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I thought it came with an 18 inch chain and wire. ?My mistake ??? Its adorable for a Princess Bedroom.
Love the chandelier! Looks beautiful in my room. Easy to assemble. Sparkles and shines.
Gallery Mini 4-light White Floral Crystal Chandelier
Floral styling and crystal accents make this hanging fixture a luxurious addition to your home decor. This floral crystal chandelier features four lights and a stunning white finish, offering you plenty of indoor light and a high-end look.
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Timeless elegance highlights this chandelier, sparkling with crystal adornments. This 4-light hanging fixture features floral styling and a white finish.The floral styling and crystal accents of this exquisite chandelier help you to take your dining room from ordinary to extraordinary. This floral crystal chandelier gives a warm, ambient glow while offering a high-end look that coordinates with your decor. Beautiful and functional, this chandelier gives a dash of sophistication to your home.
- Crystal accents
- Includes 18 inches of chain and wire
- Setting: Indoor
- Fixture finish: White
- Number of lights: 4
- Requires four (4) 40-watt candelabra base bulbs (not included)
- Dimensions: 15 inches high x 11 inches in diameter
This fixture does need to be hard wired. Professional installation is recommended.
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Color | White |
Material | Crystal |
Number of Light | 4 Lights |
Width | 16 in or less |
Height | 14 in to 17 in |
Switch Type | Hardwired |
Bulb Wattage | 40 W |
Ceiling Light Fixture Type | Chandelier |
Light Bulb Type | Incandescent |
Light Direction | Downlight |
Lighting Type | Chandeliers |
Dimensions | 15 inches high x 11 inches in diameter |
Warranty | 1 year Manufacturer |
Materials | CRYSTAL AND METAL |
Model Number | A7-WHITE/CL/326/4 |
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Elegant and chic Love the chandelier! Looks beautiful in my room. Easy to assemble. Sparkles and shines.
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Love it We purchased this for the baby nursery. I looked at chandeliers both in stores and online. This one was one of the more reasonably priced options. It's much prettier than the **** equivalent. It's beautiful. I am VERY happy with this purchase. Provides more than enough light (got the bulbs at **** *****t) and the lights kind of quickly dim when you turn them off, looks very cool. Assembly was a little confusing with all the crystals you have to put on, it probably took 20-30 min. They did send extra strands of crystals. Some of the spots you hang the crystals from don't hand directly down so the crystals kind of rest on the chandelier before hanging. However, this is a tiny detail. Always get compliments on it when people see the room. Only negative thing is that despite being a small chandelier, it does hang low. We have a standard height ceiling, and anyone over 6'2" has to duck to pass under. Would definitely buy again and recommend!
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GMW This was the perfect light for my guest room with the white iron bed. It provides bright light. The bulbs are a little expensive, but it matches the décor of my guest room perfectly. I would recommend for a little girl's room as well as if the décor of your room calls for such a light. I had been looking for this chandelier for a long time. This was the right price.
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White chandelier Beautiful chandelier for the price! Love it in my laundry room! Loved it so much I bought the matching one with the pink charms for my bathroom!
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love Love LOVE!!! Perfect for my toddlers room, girly and sophisticated and perfect size!
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Good for over the bathtub I bought this as a small-scale light for the bath tub area in the masterbath. It is nice in a shabby chic kind of way. I don't think it would work in an "elegant" setting very well. But our newly remodeled bathroom has a mid-century modern meets beach kind of vibe and this light is perfect for that. The only negative I would say is that it is bright white, not creamy white as shown. I may end up spray-painting it a warmer shade of white eventually to be more in keeping with our painted wood trim. But at this price I don't feel bad about having to do that.
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Gold accents not shown Cute fixture however there are gold accents that do not show up in the picture (all the crystals have gold clips). Some petals also arrived bent.
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Great light, great price I bought this for my daughter's nursery, and I absolutely adore it. Our ceilings aren't super high, and that was one of a few chandeliers that wouldn't hang too low and was petite enough. Installation was really easy (for my dad, who is pretty handy) and I hung all the crystals. The picture doesn't really do it justice....it looks just as nice as the pottery barn ones that I have seen, and the price is WAY better.
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Great chandelier! This is a really cute chandelier. I don't have particularly high ceilings so I wanted one that would still look cute on a short chain. I hung it with just one link showing and it's awesome. I ordered it for my daughter's room. It came with a lot of extra crystals. It is so cute that I ordered another one for my other daughter's room. With four lights, it gives off almost as much light as the three bulb fixture it replaced -- very bright. It's a true white, not ivory. The crysals are easy to hang and they're glass, not plastic. It's the perfect size for a kids bedroom. Not too grand, but not too miniature either.
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great great chandelier; perfect for the bath! I would definitely recommend to anyone looking to purchase.
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Hello nanaspleasure, this item does feature 18 inches of wire and chain. I hope this helps and thank you for shopping with us.
Why did you choose this product?
