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ZBarclay

11-09-2008, 12:57 AM

phit_demon

11-09-2008, 01:18 AM

...back to world of The Beam?

I've been giving a lot of thought to doing the same recently.

Aaron

11-09-2008, 03:52 PM

Just finished this

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n11/n58642.jpg

REALLY liked it, very readable.

I'm now, because of all the positive words, about to start World War Z

neon vomit

11-10-2008, 12:27 AM

http://counterculture502.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/200px-the_rum_diary.jpg

Good shit.

Shäne

11-10-2008, 12:31 AM

http://counterculture502.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/200px-the_rum_diary.jpg

Good shit.

I plan on ordering Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and The Great Shark Hunt soon.

Jeremy Beadle

11-10-2008, 09:43 AM

I think my favorites were Autopsy Room 4 and Everything's Eventual. I've read all of the stories in the book, but I was originally introduced to them via the Audio book...Oliver Platt reads Autopsy Room 4 and its FANTASTIC!

King's compilations got better as they went on. Night Shift was solid but the stories were simple ones and mainly not much more than Tales From The Crypt fodder, except The Boogey Man, which got to me for some reason. Skeleton Crew is littered with goodies, The Mist being the best I think.

Everything's Eventual somehow managed to be better than both of them, with only 1 or 2 misses. Top mentions go to the Dark Tower short story and Riding The Bullet, which has an incredible final line.

ZBarclay

11-10-2008, 01:35 PM

I've been giving a lot of thought to doing the same recently.

I'm on the fence. I'm worried that it will be like chasing a meth high. The first one was the best and now I'll be looking for that feeling of experiencing the Tower for the first time. I know I'll read it again, I'm just thinking that I'll wait another year. Clear the mechanism. I've got a stack of Crichton to get through, which is sadly appropriate considering...

BlueRoster

11-10-2008, 06:48 PM

I plan on ordering Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and The Great Shark Hunt soon.

Don't forget Hell's Angels and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. They are not to be ignored.

mitch_the_conquistador

11-10-2008, 07:53 PM

I ]s it just me, or is this thread essentially a Steven King thread now?

I'm reading Science Fiction: The Zeta Waves by F.M. McCarthy right now. I think it's written for a teen audience but I am enjoying its concept of time travel. It also jumps around in time from chapter to chapter so like chapter 2 is before chapter 1 etc, and chapter 3's main character's were born decades after the main character's of the first 2 chapters but it takes place immediately after the end of chapter 1. It's well written considering its target audience and, I cringe when I say this, upbeat and endearing.

ZBarclay

11-10-2008, 08:26 PM

I ]s it just me, or is this thread essentially a Steven King thread now?

It does that now and then, it will right itself eventually.

mitch_the_conquistador

11-10-2008, 08:35 PM

It does that now and then, it will right itself eventually.

Truth be told the only reason I brought it up is because I felt left out :(. I have never read the kingmeister, I have so many books on my to read list and when I'm buying I generally get drawn to someone else first. I will get round to him one day but probably by then you guys will all be talking about some other author I haven't read yet :rolleyes:.

Casualties army

11-11-2008, 06:20 PM

By-tor

11-11-2008, 10:09 PM

I would cry for days.

ZBarclay

11-12-2008, 02:58 AM

I would cry for days.

Did you hear about that dog that got to come to America from Iraq? Just happened last week. Different dog, but same idea.

I will get round to him one day but probably by then you guys will all be talking about some other author I haven't read yet :rolleyes:.
Will never happen man. King's well...king 'round these parts. :D

By-tor

11-12-2008, 09:37 PM

http://malakoff.com/talismn1.jpg
I love this book. Wolf!! Wolf!! Here, and now!!

neon vomit

11-12-2008, 09:58 PM

Don't forget Hell's Angels and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. They are not to be ignored.
Also good shit my man. Especially Hell's Angels.

Shäne

11-14-2008, 08:59 PM

I plan on ordering Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and The Great Shark Hunt soon.

They're on the way now along with The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. :)

freetoaster

11-15-2008, 08:38 AM

http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/1191-1/%7B3AF0B954-71D7-4A16-A0AC-C925B994E1A9%7DImg100.jpg

From Baghdad, With Love. A US marine finds a puppy in a deserted building in Baghdad, whilst on duty. I really like this book, although it seems extremely sappy, theres a lot of info about the battle the Marines had, and how a puppy saved their sanity.

My brother's platoon in Kunar Province just got a chocolate lab puppy left with them by an engineer that came through. I think it would be hard to exaggerate just how much they get out of having that puppy around. He had to leave behind his Huskey and Malamute for basic about a year and half ago. It broke his heart.

Casualties army

11-15-2008, 04:20 PM

I would cry for days.

Its really happy.
Shows how warped soldiers get when in the army though. I mean getting trained to kill without thinking. It must be so hard.

11-15-2008, 04:28 PM

...I mean getting trained to kill without thinking. It must be so hard.

When the bad guy in your sights is looking at you through his sights, it becomes real easy.

Lotism

11-18-2008, 08:32 AM

Na brah, I think what he meant was that because the human forms sole function is to reproduce, all our bodies can focus on for a lifetime is sex and passing on the gene.
So I guess it makes sense that all your subconcious mind will constantly think about is continuing the line, and that thought or feeling or emotion or whatever your mind sees as thinking for itself will leak into your sleeping, conscious mind.

So yeah, Terry Pratchett is a literary genius, I recommend you check that shit out. He's witty, insightful, altogether a great author.

Yes brah. I know what he meant. And yes one can argue that reproducing is the humans sole function. However, not every possible symbol can be interpreted to be a penis or vagina. It's absurd any way you slice it. No matter what kind of logic you use it simply is impossible. It may be the most important but it is not the only thing we have in our lives. His student(I forget his name at the moment) is better than Freud is. Even he will say things like "this symbolizes that but Freud would say it means something sexual." He is taught by the man but realizes that a lot of the sexuality in Freud's psychology is unnecessary.

Erasmus Cunk

11-19-2008, 04:43 PM

Just finished this

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n11/n58642.jpg

REALLY liked it, very readable.

Ooh, Bukowski. Nice one. Have you read Women? I recommend it highly.

Casualties army

11-20-2008, 04:50 PM

When the bad guy in your sights is looking at you through his sights, it becomes real easy.

True, but I don't know how they switch it off when the leave the forces, and go back to normality.

11-20-2008, 04:57 PM

It wasn't that hard, considering we weren't really trained to kill without thinking.

Casualties army

11-20-2008, 05:52 PM

It wasn't that hard, considering we weren't really trained to kill without thinking.

ok. I just go on what i read, books are dramatized anyways. I know I know shit, but cheers for putting me straight.

11-20-2008, 07:00 PM

I just get a bit frustrated when I hear people describe the training I went through as something other than what it was.

phit_demon

11-21-2008, 08:33 AM

I just get a bit frustrated when I hear people describe the training I went through as something other than what it was.

How was the pizza? ;)

11-21-2008, 08:46 AM

Outstanding.

phit_demon

11-21-2008, 08:53 AM

Outstanding.

Not too salty?

11-21-2008, 08:55 AM

It had a lingering aftertaste I couldn't quite place...

phit_demon

11-21-2008, 09:03 AM

It had a lingering aftertaste I couldn't quite place...

Did it remind you of your days in amateur dramatics?

ZBarclay

11-21-2008, 03:32 PM

It had a lingering aftertaste I couldn't quite place...

Saltpeter.

