Reading

Authors I'd Like To Read In A Classic SF Reading Group

Submitted by dgeiser13 on Sat, 11/14/2009 - 19:15
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  • 1960s
  • Brian W. Aldiss
  • Piers Anthony
  • J.G. Ballard
  • Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
  • John Brunner
  • Algis Budrys
  • Bertram Chandler
  • Avram Davidson
  • Samuel R. Delany
  • Gordon R. Dickson
  • Thomas M. Disch
  • G. C. Edmondson
  • Harlan Ellison
  • Philip José Farmer
  • Daniel F. Galouye
  • Harry Harrison
  • Zenna Henderson
  • Frank Herbert
  • Hayden Howard
  • Daniel Keyes
  • Damon Knight
  • R. A. Lafferty
  • Keith Laumer
  • Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Barry N.

25 Best Book to Film Adaptations

Submitted by dgeiser13 on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 07:20
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The Telegraph has a list of the 25 Best Book to Film Adaptations or "Twenty-five films that made it from the book shelf to the box office with credibility intact."

Books to Read

Submitted by rwiller19 on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 08:32
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  • The Devil In The White City by Erik Larson
  • Socrates Cafe by Christopher Phillips
  • The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose
  • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
  • East of Eden by John Steinbeck
  • Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
  • The Pilgrim's Regress by C.S. Lewis
  • Modern Times by Paul Johnson

Books That Don't Bore

Submitted by dgeiser13 on Thu, 09/03/2009 - 07:39
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Lev Grossman makes the case for a new wave of novelists.

Screenplays I have read (started August 2009)

Submitted by reverendbeastly on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 20:00
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  • 2009-07-26 - Y: The Last Man - Brian K. Vaughan - Draft 1.2
  • 2009-07-28 - Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - Michael Bacall - early/undated draft
  • 2009-08-01 - Giant Monsters Attack Japan! - J.F. Lawton - Mega-Monster Draft
  • 2009-08-04 - Madman - Dean Lorey - Second Draft 11/27/96
  • 2009-08-10 - Bessie - Richard Kelly - 2/14/2000

EXAMPLES-TECHNICAL TERMS of robotics/robots/mechatronics (ISBN 3000215891-dictionary english-german):

Submitted by LehrmittelWagner on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 00:11
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ISBN 3000215891

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3000215891

EXAMPLES-TECHNICAL TERMS of robotics (ISBN 3000215891):

Woerterbuch-Fachbegriffe aus der Robotertechnik -- technical terms / words of robotics

Ablegeposition {Robotertechnik} deposit position

absetzen {Robotertechnik} set down, to

Absolutbewegung {Robotertechnik} absolute motion

Absolutkoordinaten {Robotertechnik} absolute coordinates

Absolutposition {Robotertechnik} absolute position

Abwärtsbewegung [Roboterarm] {Robotertechnik} down motion

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ISBN 3000215891

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3000215891

EXAMPLES-TECHNICAL TERMS of robotics (ISBN 3000215891):

Woerterbuch-Fachbegriffe aus der Robotertechnik -- technical terms / words of robotics

english-german dictionary mechatronics/robotics/of drives- Technisches Woerterbuch / Fachbegriffe Mechatroniker/ Elektroniker /Maschinenbau/Robotertechnik; ... Mechatronik deutsch (German Edition) (CD-ROM) by Markus Wagner (Author, Editor, Illustrator)

Submitted by LehrmittelWagner on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 00:06
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ISBN: 3000215891

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3000215891

Review
REZENSION in der:
Verbandszeitschrift des Fachverbandes Elektro-und Informationstechnik "Unternehmer News" Ausgabe 4/2007
Der Benutzer kann ueber eine Suchmaske nach den englischen oder deutschen Fachbegriffen suchen und auch Wortverbindungen auffinden.
Aufgrund der enthaltenen 51500 technischen Woeorter ist das Werk sehr umfassend und leistet im Gegensatz zu normalen Woerterbuechern eine gute Hilfe beim Aufsuchen von auch im technischen Sinne korrekten Uebersetzungen.

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1x CD-ROM:
Technical English dictionary of drives / mechatronics with search function English /German German /English

bzw.:
1x CD-ROM:
Technisches Woerterbuch / dictionary für Mechatroniker.
Englisch- Deutsch (51500 Woerter)
german- english (51500 Woerter).

Alastair Reynolds' Revelation Space Universe

Submitted by dgeiser13 on Sun, 07/05/2009 - 11:04
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  • Ordered by Chronology
  • "Great Wall of Mars" (2000)
  • "Glacial" (2001)
  • "A Spy in Europa" (1997)
  • "Weather" (2006)
  • "Dilation Sleep" (1990)
  • The Prefect (2007)
  • "Diamond Dogs" (2001)
  • "Turquoise Days" (2002)
  • "Grafenwelder's Bestiary" (2006)
  • "Nightingale" (2006)
  • Chasm City (2001)
  • Revelation Space (2000)
  • Redemption Ark (2002)
  • Absolution Gap (2003)
  • "Galactic North" (1999)

Reading List 2008

Submitted by jsph_reid on Fri, 06/05/2009 - 14:47
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  • From the Corner of His Eye- Koontz 9/1/08
  • Fear Nothing- Koontz
  • Kingdom Come- Jenkins/ Lahaye
  • Abarat- Barker
  • Machines that Think- Asimov ^
  • Illustrated Man, The- Bradbury
  • Mostly Harmless- Adams
  • Firestarter- King 4/19/08
  • Seize the Day- Koontz 4/19/08
  • Dante’s Inferno- Dante ^
  • Duma Key- King 3/1/08
  • Heart- Shaped Box- Hill
  • V for Vendetta- Moore/ Lloyd
  • Dark Tower, The: Gunslinger Born
  • End of Exile- Bova
  • Prey- Crichton 6/9/08
  • Shining, The- King
  • Dark Hallow- Keene 6/9/08
  • Breakfast of Champions- Vonnegut Jr.
  • Face, The- Koontz 12/17/08
  • Dead Zone, The- King 10/8/08
  • Mister B.

Reading List 2007

Submitted by jsph_reid on Fri, 06/05/2009 - 14:45
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  • Lisey’s Story- King
  • Bad Place, The- Koontz
  • Cujo- King
  • Eldest- Paolini
  • State of Fear- Crichton
  • Rapture- Jenkins/ Lahaye
  • Nightmare & Dreamscapes- King
  • Dueling Machine- Bova
  • Danse Macabre- King
  • Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The- Lewis
  • Husband, The- Koontz
  • Flight of Exiles- Bova
  • 1984- Orwell
  • Foundation- Asimov
  • Thief of Always, The- Barker
  • Thinner- Bachman
  • Demon Seed- Koontz
  • Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon- King
  • Fog, The- Herbert
  • Fahrenheit 451- Bradbury
  • Empire- Card
  • Multiple Man, The- Bova
  • Great and Secret Show, The- Barker
  • Foundation and Empire- Asimov
  • Dolores Claiborne- King
  • Sil