Above kitchen sink
I like the size of it hope it is not too small!
Thought it would be a nice touch for a small bathroom.
Bought this for our master bath!!! Think it will look so very chick!! Gorgeous light!
It's pretty.
I thought this would be perfect in my new baby girl's nursery. It looks clean and feminine :-)
beautiful...small...will look fabulous over my kitchen sink
I'm hoping it will be perfect for my dining room and the price sounded good. Hope it is like I'm expecting!
I picked this for my little girls nursery.
To replace the ugly fan in my bedroom.
Think it will look good in our MB where the light fixture just died.
I wanted something small and sweet for my bedroom this looks perfect.
purchased for my niece's new "Elsa" room...petite size and feminine styling should be perfect.
Daughters room
How many crystals are supposed to come with this?
Hello aliciamladd90, this comes with four crystals. Thanks for shopping with us!
I need instructions for hanging the cystals
Hello adeline917, you will be contacted by Customer Care.
I need instructions for hanging the crystals. I'm trying to eyeball it with help from the picture but it doesn't seem right. Help?
Hello Brooke, thank you for your inquiry; you will be contacted by Customer Care.
My dog ate the instructions. Where can I get a copy?
Hello Oceanside395, thank you for your inquiry; you will be contacted by Customer Care.
Does this light fixture come in a larger size?
Hello xgirl3, we do not offer a larger size at this time, but our inventory changes every day. Thank you for choosing Overstock. Shelia B
Can this piece be used with a ceiling fan as a light kit?
Thank you for shopping with usmygrls. I hope you are having a great day. The chandelier is not designed for that purpose. We do not recommend using this beyond its intended purpose for warranty and safety issues. Thank you for shopping with us.
does this come with a ceiling medallion?
Hi carazealous, we were able to verify this information with our support team. It does not come with a medallion. It come with a canopy. We hope this helps. Thanks for shopping with us.
What is the diameter of the ceiling plate that is included with this fixture? Also, what is the finish of this ceiling plate?
Hello cragswold187, the canopy is 6 inches in diameter, and the finish of the ceiling plate is a white finish. Thanks for shopping with us!
Does this fixture come in a larger size?
Thank you for contacting us caseyii. Unfortunately no. We apologize for any inconvenience we might have caused. I attached below the link to some others that you might like. Please let us know if you have any further questions. http://www.overstock.com/search?keywords=White+Floral+Crystal+Chandelier&SearchType=Header
No - it's only in this size - it was sufficient light for a 12x14 bedroom
I am looking for something like this to be used in my booth at a craft fair. I would need to plug this into an extension cord. Would that work?
Hello sheila1969, We're sorry, but this is a hard-wired fixture that only works when wired into your home's electrical system.Thanks for shopping with us!
Light bulb question... Would it be okay to use LED candelabra bulbs with the correct size bas?. Probably 3-5 watts?
Thank you for shopping with us claudiaanne99. Yes and I looked and they have this style in the corresponding LED bulb which is now the standard. Have a great day.
I used standard bulbs and worked fine
Where is this made?
Hello leo9, This product was made in China. Thank you for shopping with us.
Can Mini 4-light White Floral Crystal Chandelier be hung as a swag?
Hello bronxnymc, This only comes with 18 inches of chain and wire. I don't think you would be able to swag with that amount. Have a great day!
No, I don't think you would be able to swag either.
Sorry to appear stupid but does 4 x 40 watt bulbs produce enough light to make a kid's bedroom nice and bright? Thanks! Oh, and does it work with a dimmer?
Thankyou for contacting us sarah10024. Yes, this will produce plenty of light. And yes it will work on a dimmer. Please let us know if you have any further questions.
We have it hanging over a dresser, but there is another light in the center of the room. I would say probably not.
Yes! We hung it in the center of the room in both of our girls' rooms (one in each). We had it on a dimmer and rarely had it turned all the way up.
What is the maximum wattage for the bulbs. I have one of these and it says 75 which seems a little high, especially since it's not UL approved.
Hello dem739, We can confirm that this light fixture requires (4) 40-watt candelabra base bulbs maximum. Thank you for shopping with us.
Is this fixture wired with aluminum or copper? Can it safely be connected to copper?
Thank you for your interest. Unfortunately, this fixture will not work with copper.
The ground wire is copper. The others are silver- I guess that's aluminum?
How much does it weigh?
The shipping weight is 10 pounds.
I don't think it weights 10 Lbs, but probably close. It is made of metal
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I shied away from including the words "iPad" and "mobile" in the same story at first. I wanted to wait and see what my readers concluded. They quickly came to a conclusion: A tablet is a mobile device and sales on tablets will be included in the category of mobile commerce. Every single retailer I talked with during the course of 2010, and I do mean every single one, told me tablet sales were mobile sales. And if that's what the industry says, that's how I have to report it. That's the reality on the ground.
