Does anyone read books?

Ahsmo · Post by **Ahsmo** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:53 pm

yeah fk me this is an audio forum

I relate reading closely with audio.

I listen to music sometimes for fun. I listen to music other times to make me think. I read for the same reasons.

Anyone else like to read and what books?

I read all the Goosebumps books when I was like 8. Then I got into fantasy novels when I was about 12 with the Redwall series. I moved on the lord of the rings books and then onto some of the deeper(as in less known) fantasy books. When I was about 17 I found the Sword of Truth series which got me into some of the metaphysics behind the series which led me to Ayn Rand books.

anyway...

Post by **Bfowler** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:55 pm

i was right with you, but my fantasy reading stopped after redwall. all my friends moved up to the wheel of time series...i just couldn't get into it anymore.

the most recent book i read was john stewart's "America" which was fucking awesome

Post by **AVICJR** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:20 pm

You could mix the two, books on audio. I like biographies and the last one I "heard" was My Life by Bill Clinton. Just finished it last month.

Post by **Francious70** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:11 pm

I like alot of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Michael Chriton, J.R.R. Tolken, Ann Rice, oddly enough encyclopedia's, history books.

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:32 pm

These days... computer manuals.

I've read some Sci-Fi, such as Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead (part of the same series, book 1 and 2 respectively).

I used to read fantasy waaaaaaaay back in the day, Terry Brooks shit... Sword or Shanara I think the series was.

Post by **bdubs767** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:20 pm

never...only thing I read about is what ever is the day before the test or audio related.

brenzbmr@sb · Post by **brenzbmr@sb** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:47 pm

i read alot

i like dean koontz freaky dude.

stephen king and

the harry potter books are good. im waiting for the last one

also i read only one book in the redwall series

its the one with the mouse and tapestry or something like that.
i liked it.
cant seem to find anymore

william shatner has some good ones.
ann rice, yeah thats antoher crazy one.

but if you wanna read a trippy triolgy look for
"vampherilla" not sure on spelling, thats the triolgy, ill look at finding the auther.
now that is some wierd but cool shit.

joyride · Post by **joyride** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:01 am

Typically I dont read. I usually dont have time. However, I have gone through 2 books in the last month.

"Rivethead: Tales of an assembly line worker" it was interesting to hear about the flint GM plant, being that I live so close and can see directly why it turned into a shithole.

"A whole new mind." Something everyone should read! Makes a great argument about how all the typical "left brained" jobs are going to be outsourced and that we must change our way of thinking.

I would definately read "a whole new mind". Especially if you are in business.

ydnap · Post by **ydnap** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:23 am

I read occasionally. Lately I have been reading the suse linux manual, fuckin massive it is.

Last book I read that was a real book and not nerdy geek shit was Jackie Collins' Royal Flush, about a racehorse from wimbledon. Good it was.

Most of the time I read joke books and Uncle John's bathroom readers. I do 90% of my reading on the khazi.

ydnap · Post by **ydnap** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:24 am

fuzzysnuggleduck wrote:These days... computer manuals..

LMAO thats pretty cool man

I hadnt even read your post before I made mine but its nice to see Im not the only nerdy geek mofo in da place

Post by **Bfowler** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:27 am

ydnap wrote:
fuzzysnuggleduck wrote:These days... computer manuals..
LMAO thats pretty cool man I hadn't even read your post before I made mine but its nice to see Im not the only nerdy geek mofo in da place

trust me......you are by NO MEANS the only, or probably even the biggest nerd here. I'm pretty sure everyone of us is proudly guilty

ydnap · Post by **ydnap** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:34 am

Well I actually found out last night that /usr on linux wasnt short for user. It was for unix something something.. lol.

Yeah I have always been able to do the fundamentals with linux (partitions, install and tailoring in the front end) but I figured it was high time I got to know what goes on underneath the GUI

Post by **VW337** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:25 am

I am trying to some day finish reading "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, I have the most recent translation which includes an additional 14 chapters never previously translated and this specific translation is from the oldest manuscript ever found dating back to 528 B.C. (1400 years older than any previous translations) this was found in the late 1970's.

I really don't read much at all but I have been known to read Sci-fi wizards and dragons type stuff, Babara Hambly, Terry Brooks, Piers Anthony...........

Post by **stipud** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:31 am

I read picture captions in car magazines.