Just finished NOS4A2 - very good, but not as good as Horns or Heart-Shaped Box. I am beginning Mr. Mercedes tonight!
Just finished NOS4A2 - very good, but not as good as Horns or Heart-Shaped Box. I am beginning Mr. Mercedes tonight!
Martin Chuzzlewit - Charles Dickens
listening to CITY OF THIEVES.
"Absorb the genius of the moment." -Michael Stipe
"Victory is sweet even deep in the cheap seats." -Connor Oberst
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Finally getting around to Nos4a2
"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones."
Originally Posted by Dan
awesome!! we're reading together!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm currently trying to power my way through Wizard and Glass, and am also reading, One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, and Mr. Mercedes. Oh, and I'll hop into The Shining every now and then as well.
Starting this tomorrow now that I'm finally through WaG; I loved it again, but it is most certainly a journey. Holes is the second book I'm reading as part of me and my girlfriend's exchange program. She rated the Stark I lent her a 9/10 and said his style remind's her of mine, so that's pretty
I will probably be much slower. Because of the old time language I have read a little slower to properly follow. So far I am liking what I've read. I love the dry sense of humor. I laughed out loud when the fattest calf was offered to the young Martin although there wasn't a single calf on the property.
awesome!! we're reading together!
Kealan Patrick Burke - Theater Macabre, GRRM - A Dance with Dragons. 3/5 in. Daennerys is the fucking worst.
About 90 pages from finishing The Queen of Bedlam by Robert McCammon, so good!
Just started
Ok, so I'm a HUGE fan of golden-age sci-fi, especially the short stories. Stuff from the late '30s to about the mid '50s or so. I've expanded to some stuff after that--Ellison can be good; some others. And I've read some post-golden age stuff that is great. Typically from authors who started way back when, but some of the newer folks have things I've enjoyed.
So I pick a book off my shelf--The Science Fiction Hall of Fame (Nebula Winners 1965-1969). A little later than my preferred time period, but, hey, Nebula winners must be cream of the crop, right?
I start in on the stories and novellas--some really good science fiction here! Ellison, Zelazny, Aldiss. Leiber, an old favorite. A very intriguing story by Michael Moorcock, who I had never heard of before.
And then I get to the next story in the book: Dragonrider, by Anne McCaffrey. Dragonriders??? Sounds fishy. More like fantasy. Sure enough, the story starts off with R'gul talking to Weyrleader F'lar and K'net (leader of the Igen patrol) about some magical Eye Rock or Star Stone or some other ridiculous thing. And riding dragons around. Not just dragons, but telepathic dragons. And it's horrible! And unintersting. And stupid beyond words. Just about any given paragraph could win the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest.
Oh god, please make it stop. How many more pages of this story are there? (I'm afraid to look, and too OCD about my reading to bail out on the story). How fantasy dreck like this not only makes a sci-fi anthology, but wins an award is beyond me. Perhaps this was the book that transitioned real sci-fi into fantasy. I mean, go to any bookstore's "sci-fi" section and 90% of what you see now seems to be dragons and Valkyries and wizards and magic elves and whatnot. Can I blame Anne McCaffrey? Please?
I checked wikipedia to see what they had to say about Dragonrider and it turns out there is like 28 novels in a series! 28 novels about dragon riding and Threads and T'Fag or P'Nuts or whatever? I think that must portend the end of western civilization as we know it.
Sorry for the rant, but I had to vent.
that's exactly how bears feel about that type of literature!!!
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I personally liked Anne McCaffrey's Pern series. i haven't read them for ages, but I remember some very enjoyable stories.
John
Finally started Mr. Mercedes yesterday. I'm only a few pages in, but I can't wait for my lunch break today so I can jump back into it. [rubs hands together]
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Check it, I just reviewed Theater Macabre by Kealan Patrick Burke and Blood Kin by Steve Rasnic Tem here
I'm reading Laird Barron's The Beautiful Thing that Awaits Us All. It's a good time to be a horror fan. So many good writers publishing so many good books.
Undisputed "How to become Champion in 1,372 esay steps!": By Chris Jericho.
If you can stand his ramblings about life with his band and not just the goofy stuff he did in the ring, then I would have to say that this is definitely a book for you.
I wasn't made to be nice, I was made to be right. - William Booth, 1935-1999
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Life sucks. - Anonymous
The Third World War: August 1985 by General Sir John Hackett and others
Just finished reading THE SON by Philipp Meyer. This was an epic book that should be in everyone's top 10 for sure.
-G
"Absorb the genius of the moment." -Michael Stipe
"Victory is sweet even deep in the cheap seats." -Connor Oberst
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The Gunslinger Viking proof
Carrie $7.95 Doubleday later printing
Hi, guys. I live in Connecticut and have a place near me called The Book Barn. It's basically a series of houses or barns that sell used books. I've always wanted to go there and tomorrow I finally will.
What I'm asking from you guys is to give me some recommendations for some books to look for. I'm always looking for new stuff that I'm unfamiliar with.
My taste is pretty wide ranging. Of course, I have every King book. I love the Ice and Fire series, Harry Potter, Hunger Games. I also love mysteries like many of Harlan Coben novels. I really enjoy Crichton and Elmore Leonard. I already own most of the classics, or my mom has the ones I don't own.
So give me some suggestions of anything you guys have read recently (or ever) that you think I might like. Thanks.
BTW, if you're ever in CT, stop by. http://www.bookbarnniantic.com/
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Mystery, thriller, suspense I highly recommend Michael Koryta. Dan Simmons is good for horror, historical fiction, sci-fi. Robert McCammon has some great books. F. Paul Wilson writes some good medical thrillers. Dust trilogy from Hugh Howey is fantastic. I am a huge fan of Richard Matheson; he writes over several genres including horror, sci-fi, romance, thriller, western, general fiction. There are so many more I could list. I didn't list a bunch of horror writers because it didn't sound like that is necessarily your preference.
Thanks, Dan. I added those to my list.
I'm a huge fan of Hugh Howey's Wool series. Are they in paperback yet? I thought they were still just digital. I'd love to have paper copies of those. That would be great.
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