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Mark dropped me a note asking why I count commerce on tablets as mobile commerce, and I gave him my explanation above. But he begs to differ.
Mark says during the next five years tablets will displace a significant percentage of home computers because tablets are more versatile and cheaper than desktops. He says they are devices used in the home and connected primarily by Wi-Fi. Mark estimates only 11% of tablets are connected like smartphones to wireless networks.
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Unqualified Christians
Words mean things, and, if we're not careful, words can easily die the death of one, two, or a thousand qualifications. As editors, we often deliberate the use of words in their contexts and the appropriate uses of qualifiers in …Read More
Sin, Death, and Grief
My father was a veteran of World War II, the son of a small-town country preacher, school teacher, and sheriff, the son-in-law of the automobile manufacturer Preston Tucker, a fellow college graduate of Sam Walton, the leader of one of …Read More
Principle Vs. Pragmatism
Some years ago, I drove along the Pennsylvania Turnpike about two o'clock in the morning with a friend after having spent all day at a steel corporation in eastern Pennsylvania dealing with labor management issues. My companion was a man …Read More
Kill Your Sin
On May 1, 2003, Aron Ralston, a twenty-seven year old backpacker, did something unthinkable in order to save his life. After being pinned for five days by an eight-hundred pound boulder in a remote Utah canyon, he took his dull pocketknife …Read More
The Thorns
The greater Miami area, where I was born and raised, is one of the most developed regions in the entire state of Florida. There are hardly any wilderness areas left in the midst of the urban sprawl, but every so …Read More
Grace and Law?
"You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace" (Gal. 5:4). When one becomes a Christian there are certain changes that usually take place in his life. It was my …Read More
Wily Jacob
Sell me your birthright now," Jacob demanded of his twin brother, Esau (Gen. 25:31). Thus begins the sorry tale of Abraham's grandson. From the start, Jacob challenges us to dislike him: a self-willed, pampered child with ruthless skills in getting …Read More
Money, Money, Money
Not long ago, I learned that thirty-eight percent of my retirement account has vanished and that my house is suddenly worth less than the mortgage I am paying on it. I wasn't wasteful or reckless. I didn't vandalize my own …Read More
Unquenchable Joy
"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know the testing of your faith produces steadfastness" (James 1:2). Was James a masochist? "When you face trials, do it with joy." Who gets their …Read More
God Loves a Cheerful Giver
I love the movie Chariots of Fire. Now over twenty-five years old, the movie remains a compelling testimony of God blessing the faithful use of our gifts and talents. The film chronicles the life of Eric Liddell, a Scottish missionary …Read More
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text: President Obama, While asserting Israel's right to defend itself from incessant rocket salvoes,is steadfastly silent on the Palastinians right to defend themselves against Israel's acts of terrorism. The West is impressed with the destruction of Fajr missiles stockpiled by Hamas however, by the same token, shouldn't the West consider taking out Israel's stockpiled nuclear arsenal? We seem to encourage a one-sided foreign policy when it comes to the middle east - pro-Israel to the detriment of every other country trying to defend itself.


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"I didn't want to like these girls..."
...but somehow, I found myself rooting for them anyway.
Belle and Jade are notorious for a horrible crime they committed when they were only 11 years old. Now it's twenty years later. One is a journalist writing Sunday Supplement "in depth" pieces. The other is a cleanup crew supervisor at a local amusement park. Both have spouses as well as new names.
They've moved on--kinda. Neither has told any of the people in her life about the past, and neither wants to. But when a string of murders brings them back together, their deception may have to be revealed.
This book was definitely a page-turner. With so many lies going around, something is always on the edge of being uncovered! There's also the suspense of finding out what really happened on that horrible day twenty years before--that story is mixed in throughout the book.
But even such an exciting story can touch on a lot of different themes. Besides deception, you'll find such topics as social inequality, relationships, parenting, and passing judgment on others. Marwood deals with all these competently, without hitting us over the head.
The most amazing thing about this book, though, is that I ended up liking people I didn't want to like, and hoping they'd come out all right, no matter what they might have done. Only careful character development can do that, and this book has it.
There are some grisly scenes here, but nothing you wouldn't find in your average crime novel. The narrator is just plain excellent. There are a lot of characters to keep track of, but she varied her voice for each. Two characters have changes in social class, and their accents change appropriately according to what time period the book is currently in.
Overall, a great, suspenseful listen and well worth the credit! Five stars all around.
"Fresh brains for zombie fans!"
Last year Audible readers were treated to Spanish zombies in Manel Loureiro's "Apocalypse Z." This year, a zombie plague hits the shores of Dear Old Blighty in R. R. Haywood's "The Undead."
Howie is a night manager in a supermarket in southern England, and he has to attend a daytime meeting. Afterward, he goes home, gets some takeout, and turns on the TV to enjoy a rare night off--only to find that zombies have suddenly taken over Europe.
