what are you reading lately?

[red321]

Humble Bundle is out with their latest

 

https://www.humblebundle.com/books

 

 

In essence you pay what you want for the bundle and it includes up to 12 books. Average donations is around $10 for the bundle, which gets you every book. Includes some interesting selections, including American Gods from Neil Gaman. Definitely a deal to look at if you are the type who likes to try out new authors, and this definitely is more of a sci-fi/fantasy collection.

 

They also have game bundles.

 

A portion of the proceeds goes to Charity.

[Homebrewer]

James Michener..

Tales of the South Pacific.

 

One of the few by JM I had never read.

Excellent (of course)

[red321]

For those of you who use a kindle...a classic of SF, one of the all time classics...Neuromancer by William Gibson, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Phillip K Dick award, is today's 1.99 special.

[AngelArcher]

AW.com and reefcentral.com

 

I'll be surprised if I can pass a high school grammar test.

[nate]

You have a salt water tank, AA?

[AngelArcher]

You have a salt water tank, AA?

Yeah, just got back into it after ~20 years. You?

[nate]

Used to.  Haven't had one in about five years.  I miss it but it is a really expensive hobby.

 

We have wood floors here so I don't know where we would put one.

[AngelArcher]

Wife is definitely not happy with the expense since it kinda took me by surprise, but I got a little bit of a head start because I bought an existing system from someone that wanted out of the hobby. In hindsight, I should've done more research because a lot of his equipment is on the lower end that I'm soon upgrading.

[Brandon]

Filter, filter, filter

[nate]

Yeah, when it starts costing 800 bucks for a lighting rig the wife isn't happy, lol.

 

I made the mistake of getting a bowfront.  While they are nice for presentation, they are really annoying to work with.

 

It is all about having a good sump pump and sump setup.  We also bought one of those heavy duty RO water systems and a 50 gallon drum so we had our own purified water.  Made life so much easier.

 

Oh yeah and a chiller to keep the water temp down from the 500 watt light bulbs.

 

And be patient, don't over stock.

Edited September 8, 2014 by nate

[AngelArcher]

LED lights are the new thing now and a nice setup isn't any cheaper. RO system is next on the docket. Getting tired of lugging 5 gal jugs around. Then a new protein skimmer/filter, led lighting, larger sump, new return pump, etc. etc.

A lot of people are removing their chiller and just installing a little clip on fan to blow across the surface or over the sump since LEDs give off very little heat.

Edited September 8, 2014 by AngelArcher

[nate]

Yeah, when I was doing it the LED setups were just as expensive and still couldn't quite do what the MH lights could do.  I think the setup I had was two 400 watt MH bulbs and then two rows of LED lights.

 

I had a couple clams and hard corals so the lighting needs were high.

[red321]

Didn't someone mention the Stormlight Series by Brandon Sanderson was a great fantasy series?

 

Book #1 is available as an Amazon Kindle download...for free. Not sure if this is for a limited time, or as a teaser to get people reading the series. The other book in the series seem to be in the normal $10 range.

[Lou]

Four years later, but what the hell, I'm glad you like it 

 

hey, leave me alone.

 

i had to finish my Curious George series first 

[Spirit]

The updated edition of Live From New York.

[Spirit]

I also just finished I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined) by Chuck Klosterman.  

 

I love Klosterman's stuff. 

[Schildog]

Free book, I'm on it.

[TobiasFunke]

The updated edition of Live From New York.

I have the first edition they came out with. Only thumbed through it but I really need to sit and read it cover to cover. The stories are great.

[Spirit]

It's kind of funny to hear how much back biting and competition there was.  And how much everyone hated Chevy.  

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Just picked up the book VJ, about the original video jockeys in the early days of MTV, back when the M stood for music instead of moronic.Used to watch these guys for hours. Have read about the first ten pages, seems like a decent read. Shame that J. J. Jackson isn't still around to get his take on things.

[Sam Sanchez]

It being October, I've been reading some Clive Barker. Specifically about to finish The Hellbound Heart and also been reading some stories from his Books of Blood series.

[Ray McKigney]

It being October, I've been reading some Clive Barker. Specifically about to finish The Hellbound Heart and also been reading some stories from his Books of Blood series.

 

I read The Great and Secret Show during my senior year of high school. Hands down, one of the trippiest books I've ever read. Still remember a lot of it. It's stuck with me more than 90% of books that I've read over the years. Quiddity - the Dream Sea. The Dead Letter Office. A bunch of cool stuff in that book. 

Edited October 31, 2014 by Ray McKigney

[Spirit]

Just picked up the book VJ, about the original video jockeys in the early days of MTV, back when the M stood for music instead of moronic.Used to watch these guys for hours. Have read about the first ten pages, seems like a decent read. Shame that J. J. Jackson isn't still around to get his take on things.

 

I read that one a couple of months back.  It's really good!  Especially if you grew up during that time period. 

[Adam]

The Friday and Saturday Breeders Cup Past Performances.

[Lou]

Ha.  i was just about to say the cfb lines for tomorrow