Matthew Malone Matthew’s Comments (group member since Mar 16, 2014)


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The Plague (3 new)
Nov 09, 2016 12:17PM

130040 I'm working on it. I'm trying to read a bit every day.
Jan 22, 2016 11:07AM

130040 Patrick wrote: "ooh, how does slack work--i read this a couple weeks ago but i'm curious to see what you guys think about david wong/jason pargins"

I'm not sure if it allows self-signup but here is the slack group URL thing: https://decap.slack.com. If it doesn't allow it you can just give us an email address and we'll send an invite.
Trigger Warning (2 new)
Sep 29, 2015 05:41AM

130040 So I read the introduction last night and I already like it. I definitely recommend reading through the intro rather than just skipping straight to the stories. There are little mini stories about how he came to write the actual short stories. Good stuff.
Trigger Warning (2 new)
Sep 22, 2015 06:14AM

130040 Up next is Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman. He's awesome so this should be good.
Whiteheart (11 new)
Aug 13, 2015 07:08PM

130040 I just finished. Anyone else done? I really want to discuss this one in person. Even better if the author is there.
Whiteheart (11 new)
Jun 27, 2015 07:37PM

130040 Okay chapters have been added. Same link as before: https://drive.google.com/folderview?i...
Whiteheart (11 new)
Jun 27, 2015 10:21AM

130040 Doug wrote: "Can we get a version with chapters?"

Yeah, everyone hold off on updating. Andrea is going to get a version with chapters over to me shortly and then I'll reupload.
Whiteheart (11 new)
Jun 26, 2015 07:53AM

130040 Andrea sent me a copy with some corrections. I've converted it to epub and mobi. Both are available here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?i...
Apr 30, 2015 06:20AM

130040 It's funny that you mention the names. I'm curious how everyone will pronounce them. I also felt like it took forever to progress through a few pages but not in a negative way.

I finished last night and really liked it although I'm not sure how to describe it. The characters and world felt very authentic and I'm going to miss them.

One odd thing: Did anyone else find the mixing of internal monologue and dialogue strange? It made me reread quite a few exchanges. Even so, I liked how it was used.

William Pitt for life.
Apr 13, 2015 12:18PM

130040 I'm about a quarter of the way through. I'm not really sure where it's going but I am enjoying it. And yeah, the writing is like night and day compared with Ready Player One.
Apr 09, 2015 06:17AM

130040 I think he was just saying it was intense.

I'm only about 50 pages in but I'm not really feeling it yet. I'll keep going because I felt the same way with Cloud Atlas and eventually really enjoyed it.
Apr 03, 2015 06:26AM

130040 Chris wrote: "I'm nearing page 200. I think I will slow down. Got some comics that need catching up on anyhow."

Well 200 pages in with nothing happening seems like a bad thing.
Apr 02, 2015 01:38PM

130040 How far in are you? I honestly haven't started. Going Clear is consuming all of my reading time. I'll start this weekend for sure though.
Ready Player One (31 new)
Mar 26, 2015 04:50AM

130040 So Spielberg is going to direct the movie. I'm curious to see how that goes. I can definitely imagine a movie being better than the book. I can also imagine a movie being a disaster. I'm not sure which would be more entertaining.
Ready Player One (31 new)
Mar 18, 2015 05:14AM

130040 I don't like not finishing books. It was an easy enough read that the impact of stuff I didn't like wasn't too bad. I'm up for PLAYER 1-ing.
Ready Player One (31 new)
Mar 16, 2015 07:10PM

130040 I cringed and shook my head in disgust a lot but at least I didn't jump off a bridge.

I was all ready to give this two stars but then the last third redeemed it quite a bit. I still think it's poorly written overall but things definitely got better once the real world came into play.
Ready Player One (31 new)
Mar 04, 2015 06:00AM

130040 L33t Hax0rz Warezhaus

Jesus Christ...
Ready Player One (31 new)
Mar 03, 2015 01:59PM

130040 Beth wrote: "Doug wrote: "When everyone is done reading, lets all meet up at PLAYER 1 video game bar. I've never been. We can have a beer, make fun of the book."

Good idea!"


Agreed!
Ready Player One (31 new)
Feb 27, 2015 08:06AM

130040 Dan wrote: "rather than inception, I imagine that is the most successful version of what Second Life wanted to be."

I think this is going to make me laugh a lot more throughout the book. I hope someone puts a giant hat that fills up the room on their avatar.
Ready Player One (31 new)
Feb 25, 2015 07:58AM

130040 Doug wrote: "If IOI was smart, they would give up looking for Halliday's egg. They'd invest all their money into inventing headjacks and building The Matrix and make OASIS obsolete. "

For sure. Maybe that's part of the easter egg.

The references don't bother me enough to dislike the book. It just started bothering me when it wasn't relevant to anything. It was like "let me name every single thing a geek might like." It also doesn't feel like a realistic person at some points. This guy is a potentially autistic dude that was obsessed with programming and yet he had the time and inclination to obsess over EVERY SINGLE geeky thing from 1980 to now? It's too broad.
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