11-21-2008, 05:19 PM

Saltpeter.

You've never heard the story... :cool:

See, there was this guy in my barracks. He ordered a pizza one day and was sitting in the TV lounge, chowing down while studying and watching TV. A couple of other dudes walked in and asked for a slice. The one guy said "Fuck no" and then asked them to watch his stuff while he went to take a dump.

He comes back, eats a slice or two and the other two guys are giggling and laughing. he asks them "What's so funny?"

They in turn ask him "How does the pizza taste?"
"Fine," he says.
"Yeah, well, " the other two guys tell him, "we jerked off on your pie."

Shäne

11-21-2008, 06:34 PM

You've never heard the story... :cool:

See, there was this guy in my barracks. He ordered a pizza one day and was sitting in the TV lounge, chowing down while studying and watching TV. A couple of other dudes walked in and asked for a slice. The one guy said "Fuck no" and then asked them to watch his stuff while he went to take a dump.

He comes back, eats a slice or two and the other two guys are giggling and laughing. he asks them "What's so funny?"

They in turn ask him "How does the pizza taste?"
"Fine," he says.
"Yeah, well, " the other two guys tell him, "we jerked off on your pie."

Dude...

11-21-2008, 06:37 PM

Dude...

Yeah.

ZBarclay

11-22-2008, 02:08 AM

Yeah.

I liked my theory better. It was less icky.

BlueRoster

11-24-2008, 01:08 AM

11-24-2008, 08:21 AM

Except in this case, they actually did. :eek:

Antonio_Bay

11-24-2008, 09:29 AM

Eewwww.

Surely the guy took some payback?

11-24-2008, 10:28 AM

Last I heard, he was in a nut house.

Jeremy Beadle

11-24-2008, 02:31 PM

That'll do it.

BlueRoster

11-24-2008, 05:44 PM

As long as we're on the subject:

http://www.geekologie.com/2008/11/wrong_just_wrong_worlds_worst.php

Erasmus Cunk

11-24-2008, 07:53 PM

As long as we're on the subject:

http://www.geekologie.com/2008/11/wrong_just_wrong_worlds_worst.php

That...

That's...

Jesus. That has to be a joke, surely?

11-24-2008, 08:19 PM

Oh... good gravy... that's just... fucking nasty. And I've eaten from roadside stands in foreign countries.

Shäne

11-24-2008, 08:23 PM

Oh... good gravy...

Strange choice of words there. :D

Rob101

11-25-2008, 09:11 AM

Oh... good gravy... that's just... fucking nasty. And I've eaten from roadside stands in foreign countries.
Seconded. Asians eat some crazy stuff, but that is just too much.

Antonio_Bay

11-25-2008, 10:10 AM

Did anyone view the Cannibal Banquet (http://www.geekologie.com/2008/06/omgwtfnobbq_cannibal_banquets.php) related topic?

BlueRoster

11-30-2008, 12:03 PM

Just finished The Waste Lands...holy shit...

I was planning on taking a break for a little while and reading some other things...not so sure now...

The way leads ever on...

BlueRoster

12-01-2008, 03:59 PM

And if a book for cooking with semen wasn't enough...now we have this:

http://www.geekologie.com/2008/12/the_testicle_cooking_cooking_w.php

BlueRoster

12-05-2008, 12:20 PM

Man...testicle cooking really puts a halt to conversation...

By-tor

12-05-2008, 06:47 PM

Just finished The Waste Lands...holy shit...

I was planning on taking a break for a little while and reading some other things...not so sure now...

The way leads ever on...I had to wait sometimes years for the next book to come out. DO NOT TAKE A BREAK!!!! You'll be happy you didn't. ;)

freetoaster

12-05-2008, 11:43 PM

Back to nasty... They actually serve a large goad-like sausage at the Golden Corral in McCallister Oklahoma. It has a nasty bar-be-que sauce all over it and looks to be the texture of a can processed meat. I think it was pretty much boiled bull-schlong.

neon vomit

12-07-2008, 06:13 AM

I just finished The Gunslinger. Brilliant.
Starting The Drawing Of The Three tomorrow.

Antonio_Bay

12-07-2008, 11:06 AM

I just finished The Gunslinger. Brilliant.
Starting The Drawing Of The Three tomorrow.

With my search to find Lovecraft's Herbert West title failing again, I *may* plump for the second Gunslinger book. May give the story another go. I think because it was so hyped around here I came away disappointed from the first book.

phit_demon

12-07-2008, 11:09 AM

...it was so hyped around here I came away disappointed from the first book.

In fairness, we did say that could happen with the first book. Did you listen? :rolleyes:

BlueRoster

12-07-2008, 11:45 AM

I think because it was so hyped around here I came away disappointed from the first book.

I didn't really like the first book either. It was too slow and too much of King trying to figure out what he wants to do with the story before he finally goes after it. The second and third are superb.

Antonio_Bay

12-07-2008, 11:46 AM

Did you listen? :rolleyes:

Nope. Tim told me the same thing. I also thought it was just a harmless little bunny.

http://www.dayofthedawn.com/tim.PNG

Louise

12-09-2008, 04:54 PM

Shäne

12-09-2008, 07:09 PM

Believe I'll start on this
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u119/murderface2/Forum/6a00e3989eb38f000200e398cc85f20005-.jpg

Also this just seems like it belongs here.
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u119/murderface2/2914543497_035ee6e2d4_o.jpg

BlueRoster

12-09-2008, 07:42 PM

My sister is getting me this book for xmas, should be good:)
http://www.whsmith.co.uk/Images/Products%5C752%5C226%5C9780752226743_m_f.jpg

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elephants-Acid-Other-Bizarre-Experiments/dp/0752226746/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214169426&sr=8-1

I believe there's a Smodcast where they talk about this book--SModcast 28.

Funny follow up to that: A few weeks, maybe a month, after that SModcast went up, Kevin did an appearance on NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. On that show they invite famous people to answer questions that they know nothing about (for example, if you were famous for rock climbing, they'd probably ask you questions about someone who was a notable couch potato...stuff like that). Anyway, they bring Kevin on and announce that they will be asking him questions from Elephants on Acid...needless to say, he got all the questions right and some intern probably got fired for not doing their research...

By-tor

12-13-2008, 09:35 PM

Just finished The Tommyknockers while getting back home, today. And, now I'll be going back to this...
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n0/n706.jpg
....after this one, guess where I'll be going?

Either Dark House, or back to world of The Beam?
I felt that the Talisman was a MUCH stronger book than Dark House. I'm not sayin' I'm just sayin' :DSo, I left Jack Sawyer to go into this...
http://www.gibsonbooks.com/shop_image/product/11977.jpg
Then, yes, Barclay, I just finished...
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0345441036.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
And, you are correct. A good read, but nothing like Talisman.

ZBarclay

12-13-2008, 10:21 PM

And, you are correct.

That's because we were separated at birth...and by about 20 years, brother. :D

By-tor

12-13-2008, 10:26 PM

That's because we were separated at birth...and by about 20 years, brother. :DRespect your elders, boy. ;)

ZBarclay

12-13-2008, 10:37 PM

Respect your elders, boy. ;)

Sorry...sir. ;)

donkey

12-16-2008, 12:53 PM

about to finish "feeding the Monster"

about the Boston Red Sox's front office. Brilliant book.

My favorite part so far has been that some players in the yankee lockerroom referred to startng pitcher Mike Mussina as "Pussina"...

