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What are you reading now?

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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    I caved...

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    This is the audio version with multiple actors portraying the characters. I've only gotten to the "Arrival at Arrakis" part, but so far it's a very good adaptation.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      Horace
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      #100

      Is that the one with the background atmospheric sound? It's pretty good but they ran out of money in the production and eventually all the characters are voiced by the main narrator.

      Education is extremely important.

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      • HoraceH Horace

        Is that the one with the background atmospheric sound? It's pretty good but they ran out of money in the production and eventually all the characters are voiced by the main narrator.

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        @Horace said in What are you reading now?:

        Is that the one with the background atmospheric sound? It's pretty good but they ran out of money in the production and eventually all the characters are voiced by the main narrator.

        Yep that's it. Shame about that, however. Nevertheless I'll enjoy.

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          The Baron's voice is awesome, I missed it when it stopped.

          Education is extremely important.

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          • HoraceH Horace

            Is that the one with the background atmospheric sound? It's pretty good but they ran out of money in the production and eventually all the characters are voiced by the main narrator.

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            @Horace said in What are you reading now?:

            Is that the one with the background atmospheric sound? It's pretty good but they ran out of money in the production and eventually all the characters are voiced by the main narrator.

            Really? Or is that some inside joke I’m missing?

            You were warned.

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              yarly, it goes from a theatrically produced ensemble narration to a standard single voice narration. I imagine that was not the plan starting out, but who knows.

              Education is extremely important.

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              • George KG Offline
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                I see that there are 6 (!) books out there - does this "loss of the actors" occur in the first book?

                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                • HoraceH Offline
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                  Yes, first book.

                  Education is extremely important.

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                  • Catseye3C Offline
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                    This book is being offered for $1.99 -- marked down from $18.99!!!!!

                    It is American Heritage History of the Confident Years: 1866-1914 by Francis Russell: "Here . . . is the vivid story of the confident years - those days of America's exuberant growth in population, industry, and world prestige - from the end of the Civil War to the outbreak of World War I." It seems an inspired choice for these gloomy anxiety-ridden times.

                    I bought it, of course. A $19 book for a buck-99? Are you kidding me?

                    Go to https://www.amazon.com/American-Heritage-History-Confident-Years-ebook/dp/B01DK8FY7C/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=American+Heritage+History+of+the+Confident+Years%3A+1866-1914&qid=1595601920&s=books&sr=1-2

                    I recommend you read at least the opening paragraph in the "Look Inside".

                    I have a feeling that this book will have a salutary effect on my sore heart.

                    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                      This book is being offered for $1.99 -- marked down from $18.99!!!!!

                      It is American Heritage History of the Confident Years: 1866-1914 by Francis Russell: "Here . . . is the vivid story of the confident years - those days of America's exuberant growth in population, industry, and world prestige - from the end of the Civil War to the outbreak of World War I." It seems an inspired choice for these gloomy anxiety-ridden times.

                      I bought it, of course. A $19 book for a buck-99? Are you kidding me?

                      Go to https://www.amazon.com/American-Heritage-History-Confident-Years-ebook/dp/B01DK8FY7C/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=American+Heritage+History+of+the+Confident+Years%3A+1866-1914&qid=1595601920&s=books&sr=1-2

                      I recommend you read at least the opening paragraph in the "Look Inside".

                      I have a feeling that this book will have a salutary effect on my sore heart.

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                      @Catseye3 thanks for the recommendation. Looks like an iterating book

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                      • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                        @Catseye3 thanks for the recommendation. Looks like an iterating book

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                        @taiwan_girl said in What are you reading now?:

                        Looks like an iterating book

                        You can say that again. And again. And again...

                        You were warned.

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                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                          @taiwan_girl said in What are you reading now?:

                          Looks like an iterating book

                          You can say that again. And again. And again...

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                          @jon-nyc 😂

                          We will have to have @Catseye3 let us know if it was also interesting!!!!

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                            Really good book. There was a series on Netflix called "Heavy Water" or something like that. The series was about the situation, the attempts to stop the Nazi people from making heavy water at a power plant in Norway.

                            Very good book. I recommend.

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                              I’m still reading this:

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                              You were warned.

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                                Just got through re-reading the Grail Quest series...

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                                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                  I’m still reading this:

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                                  @jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:

                                  I’m still reading this:

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                                  How is that book?

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                                    jon-nyc
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                                    It’s great so far. But I’m less than half way in. It’s been slow going because I’m just working book reading back into my daily habits. Covid interrupted the practice.

                                    You were warned.

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                                      I’m still reading this:

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                                      @jon-nyc

                                      I read this one.

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                                        Currently reading f451bf38-ccde-49c7-a5d3-60526e52ca17-image.png

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                                          Sam Harris has a podcast with him about that book.

                                          You were warned.

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