My reading is on hold (and my nook is getting dusty) while I wait for:
* Memory of Light (I will pirate an EPUB if they delay the ebook release by a year again) * the third installment of Kingkiller Chronicles (don't remember if they've given a title)
Anybody have recommendations along these lines? I can't get into most of Sanderson's stuff because I don't care very much about (fantasy) politics. I tried reading Gardens of the Moon and couldn't get through two chapters (not because of politics but because the writing is just atrociously bad.)
Well, after a few years without doing much reading (to my shame), I've started reading a lot more again. Triggered by the TV show, I started reading the A Song of Ice and Fire series again and now I'm waiting on delivery of the fifth book, as well as 1Q84.
Rather than just wait for the delivery, I read Animal Farm and am about to read Nineteen Eighty-Four; I knew these were important books but I had not read them and the obvious reference in the title 1Q84 served as a convenient reminder to do so.
Just finished up the end of 1Q84 finally. Going back to finish a couple books that I just stopped reading. I An Not Sydney Poitier and Dune, then gonna read through The Dark Knight Returns, and then probably on to the book club book.
I read Ender's Game before I listened to the Audiobook. I preferred the audiobook because it was more like a radio drama than a simple read. It had multiple actors who played their parts very well.
I preferred the audiobook because it was more like a radio drama than a simple read. It had multiple actors who played their parts very well.
That's my favorite kind of audiobook and I was completely unaware that Ender's Game was produced in that manner. I rather enjoyed Ender's game when I read it, I'll have to check out that version sometime.
I preferred the audiobook because it was more like a radio drama than a simple read. It had multiple actors who played their parts very well.
That's my favorite kind of audiobook and I was completely unaware that Ender's Game was produced in that manner. I rather enjoyed Ender's game when I read it, I'll have to check out that version sometime.
That's the version I listened to, it's quite well done. I still prefer just one reader though, the dude who reads the Prince of Nothing trilogy has a fantastic range of voices and accents.
Finished The Man Who Was Thursday. Enjoyed it way more than 1Q84. It falls in the same category as The Count of Monte Cristo where, regardless of what is actually happening, the way people converse in the book is just a joy to read. I'm curious to see what other people thought of the ending, I'm still scratching my head over it.
Next book to read is Ender's Game, cause I'm a bad person and have never read it.
Next book to read is Ender's Game, cause I'm a bad person and have never read it.
I to am about to make a start on that one. Also read Old Mans War, pretty good read. There are some parts that are lost in the the telling but has got some cool themes.
Working on Infinite Jest. It's really, really good (maybe the best book I've ever read), but the descriptions of depression and the father-son sequences hit really close to home. I'm not sure I can read it in public anymore; I always feel sick and want to cry.
A powerful, funny novel; FRCF Book Club material for sure.
I have started reading Battle Royale and all I can say so far is that it definitely gets things going quickly. I will check the movie out after finishing it.
Furthering my perverse fascination with the american religious right and deconstructions thereof I read "Getting Jefferson Right" by Warren Throckmorton and Michael Coulter. It's a refutation of David Barton's most appropriately titled "The Jefferson Lies", in which Barton attempts to classify Jefferson as an orthodox christian. Barton also attempts to whitewash Jefferson's involvement and use of slavery. Throckmorton and Coulter do an excellent job showcasing the quote-mining and outright lies Barton engages in. Their effort is also partly responsible for Barton's publisher stopping the publication of his book.
I also recently ordered "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72" by Hunter S. Thompson.
I've read what I now consider to be the best and most fundamental textbook on game design written to date: Characteristics of Games.
Anyone who's ever disagreed with me on basic points of game design or analysis should read this before ever attempting to argue the point with me again. Reading this was a powerful vindication of everything I've said for the last nine years.
I'm reading 1Q84 off and on, and starting The Man Who Was Thursday. I'm also about halfway through Jasper Fforde's new Thursday Next book (I snagged an advance copy) and it's just as hilarious and fun as his other work. Unfortunately, most of my subway reading time has been given over to Instapaper articles, though that isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Did Bakker ever say when the 6th book is coming out? And/or Light, Time, and Gravity?
I just Started Reading The Dwarves By Marcus Heitz.
I'm about 150 pages in. It's dwarf-tastic. It's so packed full of dwarf that I can feel my beard getting longer just reading it. If you're looking for a high fantasy with some serious dwarfage this is the tome for you.
