What are you reading right now?

The Batlord · 08-08-2012, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Rjinnx

I'm still reading a concise book about World War one. All I'm getting from it is how the Germans gained super power. Are there any other books about it that isn't mundane?

The Guns of August. I'd say more, but...eh. Lazy. Check the Wikipedia article. Good book though.

LoathsomePete · 08-08-2012, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Rjinnx

I'm still reading a concise book about World War one. All I'm getting from it is how the Germans gained super power. Are there any other books about it that isn't mundane?

If you don't mind fiction, the novel All Quiet on the Western Front is a brilliant book about the war from the German perspective.

Rjinn · 08-09-2012, 12:12 PM

It'd be interesting to read a fiction about it. Probably get a lot more about the war than a textbook, and a textbook would be better than what I'm reading.

Thanks for the reqs guys.

bob. · 08-09-2012, 07:01 PM

after reading A Dance With Dragons i was in the mood for

let me just say that...when i was younger i had read all three Lord of the Ring books but never got around to actually reading this

so far it's going quite quickly and i'm wondering why A) Jackson feels the need to turn this into three films B) why he is adding stuff to the story

The Batlord · 08-10-2012, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by bob.

so far it's going quite quickly and i'm wondering why A) Jackson feels the need to turn this into three films B) why he is adding stuff to the story

A) Money

B) Who the **** knows?

I saw a preview of this the other day, and I just have to ask. Whose ****ing idea was it to have ****ING GANDALF and ****ING GALADHRIEL have a romance?! WHO?! She has a ****ing husband you dumb ****s! That better have not been what it looked like.

**Janszoon** · 08-10-2012, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I saw a preview of this the other day, and I just have to ask. Whose ****ing idea was it to have ****ING GANDALF and ****ING GALADHRIEL have a romance?! WHO?! She has a ****ing husband you dumb ****s! That better have not been what it looked like.

Beware the wrath of the nerds, Mr. Jackson.

Paedantic Basterd · 08-10-2012, 12:04 PM

It's pretty much sacrilege to change the plot of a classic story.

I just finished:

Because I too am a sucker for epic coming-of-age fantasies. I'm also quite enamoured by the new version of the cover, because it's just about a flawless depiction of the Mat Cauthon projected in my mind.

LoathsomePete · 08-10-2012, 12:18 PM

I really just need to bite the bullet and buy a digital copy of The Eye of the World because odds of me getting around to reading my hard copy are slim, along with all the other hard copies of books I've been buying lately... I don't know why but for whatever reason my mind only wants to read stuff on my iPad now.

Unknown Soldier · 08-10-2012, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

It's pretty much sacrilege to change the plot of a classic story.

I just finished:

Because I too am a sucker for epic coming-of-age fantasies. I'm also quite enamoured by the new version of the cover, because it's just about a flawless depiction of the Mat Cauthon projected in my mind.

I'm still on book 2, part of me really loves this saga but another part of me often finds it slow and tedious. I still can't decide what I really think about it.

Paedantic Basterd · 08-10-2012, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

I'm still on book 2, part of me really loves this saga but another part of me often finds it slow and tedious. I still can't decide what I really think about it.

I can't say I find it tedious. I understand that a great deal of the events require a lot of advanced set-up; there are things that were mentioned in the first book that don't have consequences until the fourth for instance. I've also noticed that they tend to meander in details for 90% of the novel, and then hit you in the face with the entire climax occurring in the span of the last chapter, which at times can be confusing and overwhelming compared to the rest of the lead in. I'm only four books in, so it's too early for me to say whether the slower plot threads are necessary in the long run, but I'm very happy with the series so far, and impressed by the advanced set up of detail.

If you've read Lord of the Rings and made it through the council of Elrond, then you can pretty much make it through anything I think.

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Rjinn The Aerosol in your Soul Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New South Wales, Australia Posts: 1,546	It'd be interesting to read a fiction about it. Probably get a lot more about the war than a textbook, and a textbook would be better than what I'm reading. Thanks for the reqs guys. __________________ last.fm

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bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	after reading A Dance With Dragons i was in the mood for let me just say that...when i was younger i had read all three Lord of the Ring books but never got around to actually reading this so far it's going quite quickly and i'm wondering why A) Jackson feels the need to turn this into three films B) why he is adding stuff to the story __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

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LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	I really just need to bite the bullet and buy a digital copy of The Eye of the World because odds of me getting around to reading my hard copy are slim, along with all the other hard copies of books I've been buying lately... I don't know why but for whatever reason my mind only wants to read stuff on my iPad now. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

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Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	It's pretty much sacrilege to change the plot of a classic story. I just finished: Because I too am a sucker for epic coming-of-age fantasies. I'm also quite enamoured by the new version of the cover, because it's just about a flawless depiction of the Mat Cauthon projected in my mind.