Metal Reviews

Dostojevski - Crime and punishment (school book report)

A few months ago Japanese tourists complained that in Croatia in public toilets toilets are too high, so I think my solution to this problem is to put near each toilet a copy of this book so shorter persons can reach the toilet and if you run out of toilet paper you'll have it in almost infinite amount (the book)

i didn't think the book was shit, but i can't see why the hell it's considered such a classic. Raskolnikoff's plight just wasn't that special.

Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds

I hate that I'm the only MR-er here into sci-fi, and everyone else are fantasy-heads.

I think the book was genius. At first glance, it's like the first serious crime drama ever and with a more keenful eye it's an excellent existential psychoanalysis.

I also read some sci-fi but not too often. I've started recently (a few years ago) and have read only a few sci-fi books but I'll get into it eventually.

so i'm thinking of asking for a few books for my birthday...

Neil Gaiman - American Gods
George RR Martin - A Feast For Crows

anything else? would you suggest Haruki Murakami? i've heard great things about him...

Watership Down is a great classic. (Good call on American Gods).

i started reading that at the store, didn't really grab me. is the whole bunny/home being destroyed thing symbolic or something?

I do read SF, though admittedly not as much as fantasy, mainly because I get bored by technological jargon quite easily and prefer pre-modern settings, which is where a lot of fantasy takes place. That being said, there is some excellent SF out there- the most recent series I read was Donaldson's The Gap, which is infinitely better than his Thomas Covenant fantasy books.

I find the ideas and imagination behind sci-fi to be much more interesting than fantasy much of the time. The tech-jargon's the price you pay, admittedly some do take it overboard.

I'll check The Gap out, ta for that.

I read sci-fi, only old, old sci-fi from the 1930's-1970's.

*Strokes her collection of Asimov, Heinlein, Clarke, Aldiss, PKD and Stapledon*

I just finished Odd John by Olaf Stapledon after several false starts. Now I don't know whether I should wrestle with Naked Lunch by William Burroughs (again) or read Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.

I got the abridged version of the latter out 't library yesterday for the l'il sis. She seems to be enjoying it, not a huge Bronteite myself.

Are Wuthering Heights or Jane Eyre worth reading if you don't have a vagina?

Wuthering Heights you might enjoy.

Jane Eyre, nooooooooooooooo

Various Computer Science related books

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien (duh)

Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets

The Color Of Magic by Terry Pratchett

Dr. No by Ian Flemming

Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy

Am I missing something?

The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by G.W. Dahlquist
An intriguing novel ... A big book that I devour with passion although I do not know yet (page 160 of 750) where it might go ... Anyone read it ?

I'd guess each line is a separate entry

This is what happens when I forget my glasses. Work was a shambles today...

Tlaloc convinced me that I must read Wuthering Heights, and as far as I know he is not a proud owner of a vagina.

I bought Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre for dirt cheap along with a decent translation of Plato's Republic. My pile of "oh wow I looove this author and this book is dirt cheap I must buy it ^^" has grown rather substantial. I haven't read some books I bought before I started university. The Conan Chronicles are staring at me sadly and the large number of Heinlein books is making me feel guilty. I think I will catch up on some fantasy and sf.