DesertEater
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Finished 1984 and started reading Kafka on the Shore.
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What are you reading? (November 2010)
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ScrabbleDude
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Gardens of the Moon today. Towers of Midnight tomorrow.
Tim the Wiz
Banned
Dresden said:
Yes, ma'am. Except the last four will probably get delayed.
MilesWebber
Member
Just picked up "House of Leaves" on a recommendation.
Anyone read it?
Anyone read it?
CAW
Member
I know right. hahaSotha Sil said:
Played the games years ago and have since revisited them (thanks to gog.com) but I didn't know Jane Jensen wrote novels about the series (until recently). When I found out I had to check them out, hoping to get some more character depth and story. So far so good.
evilpigking
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Said I was gonna be reading At The Queen's Command by Michael Stackpole last thread but I got derailed into Abercormbie's First Law Trilogy after watching the videos from NYCC or Dragoncon or wherever it was at that was posted.
blazinglord
Member
Currently reading:
Just started this, it is quite interesting so far.
Discovered this purely by accident, and I'm glad I did - it's great! Definitely a must-read for Castle fans.
Dipping into this every now and then. It is giving me the urge to get a book on Orson Welles though, to see what all the fuss over him is about.
Just started this, it is quite interesting so far.
Discovered this purely by accident, and I'm glad I did - it's great! Definitely a must-read for Castle fans.
Dipping into this every now and then. It is giving me the urge to get a book on Orson Welles though, to see what all the fuss over him is about.
BanShunsaku
Member
Still reading this:
Only about a third of the way through it, but so far has been just as enjoyable as the first two books (which I loved). Fallout New Vegas has pretty much put my reading on a backburner for now, but I really want to finish this while the first two books are fresh in my mind.
Only about a third of the way through it, but so far has been just as enjoyable as the first two books (which I loved). Fallout New Vegas has pretty much put my reading on a backburner for now, but I really want to finish this while the first two books are fresh in my mind.
HarryHengst
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cant wait to finish this one and the fourth book and become of those embittered people who is convinced that the fifth book will never be released.:lol
Also starting this for my introduction in ethics class:
I read the introduction so far and it's already confusing the crap out of me.:lol
Also starting this for my introduction in ethics class:
I read the introduction so far and it's already confusing the crap out of me.:lol
blazinglord
Member
I know, the sadomasochism subtext is fascinating. :lolSalazar said:
Previously:
Stephen King- "The Stand"
I've been reading it on/off for most of the year, taking it in as three books according to the parts. Picked it up on authority that it was King's magnum opus and it got referenced a lot by LOST men Darlton Lindelcuse. Loved it a lot, with the grand epic narrative joint with the slower character relationships and stories.
Currently:
Anthony Burgess- "A Clockwork Orange"
Seemed like an obvious choice after watching the film and enjoying it. The story I know obviously, but the way it's told and the language used, while, alienating at first is great, def adds to the nature of what Alex is often describing.
Upcoming:
H.G. Wells- "The Time Machine"
I like time-travel.
Sidequesting:
Bryan Lee O'Malley- "Scott Pilgrim Vol 1"
Picked it up following the movie hype. I haven't seen it yet, but I liked the premise. I like it, but i'm not sure if there's not much depth- keep forgetting about it for a few days if i'm honest.
Stephen King- "The Stand"
I've been reading it on/off for most of the year, taking it in as three books according to the parts. Picked it up on authority that it was King's magnum opus and it got referenced a lot by LOST men Darlton Lindelcuse. Loved it a lot, with the grand epic narrative joint with the slower character relationships and stories.
Currently:
Anthony Burgess- "A Clockwork Orange"
Seemed like an obvious choice after watching the film and enjoying it. The story I know obviously, but the way it's told and the language used, while, alienating at first is great, def adds to the nature of what Alex is often describing.
Upcoming:
H.G. Wells- "The Time Machine"
I like time-travel.
Sidequesting:
Bryan Lee O'Malley- "Scott Pilgrim Vol 1"
Picked it up following the movie hype. I haven't seen it yet, but I liked the premise. I like it, but i'm not sure if there's not much depth- keep forgetting about it for a few days if i'm honest.
I'm nearing the end of the last book in the Hyperion series by Dan Simmons, The Rise of Endymion.
Wish I wasn't going through some personal problems right now that are making me hate the Endymion series. I'll have to read though them again in a few years so that I can enjoy them better.
Wish I wasn't going through some personal problems right now that are making me hate the Endymion series. I'll have to read though them again in a few years so that I can enjoy them better.
TestMonkey
Member
Should finish up Mogworld in the next few days and am unsure what to read while waiting on Towers of Midnight to ship from Amazon.
Cyan said:
He was more upset with her lawsuit towards the Harry Potter encyclopedia but he talks about a bunch of the similarities between Ender's Game and Harry Potter.
Here's the article: http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/01/183233&from=rss
Finished Horus Rising by Dan Abnett. Loved it, but was a little floored to see how many Horus books there are now. I had it in my head that it was a trilogy, but it seems to have metastasized into another sprawling series. Might be awhile before I come back.
