One of the things that I have been doing a lot lately is reading.
Its an ancient art that requires one to look at symbols that relate to a language that you are usually proficient in. When these symbols are arranged in predetermined ways it makes sense to the person translating them. You can use these symbols as a way to tell a story to others.
In other words, its like playing a game, but instead its on paper (or e-reader) and your i/o device is turning the page.
I only jest at those young people who don't take it seriously.
A couple of months ago I started to get back into reading. I read all of the Harry Potter books a couple of years ago and I really liked them. I am someone though who doesn't like to re-read things however since I can remember the story and it nerves me to the point that I feel like I am wasting my time since I know what happens already.
I had just watched all the Star Wars Movies on Blu-ray with my wife since she had never seen any of them before (its a long story) and I had started to think about all the books and stories that are in the Expanded Universe. How cool it would be to look into those stories.
It was this same thinking that led me to watch the all of the Stargate series. I love Stargate and I thought after seeing it when I was a kid "Wow. I wonder if we will ever get more movies that look at other worlds. Cause there are a lot of possibilities". Oh how right I was.
As a side note, please go watch all of Stargate SG-1, Atlantis, and Stargate Universe (SGU is amazing and they need to bring that back ASAP). You can buy all the DVD's online, or you can watch them on Hulu or Netflix. Its worth it in my opinion.
So back to the whole reading thing. So I asked my buddy Brian about which books to read since he is an avid Star Wars fan. He led me to the Thrawn Trilogy.
BAM!
Read all three of them and I loved them. I was instantly hooked.
I immediately asked him for more recommendations and he said I should go to the X-Wing series.
So now that I am 7 books into the X-Wing series, and have spent ~$80 on all the books. I spend a lot of my quick free time reading them. Especially at night when I can't sleep but I am in bed but don't wont the bright light from my PSP or DS to wake my wife in bed. Just laying there and reading them on my iPad helps to relax me and take me on these fantastic adventures that have been written. It helps my mind to simmer down and relax and I usually end up falling asleep. Not because I am bored but because I am content.
Sometimes I might talk about my reading adventures on here just to break up some of the more monotonous game updates when nothing big has really happened.
Below you can find the titles of the books that I have read, in case you are interested:
Thrawn Trilogy:
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire
Star Wars: Dark Force Rising
Star Wars: The Last Command
Star Wars: X-Wing Series:
Rogue Squadron
Wedge's Gamble
The Krytos Trap
The Bacta War
Wraith Squadron
Iron Fist
Solo Command
Isard's Revenge (I have yet to read)
Starfighters of Adumar (I have yet to read)
Its an ancient art that requires one to look at symbols that relate to a language that you are usually proficient in. When these symbols are arranged in predetermined ways it makes sense to the person translating them. You can use these symbols as a way to tell a story to others.
In other words, its like playing a game, but instead its on paper (or e-reader) and your i/o device is turning the page.
I only jest at those young people who don't take it seriously.
A couple of months ago I started to get back into reading. I read all of the Harry Potter books a couple of years ago and I really liked them. I am someone though who doesn't like to re-read things however since I can remember the story and it nerves me to the point that I feel like I am wasting my time since I know what happens already.
I had just watched all the Star Wars Movies on Blu-ray with my wife since she had never seen any of them before (its a long story) and I had started to think about all the books and stories that are in the Expanded Universe. How cool it would be to look into those stories.
It was this same thinking that led me to watch the all of the Stargate series. I love Stargate and I thought after seeing it when I was a kid "Wow. I wonder if we will ever get more movies that look at other worlds. Cause there are a lot of possibilities". Oh how right I was.
As a side note, please go watch all of Stargate SG-1, Atlantis, and Stargate Universe (SGU is amazing and they need to bring that back ASAP). You can buy all the DVD's online, or you can watch them on Hulu or Netflix. Its worth it in my opinion.
So back to the whole reading thing. So I asked my buddy Brian about which books to read since he is an avid Star Wars fan. He led me to the Thrawn Trilogy.
BAM!
Read all three of them and I loved them. I was instantly hooked.
I immediately asked him for more recommendations and he said I should go to the X-Wing series.
So now that I am 7 books into the X-Wing series, and have spent ~$80 on all the books. I spend a lot of my quick free time reading them. Especially at night when I can't sleep but I am in bed but don't wont the bright light from my PSP or DS to wake my wife in bed. Just laying there and reading them on my iPad helps to relax me and take me on these fantastic adventures that have been written. It helps my mind to simmer down and relax and I usually end up falling asleep. Not because I am bored but because I am content.
Sometimes I might talk about my reading adventures on here just to break up some of the more monotonous game updates when nothing big has really happened.
Below you can find the titles of the books that I have read, in case you are interested:
Thrawn Trilogy:
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire
Star Wars: Dark Force Rising
Star Wars: The Last Command
Star Wars: X-Wing Series:
Rogue Squadron
Wedge's Gamble
The Krytos Trap
The Bacta War
Wraith Squadron
Iron Fist
Solo Command
Isard's Revenge (I have yet to read)
Starfighters of Adumar (I have yet to read)
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