What do Sumeans read?

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Hi. Just wondering what ppl on this forum like to read.

And what would be your choice if you could base a game on a book?

I mostly read fantasy and ocassionly war novels, the only Sci-Fi I read is Star Wars. Favourite Authors would be Raymond E. Fiest and David and Leigh Eddings.

Currently Reading:
Guardians Of the West - Book one of The Malloreon by David Eddings
Murder in LaMut - Book two of the Legends of the Riftwar series by Raymond E. Fiest and Joel Rosenburg

Recently read books:
The Redemtion of Athalus by David & Leigh Eddings
Talon of the Silver Hawk - Conclave of Shadows: Book one by Raymond E. Fiest - (my choice for a game)
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by LT. GEN. Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway.

Submitted by Blitz on Wed, 10/09/03 - 8:16 AMPermalink

I very rarely read fiction. Mainly i just read books related to programming/game development, and the occasional magazine...
And of the fiction i do read, most of it has already had games made for them :) (Discworld, Battletech)
CYer, Blitz

Submitted by davidcoen on Wed, 10/09/03 - 10:10 AMPermalink

last book i read was on software engineering... otherwise i just read comics :)

Submitted by Pantmonger on Wed, 10/09/03 - 11:12 AMPermalink

There are books now?
I don't hold with this new technology, give me a good old computer any day.

Pantmonger

Submitted by Red 5 on Wed, 10/09/03 - 6:59 PMPermalink

I mainly read biography's, usually to do with musicians or motorsport... currently reading Murray Walker's autobiography "Unless I'm very much mistaken" great reading for petrol heads :)

Submitted by Malus on Wed, 10/09/03 - 7:06 PMPermalink

The last book I read was "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep", the book that inspired Bladerunner.

Apart from that I have pretty eclectic reading habits, anything from comics to the War and Peace.

Mainly non fiction swords and sorcery though because they got trolls and stoof. [:P]

Submitted by Happy Camper on Wed, 10/09/03 - 11:07 PMPermalink

quote:Originally posted by Red 5

I mainly read biography's, usually to do with musicians or motorsport... currently reading Murray Walker's autobiography "Unless I'm very much mistaken" great reading for petrol heads :)

I've got Mark Skaife Diary of a Champion. I haven't read it yet, haven't been able to find the time. It came with my Xbox[:p].

The only non-fiction instructional type of books i read are usually drawing related. I also have a few Flash books and i'll probably read some 3D books for the next version of MAX.

I tend to read comic books off and on, and usually only Marvel since i'm not a hardcore comic book fan. I use to read alot of car, dirt bike and game magazines untill I started receiving Fantasy and Sci-Fi books from friends.

Submitted by Makk on Wed, 10/09/03 - 11:20 PMPermalink

I just bought The Art of the LOTR: The Two Towers on Monday, so I have been reading (and drooling over the artwork) that :)

Submitted by Maitrek on Wed, 10/09/03 - 11:57 PMPermalink

I'm a sci-fi and/or fantasy book reader. Although I don't think I've read a fictitious book in years - wait a sec, the last thing I read was I Am Legend by Richard Matheson about 6 months ago?

Submitted by Fluffy CatFood on Mon, 15/09/03 - 11:43 AMPermalink

I love reading, I've read the first 4 books of anne rices vampire chronicals, I like the work of H.P Lovecraft. I 'm up to the 4th book in the wheel of time series by Robert Jordan but I'm taking a break from that series because I was on it for a while, right now I'm reading The Fog by James Herbert, Clive barker is another author I like, his Books of Blood are pretty good, my favourite story being the midnight meat train. I've only ever read One biography, it was on a guy called John Douglas, who was one of the guys at the FBI that helped create serial killer profiling, there was some bizarre shit in that book.

Maitrek: is the movie "the omega man" based on I'am Legend?

Submitted by Sorceror Bob on Mon, 15/09/03 - 12:21 PMPermalink

I read anything.. I'm a compulsive reader.. Can go through a 700 page book in a night if I'm not careful :P

Today I read Angelas Ashes by Frank McCourt.. Yesterday I read Starman (book 3 in axis trilogy) by Sara Douglas..

In the last two weeks I've also read Solomons Tale; Bryce Courtney, Naked Empire; Terry Goodkind and Shards of a Broken Crown; Raymond E Feist.

I'm eagerly awaiting Heretic by Bernard Cornwell, which comes out on the 7th of October..

<--- Book nerd.

Submitted by Blitz on Tue, 16/09/03 - 5:18 AMPermalink

Lovecraft is excellent, not neccessarily the easiest author to find in a library though :/
CYer, Blitz

Submitted by Happy Camper on Tue, 16/09/03 - 10:34 AMPermalink

I'm waiting for King of Foxes - Conclave of Shadows: Book Two by Raymond E. Fiest. Comes out 3rd November so I'll probably read just about anything until then. I haven't read any horror for a long time. I might take a look at some of the previously mentioned books. I also have some unread Steven King at my disposal but i'm not really a fan.

