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

Cormac McCarthy- The Road

traptunderice · **Posted:** Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:44 pm

Brahm_K wrote:

Cormac McCarthy- The Road

It's a good one. Animal Farm is a bit better than 1984 even if I think it's a bunch of theoretical rubbish.

heatseeker · **Posted:** Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:26 am

Finished The Kite Runner. This book is pretty amazing, gives a perspective on Afghanistan that you won't find most places. Not to mention a simply great story.

Now onto When The Emperor Was Divine for school.

Rhys · **Posted:** Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:37 am

Philip K. Dick - Counter-Clock World

God I love me some Dick. So so much :wub:

Aldous Huxley - Time Must Have A Stop

Goat · **Posted:** Sat Aug 08, 2009 3:59 pm

Garrison Keillor - Liberty

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

traptunderice wrote:

Brahm_K wrote:

Cormac McCarthy- The Road

It's a good one. Animal Farm is a bit better than 1984 even if I think it's a bunch of theoretical rubbish.

It is a very good one, but man is it depressing. Very hard book to get through, in a good way.

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

Went to Worldcon today, the big worldwide sci-fi fantasy convention that happens to be in Montreal today. I could only stay for three hours, because after that the price jacks up from $20 to $95, but there were some really interesting author discussion panels there, and among other things, I got to meet George RR Martin and hear him speak, thus completing my nerd heart.

Azrael · **Posted:** Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:44 pm

reading in Mozambique:
Joe Abercrombie - Last Argument of Kings - quite good so far, reading a chapter or two a day, want to make it last since i arrived on july 18th and will be here until the 25th.

1984 - lent by my cousin, very good, finished it in a week (fast for my standards). got a bit hard to read near the end, but overall it's a great book.

Lieutenant General William Pagonis - Moving Mountains: Lessons in Leadership and Logistics From the Gulf War - had to put it down. not that enlightening, i found after some 200 pages.

Luc Sante - Low Life - about New York in the late 1800's/early 1900's. some nice facts here and there but otherwise boring.

John Keegan - Intelligence in War - quite good so far, just a few pages into chapter 2 (Nelson vs Napoleon). Brahm, you might want to look into this author, i think he only really covers stuff from the 15th century or so onwards, but still. there's wild praise for his other books in the blurbs for IiW.

Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories (Volume 1 of 2), from Bantam Classics - just over halfway through The Sign of Four (the second story), very good so far.

i'll stick to the latter two books and Joe Abercrombie's, the others i've either finished or given up on.

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

Azrael wrote:

reading in Mozambique:
Joe Abercrombie - Last Argument of Kings - quite good so far, reading a chapter or two a day, want to make it last since i arrived on july 18th and will be here until the 25th.

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The first two books in this trilogy are good. This one is awesome and one of my favourite books. Seriously, one of the best endings I've ever read, and Abercrombie does amazing things with his characters in this one- especially Logen.

Finished The Road. I'm not gonna lie, I teared up at the end.

Denis Feeney- Caesar's Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History

I love philosophy and history of time, so this should be a great book for me- it's always interesting to look at a society which understands time in a radically different way from the modern western world.

Radagast · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:34 pm

Brahm_K wrote:

FrigidSymphony wrote:

Brahm_K wrote:

FrigidSymphony wrote:

Brahm_K wrote:

Kathaarian wrote:

Herman Hesse - Siddhartha

So far it's wut?!

Wonderful book.

Pseudo-spiritual oriental philosophy acting as a mask for Christian moralism. Hesse is extremely overrated.

You lose. Magister Ludi will destroy you.

The guy's house is just above my school, I've experienced endless groups of hippies and "soul searchers" analyzing everything Hesse's ever done, and they're all so full of shit it's amazing.

Meh; just because people quote a book thinking they're deep doesn't mean the book itself is shit. Siddhartha is thought provoking and well written, and Magister Ludi is just a brilliant book.

Radagast wrote:

My biggest problem with The Dark Tower was the way it totally went off the rails in the 3 newest books. It was a out halway through book 5 I thinking "hey, what about all that other stuff? Are we jsut going to forget about that?"

Stuff like (spoilers) "Flagg who was Walter who was Marten" Oh fucking was he? Thanks for pointing that out earlier, Steve! just fucked me right off.

I think the aeries would have ended better without either of the 2 epilogues, ie Roland just going into the Tower and the book ending there and then. I guess I came to terms with the restart butting thing but the Susanah in New York epilogue was just unforgivable.

SPOILERS OF DOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No question that King basically fucked over Flagg in the last three books. You've created one of the coolest villains ever and you then barely use him and then get rid of him so some emo spider kid can be the villain? Jesus Christ.

Oh, and the Susannah epilogue makes me want to puke as much as the Harry Potter epilogue did. But I still maintain that Roland's ending rocks.

Jesus, what has happened to my typing? It's like one of those Drunk Zad posts. :rolleyes:

Anyway I basically agree.

Goat · **Posted:** Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:37 pm

Yeah, like there were ever more than two of those, and there wasn't like a year between them. Faulty memories, dawg. :lame:

Afro_D-Shak · **Posted:** Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:46 pm

Now reading Stephen King - Cell

I picked it up just wanting a typical SK sci-fi horror novel, and that's what I got. I'm a little over halfway into it, the first half of the book is rather dull but it's starting to get pretty good. It's a different take on Zombie lore and it really makes you think about what lies at the core of the human brain.

Cara · **Posted:** Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:50 pm

heatseeker wrote:

Finished The Kite Runner. This book is pretty amazing, gives a perspective on Afghanistan that you won't find most places. Not to mention a simply great story.

Great book! I really enjoyed that read, and the movie is also pretty good!

heatseeker · **Posted:** Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:56 pm

Got Sword and Citadel by Gene Wolfe. I need to review what happened in Shadow and Claw though...I don't remember, haha.

Goat · **Posted:** Sat Aug 15, 2009 11:59 pm

Started Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama. A little pompous, but I suppose that goes with the job; certainly seems a stand-up kinda guy.

Cú Chulainn · **Posted:** Sun Aug 16, 2009 12:08 am

Goat wrote:

Started Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama. A little pompous, but I suppose that goes with the job; certainly seems a stand-up kinda guy.

Didn't he write that before he began campaigning for the presidency?

Lucifer's Son · **Joined:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 9:52 pm **Posts:** 2016

I'm about to start "The Blade Itself" by Joe Abercombie. Any of you read it? What do you think?

Goat · **Posted:** Sun Aug 16, 2009 12:14 am

He did; originally out in the mid-90s. This is a new edition with an updated introduction, and he was editor of the Harvard Law Review back then; didn't mean POTUS by 'the job' so much as politician/public service in general.

Edit: @ Fridge, obv. Darn you Stef.

Cú Chulainn · **Posted:** Sun Aug 16, 2009 12:18 am

Goat wrote:

He did; originally out in the mid-90s. This is a new edition with an updated introduction, and he was editor of the Harvard Law Review back then; didn't mean POTUS by 'the job' so much as politician/public service in general.

Edit: @ Fridge, obv. Darn you Stef.

Isn't it great to have a president who actually meant something to the academic world?

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

Lucifer's Son wrote:

I'm about to start "The Blade Itself" by Joe Abercombie. Any of you read it? What do you think?

Yep. The Blade Itself is a good, if unremarkable book; the sequel Before They Are Hanged is very good- and the concluding book,The Last Argument of Kings, is one of the best books I've ever read. If you're in the least bit cynical, you will enjoy Abercrombie's books. So even if you finish The Blade Itself and don't see what all the fuss is about, continue on. It's worth it.

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