By-tor

12-31-2008, 07:58 PM

I'm half-way through this, again...
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/c0/c1155.jpg
and, then on to this I got for Christmas...
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/c4/c21392.jpg

freetoaster

12-31-2008, 11:14 PM

Stephen King is homo-gay.

By-tor

01-01-2009, 01:26 AM

Stephen King is homo-gay.So am I. That's why I like him so much. Now, get on your knees, and suck me, Denton-Boy.

Aaron

01-01-2009, 06:11 AM

Believe I'll start on this
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u119/murderface2/Forum/6a00e3989eb38f000200e398cc85f20005-.jpg

You made the right choice!

Erasmus Cunk

01-01-2009, 10:17 AM

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n11/n59128.jpg

Good read, this. It's essentially a retelling of The Count Of Monte Cristo only set in modern-day England (mostly).

I actually got the American edition, which the publishers had seen fit to rename "Revenge". Which must be the most patronising thing in the universe ever:

"We can't call it The Stars' Tennis Balls because the American book-buying public will be confused by it. They'll think it's about tennis. So what should we call it? Well the theme of the book is revenge, so how about we call it... *drumroll* Revenge?"

Shäne

01-01-2009, 02:43 PM

You made the right choice!

It was at your and Brian's suggestion.

I'm a really slow reader though. I'm only just now finishing the second book. :o

But I am loving every page. :cool:

freetoaster

01-03-2009, 12:05 AM

Last word in...Stephen King still sucks loaf.

Canadian Ryan

01-03-2009, 12:55 AM

I just finished reading God Is Not Great:How Religion Poisons Everything. Good book, take it with a grain of salt though.

By-tor

01-03-2009, 09:38 AM

Last word in...I still suck loaf.You are correct, sir.

Threadkiller

01-03-2009, 11:14 AM

Last word in...Stephen King still sucks loaf.
I used to read Stephen King. Then I turned 15.

edit: Actually, Hearts In Atlantis wasn't a bad read at all but it seemed odd how he shoehorned it into his Dark Tower universe.

RobinHoodDaffy

01-03-2009, 02:14 PM

I used to read Stephen King. Then I died inside.

Poor thing.

By-tor

01-03-2009, 02:22 PM

edit: Actually, Hearts In Atlantis wasn't a bad read at all but it seemed odd how he shoehorned it into his Dark Tower universe.I just got finished with Hearts. He shoehorned 90% of his books into the Dark Tower universe after The Gunslinger. Just a word, or two, here or there.
I just started one of his Bachman books written when he was doing the Bachman thing...
http://z.about.com/d/bestsellers/1/0/8/2/-/-/blaze_richard_bachman.jpg
A nod towards Of Mice And Men. Pretty good read, so far.

phit_demon

01-07-2009, 10:05 AM

I steamrolled through American Gods and Anansi Boys and loved them to bits, and yet I've only managed to get through the first 120 pages of Neverwhere in 2 months, reading multiple books in between. Why is this? I actually liked what I have read so far! :confused:

donkey

01-07-2009, 04:55 PM

I read Neverwhere first. I didn't have any probelm with it, but it isn't as complex a story as American Gods or Anansi boys.

Whatever you do dont' watch the BBC TV show. uggga.

I've just finished reading Terry Prachet's "Nation" which is a fun read, but i will admit to having to skim parts becuase when i read each word, it didn't make sense to me. Maybe thats part of his brain condition showing thru. or part fo mine.

Currently reading Ender in Exile by ORson Scott Card. i guess becuase i'm a glutton for punishment. That guy was so good then got so bad.

Omaru

01-07-2009, 07:23 PM

Currently reading Ender in Exile by ORson Scott Card. i guess becuase i'm a glutton for punishment. That guy was so good then got so bad.

You're a glutton for Ender, I've avoided meetings in the enderverse, war of the gifts and this book, but even I'll probably read 'shadow in exile' as it might be the (chronological) last we'll see of Julian Delphiki.

Lotism

01-08-2009, 01:45 AM

Read another Clancy book titled "Red Storm Rising." I forget who posted something like 'Clancy is only interesting in small doses' but I agree with that. The book was meh.

ZBarclay

01-08-2009, 04:55 AM

I just got finished with Hearts. He shoehorned 90% of his books into the Dark Tower universe after The Gunslinger. Just a word, or two, here or there.
I just started one of his Bachman books written when he was doing the Bachman thing...
http://z.about.com/d/bestsellers/1/0/8/2/-/-/blaze_richard_bachman.jpg
A nod towards Of Mice And Men. Pretty good read, so far.

I am reading that right now too. Seriously Brother, it's getting creepy...

Antonio_Bay

01-08-2009, 11:07 AM

Still reading Night Shift. Just read The Mangler.

I've given up on reading the stories in order, just want to skip ahead to the ones which I've seen adapted for screen.

freakenmoron

01-08-2009, 01:18 PM

I was reading the Glen Cook series "Black Company", and absolutely loved it until I got to the glittering stone books and realized that a copy of "She is the darkness" sells for upwards of 100 dollars! I have the remaining two books on the shelf but can not read them do to my severe inability to read a book series out of order.

Black Company
1. The Black Company (1984)
2. Shadows Linger (1984)
3. The White Rose (1985)
4. The Silver Spike (1989)

Black Company: Book of the South
1. Shadow Games (1989)
2. Dreams of Steel (1990)

Black Company: Glittering Stone
1. Bleak Seasons (1996)
2. She Is the Darkness (1997) <----If anybody happens to run across a copy for cheap let me know please.
3. Water Sleeps (1999)
4. Soldiers Live (2000)

I would recommend them to anybody that loves epic war fantasy.

The instrumentality’s of the night series by Glen Cook is another great collection of war fantasy.

Instrumentalities of the Night
1. The Tyranny of the Night (2005)
2. Lord of the Silent Kingdom (2007)

Antonio_Bay

01-08-2009, 06:47 PM

2. She Is the Darkness (1997) <----If anybody happens to run across a copy for cheap let me know please.

Yikes, on Amazon it's £72.77!

freakenmoron

01-08-2009, 07:28 PM

It is so damn irritating; I have been to every used book store in Charleston. Nobody has it, and if they do it is 100 bucks or more. Eventually I will quit being a cheap ass and break down and buy it.

neon vomit

01-08-2009, 07:51 PM

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K3HWVJE2L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Trout_Mask_Replica

01-10-2009, 09:38 PM

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K3HWVJE2L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Eric Roberts reads books on tape? Bizarre...

Miguel Sanchez

01-11-2009, 05:20 AM

Post Office - Charles Bukowski
Factotum - Charles Bukowski
Women - Charles Bukowski.

Was just about to start reading Ham on Rye, but my Girlfriend is kinda forcing me to read Sputnik Sweetheart - Haruki Murakami

Trout_Mask_Replica

01-11-2009, 05:08 PM

Just finished this:

http://www.palomar.edu/english/Versaci/images/Sex%20Drugs.jpg

A friend of mine lent it to me and I really enjoyed it. It was very funny and sometimes quite thought provoking. The chapter about "The Sims" was a highlight. I haven't read any of Klosterman's other books, but I think I might now have to check them out.

Erasmus Cunk

01-11-2009, 08:03 PM

Post Office - Charles Bukowski
Factotum - Charles Bukowski
Women - Charles Bukowski.

Nice.

If you like Bukowski try Last Exit To Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr. He's not as eloquent as Bukowski, but he has some hilariously depraved tales of New York junkies, hookers and alcoholics.

neon vomit

01-12-2009, 03:30 AM

Eric Roberts reads books on tape? Bizarre...

