Fable

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 9:24 am

Originally posted by Vehemence:
Yikes! 2 books a day? What do you read? Tiny tim goes to Toon town? Certainly not mammoth's like David Copperfield, or Moby D*ck?

Moby D*ck's a good book. I read the entire thing during a two hour something or nother I had to go to when I was in the 6th grade.

Vehemence · Post by **Vehemence** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 9:25 am

Originally posted by Sailor Saturn:
If I had the time, I'd be doing that. But then I'd run out of money again. I can usually read a 500-1000 page book in 4 hours or less. I usually only get a couple of hours a day to read, so I tend to read books in about "2 days" time. I used to always be impressed by how fast I could read. Then I met my girlfriend. She reads like twice as fast as I do.

You people amaze me! How do you read THAT much in one day?

Darkpoet · Post by **Darkpoet** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 9:30 am

Originally posted by Vehemence:
Yikes! 2 books a day? What do you read? Tiny tim goes to Toon town? Certainly not mammoth's like David Copperfield, or Moby D*ck?

I finished the Lord of the Rings in two days. When you sit around for twelve hours, waiting for a fire, you read.

@SS, I just like to read. Scifi, historical fiction, Sea faring stories about pirates, any book with killing, death and mahem.

Then Sleep, got me hooked on Sandman series.

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 9:30 am

Originally posted by Vehemence:
You people amaze me! How do you read THAT much in one day?

I think it's called being addicted to reading, which is better than some of the other things we could be addicted, though not necessarily cheaper.

Vehemence · Post by **Vehemence** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 9:35 am

Originally posted by Darkpoet:
I finished the Lord of the Rings in two days. When you sit around for twelve hours, waiting for a fire, you read.

Aha! 12 hours straight! Now that's something I haven't done. Most I've done is probably 4, maybe 5 hours straight reading. Still, it was a good book. The Arthur C. Clarke Rama series.

SS: Addicted to books, well I suppose that's one of the better things to be addicted to. SYM being another addiction

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 9:35 am

Originally posted by Darkpoet:

I finished the Lord of the Rings in two days. When you sit around for twelve hours, waiting for a fire, you read.

@SS, I just like to read. Scifi, historical fiction, Sea faring stories about pirates, any book with killing, death and mahem.
Then Sleep, got me hooked on Sandman series.

I'm reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy right now. It's taking a lot longer to read than most books I read, but then with school starting, I have even less time to read now. I think it took me less than a week to read the Chronicles of Narnia, though.

I pretty much only read Sci-Fi(star trek in particular) and fantasy(especially books about Drizzt and/or Drow).

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 9:39 am

Originally posted by Vehemence:
Aha! 12 hours straight! Now that's something I haven't done. Most I've done is probably 4, maybe 5 hours straight reading. Still, it was a good book. The Arthur C. Clarke Rama series.

SS: Addicted to books, well I suppose that's one of the better things to be addicted to. SYM being another addiction

I've sat and read for 15 hours straight a few times. Finished two books whenever I did that.

Three best addictions I know of: Books, SYM, and my girlfriend, though that last one only applies to me.

Vehemence · Post by **Vehemence** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 9:42 am

Originally posted by Sailor Saturn:
Three best addictions I know of: Books, SYM, and my girlfriend, though that last one only applies to me.

LOL SS

fable · Post by **fable** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 12:59 pm

Originally posted by Sailor Saturn:
I'm reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy right now. It's taking a lot longer to read than most books I read, but then with school starting, I have even less time to read now. I think it took me less than a week to read the Chronicles of Narnia, though.

Books that make you think (about ideas, or the language used, or anything, for that matter) take longer to read, but many books are straightforward narrative and dialog. I agree with @SS, it's easy to zip through those. I used to do three book reviews a week on radio (and briefly, tv) in Dallas, Texas. It wasn't too much of a chore, because there were no computers around then, television stunk, and my then-girlfriend was a reader, too.

These days, I'm lucky if I read a book in a week, but then the sort of stuff I've been reading isn't easy reading, either. I recently did the three volumes of Braudel's Civilization & Captitalism in the 15th-18th Centuries, which is a hell of a lot of fun, but tough going when he gets into trade and migration charts.

fable · Post by **fable** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 3:36 pm

I recently did the three volumes of Braudel's Civilization & Captitalism in the 15th-18th Centuries, which is a hell of a lot of fun, but tough going when he gets into trade and migration charts.

