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SwampGas
09-19-2002, 08:04 AM
i special ordered a book from borders...it arrived today. finished it in about 2 hours.

"in the gravest extreme" from massad ayoob....$10.

this should be REQUIRED reading for anyone who owns a handgun or carries.

i forgot how fast i read....i remember blowing through star trek: tng novels like 4" thick in a day. i'll never forget the novel where there's like 3 timelines going...Q is involved...i forget what it's called. we went to key west florida that year...instead of going on the beach, i stayed in the air conditioned hotel and read the entire book. imho, it was better than seeing the homos on the street and dealing with 110 degree heat in the shade.

anyhoo, if you own or plan to own, GET THAT BOOK. <img src=smilies/thumb.gif>

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ricardobaltazar
09-19-2002, 11:04 AM
> i forgot how fast i read....i remember blowing through star
> trek: tng novels like 4" thick in a day. i'll never forget
> the novel where there's like 3 timelines going...Q is
> involved...i forget what it's called.
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Atma
09-19-2002, 01:41 PM
> > I see his sig just fine.
>
> Damn, I'm too tired. I meant his avatar.
>
nope, that seems to be working fine aswell.

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Paladyn
09-19-2002, 03:02 PM
> Q Squared. My sister got me that one for my birthday one
> year.
>

One of the best ST novels written. Also up there are Dark Mirror and Federation.

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Vampiro
09-19-2002, 04:04 PM
> NO TEXT! THAT MEANS THAT YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO READ THIS!
> IF YOU ARE READING THIS THEN YOU ARE AN IDIOT!

HE WHO TYPES INSULTING MESSAGES IN ALL CAPS WITHOUT THINKING OF FLAT MODE USERS IS AN ASS!

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shawn
09-19-2002, 04:11 PM
> i forgot how fast i read....i remember blowing through star
> trek: tng novels like 4" thick in a day.

I always do that with scifi, The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov in 2 days, Ender War in 3, had to savor that one, incredible story, and finally So You Want to be a Wizard/Deep Magic/High Magic trilogy in 5 days, very intensive reading and concepts, very cool book also. Reading rulez. <img src=smilies/thumb.gif>

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Octocrook
09-19-2002, 04:46 PM
> Reading rulez.
>

The only books I read anymore are the Left Behind series...ironic cuz I'm not christian anymore, but I like the story. Anyways, the minute I get one, I get home, read it in a bout 2-3 hours, and have to wait like 8 months for the next one to come out.

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Isildur
09-19-2002, 06:12 PM
I can read very fast when I want to. I don't do that when I'm reading something I enjoy, however. To me, at least, that would feel like watching a movie I liked at 2x speed. =P

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SwampGas
09-19-2002, 06:30 PM
> I can read very fast when I want to. I don't do that when
> I'm reading something I enjoy, however. To me, at least,
> that would feel like watching a movie I liked at 2x speed.

it's just like when i'm using a computer...when i'm involved in something, i type faster, browse faster, read faster....i guess when i enjoy a book and am involved in it i absorb info quicker.

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shawn
09-19-2002, 07:41 PM
> You read those too? I read the first one (it just caught my
> eye so I took it out) and really liked the whole series...I
> can't remember if I've ever read the third one though.

High magic is when her sister Darene finds her wizards book and takes the oath and then is sent on her initiation which is to fight the evil one across the universe with her new computer wizard book *its a computer that disappears and reappears as needed*, and she ... whoops, I won't tell, you might find the book if you haven't read it yet. <img src=smilies/cwm11.gif>

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Richter X
09-19-2002, 09:04 PM
> I can read very fast when I want to. I don't do that when
> I'm reading something I enjoy, however. To me, at least,
> that would feel like watching a movie I liked at 2x speed.

I play all of my videogames at 70Hz, 60Hz was just too slow for me. And the graphics are even smoother now.

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Jathys
09-25-2002, 05:14 PM
Considering that I was a literature major in college (and considering that I am almost always holding a book), you'd think that I'd be at least a fairly fast reader. I guess I'm faster than the "average" reader, but read only around 250 words a minute (at most). I've read 400 page books overnight before, but typically don't get enough time to do so.

I've been reading Isaac Asimov's 3rd autobiography for almost 2 weeks now and am almost finished with it. The best real autobiography ever. The best fake one being David Copperfield.

I get in the habbit of slowing down to much when I read. It's kind of like when you see the sunset against the backdrop of a calm lake and you have no choice but to stop and simply enjoy the moment . . . Oops. Starting to sound girlish. Anyway, you know what I mean.

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Isildur
09-25-2002, 06:47 PM
> I've been reading Isaac Asimov's 3rd autobiography for
> almost 2 weeks now and am almost finished with it. The best
> real autobiography ever.

I assume you mean I, Asimov? It's an interesting read (I read it years ago), but a careful reader will notice that it definitely glosses over some periods and events, and the role of his behavior in shaping those. For example, I think I remember having the impression that there were significant holes in the narative, regarding his first first marriage and his relationship with his son. Of course, I could be remembering incorrectly, since it has been a while since I read it.

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ElZacho
09-25-2002, 08:05 PM
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> me too, logical conclusion : flatlanders are smarter
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That's sooooo true.

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Jathys
09-27-2002, 03:35 AM
>For example, I think I remember having the impression that
>there were significant holes in the narative, regarding his first
>first marriage and his relationship with his son. Of course, I
>could be remembering incorrectly, since it has been a while
>since I read it.

Well, kind of . . . His first two autobiographies were intended to cover the events of his life in detail. The third was supposed to express how he felt about the things that had taken place in his life. He apparently wrote more on the topics things that meant more to him . . . Otherwise, the autobiography would have been even longer than the nearly 600 pages it is anyway.

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