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by **sageoftruth** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:11 am

mooyagi wrote:
sageoftruth wrote:II recalled it last night and couldn't fall asleep until I managed to purge it from my thoughts.

Sometimes I need a good before bed too

The best diversion for the mind.

by **KDibildeaux** » Fri Apr 13, 2012 5:22 pm

sageoftruth wrote:
mooyagi wrote:
sageoftruth wrote:II recalled it last night and couldn't fall asleep until I managed to purge it from my thoughts.

Sometimes I need a good before bed too

The best diversion for the mind.

by **sageoftruth** » Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:51 am

I just decided to take a break from my manga to read a book recommended by a stranger at the train station (he was impressed by my Victor Frankel book so I knew he had some credibility).

It's called "Think and Grow Rich" by Napolean Hill.
The author made it pretty clear that this would be more like a textbook than fun reading, but "Man's Search for Meaning" was a lot like that. My only complaint so far is that he spent the first 20 pages talking about how useful his outlook on life is without saying anything about it. I was thinking "Alright already! I bought your book. You don't need to convince me. Spill the beans already."

by **AlaskaRachel** » Tue May 15, 2012 9:39 pm

I'm reading "The Internet is a Playground" by David Thorne. For those that don't know him, he's this guy: http://27bslash6.com/
His book is basically a collection of his site entries, but there are a few new stories. It's pretty funny

by **AlaskaRachel** » Wed May 16, 2012 12:32 am

AlaskaRachel wrote:I'm reading "The Internet is a Playground" by David Thorne. For those that don't know him, he's this guy: http://27bslash6.com/
His book is basically a collection of his site entries, but there are a few new stories. It's pretty funny

Quoting myself. Fuck yea.

just kidding, I'm not reading this book anymore. I seem to have finished it between when I posted that ^ and when I posted this. Easy, fun read.
I'm also reading "In Defense of Globalization" by Jagdish Bhagwati and I might pick up the first Game of Thrones book or maybe some Conan the Barbarian next.

by **Feanorgandalf** » Mon May 21, 2012 10:54 am

The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan. Figured it was time to take on this massive series now that the last book is in production. Really good series

by **DrinkMoxie** » Mon May 21, 2012 4:18 pm

gnoff wrote:
Feanorgandalf wrote:The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan. Figured it was time to take on this massive series now that the last book is in production. Really good series

yeah, finished the books part from the last one earlier this year, looking forward to the end.

yeah, final book will be so bittersweet... I've been reading these since 1990 when I was 11 or 12 and, frankly, that's a long time and a huge portion of my life!

by **vikingbitch** » Tue May 22, 2012 5:24 am

I'm jumping through books right now - in my D&D group I play a Druid and get to make my own bible/religion so I'm just jumping around a few to see if there are any concepts that I can rip off (monkey see monkey do as other religions have). Was browsing through the Celestine Prophecy last night, forgot how good that book actually was.

by **sageoftruth** » Wed May 23, 2012 9:13 am

gnoff wrote:Last of the 10 books

Cool! A lightlance. I bet George Lucas had never thought of that.

by **AlaskaRachel** » Wed May 30, 2012 7:14 pm

Jeff and I went to a used bookstore last night and hot damn they had SO MANY sweet old fantasy/sci-fi novels. We sat in the store for a good long while, both staring at the wall of books and thinking "Every single one of these looks fucking badass." We walked away with 3 books each, like either of us need more books :roll:

Anyway, I finished reading Game of Thrones (pretty sweet) and now I'm on to Clash of Kings (also pretty sweet.) I can see why there was so much hype.

by **MadameLePink** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:27 am

I am reading "A dance with dragons" part 2 at the moment. After I read "A feast for crows" years ago, I had decided I didn't want to read any other George R.R. Martin book, as he kills all the good characters :evil:

But then I got the last two very cheap and the tv-series are so good that I changed my mind. And so far no one's died yet :beerwink:

by **Laura** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:42 pm

A relatively new book in our collection (where I work) and have been meaning to read it for a while. After recently seeing the movie Control about the life & death of Ian Curtis, I almost started on one of the six books we have on his band Joy Division...(who knew there were at least 6 unique books on JD?

), but wanted to get to this first.....

by **AlaskaRachel** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:59 pm

Just finished this:

It was alright. Not the best book, but not a waste of time either. Not sure what to read next. I have a couple of huge boxes of books in my car that I need to crack into, but damn it's going to suck going through them because they're so big and my car is a f***ing mess.