What comes next will be familiar to anyone who's seen much of the genre: hazardous travel, harrowing escapes, and humans more dangerous, or at least more irritating, than any zombie. But then Howie goes back to where he used to work and finds Dave, his former colleague.
From there on the series takes a fresh turn as Dave and Howie begin a search for Howie's sister, Sarah, stuck in her flat somewhere in London. As it is with all the best zombie novels, Haywood tells us more about friendship and human nature than the relentless advance of the undead. A stressful situation can bring out the best in some people, and Howie, fortunately, is one of the lucky ones. The spin on the plague itself is pretty interesting, too.
While I wouldn't call this a comedy, it's quite light-hearted in places, with plenty of British-style sarcasm. Narrator Dan Morgan does a great job bringing it all to life.
I've really been enjoying this series and I certainly hope there are more on the way soon. Recommended for anyone looking for a new take on a favorite genre!
"Incredible--but not for the faint of heart"
In any big city, people whose lives are in transition drift in and out of places like 23 Beulah Grove, at the edge of the London sprawl. Once a respectable Edwardian house, it's now divided into six small, dusty apartments. The landlord is a creep, but he doesn't ask too many questions--and that's just what these tenants need.
When a desperate woman rents a just-vacated room, she meets the other five tenants: a Persian asylum-seeker, a man who never turns off his music, a self-described "perky scouse" girl from Liverpool, a friendly but boring guy whose work hours have been cut, and an older lady with a "secure tenancy"--a permanent lease.
Everyone is nice enough, but all of them, even the landlord, have some things they'd rather not talk about--especially the one who's a killer with some imaginatively sick preferences. And all of them are in for more adventure than they ever thought they'd have!
Like Alex Marwood's last book (The Wicked Girls), The Killer Next Door is a stand-alone thriller. But again, within that framework, the author manages to explore some themes more often seen only in the Literary genre: the transient nature of some friendships, the sting of class inequality, the difficulty of change in human lives, and the side effects of gentrification, just to name a few.
And again, in spite of the different and bigger cast of characters this time, all are fully developed: like them or hate them, all are real people. I love thrillers, but often I find myself wishing for something a little chewier--this fits the bill nicely, and Marwood is already on my favorite authors list.
One warning: if you're at all sensitive, there are some pretty graphic (and gross!) passages here that were enough to make me pause the book and breathe deeply for a minute before going back to the story. But of course I did go back to the story--I had to find out what would happen next!
Part of that was because Imogen Church's narration didn't let me down--she brought out both the warmth and the fear in this story, as well as doing a great job on all the British accents.
Stephen King described this book as "scary as hell," and I agree--but thanks to Marwood's talent, it's so much more than a good scare. If you liked The Wicked Girls (or if you are a fan of Gillian Flynn, or Laura Lippman), you'll love The Killer Next Door. Highly recommended!
"Nothing here is what it seems!"
When I read the description for The Wolves of London, I thought it sounded like a good urban fantasy. It was that, but it was so much more!
Alex Locke is a mild-mannered fellow with a couple of ex-girlfriends and a couple of daughters. Each day is much like the others for this single dad, as he gets his youngest ready for school and arranges child care with the neighbors before he commutes to his job as a teacher. Nobody knows about his criminal past--until the day his oldest daughter reveals that she's in a jam. Alex is forced to call in a favor. And that's when the real trouble begins.
A lot of urban fantasy focuses on underground supernatural factions as they battle for control over territory or lives, and often there's some romance thrown in as well. That's what I was expecting, and The Wolves of London seemed to be going in that direction--but then it took a left turn. And then another, and another, until I had zero idea where this story was going next. It was a fresh new take on the genre, and wholly unpredictable!
I definitely appreciated Morris's imagination, but even better are the great characters in this book. So here's a warning--this is only Book One, and there's definitely more to the story. I just finished listening, and already I miss Alex as well as the other people from this realistic world that's also a very unrealistic world (in a good way!). Describing them would spoil too much--let's just say that everybody you'll meet here is full of surprises!
No review for this audiobook is complete without a mention of Ben Onwukwe, the narrator. His voice is just gorgeous, but his range of accents and voices is plain incredible. His reading creates characterization that adds both depth and humor to the weird, weird world of the story.
So if you're looking for something a little different in the urban fantasy line, I highly recommend The Wolves of London. But hold on to your headphones--you're in for a crazy ride.
"A creepy story, with atmosphere for days"
The postwar era wasn't generally a good time for the "great houses" of England or the noble families that lived in them. Brothers, sons, and tenant farmers were lost or injured; cash flow lessened accordingly. Wartime rationing lasted much longer in Britain after WWII, until 1950, making it hard to throw a grand party. Servants were hard to find, since many young people began to opt instead for the higher pay (and less classist treatment) of factory jobs. The Little Stranger is nominally a ghost story: one of the "ghosts" is the old way of life.
So if you're looking for a Stephen King-style scarefest, this isn't it. The Little Stranger is a creepy, modern gothic tale, in the tradition of The Woman in White or Rebecca, with perhaps a bit of Wuthering Heights thrown in.
