false 2149570 2879910 Armen Chakmakjian 45 male Arlington, MA 03/2009 11/2009 14 151 147 true 5642800 read 2 true 4666028 currently-reading 2 true 4666027 to-read 51 false 4674893 history 26 false 4674943 biography 22 false 4674936 classic-literature 20 false 4674878 fantasy 9 false 4674931 science-fiction 8 false 4674951 reading-writing 7 false 4674911 espionage 7 false 4675067 science-technology 6 false 4674899 general-fiction 6 false 4674942 short-stories 6 false 4674933 historical-fiction 3 false 4675037 leadership 2 false 4675063 spirituality-religion 1 false 4674947 thriller 1 false 4675012 poetry http://www.goodreads.com/trivia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238871277p2/2149570.jpg 2149570 Armen Chakmakjian http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238871277p2/2149570.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2149570-armen-chakmakjian Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:55:22 -0800 God Emperor of Dune (Dune 4) by Frank Herbert]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74862669 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169881186s/42432.jpg 2149570 Armen Chakmakjian http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238871277p2/2149570.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2149570-armen-chakmakjian Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:26:43 -0700
At some point I'll get to heretics. Just...more...]]> On Writing (Mass Market Paperback) by Stephen King]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74861340 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254200s/10569.jpg 2149570 Armen Chakmakjian http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238871277p2/2149570.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2149570-armen-chakmakjian Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:13:20 -0700 Andrew Carnegie (Paperback) by David Nasaw]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50010167 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41xStqpNW4L._SL75_.jpg 2149570 Armen Chakmakjian http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238871277p2/2149570.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2149570-armen-chakmakjian Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:12:26 -0700 Children of Dune (Dune, #3) by Frank Herbert]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50005836 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156877116s/112.jpg 2149570 Armen Chakmakjian http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238871277p2/2149570.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2149570-armen-chakmakjian Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:26:32 -0700 more...]]> Dune Messiah (Dune, #2) by Frank Herbert]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50005779 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156877070s/106.jpg 2149570 Armen Chakmakjian http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238871277p2/2149570.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2149570-armen-chakmakjian Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:40:23 -0700
Read in on the kindle]]> Dune (Dune 1) by Frank Herbert]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50005716 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172968533s/234225.jpg 2149570 Armen Chakmakjian http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238871277p2/2149570.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2149570-armen-chakmakjian Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:39:05 -0700
I just reread this on my kindle, probably 20 years after I read it the first time. It is a truly great story and Frank Herbert was able to describe a world so dry...His descriptions of the Fremen rituals and comparing that to the messianic...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/121056-the-broken-system http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1248198547p2/6181.jpg 2149570 Armen Chakmakjian http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1238871277p2/2149570.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2149570-armen-chakmakjian Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:37:36 -0700
People read badly written but compelling topic blogs all day long, but turn their noses at a book that has rough edges. Blogs are not free...your time is not free. Your internet connection is probably not free.

So there is a bias to read something bad if it is free, and even (omg) rss subscribe to it and give it real estate on your blog reader...but not invest 8 or 10 bucks in an author who is trying to break through (a one time cost) unless there is a massive marketing machine brought to bear.

It's a bit odd.

I persevere nonetheless.]]>