for amusement: what will you read first on iLiad? - Page 2

ThinkNeXT · 07-10-2006, 11:55 AM

Hibernate in Action by Patrick Peak and Nick Heudecker

BTW, I found a nice new use for my soon-to-be-owned Iliad: I will put the reference manuals of all my appliances, phones, etc. on a SD-card to always have them with me and never search one of those again. And I think the manuals for every technical device of anybody I know who are always asking me for help with their stuff too...

arivero · 07-10-2006, 12:40 PM

ArXiv.org papers.

Also I have got a good bunch of scanned textbooks.

The GreatGonzo · 07-10-2006, 12:55 PM

Lots and lots of Project Gutenberg public domain stuff that I never got around to reading in the hardcopy version, also some Doc Savage, books by John Buchan, Jules Verne, Conan Doyle - and the Flashman novels, as soon as I get around to scanning them...

BTW, I don't want to sound too much like a little old lady, but is anybody planning on using the Iliad for crossword puzzles? If so, where's a good place to pick some up?

ali · 07-10-2006, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The GreatGonzo

BTW, I don't want to sound too much like a little old lady, but is anybody planning on using the Iliad for crossword puzzles? If so, where's a good place to pick some up?

As long as you cannot write onto pdfs, there's not much fun in doing crosswords, right?

arivero · 07-10-2006, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ali

As long as you cannot write onto pdfs, there's not much fun in doing crosswords, right?

Cann't we? The full pdf specification included writting at some time.

VillageReader · 07-10-2006, 04:39 PM

That depends on how soon 'soon' is on the iRex 'DRM' comment. If it is available by the time the Iliad gets here, then it will most likely be something from the library (if they have DRMd Mobipocket or .pdf as one of the choices) - but that choice will be somewhat whimsical depending what I feel like at the time. If DRM file access is not available immediately, it will most likely be Captain Blood by Sabatini or something else interesting from project Gutenberg.

FGFuzaxx · 07-10-2006, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CommanderROR

...

@FGFuzaxx

Did you read the "World of Tiers" by F.J. Farmer? I read that one in paper many years ago and it was actually a very good series, maybe even better than Riverworld.
...

The world of Tiers, yes this a truly classic one! I have the (german) all in one book - 1500 pages +- . Yes I know almost everthing from Farmer, he is one of my favourites, like A.E. van Vogt, Brin, Baxter, Banks, Shekley to name a few.
Riverworld has its length, but for it is holding the expectations high and you want to read the next page and the next and so on ...

But we want to have the reader, content is our last concern

Greetings,
Frank

CommanderROR · 07-10-2006, 05:08 PM

Content is our next concern...there is always a next concern...^^

tribble · 07-10-2006, 05:11 PM

i am going to read "Waiting for Godot"

CommanderROR · 07-10-2006, 05:25 PM

as a Paper book...^^

Tscherno · 07-11-2006, 03:53 AM

All "Discworl" Novels again

VillageReader · 07-11-2006, 05:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by VillageReader

That depends on how soon 'soon' is on the iRex 'DRM' comment. If it is available by the time the Iliad gets here, then it will most likely be something from the library (if they have DRMd Mobipocket or .pdf as one of the choices) - but that choice will be somewhat whimsical depending what I feel like at the time. If DRM file access is not available immediately, it will most likely be Captain Blood by Sabatini or something else interesting from project Gutenberg.

Hmmm, maybe The Woman in White by Collins since my wife and I saw the Broadway show when we were in NYC last fall. (Did I mention whimsy above?).

The GreatGonzo · 07-11-2006, 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ali

As long as you cannot write onto pdfs, there's not much fun in doing crosswords, right?

I was thinking in terms of using the stylus to edit a jpg. Wouldn't that be the way to do a crossword on the Iliad?

b_k · 07-11-2006, 10:29 AM

If i ever order it:
maybe ... Neverending Story?

for real, i found some nice PDFs at http://www.gasl.org/ (Arno Schmidt reader society). They have some decent PDFs from Jules Verne (in german).

kwizmaster · 07-11-2006, 11:01 AM

I will start reading (because I never did) with old Homers Ilias (Iliad). Hope to find a german translation

Irex should add this book as a standard.

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arivero Guru Posts: 607 Karma: 2157 Join Date: Oct 2005 Device: NCR3125, Nokia 770,...	ArXiv.org papers. Also I have got a good bunch of scanned textbooks.

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CommanderROR eink fanatic Posts: 2,022 Karma: 4924 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Germany Device: STAReBOOK, iRex Iliad, Sony 505, Kindle 2	as a Paper book...^^

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07-11-2006, 10:29 AM	#29
b_k Übernerd Posts: 238 Karma: 74 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Device: iRex iLiad	If i ever order it: maybe ... Neverending Story? for real, i found some nice PDFs at http://www.gasl.org/ (Arno Schmidt reader society). They have some decent PDFs from Jules Verne (in german).