Just after WWII, Dr. Faraday has his own practice in the English countryside, near where he grew up. His patients are ordinary country people, but the great house of his district, Hundreds Hall, has long held his imagination. When he is called to the house to examine a servant, Betty, he's sad to find circumstances much reduced. The house has just three residents--the Widow Ayres and her son and daughter--and Betty is the only servant left.
Still curious about the house, he tends to Betty and then has tea with the Ayreses. So begins a friendship that might have been better left unforged. As things go bad over the course of the following year, Dr. Faraday tells us of a house that's as expensive and troublesome as it is grand. In fact, it seems to be less than fond of its residents--and it's got a mind of its own.
This is not a fast-paced story. Instead, tensions build as Dr. Faraday describes the terrible events at Hundreds Hall. We hear a great deal about how helpful he is: Mrs. Ayres, in particular, is constantly mentioning how wonderful he's been to the family, and how much she values his friendship as he makes tough decisions on their behalf.
Part of the joy of this book, therefore, is imagining a different perspective--are things really as Dr. Faraday tells us they are? Another part is the fantastic narration by Simon Vance, who's done a great job on everything from David Copperfield to the latest Terry Brooks novel. (Vance may sound pompous--but just remember, he's acting!)
No shrouded figures are seen; no skeletons dance in the drawing room, and no monsters are hiding under the beds. But I have to say that the end of this story is one of the most chilling I've read recently--and that's coming from somebody who reads a lot of scary stuff! Highly recommended for fans of the Victorian Gothic genre: The Little Stranger has everything you're craving and more.
"A "road story"--with zombies!"
John is a mid-level functionary at some company or other, sitting in a meeting at the head office in Manhattan. Suddenly everybody gets an alert text to the effect of "Stay in your homes! The dead are coming back to life!"
Of course everybody cracks up laughing and the meeting goes on. But when it ends, reality barges in--the alert text wasn't lying. Worse, John's wife is about to give birth down in Georgia: 900 miles away. He has to get back there. John and his tough new friend, former soldier Kyle, are facing a lot of clogged roads, bandits, and of course there's that whole zombie problem. Will they make it in time?
If this sounds like a "road story," that's what it is--a road trip movie in book form. John and Kyle get into and out of trouble as they go on any way they can, siphoning gas, meeting some new people, and making stops that, in hindsight, were probably not such a hot idea.
Fans of this genre will probably recognize most of the mise en scene from elsewhere--but so what? First-time novelist Davis keeps the story going, with plenty of hand-to-hand combat and close calls. 900 Miles is imaginative without being over-the-top. And it's not too depressing, either, thanks to protagonist John's grimly humorous outlook.
One issue--in terms of the actual writing, Davis is hardly Henry James or T.S. Eliot. But again, so what? For me, the story's movement made up for any grammar problems. Besides, this is a zombie novel; when I want something literary, I'll go shop in the literary fiction section.
Narrator Jamison Jones does a competent job; I could tell he was as interested in what was going to happen next as I was. Overall, a fun ride and definitely worth a credit. Looking forward to the next installment in this series!
"A boxful of great, icky, and terrifying surprises"
I didn't think there were any more possible takes on zombies. I was wrong. I like the genre, but I never saw THIS coming.
Melanie lives in a facility with some other "special" kids. She loves pictures, history, Greek myths, and especially her favorite teacher, Miss Justineau. Each day of learning is fun--and all days are just like the others. Until one day when everything changes.
I won't give more details: they wouldn't be spoilers, exactly, but the events of the book unfold in such an unconventional way that each reader should experience it individually. This is well-trodden ground, and yet that's the genius of this book: just when you're expecting a familiar chain of events, something completely new shows up and puts you way off course.
Most books I've read in this genre focus exclusively on humans; you don't get much of the other point of view, and you wouldn't expect it to be so nuanced--or scary. Melanie's like any kid, but she's also NOT like any kid, and the comparison can be very creepy.
Melanie alone was enough for four stars from me. The book does have flaws--for one thing, it takes a while to really get rolling. The opening sections aren't boring, fortunately, but they felt static, and I began to wonder when something was going to happen. The character development also felt a little slow, and Carey's prose style, while literary, doesn't have the exciting flow I'm used to from other suspense and horror authors.
But as the story developed, I began to get more and more interested with every horrible little surprise that came up. By the end, I was completely glued to my player, all the way through to the absolutely chilling end--yikes! The last hour was utterly and completely different from what I had expected, in a very good way.
The narration by Finty Williams is fantastic, especially the voice for Melanie--little-girlish, and yet also terrifying when necessary. Highly recommended for those looking for a more thoughtful (but still scary) zombie experience!
"Shall we play a game?"
