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Kidnapped by the CIA to be the latest victum for an insane experiment, Russel Travers is forced, at gunpoint, to drink a secret serum. |
The link above actually takes you to the first page of the TG Bookstore embedded into BC.
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Book recomendations
Are these book recommendations for ones you have personally read?
KJT
"Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.”
George Carlin
Nope, sorry
They're just ones in the Amazon bookstore that look interesting. A few I have read but those are mostly manga.
That's why I'm only doing one of them a week or less. I'd love it if someone who has read one of these added a review, either here or at Amazon.
Next week probably will be one I've read, a new story by Angela Rasch (Jill) at Doppler Press/The Hatbox. And soon there will be one by Grover, a paperback edition of Transformers (sort of). I think I've got another one in the pipe, too, though for the life of me I can't think of a title or who it is by. :)
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
As Much as I appericate it
As Much as we may appericate it I must say I get tired of something grabing my attention only to have turn about that I got to spend money and Pay for it. I mean come on if they were going to share the joys of there work you would think they would have put it on line for a few to test read but I seriously doubt it.
Can't expect everyone to agree
People who create have the right to make their own decisions about how to share. You may think your way is better and I might even agree but it's not our decision to make.
I write stories and music and draw cartoons and I pretty much share all of them fairly freely. But I don't expect everyone to do so and I don't even think it would be a better world if everyone did. It might be but it ain't gonna happen and that's fine.
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
That's not what I was saying.
That's not what I was saying. The main point that I was trying to get across was that I get sick and tired of coming here to see something that draws my attention only to fine out that the only way I am able to enjoy it is to order and pay for it out of non estitant Money that I don't have. And that I am sick and tire of it always happening. I work hard for my non existant money that is spent before I can touch.
I hope you understand ...
... that I advertise things here so I don't have to keep asking people for money that they don't have. No one has to pay for anything if they don't want to or can't afford it but it really does cost me about $500 a month to run this website and most of it is completely free to readers.
Broadcast television and newspapers exist off of advertising. BC is more like NPR that gets by with donations and only a little advertising.
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
As much as I'd like to get
one of these books, I don't see an e-pub version. And that's what I want, a down-loadable version of the books offered by Amazon. I don't care for hardcopy, it's passé. As soon as I can get e-pub versions, pdf, chm, or whatever, to download *by secure internetconnection in a safe environment blahblahbla* I'll buy some books from Amazon. If it helps BCTS, so much the better.
Jo-Anne
Take a look
I went through the selections a week or so back, and I saw a number of books in electronic formats of various types. I didn't pay much attention, I'm old school enough to prefer paper.
They know they can survive
Transformers (Sort Of) IS available as a download
from Dopplerpress. It's also still up for free reading wherever it has been posted. Here at Top Shelf, for example.
Yes I'd love to sell more books, but I swore I'd never charge someone to read my stories, who might not be able to afford it.
Hugs 'n love,
Catherine Linda Michel
As a T-woman, I do have a Y chromosome... it's just in cursive, pink script.
Brain problems
The one I was actually talking about was Grover's Heroes of Justice. :)
Hugs,
Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Curling up with a good book
The various electronic readers of one type or another are getting close but doesn't quiet make it as nice to cuddle up with as with a old fashioned dead tree format book. Kindle is a step in the right direction but until the cost comes way down even the near $10 bucks US that a paperback costs is more affordable than $360 for a reader. Plus how is an author supposed to book sign an E-book? :)
Hugs!
grover
PS: I'm afraid that days I paid a $1.25 in my youth for my reading addiction is long gone.
