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Nook and book

RsadeikaRsadeika Posts: 3,846
edited 2011-07-06 00:47 in General Discussion
I am enjoying my Nook Color, thank you very much. What is everybody reading, besides the Propeller manual? I am just finishing the Korean and WWII series by W.E.B. Griffin. I like his story telling style, but sometimes he goes a little overboard with the amount of detail. Now, I am looking for some new reading material, and I may find that whatever you are reading to be my next topic of interest.

Thanks

Ray

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  • GadgetmanGadgetman Posts: 2,436
    edited 2011-07-04 10:21
    What I'm reading..
    (Or at least what's on my Kindle)

    A couple of Terry Pratchett's books..
    (Amazon ebooks)

    Aslaug's 'Transitions' (and part of Transitions II)
    from aslaug.eu
    (Downloadable chapters in .pdf format. Warning, this takes on some mature issues. Transsexuals, bisexual and lesbian relationships, goings on at a 'blue' movie studio... no really explisit details... hate crime and the repercussions, a porn convention... love... a lot of growing up... )
    And yes, I'd recommend it to anyone who's adult and not a raging homophobe.
    TII(only available as .html) begins in September 2001... It also deals with Afghanistan, soldiers getting wounded or killed. Abusive relationships, love... growing up...
    Also, to make it 'worse' the stories use anthro characters(furries... ) which may scare a few off.

    Sabrina Online the Story...
    (Slice of life. Mostly good, clean fun. Hints to adult activities, though)
    Based on the comic at sabrina-online.com
    This story can be found at www.chrisfoxx.com for online reading, or downloaded in 'books'
    (.PDFs) at raccoons-bookshelf.com
    If picking up files there, also get 'Gone Wylde'...
    Or anything by the author 'Anthony Lion'...

    Another book is 'Fey' by Paul Kidd.
    (Amazon ebook. Don't know if it can be read on a Nook)

    A couple of chapters from www.nas-kan.org
    Some are silly... But it has computers and magic in them, so who cares?
    (And shiny spacecraft... aliens... dragons... )

    The rest is either 'too weird' for most, technical docs, or even 'kill you after reading' (I sometimes do a bit of editing for friends, one or two who pretend to be authors and get early drafts for hack&slash editing)
  • RagtopRagtop Posts: 406
    edited 2011-07-04 10:36
    Just finished Terry Pratchett's Nightwatch. Very topical revolution story-line with all the recent Middle East revolutions.
  • bill190bill190 Posts: 769
    edited 2011-07-04 17:41
    I'm reading "Leveraged Financial Markets: A Comprehensive Guide to Loans, Bonds, and Other High-Yield Instruments".
  • WBA ConsultingWBA Consulting Posts: 2,936
    edited 2011-07-05 11:56
    On my Nook Color:

    1) Parallax Docs:
    • Propeller Manual
    • Propeller Datasheet
    • All Appnotes from Parallax Semi
    • Spin zone articles
    • PE Kit Book and Propstick Setup Guide
    • Hydra Game Dev Manual
    • Various datasheets: GPS, uOLED, etc
    2) Other electronics hobby docs:
    • Gadget Gangster Getting Started with the Propeller eBook
    • Cypress PSoC docs, datasheets, and PDF excerpts of my Kansla project code
    • A few PDFs of things I have created as reference sheets, etc
    3) Other reading:
    • Theory of Relativity by Albert Einstein (still stuck in chapter 27 trying to grasp the relativity of simultaneity)
    • NIV Bible and Tecarta Bible App
    • Boy Mechanic, 700 things for a boy to do, c1913, digitized by the Gutenberg project
    • Stupid History by Leland Gregory
    • The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle, enhanced NookBook by Jane Leavy
    • Dr. Seuss, The Lorax, enhanced NookBook
    • Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, enhanced NookBook
    4) Other reasons I use it:
    • Conqu by AsFusion Task list manager, (excellent app, I recommend to all)
    • Angry Birds (for my daughter... no really, I mean it)
    • Pandora (just recently started using it)
    • Simple web surfing (staying up with Parallax forums is really easy now)
    a few "actions shots" of my Nook Color. Couldn't take them in a way to eliminate the Moire' effect though.
    Nook-Prop_datasheet1.JPG
    1024 x 641 - 186K
    Nook-Prop_datasheet2.JPG
    708 x 1024 - 155K
    Nook_Propstick_PEKit.JPG
    1024 x 740 - 190K
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,452
    edited 2011-07-05 15:49
    Just finished re-reading The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks.
  • LevLev Posts: 182
    edited 2011-07-05 16:00
    Hi Andy,

    If you want to get unstuck on the relativity of simultaneity, I have some good resources that are mathematically simple and fairly intuitive. They complement Chap 27 very well. Let me know if you are interested, and I'll send you some pdfs or references by PM.
  • WBA ConsultingWBA Consulting Posts: 2,936
    edited 2011-07-05 23:04
    Sounds good to me, I will shoot you a pm. Thanks!
  • max72max72 Posts: 1,155
    edited 2011-07-06 00:47
    I really like Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams. Both are great fun.
    I enjoied also Gene Wolfe, even if his english is very complex for me.
    Gibson is very good too.. the Neuromancer is a must read.
    Alfred Bester is considered a sort of father of the cyberpunk, but not available for the nook.
    Moreover if you go to the project gutenberg you will find a lot free stuff. Treasure island? Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
    Moby Dick? Dracula?

    Massimo
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