He tries his best.

RobinHoodDaffy

01-12-2009, 06:41 AM

But we want the Best of the Best. :D

anyone?

neon vomit

01-12-2009, 07:34 AM

But we want the Best of the Best. :D

anyone?

http://www.gifs.net/Animation11/Science_and_Body/Hands_and_Feet/Clapping.gif

RobinHoodDaffy

01-12-2009, 02:58 PM

*bows*

Thank you, thank you! Keep your flowers, really.

Miguel Sanchez

01-12-2009, 06:14 PM

Nice.

If you like Bukowski try Last Exit To Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr. He's not as eloquent as Bukowski, but he has some hilariously depraved tales of New York junkies, hookers and alcoholics.

Duely noted, will check it out as soon as I have me some money. Cheers mate.

By-tor

01-19-2009, 02:04 PM

I'm about of a third of the way through this...
http://www.overlookconnection.com/images/KingDumaKeyHC2.jpg
Freakin' great, so far. :cool:

Cuclean

01-19-2009, 02:16 PM

*bows*

Thank you, thank you! Keep your flowers, really.

Such an actor!:rolleyes:

Erasmus Cunk

01-19-2009, 10:40 PM

I'm about of a third of the way through this...
http://www.overlookconnection.com/images/KingDumaKeyHC2.jpg
Freakin' great, so far. :cool:

I read that book in one sitting, staying up all night then going straight to work. It was so fucking addictive, it got to 4am and I thought "well, I can sleep for 4 hours and feel like shit for work, or I can just finish it and neck some energy drinks." So I did. :cool:

By-tor

01-23-2009, 06:46 PM

I read that book in one sitting, staying up all night then going straight to work. It was so fucking addictive, it got to 4am and I thought "well, I can sleep for 4 hours and feel like shit for work, or I can just finish it and neck some energy drinks." So I did. :cool:Classic King, it was. Must read for fans. Now, on to...
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/c4/c21392.jpg

Threadkiller

01-23-2009, 06:50 PM

I just finished this. It was okay, but I had high expectations that it didn't live up to.

http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/covers_450/9780307275431.jpg

Erasmus Cunk

01-24-2009, 12:54 AM

Classic King, it was. Must read for fans. Now, on to...
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/c4/c21392.jpg

I've not actually heard of that one. Is it a collection of short stories, beg ya?

ZBarclay

01-25-2009, 02:10 PM

I've not actually heard of that one. Is it a collection of short stories, beg ya?

Myes. As it says right between the King and Just. :D

Erasmus Cunk

01-25-2009, 06:50 PM

Myes. As it says right between the King and Just. :D

B'oh. Curse my idiocy.

Gravity

01-29-2009, 04:32 AM

after many years of procrastinating, im finally reading the hitchhikers guide, absolutely loving it.

neon vomit

02-02-2009, 03:12 PM

Screw-Jack by Hunter S. Thompson. Three short stories. After reading the first story, Mescalito, if I lived like him for one day my heart would explode.

Shäne

02-02-2009, 03:16 PM

Screw-Jack by Hunter S. Thompson. Three short stories. After reading the first story, Mescalito, if I lived like him for one day my heart would explode.

I just watched a documentary about him last night. He was fucking insane! :eek:

neon vomit

02-02-2009, 03:18 PM

I just watched a documentary about him last night. He was fucking insane! :eek:

Was it Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson? I just watched that the other day.

Shäne

02-02-2009, 03:21 PM

Was it Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson? I just watched that the other day.

Yeah that was it. Was cool hearing Johnny Depp read some of his work.

Canadian Ryan

02-04-2009, 12:03 AM

Finished reading Death Star. Star Wars EU is better than the original. Right now reading Black Water, Foundation and Way of Shadows.

DevoLoe

02-06-2009, 07:10 AM

Last two books I've read were Apathy and Other Small Victories by Paul Neilan and Company by Max Barry. I love dark comedies and both of these are fucking hilarious with offbeat humour and deep, honest, cynicism. If you are like me and hate everything these will make you feel better about that.

http://www.uncrate.com/men/images/2006/05/apathy-small-victories.jpg

Excuse the extra 'u' in "humour" I’m Canadian and that's just how we spell.

~Devo

phit_demon

02-06-2009, 08:19 AM

Posting just so I can get on the last page. It won't open of its own accord. Has anyone else being having this problem lately?

Antonio_Bay

02-06-2009, 10:00 AM

Posting just so I can get on the last page. It won't open of its own accord. Has anyone else being having this problem lately?

Yes, but only with the DVD Discussion board a few months back.

BlueRoster

02-06-2009, 06:19 PM

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h179/RyanFerguson83/9780671657222.jpg

Currently reading...its fantastic...when I finish this I'll have 2 more volumes to go and then 2 books about Frost/Nixon :) this is going to be the year of NIXON

Scottbob75

02-06-2009, 06:26 PM

Sixth time around, The Watchman

HRGApollo

02-06-2009, 06:39 PM

"The Heroin Diaries" Nikki Sixx - Sick & Disturbing
"Too Fat To Fish" Artie Lange - Funny & Sad

marksiwel

02-06-2009, 09:32 PM

By-tor

02-11-2009, 03:29 PM

Just read...
http://www.partners-west.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/reaper2.jpg
What wild tale. Liked it alot. Rumors are that DiCaprio will star as the lead. Would make a great flick. :cool:

Casualties army

02-12-2009, 09:16 PM

Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino
http://files.list.co.uk/images/2007/01/29/naysuio-kirino.jpg

An amazing novel, and only Karino's second to be translated from Japanese to English.

phit_demon

02-13-2009, 12:36 AM

College work has been tough, so I've picked up the easiest novel in my room:

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h3/phitdemon/TheKingBeyondtheGate.jpg

It's so easy to read, and I'm enjoying every page.

Threadkiller

02-13-2009, 10:43 AM

Speaking of an easy read. I'm about to finish this after just a few days:

http://www.zeek.net/i/goat1.jpg

It is at turns hilarious and disturbing. Covering everything from 70s new-age hippies in the army to Abu Ghraib.

phit_demon

02-13-2009, 12:15 PM

I read one of his books a while back:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41H2yroI%2BaL._SS500_.jpg

It was decent, and it made me chuckle more than a few times.

Threadkiller

02-13-2009, 12:22 PM

He's a very good journalist but not necessarily a great writer I think.

phit_demon

02-13-2009, 12:27 PM

He's a very good journalist but not necessarily a great writer I think.

True. He's not going to win any literary prizes, but the subjects he chooses to write about are quite amusing/interesting.

Trout_Mask_Replica

02-14-2009, 12:30 AM

I just picked this up:

http://www.csuchico.edu/~curban/Images/DickHighCastleCover.jpeg

I haven't read anything by Philip K. Dick before. I basically only know him from the movies based on his work. So, I'm really looking forward to getting into this.

marksiwel

02-17-2009, 01:19 AM

Just read...
http://www.partners-west.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/reaper2.jpg
What wild tale. Liked it alot. Rumors are that DiCaprio will star as the lead. Would make a great flick. :cool:

The only thing missing from the book was an ending.

it felt like he just got about 3/4 of the way there said :FUCK IT, and just wrapped it up.

