I thought the movie was pretty good, but might have to track a copy of the book down.. since I left school, I read like crazy
I probably read 2 books a month normally along the true crime genre or war related, although 2 good ones I read recently were 'Bringing Down the House' (true story of MIT kids card counting at Vegas) and 'The Bourne Ultimatum' (3rd from the Jason Bourne fictional stories).
Reading's cool and tends to get my mind off code just before I go to sleep
heh. Just did a speed reading test: "Your read 144 words in 0.24 minutes. Your reading speed is 600 words per minute!"
If you want to do it too: http://www.study-habits.com/speed-reading-test.html - but be aware, you have to be honest to yourself
Same here tbh. Haven't really had time for the last few months. Although I did force myself to buy a non-codey book last month. It was quite nice re-reading Iain M. Bank's Excession.
Don't you then need something to take your mind off the book though? I usually find that I just have to keep reading and end up more tired than if I stayed up all night coding
Blimey... pretty good book, but I've seriously not touched it since I was at school
Anyone got any suggestions on good, preferably newer, scifi, fantasy or thriller novels, preferably not Pratchett though (I'm all Pratchett'ed out atm).
We were forced to watch that movie in Religion class (catalyst to a discussion on the neccessity of rules and bounderies in society) and I can honestly say I did not like it. It wasn't just that the movie was poorly done, it was the basic story of it. I just didn't find it interesting in the least. That goes for every single book I've been forced to read in school (heh.. I never actually finished any of them; it's amazing how well you can do on a book test when you just guess the answers!).
The real problem is, these poor books put me off reading all together really. I understand that people have different tastes, but I just could not get into any of them. Off the top of my head, some of the books I had to read throughout my school years were:
-The Great Gatsby
-The Appretinceship of Duddy Kravitz
-A Handmaid's Tale
-The Giver
-Cue for Treason
-The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (Also had to see a play of this, which was just as boring as the book. Thankfully only a couple hours, verses a couple weeks to read the book in class.)
Plus a variety of Shakespear, from Romeo and Juliet, to Macbeth, and really all of his big plays (Except A Mid Summer Night's Dream)
That's all I can recall off the top of my head. Surely these can't be the best books out there? Black Hawk Down was very provocatively written. It had a lot of emotion, whereas the ones thrust upon us in school were dead; uninteresting, un-enthusiastic and souless. They were definately not intellectual stimuli.
Ah well, I guess I just need a book about war to interest me, as sad as that may be... who knows?
I've been off reading for a while as the books for A level English are pretentious shite.
However, I got the book A Clockwork Orange with The Independent last week and it is brilliant. Well worth a read. The film is good too but misses out detail.
Does anyone know of any not-too-distant-future dystopic books? I'm looking for something with an intellectual side, while maintaining an action side. I don't want any crazy sci-fi wierdness, just a near future war book. Something possibly post-apocalyptic.
I can't think of any movies like this off the top of my head, but a game that comes to mind is right along the lines of what I'm looking for: Devastation. The game was quite fun to play; when it worked, but the setting and backstory was interesting.
If anyone knows anything please let me know and I'll check them out... I might just *gasp* read a book on my own terms!
For some reason, Devastation was horroibly unstable; despite being based on the Unreal game engine which is quite good.
Personally, I find a lot of interest in post-apocalyptic or other near-future dystopias. V for Vendetta, Reign of Fire, and The Island are three of my favorite movies, all of a dystopic nature (to a small extent). Reign of Fire is the only post-apocalyptic of the three, but it is a very unique apocalypse compared to most other storied
Your read 162 words in 0.37 minutes. Your reading speed is 438 words per minute!
I don't have a lot of time to read anymore, and was never a big reader other than technical material. I still read one very old book though regularly. Well, 66 books actually
I read alot. I could go so far as to say I consume books. Right now I am reading from this series. I strongly recommend theses books if you're a petrol head and like reading.
Easy. Read every other word..like watching a movie in FF.......There will be no tests...Read the first post.......we're talking have you read a book lately.