This book has been coming up in my recommendations for a long time, but I always skipped it. When I listened to the Audible sample it sounded as if the book's world-building was terrible or even non-existent (which is because it's not from the beginning of the book!) Further, descriptions of the book's 80s nostalgia were kind of a turn-off: as a member of Gen X, I'm not always very nostalgic about the 80s.
But I had a credit, and I like Wil Wheaton--so when I read the Audible Essentials review of Ready Player One, I thought I might as well try it. Boy. Was I ever wrong about what this book would be like!
In 2045, Wade Watts is a child of the new era, a teenage orphan living with his aunt and a bunch of other people in a derelict trailer. The planet is a dump and most people are jerks, or worse. The only place he can find peace is OASIS, a Second Life-style digital game environment where he attends school, goes on adventures, and hides from the drag that reality has become (and where Wil Wheaton and Cory Doctorow are elected officials!) The game's creator has been dead for several years, leaving behind an in-game easter egg hunt: the winner gets his entire multi-billion dollar fortune! But nobody's had any luck. Until now.
This book wasn't much like anything else I've read recently: it's part mystery, part quest-legend story, part love story, part fairytale, and part dystopian-future novel. I was afraid it might be depressing, but it wasn't--not at all. Events moved quickly, and the humorous tone kept me laughing out loud. The nostalgia itself turned out to directed mostly toward geeky stuff that I remember fondly, like arcade games and old computers. Puzzling out what might happen next was an additional bonus--I was so proud of myself when I got a crucial reference before Wade did!
Wil Wheaton does a great job on narration. The only thing I was a little disappointed with--it caused me to knock off a star--was the character development. Wade, and especially his friends, come off as somewhat two-dimensional. Perhaps that's because the events of the book are such a wild ride. I could not stop listening! I ran the batteries out in my headphones and was forced to dig through a junk drawer to find an analog pair so I could keep going. That's how determined I was to find out what would happen next.
Overall I recommend this book if you are looking for an exciting and fun science fiction adventure that's also close to home. If you recognize the headline for this review, you're definitely going to like Ready Player One.
"Satisfying end to a great trilogy!"
Writers of zombie fiction face a problem--you've got your band of survivors, but then what? Most authors keep their protagonists shuffling forward, foraging food, picking among the ruins of civilization. Sometimes there's a small community, and the focus shifts to petty power struggles that keep me hoping the apocalypse won't ever arrive. Occasionally this strategy works (Robert Kirkman), but more often, it just gets depressing.
Not so with Manel Loureiro's Apocalypse Z. In this final installment, our Spanish lawyer, now in Mississippi, faces something even more terrifying than a horde of undead: an unhinged Evangelist dictator backed up by a skinhead army. Even worse, another army is arriving from the other side of the world to do battle over the last inhabited town in the United States. It's up to our lawyer, along with Lucia, Pritchenko, and faithful feline Lucullus, to stop it all in time to save what's left of the planet.
There aren't a lot of marauding undead in this novel--Loureiro focuses on humans this time, with exciting and sometimes sad results (with so few humans left, it's pretty disgusting that they'd kill and mistreat each other!) But there's just as much excitement as there was in the last two books, as the trio get in one imaginative scrape after another. It was impossible to guess what was going to happen next as the twists kept on coming.
The ending did not disappoint here: clearly, the author knew when to end the series. Still, I wish there were more on the way--I'm going to miss these characters! I'll also miss Nick Podehl's fantastic reading, which brings all the emotion and excitement you'd expect from such a story, along with well-done accents that never sound cartoonish.
I highly recommend this suspenseful, insightful series for its excitement as well as its exploration of how horrible and wonderful human beings can be. Five stars all the way!
"Don't look!"
I've noticed a lack of good old scary stories in the last few years. Gory shock value is all over the place, and that's fine for what it is, but I've often wished authors would spend more time on their characters' psychology. Bird Box turned out to be just what I've been looking for.
Malorie and her sister have moved into a house together when reports start to come in from all over the world: normal people are glimpsing something that instantly turns them into crazed killers. While the Internet boils with theories, people gradually stop driving, stop shopping, and finally they just barricade themselves in their homes with the doors and windows blocked. Society eventually falls apart, yet Malorie finds hope and musters the strength to go on. But she can't live like a prisoner forever, so she begins a terrifying blindfolded journey to what she desperately hopes will be enduring safety.
I have to say it took me a good half-hour to get into this one. The narrator didn't really do it for me, with uneven reading volume and more angst than seemed necessary. It didn't help that Malorie imbues even the most boring object with intense dramatic feelings.
But I'm really glad I spent the time, because Bird Box turned out to be one of the best books I've listened to for a while. After the first chapter or two, we meet the real Malorie (not just the dramatic one) and hear her story--which is compelling, to say the least. By midway through, I completely understood the feelings those objects brought up, and the angst, too.
The real star of this book is the author's handling of his themes: fear, bravery, putting faith and trust in others and yourself. All those things can be scary, but sometimes you just have to face them anyway, even when you're blindfolded. Malorie and her friends give it their best, with varying results, in an evocative illustration of what it's like to be part of a group of survivors.