Also the little footnote thing got dropped about halfway through the book

Spoiler kinda
DId you notice the Death Riding a Tractor?

marksiwel

02-17-2009, 01:22 AM

Trout_Mask_Replica

02-17-2009, 04:30 PM

Fatherland by Robert Harris

I'll check that out for a comparison once I'm done with this one. Thanks for the recommendation.

phit_demon

02-17-2009, 04:38 PM

I'll check that out for a comparison once I'm done with this one. Thanks for the recommendation.

He. Doesn't. Post. Here. Anymore. ;)

ZBarclay

02-17-2009, 06:10 PM

He. Doesn't. Post. Here. Anymore. ;)

Ooooo...and you say I'M bad? ;)

RobinHoodDaffy

02-17-2009, 06:36 PM

Somehow I don't think Plume will chide him, however.:D

By-tor

02-20-2009, 12:42 PM

RobinHoodDaffy

02-21-2009, 01:32 PM

Finished this this week...
http://chud.com/articles/content_images/5/ender.jpg
Picked it up from Chelsey's roomate while in NYC. Never heard of it, but loved it. There's a few other sequels I can't wait to get.

One of my favorite books on the planet. I have never read the sequels though. I was told by a few friends I trust that they are not worthy of the first. I would love to hear what you have to say on the subject.

DZofCD

02-23-2009, 01:17 AM

Ender's Game is very good, but I would say as a late follow up in the series Ender's Shadow is really good too. I prefer the character Bean over Ender. Bean has more personality.

phit_demon

02-23-2009, 01:38 AM

I'm reading The Road again. It's probably my favourite book ever. Everyone should read it.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h3/phitdemon/theroad.jpg

Kernal2306

02-23-2009, 11:51 PM

I'm reading The Road again. It's probably my favourite book ever. Everyone should read it.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h3/phitdemon/theroad.jpg

I will give it a try. Just got done reading this one for the second time.

http://www.geocities.com/perrinmmi/LifeExpectancy-1.jpg

neon vomit

02-24-2009, 06:09 PM

I just read Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis. I love this book.

This is what Joss Whedon had to say about it: "I think this book ate my soul. Warren Ellis has mapped out the psychosexual underbelly of America with a foreigner's clarity and a lunatic's glee. Funny, inventive, and blithely appalling, this book is Dante on paint fumes."

:D

ZBarclay

02-25-2009, 01:13 PM

By-tor

02-27-2009, 02:53 PM

Okaaaay, just borrowed Watchmen from the Tastys new bassist. Got to get it read quick. ;)

Threadkiller

02-27-2009, 03:02 PM

Okaaaay, just borrowed Watchmen from the Tastys new bassist. Got to get it read quick. ;)
Read it again and again. It only gets better.

JasterIsFett

03-01-2009, 06:54 AM

just finished reading<br>
http://www.audioeditions.com/covers/muze/9780739377130.jpg[br]
not the best in the EU, but a good read to introduce the new series.

Antonio_Bay

03-01-2009, 09:37 AM

just finished reading<br>
http://www.audioeditions.com/covers/muze/9780739377130.jpg[br]
not the best in the EU, but a good read to introduce the new series.

Last (only) ones I read were the Timothy Something trilogy, years back. Good reads.

By-tor

03-01-2009, 10:52 AM

Okaaaay, just borrowed Watchmen from the Tastys new bassist. Got to get it read quick. ;)

Read it again and again. It only gets better.
Read half Friday nite, and finished Saturday morning. Loved it!!! As with others, I hope they can get it right. How do you that have read it think they will do the "white pages" in between chapters? Just not us them at all? :confused:

Kernal2306

03-01-2009, 11:20 AM

just finished reading
http://www.audioeditions.com/covers/muze/9780739377130.jpg
not the best in the EU, but a good read to introduce the new series.

Last (only) ones I read were the Timothy Something trilogy, years back. Good reads.

The Timothy Zahn Trilogy was good. I think it is referred to as the Thrawn series now. I haven't read much that has come out in the last 10 years though. A young guy from one of my classes swears by the new series so I might give it a try after term.

Threadkiller

03-01-2009, 12:08 PM

Read half Friday nite, and finished Saturday morning. Loved it!!! As with others, I hope they can get it right. How do you that have read it think they will do the "white pages" in between chapters? Just not us them at all? :confused:
I'm fairly sure they're going to leave out more than they put in the movie. Seems like I read somewhere they were hoping they could do a lot of that stuff after this movie if (when) it is successful. One hope is that they make the movie very dense. By that I mean, I hope there are a lot of little details from the book that I'll need to watch the movie over and over to catch.

JasterIsFett

03-01-2009, 03:54 PM

Read half Friday nite, and finished Saturday morning. Loved it!!! As with others, I hope they can get it right. How do you that have read it think they will do the "white pages" in between chapters? Just not us them at all? :confused:

I know that all of the pirate comic sections are going to be turned into an animated movie that is going to be released separately as direct-to-DVD. He cut out a lot of the white page sections and might make passing reference to them, but wont put them in the theatrical movie. Expect an expanded edition of the film.

Firestone2489

03-04-2009, 02:40 PM

I finished Shakespeare's Hamlet last night.

Cuclean

03-04-2009, 03:17 PM

I finished Shakespeare's Hamlet last night.

Was he pissed off that you smoked it on him?

JasterIsFett

03-06-2009, 05:19 AM

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n44/n221557.jpg

Wonderful book. I'm not a huge Kevin J. Anderson fan except for his Star Wars trilogy, but this was a damn good read.

Cuclean

03-07-2009, 03:26 PM

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb146/Cuclean/200px-Stephen_King_Misery_cover.jpg

I loved it. It differs quite a bit from the film. As good a job as Kathy Bates did in the movie, this Annie Wilkes is so much crazier.

By-tor

03-07-2009, 03:31 PM

Got-damn, son, you just now getting around to reading it? It was a damn fine read, indeed. :cool:

Cuclean

03-07-2009, 03:32 PM

Got-damn, son, you just now getting around to reading it? It was a damn fine read, indeed. :cool:

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb146/Cuclean/200px-Carrienovel.jpg

And now onto this...:D

03-07-2009, 05:25 PM

Just started this about three days ago...

http://thearcanist.net/niceguys/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/atlasshruggedbk.jpg

Who is John Galt?

Antonio_Bay

03-07-2009, 05:53 PM

I loved it. It differs quite a bit from the film. As good a job as Kathy Bates did in the movie, this Annie Wilkes is so much crazier.

I enjoyed the Overlook mention.

Kernal2306

03-07-2009, 06:57 PM

Firestone2489

03-08-2009, 01:58 AM

I just finished The Tempest.

Threadkiller

03-08-2009, 05:35 AM

I just finished The Tempest.As in Shakespeare? I read that and saw it performed a long time ago. Pretty cool.

Cuclean

03-08-2009, 10:10 PM

I enjoyed the Overlook mention.

Yes! It was a sweet little mention. Although it's a bit of a spoiler for anyone who hasn't read The Shining. :)

I also had a giggle at the mention of 'Hey Jude' and 'Keflex'.

Firestone2489

03-10-2009, 10:06 PM

As in Shakespeare? I read that and saw it performed a long time ago. Pretty cool.

Yes Shakespeare. I really liked it it was a good break from depressing stuff like Hamlet.

manmiles

03-12-2009, 08:22 PM

Just started this about three days ago...

http://thearcanist.net/niceguys/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/atlasshruggedbk.jpg

Who is John Galt?

Any good? I 'alf-inched it from the hotel where I work where it was amongst a collection of books which were all left behind by guests.

