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<blockquote data-quote="catsclaw227" data-source="post: 5484972" data-attributes="member: 14197"><p>I only read Name of the Wind, and I bought it because it was SO well reviewed. Even skimming Amazon reviews, there are some amazing things said about the book. </p><p></p><p>Last night after I posted, I went on amazon and more thoroughly read some of the positive and negative reviews. I rarely read 1 or 2 star reviews because I usually disagree with them, but when I read a few of this book's 1-star reviews, my opinions were fairly closely mirrored.</p><p></p><p>It's amazing how different people's tastes are. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>As for my reading list, unfortunately most of the past 10-15 years have been technical reading. Dry stuff, but being a software developer, there's always something new to learn and study because of the rate of growth and change.</p><p></p><p>As for my "fun" reading list? In the past few years I have read:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">John C. Wright's <em>The Golden Age</em> (just finished, now on to the next in the series)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series, loved them all thoroughly except for A Feast for Crows</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Max Brooks - <em>World War Z</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun series</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">John C Wright's Chronicle's of Chaos series. Not bad, though not as thought provoking as The Golden Age was.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Yan Martel's <em>Life of Pi</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Foucault's Pendulum</em> by Umberto Eco</li> </ul><p></p><p>Of course, there have been a lot of gaming books as well. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catsclaw227, post: 5484972, member: 14197"] I only read Name of the Wind, and I bought it because it was SO well reviewed. Even skimming Amazon reviews, there are some amazing things said about the book. Last night after I posted, I went on amazon and more thoroughly read some of the positive and negative reviews. I rarely read 1 or 2 star reviews because I usually disagree with them, but when I read a few of this book's 1-star reviews, my opinions were fairly closely mirrored. It's amazing how different people's tastes are. :) As for my reading list, unfortunately most of the past 10-15 years have been technical reading. Dry stuff, but being a software developer, there's always something new to learn and study because of the rate of growth and change. As for my "fun" reading list? In the past few years I have read: [list] [*]John C. Wright's [I]The Golden Age[/I] (just finished, now on to the next in the series) [*]Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series, loved them all thoroughly except for A Feast for Crows [*]Max Brooks - [I]World War Z[/I] [*]Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun series [*]John C Wright's Chronicle's of Chaos series. Not bad, though not as thought provoking as The Golden Age was. [*]Yan Martel's [I]Life of Pi[/I] [*][I]Foucault's Pendulum[/I] by Umberto Eco [/list] Of course, there have been a lot of gaming books as well. :) [/QUOTE]
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