What Book Are You Currently Reading? - Page 203

sshuttari · 07-31-2012, 02:32 AM

Yeah no plot connection is definitely looking that way. I'm going to stick to it to the end... I'll post a review or something when I get done.

**JBond** · 07-31-2012, 03:21 AM

Be sure to read 2001 and 2010.

Ramplate · 07-31-2012, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by PsYkOoOoO

Just had a rather intense debate with a colleague about the validity of 50 Shades of Grey. Apparently, I have to have read the books in order to hate on it. I hate it when defenders pull that card, because it's stupid. Besides, I don't think a person who often claims that she doesn't like/read books knows anything about what makes a good book good.

I just saw a news report where they're saying 50 Shades of Grey is causing a baby boom

Joe Cohen · 07-31-2012, 09:05 AM

Tom Clancy 'Dead Or Alive'

PsYkOoOoO · 07-31-2012, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Ramplate

I just saw a news report where they're saying 50 Shades of Grey is causing a baby boom

I'd hate to be the result of 50 Shades of Grey. Good god.

dancingmonkey · 07-31-2012, 12:10 PM

I just finished the first harry potter and starting the second

Justin · 07-31-2012, 12:11 PM

Enjoy.

Ramplate · 07-31-2012, 06:13 PM

Woo hoo Odd Apocalypse: An Odd Thomas Novel, Book 5 is out.
Now I have a whole mess of books to catch up on.

PsYkOoOoO · 07-31-2012, 08:56 PM

Halfway through Rendezvous with Rama. This book just keeps getting better and better.

PsYkOoOoO · 08-01-2012, 09:42 PM

40 pages left with Rendezvous with Rama. I do hope that there will be a satisfying ending to all of this, even if it is an ambiguous ending. I feel that that is the way the book will close out, which I don't necessarily mind. I don't mind being somewhat clueless about what Rama is if it means that I don't have to read its notoriously bad sequels.

I'm really loving this book. It's so weird.

PsYkOoOoO · 08-02-2012, 11:18 AM

Just finished Rendezvous with Rama. So I did not get any explanations as to what the hell Rama is. For some reason, I am OK with that. I think the point of the story isn't about the characters or Rama (although you can argue that Rama IS a character), but the journey of exploration and discovery. I still have no clue what the hell Rama is, but I am OK with the ambiguity. I'd like to hear theories, of course, and I don't want to settle for the theory in the book about Rama being a Space Ark.

What are your thoughts?

Next book, I am probably going to read Fables Volume 16: Inherit the Wind. After which, I will probably move on to David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas. Wish me luck on that one.

Ramplate · 08-02-2012, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by PsYkOoOoO

Just finished Rendezvous with Rama. So I did not get any explanations as to what the hell Rama is. For some reason, I am OK with that. I think the point of the story isn't about the characters or Rama (although you can argue that Rama IS a character), but the journey of exploration and discovery. I still have no clue what the hell Rama is, but I am OK with the ambiguity. I'd like to hear theories, of course, and I don't want to settle for the theory in the book about Rama being a Space Ark.

What are your thoughts?

Next book, I am probably going to read Fables Volume 16: Inherit the Wind. After which, I will probably move on to David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas. Wish me luck on that one.

If you want what wiki says about it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama

**JBond** · 08-02-2012, 02:51 PM

I'd tell you my theory, but it's kind of more like fact since I've read the sequels. Sure, they weren't really written by Clarke, but he oversaw them so you could consider the answers in the last book to be canon.

PsYkOoOoO · 08-02-2012, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by JBond

I'd tell you my theory, but it's kind of more like fact since I've read the sequels. Sure, they weren't really written by Clarke, but he oversaw them so you could consider the answers in the last book to be canon.

Do you think it's better not to know?

**JBond** · 08-02-2012, 07:56 PM

That's your preference, personally I don't see how it could change anyone's perception about the book. It's not like it's a brilliant answer. Mostly it seems like they were sent out from a higher power to retrieve information about other races. They're spacious so races can come aboard and live with other ones, as they did in the 3 sequels.

PsYkOoOoO · 08-02-2012, 09:24 PM

I think I will stick with the explanation (or lack thereof) in the first book.

**JBond** · 08-02-2012, 09:28 PM

Who said you could do that!?

Justin · 08-03-2012, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by PsYkOoOoO

After which, I will probably move on to David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas. Wish me luck on that one.

That one is next on my list, most likely. Though I've been persuaded to read this tome of a novel called The Instructions. It's roughly 1,000 pages. That'll be fun.

