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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CNC0FY3KL._SS500_.jpg) Though I could not afford to buy all three which had the price tag over 100 bucks I instead bought Volume 2 for the simple reason that it contained the Battle of Gettysburg. Not sure which one I should focus on reading next. Volume 1 may contain a detailed cover of the Battle of Shiloh, while the third will surely cover the events of the Battle of the Wilderness. ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Battle_of_Spotsylvania_-_Thure_de_Thulstrup.jpg)  | ||
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food
United States1951 Posts
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stanley_
United States816 Posts
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madnessman
United States1581 Posts
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21247 Posts
Harry Potter has big font and is 1.5 spaced so it's not as long as it seems I feel. | ||
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Dark.Carnival
United States5095 Posts
On October 11 2009 17:41 madnessman wrote: I think that technically all 3 volumes of The Lord of the Rings counts as one book so that would probably be the longest book I've ever read. in that case, how about the wheel of time series? 11 books so far, with three more to go. | ||
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The_Australian
Australia458 Posts
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zgl
United States1055 Posts
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meegrean
Thailand7699 Posts
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benjammin
United States2728 Posts
very fitting title | ||
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dismiss
United Kingdom3341 Posts
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benjammin
United States2728 Posts
On October 11 2009 18:52 dismiss wrote: War and Peace is the longest book I've read so far, got it done in about two days though. i really doubt that | ||
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Lemonwalrus
United States5465 Posts
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dismiss
United Kingdom3341 Posts
You have no idea how much I can read when I'm bedridden. :p | ||
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BluzMan
Russian Federation4235 Posts
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spinesheath
Germany8679 Posts
Lord of the Rings, some new translation, ~1200 pages, I'd guess somewhere around 2 weeks back then. | ||
Flicky
England2674 Posts
On October 11 2009 19:25 dismiss wrote: You have no idea how much I can read when I'm bedridden. :p I'm also doubting this. Seems like an un-necessary brag. Would be reading 292 words a minute for 32 hours to finish in it 2 days of being awake, without a break. Anyway, it's strange that this topic popped up as I was just looking at longest novels the other day and came accross Marienbad My Love which has 17 million words. To quote wikipedia on some info about the book: "He began writing "Marienbad My Love" in the 1980s. Leach promotes it as the world's longest novel. He also claims to have set records for the world's longest word (4.4 million letters), longest English sentence (3 million words) and longest book title, including the subtitle (6,931 words)." There's a website about it. It doesn't seem like it would be a good read at all. The longest book I've read is probably... erm... something about 600 pages. I got bored reading Lord of The Rings. To note, apparantly Wheel of Time series is the 4th longest story at the moment and looks to stay that way when complete. | ||
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LaLuSh
Sweden2358 Posts
On October 11 2009 21:03 Flicky wrote: I'm also doubting this. Seems like an un-necessary brag. Would be reading 292 words a minute for 32 hours to finish in it 2 days of being awake, without a break. Anyway, it's strange that this topic popped up as I was just looking at longest novels the other day and came accross Marienbad My Love which has 17 million words. To quote wikipedia on some info about the book: "He began writing "Marienbad My Love" in the 1980s. Leach promotes it as the world's longest novel. He also claims to have set records for the world's longest word (4.4 million letters), longest English sentence (3 million words) and longest book title, including the subtitle (6,931 words)." There's a website about it. It doesn't seem like it would be a good read at all. The longest book I've read is probably... erm... something about 600 pages. I got bored reading Lord of The Rings. To note, apparantly Wheel of Time series is the 4th longest story at the moment and looks to stay that way when complete. I wouldn't doubt an experienced reader's ability to plow through 40pages/hour or more. Over the span of 30 hours that makes 1200 pages. Certainly could be done. I don't think I've ever read more than 500 pages in one single day though. 16 hours a day uninterrupted by breaks? Nah. | ||
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LordWeird
United States3411 Posts
Are the books any good? Does anybody know?  | ||
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Railxp
Hong Kong1313 Posts
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ThunderGod
New Zealand897 Posts
On October 11 2009 21:49 LordWeird wrote: Man I really wanted to play that Wheel of Time MUD.... Are the books any good? Does anybody know? Start by reading the first book, and, depending how much you like it, continue with the rest with the foreknowledge they start to get worse (plot slows down a lot), especially after ~ book 6. | ||
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Yaqoob
Canada3403 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fa/Stand1990.jpg/200px-Stand1990.jpg) 1153 Pages. It's an amazing book. I think I have read it at least 2 times already. ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5a/It_cover.jpg) I'm about to read IT by Stephen King and that is 1138 Pages but the font is very very very small. | ||
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madnessman
United States1581 Posts
On October 11 2009 18:10 xDark.Carnivalx wrote: in that case, how about the wheel of time series? 11 books so far, with three more to go. nah thats 11 books. from wikipedia: For publication, due largely to post-war paper shortages, but also to keep the price down, the book was divided into three volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring (Books I, The Ring Sets Out, and II, The Ring Goes South,) The Two Towers (Books III, The Treason of Isengard, and IV, The Ring Goes East,), and The Return of the King (Books V, The War of the Ring, and VI, The End of the Third Age, plus six appendices). it's one book that was cut into 3 for paper/cost reasons. | ||
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dismiss
United Kingdom3341 Posts
On October 11 2009 21:03 Flicky wrote: I'm also doubting this. Seems like an un-necessary brag. Would be reading 292 words a minute for 32 hours to finish in it 2 days of being awake, without a break. 292 wpm is only slightly above the average reading speed of an adult(~250wpm) and isn't even close to what's possible. Well trained readers can get up to 800-1000 wpm, people who excell at speed reading are are able to read several thousand words a minute. BTT: There are tons of LONG books from old, Russian authors such as Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky( "Crime and Punishment" and "The Brothers Karamazov" come to mind here). | ||
micronesia
United States24799 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://www.biocrawler.com/w/images/1/1a/The_Monster_at_the_End_of_This_Book_Starring_Lovable,_Furry_Old_Grover.jpg) and I finally was able to get to the end. | ||
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Frits
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Holgerius
Sweden16951 Posts
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ninjafetus
United States231 Posts
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Chef
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cosiant
Canada616 Posts
About Wheel of Time, I bought the game, didn't even know there was a book series. | ||
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21247 Posts
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