I'm also slogging through the prince of nothing series after seeing how popular it is on here. At what point in the story did everybody decide they like these? I'm a fair ways in and I'm not really thrilled yet. Either I haven't gotten to the good part yet or it's just not to my taste.
I just Started Reading The Dwarves By Marcus Heitz.
I'm about 150 pages in. It's dwarf-tastic. It's so packed full of dwarf that I can feel my beard getting longer just reading it. If you're looking for a high fantasy with some serious dwarfage this is the tome for you.
I'm also slogging through the prince of nothing series after seeing how popular it is on here. At what point in the story did everybody decide they like these? I'm a fair ways in and I'm not really thrilled yet. Either I haven't gotten to the good part yet or it's just not to my taste.
I liked Prince of Nothing from... Chapter 1. Them Dunyain and their labyrinth.
I just Started Reading The Dwarves By Marcus Heitz.
I'm about 150 pages in. It's dwarf-tastic. It's so packed full of dwarf that I can feel my beard getting longer just reading it. If you're looking for a high fantasy with some serious dwarfage this is the tome for you.
I'm also slogging through the prince of nothing series after seeing how popular it is on here. At what point in the story did everybody decide they like these? I'm a fair ways in and I'm not really thrilled yet. Either I haven't gotten to the good part yet or it's just not to my taste.
I liked Prince of Nothing from... Chapter 1. Them Dunyain and their labyrinth.
Its enjoyable but not something that is easy to read. The book is good but its not exactly as easy to pick up as a Pratchett, you have to think when reading.
I was captured by The Prince of Nothing when Kellhus walked out into the world, specifically when he met and later left the woodsman behind. That specific interaction sealed the deal for me.
I just Started Reading The Dwarves By Marcus Heitz.
I'm about 150 pages in. It's dwarf-tastic. It's so packed full of dwarf that I can feel my beard getting longer just reading it. If you're looking for a high fantasy with some serious dwarfage this is the tome for you.
I'm also slogging through the prince of nothing series after seeing how popular it is on here. At what point in the story did everybody decide they like these? I'm a fair ways in and I'm not really thrilled yet. Either I haven't gotten to the good part yet or it's just not to my taste.
I liked Prince of Nothing from... Chapter 1. Them Dunyain and their labyrinth.
Its enjoyable but not something that is easy to read. The book is good but its not exactly as easy to pick up as a Pratchett, you have to think when reading.
It's possible that i'm just not paying enough attention. I picked up the series on audio books and have been listening while painting and dry-walling. I'll pick up some paper copies and see if it reads any better than it listens.
Comments
* Memory of Light (I will pirate an EPUB if they delay the ebook release by a year again)
* the third installment of Kingkiller Chronicles (don't remember if they've given a title)
Anybody have recommendations along these lines? I can't get into most of Sanderson's stuff because I don't care very much about (fantasy) politics. I tried reading Gardens of the Moon and couldn't get through two chapters (not because of politics but because the writing is just atrociously bad.)
Rather than just wait for the delivery, I read Animal Farm and am about to read Nineteen Eighty-Four; I knew these were important books but I had not read them and the obvious reference in the title 1Q84 served as a convenient reminder to do so.
Next book to read is Ender's Game, cause I'm a bad person and have never read it.
A powerful, funny novel; FRCF Book Club material for sure.
I also recently ordered "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72" by Hunter S. Thompson.
Anyone who's ever disagreed with me on basic points of game design or analysis should read this before ever attempting to argue the point with me again. Reading this was a powerful vindication of everything I've said for the last nine years.
Gravity: How the Weakest Force in the Universe Shaped Our Lives by Brian Clegg
Did Bakker ever say when the 6th book is coming out? And/or Light, Time, and Gravity?
How does it stack up to "I want my Hat Back"?
I'm about 150 pages in. It's dwarf-tastic. It's so packed full of dwarf that I can feel my beard getting longer just reading it. If you're looking for a high fantasy with some serious dwarfage this is the tome for you.
I'm also slogging through the prince of nothing series after seeing how popular it is on here. At what point in the story did everybody decide they like these? I'm a fair ways in and I'm not really thrilled yet. Either I haven't gotten to the good part yet or it's just not to my taste.