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I've unfortunately become like that, which is particularly depressing, because I used to be able to sit down and read a thousand pages in a day with no problems, then go back to the library and get a fresh stack of books to repeat that the day after. My attention span has gone entirely to crap, though, and I keep having to stop for 30-45 minutes every ten pages when I read most books these days, which is a pain in the ass. Took me a couple hours to make it through a 20 page essay by Bertrand Russell, and it's been over a year since I started The Road to Reality (yeah, I'm one of those people who reads physics books for fun, too), and I'm not quite done with the "intro" math (which is a bit long for an introduction, at something like 350 pages, heh).DoctorNick said:
The moral of this story: Head injuries are bad, m'kay?
Martin Chizzlewit by Charles Dickens.
Not for school, because I actually really enjoy Dickens, there's a reason someone is remembered as THE author for a given century.
Not for school, because I actually really enjoy Dickens, there's a reason someone is remembered as THE author for a given century.
Oh god i have such a problem with starting a dozen books at once.
I'm currently Reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov (great series), and Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (one of my favorite authors).
I'm currently Reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov (great series), and Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (one of my favorite authors).
I just finished (less than five minutes ago) Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons. It's a parody of the olde Rustic novels of Webb and Hardy and the rest, but it's hilarious even without prior knowledge of the targeted materials. Definitely recommended for anyone intelligent with a sense of humour.
On a related, the new Sherlock film out this Christmas? An acquaintance of mine was roped in as a technical advisor (because they wanted to know how some science things worked); chances are he has a lot to answer for, but hell I'm seeing it anyway because I'm a sucker for that time period, and it's gorram Sherlock Holmes.
Yes! Good on you, it's fantastic. Also get the Return and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, two other short story compilations. Conan-Doyle is brilliant, but he didn't really have the stamina and expertise to pull off a full-length novel; the narrative form he uses is better suited to the short story anyway.OptimusPrime33 said:
On a related, the new Sherlock film out this Christmas? An acquaintance of mine was roped in as a technical advisor (because they wanted to know how some science things worked); chances are he has a lot to answer for, but hell I'm seeing it anyway because I'm a sucker for that time period, and it's gorram Sherlock Holmes.
ew. Angel and Demons? thats a horrible book. allmost as bad as davinchi code. anyway i'm really loving book twelve of th weel of time and i honestly say its the best fantasy series around. mostly because all the characters are so damn well handled. I'm also giving the 2 mass effect books a read and have got mogworld preordered.Captain Schpack said:
"The Year of the Flood", by Margaret Atwood.
It's pretty much about the downfall of civilisation - first gradually collapsing under it's own corruption and suppression and child prostitution and organized crime and whatnot - and then by a horrible virus that murders everyone and is euphimistically referred to as the Waterless Flood.
It's pretty much about the downfall of civilisation - first gradually collapsing under it's own corruption and suppression and child prostitution and organized crime and whatnot - and then by a horrible virus that murders everyone and is euphimistically referred to as the Waterless Flood.
