How many books people read
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I got Yellow Eyes as a gift last summer. I enjoyed it a lot. And Daisy Mae is a hoot! (I was a Li'l Abner fan for a long time.) I didn't really have any problem with the politicos selling out the earth to save their hides as I suspect it could/would happen that way on both the left and the right. The junta types down in Panama read pretty true to me as did the Panamanian white hats, although Grandmother was a bit larger than life. Of course I knew that Cally had survived due the Cally's War (I think he should have held that book back only because it does seem to jump ahead in the time-line.) According to rumors, Cally will star in two more books. I've got Choosers of the Slain (from the Ghost series) headed my way now - along with the Disunited States by Turtledove. I do appreciate getting gift cards for Christmas. :)
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Cally does star in two more. Sister Time (#2) came out last month: Michelle's back. And as I said up thread, the third Honor of the CLan is almost complete and due to be turned in two more months. Speaking of which, did you catch the very end of Cally's War? Idid, but alot of people complained that it was too subtle. http://www.webscription.net/p-664-sister-time.aspx[^] Choosers or the Slain is the weakest book in that series. Unto the Breach and A Deeper Blue are both much better. ADB's easily the best of the series, but the very end of UtB is one of the best endings I've ever read. Disunited States was something of a disappointment as well. Not a bad book but something of a letdown compared to the ones before it or the most recent The Gladiator, although the latter has one extreme case of OMFGWTF grade stupidity in the ending.
Otherwise [Microsoft is] toast in the long term no matter how much money they've got. They would be already if the Linux community didn't have it's head so firmly up it's own command line buffer that it looks like taking 15 years to find the desktop. -- Matthew Faithfull
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I was reading a bit about why Stevo thinks the Kindle won't go anywhere: because no one reads (as opposed to the real reason - it sucks and it's a lame device). Which I thought was a typical ridiculous comment from Jobs until I googled for more information. And lo and behold, what I found seems to back him up! Some of the stats claim that, in the U.S. at least, 1 in 4 haven't read a book at ALL in the last year. There was a similar statistic quoted for the UK. Is this in fact true? I find I read 20+ books a year. Granted it's a lot of Sci-Fi, but still, to not read, at all? I can't even comprehend that.
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I got the ebook the earliest date it was out, need to get the HC before I see John at Stellarcon in March.
Otherwise [Microsoft is] toast in the long term no matter how much money they've got. They would be already if the Linux community didn't have it's head so firmly up it's own command line buffer that it looks like taking 15 years to find the desktop. -- Matthew Faithfull
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ROTFL - I know what you mean. My daughter wanted 'one fish two fish red fish blue fish' so often, I can quote most of it. I find I can't get to sleep easily unless I read for a half hour, that's where most of my reading occurs. Watching TV or a computer is the worst thing you can do just before bed.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
At least now I know I am not the only one who finds it helpful (in order to get to sleep) to read from a good book right before bed. You can tell from reading posts on here, as well as other sites, that many people do not read these days. Just look at the atrocious misspellings and bad grammar that you find (I understand that not all people who post online are native English speakers, and I can forgive those folks for their misspellings and poor grammar). I honestly believe that the more that a person reads, the more that they learn to master the English language. It really irks me to see things like, "do to a problem I had", rather than "due to", and people who don't know the difference between to, too and two, or there, their, and they're, etc. :mad: Whoa. Better stop, or I will be banished to the soapbox! :)
WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.
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Horton Hears a Who, I believe.
Software Zen:
delete this;Yeah, I knew it was wrong as soon as I said it, and I could remember some of the text of the actual book, but not the name. Rather than google it and correct my post, I left it as testament to my moment of stupidity.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
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At least now I know I am not the only one who finds it helpful (in order to get to sleep) to read from a good book right before bed. You can tell from reading posts on here, as well as other sites, that many people do not read these days. Just look at the atrocious misspellings and bad grammar that you find (I understand that not all people who post online are native English speakers, and I can forgive those folks for their misspellings and poor grammar). I honestly believe that the more that a person reads, the more that they learn to master the English language. It really irks me to see things like, "do to a problem I had", rather than "due to", and people who don't know the difference between to, too and two, or there, their, and they're, etc. :mad: Whoa. Better stop, or I will be banished to the soapbox! :)
WE ARE DYSLEXIC OF BORG. Refutance is systile. Your a$$ will be laminated. There are 10 kinds of people in the world: People who know binary and people who don't.
