Which book are you reading now? Volume XIII
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Dragonlance (with the exception of maybe Weasel's Luck, Galen Beknighted, and stories focusing on kender, gully dwarves, and gnomes) is not generally meant as a comedy.But... funnier?
That aside, it's generally not as well written as Pterry's work.
But... funnier?
So, kyr (and hobbes), when are you going to start reading them...?
Not sure if i ever will, though i have seen part of one film (tv series?) based on Discworld, starring
And i have heard of the strange shape of the world and what exists below it.
tjs282
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That was a Sky-TV miniseries which combined The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic (which was reasonable, since those two books are effectively two halves of the same story). Tim Curry played the Archchancellor of Unseen University, if I remember right.
It was OK, but it wasn't great. Part of the problem was that a lot of Pratchett's humour comes less from the dialogue, and more from the wordplay, allusions, and asides that he inserts into the narrative, i.e. the parts of a book that don't get translated well onto the screen.
(Plus, much as I enjoy David Jason as an actor, by that point he really was too old (and round!) to play a convincing Rincewind -- IMHO, obviously)
It was OK, but it wasn't great. Part of the problem was that a lot of Pratchett's humour comes less from the dialogue, and more from the wordplay, allusions, and asides that he inserts into the narrative, i.e. the parts of a book that don't get translated well onto the screen.
(Plus, much as I enjoy David Jason as an actor, by that point he really was too old (and round!) to play a convincing Rincewind -- IMHO, obviously)
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I have just finished reading:
Originators
by
Andrew Lane and Nigel Foster
which is excellent Sci-Fi.
Originators
by
Andrew Lane and Nigel Foster
which is excellent Sci-Fi.
Snerk
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I've been reading Mein Kampf. Is this socially acceptable? It's pretty interesting. Obviously not because be makes some good points or anything but purely from an aspect of historical interest. But halfway through now and it's getting boring. He was not a great writer. Think I'm done with it.
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I have not read it myself. I am told he got into a loop and kept repeating himself.
For German WW1 soldier authors; I much preferred "All Quiet on the Western Front".
Snerk
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The interesting parts was getting a glimse into the mindset of a disgruntled nationalist in the Weimar republic. Later it's more just seeing the mindset of a ranting conspiratorial judeophobic nutjob.
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This book manages the balancing act of being extremely informative without getting bogged down in technospeak. It's not boring but it's mostly devoid of humor and anecdotes that Tyson brings to the table. It also suffers from poor editing* - her analogies can wonder around a bit and some of her sentences could be written more clearly. So far I like it though it's a tad dry.
I'm probably being unfair about it being dry; I just finished Leviathan Wakes a few days ago which is a rain forest by comparison to just about anything.
I have learned a ton about how planets are formed (and found!) so far and I'm loving it. She breaks down extremely complex topics in simple terms and with good examples/analogies. Really if she had a better editor this book would shine.
* @Synsensa - you should totally cold call her lol
tjs282
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Finished Black Trillium (Bradley, May & Norton) a couple of days ago, then powered through a re-read of Mindstar Rising (Peter F Hamilton).
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Yall are really productive, I envy you really, I haven't read anything serious for years. I want to start reading something, can I use this thread also to take a picture of a page where I think it's worth sharing or interesting? use this thread also to rephrase some of the interesting or questionable ideas from the book that I read? or should that be in the other thread? or we need a new thread for that?
I really want to share what I read here and be consistent to finish it, but if I read something it will be more motivating if there is some sort of discussion and sharing about the content.
I really want to share what I read here and be consistent to finish it, but if I read something it will be more motivating if there is some sort of discussion and sharing about the content.
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I just started reading The Mosaic of Shadows by Tom Harper. It involves a Byzantine 'revealer of mysteries' investigating the attempted assassination of the emperor, Alexios I Komnenos.
Kings tend to die when near Thessalonike.
So far, the action hasn't left the Queen of Cities, so I can't help you there.
Going by the wiki article, the actual assassination attempt was to take place in Thessalonike, is all. It is also where King George was murdered (leading to his dumb son becoming king and more than likely costing the 1920 war result changing) and Georgios Maniakes managed to get his own self killed despite winning the battle near Thessalonike against the emperor (who had previously offered him a condominium, cause there was no other way that Maniakes would lose).
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Will finish Psychology in Historical Context: Theories and Debates by Richard Gross within the day. It consists of historical perspectives of psychology divided by conceptions of people which roughly correspond to different sub-fields. The first 3 core chapters on history, science, and heterodoxy lay out the main themes of free will, cultural influences, and social vs. natural science approaches with the corresponding scholarly contentions in various fields laid out in the next 10 chapters. It is a concise but well-sourced examination of key concepts and figures in the field of psychology. It can be too concise at times about methodologies in general and specific fields and topics such as evolutionary psychology and individual variance. There are some questionable sections like a paragraph on Eastern psychology (?). While Eastern philosophy undoubtedly has had influences on fields of psychology, talking about a corresponding Eastern psychology would be like calling ancient Greek theories of inheritance "Greek genetics".
You can ask for recommendations, we in CFC have read quite a variety of things.
The only thing that was written originally in Turkish was the Qitab-i-Dede-Korkut (Book of Dede Korkut), but that was in Ottoman Turkish i.e. more than half the words are Arabic, Persian or Greek and it was written in Arabic characters.
It'd be a good start if you like epic literature.
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