I'm yet to read anything from the Discworld universe, so i think i might grab the first 3 or 4.

Submitted by Kris on Wed, 17/09/03 - 10:27 AMPermalink

Blues News and IGN... do they count? :P

Submitted by Kane on Sat, 20/09/03 - 8:02 AMPermalink

i saw this thread a while ago but havent had a chance to reply to it...

currently i am reading,

Game Development and Production by Erik Bethke - great book on game design and general software design..good for anyone doing a programming course

Lord of the Rings - i have been reading this since 1999

recently bought a GIANT book called '1001 tips for Microsoft Visual C++' and there is no way i am going to read through it all

also the usual Hyper, Game Developer, PC mags...

Submitted by Stu on Mon, 22/09/03 - 5:48 PMPermalink

My favorite author would be the late Douglas Adams, I loved the hitchikers guide to the galaxy series as well as Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency but my favorite would have to be the Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul.

Other than that I love reading portfolio books on design and arcitecture.

Stu

Submitted by Kezza on Fri, 03/10/03 - 6:39 AMPermalink

Game programming gems 3... err
various other.... you know, game developer, various books on opengl etc

read lots of the internet too... not sure when i'm gonna be finished with that one [:D]

Submitted by Aven on Tue, 07/10/03 - 6:54 PMPermalink

I used to read quite a bit when i was younger, but that slowed down when i found computers (isn't that always the way?). No i pretty much only have time to read during my lunch hour at work.

I finished reading 'Stardust' by Neil Gaiman about a month back and that is a teriffic read. Very simplistic yet detailed. I'm currently reading 'American Gods' by him.
Also reading 'Encyplopaedia Vampirica' from White Wolf. Basically a source book from their Vampire: Masquerade RPG.
Was reading 'The complete stories' by Edgar Allan Poe. some very cool stories, but it is not the easiest of reads.
Also read a fair few comics. Fate of the Blade, Transformers, Witchblade, so on and so forth. i gave up on Marvell a few years back and haven't read an issue since (their movies are cool though).
Really the only two mags that a read now are EDGE and IDN (when i can find in iss). i always look out for new mags though.

i would put down porn, but i dont really read that (more looking).

Forum
General Chat

Hi. Just wondering what ppl on this forum like to read.

And what would be your choice if you could base a game on a book?

I mostly read fantasy and ocassionly war novels, the only Sci-Fi I read is Star Wars. Favourite Authors would be Raymond E. Fiest and David and Leigh Eddings.

Currently Reading:
Guardians Of the West - Book one of The Malloreon by David Eddings
Murder in LaMut - Book two of the Legends of the Riftwar series by Raymond E. Fiest and Joel Rosenburg

Recently read books:
The Redemtion of Athalus by David & Leigh Eddings
Talon of the Silver Hawk - Conclave of Shadows: Book one by Raymond E. Fiest - (my choice for a game)
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by LT. GEN. Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway.

Submitted by Blitz on Wed, 10/09/03 - 8:16 AMPermalink

I very rarely read fiction. Mainly i just read books related to programming/game development, and the occasional magazine...
And of the fiction i do read, most of it has already had games made for them :) (Discworld, Battletech)
CYer, Blitz

Submitted by davidcoen on Wed, 10/09/03 - 10:10 AMPermalink

last book i read was on software engineering... otherwise i just read comics :)

Submitted by Pantmonger on Wed, 10/09/03 - 11:12 AMPermalink

There are books now?
I don't hold with this new technology, give me a good old computer any day.

Pantmonger

Submitted by Red 5 on Wed, 10/09/03 - 6:59 PMPermalink

I mainly read biography's, usually to do with musicians or motorsport... currently reading Murray Walker's autobiography "Unless I'm very much mistaken" great reading for petrol heads :)

Submitted by Malus on Wed, 10/09/03 - 7:06 PMPermalink

The last book I read was "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep", the book that inspired Bladerunner.

Apart from that I have pretty eclectic reading habits, anything from comics to the War and Peace.

Mainly non fiction swords and sorcery though because they got trolls and stoof. [:P]

Submitted by Happy Camper on Wed, 10/09/03 - 11:07 PMPermalink

quote:Originally posted by Red 5

I mainly read biography's, usually to do with musicians or motorsport... currently reading Murray Walker's autobiography "Unless I'm very much mistaken" great reading for petrol heads :)

I've got Mark Skaife Diary of a Champion. I haven't read it yet, haven't been able to find the time. It came with my Xbox[:p].

The only non-fiction instructional type of books i read are usually drawing related. I also have a few Flash books and i'll probably read some 3D books for the next version of MAX.

