Don't people read anymore?

[The Jackal]

Bump!

Chek out this site ppl. http://greylib.align.ru/libfan.htm
its a site where u can download a whole lot of ebooks (read novels) from.
u need to have winrar installed in ur PC to extract these compressed files into .doc format.

PS the site is in russian but the names of the books are in english so ppl. will not have ne pblms. locating the books.

download winrar here
http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?qt=winrar&tg=dl-2001

Damn!!!I hate ebooks in Doc. files.I prefer the pdf format.... .Anyway Thanks man.

[akhilis2cool]

Bump!

Chek out this site ppl. http://greylib.align.ru/libfan.htm
its a site where u can download a whole lot of ebooks (read novels) from.
u need to have winrar installed in ur PC to extract these compressed files into .doc format.

PS the site is in russian but the names of the books are in english so ppl. will not have ne pblms. locating the books.

download winrar here
http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?qt=winrar&tg=dl-2001

Damn!!!I hate ebooks in Doc. files.I prefer the pdf format.... .Anyway Thanks man.

U be welkum Jacko.

yes...me too prefers pdf. but this is not bad, thoda adjustment karsakte

[Bimbette]

Am currently reading 'The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari' by Robin Sharma....its on the lines of 'The Alchemist'.



Have been reading it for so long now, its lost its fizz....





PS I'm picking up Forsyth's, D. Adams' and Wodehouse's books in the future courtesy the rave reviews I've seen on this DB.

[akhilis2cool]

Am currently reading 'The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari' by Robin Sharma....its on the lines of 'The Alchemist'.

Have been reading it for so long now, its lost its fizz....


PS I'm picking up Forsyth's, D. Adams' and Wodehouse's books in the future courtesy the rave reviews I've seen on this DB.

hey bimbette.

douglas adams books are aslo avlbl. on the link i posted.....thats if u read ebooks

[Bimbette]

hey bimbette.
douglas adams books are aslo avlbl. on the link i posted.....thats if u read ebooks [/quote]



Hi Akhil,

Thanks! But I'm a lil old fashioned here....nothing like curling up with a good book in ur hand after a day's work!



I will check the link though.

[Betty]

Hi Akhil,
Thanks! But I'm a lil old fashioned here....nothing like curling up with a good book in ur hand after a day's work!

Me too!! There is something special about reading a book, turning those pages by hand and the smell of paper....



Currently completed 'Ladies Coupe' by Anita Nair and moving on to read some old classics by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhay...

[CtrlAltDel]

tried reading an eBook last year and abandoned it midway..it was boring...sitting in frnt of the PC and staring bug-eyed at the monitor...



i too prefer a book anyday...i have a special fondness of old books...esp the musty smell of the yellowing paper...

[ycr007]

I too belong to the ilk of HardCover/Paperback Lovers.

As Betty Said,Nothin' like curling up on the Cot with a Book & Some Snax by the Side and while away the time......

[akhilis2cool]

Well, I have read both hard bound and Ebooks...and have somehow felt that reading a ebook is a bit more convinient.

[The Jackal]

Till date I have only read 5 e-books.All of dan browns books and Eaters of the Dead by MC.I read Dan Browns works in 4 days.....since then I havnt touched an ebook.Its just too irritating.

[akhilis2cool]

Till date I have only read 5 e-books.All of dan browns books and Eaters of the Dead by MC.I read Dan Browns works in 4 days.....since then I havnt touched an ebook.Its just too irritating.

take a print out

[The Jackal]

Till date I have only read 5 e-books.All of dan browns books and Eaters of the Dead by MC.I read Dan Browns works in 4 days.....since then I havnt touched an ebook.Its just too irritating.

take a print out

I could buy the book for that price...of course I can print it out in the engineering building(Which is free).....

[akhilis2cool]

Till date I have only read 5 e-books.All of dan browns books and Eaters of the Dead by MC.I read Dan Browns works in 4 days.....since then I havnt touched an ebook.Its just too irritating.

take a print out

I could buy the book for that price...of course I can print it out in the engineering building(Which is free).....

thats cool jacko.



I started reading point of deception by Dan Brown. Going pretty fast...finished abt 100 pages in 2 hrs.

[Fiddler]

Bump!

Chek out this site ppl. http://greylib.align.ru/libfan.htm
its a site where u can download a whole lot of ebooks (read novels) from.
u need to have winrar installed in ur PC to extract these compressed files into .doc format.

PS the site is in russian but the names of the books are in english so ppl. will not have ne pblms. locating the books.

download winrar here
http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?qt=winrar&tg=dl-2001

Damn!!!I hate ebooks in Doc. files.I prefer the pdf format.... .Anyway Thanks man.

Does anyone remember the short story 'The Fun They Had' by Asimov that all of us must have done in school during English class at some point? This is just like that! I feel old...

