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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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 Posted - 02 Mar 2011 : 06:18:24
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I'm with Bryn and BEAST. I used to read at night by the aquarium light in my room. It was right beside my bed (convenient!) and I found that if I draped a towel over the front, my folks never knew I was awake. I'd read until two or three in the morning, even on school nights. (I was and still am a chronic insomniac, which is why I'm sometimes on here at odd hours of the night.)
My nightvision is really good, but in a perverse twist of fate, I'm also heavily nearsighted, to the point that my glasses interfere with my reading. Holding a book at the normal distance is just a hair too close for my glasses to be useful, and gives me a headache, so I take them off and hold the book about six or seven inches away from my eyes. So I almost literally have my nose in the book, lol! Some people ask how I can read like that, but it's really the only way I can be comfortable. I don't need bifocals, so that would really be pointless. |
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Light
Learned Scribe
Australia
233 Posts |
Posted - 02 Mar 2011 : 06:43:56
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
Holding a book at the normal distance is just a hair too close for my glasses to be useful, and gives me a headache, so I take them off and hold the book about six or seven inches away from my eyes
Wow, and I thought my eyesight was bad! |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
USA
1714 Posts |
Posted - 02 Mar 2011 : 23:03:56
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Originally posted by Light
What are you...a drow?
Nay, stout-folk, I be. Ye can't always find a decent torch, down below in the mines, so eventually ye just learn to settle on what's there... |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 03 Mar 2011 : 02:15:47
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Reading with scant light gives me headache. I always need too much light. |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 03 Mar 2011 : 12:34:37
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| I can read witht he light of my iPhone minimum. Anything less and I can't. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 03 Mar 2011 : 23:20:46
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When reading eBooks, even the Power Saver Mode of my laptop is headache-inducing. It's always set to Normal Power Scheme. Once upon a time [in my elementary years] I had no trouble reading in near-darkness. But came high school, all that changed. My eyes and head simply could not take it anymore. Wearing glasses, and later, contacts irked me to death... |
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Acolyte
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 Mar 2011 : 09:42:54
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Tyrant
Also, since I haven't seen it mentioned or maybe I missed it, am I the only one who reads while using the facilities (at home, obviously)?
That's my "reading room". 
I have a book case in there, the wife goes ape when I'm in there for half an hour at a time cause I've got into a book. I call it my reading throne 
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
USA
1714 Posts |
Posted - 13 Mar 2011 : 02:54:18
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Whenever I see my eye doctor, she complains that it's nearly impossible to examine my retinas through my pupils, because they narrow down to such small points. My irises are extremely variable. Methinks they must open up to a really gigantic size whenever I'm in the dark!
BTW, my eyes are grayish-blue-green. I absolutely have to use sunglasses outdoors. |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
USA
1714 Posts |
Posted - 13 Mar 2011 : 07:59:07
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
Not sure the color has anything to do with that, BEAST. Mine are blue, too (turquoise, really) and I don't have that problem. I've got good night-sight, too. Might be you're just photo-sensitive.
Methinks that lighter-colored irises might collect and reflect more light into the pupil? That might help lighter-eyed folks to see in darker surroundings.
Darker-colored irises would seem to absorb more of the light, which would cut down on night vision.
But yeah, my eyes have always been very sensitive. I used to go jogging around campus in college at 1am at night, because it was cooler than when the sun was up, and also because I could still see quite well. I had no clue how stupid I was being with my safety and health at 19! |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
Posted - 13 Mar 2011 : 08:07:09
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| As far as I know, the light color has no effect vs darker eyes. The light goes straight through the pupil, AFAIK, and the iris is just the "shutter" for the lens. Those tiny lines in the irises are supposed to be muscles contracting or something, I believe. It's been a long time since anatomy, though, so I don't remember entirely. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36905 Posts |
Posted - 13 Mar 2011 : 14:15:06
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Originally posted by BEAST
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
Not sure the color has anything to do with that, BEAST. Mine are blue, too (turquoise, really) and I don't have that problem. I've got good night-sight, too. Might be you're just photo-sensitive.
Methinks that lighter-colored irises might collect and reflect more light into the pupil? That might help lighter-eyed folks to see in darker surroundings.
Darker-colored irises would seem to absorb more of the light, which would cut down on night vision.
But yeah, my eyes have always been very sensitive. I used to go jogging around campus in college at 1am at night, because it was cooler than when the sun was up, and also because I could still see quite well. I had no clue how stupid I was being with my safety and health at 19!
I have brown eyes, as does everyone in my family. My wife, too. And my night-vision is orders of magnitude better than theirs. My night-vision is and always has been excellent. |
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Brynweir
Senior Scribe
USA
436 Posts |
Posted - 13 Mar 2011 : 14:49:57
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| I would say that it's genetic, but both my parents and all 4 grandparents wore glasses (reading glasses) from fairly early on, as do all my aunts and uncles on one side of the family... Maybe I just got lucky. I have better than average vision- 20/10 the last time it was checked. I'm told that foods like spinach are good for your eyesight. Maybe Popeye was on something... I mean on to something. |
Anyone who likes to read something that's really dark and gritty and completely awesome ought to read The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks. You can check out a little taste at www.BrentWeeks.com I should probably warn you, though, that it is definitely not PG-13 :-D
He also started a new Trilogy with Black Prism, which may even surpass the Night Angel Trilogy in its awesomeness. 
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36905 Posts |
Posted - 13 Mar 2011 : 15:11:29
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Originally posted by Brynweir
I would say that it's genetic, but both my parents and all 4 grandparents wore glasses (reading glasses) from fairly early on, as do all my aunts and uncles on one side of the family... Maybe I just got lucky. I have better than average vision- 20/10 the last time it was checked. I'm told that foods like spinach are good for your eyesight. Maybe Popeye was on something... I mean on to something.
