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Ratrat · Jun 1, 2015

Reading:

The Mote in Gods Eye
Okay, the way female characters are portrayed here are kind of pissing me off. It was written in 1974 I know, but The Forever War released the same year and isn't nearly as insulting. Ugh. This better be good.

fierrotlepou · Jun 1, 2015

Recommended by Elon Musk on Farnamstreetblog.

Incredibly fascinating. Talks about the history of AI and where we're - supposedly - heading. Makes you think if we're doing the right thing by trying to invent machines with higher than human intelligence.

Matty77 · Jun 1, 2015

Still reading clash of kings, haven't had time to really sit with it. After I am done I don't want to jump right in the next one, need a palate cleanser.

Can anyone recommend me thriller/mysteries similar to Harlen Coben. More his standalones not like the myron books I am not looking to start another series/franchise.

I have also read all of Lehane, similar would be great.

For those who have never read either but may be familiar with mystery I guess the best way to put what I am looking for is something you cannot figure out completely until they drop the last stinger, and it changes how you have viewed the whole novel, but in hindsight it still all makes sense and your like "oooh, that makes sense."

Edit: also I am limited to my library system right now so not looking for anything digital only.

BronzeWolf · Jun 1, 2015

I am finished with Words of Radiance.
What an incredible book!
5 out of 5, can't wait for Skybreaker

Now onto

Maklershed · Jun 1, 2015

On Kindle I'm finishing up Blindsight

Blindsight by Peter Watts

And hard copy I'm still working on Sin in the Second City

Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul by Karen Abbott

And on audio book I'm just about done with A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

+Aliken+ · Jun 1, 2015

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Necrovex · Jun 1, 2015

I decided to add House of Leaves into my reading mix. I am really confused at what's happening in that book but I'm digging its weirdness. It's a nice different pace from Mandela's book.

teruterubozu · Jun 1, 2015

Necrovex said:
I decided to add House of Leaves into my reading mix. I am really confused at what's happening in that book but I'm digging its weirdness. It's a nice different pace from Mandela's book.

First half is great, but then it loses its focus and starts meandering aimlessly.

ShaneB · Jun 1, 2015

Finished up Wayward Pines on the weekend, gave all 3 books 3/5, and they're decent enough reads. Think I might actually start checking out the show to see how it translates.

Actually realized while reading the third book I really don't deal well with that much gore and gruesomeness and all that stuff. Kinda skimmed through things, and there was still some pointless nonsense, and the soap opera stuff was terrible

but all in all just quick page turners.

Will be starting this asap tomorrow, like a few other folks I presume. Really wish I could get a nice recap so far..

Nemesis Games (Expanse #5) by James S.A. Corey

Tugatrix · Jun 1, 2015

+Aliken+ said:

My current Reading too, although i'm enjoying the book, the pace is awful with the constant change between characters

bennywhatever · Jun 1, 2015

Haven't read a King book in a while, and I've been meaning to pick this up. I can't get enough of it - great novel.

Matty77 · Jun 1, 2015

bennywhatever said:
Haven't read a King book in a while, and I've been meaning to pick this up. I can't get enough of it - great novel.

It was pretty good, but I still question why they thought it would make a good show.

obin_gam · Jun 1, 2015

I have nothing to read :/

Yet.

Tomorrow is the release date for the audiobook of Stephen Kings Finders Keepers

AngmarsKing701 · Jun 1, 2015

I have about 50 pages left in Words of Radiance. Will be happy to put this one down... finally.

Plasticine · Jun 1, 2015

Finished The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker. It may not have been the same book Clive had been talking about for a decade plus, but it was satisfying never the less. Apparently it had been an Imagica sized story, but Clive scaled it back considerably. The more focused approach worked, resulting in a novel that was short, slicked in blood and fast paced. The opening is probably one of the best horror sequences Clive has ever written. His interpretation of hell was interesting and unexpected. Pinhead is regal, horrific and definitely felt like Clive reclaiming the character. While it was a nice ending for the character, I hope this isn't the end for Clive and horror. I know he still has the Abarat series to finish off, but I'd like to see him do more short, punchy horror novels.

Up next:

Patrick Lestewka is a pen name for Canadian author Craig Davidson. I've previously read The Troop, a novel wrote under the Nick Cutter pen name, and absolutely loved it. I hope his work as Patrick Lestweka is just as good.

Nymerio · Jun 1, 2015

I'll probably finish the Jean Le Flambeur series with the third book Causal Angel tonight. After that I think I'll read Cibola Burn because I just saw that price of the kindle edition seems to have dropped from when I last checked.