PsYkOoOoO · 08-04-2012, 09:54 AM

Just got done with the first two stories in Cloud Atlas. Well, to be more precise, the first two halves. So far, so good.

shained · 08-04-2012, 10:29 AM

Just finished Mockingjay. Enjoyed the series as a whole but felt the end was very rushed, could have been fleshed out more.

Not sure what's next.

PsYkOoOoO · 08-13-2012, 08:02 PM

Took me awhile, but I've finished Cloud Atlas last night. I wasn't as difficult a read as I thought it'd be. I actually really enjoyed the book as a whole. I can see why the stories are arranged in such an order, and the themes do come through quite clearly towards the end. I remember reading that someone here is having problems with the book so, here's an advice: It will all become clear after the sixth story wraps up. Overall, I really enjoyed this book.

Moving on to Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury.

sshuttari · 08-13-2012, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by PsYkOoOoO

I remember reading that someone here is having problems with the book so, here's an advice: It will all become clear after the sixth story wraps up. Overall, I really enjoyed this book.

Yeah that was me... Glad you enjoyed it I have a new reason to finish the book... Thanks!

Ramplate · 08-14-2012, 10:16 PM

Alright, I finished Washington: A Life a little ahead of schedule - I got bored once the team sports were decided at the Olympics.
Anyway, This book was very thorough and gave an interesting interpretation of our first President. As much as you can piece together events from letters and diaries and other ledgers, I think this author had a lot of access to that. Good book.

Now, I guess I'll go from something very long (almost 42 hours) to something very short (about 3.5 hours)
The Autobiography of Black Hawk - In his own words, the tale of someone on the receiving end (or is that the losing end?) of American expansionism.

FranklinTard · 08-15-2012, 10:58 AM

finished green mars (hate maya's chapters, so much, so it took me a while to finish it up). moving on to spin or the blade itself.

and the author of soylent green passed away today.

**JBond** · 08-15-2012, 03:26 PM

What was Maya's story in that one? Spin is awesome.

07-31-2012, 03:21 AM	#5052
JBond Feed me Join Date: May 2000 Location: SR388 Posts: 67,516	Be sure to read 2001 and 2010. __________________ The due date for Round 135 of the CS Film Club is Monday, May 20th, 2013. 59 out of 64 Hugo Award winners completed. "Die Hard 5 makes Die Hard 4 look like Die Hard 1" - Doomsday

07-31-2012, 06:13 PM	#5058
Ramplate Muwahahaha!...Hamster. Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 25,673	Woo hoo Odd Apocalypse: An Odd Thomas Novel, Book 5 is out. Now I have a whole mess of books to catch up on. __________________ "When I said 'nuke the Chinese' I meant put the take out in the microwave!" "We're not spies, mate. I don't even speak Russian." "What?" "I don't...Am I speaking Russian? How come I'm speaking Russian?"

07-31-2012, 08:56 PM	#5059
PsYkOoOoO Exceptionally Normal Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Singapore. Posts: 22,420	Halfway through Rendezvous with Rama. This book just keeps getting better and better. __________________ W.

08-01-2012, 09:42 PM	#5060
PsYkOoOoO Exceptionally Normal Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Singapore. Posts: 22,420	40 pages left with Rendezvous with Rama. I do hope that there will be a satisfying ending to all of this, even if it is an ambiguous ending. I feel that that is the way the book will close out, which I don't necessarily mind. I don't mind being somewhat clueless about what Rama is if it means that I don't have to read its notoriously bad sequels. I'm really loving this book. It's so weird. __________________ W.

08-02-2012, 11:18 AM	#5061
PsYkOoOoO Exceptionally Normal Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Singapore. Posts: 22,420	Just finished Rendezvous with Rama. So I did not get any explanations as to what the hell Rama is. For some reason, I am OK with that. I think the point of the story isn't about the characters or Rama (although you can argue that Rama IS a character), but the journey of exploration and discovery. I still have no clue what the hell Rama is, but I am OK with the ambiguity. I'd like to hear theories, of course, and I don't want to settle for the theory in the book about Rama being a Space Ark. What are your thoughts? Next book, I am probably going to read Fables Volume 16: Inherit the Wind. After which, I will probably move on to David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas. Wish me luck on that one. __________________ W.

07-31-2012, 09:05 AM	#5054
Joe Cohen Boom Operator Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 59	Tom Clancy 'Dead Or Alive'

07-31-2012, 12:10 PM	#5056
dancingmonkey Grip Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 18	I just finished the first harry potter and starting the second

07-31-2012, 12:11 PM	#5057
Justin Executive Producer Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 11,896	Enjoy.

