Faiblesse Des Sens Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Finished up Norwegian Wood. Last part was pretty moving. Moving onto Kafka On The Shore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 (edited) Well I'd highly recommend the Millennium trilogy (to both of you) [Edit: meaning Gerbil and HotHeart]. I can't decide what to read myself either, I've got a lot of short stories but I'm tempted to save them for when I'm back at uni when I don't as much time to read, I could read the final Millennium book but I don't really feel like tacking a 700+ pager right now, which I guess rules out Gravity's Rainbow as well. It's stupid how many unread books I have and I can't choose one to read. Edited April 22, 2011 by Mr W Phallus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 I've been reading Nochni Dozor. AKA Night Watch. I've not read in a while. Afterwards I think I'll read some of Ian Irvines three worlds trilogy after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Currently: -Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti by Genevieve Valentine -Storm of Swords -Slaughterhouse Five Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 -Slaughterhouse Five Excellent book. Absolutely love Vonnegut. I preferred Cat's Cradle to Slaughterhouse-Five, though. Haven't read a book in a while, sadly. I actually have a few books I started a while back and haven't finished yet, one of which is Fahrenheit 451 :/ I also really need to read the final Dark Tower book But right now I'm reading the horror manga Uzumaki. I'm only a few chapters in but it's already pretty fucked up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hocking Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 Angels & Demons I've had it for a while, along with The Da Vinci Code, but I've never gotten around to reading them. I quite like the two films based on the Dan Brown books, so I figure this summer is as good a time as any to get into them all properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 I'm reading Snow Crash because my friend asked me to. It's not bad but somehow it feels like it was written by someone with an adolescent imagination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanaEquiesterer Posted July 12, 2011 Report Share Posted July 12, 2011 I'm about half-way through the Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda. A friend lent it to me a couple years ago after I had mentioned to him that I once tried mushrooms for existential reasons. It's interesting to read about the author's experiences and that each plant is used for a specific purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 I thought I mentioned it already but... A Game of Thrones. Loving it. Nearly finished and then I will be on the next book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 So I've done my Pratchetts for now. Since I now have a ton of my books from home I'm reading The Spellsinger series again. Only read it once many years back, was pretty good. Now I'm re-reading I'm seeing that it's maybe a furries dream, but given the wage it came from I'm doubting it. Basic premise is student from UCLA is accidentally transported to a fantasy land where humans and animals live as equals (though rats/mice are a kind of underclass, and Lizards are regular wild/domesticated animals) After finding he's not what was wanted he's sent off with a less than respectable Otter to find work since it'll be a year before the transport spell can be done again. Finds out he's a "spellsinger" and able to do magic through the use of singing. Various fantasy hijinks ensue. It's got a thing where science and magic are one and the same. For example when trying to explain differences between humans n animals he says "It's genetics" where the captors then claim he's attempting to cast magic. Oh there's also a marxist dragon too. It's not high calibre, but it's fun enough. The books are pretty slim though meaning they are burned through very fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 I'm still slowly working my way through The Last Wish. It's great though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 I read The Maltese Falcon. I understand it did a lot for detective fiction but I didn't really like it, and its age really shows. Currently reading Danny Wallace's 'Awkward Situations For Men' that I'd got around Christmas when doing 3 for 2 with other books as gifts. Thought it might be interesting and give me some sitcom inspiration but it appears he's already done a US pilot based off the stuff himself. It is very good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4: Gritty Reboot Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Got A Game of Thrones about halfway finished. It's slow reading because I don't have much time in which to read. But it's a truly great book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 (edited) The other week I read a book called 'Gun, With Occasional Music' by Jonathan Lethem. He takes a noir detective story and drops it into a sci-fi setting. To be honest I can't think of a better description than the cover quote from Newsweek: 'Marries Chandler's style and Philip K. Dick's vision'. It's all very post-modern, but in a good way. In a really great way, in fact. Edited September 2, 2011 by Mr W Phallus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Read The first 5 books of a Song of Fire and Ice last fortnight. On to A Dance with Dragons now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 The other week I read a book called 'Gun, With Occasional Music' by Jonathan Lethem. He takes a noir detective story and drops it into a sci-fi setting. To be honest I can't think of a better description than the cover quote from Newsweek: 'Marries Chandler's style and Philip K. Dick's vision'. It's all very post-modern, but in a good way. In a really great way, in fact. Sounds interesting. 'Metcalf is hired by a man who claims that he's being framed for the murder of a prominent urologist. Metcalf quickly discovers that nobody wants the case solved: not the victim's ex-wife, not the police, and certainly not the gun-toting kangaroo who works for the local mafia boss.' Sounds very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 I'm reading I Capture The Castle at the moment - I'm really loving it. Cassandra is really vividly drawn you can picture her as you are reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiddity Posted September 27, 2011 Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 Finished Ender's Game last week, and started reading Speaker for the Dead a couple of days ago. Really enjoyed Ender's Game and I generally do not like Space based science fiction novels (with the exception of Hitchhikers Guide) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted September 27, 2011 Report Share Posted September 27, 2011 Finally reached Shogun. Someone from another forum suggested it. I picked it up and hadn't gotten around to it for, like, a year. Also, there's something you guys could read in my profile. :3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiltonGaines Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 Finished Ender's Game last week, and started reading Speaker for the Dead a couple of days ago. Really enjoyed Ender's Game and I generally do not like Space based science fiction novels (with the exception of Hitchhikers Guide) Speaker for the Dead is really, really good. Not to get into a thing but it really sort of beat me up that Card could write so beautifully about relationships but is against homosexuality and junk. Anyways.... I just finished a book called The November Criminals, by Sam Munson. The whole book is a story this senior in high school tells about the recent events in his life (being a drug dealer, his relationship with this girl he knows, etc.) in response to an essay question on the application to University of Chicago. Despite the fact that that premise is kind of bogus on that idea alone (definitely not getting into a college when you write a novel in response to an essay question, and say things like "Fuck you, ladies and gentlemen." to the people who are reviewing your application), but it was pretty decent. Now reading The Magicians, by Lev Grossman. Seems pretty good so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Finished reading Y: The Last Man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 It's almost holiday season and while there's plenty of games most of us will also do plenty of reading. I figured that it's harder to dissociate all the books from the buy thread and sometimes we might use libraries (oh who am I kidding, I've not been to one in forever, to borrow books that is). So just figured the whole what are you reading thread would come in handy there. Plus it's also a good way to get suggestions, find books that you'd not normally read and the like. To start I'd recently finished Moby Dick as part of my read it in time for it's 150th anniversary celebrations to be done reading. I'd also finished rereading Dune. Currently rereading The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (UK) (US) The forever war by Joe Haldemann (UK) (US) Stranger in a strange land. (UK) (US) I'm also reading a bunch of Scandinavian crime thrillers partly because of that BBC4 program from earlier in the year. There were a few titles that I'd missed out on in the past. I'll post them the next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 How was moby dick? People say it is quite the slog to read. I can't decide whether to start it as i hate to ditch a book once I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 There isn't a book thread yet? Anyways, currently reading Murakami's latest 1Q84. Vintage Murakami so far, but with either A) a better translation than his past books or B) a better style or even C) both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 9, 2011 Report Share Posted November 9, 2011 There isn't a book thread yet? There's a few, (though one less now) you even replied to this thread a few times. There's also Getting Into Book Series When The Show/Movie Comes Out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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