What book are you reading right now?

Posted by: Chillkram on 23 May 2010

I thought I'd revive this classic old thread as I couldn't find the original.

I am currently reading Suetonius, 'The Twelve Caesars'.




How about you?
Posted on: 01 July 2012 by Kevin-W
Originally Posted by JamieWednesday:

Aha, I've wondered about Victoria Bamton's Lightroom book. I seem to get on OK with Lightroom but others swear by that book...Worth having?

I've found it useful, yes. You also get a downloadable, full-searchable PDF version which is very handy.

 

K

Posted on: 01 July 2012 by Kevin-W
Originally Posted by Gale 401:
Originally Posted by Kevin-W:
Originally Posted by Gale 401:

Stu, that's not the version edited by Michael Heatley is it? I worked as a contributing writer on the first two editions of the book and got thoroughly shafted. It started off as a Carlton Books project in '92 then went over to Virgin. Somewhere along the way it went a bit pear shaped and the book ended up being crap. IIRC, the first edition was so bad all the contributors asked NOT to be credited LOL!

Kevin,

I can't see his name mentioned.

I bought it for £2 in my local charity shop.

Its the LP size thick paperback.

You can buy the hard back from amazon SH inc post for under £3 inc post now though.

Its a good flick through read but missing lots of good Prog.

Stu.

Hi Stu

 

That must have been a much later edition - this is the first, crap edition of the book. I remember my entry on Pink Floyd was edited down to 250 words! 250 words for one of the most important groups in history?!!

Madonna got a double-page spread (arf arf) of about 1,500 words.

 

Posted on: 01 July 2012 by JamieWednesday
Originally Posted by Kevin-W:
Originally Posted by JamieWednesday:

Aha, I've wondered about Victoria Bamton's Lightroom book. I seem to get on OK with Lightroom but others swear by that book...Worth having?

I've found it useful, yes. You also get a downloadable, full-searchable PDF version which is very handy.

 

K

OK, have you looked at 'updating' to LR 4 at all..?

Posted on: 01 July 2012 by Kevin-W
Originally Posted by JamieWednesday:
Originally Posted by Kevin-W:
Originally Posted by JamieWednesday:

Aha, I've wondered about Victoria Bamton's Lightroom book. I seem to get on OK with Lightroom but others swear by that book...Worth having?

I've found it useful, yes. You also get a downloadable, full-searchable PDF version which is very handy.

 

K

OK, have you looked at 'updating' to LR 4 at all..?

Thought about it Jamie... I need to find out whether I'm entitled to a free upgrade courtesy of Leica first though as I'm boracic!

Posted on: 01 July 2012 by Lontano
Originally Posted by Kevin-W:
Thought about it Jamie... I need to find out whether I'm entitled to a free upgrade courtesy of Leica first though as I'm boracic!

Unlikely Kevin. I tried that one but both my Leica cameras are for LR3. The upgrade is not too expensive but I have not really found much that I think is better than LR3 in it. In fact it seems a little slower and more clunky.

Posted on: 11 July 2012 by Florestan

Thanks in part to Kevin-W

After a long break from photography I will slowly and reluctantly, over the coming year, try to figure out this new digital world.

  

Posted on: 17 July 2012 by EJS
The Long Earth, by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. Interesting spin on a familiar scifi concept. Not the best from either author, but a good read. Cheers EJ
Posted on: 21 July 2012 by Blueknowz

Just started this!

Posted on: 21 July 2012 by winkyincanada

Just finished "Ender's Game". Excellent.

 

Now re-reading "The Escape Artist" by Matt Seaton.

Posted on: 21 July 2012 by Geoff P
Originally Posted by winkyincanada:

Just finished "Ender's Game". Excellent.

 

Now re-reading "The Escape Artist" by Matt Seaton.

Winky

 

Are you planning to read any of the other books in the 'Ender' series? For me Enders Game is a high point best left to stand by itself. It all gets a lot more exotic in the  following books but the other ones in the "first" Ender series 'Speaker for the Dead', ' Xenocide' and 'Children of the mind' are quite enjoyable IMO.

 

Posted on: 21 July 2012 by DrMark

Reading "Nicholas & Alexandra" by Robert Massie - I enjoy learning about history more than fiction...and it is often stranger than fiction as well!

Posted on: 21 July 2012 by winkyincanada
Originally Posted by Geoff P:
Originally Posted by winkyincanada:

Just finished "Ender's Game". Excellent.

 

Now re-reading "The Escape Artist" by Matt Seaton.

Winky

 

Are you planning to read any of the other books in the 'Ender' series? For me Enders Game is a high point best left to stand by itself. It all gets a lot more exotic in the  following books but the other ones in the "first" Ender series 'Speaker for the Dead', ' Xenocide' and 'Children of the mind' are quite enjoyable IMO.

 

I wasn't planning on it. As you say, Ender's Game is a classic in its own right.

Posted on: 22 July 2012 by Paper Plane

Inca Gold - Clive Cussler.

 

Usual mindless tosh but a pleasant enough timewaster. One thing that annoys me intensely about Cussler's Pitt novels is his insistence on shoehorning himself into the story somewhere.

 

Next on the list is Pratchett's Snuff, now that I am looking forward to.

 

steve

Posted on: 22 July 2012 by BigH47

I like the Cussler novels, yes formulaic but I love the way he inserts the history aspects.

Posted on: 24 July 2012 by Haim Ronen

 

Mario Vargas Llosa fictionalized life of anti-colonialist Roger Casement.

Posted on: 29 July 2012 by dav301

 

From the Adam Dalgliesh series of novels.

Posted on: 29 July 2012 by Iver van de Zand

Karen Slaughter latest thriller. Furthermore I am reading Jens Lapidus Trylogy for the second time ....

Posted on: 29 July 2012 by Kevin-W

Posted on: 31 July 2012 by Gale 401
Originally Posted by Kevin-W:

Big fan of H.E Bates.

I didn't like the film that was made of the above in the 70's though.

I met him a few times before he died.

A very nice man.

His wife was lovely.

She was a good customer of Photocraft now Soundcraft in Ashford for years in the 70's and 80s.

Stu. 

Posted on: 31 July 2012 by Gale 401

Posted on: 06 August 2012 by dav301

Posted on: 07 August 2012 by Paper Plane

Posted on: 09 August 2012 by Gale 401

Got a hardback copy of this today for £3.00 looks like i got a good deal as amazon want over £80 for it.

Some brilliant art work.

Stu.

Posted on: 09 August 2012 by Guido Fawkes

 

I tend to be on the side of Grace Slick when it comes to reading books: though I have read one or two - Fahrenheit 451 was a good read and made me think about becoming a Fireman. 

Posted on: 09 August 2012 by Haim Ronen