peedub said:

onlyforaminute said:

I wouldn't deny there isn't a valuable experience in actually visually reading a book. But the reality is given the amount of time in one's life, most books will go unopened and their words will remain hidden if one only chooses one path as the solitary one.

...unless that path is to read the book.

Ok, Mr. Literal.

peedub said:

peedub said:

EmmaMcG said:

peedub said:

indeed. i'd recommend the following authors...

robert heinlein (starship troopers, the moon is a harsh mistress, stranger in a strange land...many other novels and short stories)

isaac asimov's 'foundation' series

arthur c. clarke (childhood's end, 2001 and it's sequels...many others)

frank herbert's 'dune' (take or leave the sequels), destination: void...

james s. a. corey's 'expanse' series...kind of 'game of thrones' in the future.

frederik pohl's 'heechee' novels....

Philip K Dick is worth adding to that list.

Don't see any audiobooks, but I see a ton of interviews and documentaries about this person.

onlyforaminute said:

EmmaMcG said:

onlyforaminute said:

Don't see any audiobooks, but I see a ton of interviews and documentaries about this person.

He's really good and really famous. A lot of his stuff has been made into movies. Total Recall, Blade Runner, A Scanner Darkly, Minority Report, Adjustment Bureau and more. All based on his stories. I'd be shocked if there were no audio books available. I'm sure Amazon will have some. They've got that Amazon Audible thing and you can get a free trial too if you just want to check it out before committing to it.

Weird they do have, Blade Runner: A Story of the Future on audiobook on YouTube, but not under the author's name. I'm not going to check on the others. But I did find it fascinating that so many people take the time to make these available.

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onlyforaminute said:

EmmaMcG said:

onlyforaminute said: He's really good and really famous. A lot of his stuff has been made into movies. Total Recall, Blade Runner, A Scanner Darkly, Minority Report, Adjustment Bureau and more. All based on his stories. I'd be shocked if there were no audio books available. I'm sure Amazon will have some. They've got that Amazon Audible thing and you can get a free trial too if you just want to check it out before committing to it.

Weird they do have, Blade Runner: A Story of the Future on audiobook on YouTube, but not under the author's name. I'm not going to check on the others. But I did find it fascinating that so many people take the time to make these available.

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look for 'do androids dream of electric sheep?'...that's the title of the book that 'blade runner' (the movie) is an adaptation of.

EmmaMcG said:

peedub said:

as much as you love the superheroes, i find it strange that you don't read comics.

I just never got into them. I have The Dark Knight Returns and A Death In The Family graphic novels. I don't even remember where I got them. I used to watch the 90's Batman animated series when I was really young so I think someone got them for me as a present. But I've never read them. It's not that I have anything against comic books or anything like that. They just seem like such an investment. Plus, it's kind of confusing. For example, I'll see Superman issue 48 or something in the shop. Is there any point in me getting it if I've not read the previous 47 issues? And if they're all required reading to fully understand the plot, then I'm kind of out if luck because the shop no longer has those back issues in stock.

i can understand that...i'm sure the publishing schedule over there is probably pretty sporadic.

my collecting days are behind me, and i rarely read any superhero stuff anymore, but that was most of the fun for me...searching for back issues, filling the gaps. i loved the serial nature of superhero comics. the success of the movies and reprint volumes of collected individual issues, however, has changed the industry drastically.

it's proved lucrative, though...for instance, the 'infinity gauntlet' mini-series, which i picked up 2 complete runs of for $5 each at a convention 15 years or so ago, recently sold for $100 each after the success of the latest avengers movie. and the 'flash' tv series? previously worthless comics now sell for upwards of $20...

i've been slowly selling off my collection for the past few years.

there are a lot of one and done, graphic novel type stories worth reading, though.

peedub said:

I love your books. I'm looking forward to my second book. Thank you very much for your work.