Jag · Jun 1, 2015

Finishing Witcher book Blood of Elves then on to.....

ShaneB said:
Will be starting this asap tomorrow, like a few other folks I presume. Really wish I could get a nice recap so far..

Nemesis Games (Expanse #5) by James S.A. Corey

aidan · Jun 1, 2015

Finished Updraft by Fran Wilde. It full of wonderful, understated worldbuilding, and a plot that just whips along at breakneck speed (sometimes too fast, really). Character behave with all sorts of labyrinthine motivations that create a sense of the long-rooted politics that exist in societies that operate under extreme circumstances. Though it's ostensibly a fantasy novel, it pulls in some themes and plot constructs from post-apocalyptic fiction.

Very good.

Now reading City of the Fallen Sky by Tim Pratt. Lots of fun, great rapport between the three main characters, and Pratt writes with a sly sense of humour that made me care for the protagonist almost immediately. Great stuff.

ChouGoku · Jun 1, 2015

Only a few chapters in but a good look on whats happening right now with the economy and automation, how fast its now happenning, and economic changes we need to make. Has a lot of research done with by 2 MIT professors so its not just some guy talking talking out of his ass.

Uzzy · Jun 1, 2015

Just finished Fahrenheit 451. What a classic. It was a pleasure to read.

Next up.

I read Blackout/All Clear from Connie Willis early last month, and quite enjoyed it, but felt it dragged on a bit in parts. Still, it was good enough that when I saw this at the library, I simply had to grab it.

Cryxo93 · Jun 1, 2015

I've been binging on comics I've missed out on the past few years so I'm currently going through Batman Hush

Need to read through these in the next couple of weeks. Really looking forward to them.

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KingGondo · Jun 1, 2015

Finished The Goblin Emperor last week. Good little book. Maia is a very sympathetic character and the story is nice and simple. Every once in a while it's refreshing to read something that reads like an old-fashioned fantasy: very little violence, virtually no sex, and everything turns out OK in the end.

Currently reading Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower. Phenomenal. I'm learning a ton about Islamic extremism, al Qaeda, and the Middle East in general.

If anyone here can recommend books in the same vein (particularly about European imperialism in the region and the roots of the modern Middle East) I'd appreciate it.

Thanatos451 · Jun 1, 2015

Finished listening to Words of Radiance on audiobook. Amazing.

I just started the Wheel of Time series on audiobook. So far so good!

Cade · Jun 1, 2015

ShaneB said:
Nemesis Games (Expanse #5) by James S.A. Corey

woooooo let's gooo

Do books come out Midnight Pacific time on Kindle?

BronzeWolf · Jun 1, 2015

I so want to continue with The Expanse Series but I am living overseas at the moment and don't see the need to buy it twice.

fakefaker · Jun 1, 2015

A little rough around the edges, but really enjoying Vermilion by Molly Tanzer so far.

Kyleripman · Jun 1, 2015

Like seemingly everyone else, I just finished Words of Radiance. That and its predecessor are the only non-WoT Sanderson I've read. The story is becoming more and more interesting. I would say the series is entertaining but not amongst my favorites.

Started The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly. Another book with only average prose, it also has some troubling attitudes toward an entire country. He goes to great lengths to "show" that everything in China is dependent on international designers, contractors, etc. - which would be fine if it were a criticism of the zoo only. But, at least so far, Reilly seems to feel that way about the whole country, which just comes across as dismissive and superior. But then I'm only 25% of the way in, so we'll see where it goes. I'm probably overthinking it.

Deleted member 125677 · Jun 1, 2015

Wilhelm Meister and his friends just got rekt on punch and trashed the place

#bildungsroman

bennywhatever · Jun 1, 2015

Matty77 said:
It was pretty good, but I still question why they thought it would make a good show.

I say that about a lot of King shows.

I didn't watch Under the Dome, though - was it any good? Does it reflect well on the book?

eznark · Jun 1, 2015

2/3 through Seveneves. Loved the first part, cannot bring myself to keep going after he transition.

max.renn · Jun 1, 2015

just finished cormac mccarthy's blood meridian, i am going to start neil gaimans Neverwhere tonight

Isak_Borg · Jun 1, 2015

Just finished Wolf in White Van.

Started no the Dark Tower series and finished the first two books in a week and in the middle of book 3 right now.

sikkinixx · Jun 1, 2015

I quite like it so far. His writing style (even though it is probably changed a bunch from the translation) really works for me.

kmax · Jun 1, 2015

Currently reading The Last Wish. Planning on reading the whole series.

Can't get enough of The Witcher goodness.

