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A Good Summer Read?

Posted by Cliff on from the fine-novels-for-the-summer-vacation dept.

binaryhead asks: "Well, the semester has just ended, and I have graduated from school! :-) I start my full-time job in a month and want to read a good book in the mean time. Having read Snowcrash, Neuromancer, and most of the hacker biographies, I am trying to find a scifi-geek-hacker book that people like. I might try the new Kevin Mitnick book, but I wanted to see what Slashdot preferred. Thanks."

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  1. Re:The Bible, obviously by edmo · · Score: 2, Troll

    Ahh yes, nothing like a clasic. This is comonly considerd the best fiction of all time ;)
    seriously thow, don't mean to ofend anyone, just kidding around

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  2. Re:Fantasy? by vondo · · Score: 1, Troll
    Who wants to spend the time reading 7, or however many there are now, 1000+ page books

    You said it. My feeling is that the WOT books are the literary equivalent of Zeno's Paradox. Each book gets you half-way to the end from where you are, so you will never finish. Actually, with Jordan it is more like 1/4 of the way to the end.

    Maybe when he actually finishes the series I'll read it, but I just can't keep straight for 5 or 6 years (I started when there were 3 or 4 books) all the characters and sub-plots and I refuse to keep re-reading to keep it fresh.

  3. Re:Fantasy? by MrWa · · Score: 1, Troll
    Yes. The "Wheel of Time" series definitely is better when you just read the "Book-a-Minute" summaries:

    Rand al'Thor

    Tam is my father.
    (Nothing happens. Then, nothing happens. Then, unexpectedly, nothing happens. Everything is FRAUGHT with PORTENT.)

    Moiraine

    Everybody come with me.
    Everybody
    No. Well, ok.
    (They travel a LOT. Something happens that isn't explained. Something happens that doesn't make sense. Something happens.)

    Rand al'Thor

    Tam is my father.



    THE (predictable, cliched, dumb) END

    Fans

    Yah! Wah hah! This is the greatest book ever! Whoo hoo! This is the greatest series ever! Whoopie! Yee haw!