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Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:27 pm
by triststephens
Dune is fantastic, I read the five sequals too, but there are diminishing returns.
Just finished The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross. I enjoyed it.
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:39 pm
by Vexille
Just read Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell over the weekend. Not as epic as his Grail quest series, but still good.
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 4:37 pm
by Snufkin
J.G. Ballard - 'Conversations' by Re/Search publishing house
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:00 pm
by PadraïK
I like reading easy pop. So i do all the stieg larsson, hening mankell (who stole everything from sjowall and walloo) roslund and helstrom, etc... I read every book of douglas coupland as soon as it ships and got a kick out of Victor Wooten's 'The music lesson'. Far from a great novelist but great content.
And someone had to read The war of the worlds again so I volunteered.
But since everyone here seems to like murakami a lot, I'v put it on my list for my next library visit. I wonder if they ever heard of him in the first place!
waaw just checked and there's 10 books to pick from,... so it's me who never heard of him
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:04 pm
by triststephens
Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith.
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:14 pm
by Mexicola
STILL ploughing my way through 'Moby Dick' by Herman Melville. I've been reading it so long I think I might have started slightly before Mr Melville began writing it....
....it's good mind you.
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:10 am
by softfokus
"Galapagos" by Kurt Vonnegut. i'd recommend this book to just about anyone.
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 2:59 pm
by (parenthesis)
softfokus wrote:"Galapagos" by Kurt Vonnegut. i'd recommend this book to just about anyone.
I just finished cat's cradle! I love this guy, he's one of my most favorite authors
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:10 pm
by Cupz
james joyce's Ulysses
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:35 pm
by thedisavowed
Mexicola wrote:STILL ploughing my way through 'Moby Dick' by Herman Melville. I've been reading it so long I think I might have started slightly before Mr Melville began writing it....
....it's good mind you.
Haha just reading it for a rep? I've def been there.
Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:55 pm
by softfokus
(parenthesis) wrote:softfokus wrote:"Galapagos" by Kurt Vonnegut. i'd recommend this book to just about anyone.
I just finished cat's cradle! I love this guy, he's one of my most favorite authors
yeah i'm getting back into him for sure. just finished galapagos and now starting look at the birdie. i hadn't read anything by him since high school, which has been like ten years. yeah, i'm old.
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:46 pm
by mrhat89
do you guys know any good cyberpunk-themed book like neuromancer?
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:46 pm
by saurus
mrhat89 wrote:do you guys know any good cyberpunk-themed book like neuromancer?
Vurt?
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:07 pm
by (parenthesis)
mrhat89 wrote:do you guys know any good cyberpunk-themed book like neuromancer?
Catspaw
http://www.amazon.com/Catspaw-Joan-D-Vi ... 016&sr=8-2
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 8:14 pm
by saurus
Fuck, I decided to stop reading Dune. Do no get me wrong, I thought it was an excellent book and very well written, but it's just too much of a kind of opus to be reading right now, know what I mean?
I guess I'd like something a bit "easier" to read (although Dune was very accessible i terms of actual language. Feel awful when I decide I cannot complete a book.
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 1:21 am
by Joebot Kill
mrhat89 wrote:do you guys know any good cyberpunk-themed book like neuromancer?
SNOW CRASH by neal stephenson
so good.
http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Crash-Bantam ... 180&sr=1-1
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 2:26 am
by mgwfr
The Black Hole War by Leonard Susskind
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 3:01 am
by vonarx
desperation by stephen king
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 4:48 pm
by Snufkin
I'm on to 'Fear and loathing on the campaign trail '72' now, by Hunter S. Thomson. I'm half way thru but i've gotta say... not great so far :/
90% words, 10% insight/creativity
.. see how it comes together tho..
-Snuf
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 6:01 pm
by polar sky
