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Recent reading, and listening
6 years ago by steevc (73)
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I remember the Hitchikers TV series very well, it looks very dated now but seeing as its 1981 that's not surprising. Might be good to watch the whole thing again.
I see you been listening to 4.5, its not bad but quite patchy I think.
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HH TV is dated, but you can see in the documentary that they tried to do some good effects. The book says that Adams didn't get on with the director.
I listened to Book of Regrets after mentioning it and thought I'd listen to the rest. Don't Hate Me is great.
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The effects even then were cheesy, but it made you laugh for sure. That's what it was all about, that crazy story.
I really am not keen on the new 'Don't Hate Me' with Ninet, I prefer the solo version from Stupid Dream. He did sing this at the HCE concert as well as the rest of 4.5, but as Ninet was absent I got the version I prefer.
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The effects were better on the radio of course :)
I expect I've heard the original Don't Hate Me. Will have to look it up. Ninet has her moments. Her solo version of Routine at the Albert Hall was heartwrenching.
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I love Ninet and Routine is amazing, even when she sings it all, but I think I'm too used to the SD version of Don't Hate Me.
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Great sax solo on this.
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There are some very rare authors I find a bit hard to read, and I think Stephen Baxter is one of them. That book has been taking dust, if one may say so, in the internal memory of my kobo for quite some time. I absolutely love sir Pratchett's Discworld but the reviews I quickly browsed of the Long Earth were mixed so I always choose something else to read.
Do you think the story itself is good? This would be a good reason to finally start it ☺
Also I've mentioned it before but as an e-reader enthusiast, I like Calibre both because I can synch books from my kobo with it, and because I keep in it a list of all books I've read. And if your Calibre file is in a folder shared with Onedrive, or the like, you effectively have an online and local library!
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I'm a bit torn about the Long Earth series as I find them a little frustrating whilst still dragging me in. I don't feel it's wasted time for me, so they have something. I don't think I've read any of Baxter's own books.
I read books on my phone that are mostly from the Google shop. I have bought some from Humble Bundle and imported them into Google for convenient reading. I don't have a dedicated e-reader, but my daughter has a Kindle. I've heard good things about Calibre.
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I've read Logicomix, it is great. As a mathematecian and a greek, I feel rather proud of it (wirters and artists are greek!) Good choice and very glad to see it presented in your post. As for the others, although I like both Gaiman and Pratchet (just recently read Good Omens) I have not read those, but I will have them in my to-do list... together with some millions more entries :)
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There's never enough time to read everything good. It would help if I was on Steemit less :)
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I've only managed to complete one book recently and that was The Energy Bus by Job Gordon. It's a typical personal training type of book - was an easy read and I actually got quite a bit from it.
I used to read a hell of a lot before the kids arrived. I was a massive fan of Stephen King and Ian Rankin - actually I still am but haven't spent much time with them (well any really).
I've been using my time doing some coding courses which seem to help me sleep! I quite fancy getting some audio books for my journey to and from work as I spend around 2.5 hours in the car every day.
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Long drives are a great opportunity for audio books and/or podcasts. You could get through a book a week I should think. My journey is so much shorter now. I get some come home on the train with my daughter now as she's working up the road from me for a year.
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That must be nice :) Is she out on a University placement?
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Yes. Got a nice job doing the sort of research she wants to do. Handy that she can live at home and save some money.
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An interesting list.
I just couldn't get into the Long Earth series. I tried the first two, but it just didn't capture me. I don't think the collaboration worked as well as Good Omens. Now there's a good read!
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Good Omens is great. There's a TV version coming next year. I don't know how writing collaboration works, but it could result in less than the sum of parts. I do want to see how it turns out
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I'm really looking forward to that too. I hope it comes down here at some point ;-)
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I have always been a Vonnegut fan ever since I read "Slaughter House V". I have never read the book you mentioned though. Honestly, I am not much of a reader. I wish I was, but I just can't usually hold my attention that long on one particular thing. I have never found any of the video adaptations of Hitchhikers Guide to be as good as the book.
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Did you listen to the radio series? It's different to the books that were written later. Then the later books were done for the radio. It's all fun
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No, I haven't had a chance to listen to the radio series. I might have to check it out sometime.
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