Literature

JB included this book into my awesome Secret Santa package last Christmas. I'm really glad he did. It is a fascinating history lesson. My son is now reading it, and he's already hooked. I didn't like the format of the book at first. It'd state facts and stories, and intermingled direct quotes from the people behind the games/companies. I soon loved the format, though, since it gave time capsule-esque rantings and sour grape quotes (Trip Hawkins, I look at you). The video game world is CUT THROAT. The people can be vicious and especially, underhanded. It starts at the coin op era, before they released Pong. Many of the big names in gaming today, had their fingers in gaming…

So I recently finished the first book in this series and just purchased the second book in the series this past weekend. Wow, what a great and awesome story so far. I'm totally hooked into the tale this author is spinning right now. It's part science fiction, part fantasy and part cyberpunk. It's hard to explain since there is so much going on, but here's the Wiki page to give you an idea of what it's about. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otherland VERY good reading! Highly recommended!

This is a short story i wrote last year, i recently re-wrote it in 3rd person for a new contest. Let me know what you think, i know this type of viewpoint is usually reserved for comics, but i felt like it might work here too. Daemon by LGWyant Fall has truly come to Carlton Park as the cool November breeze sends leaves flittering around the browning grass. Oak and Elm trees that once were proud stood leafless, like penitent worshippers raising their hands to the sky praying for help. The Pines and Cedars contrastingly seemed to have a heavy coat of needles. They stood over the pathetically bare limbed deciduous like predators grinning at the thought of an easy m…

So, yesterday was Free Comic Day. Anybody hit their local shop and pick anything up? I know a lot of places had pretty big sales going on, the on here had 50% off all their trades. I picked up a few of the free books and the first trade of The Ultimates. Great stuff!

Wrote this the other night at work. May revise, add or scrap it all together. Figured I'd share it either way. Room Number 8 The smoke dispersed from the barrel like a man's last dying breath in a frigid winter's night. His last breath was not as beautiful. It was only spent uttering a final plea, a whisper of her name, too late. It was only a few moments ago he was telling her that he loved her, oh, how he had loved her. But, he couldn't see. No, he couldn't see the cold steel held behind her back in knuckles turned white with her grip. His gaze was focused on her instead, scantily clad in white lingerie. He could not peel his eyes away from her body. The pale yellow lig…

So I stumbled across this recently while reading something Stephen Hawking recently said. Hawking was talking about how we should all just STFU and not try to contact alien life because there is a possibility that it would be like Columbus stumbling upon the Natives. "We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet. I imagine they might exist in massive ships, having used up all the resources from their home planet. Such advanced aliens would perhaps become nomads, looking to conquer and colonize whatever planets they can reach." He concludes that trying to make contact with alien races is "a little to…

I decided to start a topic on all the favorite books we've read I'll start it off with my favorite book: Brave New World by Audoulos Huxley Followed by Animal Farm and Starship Troopers

This book series has recently been made into an HBO special. I'm on the second installment and love it so far. Has anyone else read these?

Mikey AKA MikeyFace Neumann works for Gearbox as a writer and creative mastermind. He's also written a fine book. Follow his story as he writes it. He's up to chapter 13. http://bozpublishing.com/read.php?b=8675309&ch=0

For those of you who dare follow my ranting on twitter I mention my novel, Ricochet a lot. Spawn recently asked if there was a preview up anywhere, and while I thought I had posted one, I hadn't. This is it. This isn't the beginning, it's taken from the middle of the novel where the story takes a turn. I snipped a little bit of it to spare you all some spoilers. Anyhow, grammar is probably atrocious, but it's in it's roughest state. It was an accident. You were driving way to fast on an icy road. Blinded by your anger you never saw the turn coming, although in hindsight you should have known better. After all, you drove this road every day. But everything is different whe…

In the year 2148, explorers on Mars discovered the remains of an ancient spacefaring civilization. In the decades that followed, these mysterious artifacts revealed startling new technologies, enabling travel to the furthest stars. The basis for this incredible technology was a force that controlled the very fabric of space and time. They called it the greatest discovery in Human history. The civilizations of the galaxy called it...Mass Effect "Jason Bradley, Twenty-Four years old, born and raised on a Cerberus Space Station. As a child, we moddified him. Turning him into the youngest Biotic in recorded history. Spends his days on Omega after the death of his Mothe…

Just finished reading All In by, Paula Broadwell. Though, sometime a bit of a love affair with David Petraeus, I doubt it will change anyones already negative opinion on the man. It's still a fantastic read, giving some great insight into the single most influential figured in the modern American military. With alot of very compelling and heartbreaking stories from central figures in his battalion and other who'd worked closely with General Petraeus over the years. And it also touches on his views about support for the war dwindling over the years. The author really got a chance to pick the brain of General Petraeus and found a very dynamic and convicted man. Agree or di…

It's a website for rating books and finding suggestions based on those ratings. Allows for reviews also,. Anyone on it?

