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What are you reading (May 2012)
- Thread starter Maklershed
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I don't know anything about it other than its short and considered one of the best stories (sci-fi or otherwise) ever written. So i'm pretty hyped.
ive been eyeballing this one myself. ive been in the mood for some good sci-fi and saw that one on Amazon. didnt buy it yet, but im interested.
are they doing this for all models or only certain ones? i have a kindle keyboard and i would really love to disable the progress bar. bugs the shit out of me.
Barry Hughart's last Master Li and Number Ten Ox novel. It slays me what the publishers did to him.
i read one of the books a long time ago and remember loving it. havent reread it since or any of the other books. looks like the tirlogy is on Amazon for $10 on Kindle. i think im going to check it out.
what did the publishers do to him?
edit: im reading his wiki page now.
edit 2: i bought it, so this is what im reading now (the trilogy).
huh i only had Story of the Stone, so i never read the first book! damn. starting it now!
Something Wicked
Member
Finished:
Orbital Resonance by John Barnes
A sweet book about a young girl growing up in a dystopian future. Interesting in how understated it is: our young heroine thinks things are perfectly normal, has no idea that this future seems awful to the reader, and has no notions of revolution and going back to how things were.
Good stuff.
I don't remember this Sega Saturn game.
The Kingkiller Chronicle is to be a trilogy, so only one more book. However, Rothfuss has stated that he plans on continuing to write in the world he created for this series for as long as he can. He has yet to say anything about whether or not he will continue Kvothe's tale.
a secret-boss
Banned
started this last night after reading the first one early that day
I'm surprise I'm 47% already in one reading
Which one of his books would you suggest me to buy?
Norwegian Wood if you wan't something more realistic, or The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle if you're feeling a little adventurous.
Gonna have a 12+ hours flight on June so i'm preparing something in my eReader
Zombie addict here so i instantly grabbed Feed and Deadline from the previous posts (no ebook in italian yet, gonna try them in eng)
Also just bought Hunger Games, want to understand all the fuss around it
Zombie addict here so i instantly grabbed Feed and Deadline from the previous posts (no ebook in italian yet, gonna try them in eng)
Also just bought Hunger Games, want to understand all the fuss around it
SolsticeZero
Banned
In all honesty, I just felt it was OK. There were certain "scenes" that really grabbed me, but overall it was kind of meh. The ending was really weird, too.
PhoenixSFT
Member
Picked all three of these up for $.99 as a Kindle Deal of the Day. Absolutely fantastic young adult novels about two teenagers on a planet where everyone can hear each other's thoughts. The ending of the first book is heart-wrenching. I'm about a quarter of the way through the third. You can buy the whole trilogy together as one book on Kindle.
Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
I finished the Ender's saga last week with the Children of the Mind and was ready for more stories on thi s universe, especially from Bean who was one of my favorite characters from Ender's Game(and is proving to be way more interesting now that he is a main character himself).
Those wanting to read The Forever War: Do it. It's an excellent sci-fi book although sometimes disorienting with how much time passes from each chapter to the next.
BrokenFiction
Member
I'm on the hunt for non-western fantasy and this is among the best out there. You'll love the first novel!
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
Just started this one. My first Dostoevsky novel.
So far so good, but goddamn at all the commas. Still need to get used to that.
BobsRevenge
I do not avoid women, GAF, but I do deny them my essence.
Am I really the only one reading this?
Where are all the liberals at?
Where are all the liberals at?
So far so good, but goddamn at all the commas. Still need to get used to that.
I think that is a translator idiosyncrasy. Dostoevsky is seriously amazing.
After that I'll tackle
Though I haven't gotten it yet. Ordered it last week so most likely it will be here today.
I am just finishing up book 2 of this series. It's fantastic, so much better than I thought.
Leeroy3101
Banned
I'm tearing through this right now. Loved the first book and movie. This isn't as good as the first but I still really like it.
I'm in the middle of this, too. It's starting to lose it's momentum but I still enjoy Vonnegut's writing style. His social commentary is still one of the best.