Website · by **Disco** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:09 pm

A Wizard of Earthsea (Book I of the Earthsea Cycle) - Ursula K. LeGuin

by **AlaskaRachel** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:29 pm

by **KDibildeaux** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:12 pm

AlaskaRachel wrote:

Looks kind of interesting. You liking it so far?

by **sageoftruth** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 12:27 pm

I'm stuck in a sort of limbo, where books about the real world bore me, and yet it feels like most fantasy has become too formulaic. Anyone know a book that presents something deep and original in an alternate universe? (still waiting for George Martin's next book to come out)

by **AlaskaRachel** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:33 pm

KDibildeaux wrote:
AlaskaRachel wrote:

Looks kind of interesting. You liking it so far?

I just finished it. It was alright. very formulaic and the writing seemed to skim over important things too quickly, so it was hard to tell what was going on. But not bad for a $2 used book store random grab off the shelf

by **KDibildeaux** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:53 pm

Thanks, won't go out of my way for it then

by **AlaskaRachel** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:03 am

gnoff wrote:Time for the conclusion of the trilogy

I've seen this author's books stock-piled at used bookstores but never read any of his work. Is this trilogy good? I don't really know where to start with his stuff. He's written a lot

by **mooyagi** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:07 am

I like reading this guy's angry ranting blog posts so I'm curious to see how it stretches out into book form, or if this becomes a disjointed collection of said rants.

He's actually a pretty good sportswriter too.

by **Traccia** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:23 pm

David Eddings is AWEEEESOME!!!!! I have everything by him.... And i HAVE to pull his stuff out yearly. His books are such fun reads!!!

by **KDibildeaux** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:55 pm

Any of you guys read Terry Prachett? I read one book and liked it, pretty funny. Looking for recommendations.

by **rootleaf** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 9:25 pm

I actually have three books going right now. The last one is for my summer class I am taking. It is the one I'm mainly reading until I'm done with the class. About halfway through it, but interesting stuff if you are into distributed networks and software.

by **KDibildeaux** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 5:55 pm

gnoff wrote:
KDibildeaux wrote:Any of you guys read Terry Prachett? I read one book and liked it, pretty funny. Looking for recommendations.

I have some 25-30 or so of his books.

I personally mostly like the stuff on Discworld, and my fav's are the ones with Rincewind

The Colour of Magic
The Light Fantastic

are the two first, check 'em out and see if you want to continue

also the
The Last Continent
had me dying laughing at times, he's a great humor type writer for sure

Thanks gnoff! The one I read was called Soul Music (I think)

by **KDibildeaux** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 8:29 am

gnoff wrote:^^ I've read most of them in Swedish, so not always sure which ones I've read.
Think I've read that one, though it's been a while.

Hope you find and enjoy those two, for me preference the best ones, and the funniest.

Thanks!

by **Mal2000** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:55 pm

How awesome, so many of you reading fantasy :cool:

My favorite are from George Martin, David Eddings, Robert Jordan, Raymond Feist, Ian Irvine.
Right now I am finishing "Tamuli" by Eddings.

by **X-Thor** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:54 pm

Feanorgandalf wrote:The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan. Figured it was time to take on this massive series now that the last book is in production. Really good series

I'm reading the Fires of Heaven. I'm hoping to finnish (the series) in time for the last one. Before that, I read "We regret to inform you that we will be killed with our families", a book on Rwandan Genocide. A great book.

by **X-Thor** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 12:57 pm

Mal2000 wrote:How awesome, so many of you reading fantasy

My favorite are from George Martin, David Eddings, Robert Jordan, Raymond Feist, Ian Irvine.
Right now I am finishing "Tamuli" by Eddings.

I'm starting to read Fantasy again. I was more of a sci-fi guy, but A Song of Ice and Fire and The Wheel of Time have made me question my loyalties, haha.

Website · by **Nicolas0928** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:38 pm

by **vikingbitch** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 7:44 pm

KDibildeaux wrote:Any of you guys read Terry Prachett? I read one book and liked it, pretty funny. Looking for recommendations.

He's one of my favorite authors, favorite book of his if you haven't checked it out is Small Gods. Also if you continue to enjoy Terry Pratchett, I highly recommend Steven Brust and Neil Gaiman.

Feanorgandalf wrote:The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan. Figured it was time to take on this massive series now that the last book is in production. Really good series

But I want to (sorry I was looking for an excuse to post that gif :lol:

). I've heard great things about his writing, he has a few different series right? Which is good one to start with?

by **KDibildeaux** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:38 pm

vikingbitch wrote:
KDibildeaux wrote:Any of you guys read Terry Prachett? I read one book and liked it, pretty funny. Looking for recommendations.