Threadkiller

03-12-2009, 09:58 PM

Yes Shakespeare. I really liked it it was a good break from depressing stuff like Hamlet.
Yeah, for my money his comedies and fantasy stuff ranks way above the histories and tragedies. But that's probably just my tastes.

JasterIsFett

03-13-2009, 04:00 PM

Yeah, for my money his comedies and fantasy stuff ranks way above the histories and tragedies. But that's probably just my tastes.

nah, everyone that I've met that isn't a theatre major in college likes the comedies more. His tragedies are good, but just not nearly as entertaining.

Cuclean

03-14-2009, 11:46 AM

I just finished Carrie. It's one of the most tense Stephen King books I've read. I've seen the movie a dozen times and know the story well but the buildup in the last forty pages had me on the edge of my seat.

Firestone2489

03-15-2009, 01:29 AM

I am now reading the Odyssey of Homer. I'm really digging classic literature as of late.

ZBarclay

03-15-2009, 11:15 PM

nah, everyone that I've met that isn't a theatre major in college likes the comedies more. His tragedies are good, but just not nearly as entertaining.

Most theatre majors don't like Shakespeare at all unless they're trying to appear elitist or "in the know". There's really nothing special about his writing and most of his plots are hack.

Threadkiller

03-15-2009, 11:39 PM

03-16-2009, 10:58 PM

Any good? I 'alf-inched it from the hotel where I work where it was amongst a collection of books which were all left behind by guests.

I got about twenty pages in when my girl got me The Watchmen for my birthday, so...

It may take me a few weeks to give you a better answer.

RobinHoodDaffy

03-17-2009, 12:12 AM

JasterIsFett

03-17-2009, 03:36 AM

Re-Reading the masterpiece.

http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/sandman_vol1_preludes.jpg

donkey

03-17-2009, 12:00 PM

Most theatre majors don't like Shakespeare at all unless they're trying to appear elitist or "in the know". There's really nothing special about his writing and most of his plots are hack.

well most of his plots are stolen from other stories, but I think hack is the wrong word.

And there is quite a bit special about his language but to enjoy it, you have to let go of the "elitist" feel and just relax. It's like monty python. If you see a couple of americans putting on horrible fake british accents and poorly trying to do one of their skits, it just hurts to watch.

But see someone who knows what they are doing with it and its awesome.

ZBarclay

03-17-2009, 10:03 PM

well most of his plots are stolen from other stories, but I think hack is the wrong word.

Actually...hack would pretty much be a synonym.

Hamlet and Othello are genius...
I enjoy Othello...probably the most of all his work, but I struggle to call it genius.

Firestone2489

03-18-2009, 12:53 AM

I wasn't reading Shakespeare to be "in the know" or elitist, I just didn't have anything to read and that Shakespeare happened to be what jumped out at me. Had there been something else of interest I would have read it.

donkey

03-18-2009, 12:51 PM

Actually...hack would pretty much be a synonym.

"Hack writer: a writer who is paid to write low-quality, quickly put-together articles or books"

not a synonym for stolen...

Threadkiller

03-18-2009, 04:29 PM

Besides, there's a pretty compelling argument that there are essentially a finite number of plots in the world and writers just try and find new ways to recycle them.

Ozymandyus

03-20-2009, 02:31 PM

I've read lots of good books lately!

My favorite of late was Daniel Suarez's first novel Daemon - cyber punk influences, in some ways similiar to Snow Crash perhaps. Which was also good.

In fact I believe it is overdue at the library, I should go return that. I'll see if I can grab one of these other books...

And to RobinHoodDaffy who asked if Ender's Game sequels were any good, I loved them. Some of them are a little more philosophically preachy in some ways, but I really think they are great books. in some ways Ender's Game is to them what The Hobbit is to Lord of the Rings. In particular, Speaker for the Dead and Xenocide.
The many other sequels that he wrote more recently like the Bean books ('shadow of the' books) were more like Ender's Game, very fun to read with some moral/philosophical implications but mostly focused on the action. So if you don't like Speaker, skip to those.

RobinHoodDaffy

03-20-2009, 04:19 PM

I've read lots of good books lately[...]if you don't like Speaker, skip to those.

I so wanted to make fun of the fact that the week after Watchmen hits the screen we get an Ozymandyus, but the guy/gal did his/her homework and posted an intelligent first post. What's a fella to do?

ZBarclay

03-20-2009, 08:14 PM

"Hack writer: a writer who is paid to write low-quality, quickly put-together articles or books"

not a synonym for stolen...

Hack has more than one meaning...it also means to take another's material and pass it off as your own. It's basically a synonym for plagiarism in theatre/comedy.

Threadkiller

03-20-2009, 08:43 PM

That reminds me, a friend who is a big Watchmen fan had never heard of this poem by Shelley. I love the irony in it and it fits how the legacy of the Watchmen character ends up as well, despite his intentions to the contrary.

(I didn't know until much, much later that Ozymandias is also a name for Rameses II)

I met a traveller from an antique land

Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,

Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown

And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command

Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,

The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.

And on the pedestal these words appear:

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

Nothing beside remains: round the decay

Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,

The lone and level sands stretch far away.

wanderingquesadila

03-21-2009, 09:40 PM

Finally obtained and am reading Neuromancer. It's brilliant so far, and I can see how it really influenced Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, which was one of the best books I read last year. After Neuromancer and its sequels I'm going through the Dune series...
Catching up on classics after I finally finished all of the books by this obscure author called Stephen King.

harryscotter

03-28-2009, 12:57 PM

Kernal2306

03-28-2009, 06:07 PM

the incarnations of immortality seires by peirs anthony is the latest set i read intresting read although 2 of the 7 books arent in print and can be a little hard to find but worth the trouble overall a intresting set of stories combining a mix of magic and tech in the world where the major themes in life (death fate war nature god satan time) are offices held by mortals

I have read through this series twice over the years and love it. Having people take over the offices of the major incarnations makes for an interesting story. On A Pale Horse is my favorite. Kinda gives a different perspective on the whole idea of death.

MacLeod90

03-29-2009, 10:17 PM

Hamlet and Othello are genius...[/QUOTE]

MacBeth rocks

JasterIsFett

03-30-2009, 07:01 AM

This series by Michael Scott. Its for kids/young adults but its pretty damn interesting. Before you ask any questions, I work in a library and they ask me to read some of the more popular books because I pretty much run the young adult section.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c1/Alchemyst_Nicholas_Flamel.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/Magician_Nicholas_Flamel.jpg

Mari

03-30-2009, 12:40 PM

I read Carrie by Stephen King one night last week. Couldn't put it down, I absolutely loved it.

Trying to read Catcher in the Rye just now but haven't got into it yet.

Patrick_Bateman

03-30-2009, 03:19 PM

It took me a little while, but I did manage to get in to Catcher in the Rye.

I'm currently reading The Picture of Dorian Gray, it's not too bad.

By-tor

03-30-2009, 03:28 PM

Off of the non-fiction for awhile. Reading a few I got for Christmas.

Finished...
http://www.vh1.com/sitewide/flipbooks/img/artists/nikki_sixx/heroin_diaries_2/01_bookpics.jpg
Sixx is unbelievably lucky to still be alive. :rolleyes:

In the middle of this...
http://cdn.harpercollins.com/harperimages/isbn/large/6/9780061133916.jpg
Slow reading, but nifty info about their beginnings.

Mari

04-01-2009, 01:14 PM

Off of the non-fiction for awhile. Reading a few I got for Christmas.