So now I'm leaving the Astartes and Chaos demons behind for this:
Never read Connelly before. Kurt Busiek was praising him on Twitter a few weeks ago, and when I saw the Stephen King recommendation on the cover, I thought I'd give it a shot. So far, it's very good.
So now I'm leaving the Astartes and Chaos demons behind for this:
Never read Connelly before. Kurt Busiek was praising him on Twitter a few weeks ago, and when I saw the Stephen King recommendation on the cover, I thought I'd give it a shot. So far, it's very good.
Maklershed
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I asked this in the stupid question thread but didn't get a response so I figure I'll give it a shot here:
If I wanted to start reading HP Lovecraft's works, where should I start?
(preferably something that can be found on Amazon)
If I wanted to start reading HP Lovecraft's works, where should I start?
(preferably something that can be found on Amazon)
Monocle
Member
I favor the Pevear & Volokhonsky translation myself. I haven't compared it with the Coulson translation, but now I intend to.Futureman said:
Tim the Wiz
Banned
Futureman said:
That's a fair description, but I didn't find the Coulson translation of C&P too "dry" or "academic". And it is the gold standard for more than just its accuracy.
Also, it's nothing comprehensive - C&P isn't included, for instance - but this can be a handy little guide to literary translation amongst the more popular Russian works.
nakedsushi
Member
Currently reading:
trying to finish up this for my book club:
Gonna try and catch up on anthologies and short stories after that. Maybe I'll do a full month of it!
trying to finish up this for my book club:
Gonna try and catch up on anthologies and short stories after that. Maybe I'll do a full month of it!
Maklershed
Member
Finished Crescent and started At the Mountains of Madness
Wark
Member
I recently finished reading God Hates Us All and just started A Game of Thrones. I'm nearing the halfway point of the novel and I can safely say that I enjoy it a lot. I personally found the story to be intriguing due to the way the chapters are presented to the reader. Each chapter provides a different character point-of-view and usually ends on an interesting note.
The next couple books I'm going to start are A Brave New World, Fable: The Balverine Order, and Invisible Monsters. Also, maybe I'll pick up A Clash of Kings if I enjoy Game of Thrones.
The next couple books I'm going to start are A Brave New World, Fable: The Balverine Order, and Invisible Monsters. Also, maybe I'll pick up A Clash of Kings if I enjoy Game of Thrones.
This is probably one of my favorite novels from Haruki Murakami. I still have to read After Dark though.DesertEater said:
Maklershed said:
I see you've started Mountains, and that's not a bad place to begin with Lovecraft. You may also want to check out The Annotated H.P. Lovecraft, edited by S.T. Joshi. It also has At The Mountains of Madness, along with some of his best shorter works, like The Rats In The Walls,The Colour Out Of Space and The Dunwich Horror.
Joshi's notes are very thorough--sometimes overly so--but he does give a good overview of the works, and some insights into Lovecraft himself.
Finished Ender's Game months ago and loved it as well....from what I've heard the actual sequels are kinda mediocre but Ender's Shadow, which is the same story but told from the POV of Bean, is supposed to be really good.SFGamer said:
DOBERMAN INC
Member
Utter dog shit.
Next(Although I may cancel and read some cheap easy book last minute):
Next(Although I may cancel and read some cheap easy book last minute):
I have less than 200 pages to go, and I'm really enjoying it. The heart of the story has started to kick into high gear, and I'm really pumped to see what happens at the climax.
If you enjoy fantasy novels, but want a more down-to-earth approach to them, please check out Robin Hobb's Farseer Trilogy. (Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin, Assassin's Quest) Then follow it up with this series, as it picks up events a few years later. Really fantastic fantasy reading.
Sotha Sil said:
I don't know if I will continue with the other two books in the series. I've got a hefty backlog that I'm trying to get through, and Fool's Errand is the only book that I have from the Tawny Man series in my collection. I will undoubtedly go back to the other two books in the series at some point, though. I really do love Fitz and the Fool.
natethegreat409
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I read it in one sitting one night.... I just never wanted to stop and had nothing to do the next day, so I just kept going.chuckddd said:
Read it in 3 nights. It's that good.
Maklershed
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Cool thanks for the info. I'll look in to that. I'm about 20% through Mountains and I'm loving it so far. After slogging through Crescent its giving me that great feeling of "I don't want to put this book (kindle) down".KidDork said:
JakOfTheShadows said:Not currently reading anything as I'm waiting for my copy of Towers of Midnight to arrive tomorrow. Actually I did pick up a copy of The Historian after seeing it here, but I wont start it till after Towers of Midnight (so like this weekend
I havent't read these books but I did read a couple of his other series (A Man of His Word, A Handful of Men, The Great Game) and two standalone novels. I particularly liked his standalone novel The Cursed.
Nappuccino
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kinn said:
I feel like I'm the only one who didn't like the Road. The prose annoyed the hell out of me and the characterizations didn't keep interested enough to care about what happened to them.
Right now I'm reading
for class
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all for fun.