DagsJT · Jun 1, 2015

Halfway through "The Girl With All The Gifts" and I'm enjoying it. I absolutely loved the beginning but it's tailed off a little as it went on. I'm hopeful it'll finish well though.

After that will be Station Eleven.

aidan · Jun 1, 2015

fakefaker said:
A little rough around the edges, but really enjoying Vermilion by Molly Tanzer so far.

Love, love, love, love, love this cover.

Jag · Jun 1, 2015

bennywhatever said:
I say that about a lot of King shows.

I didn't watch Under the Dome, though - was it any good? Does it reflect well on the book?

No and NO!

Seriously, I liked the book and was willing to give the show a huge pass, but it is bad. Like laughable bad. The actor that plays Big Jim was great (the brother in law from Breaking Bad), but everyone else was painful to watch.

If you are a fan of making fun of TV shows, then watch, but otherwise, I would probably stay away.

Here is a quote from S2OT (the one so bad we didn't make a subtitle for it)

Tence said:
This show just gets worse. I hoped the suffering would end. I kept watching because of the 'so bad it is good' factor... but now it just seems to be bad.

Pro · Jun 1, 2015

And if you haven't read The Shadow of the Wind, stop what you're doing and check it out now.

orthodoxy1095 · Jun 1, 2015

Probably not something most Gaffers would be interested in, but current I'm working through The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis.

TheKaeptain · Jun 1, 2015

orthodoxy1095 said:
Probably not something most Gaffers would be interested in, but current I'm working through The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis.

Those essays are interesting though. C.S. Lewis is such a damn fine writer.

aidan · Jun 1, 2015

Pro said:
And if you haven't read The Shadow of the Wind, stop what you're doing and check it out now.

Yes.

I had a lot of trouble with The Angel's Game (Shadow of the Wind being my favourite novel), but I found that reading the third book in the trilogy, The Prisoner of Heaven, made me understand and appreciate TAG on a whole new level. Riveting stuff.

Ashes · Jun 1, 2015

Around the World in 80 days.

Pro · Jun 1, 2015

aidan said:
Yes.

I had a lot of trouble with The Angel's Game (Shadow of the Wind being my favourite novel), but I found that reading the third book in the trilogy, The Prisoner of Heaven, made me understand and appreciate TAG on a whole new level. Riveting stuff.

Shadow of the Wind is also my favorite novel. I was not aware of these other two until recently so I'm very much enjoying Angel's Game right now. Zafon was on record saying they're not all direct prequels/sequels to each other, just all set in the same location with the occasional overlapping characters/places.

Example Sempere and Sons bookshop in TAG. The son is Daniel from SotW

bennywhatever · Jun 1, 2015

orthodoxy1095 said:
Probably not something most Gaffers would be interested in, but current I'm working through The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis.

I actually really like CS Lewis. We don't see eye to eye on everything, but he's a great writer and has awesome ideas. Let us know how you like it when you're done.

Piecake · Jun 1, 2015

KingGondo said:
Finished The Goblin Emperor last week. Good little book. Maia is a very sympathetic character and the story is nice and simple. Every once in a while it's refreshing to read something that reads like an old-fashioned fantasy: very little violence, virtually no sex, and everything turns out OK in the end.

Currently reading Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower. Phenomenal. I'm learning a ton about Islamic extremism, al Qaeda, and the Middle East in general.

If anyone here can recommend books in the same vein (particularly about European imperialism in the region and the roots of the modern Middle East) I'd appreciate it.

Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East

This is a very very good book and fits your criteria quite well.

themidnightsun156 · Jun 1, 2015

city wilds - some beautifully written pieces in this

SiDCrAzY · Jun 1, 2015

Felt like reading some Goosebumps, probably moving on to some Stephen King afterwards.

Maklershed · Jun 1, 2015

Finished Blindsight. It was decent but I had purchased it since it was number one on the space horror list on Goodreads. There was no horror to be found so I'm left craving something to scratch that itch. For now though I'm gonna read Eaters of the Dead real quick.

Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton

aidan said:
Finished Updraft by Fran Wilde. It full of wonderful, understated worldbuilding, and a plot that just whips along at breakneck speed (sometimes too fast, really). Character behave with all sorts of labyrinthine motivations that create a sense of the long-rooted politics that exist in societies that operate under extreme circumstances. Though it's ostensibly a fantasy novel, it pulls in some themes and plot constructs from post-apocalyptic fiction.

Very good.

Gah! Curse you aidan!!! Your description had me stoked to give this a try so I went to Amazon to buy and I see its not available until September.

Salsa · Jun 1, 2015

im reading hear the wind sing and im surprised at how Murakami-as-shit it is knowing it's his first book

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