Gods, I just realized how weird that sounds. I really do need a vacation.

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 3:55 pm

Originally posted by fable:
 I recently did the three volumes of Braudel's Civilization & Captitalism in the 15th-18th Centuries, which is a hell of a lot of fun, but tough going when he gets into trade and migration charts.

I supposed to be retired from the SYM, but couldn't ignore the name Braudel.

He's a god! Hope you have read the Mediterranean, too. That is THE best and great fun.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 4:16 pm

Gods, I just realized how weird that sounds. I really do need a vacation.

LOL

fable · Post by **fable** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 4:27 pm

Originally posted by Minerva:
I supposed to be retired from the SYM, but couldn't ignore the name Braudel. He's a god! Hope you have read the Mediterranean, too. That is THE best and great fun.

Yes, I do have it, both volumes. It's great. But I still think I need that vacation. People like you and I, Minerva, we need to put those books down occasionally.

Azeroth · Post by **Azeroth** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 4:32 pm

Well my IQ has just risen another half point. I didn't even know who this Braudel fellow was until you mentioned his name. I guess I am more of a math and statistics type of person, because reading complicated seem to hurt my brain.

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 4:45 pm

Originally posted by fable:
Yes, I do have it, both volumes. It's great. But I still think I need that vacation. People like you and I, Minerva, we need to put those books down occasionally.

LOL

You will almost certainly need vacation after doing the moderator job for a couple of weeks in the BG2 forum, I believe.

Most of the time I read books for my research, and I don't think those (even Braudel) are particularly interesting for most people.

@Azeroth: My brain doesn't accept math. When I was a teenager, I wanted to be an astronomer. I gave up the idea as soon as I found I had to do both math and physics.

[ 08-25-2001: Message edited by: Minerva ]

fable · Post by **fable** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 5:15 pm

Originally posted by Minerva:
My brain doesn't accept math. When I was a teenager, I wanted to be an astronomer. I gave up the idea as soon as I found I had to do both math and physics.

Hmm. Maybe we're related. We both like Braudel, and neither of have brains that can accept math.

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 5:21 pm

Originally posted by fable:
Books that make you think (about ideas, or the language used, or anything, for that matter) take longer to read, but many books are straightforward narrative and dialog. I agree with @SS, it's easy to zip through those. I used to do three book reviews a week on radio (and briefly, tv) in Dallas, Texas. It wasn't too much of a chore, because there were no computers around then, television stunk, and my then-girlfriend was a reader, too.

These days, I'm lucky if I read a book in a week, but then the sort of stuff I've been reading isn't easy reading, either. I recently did the three volumes of Braudel's Civilization & Captitalism in the 15th-18th Centuries, which is a hell of a lot of fun, but tough going when he gets into trade and migration charts.

If you think that's tough going, try reading the second half of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, 1&2 Kings, and 1&2 Chronicles in the Bible. I enjoyed Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy; but I've kinda got stuck in Kings.

You think you need a vacation? Not only am I reading The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, but I'm also reading Star Trek: Voyager: Pathways, This Present Darkness, The Bible, Einstein's Theories of Relativity and other essays, a textbook entitled Physics(note: I am not and have not yet taken a physics class), and Beyond Star Trek. I need to take a vacation from everything else just so I can finish those books. Then I'll need to take a vacation from reading. Although, if I go more than a couple of days without reading, I start going through withdrawel.

The pains of being addicted to reading.

Azeroth · Post by **Azeroth** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 5:33 pm

I've always had trouble with reading and writing but for some odd reason I'm good at logical things like math and mechanics. Hmmm, maybe my dyslexia had something to do with my reading problems.....

fable · Post by **fable** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 5:47 pm

Originally posted by Sailor Saturn:
If you think that's tough going, try reading the second half of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, 1&2 Kings, and 1&2 Chronicles in the Bible. I enjoyed Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy; but I've kinda got stuck in Kings.

My stomach isn't up to it. I can only take so much gloating over the slaying of peoples, including their children and women, before I get the shakes.

Darkpoet · Post by **Darkpoet** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 8:50 pm

Originally posted by fable:
My stomach isn't up to it. I can only take so much gloating over the slaying of peoples, including their children and women, before I get the shakes.

You should try looking at it everyday. You can get use to most of it. The blood, smell, disfigurement, clean up, using canvas bags to pick up body parts for 2 miles, along railroad tracks.