Finished...
http://www.vh1.com/sitewide/flipbooks/img/artists/nikki_sixx/heroin_diaries_2/01_bookpics.jpg
Sixx is unbelievably lucky to still be alive. :rolleyes:

I read Heroin Diaries a couple of months ago and I absolutely loved it. Yeah I don't know how he's still living. I plan on taking it holiday with me to read again :).

JasterIsFett

04-02-2009, 06:00 AM

Just finished World War Z on Audio CD (intentional rhyme?) and am reading the parts that weren't covered now. Probably one of the most entertaining listens that I've come across and its one of my favorite books now.

http://www.sffaudio.com/images06/RHWorldWarZ500.jpg

donkey

04-03-2009, 11:37 AM

my father has just given me a copy of "Smilla's Sense of snow"... he must have forgotten that he gave me a copy 6 months ago... i haven't read either copy... anyoen on here have an opinion about the book?

phit_demon

04-03-2009, 08:23 PM

Crofil_213

04-06-2009, 04:12 AM

i'm almost finished Gemmell's Drenai Saga, all good reads.

b4 that i read Conn Iggulden's Emperor (4 book series on Julius Caesar) all good books too i recommend em all.. other than that i'm usually lost somewhere in the star wars galaxy..

Firestone2489

04-06-2009, 02:41 PM

Yesterday I finished The Odyssey. Homer was a great story teller. I read the whole thing not just the 10 page excerpt that they have in every high school text book. It is a bit long winded but very entertaining.

JasterIsFett

04-09-2009, 08:48 PM

Just finished reading this...

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/%7Egeorgiev/gun%20seller.jpg

Much better than I expected. House is a damn good writer.

LexArcher

04-10-2009, 09:21 AM

Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady by Florence King.

It's got random sex with college professors, girl-on-girl fun and tales of the South! What's not to love?

By-tor

04-12-2009, 12:54 PM

Finished with all the new books around the house, so going back to the ol' bookshelves...
http://craigsbookclub.com/assets/Steven%20King/Dead-Zone.jpg
Huzzah! :)

Cheney

04-12-2009, 11:33 PM

Finished with all the new books around the house, so going back to the ol' bookshelves...
http://craigsbookclub.com/assets/Steven%20King/Dead-Zone.jpg
Huzzah! :)

See this is the only book by King I just can't bring myself to read, for no reason at all I just can't bother to pick it up. Bought a copy of "The Catcher in the Rye." for a cheap three bucks, and also "Stranger Than Fiction" by Mr. Palahniuk himself *Does anyone know how to pronounce the man's last name because I always seem to screw it up.*

phit_demon

04-13-2009, 12:04 AM

*Does anyone know how to pronounce the man's last name because I always seem to screw it up.*

I've always assumed it was Pal-ih-nook(as in "nook and cranny")

RobinHoodDaffy

04-13-2009, 01:02 AM

It is his two parents names. So it is Paula, Nick. Kinda like the company Mirra, Max.

Mari

04-13-2009, 06:15 PM

Just back from a holiday and while I was away I finished Catcher in the Rye but never really enjoyed it and I also read Pet Sematary, which I loved.

Rob101

04-13-2009, 07:42 PM

I started with http://www.thecommentary.ca/images/books/hart.jpg and finished it with https://secure.thenile.com.au/images/books/Philip-Carlo/The-Ice-Man-Confessions-Of-A-Mafia-Contract-Killer-9780312349288.jpg Reading how a Mafia contract killer used rats to eat a human alive made for some good reading.

Erasmus Cunk

04-13-2009, 10:05 PM

Reading how a Mafia contract killer used rats to eat a human alive made for some good reading.

Remind me never to piss you off...

Doctor Mowinckel

04-14-2009, 02:04 PM

Scrolled through most of this thread looking for things to read, Gravity by Tess Gerritsen sounds pretty cool, and it's one cent with $3.99 shipping on Amazon, woo! I buy books faster than I can read them, the queue on my desk is getting big, and I keep adding to it.

Right now though, I'm reading a lot of books about the practice of Zen Buddhism. Re-reading Zen Training by Katsuki Sekida before I start on Awakening to Zen by Roshi Philip Kapleau. I was in the process of re-reading Red Mars before I tackled the rest of the Mars trilogy, but that got sidetracked. Also need to finish up the last of the Sprawl trilogy. Read the first two earlier this year, but haven't gotten around to Mona Lisa Overdrive.

I read a lot. I work six hours a week and the person who killed most of my free time just moved to Japan, I have a lot of free time, man.

By-tor

04-14-2009, 02:43 PM

Scrolled through most of this thread looking for things to read, Gravity by Tess Gerritsen sounds pretty cool, and it's one cent with $3.99 shipping on Amazon, woo!

I have a lot of free time, man.Get that book!!!:cool:

And, welcome to the new place for you to spend your free time. :)

Doctor Mowinckel

04-14-2009, 02:50 PM

I already got it, haha. Hardcover too, score! I like hardcover books, they look so much better on a shelf than paperbacks.

By-tor

04-14-2009, 02:54 PM

http://content.ytmnd.com/content/3/2/f/32f11d1181def598d4c6c20a323a71c8.jpg

phit_demon

04-14-2009, 11:34 PM

I already got it, haha. Hardcover too, score! I like hardcover books, they look so much better on a shelf than paperbacks.

Hardbacks may look better, but I would much sooner read a paperback. They're just much easier to hold/carry around.

Doctor Mowinckel

04-14-2009, 11:54 PM

phit_demon

04-15-2009, 12:07 AM

Yeah, I can get that, but I don't really carry my books around. They go from my shelf, to my chair, then back to my shelf. The jackets can get in the way, but I just take those off when I'm reading the book.

I read as much out of the house as in it, so a hardback can be a pain in the ass. Still though, they look good and they'll still be usable in 50 years.

Doctor Mowinckel

04-15-2009, 01:19 AM

Yeah, definitely. Hardcover books are kind of big and hard to fit into shoulderbags, and pockets, and expensive. I had to fork over a lot of money (okay, a lot of money in terms of twenty year old science fiction novels) for a hardcover copy of Count Zero, wasn't even in that good of shape.

opis420247

04-15-2009, 09:28 AM

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It's too bad he has Alzheimers, He should be Immortal. I don't know what I will do when he stops writing.:(

Thinman

04-15-2009, 03:01 PM

Just finished Duma Key by Mr. Stephen King. FUCKING AMAZING! I think he rushed the end though.

By-tor

04-15-2009, 03:03 PM

Just finished Duma Key by Mr. Stephen King. FUCKING AMAZING! I think he rushed the end though.Look who's back.

Read it last year. I believe "FUCKING AMAZING!" about covers it. Sea shells under the deck. Scary. ;)

By-tor

04-18-2009, 05:11 PM

Finished The Dead Zone. Thought I might go oldschool again...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PQZAQZ4AL._SS500_.jpg
I think it's my favorite out of all of the series.

Doctor Mowinckel

04-18-2009, 07:09 PM

Does anyone have a Good Reads account? It's kind of like Last.FM, only with books, and there's no streaming. Check it out, ya all; http://www.goodreads.com

If you have an account, add me so I don't feel SO LONELY there; http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1258172

Blast Thickneck

04-19-2009, 07:36 PM

I finished 'The Time Machine Did It' by John Swartzwedler (writer of 60+ Simpsons episodes). Only 140 pages, real fast read, hilarious book.

