Amph The "Hugo and Nebula" Lounge social thread

Welcome to our forum's first social thread

This is the place to get to know your fellow forum regulars and discuss whatever you like!

And that is all the announcements I have

 

First post! OMG I love the name!

 

haha. Oh, before anyone goes "oh clever title droideka!" I will say that Tim came up with it

SO credit goes to him

 

But when they say it sucks, then it was Tracy's idea.

 

Don't bite me without a dollop of pepper for saying this, but it looks to me like an American lounge. We have the Aurealis award too! (Which I consider to be seriously debatable; two books of shocking quality made finalist and winner. I'm in communications with the stage handlers to find out how). Can the lounge name be more internat friendly?

 

What are the australian awards called? If it's something cool sounding, maybe

I can just called it "The Generic Social Thread For This Forum" for all it matters to me personally.

 

The ability of the JC userbase to complain about the smallest thing never ceases to amaze me. Really.

Anyway it was Tracy's idea...

 

Hey, we could change the title every so often. Besides, I for one wouldn't have spotted that it was named after the awards if Excellence hadn't mentioned it.

Hello everyone!

 

I kinda like the social thread titles that change as the thread progresses. It's fun.

 

If it's any consolation, Strilo, many of my book grammar is American. I'm practically there. Semimercian.

 

I don't see a need to turn everything into a national thing. Awards given to Sci Fi authors based on how great their books are... I don't see a nationality there. It's like complaining that the Nobel Prize comes out of Europe. It's the recognition that counts. The German Echo awards are as cool as the Grammies. As for the consolation, I couldn't care less how "American" someone is. If you take a look at my profile you will see that I live in Germany. I guess I think the thing that needs internationalization here is your perspective on these awards. They are widely (and internationally) recognized as some of the highest honors bestowed upon Sci Fi authors.

 

A social thread?!!

I didn't think we were EVER going to have one of these.

I don't see a need to turn everything into a national thing

You're obviously unfamiliar with Ex

 

For a second, I thought you were copying my thread

 

I thought so too at first

 

I didn't think we were EVER going to have one of these.

Yeah, it wasn't something i thought about utnil recently. Oh well

 

Pfft!

 

All for one and none for all, eh?

So . . . how many books do people read a year on average? Read, that is, not buy and still haven't read a year later sort of thing.

 

I think it's safe to say that I buy far more books than I actually read.

Actual readage percentages also depends upon a variety of factors. The most prominent of those being:

how busy I am with schoolwork

how interested I am in the reading material at hand

how busy I am with other activities like gaming, watching videos, taking drives, or being lazy

anything else that might come up

I would estimate that in this past year I've probably read something between forty and fifty books.

 

Yeah, i couldn't tell you either. I read a LOT during vacations with family, but sometimes i get really busy with school. 40 or so is probably about right.

 

I do know that I've slumped in the last year or so, reading much less than I used to (mainly because now I have to pay for my own books, but I'm also much busier).

I'd say about 40 is right, mixing between easy ones that I rip through in a day and others that might take a few weeks.

Though since Christmas I've read about 15, so I'm a bit up.

 

I can get through a book really quickly... if I have nothing else going on. So, between work and other distractions, it usually it takes me at least a couple months to finish a book.

 

I think the fastest I've ever read a book was just about six hours.

 

I've read tons of books where i just sit and read them from beginning to end. If i had no school and no work, that is what i would do with about half my time.

The other half, of course would be the JC. I mean, Jeff. hehe.

 

Yeah, if I had all the free time I wanted then I would be able to real all the books I haven't gotten around to yet

 

Also I would play pokemon more.