I tend to read comic books off and on, and usually only Marvel since i'm not a hardcore comic book fan. I use to read alot of car, dirt bike and game magazines untill I started receiving Fantasy and Sci-Fi books from friends.

Submitted by Makk on Wed, 10/09/03 - 11:20 PMPermalink

I just bought The Art of the LOTR: The Two Towers on Monday, so I have been reading (and drooling over the artwork) that :)

Submitted by Maitrek on Wed, 10/09/03 - 11:57 PMPermalink

I'm a sci-fi and/or fantasy book reader. Although I don't think I've read a fictitious book in years - wait a sec, the last thing I read was I Am Legend by Richard Matheson about 6 months ago?

Submitted by Fluffy CatFood on Mon, 15/09/03 - 11:43 AMPermalink

I love reading, I've read the first 4 books of anne rices vampire chronicals, I like the work of H.P Lovecraft. I 'm up to the 4th book in the wheel of time series by Robert Jordan but I'm taking a break from that series because I was on it for a while, right now I'm reading The Fog by James Herbert, Clive barker is another author I like, his Books of Blood are pretty good, my favourite story being the midnight meat train. I've only ever read One biography, it was on a guy called John Douglas, who was one of the guys at the FBI that helped create serial killer profiling, there was some bizarre shit in that book.

Maitrek: is the movie "the omega man" based on I'am Legend?

Submitted by Sorceror Bob on Mon, 15/09/03 - 12:21 PMPermalink

I read anything.. I'm a compulsive reader.. Can go through a 700 page book in a night if I'm not careful :P

Today I read Angelas Ashes by Frank McCourt.. Yesterday I read Starman (book 3 in axis trilogy) by Sara Douglas..

In the last two weeks I've also read Solomons Tale; Bryce Courtney, Naked Empire; Terry Goodkind and Shards of a Broken Crown; Raymond E Feist.

I'm eagerly awaiting Heretic by Bernard Cornwell, which comes out on the 7th of October..

<--- Book nerd.

Submitted by Blitz on Tue, 16/09/03 - 5:18 AMPermalink

Lovecraft is excellent, not neccessarily the easiest author to find in a library though :/
CYer, Blitz

Submitted by Happy Camper on Tue, 16/09/03 - 10:34 AMPermalink

I'm waiting for King of Foxes - Conclave of Shadows: Book Two by Raymond E. Fiest. Comes out 3rd November so I'll probably read just about anything until then. I haven't read any horror for a long time. I might take a look at some of the previously mentioned books. I also have some unread Steven King at my disposal but i'm not really a fan.

I'm yet to read anything from the Discworld universe, so i think i might grab the first 3 or 4.

Submitted by Kris on Wed, 17/09/03 - 10:27 AMPermalink

Blues News and IGN... do they count? :P

Submitted by Kane on Sat, 20/09/03 - 8:02 AMPermalink

i saw this thread a while ago but havent had a chance to reply to it...

currently i am reading,

Game Development and Production by Erik Bethke - great book on game design and general software design..good for anyone doing a programming course

Lord of the Rings - i have been reading this since 1999

recently bought a GIANT book called '1001 tips for Microsoft Visual C++' and there is no way i am going to read through it all

also the usual Hyper, Game Developer, PC mags...

Submitted by Stu on Mon, 22/09/03 - 5:48 PMPermalink

My favorite author would be the late Douglas Adams, I loved the hitchikers guide to the galaxy series as well as Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency but my favorite would have to be the Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul.

Other than that I love reading portfolio books on design and arcitecture.

Stu

Submitted by Kezza on Fri, 03/10/03 - 6:39 AMPermalink

Game programming gems 3... err
various other.... you know, game developer, various books on opengl etc

read lots of the internet too... not sure when i'm gonna be finished with that one [:D]

Submitted by Aven on Tue, 07/10/03 - 6:54 PMPermalink

I used to read quite a bit when i was younger, but that slowed down when i found computers (isn't that always the way?). No i pretty much only have time to read during my lunch hour at work.

I finished reading 'Stardust' by Neil Gaiman about a month back and that is a teriffic read. Very simplistic yet detailed. I'm currently reading 'American Gods' by him.
Also reading 'Encyplopaedia Vampirica' from White Wolf. Basically a source book from their Vampire: Masquerade RPG.
Was reading 'The complete stories' by Edgar Allan Poe. some very cool stories, but it is not the easiest of reads.
Also read a fair few comics. Fate of the Blade, Transformers, Witchblade, so on and so forth. i gave up on Marvell a few years back and haven't read an issue since (their movies are cool though).
Really the only two mags that a read now are EDGE and IDN (when i can find in iss). i always look out for new mags though.

i would put down porn, but i dont really read that (more looking).