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Post by Sheep2 on Jul 22, 2021 11:13:46 GMT
Chumbles
Well it depends.
They read like they have been written for TV.
Not an entirely dissimilar style to ASOFAI which is unsurprising as one of the writers was GRRM's assistant. All the chapters have a POV of one character
If you can tolerate that style as an audiobook they will be fine. If you have limited tolerance for it then maybe not s much.
You can probably try one of them for free with audible. See if you like it.
I would recommend N K Jemison and Cixin Liu audiobooks if you haven't heard them. Both of them are pretty decent writers
The Fifth Season & The Three Body Problem.
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Jul 22, 2021 11:15:26 GMT
Hello. Noseplugs in. Doing chores. Games: Survival - I'm not sure if still being here counts as a win. TV: Finished second watch through of The Expanse; I can't wait for S6 FYI amazonadvisor.com The Expanse Season 6 release date According to Midgard Times, the show finished filming during the second week of May. This offers some hope that we could get the season by the end of 2021. We're looking at December being a potential release month, matching the release of Seasons 4 and 5 on Amazon Prime Video. 24 Jun 2021. |
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Jul 22, 2021 11:22:15 GMT
Morning all!
Hot. I am moribund. Given up on work for now.
Had some very odd dreams last night. One about a Lego model of a truck with an articulated F14 ride on the back of it that was very expensive, some Chinese PC RPG games, and deciding to build a gaming PC slowly piece by piece so it didn’t cost too much. If you only buy one bit of it a month it won’t cost more than £100. A month, most months. Some months. I don’t think I even want a gaming PC as I’d never get a chance to play on it.
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Jul 22, 2021 11:25:47 GMT
The problem I have with building gaming PCs is that the thermal toothpaste always gives out and then after reapplying it I get paranoid that it’s going to cook itself if I actually play anything on it. The real game becomes watching your cpu and gpu temperatures like a hawk watches a rabbit.
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Jul 22, 2021 11:27:35 GMT
Can you build a gaming PC for £500 still? Asking for a friend
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Jul 22, 2021 11:41:45 GMT
Seems that with £500 you’d be sorted, so long as all you wanted was one fifth of a graphics card. Top banana.
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Post by amipal on Jul 22, 2021 11:46:53 GMT
Filmblog: oh yeah, I watched the start of Momento last night. Good film, 4*
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Post by Chumbles on Jul 22, 2021 12:06:08 GMT
ChumblesWell it depends. They read like they have been written for TV. Not an entirely dissimilar style to ASOFAI which is unsurprising as one of the writers was GRRM's assistant. All the chapters have a POV of one character If you can tolerate that style as an audiobook they will be fine. If you have limited tolerance for it then maybe not s much. You can probably try one of them for free with audible. See if you like it. I would recommend N K Jemison and Cixin Liu audiobooks if you haven't heard them. Both of them are pretty decent writers The Fifth Season & The Three Body Problem. Thanks - they are on the listen list. A lot rests on the voice artists; The guy that does Naomi Norvik's Temeraire series - Simon Vance - is brilliant; as is Kathleen Gati whose reading of Katherine Arden's Winternight trilogy. Another Expanse novel to come Leviathan Falls is the ninth and final book[1] in The Expanse book series by James S. A. Corey, the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. It is set to be released on November 18, 2021.[2] The book was announced on September 16, 2020.[3] The book was turned into the publisher on May 17, 2021 {The release date is 16th November 2021} That's from: (I was looking at the RPG section) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Expanse_(novel_series)#Roleplaying_game(Where the hell is my shopping 😡) |
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Post by Destry on Jul 22, 2021 12:15:39 GMT