Yeah, my favourite is people who argue in the soapbox and say 'your point is mute'. I guess it is, I mean they typed it, rather than say it, right ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
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I was reading a bit about why Stevo thinks the Kindle won't go anywhere: because no one reads (as opposed to the real reason - it sucks and it's a lame device). Which I thought was a typical ridiculous comment from Jobs until I googled for more information. And lo and behold, what I found seems to back him up! Some of the stats claim that, in the U.S. at least, 1 in 4 haven't read a book at ALL in the last year. There was a similar statistic quoted for the UK. Is this in fact true? I find I read 20+ books a year. Granted it's a lot of Sci-Fi, but still, to not read, at all? I can't even comprehend that.
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It's true in Japan; publishers will rarely print anything more than 150 pages long anymore. More books are being published than ever, and no one's reading them.
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I probably haven't read a book for 5 years. With three young children and long hours at work it's often difficult to find time to eat and sleep, let alone read. Of course, if Dr. Seuss and the like count, I read about 500 books a year.
I also struggle to finish books: I'm only 400 pages into Quicksilver and took 4 months to finish Head First Design Patterns, and that's with only one young child! btw, I'm also a big-time fan of Dr. Suess, the various "Bears" books by the Berenstains' go down a treat, as do most Australiana style children's books...still amazes me that our 2¼ year old can read so many books already! (yeah, I'm guilty of silly proud dad syndrome)
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Let me help you understand why I don't read for fun. Look at all the other activities I can do. Exercise Make Beer Drink Beer Play Video Games Have Quality Time with the wife Kayak Clean my house Cook Eat Play with the dogs Program Surf internet and or masturbate watch a movie Target shoot with my shotgun ride my bike hike smoke something make beef jerky clean my car garden post in the lounge on codeproject There are so many things to do that are more fun than reading. That is why I don't read for fun.
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ToddHileHoffer wrote:
Surf internet and or masturbate
i like how those two are *almost* synonymous.
ToddHileHoffer wrote:
Exercise
oh yeah, we all exercise... (looks around frantictly, eyes just above the screen..) ericos g.
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I was reading a bit about why Stevo thinks the Kindle won't go anywhere: because no one reads (as opposed to the real reason - it sucks and it's a lame device). Which I thought was a typical ridiculous comment from Jobs until I googled for more information. And lo and behold, what I found seems to back him up! Some of the stats claim that, in the U.S. at least, 1 in 4 haven't read a book at ALL in the last year. There was a similar statistic quoted for the UK. Is this in fact true? I find I read 20+ books a year. Granted it's a lot of Sci-Fi, but still, to not read, at all? I can't even comprehend that.
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I read vociferously, just not books - all the info - history, programming, biotech, news, etc.etc.etc. i need - it's all online Cheers,
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i read 10/year, probably.
You read a lot of short-form writing though, right? Newspapers, articles, op-eds etc.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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ROTFL - I know what you mean. My daughter wanted 'one fish two fish red fish blue fish' so often, I can quote most of it. I find I can't get to sleep easily unless I read for a half hour, that's where most of my reading occurs. Watching TV or a computer is the worst thing you can do just before bed.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
Christian Graus wrote:
I find I can't get to sleep easily unless I read for a half hour
Same here. It is a routine my body and mind knows comes just before sleep. My brain stops buzzing and I relax. Of course sometimes a half hour read ends up being two hours and then waking up the next morning is the problem.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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I was reading a bit about why Stevo thinks the Kindle won't go anywhere: because no one reads (as opposed to the real reason - it sucks and it's a lame device). Which I thought was a typical ridiculous comment from Jobs until I googled for more information. And lo and behold, what I found seems to back him up! Some of the stats claim that, in the U.S. at least, 1 in 4 haven't read a book at ALL in the last year. There was a similar statistic quoted for the UK. Is this in fact true? I find I read 20+ books a year. Granted it's a lot of Sci-Fi, but still, to not read, at all? I can't even comprehend that.
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My favourite author is Clive Cussler and the like - I like mystery stories, but only four or five a year. I must say, most of my reading is done on the toilet (most of my studies was done in my personal library - the toilet) and on the bus - spend two hours a say travelling, but then only technical stuff, anything from Idoit's Guides to Six Sigma. A comment was made the other day, "I do not read (C# stuff); Pierre do all the reading and I'll ask him if I need to know something". Well I can't believe there are intelligent people out there that does not read.
the confused are confused beyond confusion
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I was reading a bit about why Stevo thinks the Kindle won't go anywhere: because no one reads (as opposed to the real reason - it sucks and it's a lame device). Which I thought was a typical ridiculous comment from Jobs until I googled for more information. And lo and behold, what I found seems to back him up! Some of the stats claim that, in the U.S. at least, 1 in 4 haven't read a book at ALL in the last year. There was a similar statistic quoted for the UK. Is this in fact true? I find I read 20+ books a year. Granted it's a lot of Sci-Fi, but still, to not read, at all? I can't even comprehend that.
¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! VCF Blog
I don't read as much as I used to but the past few years have been ~30+. Mainly sf but some biographies lately and "modern literature." As for the Kindle I think the form could have been better and it could be more open (PDF etc.) but that the always-on wireless that lets you buy books at all times is a great idea. It is selling well too with a lot of fence-sitters changing to "Love it" when they actually get it in their hands. Hopefully Amazon does v2 and opens it up.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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I read tech books all the time but since I finished all the great science fiction authors I am left wanting for really good literature. Every once in a while I will pick up a Sci-Fi anthology but there selection is usually rather lame.
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Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. -- Ernest HemingwayEnnis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
I finished all the great science fiction authors I am left wanting for really good literature
Had the same dilemma. All the new sf I bought and read turned out to be space opera tripe. Recently though I picked up Ken Mcleod for the first time and I really like his work. Best in years. I'm also working through the SF Masterworks[^] list even though I've read some of it before.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Fernando A. Gomez F. wrote:
At least he achieved immortality for a few years.
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Yeah, I knew it was wrong as soon as I said it, and I could remember some of the text of the actual book, but not the name. Rather than google it and correct my post, I left it as testament to my moment of stupidity.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
Christian Graus wrote:
testament to my moment of stupidity
More like a monument to the incredible amount of useless trivia accumulated in my 46 year old brain... :-D
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Kacee Giger wrote:
Dr. Seuss and the like count, I read about 500 books a year
Good for you! That's one place where my wife and I decided, in advance, to be as indulgent as possible. If my daughter asked to buy a toy or a piece of candy, the answer was often no. If she asked to buy a book or go to the library, the answer was almost always yes. As a result she's become a voracious reader, an excellent writer, and a pretty good student overall.
Software Zen:
delete this;Yup almost the same story here. My daughter's (19 months) favourite "toys" are her books. She goes to the library with me or her mum once a fortnight. We're very fortunate that the library has a great collection of books for young children (and is quite tolerant to the odd bite mark or two). Personally, I'm another member of the late night reading club. I always read in bed. Helps to slow the day down. I can understand why so many don't read "books" now. Let's face it reading (edit: or should I say writing) is a method of expression and communication and we have so many other methods to choose from now. Take the movie for example. You can watch it on your phone now (why you'd want to is beyond me) but my point is in the not too distant past the only form of portable "distraction material" for the bus, train etc was the book. That just isn't the case any more. To survey how many people have read books in the last year, only answers that question. It doesn't make any reasonable argument for how much information/entertainment people are getting via other mechanisms. Good topic!
The only thing unpredictable about me is just how predictable I'm going to be.
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Yeah, I tend to have several going at once, but only in bed, I have far too much work to do, I can't remember the last time I spent any decent time in my living room, I just walk past on the way to my office....
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )
Ahhhh .. that's what that hole in wall is on the way to the kitchen :P
The only thing unpredictable about me is just how predictable I'm going to be.
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Yup almost the same story here. My daughter's (19 months) favourite "toys" are her books. She goes to the library with me or her mum once a fortnight. We're very fortunate that the library has a great collection of books for young children (and is quite tolerant to the odd bite mark or two). Personally, I'm another member of the late night reading club. I always read in bed. Helps to slow the day down. I can understand why so many don't read "books" now. Let's face it reading (edit: or should I say writing) is a method of expression and communication and we have so many other methods to choose from now. Take the movie for example. You can watch it on your phone now (why you'd want to is beyond me) but my point is in the not too distant past the only form of portable "distraction material" for the bus, train etc was the book. That just isn't the case any more. To survey how many people have read books in the last year, only answers that question. It doesn't make any reasonable argument for how much information/entertainment people are getting via other mechanisms. Good topic!
The only thing unpredictable about me is just how predictable I'm going to be.
SimonRigby wrote:
I'm another member of the late night reading club
Same here. During the week, the only time I get to read for recreation is before I go to bed. Currently I'm reading Songs of Earth and Power[^] by Greg Bear. Not my usual cup of tea (I prefer hard science fiction), but it's been pretty good thus far.
Software Zen:
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