Tim’s Comments (group member since Nov 25, 2008)

Tim’s comments from the ColonyOfReaders group.

I happened to get a chance to see Neal Stephenson speak about his new book, Reamde and get it signed. His books never disappoint so I'm looking forward to getting more time with it.

J.J. wrote: "Still going through Dune, but I finished The Graveyard Book and Coraline this past week. It's not too bad reading 2 books at once. It helps me to keep reading if I'm not in the mood for Dune (which..."

Dune took me about 8 years to get around to finishing. I could see why it was such a big deal at the time but I wasn't that big of a fan. I feel like it was worth it to read it in the end though.

Zecon wrote: "Reading Wise man's fear by Patrick Rothfuss. I enjoyed the first one, and this one is even better."

I just devoured that book when it came out. Took me about a week but I finished it pretty quickly considering the size.

For me 100 books is too many. I just don't have enough time. I think I set my goal for the year at 24. That's only 2 a month. I think I'm fairly close to on schedule.

BTW Ted, I got around to reading your short story the other day. Good stuff.

Bump! Where did everyone go? We had good steam up until October! Is everyone STILL hung over from Halloween? Or did you just roll it into Thanksgiving and Christmas?

I just happened to realize that tomorrow is the last of November. Fortunately, I finished this weeks ago. I enjoyed it quite a bit but for some weird reason, it took me a really long time to finish. What did everyone else think?

Picked up your book the other day. Hopefully I'll get time to give it a read soon.

Agreed!

Ted wrote: "Tim wrote: "OK, one more question. Any DRM?"

No DRM on any of the versions, free or paid. Not a DRM fan. If you visit the bit.ly link you can read about the Creative Commons license I'm using."

Good man! I'm sold! I'll pick it up when I get home and put it on my nook. Thanks for being awesome and supporting open formats!

Ted wrote: "Tim wrote: "Question, do you have any epub editions available anywhere that I can purchase? I have a nook so the Kindle edition might not work out well for me :D"

Why yes, I do! http://www.smashwo..."

OK, one more question. Any DRM? I'm assuming no due to a free version but I have to ask.

Ted wrote: "Tim wrote: "HA! I added it to my To-Read shelf the other day not even realizing it was yours."
That's AWESOME! :-D"

Question, do you have any epub editions available anywhere that I can purchase? I have a nook so the Kindle edition might not work out well for me :D

HA! I added it to my To-Read shelf the other day not even realizing it was yours.

It's approaching the end of August. We've got another month to finish this up but I figured I'd get the topic rolling. Anyone else finish? What did you think?

Chris wrote: "And together, we form VOLTRON!"

I call not being the pink one.

HunterX280

August is almost here and most of us will start reading or have started reading The Windup Girl. I figured I'd get a bit of head start on October nominations so we can all add our requests to the library, Amazon, or whatever. I'll get the nominations started with China Miéville's Kraken. He's the author of the amazing Perdido Street Station and last year's Hugo Nominee, The City & The City. Both of which I've read and enjoyed thoroughly. Feel free to throw in your nominations and we'll see what comes up!

Eric(PathMaster) wrote: "Hey that is what I said, just not so artsy fartsy!"

LOL! I was agreeing with you. Just in my own words :D Also, artsy fartsy? Really? I left like I was babbling LOL!

Eric(PathMaster) wrote: "Neat. While some dislike the Eragon series. I find them to be a great quick read, much like the Harry Potter series."

Despite the fact that Eragon is not good literature, it's a fun, entertaining adventure. It's nothing new but damn is it a good time to read if you just want to shut off your brain and read something. It's the Hollywood summer movie of a book.

I saw this interesting Comic Con interview. Author Christopher Paolini (author of Eragon) interviews Patrick Rothfuss (author of The Name Of The Wind). Very interesting discussion on writing fantasy.

http://sf-fantasy.suvudu.com/2010/07/...