08-02-2012, 02:51 PM	#5063
JBond Feed me Join Date: May 2000 Location: SR388 Posts: 67,516	I'd tell you my theory, but it's kind of more like fact since I've read the sequels. Sure, they weren't really written by Clarke, but he oversaw them so you could consider the answers in the last book to be canon. __________________ The due date for Round 135 of the CS Film Club is Monday, May 20th, 2013. 59 out of 64 Hugo Award winners completed. "Die Hard 5 makes Die Hard 4 look like Die Hard 1" - Doomsday

08-02-2012, 07:56 PM	#5065
JBond Feed me Join Date: May 2000 Location: SR388 Posts: 67,516	That's your preference, personally I don't see how it could change anyone's perception about the book. It's not like it's a brilliant answer. Mostly it seems like they were sent out from a higher power to retrieve information about other races. They're spacious so races can come aboard and live with other ones, as they did in the 3 sequels. __________________ The due date for Round 135 of the CS Film Club is Monday, May 20th, 2013. 59 out of 64 Hugo Award winners completed. "Die Hard 5 makes Die Hard 4 look like Die Hard 1" - Doomsday

08-02-2012, 09:24 PM	#5066
PsYkOoOoO Exceptionally Normal Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Singapore. Posts: 22,420	I think I will stick with the explanation (or lack thereof) in the first book. __________________ W.

08-02-2012, 09:28 PM	#5067
JBond Feed me Join Date: May 2000 Location: SR388 Posts: 67,516	Who said you could do that!? __________________ The due date for Round 135 of the CS Film Club is Monday, May 20th, 2013. 59 out of 64 Hugo Award winners completed. "Die Hard 5 makes Die Hard 4 look like Die Hard 1" - Doomsday

08-04-2012, 09:54 AM	#5069
PsYkOoOoO Exceptionally Normal Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Singapore. Posts: 22,420	Just got done with the first two stories in Cloud Atlas. Well, to be more precise, the first two halves. So far, so good. __________________ W.

08-04-2012, 10:29 AM	#5070
shained Y.N.W.A Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: liverpool, england Posts: 3,385	Just finished Mockingjay. Enjoyed the series as a whole but felt the end was very rushed, could have been fleshed out more. Not sure what's next. __________________ Liverpool Football Club You'll Never Walk Alone Letterboxd

08-13-2012, 08:02 PM	#5071
PsYkOoOoO Exceptionally Normal Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Singapore. Posts: 22,420	Took me awhile, but I've finished Cloud Atlas last night. I wasn't as difficult a read as I thought it'd be. I actually really enjoyed the book as a whole. I can see why the stories are arranged in such an order, and the themes do come through quite clearly towards the end. I remember reading that someone here is having problems with the book so, here's an advice: It will all become clear after the sixth story wraps up. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. Moving on to Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. __________________ W.

08-14-2012, 10:16 PM	#5073
Ramplate Muwahahaha!...Hamster. Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 25,673	Alright, I finished Washington: A Life a little ahead of schedule - I got bored once the team sports were decided at the Olympics. Anyway, This book was very thorough and gave an interesting interpretation of our first President. As much as you can piece together events from letters and diaries and other ledgers, I think this author had a lot of access to that. Good book. Now, I guess I'll go from something very long (almost 42 hours) to something very short (about 3.5 hours) The Autobiography of Black Hawk - In his own words, the tale of someone on the receiving end (or is that the losing end?) of American expansionism. __________________ "When I said 'nuke the Chinese' I meant put the take out in the microwave!" "We're not spies, mate. I don't even speak Russian." "What?" "I don't...Am I speaking Russian? How come I'm speaking Russian?" Last edited by Ramplate; 08-14-2012 at 10:19 PM.

08-15-2012, 10:58 AM	#5074
FranklinTard Damn,ThatsAColdAssHonkey Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 15,734	finished green mars (hate maya's chapters, so much, so it took me a while to finish it up). moving on to spin or the blade itself. and the author of soylent green passed away today. __________________ Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed. -Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)

08-15-2012, 03:26 PM	#5075
JBond Feed me Join Date: May 2000 Location: SR388 Posts: 67,516	What was Maya's story in that one? Spin is awesome. __________________ The due date for Round 135 of the CS Film Club is Monday, May 20th, 2013. 59 out of 64 Hugo Award winners completed. "Die Hard 5 makes Die Hard 4 look like Die Hard 1" - Doomsday