Almost done with 'Happy Hour is for Amateurs' by the Philadelphia Lawyer. If anyone is in law school, or is a lawyer, and can't stand their peers, this book is absolutely for you.

phit_demon

04-20-2009, 06:09 AM

...'The Time Machine Did It' by John Swartzwedler...

*cough*Swartzwelder*cough*

Aaron

04-20-2009, 07:31 AM

Arnold Swartzweilder

Blast Thickneck

04-20-2009, 11:33 AM

*cough*Swartzwelder*cough*

All the ways I could fuck up that name and I transpose the easiest part. Christ.

ZBarclay

04-20-2009, 03:10 PM

Finished The Dead Zone. Thought I might go oldschool again...
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PQZAQZ4AL._SS500_.jpg
I think it's my favorite out of all of the series.

It definitely does the best job of introducing us to/combining all of the worlds...

phit_demon

04-20-2009, 08:48 PM

I think it's my favorite out of all of the series.

I can never decide between it and Wolves of The Calla.

Doctor Mowinckel

04-20-2009, 09:21 PM

Dang friends moving away, making me read all the time, Finished Zen Training and Awakening to Zen, Everyday Zen just got here, so I'm starting in on that. It's only like 200 pages, I'm sure I'll be done with it in a couple days, if not sooner. Have two books in the mail, hopefully they'll get here soon!

I used to practice Zazen when I was younger, like 17, 18, then I stopped. I'm looking into this whole 'zen buddhism' thing again, dunno how far I'm going to get with it. Right now I've just thought about moving my hand to the door of Zen Buddhism, not even close to opening it.

By-tor

04-21-2009, 12:23 AM

I can never decide between it and Wolves of The Calla.Same here. I think I lean more towards Drawing because it introduces us to the rest of the characters we follow for years. But, I do love the Calla storyline.

opis420247

04-21-2009, 08:58 AM

Same here. I think I lean more towards Drawing because it introduces us to the rest of the characters we follow for years. But, I do love the Calla storyline.

I loved the whole series up to the last chapter of VII

phit_demon

04-21-2009, 12:30 PM

I loved the whole series up to the last chapter of VII

I loved the ending. I would go so far as to say it was perfect.

Cuclean

04-21-2009, 01:32 PM

I loved the ending. I would go so far as to say it was perfect.

Seconded. I can think of no other way it could have satisfied me as much and the way he put it forward was the icing on the cake.

By-tor

04-21-2009, 03:29 PM

RobinHoodDaffy

04-21-2009, 03:41 PM

By-tor

04-21-2009, 03:44 PM

I have had book seven since it came out, and have read about half. I love the series so much that I can't seem to bring myself to finish it. Every once and a while I'll read another 20-50 pages and put it back. Isn't that pathetic?Not at all. I put off buying it for almost a year, because that was a trip that I never wanted to see end.

ZBarclay

04-21-2009, 07:35 PM

I loved the ending. I would go so far as to say it was perfect.

Thirded.

opis420247

04-21-2009, 08:26 PM

As I read the last of it, I found myself getting pissed(because of the 22 years I spent with the series), but as I finished the book I figured it couldn't really end any other way. As I mentioned to Barclay, ka is not fair. ;)

I agree it couldn't have ended any other way. I just expected a little more. I wanted to know about Jericho Hill (trying to be vague here, so as not to ruin it for others.)

ZBarclay

04-21-2009, 09:25 PM

I agree it couldn't have ended any other way. I just expected a little more. I wanted to know about Jericho Hill (trying to be vague here, so as not to ruin it for others.)

Well then...go here...
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw_1_10?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=dark+tower+graphic+novel&x=0&y=0&sprefix=Dark+Tower
...they WILL cover it...in depth...eventually.

opis420247

04-21-2009, 09:50 PM

God I hope so

phit_demon

04-21-2009, 09:58 PM

Well then...go here...
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw_1_10?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=dark+tower+graphic+novel&x=0&y=0&sprefix=Dark+Tower
...they WILL cover it...in depth...eventually.

I only have the first trade paperback. There's three now?

neon vomit

04-21-2009, 11:02 PM

I only have the first trade paperback. There's three now?

Of course, it's one of Marvel's highest selling books.

phit_demon

04-21-2009, 11:08 PM

Of course, it's one of Marvel's highest selling books.

That explains a lot.

phit_demon

04-21-2009, 11:09 PM

Of course, it's one of Marvel's highest selling books.

Whenever I reply to you these days I can't help but imagine I'm talking to Peter Sellers.

neon vomit

04-21-2009, 11:12 PM

Whenever I reply to you these days I can't help but imagine I'm talking to Peter Sellers.

I can live with that. :D

Edit: Oh yeah, I meant comic books before. ;)

BAMSS04

04-22-2009, 12:16 AM

I just finished reading "FDR" by Jean Edward Smith, it was really good. Lot's of things that I never knew about the former president, and very well told.

Right now I am in the middle of "America Divided : The Civil War of The 1960s."

opis420247

04-22-2009, 09:56 AM

About once a year I feel the need to re-read
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/40/Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land_Cover.jpg/200px-Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land_Cover.jpg

ZBarclay

04-22-2009, 12:57 PM

I only have the first trade paperback. There's three now?

No no. There's only one trade, "The Long Road Home". The next one, "Treachery" is due out soon.

neverwakingworld

04-24-2009, 03:23 AM

I have been reading Proust was a nueroscientist and it isn't a very good book.

phit_demon

04-24-2009, 12:24 PM

No no. There's only one trade, "The Long Road Home". The next one, "Treachery" is due out soon.

Ah. Fair enough.

By-tor

04-24-2009, 01:34 PM

Just finished Drawing and decided I'm going to go back to The Gunslinger, then on to The Wastelands and finish the whole trip. I've gotten a fever for The Tower, again.
http://www.sliceofscifi.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/darktower1.jpg

Doctor Mowinckel

04-24-2009, 01:41 PM

Thanks to the Amazon ads here, I came across 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Mainenance', and rather than buy the book, I picked up the audiobook from audible. I have enough dead tree books to read right now, and I could use an audiobook to listen to during the working outs and lawn mowing. It's entertaining so far, and I attribute that to expecting it to be interesting, rather than expecting it to enlighten me.

Jeremy Beadle

04-24-2009, 04:34 PM

Crawling my way through Hyperion. It's very good, I've just fallen out of reading lately, which is a bloody sin. Hopefully this book will get me back in.

Then hopefully after that, the tower is closer.

04-25-2009, 12:25 AM

Finished The Watchmen about a week or so ago.

Very cool.

The ending as compared to the movie?

Very much a comic book ending. I liked it...

Now I'm working on Atlas Shrugged (again) No Country for Old Men, The Road, The Federalist Papers, The Anti-Federalist Papers, and The Magna Carta...

phit_demon

04-25-2009, 08:18 AM

...No Country for Old Men, The Road...

\m/:cool:\m/

JasterIsFett

04-29-2009, 04:11 PM

I've been reading the Artemis Fowl series recently, since I heard that Colfer was slated to do a sequel in the Hitchhiker's Guide series. I can honestly say that I'm a little excited. He's not nearly as funny, but I think he'll keep the spirit alive.

ZBarclay

05-02-2009, 10:14 PM

No no. There's only one trade, "The Long Road Home". The next one, "Treachery" is due out soon.

Ah. Fair enough.

Treachery is out now. Just picked it up today.

freetoaster

05-03-2009, 06:31 PM

Just finished this on audio book.
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I love my local library. It's been letting me work/drink and read for the last 12 years. :)