Always wanted to know more about this man. It's dense but I'm really enjoying it.
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
Like stated above, it is supposed to be three books to tell Kvothe's story. Remember Kvothe saying he needed three days to tell his story?
He could always call book Three King Killer Chronicles Day 2.5
I'm on around page 780. It's been an enticing read, but like the first book he needs to hire a decent editor to shorten specific arcs. Trebon took forever in the first book and the same thing happened in the second book with
Bandit and Felurian
Neffarias_Bredd
Member
Re-read
After not having read any Halo books for a good few years, I decided to revisit the series, starting with the fall of reach. While this book isn't a masterpiece, it's still one of my favorite "fun" reads. It provides such an interesting look into the history of the Spartans, it really transcends the source material. Almost makes me want to play some Halo again. Anyone else read any of these books?
After not having read any Halo books for a good few years, I decided to revisit the series, starting with the fall of reach. While this book isn't a masterpiece, it's still one of my favorite "fun" reads. It provides such an interesting look into the history of the Spartans, it really transcends the source material. Almost makes me want to play some Halo again. Anyone else read any of these books?
Yeah, I've heard others here at GAF praising the books in some of the previous threads so I kind of had to get them eventually.
Meus Renaissance
Member
DOBERMAN INC
Member
Stupid,easy read as usual but I enjoy them.
sparky2112
Member
Not really the place for sayin' that. Just sayin'.
Leeroy3101
Banned
Just finished 2010: Odyssey Two. I'm not a fan. I thought it was decent but I enjoyed the structure of 2001 a lot better than the sequel. I'm not going to finish the series knowing it's more of the same of 2010.
Also finishing up A Dance With Dragons, but I don't want it to end so I'm reading very slowly =)
Claudius the God is totally rad, too.
Planned trilogy
heliosRAzi
Banned
Just got done with the Quantum Thief. I thought it was pretty good. Now reading Vampire Hunter D: Raiser of Gales
BrokenFiction
Member
Finished Eight Skilled Gentlemen, which was just so amazing I can't put it into words. Barry Hughart is such a talent...I wish he'd come back to writing novels.
Anyway, did a 180 and started Chuck Wendig's new novel BLACKBIRDS:
Which has one of the coolest covers I've ever seen. It's a frenetic read and hard to put down.
Anyway, did a 180 and started Chuck Wendig's new novel BLACKBIRDS:
Which has one of the coolest covers I've ever seen. It's a frenetic read and hard to put down.
Finished Eight Skilled Gentlemen, which was just so amazing I can't put it into words. Barry Hughart is such a talent...I wish he'd come back to writing novels.
Anyway, did a 180 and started Chuck Wendig's new novel BLACKBIRDS:
Which has one of the coolest covers I've ever seen. It's a frenetic read and hard to put down.
I instantly think of Death from Sandman when I see that.
I need a recommendation Lit-GAF.
I have a hankering for Greek Mythology. I want a non-fiction recount of the Greek God structure as a whole from Hades in the Underworld, through Tartalus and all the way up to Mount Olympus, outlining every God and Demigod in their ranks and how they relate to one another. The problem I'm having is finding a book that doesn't read like a dry college text book. Anyone know of something that can satiate that need and preferably has a Kindle format?
I have a hankering for Greek Mythology. I want a non-fiction recount of the Greek God structure as a whole from Hades in the Underworld, through Tartalus and all the way up to Mount Olympus, outlining every God and Demigod in their ranks and how they relate to one another. The problem I'm having is finding a book that doesn't read like a dry college text book. Anyone know of something that can satiate that need and preferably has a Kindle format?
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
I've begun a read-through of Marshall McLuhan's "The Mechanical Bride," which almost seems like a description of the modern world but which reads as pure prophecy when you take into account the fact that it was written 60 years again. Golfham.
Gordon0Freeman
Member
I certainly cant help you. I certainly have the same recommendation request though.
You could try The Greek Myths by Robert Graves. I don't know if it has a Kindle release, though.