@Nyotarules I stopped reading these ages ago (for lack of time, not for lack of interest). I liked the New Frontier series a lot but back then there were only 3 or 4 volumes. How many are there now and are they as good as the first ones?
What are you reading?
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Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory The Theoretical Minimum by Leonard Susskind & Art Friedman - refreshing my ancient recollection of these subjects
Hidden in Plain Sight 10 How to Program a Quantum Computer by Andrew Thomas - a great book for demystifying a seemingly complex subject
Hidden in Plain Sight 10 How to Program a Quantum Computer by Andrew Thomas - a great book for demystifying a seemingly complex subject
Finished Gnomon, now on The Psychology Of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas. Excellent so far, refreshingly to the point and with characters who are defined well if in somewhat broad strokes.
I recently joined Scribd and I can read any of the audio or eBooks for $US8.99 a month. They don’t have the wide range of books that Audible has but I think I could easily find 4 books to read/listen to.
They either already have or we’ll have all of Agatha Christie’s books. Though I have previous read all of Christie’s books some of them I have not read for more than 40 years and I don’t think I had read any in the last 10 years.
In the last week I have listened to three of them
One, Two, Buckle my Shoe
And Then There Were None
Five Little Pigs
And I have just started ‘The Labours of Hercules’.
They either already have or we’ll have all of Agatha Christie’s books. Though I have previous read all of Christie’s books some of them I have not read for more than 40 years and I don’t think I had read any in the last 10 years.
In the last week I have listened to three of them
One, Two, Buckle my Shoe
And Then There Were None
Five Little Pigs
And I have just started ‘The Labours of Hercules’.
I have the Kindle editions, I manage to find 23 e books. Still cannot find books 1,3 & 4, so I started with Into the Void. I love the series, I prefer Calhoun to Kirk (yes I said it!) ...the ensemble characters are more interesting and diverse than the TOS and TNG crew. Would make an entertaining T.V show.
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I just had a look but I'm afraid I don't have those books anymore 
I must have given them away last time I cleared out my bookshelves.
Have a look at abebooks - they have the volumes you are looking for at less than $2 a piece
I must have given them away last time I cleared out my bookshelves.Have a look at abebooks - they have the volumes you are looking for at less than $2 a piece
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Thank you! I found the first four stories in one book on Amazon UK for £5 but thank you for telling me about this site, it would have cost me $21 to buy them ..damn shipping costs ! lolI just had a look but I'm afraid I don't have those books anymore
Have a look at abebooks - they have the volumes you are looking for at less than $2 a piece
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You're welcome I can wholeheartedly recommend abebooks to everyone who is looking for old (out of print) books. I discovered a lot of SciFi from the 40s and 50s there that I was searching for for decades.
For example the Lost Planet series by Angus MacVicar or the Professor Jameson series by Neil R. Jones.
The first is a typical 50s series glorifying nuclear power but well written and thrilling. I'd recommend it for children above an age of 10 but adults may find it entertaining as well - a light bedtime or vacation reading.
The latter series was written for adults. It's very thrilling but a bit high on the morale at times. Some interesting and genuinely new ideas were introduced, like for example the unusual gravitational conditions and their consequences on the local lifeforms on a planet that was mined till it was brick-shaped (On The Planet Fragment). Beautiful language but be warned: Neil R. Jones is heavy on the adjectives, particularly rarely used ones - I had to employ my dictionary far more often than when reading Shakespeare or even Chaucer. But then I've always been a language-connoisseur =)
I can wholeheartedly recommend abebooks to everyone who is looking for old (out of print) books. I discovered a lot of SciFi from the 40s and 50s there that I was searching for for decades.For example the Lost Planet series by Angus MacVicar or the Professor Jameson series by Neil R. Jones.
The first is a typical 50s series glorifying nuclear power but well written and thrilling. I'd recommend it for children above an age of 10 but adults may find it entertaining as well - a light bedtime or vacation reading.
The latter series was written for adults. It's very thrilling but a bit high on the morale at times. Some interesting and genuinely new ideas were introduced, like for example the unusual gravitational conditions and their consequences on the local lifeforms on a planet that was mined till it was brick-shaped (On The Planet Fragment). Beautiful language but be warned: Neil R. Jones is heavy on the adjectives, particularly rarely used ones - I had to employ my dictionary far more often than when reading Shakespeare or even Chaucer. But then I've always been a language-connoisseur =)
I'm currently reading Accelerando, by Charles Stross - it's about events following the Singularity. I'm actually nearly finished it, which is good, because I'm going to his book launch tomorrow for The Delirium Brief (which actually came out over a year ago, but I think this might be for the paperback release).
Started Robert Jordan's "Conan the Triumphant". I was hestitant, though, as I suspect the title spoils the ending.
I am listening to ‘Don’t Touch the Blue Stuff’ by 4ob Dircks, narrated by the author. It is the sequel to ‘Where the Hell is Tesla?’ Chip is again trapped in the Interdimensional Transfer Apparatus with Nikola Tesla.
Back in 1998 my wife and I fell in love with the independent film "Smoke Signals" (Adam Beach, Gary Farmer). It was based on the 1993 collection of inter-connected short-stories by Sherman Alexie entitled, "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven." After years of leisurely looking for it in bookstores I finally found it yesterday. So that is what I am currently reading.
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