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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Yeah they are going to butcher the movie, I imagine.  Book was fun.

    I've read nothing but positive reviews. I'm toying with the idea of seeing it, actually.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,976
    oftenreading said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Yeah they are going to butcher the movie, I imagine.  Book was fun.

    I've read nothing but positive reviews. I'm toying with the idea of seeing it, actually.
    https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ready_player_one/

    Wow!  Looking at the coming attractions it looked awful but reading the reviews it says it's stellar!
  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007

    Three different Psychology Books for my Psychology degree haha

  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    tempo_n_groove said:
    oftenreading said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Yeah they are going to butcher the movie, I imagine.  Book was fun.

    I've read nothing but positive reviews. I'm toying with the idea of seeing it, actually.
    https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ready_player_one/

    Wow!  Looking at the coming attractions it looked awful but reading the reviews it says it's stellar!
    Never heard of the book. But since I only like five of Spielberg's fifty or so films (and only one of those was made in the 21st century), this is an easy skip for me. I'll see it when it comes on television. I have a feeling that I shouldn't read the book first -- that way I at least give the film more of a chance.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • riotgrl
    riotgrl LOUISVILLE Posts: 1,895
    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?

    Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...

    I AM MINE
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,968
    dankind said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    oftenreading said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Yeah they are going to butcher the movie, I imagine.  Book was fun.

    I've read nothing but positive reviews. I'm toying with the idea of seeing it, actually.
    https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ready_player_one/

    Wow!  Looking at the coming attractions it looked awful but reading the reviews it says it's stellar!
    Never heard of the book. But since I only like five of Spielberg's fifty or so films (and only one of those was made in the 21st century), this is an easy skip for me. I'll see it when it comes on television. I have a feeling that I shouldn't read the book first -- that way I at least give the film more of a chance.
    It is a very light read but overloaded with 80s pop culture references and especially for video game lovers.  I thought it was a fun book.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,811
    After seeing the mind boggling incredible climbing film, Meru, I decided it was high time I pick up Jon Krakaur's Into Thin Air. I am simply ripping through this incredible book!


    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,968
    I love that book.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,811
    :plus_one:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • jerparker20
    jerparker20 St. Paul, MN Posts: 2,529
    brianlux said:l
    After seeing the mind boggling incredible climbing film, Meru, I decided it was high time I pick up Jon Krakaur's Into Thin Air. I am simply ripping through this incredible book!


    A fantastic read! I'm a big fan of Krakauer's work.
  • jerparker20
    jerparker20 St. Paul, MN Posts: 2,529
    Recently finished The Interstellar Age by Jim Bell. A fun and insightful read about the Voyager Spacecraft missions.

    Currently turn through Final Jeopardy by Stephen Baker. It's the story of IBM creating their Watson computer that won on Jeopardy. 
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 30,204
    brianlux said:
    After seeing the mind boggling incredible climbing film, Meru, I decided it was high time I pick up Jon Krakaur's Into Thin Air. I am simply ripping through this incredible book!


    On my to-watch and read list respectively. :smile:
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,811
    jerparker20 said:
    brianlux said:l
    After seeing the mind boggling incredible climbing film, Meru, I decided it was high time I pick up Jon Krakaur's Into Thin Air. I am simply ripping through this incredible book!


    A fantastic read! I'm a big fan of Krakauer's work.
    I will definitely be reading more of his work! 

    Here's a good article I read about him yesterday:
    http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-jon-krakauer-everest-into-thin-air-20150925-story.html

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,811
    I finished Into Thin Air in a flurry of reading today and it left me feeling destroyed.   What an awesome book.  I don't mean "awesome" like "cool" or "great"- I mean awesome like the dictionary definition: extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring great admiration, apprehension, or fear.  One of the heaviest, most engaging, well written, incredible books I've ever read.  This one goes right to the top handful of all-time favorites for me.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,968
    Glad you enjoyed it.  He's a hell of a writer.  Read his book Under the Banner of Heaven.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Glad you enjoyed it.  He's a hell of a writer.  Read his book Under the Banner of Heaven.
    That book is disturbing as hell -- and not quite the page-turner that Into Thin Air is. I don't know if it will qualify as awesome, but it definitely stays with you.
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,968
    dankind said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Glad you enjoyed it.  He's a hell of a writer.  Read his book Under the Banner of Heaven.
    That book is disturbing as hell -- and not quite the page-turner that Into Thin Air is. I don't know if it will qualify as awesome, but it definitely stays with you.
    Totally agree.  Very different books!
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • jerparker20
    jerparker20 St. Paul, MN Posts: 2,529
    Agree with Under the Banner of Heaven.  Very different books, but very well written.  I also enjoyed Where Men Win Glory about the death of Pat Tillman in Afghanistan.  Has anyone read his recent book Missoula?
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,968
    Didn't read that - just checked it out.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,811
    jerparker20 said:
    Agree with Under the Banner of Heaven.  Very different books, but very well written.  I also enjoyed Where Men Win Glory about the death of Pat Tillman in Afghanistan.  Has anyone read his recent book Missoula?
    I'm hoping to get around to all of Krakauer's work.  Great  writer, amazing guy.  On the DVD of the climbing move "Meru" there's a brief extra called "The Calling" where Krakauer talks about what it is we do.  It's amazing!  Well worth checking out.

    I'm taking a break from climbing books (planning of reading Ed Viesturs' No Shortcuts to the Top soon) and started reading Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita.  Pleasantly strange thus far!


    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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