Anyone read this series of books? I'm incredibly late, but I just started on them. A lot of people I know kept telling me to pick these up, and I never got around to it. I saw the trailer for the movie adaptation and thought it was interesting, so I went and bought all 3. I'm a few chapters in the first one at the moment, but I absolutely love it.

I decided to throw this down on the table for fans of the elder scrolls universe. I am a huge fan and have played all the games from start to finish, and with Skyrim just around the corner I wanted the community to know what happened in Morrowind and Cyrodill after the Oblivion crisis ended. With Lord Vivecs absence came tragedy, the giant rock floating above the city of Vivec on the province of Vvardenfell in Morrowind fell onto the land with the same force as if it had just entered the atmosphere, causing the volcano in red mountain to erupt completely leveling Vvardenfell. So all the countless hours us fans have spent in Vvardenfell are now in vein, because the land is…

So it seems the final book in the Inheritance Cycle (Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr) is going to be released on November 8th. I have it preordered and am excited to read it. I started rereading the first three books yesterday and got 66 pages into Eragon already lol (and I haven't read any yet today, since I'm setting my computer back up after my parts got back today). I'm rereading because it's been a while since I've read them, and I want to remember the specifics since Inheritance will be the final book. Anyone else read the series or getting the new one?

So, my friend recently introduced me to this Manga called Liar Game. "Nao Kanzaki, an honest and naive college student, receives 100 million yen (about $1,000,000) and an invitation to participate in the "Liar Game Tournament". The aim of the game is to trick the other players out of their hundred million yen. At the end, the winner gets the hundred million and the loser is a hundred million yen in debt. She discovered her opponent was her elementary school teacher, Mr. Fujisawa. When Nao was easily tricked into giving her opponent the 100 million yen, she asks Shinichi Akiyama, an ex-convict and genius who recently got out of jail, for help. Though Akiyama was reluctant …

Pre-order for Rage novel - http://www.randomhouse.com/book/212576/rage-by-matthew-costello#blurb_tabs Pre-order for Elder Scrolls novel (1 of 2) - http://www.randomhouse.com/book/212576/rage-by-matthew-costello#blurb_tabs (Don't read the synopsis of new novel if you haven't read the first) Source - [BethBlog]

Where do I place my faith, in a world in such despair. I'm left in a spinning circle, with nowhere to go. I wish to keep in touch with a life left without repair. I can only keep moving on, with comfort in what I know. Life will lead me out, just as it led me in. I can only guess the outcome, and never know the end. I'll make it through the struggle that started from within. I don't know where I'm going, but have the knowledge of where I've been. I feel the pull of temptation, and I can't help but to relent. The mistakes I've made today I will pay for with regret. I can only hope my salvation lies in my ability to repent. Though, life is a hard road, I know my path is nev…

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Wow. This is freaking crazy and disgusting all at the same time. It's about Orcs that have a "gronch based currency". What is "gronch based currency? I'll let this screengrab explain it. Wow. Just, wow. There is an interview with the comic's creator over on an unmentionable site who's name is not to be mentioned here and is censored for life yo.

Sending in a short story soon to writer's digest 80th annual competition, after it's sent I'll pm anyone who wants it a key to the story in googledoc.

This really is a great interview. He finally answers Brodie's question from Mallrats, which is quite awesome. Give it a read if you get a few minutes. Interview Linkage

I play wow on RP realm, this i just the backstory for my character and my partner in crime, Emberwulf a hunter. Rough draft so there's errors but eh Storeh time

Normally $15, on sale for $8.82 - http://www.amazon.com/Deus-Ex-Icarus-James-Swallow/dp/0345523598 IT’S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. BUT YOU CAN SEE IT FROM HERE. In the near future, with physical augmentation gaining ground and nano-cybernetics only years away, the dawn of limitless human evolution is just beyond the horizon, and a secret corporate cabal of ruthless men intends to make sure that humankind stays under its control. But two people on opposite sides of the world are starting to ask questions that could get them killed. Secret Service agent Anna Kelso has been suspended for investigating the shooting that claimed her partner’s life. Anna suspects that the head o…