[Lucifer]

tried reading an eBook last year and abandoned it midway..it was boring...sitting in frnt of the PC and staring bug-eyed at the monitor...

i too prefer a book anyday...i have a special fondness of old books...esp the musty smell of the yellowing paper...

CAD, there are these nifty things called ebook readers - small hand-held devices that you can use to read the books, like portable MP3 players. There is no smell of the paper, but it is quite useful especially while travelling when you do not want your books to get tattered and torn by the elements beyond your control.

[san]

tried reading an eBook last year and abandoned it midway..it was boring...sitting in frnt of the PC and staring bug-eyed at the monitor...

i too prefer a book anyday...i have a special fondness of old books...esp the musty smell of the yellowing paper...

CAD, there are these nifty things called ebook readers - small hand-held devices that you can use to read the books, like portable MP3 players. There is no smell of the paper, but it is quite useful especially while travelling when you do not want your books to get tattered and torn by the elements beyond your control.

dinky little devices r even worse - i find. until recently i got the train for work and a book was what i liked reading from. but i did have to choose books that fit into my bag easily. all my books have returned home safe n sound

[CtrlAltDel]

CAD, there are these nifty things called ebook readers - small hand-held devices that you can use to read the books, like portable MP3 players. There is no smell of the paper, but it is quite useful especially while travelling when you do not want your books to get tattered and torn by the elements beyond your control.

ya i heard abt those things...and i'd love to try one out....

[akhilis2cool]

Bump!

Chek out this site ppl. http://greylib.align.ru/libfan.htm
its a site where u can download a whole lot of ebooks (read novels) from.
u need to have winrar installed in ur PC to extract these compressed files into .doc format.

PS the site is in russian but the names of the books are in english so ppl. will not have ne pblms. locating the books.

download winrar here
http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?qt=winrar&tg=dl-2001

Damn!!!I hate ebooks in Doc. files.I prefer the pdf format.... .Anyway Thanks man.

Does anyone remember the short story 'The Fun They Had' by Asimov that all of us must have done in school during English class at some point? This is just like that! I feel old...

hello fiddler bhai...kaise hao?

[YoYo]

Link to 'The fun they had' by Asimov http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/SF/funtheyhad.html

[Bimbette]

Link to 'The fun they had' by Asimov http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/SF/funtheyhad.html

Interesting.

[Lucifer]

Currently reading Douglas Adams' Mostly Harmless. Here are a few gems that I came across already.



1. Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.

2. The Hingefreel people of Arkintoofle Minor did try to build spaceships that were powered by bad news but they didn’t work particularly well and were so extremely unwelcome whenever they arrived anywhere that there wasn’t really any point in being there.

3. One of the extraordinary things about life is the sort of places it’s prepared to put up with living. It will even live in New York, though it’s hard to know why.

4. The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.

[akhilis2cool]

Currently reading Douglas Adams' Mostly Harmless. Here are a few gems that I came across already.
4. The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.

Why 79? is it a special no. or something for the NYites
ne way
me downloaded HitchHikers Guide to the galaxy y'day. justs read the 1st page...but it was very interesting...
heres an excerpt

Many were increasingly of the opinion that they’d all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans.

[YoYo]

Did you guys see the movie - 'Hitchhiker's guide'>? They've ruied the book. Have cut out so many parts, put in new plots. Douglas must've turned in his grave (especially as it says 'For Douglas' at the end)



A question that came to my mind when I was reading 'Brave new World - Aldous Huxley' - Since 'Mother' is an obscene word in the new world, then shouldn't 'Love' be obscene too? Huxley should have made 'Love' obscene too since it reflects emotions and feelings for the other person. (There's a song in the book with love in lyrics)

Or can it be that Love and Sex are synonymous?

[The Jackal]

Did you guys see the movie - 'Hitchhiker's guide'>? They've ruied the book. Have cut out so many parts, put in new plots. Douglas must've turned in his grave (especially as it says 'For Douglas' at the end)

Actually D.Adams himself wrote the screenplay.He wanted a different version of his story in the movie.



About the several missing sub plots:You cant write a screenplay for the entire book.You HAVE to cut out some parts of the story.Even Peter Jackson deleted many plots from LOTR,and LOTR is supposed to be the MOST faitfull adaption.



And I assume you are talking about John Malkovich's character in the movie.....That part was specifically created by DA for the movie(I dont know the reason).So he didnt turn in his grave because he knew the shape the movie was going to take.

Yes there are 2 screenplay writers but Karey Kirkpatrick was just a script doctor and DA wrote the most of the script.And this movie has been in Pre-Production for 10 years,so DA wrote the script in 1995 and KK just gave the finishing touches.

[Lucifer]

me downloaded HitchHikers Guide to the galaxy y'day. justs read the 1st page...but it was very interesting...
heres an excerpt

Many were increasingly of the opinion that they’d all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans.

This is just the beginning, A2C. Just give yourself some more time and soon you will be a H2G2 convert. It totally rocks.