Evening Reading

by Jeff Mattas, Jan 27, 2011 5:00pm PST

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After playing through Dead Space 2 this week in just a few meaty sittings, I'm beginning to wonder if being on-edge for extended periods contributes to any measurable health risks. Someone should do a study.

In other news, the Internets are abuzz with the a ton of details about Sony's "Next Generation Portable." Well, everything except for the price, that is. Looks like we may have to wait until E3 for standard price-points for both the NGP's hardware and software. That said, if the retailer-proposed pricing for Nintendo's 3DS and its software is an indication of where the cost of portable gaming is headed, the gap between the cost of gaming on traditional consoles or PCs and the cost of playing on hand-helds is becoming more and more negligible.

I've personally never been much for gaming on hand-helds, but I do find the future prospects pretty compelling, though potentially quite pricey. What do you think of the narrowing cost and technology gaps between "on the couch" and "on the go" gaming?

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Shacknews,

recommend me some "must read" books that are easy/fast to read.

I've been catching up on a lot of classics that I never read but found that they're freaking boring(moby dick, frankenstein, dracula, etc) so I looked for lighter books and I am churning through them(the alchemist, animal farm, a study in scarlet).

What do you have in mind? It's not that I dislike longer, slower-paced books just that I want to get through a lot of books faster.

Jan 27, 2011 10:02pm PST

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Shacknews, recommend me some "must read" books that are easy/fast to read. I've been catching up o... : kabex
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- The Three Musketeers : miasma&!
- Stoner by John Williams is pretty short and my favorite book. I also read Mr. Wilsonâ€™s Cabinet : sgtsanity
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  Zodiac by Neal Stephenson and when that hooks you on his style, Cryptonomicon, Snowcrash and Diamond A... : NexusOne
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    Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy! : romulan
    - Ugh meant for op. : romulan
    - I second these! : Lexicon_Leidun
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  the third policeman, the stranger, cat's cradle, mother night, confederacy of dunces, catch 22 : wtf242
  - ^^Cat's Cradle and Mother Night are good recommendations. : Wikus Van De Merwe
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  Fahrenheit 451, 1984, Brave New World, Of Mice and Men : Grumbeld
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    1984 is one of my fave's. Planning to read Brave New World as well. Of Mice and Men is currently on my li... : kabex
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      1984 is required reading in many high schools, including the one i went to. However, i took AP English and did shit like sit on the couch and sleep the entire year so i never got around to reading it. However, i did read Brave New World, which was pretty good.
      
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      1984 is required reading in many high schools, including the one i went to. However, i took AP English an... : StolenNosferatu
      
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      In Mexico the only book they "suggest" you read is Don Quixote, and nobody ever reads it. : kabex
      
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      i am reading it right now actually. it's so fucking long and dense.. holy fuck : wtf242
      
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      Yeah I read about half of it and said fuck this. : kabex
      
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      before that i tried to read moby dick. i got to like page 50. i felt like i had read 1,500 pages : wtf242
      
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      Our teacher had us read every other chapter for Moby Dick. The chapters that weren't about the history o... : Grumbeld
      
      That shit made me not ever want to visit nantucket. : kabex
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  The Once and Future King by T.H. White : Juno
  - I say this because each of the divisions of the book tell a distince story, and could easily be read by t... : Juno
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  one day in the life of ivan denisovich : ZombieAcademy
  - Excellent book, very short! : Lexicon_Leidun
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  flowers for algernon? : Jiven
  - Boosh! also, it's like 10 pages long... not really a book. : Grumbeld
  - I am actually reading this now and approve of this. The novel though not the short story. : dvldog760
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  Read Moby Dick better. : Happy Doodle Muffin
  - It's the only book I haven't finished lately, I'm struggling with it @ around 25% done. :[ : kabex
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  If I understand, it has to be a classic? How about a contemporary classic? I suggest American Gods or S : lotus2133
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    I like classics because they're free on the iPad. :) : kabex
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      Oooh I see. Seriously though, those two books are amazing. : lotus2133
      
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      Thanks though, I want to read the free classics first then move on to the more modern ones. : kabex
      
      Since you want free, easy classics and no one has said it, I will: Jack London books. Especially Call o : lotus2133
- I just finished The Death of Grass. Very quick read but one best stories I've read for a while now. : silentbobuk
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  use my site: http://thegreatestbooks.org/ filter by year range to get easier to read books. the older the... : wtf242
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    Nice site! Thanks. : kabex
    - Also I have a custom folder on iBooks for "completed books" so it's easier to track my progress. : kabex
  - holy shit this is awesome! and OP: read Money by Martin Amis. not a classic but entertaining : bitchesbecrazy
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  Siddhartha : rodneystubbs
  - One of my favorite books from high school, pretty short and not too tough a read. : jeffmoeller
  - Good book, read it entirely in the bathroom : DewFuel
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  Some Jules Verne stories? I always liked those. : u sir name
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    I've read three weeks in a balloon and absolutely loved it, went by extremely fast. I want to read all... : kabex
    - He is awesome - as a kid I read a lot of his works. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and the Mysterious Islan... : csana
    - If you like Jules Verne I can really recommend "The Propeller Island" sometimes also found under "Island ... : Lukiopimp
- One Dog, Two Dog, Red Dog, Blue Dog. : radula
- the Hunger Games fits the bill for lighter. Not so much in tone though : MamiyaOtaru
- You should look into Cormac McCarthy's prose if you're into the American West. Blood Meridian (personal ... : DewFuel
- Cormac McCarthy - The Road You'll have read it in an afternoon. : GreatGooglyMoogly
- Confederacy of Dunces, Skinny Legs and All, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Good Omens, The Satanic Verse... : lee majors
- 2001 is short and fantastic. : dex.collins
- Any Ray Bradbury. ANY. : dognose
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  The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Arthur c Clark : tsuba
  - I lied it is by Robert A. Heinlein. : tsuba
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  The Hunger Games (Trilogy, all easy reads and all amazing.) : HL3dsx
  - haven't read third yet, but I agree (as above) : MamiyaOtaru
- World War Z : smax
- I think the Foundation books from Asimov would fit a 'modern classics' theme, they're also very good. : csana
- Lucifer's Hammer : theargent
- Treasure Island Around the World in 80 days You'll rip through both pretty quickly (you can easily do... : roushimsx
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  I like women who are confident in what they have. Boob job means she's on the shit list for me. As far as... : HL3dsx
  - Fucking shack droid!! Wrong damn thread lmao. : HL3dsx
- Have you read any Ancient Greek or Latin stuff? The Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid are all very accessible an... : skizl
- The "geek love" classic book is most amazing but the end of story is fucking sad. I am not quite sure to ... : commanderxp90

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