who's playing this game?
witch:
Often too the initial query or problem has been answered and people riff on the themes that emerge. I love the thread about family names round the world as well as this book one.
veilchen:
Aside from all the other good reasons, I don't think you can really get very far off-topic in this thread anyway. Since it asks "who's playing this game", any answers from people here are good to go. Even the question about scientific vs. artsy could fit the bill. So far, with all the answers there is but one conclusion: it doesn't seem to matter much, it's more of a personal thing. And reading about peoples preferences, likes, and dislikes is somewhat related to that as well.
This is the way it works in real life. Whenever we come across a conversation we can't contribute to, we can either stop reading/listening or do the opposite and get educated/informed. Another indication that the TS2 is not very realistic. I have never (since being a grown-up) come across people who reacted so violently negative to topics of no interest to them as the pixel people do, and I've never seen an adult stick their fingers in their ears and act so childish, even in my profession. (It does however, somehow remind me of the official technical support staff at the official site :D)
I've been reading with great interest about people's reading preferences. I have very little time at the moment, and in the coming months I will have even less. I am an avid reader, but I lack the time to go and browse around in the library. There are some great suggestions here, keep 'em coming :D
laeshanin:
Have just begun reading the "Baroque Cycle - Quicksilver" by Neal Stephenson, which I found quite accidently when perusing the SF - as you do. He's a good read and it's well written, though I did have a few difficulties with placing it in the genre the author wants for it as it seems rather more historical in nature.
Has anyone read Jasper Fforde and his "Tuesday Next" books. If you like Pratchett and Adams you should enjoy these. The man is a literary minefield and very clever. Funny, too.
Renatus:
"Snow Crash" is another good one by Stephenson, much more obviously scifi. I was very nearly put off by the fact that it's present tense and the first page reads like very over-the-top noir, but I made myself read a bit further in and found that the first page is silly on purpose, and the book quickly gets on with being near-future cyberpunk. The ending was pretty abrupt, though, which I've been told is a problem Stephenson has... it's kind of like the story fell off a cliff all of the sudden.
veilchen:
Quote from: Renatus on 2005 August 11, 13:28:21
The ending was pretty abrupt, though, which I've been told is a problem Stephenson has... it's kind of like the story fell off a cliff all of the sudden.
Now that's the best description of it that I've ever heard. It really is rather like that... noted down for future use (if you don't mind ;D)
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