He's one of my favorite authors, favorite book of his if you haven't checked it out is Small Gods. Also if you continue to enjoy Terry Pratchett, I highly recommend Steven Brust and Neil Gaiman.

Ah, thanks for the recommendations! Will check them out :cheers:

by **viathyn** » Mon Jul 23, 2012 9:41 pm

When I was on vacation I re-read A Storm of Swords (Martin), and the Alchemist (Coelho), and also read Anansi Boys (Gaiman) for the first time. Nice whimsical reading fare!

by **X-Thor** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:55 pm

KDibildeaux wrote:Any of you guys read Terry Prachett? I read one book and liked it, pretty funny. Looking for recommendations.

I read Good Omens, by him and Neil Gaiman. It was like Monty Python meets the Bible (again! But, you know, the Apocalyptic bit, not the Gospels). It is quite funny.

by **Laura** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:57 pm

I've only read the first third of this so far (the part on Lou Reed) - but, damn is it interesting! The description of what the art & music scene was like in 1960s New York City - especially the connection of Andy Warhol, The Factory, and Lou Reed is very :shock:

. I've been a long-time fan of Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground and other projects), a HUGE fan of David Bowie, and a so-so Iggy Pop fan. It's crazy to me that all of that is such ancient history now...yet it was/is so influential in the history of music nonetheless.

All of the talk on this thread about fiction books (sci-fi, fantasy, and so on) interests me because except for fiction that was required when I was in high school and college - I have read very little fiction in my life and know very little about it. I partly chalk this up to the fact that I have worked most of my adult life in an all non-fiction department of a major library. Every day at work I come upon so many books & magazines that are just so interesting & amazing to me. I honestly feel that if I lived 1,000 years, I would still never get to all of what I want to read - non-fiction-wise - that is - what I *want* to learn about. I do a lot of speed reading/skimming of what I find the most interesting from day to day - but I know I'll never scratch the surface. :( This is somewhat of a constant frustration to me...but lately I've been dealing with that frustration by trying to focus more narrowly on topics one at a time, give whatever it is "my all" at the moment and then move to the next one. My parents do something similar - my dad (who has been retired for 20 years) calls them his (learning) "projects." Lately, I've been realizing how much of a clone I am of him in so many ways (and to a slightly lesser extent my mom, who was also a librarian - ha ha).

by **AlaskaRachel** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:01 pm

I've been puttering my way though this piece of shit for like a year and it kills me that it's too awful to finish.

I hate leaving books unfinished, so I keep coming back to it. I usually like this kind of stuff but its just realllly dull.

I did a lot of reading this summer and I'm pretty proud of myself. Here's what I've read in just over two months:
A Game of Thrones - George RR Martin
A Clash of Kings - GRRM
A Storm of Swords - GRRM
A Feast for Crows - GRRm
Count Brass - Michael Moorcock
Seafaring Lore & Legend - Peter D Jeans
In Defense of Globalization - Jagdish Bhagwati
I was Told There'd be Cake - Sloane Crosley
In Search of Schrodinger's Cat - John Gribbin
A Spell of Empire (The horns of Tartarus) - Michael Scott Roah & Allan Scott

by **nekrobarr** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:20 pm

Just finished reading A Clash of Kings a couple of nights ago, and have A Storm of Swords waiting for me to start it.
I enjoyed the former; A close friend of mine said he thought it was very dull, but I didn't think it was. I thought there was more action in it than A Game of Thrones.

by **viathyn** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:23 pm

nekrobarr wrote:Just finished reading A Clash of Kings a couple of nights ago, and have A Storm of Swords waiting for me to start it.
I enjoyed the former; A close friend of mine said he thought it was very dull, but I didn't think it was. I thought there was more action in it than A Game of Thrones.

Dude. ASOS is one of the most bone-chillingly pants-shittingly hair-pullingly fucking awesome fantasy books ever.

by **nekrobarr** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:58 pm

viathyn wrote:
nekrobarr wrote:Just finished reading A Clash of Kings a couple of nights ago, and have A Storm of Swords waiting for me to start it.
I enjoyed the former; A close friend of mine said he thought it was very dull, but I didn't think it was. I thought there was more action in it than A Game of Thrones.

Dude. ASOS is one of the most bone-chillingly pants-shittingly hair-pullingly fucking awesome fantasy books ever.

I shall make sure to get some Chipotle-Away before reading!

by **viathyn** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:34 pm

AYE, AND SEVERAL HORNS OF ALE...and lamprey pie....and lemon cakes.

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