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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 5:35 pm

FormCritic wrote:
Ender's Game is a quick read and worth your time.

I agree - this is a fun little book.

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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:47 pm

Well, I've moved into the digital age and picked up a reasonably (!??!) priced iPad.. I've a raft of pdf's to read etc and wondered how many of you guys also have or use an iPad for pdfs? Is it any good or easy to get them onto it and read?

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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 3:15 pm

ashmire13 wrote:Well, I've moved into the digital age and picked up a reasonably (!??!) priced iPad.. I've a raft of pdf's to read etc and wondered how many of you guys also have or use an iPad for pdfs? Is it any good or easy to get them onto it and read?

Cheers
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I have 2 iPads (one for me and one for my wife) and there are pretty good for PDF's and general surfing and such

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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:33 pm

Excellent. I got the 64 GB model for the PDF storage side of things, so that's good then, thanks!

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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:43 pm

FormCritic wrote:
Ender's Game is a quick read and worth your time.

It's a good book and somewhat of a classic these days, but when I first read it around 15 years ago I saw the plot twist at the end very predictable.

Overall though, a good read.

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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:47 pm

Blackmoor wrote:
I have 2 iPads (one for me and one for my wife) and there are pretty good for PDF's and general surfing and such

Well, call me an old man, but I prefer to read books rather than from a screen. With that said, I do find my little Acer netbook invaluable at games because I store all my D&D pdfs on it. If I need to look up something from the Fiend Folio, I have easy access to it. You can't beat the electronic format for its storage capacity.

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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:11 am

D&D Cheat Codes :lol:

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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:25 am

clangador wrote:
Well, call me an old man, but I prefer to read books rather than from a screen. With that said, I do find my little Acer netbook invaluable at games because I store all my D&D pdfs on it. If I need to look up something from the Fiend Folio, I have easy access to it. You can't beat the electronic format for its storage capacity.

Totallt agree, much prefer a book in hand, but with so much available in PDF it's good to read with the storage capacity

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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:13 am

ashmire13 wrote:Well, I've moved into the digital age and picked up a reasonably (!??!) priced iPad.. I've a raft of pdf's to read etc and wondered how many of you guys also have or use an iPad for pdfs? Is it any good or easy to get them onto it and read?

Cheers
Dave

Hey Dave!

I love my iPad 1. Still have not got much done on it, but it keeps me semi-current.

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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:26 am

bbarsh wrote:
Hey Dave!

I love my iPad 1. Still have not got much done on it, but it keeps me semi-current.

Hey Bill...

Yep, I'm moving forward! lol.. Just need to get everything on it and then get round to using it!!

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Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 6:34 pm

Well, call me an old man, but I prefer to read books rather than from a screen. With that said, I do find my little Acer netbook invaluable at games because I store all my D&D pdfs on it. If I need to look up something from the Fiend Folio, I have easy access to it. You can't beat the electronic format for its storage capacity.

Yeah, but can you chuck it over your shoulder insouciantly after your players annihilate another unsuspecting githyanki raiding party?

Or (figuratively of course) hammer it over the head of a player who has memorised the every detail ??

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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 10:54 pm

Hey everyone,

Some of you were talking about Snowcrash last week?

I found this one and thought there might be some interest in it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Snow-Crash-Neal ... 0721775575

On to other authors.

I recently started to re-read Philip Jose Farmer.

Have most of the Riverboat series.

Read the first two Dayworld books around 20 years ago.

He had one other sci-fi book that I read as a teenager, which for the life of me I can't remember the title of. It was set in future apocalyptic earth, very Gamma World type setting. I just remember the cover had 2 humans, and a leafy green centaur creature on a raft and I believe one of them was using a Stop sign as a shield... Any ideas?

So I was going to ask for any other recommendations from this author?

Best regards,

Ronald

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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:00 pm

rhynne wrote:Hey everyone,

Some of you were talking about Snowcrash last week?

I found this one and thought there might be some interest in it.

** expired/removed eBay auction **

On to other authors.

I recently started to re-read Philip Jose Farmer.
Have most of the Riverboat series.

Read the first two Dayworld books around 20 years ago.

He had one other sci-fi book that I read as a teenager, which for the life of me I can't remember the title of. It was set in future apocalyptic earth, very Gamma World type setting. I just remember the cover had 2 humans, and a leafy green centaur creature on a raft and I believe one of them was using a Stop sign as a shield... Any ideas?

So I was going to ask for any other recommendations from this author?

Best regards,
Ronald

I went through a binge of Farmer reading several years ago and lost my taste for his writing.

I would recommend A.E. Van Vogt, Theodore Sturgeon or Clifford Simak in exchange.

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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:17 pm

JasonZavoda wrote:
I went through a binge of Farmer reading several years ago and lost my taste for his writing.

I would recommend A.E. Van Vogt, Theodore Sturgeon or Clifford Simak in exchange.

Hey Jason,

Thanks for the recommendations. I was not familiar with the Van Vogt or Sturgeon. I had forgotten about Clifford D Simak.

Best regards,
Ronald

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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 6:18 am

Designers & Dragons

Anyone have this? I'm curious about the Judges Guild section.

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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:52 am

Another BS bandwagon book, like all the others. You can tell by the name of the publisher, but then maybe I'm biased because I don't like seeing BS in print. I prefer factual information without fluff and self-aggrandisement.

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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:04 am

No kidding. Some grandiose claims in the description:

This book is a complete history of the roleplaying game industry, and forms the definitive record of all the games, companies and talented individuals that have propelled roleplaying games to where they are today.

Words like "complete", "definitive", "all" leave this one open to be a disappointment (at least for me). I'm sure it is filled with some good info but no where near "complete" in the areas I have interest in. Sometimes I think people just want to see their name in print and want to feel important.

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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 11:07 am

Grandiose advertising aside, Shannon Appelcline has been researching this book for some time. Part of her research, for instance, has been to access our interview strand with Steve Perrin of Chaosium.

From what I have read from this author elsewhere online, her book might be a very excellent thing to own.

I would say that the price I have seen elsewhere....$30 for an electronic book...and that was the discount price...seemed a bit steep. Still, when the price is right, this book would be fun to read.

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