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noodles · **Posted:** Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:21 pm

Zad wrote:

Callisto by Torsten Krol

any idea if the band was named after that?

heatseeker wrote:

So I started reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy today, and damn, it's one of the toughest things I've ever read. I think noodles mentioned earlier that he read it all in a day, and I don't know how the fuck he did that...it's written in sentence fragments with minimal description and lots of metaphors so you basically have to concentrate on each word just to pick up what's going on. Still, I'm gonna read further (just 25 pages in) because it's supposed to be amazing and so far it is quite good, just really difficult.

i was kinda expecting that. it's actually a lot easier to read than any of his other booksi've read

noodles · **Posted:** Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:06 pm

finished Guns Germs and Steel, it's a bit textbooky at times but i'd definitely recommend reading it. now reading No Country for Old Men

traptunderice · **Posted:** Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:57 pm

noodles wrote:

finished Guns Germs and Steel, it's a bit textbooky at times but i'd definitely recommend reading it.

I've been wanting to check that out.

Tropic of Cancer doesn't seem as good as everyone makes it out to be.

Caligula_K · **Joined:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:56 pm **Posts:** 3561

Robin Hobb- Fool's Errand

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:35 am

Finished the last Harry Potter book. I'm really glad I decided to finish the series. Children's literature or not, those books are really easy to read, and really easy to fall into.

Now starting The Fellowship Of The Ring

noodles · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:24 pm

going back to Bertrand Russel - A History of Western Philosophy

Antonakis · **Posted:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:54 pm

Antonakis wrote:

Currently reading:

Gene Wolfe - The Knight (1st book of the Wizard Knight)

Ok finished that and now I'm on to the 2nd book of that series called The Wizard.

noodles · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:50 am

decided i was more in the mood for fiction and started The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary

Azrael · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:46 pm

just finished Choke by Chuck Palahniuk, excellent. the story was good, but the themes and ideas i think were the best part. definitely recommended.

traptunderice · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:39 pm

Azrael wrote:

just finished Choke by Chuck Palahniuk, excellent. the story was good, but the themes and ideas i think were the best part. definitely recommended.

Didn't like it so much. I thought it was overrated. There is a movie out now for it.

SoulSociety · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:49 pm

Legacy Of The Night wrote:

Finished the last Harry Potter book. I'm really glad I decided to finish the series. Children's literature or not, those books are really easy to read, and really easy to fall into.

Now starting The Fellowship Of The Ring

Yeah the Potter books, unlike the films, are good stuff.

As far of the LOTR books go, I actually prefer the Silmarillion to LOTR since there are no gay hobbits and most of the book is filled with a lot of elf/human/demigod slaying events.

Besides the fact that Blind Guardian made an awesome album about it.

Thomas · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:07 pm

So, theres another Potter-book coming up? Well not Potter, but sub-stories written by dumbledore or something.

SoulSociety · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:10 pm

metal_xxx wrote:

So, theres another Potter-book coming up? Well not Potter, but sub-stories written by dumbledore or something.

Well, considering that Dumbledore dies in the book before the last, I doubt it, but I guess it's hard for Rowling to stop writing these cash cows/books.

Thomas · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:15 pm

No, I just read it... It probably takes place before Dumbledore's death... I'll snoop around for a english link.

Thomas · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:17 pm

It was written last year, will be published this december.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Beedle_the_Bard

Caligula_K · **Joined:** Mon Nov 22, 2004 8:56 pm **Posts:** 3561

Gene Wolfe- Shadow & Claw: The First Half of the Book of the New Sun

noodles · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:03 pm

SoulSociety wrote:

metal_xxx wrote:

So, theres another Potter-book coming up? Well not Potter, but sub-stories written by dumbledore or something.

Well, considering that Dumbledore dies in the book before the last, I doubt it, but I guess it's hard for Rowling to stop writing these cash cows/books.

"It was announced on 31st July that the book will be published for the general public on December 4, 2008, with the proceeds going to charity"

yes! damn her for being a charity's cash cow

i thought the Harry Potter movies i've seen so far have been as entertaining as the books.

traptunderice · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:38 pm

noodles wrote:

i thought the Harry Potter movies i've seen so far have been as entertaining as the books.

Disliked the books but enjoy the movies.

Azrael · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:52 pm

yeah, read about the Choke movie. if it gets good reviews i'll probably watch it. Fight Club was awesome, although i haven't read the book yet.

Mike · **Posted:** Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:08 am

I have almost 3 weeks off between semesters so I picked up a few books this past weekend to keep me busy. I had to take a humanities class last semester and David Hume's thoughts interested me quite a bit, hence the two books by him.

*Teacher Man-Frank McCourt

*Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion-David Hume

*A Treatise of Human Nature-David Hume

*Essential Teachings-The Dalai Lama

*The Buddhist Path To Simplicity-Christina Feldman

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