Rather similar circumstances, here. My family were all in glasses by the time they were teenagers. Me, I only recently got my first pair of glasses, and I'm 37. My in-close vision is still above average, it's my distance vision that's shot. |
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Brynweir
Senior Scribe
USA
436 Posts |
Posted - 13 Mar 2011 : 15:19:00
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I'm close to your age, and I used to think if the day came that I might need glasses I would cry (partly because I am so terrible at keeping up with small things). But then I think that sometimes glasses are sexy, so I'm okay with it.  |
Anyone who likes to read something that's really dark and gritty and completely awesome ought to read The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks. You can check out a little taste at www.BrentWeeks.com I should probably warn you, though, that it is definitely not PG-13 :-D
He also started a new Trilogy with Black Prism, which may even surpass the Night Angel Trilogy in its awesomeness.
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
Posted - 13 Mar 2011 : 16:02:33
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Everybody in my family (on both sides) got corrective lenses at some point, mainly depending on how much the read, it seemed. Which means that my brother, not a reader, made it to 42. I, on the other hand, got glasses 6th grade. And last year, when I turned 40, I got my TRIFOCALS.
I've been wearing glasses so long that it would seem weird not to have them for me. |
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BlackAce
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
358 Posts |
Posted - 13 Mar 2011 : 17:38:21
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My sister is similar to you Chris, she's worn glasses since a small girl and can barely see beyond the end of her nose without them. Her night vision is terrible. Yet bizarrely my vision is 20/9 (The optician told me I had the sharpest eyesight he'd ever tested).
It has it's downsides though! Like Beast, I get terrible eyestrain and mild headaches at even a tiny hint of glare. |
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Tamsar
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
141 Posts |
Posted - 13 Mar 2011 : 18:16:20
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The toilet is a primo reading room for me, it's almost a compulsion with me, in fact I have to have reading material to utilise the room :D
I know if I've been in the room too long, as I will get Pins & needles in my legs. It also helps to think deep thoughts as well, the peace and quite is conducive to my mental faculties, I'm sure my IQ gains 20 points in my Throne room.
I can read pretty much anywhere and any position. I only ever red one book at a time, in fact I would so I become a mono-maniac. If time allows it I will read a book voraciously for 8 hours at a time no problem. I am also an avid re-reader, cannot recount the number of times I've read The Belgarion series for example or Magician by REF. Realms favourites for re-reading include Shadow of the Avatars trilogy, Icewind Dale Trilogy, Moonshaes. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 14 Mar 2011 : 03:20:17
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I hate glasses, and contacts much more. Sadly, I have no choice but to wear either of them. |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
3750 Posts |
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Darsson Spellmaker
Seeker
56 Posts |
Posted - 14 Mar 2011 : 06:15:17
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I used to be totally against Kindles/E-Book Readers/etc, saying that nothing was better than leafing through paper pages, and "amassing my hoard of books to sleep on top of, like a dragon."
But my boyfriend got me a Kindle this past Christmas, arguing that it was a greener option to help the Earth, and shouldn't I, being a Wiccan, be glad of that?
He had me there, but honestly, it's the best gift I've ever gotten. The portability of the Kindle, plus the ease with which I can download new books has won me over.
As for weird reading habits, I do like to eat while reading, as some of others on here do, and I do tend to like absolute quiet while reading.
Except on the train, as I commute a lot. I can read there just fine.
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Brynweir
Senior Scribe
USA
436 Posts |
Posted - 14 Mar 2011 : 20:59:30
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| I can't read in motion - I get massive headaches. I wish I could do audiobooks, but I can't get the same things from a story I just hear. I do borrow them for the kids though. They love them. |
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Fellfire
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 14 Mar 2011 : 21:42:58
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"amassing my hoard of books to sleep on top of, like a dragon."
Originally posted by Darsson Spellmaker
I usually have at least 3 or 4 books in my bed at all times. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36905 Posts |
Posted - 14 Mar 2011 : 22:46:56
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Originally posted by Brynweir
I can't read in motion - I get massive headaches.
My wife gets naseous if she reads in the car. Me, I've done it for years, and if I'm not driving, I'm reading. |
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Mr_Miscellany
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 14 Mar 2011 : 22:51:31
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
My wife gets naseous if she reads in the car. Me, I've done it for years, and if I'm not driving, I'm reading.
To this day I can't read in a car.
However I've no problem reading on the train to and from work each day. In fact, I kinda like it.
...especially with some Captain Crunch on the train for breakfast. |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 15 Mar 2011 : 00:43:32
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Brynweir
I can't read in motion - I get massive headaches.
My wife gets naseous if she reads in the car. Me, I've done it for years, and if I'm not driving, I'm reading.
Whenever I learn that I'll be a passenger, I'm immediately going to my book shelves to prepare for the journey. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 15 Mar 2011 : 00:45:13
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However I've no problem reading on the train to and from work each day. In fact, I kinda like it.
Indeed. It still amazes most of my friends that I can accomplish this feat... given the amount of noise and chaos associated with each and every train ride to and from work. But it just doesn't seem to bother me. I fully engross myself in what I'm reading... almost always blocking out most external events. |
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Brynweir
Senior Scribe
USA
436 Posts |
Posted - 15 Mar 2011 : 01:24:39
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| I never had a problem until after I had children. I also had a photographic memory until I had them too... And I'm always driving. I'm too much of a control freak to let others drive. |
Anyone who likes to read something that's really dark and gritty and completely awesome ought to read The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks. You can check out a little taste at www.BrentWeeks.com I should probably warn you, though, that it is definitely not PG-13 :-D
He also started a new Trilogy with Black Prism, which may even surpass the Night Angel Trilogy in its awesomeness.
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