Dead Tree vs. e-Reader
You know Grover, when it comes to being able to read a book via dead Tree or an electronic reader, I hate to say it but I would rather have the e-reader. You know why? For one, all the books I have, I have a difficult time reading them because of the size of the fonts. Without resorting to reading glasses, I just can't read them anymore. Now, with an e-Reader, I can adjust the fonts to what is visible to me without having to resort to glasses. Now, if I'm going to spend the money for an e-Reader, how about a multi-tasking unit that plays music, videos, pictures and that sort of thing as well as playing games. Would that be worth the money to pay for a unit so you can read? For me, it was a no-brainer. Now, I can get books for less cost than a dead tree version that I can carry in a unit that now has over 1400 titles in. What do I use? An iPod Touch 32GB version. Why this unit? Because for one, all it takes is a swipe of a thumb to turn the page. Of course, you have to have a specific program to use on the touch to read, but it doesn't matter to me. I can enjoy the blessings of being able to read anywhere i chose and can also do it on the sly since the unit itself barely fits in the hand. Makes it nice too for reading in the dark, since it is back-lit. None of the readers I've seen so far don't have that feature with the exception of the Sony PRS-700 model (not yet released) having the ability to be back lit. Not sure how good that one is going to be...
This has only been my private opinion and is certainly not an endorsement for Apple, Sony or any company that has put out an e-Reader. I have my preference but that could change as technology changes for the better.
Goldie
PS: I still like curling up with a dead tree favorite every once in a while but the old favorites are starting to fall apart and they are hard to find anymore.
Certainly!
When I mention the Kindle I wasn't trying to suggest that one was the one to buy. It was simply the first that came to mind. As far as I can see the Ipod and other readers costs somewhere around $360 US. For someone like myself who is more or less living hand to mouth, that is a huge chunk of change. Much easier to not eat out a time or two and get the dead tree edition. There is the library of course but assuming they have the one you want,often you have to to on the waiting list.
I really do understand the advantages the e-readers offer. I mean just look at how cheap some of the classics are at the Kindle store. Not to mention not have to worry about buying a bookcase or a filling up a box in the basement after you're finished.
Right now, it is cheaper to buy a game console than it is to get something half decent to read an e-book on. (IE: cuddle on the couch with in a comfortable manner.) I love my PC because it is my window to the rest of the world. I write, read, and socialize because of it. I had to go out and find the most comfortable chair I could because of the amount of time I was spending in front of it. However that is not the same as curling up with a good book.
Advances in E-paper are coming and I'm sure newer and more affordable gadgets are in our future. However until the costs drop a lot, I might do the majority of my reading on my PC, but when I need some serious comforting, it is still going to be with one of my old favorites on paper.
Hugs!
grover
PS: You too? I have more than a few that has lost their covers. I treat them as carefully as I can because like you said you just can't find them anymore. :)
I thought
it was a crime when my comic books I read went up to 12 cents an issue and I quit buying them when they jumped to 15 cents and the content was cut again. I had to quit buying paperback books way back when a simple one was about 6 bucks, since we were buying about 20 a month just to follow authors we liked. You have to pick and choose where the bucks go, unless you have way too much disposable income.
The Youngblood Project
I read the book and found it interesting and enjoyable, although many of the writers of this web site are better writers and story tellers. The one thing that I objected to was that it ended abruptly as though the writer couldn't think of anything else to write.
I have a sugestion fo a book to read "If I Knew Then" by Carlton Heaviside, It has some TG elements but mostly it is a fast paced rollercoaster ride almost 500 pages long.
magicman301
Average, I think - very minor spoiler alert
For those fans of conspiracy theory and weird alternate universes it may be for you. The author does try to make some effort to create a back story and such. I learned a lot of fascinating stuff about hollers, as an example.
It is very much an adventure story which has a little TG content. As a bit of a spoiler, the story has the transform character finding her place as soon as she has sex for the first time *rolls eyes* a well worn chestnut in TG stories. I did not find the basis for the story compelling nor did I find the story flow 'realistic' in parts.
The story seems to be an exercise in the imagination for the author as to female thinking and he takes every opportunity to explore his thoughts on the matter, especially soon after the character transforms.
I skimmed a lot of it as a consequence. I have found far more interesting and better written stories on BC and Crystal Hall.
I do not feel my money was well spent.
Kim