(WAYRN) Read any good books recently?

[Eligor]

Not yet I'm afraid. I plan to read them in the order that they were released. I've begun on the third, Speed of Darkness. Not too far in, chapter 2 as we speak. For Liberty's Crusade I didn't mind the "quickness" of it all because I knew what was going to happen and it served as a refresher...case in point I COMPLETELY FORGOT about the Jacobs Installation. Had nice little flashbacks and kept track of the progress being made. I intend to read all of the books by July 27th. I do have one minor complaint that you touched up on that I've logged in at the close of Shadow of the Xel'Naga.....250 odd pages roughly is not enough. Not for this anyways.

You're in for a good read, Speed of Darkness is the best.

EDIT: Oops! First wrote "Liberty's Crusade" while meaning "Speed of Darkness". I need more coffee.

[Sarov]

Not yet I'm afraid. I plan to read them in the order that they were released. I've begun on the third, Speed of Darkness. Not too far in, chapter 2 as we speak. For Liberty's Crusade I didn't mind the "quickness" of it all because I knew what was going to happen and it served as a refresher...case in point I COMPLETELY FORGOT about the Jacobs Installation. Had nice little flashbacks and kept track of the progress being made. I intend to read all of the books by July 27th. I do have one minor complaint that you touched up on that I've logged in at the close of Shadow of the Xel'Naga.....250 odd pages roughly is not enough. Not for this anyways.

The reason why I didn't like Liberty's Crusade as much is for two reasons: a) I was looking at this as purely as a reading experience rather than "Yeah, I've already played the game so I know what happens and I'm just reading this to see the author's take on events" and b) I was thinking about the people who would read it who have never played StarCraft (I overheard a few people in Coles that had never played the game but were expressing their desire to read the book around the time that it had come out). For instance, I may know how Protoss society works or how Protoss look 'like the back of my hand', for example, but I do enjoy a good description especially if it is down through someone's perspective. For instance, in the Dark Templar Saga there are instances where a character explains things that I already know. It was, however, still interesting to see thinks from Jake Ramsey's and R.M Dahl's POV.

[TargetBlue]

The reason why I didn't like Liberty's Crusade as much is for two reasons: a) I was looking at this as purely as a reading experience rather than "Yeah, I've already played the game so I know what happens and I'm just reading this to see the author's take on events" and b) I was thinking about the people who would read it who have never played StarCraft (I overheard a few people in Coles that had never played the game but were expressing their desire to read the book around the time that it had come out). For instance, I may know how Protoss society works or how Protoss look 'like the back of my hand', for example, but I do enjoy a good description especially if it is down through someone's perspective. For instance, in the Dark Templar Saga there are instances where a character explains things that I already know. It was, however, still interesting to see thinks from Jake Ramsey's and R.M Dahl's POV.

Funny you should mention part B...I was thinking for a couple days now on letting my friend read Liberty's Crusade and see what he thinks. He hasn't tried Starcraft because RTS is not his forte, he had a traumatizing experience with the Total War series...Imma kill the moron that just threw him into the fire without even letting him read the manual or tutorial. Oh well could of been worse, Hearts of Iron would of made him scream bloody murder rather than cringe at the complexity. Nothing like sending fresh meat in for slaughter. Anywho, I will see what his opinion will be on it. I have a small idea what it might be though...

[TargetBlue]

Wrapped up Speed of Darkness. A very good read to say the least, lots of twists and turns. Kind of knew the outcome (for the character) from the get go although everything else was a surprise, my intuition is somewhat too good sometimes. The book had me very interested in resoc. Good work Mr. Hickman, good work indeed. Awaiting the fourth book in the mail now.

[sandwich_bird]

I'm currently reading "Biogerontology: Mechanism and interventions" This book is the compilation of the results of the European congress of Biogerontology that was held in Istanbul in 2006. Some stuff are a little bit outdated but it's a pretty damn good compilation. If you're in a field in any way related to biology and are interested in how we age then you should take a look at it.

If you're interested in the subject but don't have the experience to read scientific literature, I strongly advice you to read a book named "Ending aging" by Aubrey de Grey. It's a bit boring for a person like me that already know a decent amount in that field but for everyone else I think it would be an interesting read.

[Sarov]

Kind of knew the outcome (for the character) from the get go although everything else was a surprise, my intuition is somewhat too good sometimes.

It's not that hard to guess the fate of a marine, you know. I'm pretty sure a lot of people would have been able to correctly guess Ardo's fate.

[TargetBlue]

It's not that hard to guess the fate of a marine, you know. I'm pretty sure a lot of people would have been able to correctly guess Ardo's fate.

Not just any marine...a confederate marine. But if you say so. XD