Throughout the book, Malorie's memories of the past alternate with her frightening present, creating suspense that made it really hard to stop listening. I did the last three hours in one go, putting off bedtime again and again.
There isn't a lot of how-and-why here, and logic nitpickers ("That couldn't possibly happen! It'd be more like..." etc) will probably be driven insane. But if you're looking for real horror, Bird Box is a sustained scare that will keep you thinking long after the book is over.
"Meanwhile, in Spain..."
Most zombie apocalypse stories I've read were set in the USA. Apocalypse Z takes place in Galicia, a rainy region in Northwestern Spain best known for the historic area of Santiago de Compostela. It's a refreshing change that makes for an exciting zombie yarn.
A widowed lawyer and his cat, Lucullus, watch nervously as things go bad in Russia, then the EU, then everywhere. The lawyer blogs his struggles at first, and then is forced to change to paper when the Internet finally dies. He and Lucullus leave home and bravely traverse Galicia, taking out "those THINGS," as he calls them, searching desperately for any kind of safety.
All the regular zombie tropes are present here, but the story is made exciting by the fact that our hero is just some guy--sometimes brave, other times terrified, but able to use the knowledge he has to get by and survive. If you're at all familiar with Spanish culture, another dimension is added: the lawyer is a definite Spanish "type," so the story becomes more of a question of what would this average guy, the guy you see every morning on the train going into the city, what would he do if there were an apocalypse?
Some sections of the story didn't go fast enough for me--our hero was a little waffly at times, agonizing too much over decisions. But he is a lawyer, so maybe the overanalysis is a kind of professional hangover from normal times. Mostly, I was hooked--I had to find out what was going to happen next. And as an animal lover, not listening all the way through wasn't an option: would Lucullus make it? There was no way I could skip the answer to that question!
I can't say enough about the narration, beautifully done by Nick Podehl who did such a fantastic job on The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. Podehl makes the fear, disgust, and sadness really come through. His Spanish pronunciation is pretty good, too.
If you're looking for a zombie story that's a little different, this one is a great choice: a little less John Wayne and a lot more guy-next-door, Apocalypse Z will keep you listening through to the end. I can't wait for the next volume in this saga!


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To what extent can LLVM be used on Linux? For example, can it compile the kernel? Can it be used alongside GCC? What are the benefits of using LLVM?
Phoronix: LLVM 2.6 Released, Clang Is Now Production Ready
Version 2.6 of LLVM, the Low-Level Virtual Machine, has been released. This modular compiler infrastructure, which can replace many parts of the GNU Compiler Collection and go far beyond the conventional roles as a code compiler such as being used within Apple's Mac OS X OpenGL implementation for providing optimizations and is similarly going to be used within Gallium3D, has taken a major leap forward with the 2.6 release. LLVM 2.6 includes better x86_64 code generation, new code generators for multiple architectures, support for SSE 4.2, improved optimizations, and perhaps most notably it is the first release to include Clang where it's now at a "production quality" status for C and Objective-C on x86...
To what extent can LLVM be used on Linux? For example, can it compile the kernel? Can it be used alongside GCC? What are the benefits of using LLVM?
my compilers class is making a lua compiler frontend for llvm :-). It's definitely good to start over once in a while, as gcc is old and crusty. I think llvm is a couple years away from being capable of being a replacement for gcc within linux, but it enables so much more already. There's the JIT, optimizations. Actually, apple switched to it as the compiler for iphone.
Freebsd is trying to switch to it too, and gentoo folks as well. It compiles the freebsd kernel.
To sum it up, llvm is Low-Level-Virtual-Machine, not GCC take2. The fact that it is capable of compiling into native code is necessary for its mission and nice, but it is much more than gcc. And supposedly it provides a very clean and modern C++ API for devs to mess with.
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If such large performance improvements over GCC are possible, why has GCC itself not been changed? It's not short of developers, money or expertise.
Last time i checked, the higher optimizationlevels are yet to be implemented (i.e. no profiled optimizations), but maybe this has changed?
GCC is a behemoth, not easily changed. GCC can create very good code, but sometimes that requires you to know the magic set of flags. From simple benchmarks i've seen GCC fail miserably, even though everthing the code was supposed to be doing was dead simple.
I like the other features (other than faster compile time, and hopefully faster programs) even more, but I'm not sure what languages can take full advantage of it (things like cross platform llvm bitcode with run-time optimization, yummy!). It sure wont work with C/C++, thanks to #define (and probably other reasons too)
one thing GCC can't do at all that modern compilers do according to my compilers prof is profiling and optiimizations that make use of it. And GCC is huge and a pain to work with. It's been around for a really long time. LLVM brings a whole new clean infrastructure for compiler development. C and Objective-C are pretty done, and C++ is WIP.
why would #defines break it? do you mean like #define WIN32 or LINUX? I think the value would be for say the flash plugin to run on multiple architectures. A usb thumbdrive that can boot a linux OS on your ARM smartbook and netbook or whatever. Apple's using it right now for OpenCl and graphics shaders. If your video card can't support the shaders, the JIT compiles them to the cpu.
