btw is it common in other coutnries too to be "forced" to read books in school? I suppose I did read 1 or 2 good books but still not really my thing (you needed to read a book and then make somekinf of presentation or essay from it).
and yea reading books would be good for your grammar :/
btw is it common in other coutnries too to be "forced" to read books in school? I suppose I did read 1 or 2 good books but still not really my thing (you needed to read a book and then make somekinf of presentation or essay from it).
It is. I believe it is to make people read more, and I dont think thats a bad thing. They fail miserably at that though. They force you to read "classic" books which are utterly boring, leaving students with a rather bad impression of books and making reading books something that's considered boring and useless. The books may have been good in the time they were written, and probably serve as some educational material, but they honestly don't get people into reading and instead drive them away from it.
If they forced people to read books like the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, or some good modern ones, I think that would make more people begin reading books in their free time than now...
Ex-bibliophile. I could tell stories about how I read a collection of all of Roald Dahl's shortstories, but I'll stick to "I read the Silmarillion", which I think is a feat of its own. I kind of got turned off reading when I started in Plato's Republic. That guy is effing genius, but it's taking me about an hour to get through 20 pages of that book, and eventually I just gave up. Now I've got about nine to ten books that I still need to read, but I want to finish the Republic first.
School made me hate reading novel books.
Internet and Piracy made me love to read novel books, specially Scifi ones.
(this is the best thing I ever downloaded from the net: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4459233/SF_Fantasy_Library )
I read a lot. Mostly fantasy stuff. Brent Week's shadow trilogy was awesome, so was the Rachel Morgan series. I used to read a lot of Wolfgang Hohlbein (dunno, how well he is known internationally, he is a german author), however lately all his books bekame kind of similar (not to mention he is a freaking writing machine, he writes a new book like every week).
Lately, I also enjoyed Cornelia Funke's "Tintenherz" books (translation would be something like "Ink Heart") and Jonathan Stroud's "Bartimäus"
The books we read in school were terrible, but I started reading books before we did it in school anyway.
You're saying that as if you want to follow it up with "but I do read pamflets, inscriptions and information brochures" or something =P. Guessing comics might work.
Think ppl come to mapping from games, and games are actually compete with books for the time. It's a shame, but I think I read less since sc2 came out. So it's understandable, if someone who like to play games doesn't care about reading. I'd say if someone likes to play, and he has no habit to read, he won't aquire it ever.
I like SF btw, it's my favoridte genre. Bradbury, Herbert, Heinlein and Lem made my childhood.
I read pretty much anything Forgotten Realms, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, George R R Martin, Tolkien, Anthony Pierce, some Christopher Pike, Richard A Knack, Dan Brown, more who's names evade me at the moment.
"I read the Silmarillion", which I think is a feat of its own.
Really? I've read all of Tolkien's stuff and whatnot... why is Silmarillion a feat of its own? The feat of its own is rereading the Lord of the Rings series for like the 12th~ time and NOT skipping the very beginning of the first book and starting where they meet Tom Bombadil... god... I now find it painful to read the very beginning... it's just so... EPICLY boring in comparison to the rest of it.
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I love me a good book :)
Used to work at a library actually, any other bibliophiles on SC2Mapster? :)
Hate em. Yuck.
btw is it common in other coutnries too to be "forced" to read books in school? I suppose I did read 1 or 2 good books but still not really my thing (you needed to read a book and then make somekinf of presentation or essay from it).
and yea reading books would be good for your grammar :/
I actually write a lot as well :p (Not a proper author or anything though, just write for fun)
It is. I believe it is to make people read more, and I dont think thats a bad thing. They fail miserably at that though. They force you to read "classic" books which are utterly boring, leaving students with a rather bad impression of books and making reading books something that's considered boring and useless. The books may have been good in the time they were written, and probably serve as some educational material, but they honestly don't get people into reading and instead drive them away from it.
If they forced people to read books like the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, or some good modern ones, I think that would make more people begin reading books in their free time than now...
Once upon a time, I hated reading. Then I had an epiphany. Now I read whenever I'm bored of doing what I usually enjoy doing. :D
Does anyone share my insane love for R.R. Martin? :)
Or Robin Hobb?
...Anyone? o.O
Ex-bibliophile. I could tell stories about how I read a collection of all of Roald Dahl's shortstories, but I'll stick to "I read the Silmarillion", which I think is a feat of its own. I kind of got turned off reading when I started in Plato's Republic. That guy is effing genius, but it's taking me about an hour to get through 20 pages of that book, and eventually I just gave up. Now I've got about nine to ten books that I still need to read, but I want to finish the Republic first.
So yeah.
@Mozared: Go
Got so many biijs ti read as wekk
Yeah, I like to read. I even think it's a sin not to.
Nice. It's a good thing to do. It's even better then to read.
I enjoy reading David Eddings books. Got some from Brent Weeks that were enjoyable.But ye i read any fantasy book i see in a shop and i have the money
School made me hate reading novel books.
Internet and Piracy made me love to read novel books, specially Scifi ones.
(this is the best thing I ever downloaded from the net: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4459233/SF_Fantasy_Library )
I read a lot. Mostly fantasy stuff. Brent Week's shadow trilogy was awesome, so was the Rachel Morgan series. I used to read a lot of Wolfgang Hohlbein (dunno, how well he is known internationally, he is a german author), however lately all his books bekame kind of similar (not to mention he is a freaking writing machine, he writes a new book like every week).
Lately, I also enjoyed Cornelia Funke's "Tintenherz" books (translation would be something like "Ink Heart") and Jonathan Stroud's "Bartimäus"
The books we read in school were terrible, but I started reading books before we did it in school anyway.
Books? No.
You're saying that as if you want to follow it up with "but I do read pamflets, inscriptions and information brochures" or something =P. Guessing comics might work.
I used to be a bibliophile, but then I took a school novel to the face.
In all seriousness, though, I still am.
Hmm, I am on Sc2 mapper forum and nobody read SF? What a shame:D
Think ppl come to mapping from games, and games are actually compete with books for the time. It's a shame, but I think I read less since sc2 came out. So it's understandable, if someone who like to play games doesn't care about reading. I'd say if someone likes to play, and he has no habit to read, he won't aquire it ever.
I like SF btw, it's my favoridte genre. Bradbury, Herbert, Heinlein and Lem made my childhood.
SF like Zombie Bums From Uranus if so i read that
The power of blind-writing, lol.
Yea, I read lots.
I read pretty much anything Forgotten Realms, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, George R R Martin, Tolkien, Anthony Pierce, some Christopher Pike, Richard A Knack, Dan Brown, more who's names evade me at the moment.
Really? I've read all of Tolkien's stuff and whatnot... why is Silmarillion a feat of its own? The feat of its own is rereading the Lord of the Rings series for like the 12th~ time and NOT skipping the very beginning of the first book and starting where they meet Tom Bombadil... god... I now find it painful to read the very beginning... it's just so... EPICLY boring in comparison to the rest of it.