05-03-2009, 12:13 PM | #46 |
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Peter F. Hamilton. Holy Crap. Glad I wasn't carrying it around, when travelling!
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05-04-2009, 06:24 AM | #47 |
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Longest book?
I've no idea, very hard to compare pbooks... Hard covers are thicker in general, even if they are shorter in length, some books have a larger lettering, others thinner paper... But I think the thickest book I have in my book collection is Amber, from Roger Zelazny (especially impressive, as the paper is really thin in that one!) Others are the Outlander series and in the pocket line I have Noble House by Clavell and the books by Auel (Clan of the Cave Bear and the rest). Loved them all... |
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05-05-2009, 03:32 AM | #48 |
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Alastair Reynolds - Revelation Space
Longest sci-fi book I read in ebook format. It is very good too. |
05-05-2009, 06:56 AM | #49 |
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Elizabeth Kostova - The Historian
It's a bit similar to the Dan Brown books but it's about chasing Dracula! Very exciting! And long... |
05-05-2009, 07:50 AM | #50 |
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05-05-2009, 08:25 AM | #51 |
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Anathem. It was over 2 Mb.
Funny how quickly you can convert to thinking of book length in terms of file size. Sometimes I buy a book and forget to check reading time and then when I download I always hope it takes longer because then it could be a bigger book. |
05-05-2009, 09:53 AM | #52 |
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I'm just beginning to re-read Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep. Sooo happy to have it as an ebook! It and A Deepness in the Sky are about the same length, approx 3500 pages each, so it will be about 7,000 pages total on my reader. Joy!
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05-05-2009, 10:35 AM | #53 |
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Years ago I bought the hardback version of Arthur Conan Doyles "The Complete Sherlock Holmes" and enjoyed each and every story. Had to sit down while reading it tho, it was heavy!
And then there is "The Complete and Uncut The Stand" by Stephen King. Still love it. Can't forget Michener's "Hawaii", "The Covenant" or "Centennial" Long and wordy, yes, but interesting to the end. And to think all these and hundreds of others on a device the size of a Kindle...... |
05-05-2009, 10:49 AM | #54 |
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The Stand a very long time ago (so much better than the movie) and more recently "The Forsyte Saga" started as an audio book, couldn't stand the man reading it (for over 40 hours total ugh) so read it instead....Loved it BTW
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05-05-2009, 11:36 AM | #55 |
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In paper, I've read the first three books in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series and the next three are sitting in paperback on my TBR bookcase. I may decide to purchase them as eBooks and give away the paperbacks in my book-swapping group. I won't go back any further in my paper-reading history.
Since the number of pages on a reader is dependent upon the size of the font and the line spacing, I try to use the page count from the paperback edition, if available. I use this in my reading records as it works for paper books, electronic books, and audio books. The longest book I've read on my reader is The Pillars of the Earth which is 976 pages in paperback. Second was Breaking Dawn, the fourth in the Twilight series. The entire series comes in at 2560 pages (1st 3 in paperback, last in hardback). Third was The Lies of Locke Lamora at 752 pages in its print edition. I also bought Elizabeth Moon's Deed of Paksenarrion from Baen and read it on my Kindle and Sony readers. The trilogy was re-printed in a single paperback volume and totals 1535 pages for all three novels. |
05-05-2009, 01:41 PM | #56 |
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I have to remind the readers of this thread that the length of an ebook should be judged in word count rather than in page number. All is relative to font size.
Those interested can transfer books to Word or PDF to examine word count. Of course in non protected books. |
05-05-2009, 06:42 PM | #57 |
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The longest book I've read as an ebook is The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman. The paperback edition of this book is 672 pages.
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07-12-2011, 09:37 AM | #58 |
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Time to bring back a thread from the dead.
The longest book on the e-reader so far is only about 482 pages. I've read some long ones in tree format though. Vikram Seth's ~A Suitable Boy~ was by far the longest. 591,552 words (according to Wikipedia). The paperback is 1,488 pages long. I loved it. I devoured it in a few weeks reading it on the bus and late into the night. Often reading 100 pages a night. Of course, I was single, on a workterm, and had lots of time. Other notable long books: Stephen King's ~It~ (1,104 pages), Charles Dickens ~Pickwick Papers~ (786 pages), Herman Melville's ~Moby Dick~ (656 pages), Wally Lamb's ~I Know this Much is True~ (928 pages). |
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longest book for me was monster hunter international, 736pages listed on amazon for the pbook. |
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