They're only claiming that 3x compilation performance under certain specific conditions - check out http://clang.llvm.org/performance.html.
Basically, the Clang front-end seems to be really fast, while the backend optimizers and code generators seem to be running at a similar speed to GCCs.
Almost any platform/architecture related macro will ruin it. Given that #ifdef WIN32 stuff will probably alter large part of the code, it's a given that it wont ever work (if so then we wouldn't need the ifdef to start with), but so will also architecture related defines;
From lowlevel things as endianness or limits of basic types, to more exotic changes, which can basically alter any part of the code to become whatever depending on available libraries or architecture.
Ex-Cyber, i thought he meant more like "actually put it to good use"? Although, i dont know how efficient the profiled optimizations are in GCC.


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Only issue is that the camera is a bit too far above the plane of the lasers, so we don't see reflections of obstacles that are closer than 4".
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ADA | No |
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Apron | Yes |
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Basin Length | 20 |
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Summary: NVIDIA accelerated graphics driver
Use Flags
- Install the X.org driver, OpenGL libraries, XvMC libraries, and VDPAU libraries
- Install nvidia-settings with support for GTK+ 2
- Install nvidia-settings with support for GTK+ 3
- PaX patches from the PaX project
- Install additional tools such as nvidia-settings
- Install the Unified Memory kernel module (nvidia-uvm) for sharing memory between CPU and GPU in CUDA programs
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NVIDIA have proprietary graphics drivers for Linux under binary blob. The alternative open source driver is Nouveau Video Drivers (Open Source).
Preparing to Install
Hardware compatibility and driver versions
Currently there are five meta versions of NVIDIA Linux drivers each of which supports a specific group of GPUs. To check the type of driver that is related to your video card, check the link on this page of the official NVIDIA:
If you have identified as your driver version 337.25, for example, you need the mask(s) driver(s) latest(s) to which you want to install.
# echo ">x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-340" >> /etc/portage/package.mask
The required kernel options
[*] Enable loadable module support
[*] MTRR (Memory Type Range Register) support
To we made a successful compilation of the legacy NVIDIA driver, we set before the removal of the native framebuffer drivers into the kernel in order to avoid conflicts for x86 and AMD64 processors, in this case.
Device Drivers ---> Graphics support ---> <*> Support for frame buffer devices ---> <> NVIDIA Framebuffer Support <> NVIDIA Riva support
An alternative is to uvesafb framebuffer, which can be installed in parallel with nvidia-drivers
Upgrade and/or configure VIDEO_CARDS variable in /etc/make.conf. This will serve to while you are installing the Server X, the correct version of nvidia-drivers to be provided for you.
# nano /etc/make.conf
Installing to the driver with the option in gtk use flags will make it installed the media-video/nvidia-settings which is a graphical tool for monitoring and various settings for your video card
Emerging the package
# emerge x11-drivers/nvidia-drives
When the installation is complete run modprobe nvidia module to read kernel memory.
# lsmod | grep nvidia
If an update before remove the old module
# rmmod nvidia # modprobe nvidia
Testing your Video Card
To test your video card run the glxinfo program, which is part of the mesa-progs package. This will check if direct rendering is enabled.
$ glxinfo | grep direct $ direct rendering: yes
Loading at boot
To automate the loading of the module when you boot your system, add nvidia in modules variable.
# nano /etc/conf.d/modules
Integration with X Server
When your X server is installed find, and there's /etc/X11/xorg.conf you can run the nvidia-xconfig which will set in xorg.conf to identify the video card among other possible configurations.
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "[Name] [Model]"
Enabling NVIDIA Support
Include the use flag in nvidia in /etc/make.conf so due to applications that make use of this advantage may withdraw.
# nano /etc/make.conf
Enabling OpenGL/OpenCL
As a requirement, make sure that the Xorg server is not in use during this change. To enable OpenGL and OpenCL.
# eselect opengl set nvidia # eselect opencl set nvidia


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Salsify (Sandwich Island)Tragopogon porrifolius, Vegetable Oyster Customer Rating(Sandwich Island). Delicious, delicate flavour likened to Oysters or Asparagus. Salsify is a good source of Vitamin C and potassium. Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here. More info |
Salsify 'Scorzobianca' - Vita Sementi® Italian SeedsTragopogon porrifolius, Vegetable Oyster Often called the 'vegetable oyster' because of its flavour. Salsify Scorzobianca produces slender, parsnip-like roots, white skinned and fleshed. Ideal for lifting in the autumn for storing, or can be left in the ground and lifted as required. In the spring the tender shoots of Salsify Scorzobianca make an appetising green vegetable.Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here. More info |
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