ChumblesWell it depends. They read like they have been written for TV. Not an entirely dissimilar style to ASOFAI which is unsurprising as one of the writers was GRRM's assistant. All the chapters have a POV of one character If you can tolerate that style as an audiobook they will be fine. If you have limited tolerance for it then maybe not s much. You can probably try one of them for free with audible. See if you like it. I would recommend N K Jemison and Cixin Liu audiobooks if you haven't heard them. Both of them are pretty decent writers The Fifth Season & The Three Body Problem. (Where the hell is my shopping 😡) Our Tesco delivery was an hour and a half late on Tuesday. Phone calls to find out where it was were met with a pre-recorded message. It's the pingdemic aint it? |
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Post by crankcaller on Jul 22, 2021 12:16:01 GMT
Can you build a gaming PC for £500 still? Asking for a friend If you can get one with an AMD Ryzen 5700g in it. They're generally available soon. Decent frame rates on modern games. Then add a "proper" graphics card at a later date. |
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Post by Faceless on Jul 22, 2021 12:16:17 GMT
Filmblog: oh yeah, I watched the start of Momento last night. Good film, 4* You mean you watched the end. |
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Post by Faceless on Jul 22, 2021 12:16:37 GMT
Ping *this*
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Post by crankcaller on Jul 22, 2021 12:17:10 GMT
But not £500, no
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Post by stxdpr on Jul 22, 2021 12:34:01 GMT
Filmblog: oh yeah, I watched the start of Momento last night. Good film, 4* You mean you watched the end. Spoilers? Or is it so old that it doesn't count? I hear they try and kill Jesus in the bible.... |
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Post by Tuffers on Jul 22, 2021 13:05:21 GMT
Just panic bought the last crate of Rubicon (mango) from B&M Bargains. Also panic bought in there a multi pack of Heinz beans with mini sausages*, Wotsits, orange aeros, toothpaste and washing up liquid.
You've got to get up pretty early if you want to beat Tuffers to all the sweet panic loot.
*just ate one of the tins for lunch, with toast
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Post by silcox on Jul 22, 2021 13:07:40 GMT
Filmblog: oh yeah, I watched the start of Momento last night. Good film, 4* The start's the end so no need to watch any more |
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Post by silcox on Jul 22, 2021 13:09:10 GMT
Damn you Faceless!
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Jul 22, 2021 13:20:54 GMT
Pah! You can't build a decent rig now for less than £1,000.
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Post by amipal on Jul 22, 2021 13:22:56 GMT
Back door Study boasting. 4* What next a library? It’s not as grandiose as it sounds. 2 metres by 3 metres - not exactly Sheep2 library-sized. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Jul 22, 2021 13:24:23 GMT
A PS5 is only £359 for the digital edition. Way better value.
Of course you can't actually buy one, but that is a minor detail as you can't buy a decent PC either.
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Post by Sheep2 on Jul 22, 2021 13:27:11 GMT
Back door Study boasting. 4* What next a library? It’s not as grandiose as it sounds. 2 metres by 3 metres - not exactly Sheep2 library-sized. Woah there. Most of my books are in storage in the garage. I can't fit the in to the flat. Well I could, but there would be adverse consequences. At best the spare room would be brim full. The books in the flat are bad enough. |
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Post by scubar on Jul 22, 2021 13:31:15 GMT
Hello, I have been contacted by track and trace, and some poor Herbert on our flight home has got the Rona, and now we have to isolate until next week. What fun.
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Post by Chumbles on Jul 22, 2021 13:35:40 GMT
(Where the hell is my shopping 😡) Our Tesco delivery was an hour and a half late on Tuesday. Phone calls to find out where it was were met with a pre-recorded message. It's the pingdemic aint it? Arrived |
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Jul 22, 2021 14:00:00 GMT
He who controls the orange aeros controls post freedom day Britain.
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Post by tenthenemy on Jul 22, 2021 14:00:18 GMT
Hello, I have been contacted by track and trace, and some poor Herbert on our flight home has got the Rona, and now we have to isolate until next week. What fun. #pingdemic Maybe you could follow the example of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor and sign up for a pilot testing scheme, whatever that means. |
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