What Are You Reading? (June 2015)
06-01-15, 02:59 PM
#2
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Re: What Are You Reading? (June 2015)
Waiting on my pre-order of this to download tomorrow. The last Clines novel I read, 14, was a really cool Lovecraftian story.
The folks in Mike Erikson's small New England town would say he's just your average, everyday guy. And that's exactly how Mike likes it. Sure, the life he's chosen isn’t much of a challenge to someone with his unique gifts, but he’s content with his quiet and peaceful existence.
That is, until an old friend presents him with an irresistible mystery, one that Mike is uniquely qualified to solve: far out in the California desert, a team of DARPA scientists has invented a device they affectionately call the Albuquerque Door. Using a cryptic computer equation and magnetic fields to “fold” dimensions, it shrinks distances so that a traveler can travel hundreds of feet with a single step.
The invention promises to make mankind’s dreams of teleportation a reality. And, the scientists insist, traveling through the Door is completely safe.
Yet evidence is mounting that this miraculous machine isn’t quite what it seems—and that its creators are harboring a dangerous secret.
As his investigations draw him deeper into the puzzle, Mike begins to fear there’s only one answer that makes sense. And if he’s right, it may only be a matter of time before the project destroys…everything.
That is, until an old friend presents him with an irresistible mystery, one that Mike is uniquely qualified to solve: far out in the California desert, a team of DARPA scientists has invented a device they affectionately call the Albuquerque Door. Using a cryptic computer equation and magnetic fields to “fold” dimensions, it shrinks distances so that a traveler can travel hundreds of feet with a single step.
The invention promises to make mankind’s dreams of teleportation a reality. And, the scientists insist, traveling through the Door is completely safe.
Yet evidence is mounting that this miraculous machine isn’t quite what it seems—and that its creators are harboring a dangerous secret.
As his investigations draw him deeper into the puzzle, Mike begins to fear there’s only one answer that makes sense. And if he’s right, it may only be a matter of time before the project destroys…everything.
06-03-15, 10:01 AM
#5
Re: What Are You Reading? (June 2015)
How is the Mieville book? He's one of my favorite current authors, but for some reason I've never gotten around to reading any of his short fiction.
06-04-15, 07:05 PM
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Re: What Are You Reading? (June 2015)
Finished:
Great book! Being a scientist, I loved all the attention to that detail while never (at least for me) venturing into "technobabble". Yeah, I can totally see this being a movie. We just need to improve the book by throwing in some aliens (and maybe a robot) and we'll have a winner!
Great book! Being a scientist, I loved all the attention to that detail while never (at least for me) venturing into "technobabble". Yeah, I can totally see this being a movie. We just need to improve the book by throwing in some aliens (and maybe a robot) and we'll have a winner!
06-05-15, 09:00 AM
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DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
06-07-15, 07:10 AM
#12
DVD Talk Legend
Re: What Are You Reading? (June 2015)
Finished Weaveworld (Clive Barker), wife got ahold of the last book of the original Left Behind series: Glorious Appearing: The End of Days, started that...
06-12-15, 05:46 PM
#18
Re: What Are You Reading? (June 2015)
I got a copy in 7th grade. My school was ending their junior high and our teacher gave us some books at the end of the year. I didn't read it until after college though.
The movie is certainly a great achievement of bringing a classic to the big screen and it was hard to put the book down once I started reading it.
The movie is certainly a great achievement of bringing a classic to the big screen and it was hard to put the book down once I started reading it.
06-14-15, 08:57 PM
#23
DVD Talk Hero
Re: What Are You Reading? (June 2015)
Some lightweight fiction after finishing War and Piece.
Guns of the Gods by Talbot Mundy
The Singing Bone by R. Austin Freeman
Highways in Hiding by George O. Smith
The Fourth R by George O. Smith
Currently reading:
The Cat Who Walked Through Walls by Robert Heinlein
The Singing Bone includes the story A Case of Premeditation which is obviously the inspiration for the Columbo television series. Freeman invented the inverted mystery -- where you see the murder done, and the suspense is how the detective gathers the clues to solve the crime. In this story, you first see the murderer do his preparations (which don't make sense), then use the preparations to commit the murder, and then the detective arrives to solve the case. It's available for free online, and I recommend that mystery buffs read it.
Guns of the Gods by Talbot Mundy
The Singing Bone by R. Austin Freeman
Highways in Hiding by George O. Smith
The Fourth R by George O. Smith
Currently reading:
The Cat Who Walked Through Walls by Robert Heinlein
The Singing Bone includes the story A Case of Premeditation which is obviously the inspiration for the Columbo television series. Freeman invented the inverted mystery -- where you see the murder done, and the suspense is how the detective gathers the clues to solve the crime. In this story, you first see the murderer do his preparations (which don't make sense), then use the preparations to commit the murder, and then the detective arrives to solve the case. It's available for free online, and I recommend that mystery buffs read it.
