · 07-05-2011, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

Just finished "The Bones of Avalon" by Phil Rickman. I got bogged down in a few spots but all in all, a very good read. This is new release day so I'm spoiled for choice over here... the new Kevin Hearne is out, the Naked City anthology (with a new Jim Butcher short story) is out... and a bunch of cozy series I follow, plus some new ones....
Can't make up my mind what to start next!

How about Paris Hiltons Autobiography?

Namekuseijin · 07-05-2011, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucid_Dreamer

Oh and I couldn't get the Lovecraft download to work on Kindle for PC. Could be because I'm not in Canada (they're public domain in Canada, doesn't say anything about the US)

are you talking about the link I gave for the Omnibus? It's in ePub format and Kindle doesn't handle that. You need some ePub reader. For PC, I guess your best bet is the open-source Calibre.

And I couldn't give a damn for whatever copyrights claims anywhere over works almost one hundred years old, specially as the author being dead almost as long as well.

BTW, next year Hemingway is going public domain. Hope his once beautiful daughters have had a luxurious enough life.

benham · 07-05-2011, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by cassidym

Think Galileo would agree with that?

Since we aren't supposed to discuss this on this forum, we'll never know.

kennyc · 07-06-2011, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by benham

Since we aren't supposed to discuss this on this forum, we'll never know.

But you are welcome to discuss it in P&R.

pdurrant · 07-06-2011, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

So next up: fourth in the series, The Paradise Game by Brian Stableford

And I liked this one even more. I think that characters are growing on me.

And so, on to the fifth and last: The Fenris Device by Brian Stableford

Lucid_Dreamer · 07-06-2011, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Namekuseijin

are you talking about the link I gave for the Omnibus? It's in ePub format and Kindle doesn't handle that. You need some ePub reader. For PC, I guess your best bet is the open-source Calibre.

And I couldn't give a damn for whatever copyrights claims anywhere over works almost one hundred years old, specially as the author being dead almost as long as well.

BTW, next year Hemingway is going public domain. Hope his once beautiful daughters have had a luxurious enough life.

Ohhh so that's why! Thanks I'll have to take a look. There are other places on the web to find his books too. As much as I like ebooks, I still kinda like the feel of an actual book though. Call me old fashioned, haha.

carld · 07-06-2011, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by phenomshel

the Naked City anthology (with a new Jim Butcher short story) is out... and a bunch of cozy series I follow, plus some new ones....
Can't make up my mind what to start next!

Well, there went $10.

benham · 07-06-2011, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

But you are welcome to discuss it in P&R.

Done deal. Brand new thread too

kennyc · 07-06-2011, 03:38 PM

I just read this great SF story as I walked at lunch from the Year's Best SF -27th edition - "The Twilight of the Gods" by John C Wright. Very Impressive, but thought the ending didn't quite live up to its build up.... still....I'm going to seek out more of his work and read it.

Anyone else familiar with him? Suggestions or comments?

07-05-2011, 09:59 PM	#9980
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I'm currently reading Solis by A. A. Attanasio. It's the free Pheonix Pick for July. At first I didn't care for it really. The writing style was really off-putting. I stuck with it and at about 10% into the book I was starting to enjoy it. Now, about a third of the way in, I'm hooked. Last edited by carld; 07-05-2011 at 11:01 PM.

07-06-2011, 03:38 PM	#9990
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	I just read this great SF story as I walked at lunch from the Year's Best SF -27th edition - "The Twilight of the Gods" by John C Wright. Very Impressive, but thought the ending didn't quite live up to its build up.... still....I'm going to seek out more of his work and read it. Anyone else familiar with him? Suggestions or comments? Last edited by kennyc; 07-07-2011 at 08:32 AM.

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Namekuseijin affordable chipmunk Posts: 1,290 Karma: 9863855 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Brazil Device: Sony XPeria ZL, Kindle Paperwhite	oh, man. You started on Dawkins just so this thread come to this number page, don't you?

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benham Guru Posts: 882 Karma: 5565888 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Townsend, WI Device: Palm TX, PRS-505 (BLUE)	Thank you Ditchley, and thank you WT!

07-05-2011, 09:47 PM	#9978
Lucid_Dreamer Andrew Kincaid Posts: 40 Karma: 50000 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Ohio Device: none	Ha! I'd like to take credit for starting page 666 off with Dawkins and Lovecraft, but alas I wasn't even paying attention when I did so. So, I'd be lying if I said it was intentional. Oh and I couldn't get the Lovecraft download to work on Kindle for PC. Could be because I'm not in Canada (they're public domain in Canada, doesn't say anything about the US)

07-05-2011, 10:33 PM	#9981
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Just finished "The Bones of Avalon" by Phil Rickman. I got bogged down in a few spots but all in all, a very good read. This is new release day so I'm spoiled for choice over here... the new Kevin Hearne is out, the Naked City anthology (with a new Jim Butcher short story) is out... and a bunch of cozy series I follow, plus some new ones.... Can't make up my mind what to start next!