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Maklershed · Nov 1, 2013

Maklershed · Nov 1, 2013

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Anyone have any suggestions for November/December?

ShaneB · Nov 1, 2013

Yay new thread. Might finish up The Temple of Gold tonight, then to decide what's next.

ElectricBlue187 · Nov 1, 2013

I'm still reading Hydrogen Sonata, life has been too crazy for reading lately

Maklershed · Nov 1, 2013

Currently reading ...

Kindle

Crash and Burn by Artie Lange

Hard copy

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

Skid 4 Dead · Nov 1, 2013

I'm currently reading Diary by Chuck P. Just about at the end, and when my copy of Sin City vol. 1 arrives I will be all over that!

Eaten By A Grue · Nov 1, 2013

Just finished:

I am starting:

It was pretty damn awesome. I had this book in my backlog for a pretty long time and I thought since the movie was coming out now was as a good time to read it as any. Mainly I was worried that someone would spoil it for me before I got to read it. I am glad I did. I was sort of shocked at things had turned out in the end, I did not really see it coming. I also see how many other things out there were inspired by this book. Well I am going to give the second book a go and see if I should finished all 5 books.

WhereAreMahDragonz · Nov 1, 2013

Nothing, someone suggest me something

AngmarsKing701 · Nov 1, 2013

About 35% of the way through Day By Day Armageddon. Not bad but gonna need a break from the whole "post apocalypse told through journal" format after this.

OfWhiteSkinOnRedLeather · Nov 1, 2013

Still on this:

NotTheGuyYouKill · Nov 1, 2013

I hadn't read a novel in months and then a couple weeks ago I blew through Gun Machine in two days.

Now I'm gonna start the following:

and

Wherearemahdragonz said:
Nothing, someone suggest me something

What genre?

WhereAreMahDragonz · Nov 1, 2013

NotTheGuyYouKill said:
What genre?

I'm on a huge sci-fi binge, but pretty much anything will do. I like it all.

Haly · Nov 1, 2013

The Count of Monte Cristo 70~%: IT'S HAPPENING

NotTheGuyYouKill · Nov 1, 2013

Wherearemahdragonz said:
I'm on a huge sci-fi binge, but pretty much anything will do. I like it all.

Last novel I finished was Gun Machine by Warren Ellis and it was great. Crime procedural though, not sci-fi. I think the last sci-fi novel I read was this:

Really good sci-fi horror. But other than that, my wheelhouse is mostly crime/adventure/comedy stuff.

Oh!

Jonathan Maberry's Joe Ledger series is great. Mostly military action fiction, but it's crossed with a ton of sci-fi and horror.

First three novels:

Fourth novel:

And Extinction Machine which I posted above. They're quite good.

HORRORSHØW · Nov 1, 2013

jacobs34 · Nov 1, 2013

I'm 43 books into my 50 book challenge for the year. Here are the seven books I have lined up to get to my goal.

1. Doctor Sleep - Just finished The Shining, first time reading the novel even though I've seen the movie half a dozen times and have read King a ton.
2. The Brief, Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz
3. Vampires In The Lemon Grove - Karen Russell
4. Telegraph Avenue - Michael Chabon
5. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
6. Bleeding Edge - Thomas Pynchon
7. The Goldfinch - Donna Tart

I think it's a good mix of books to end the year on. If there is time I may get to Ulysses, but I would not have a problem saving that for next year.

Ratrat · Nov 1, 2013

I'm only 31/50 for books this year... Fuck you Count of Monte Cristo!!!

Reading:
Blood Meridian
HMS Surprise
Black Company book 3

jacobs34 · Nov 1, 2013

Ratrat said:
I'm only 31/50 for books this year... Fuck you Count of Monte Cristo!!!

Reading:
Blood Meridian
HMS Surprise
Black Company book 3

I know that feel man. Brothers Karamazov and Infinite Jest put me way behind. Was able to catch up with some short story collections.

fierrotlepou · Nov 1, 2013

Suggestion for the book club:

Because it's not that long and because it's awesome.

Now reading:

Very good so far. Can't wait until they finally (story spoiler:

open the vault.

)

Donthizz# · Nov 1, 2013

guys recommend me some good Vampire books ( not cheesy romance books), thanks.

Verdre · Nov 1, 2013

Donthizz# said:
guys recommend me some good Vampire books ( not cheesy romance books), thanks.

I'm not big on vampire books in general, but I've really enjoyed Japser Kent's Twelve and Barbara Hambly's Those Who Hunt the Night & Traveling With the Dead

WhereAreMahDragonz · Nov 1, 2013

NotTheGuyYouKill said:
Last novel I finished was Gun Machine by Warren Ellis and it was great.

Maybe I'll give this a whirl, I love crime dramas too. Thanks for the suggestions!

yepyepyep · Nov 1, 2013

Picnic at Hanging Rock.

The movie appears to have been very faithful to the book, although I haven't finished the book yet.

Pau · Nov 1, 2013

Wherearemahdragonz said:
I'm on a huge sci-fi binge, but pretty much anything will do. I like it all.

The Dispossessed, Left Hand of Darkness, or The Birthday of the World. All by Ursula K. Le Guin. About the societies of different planets. The last one is a short story collection and it is amazing.

Mr.Swag · Nov 1, 2013

Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and the shining at the same time. Like the little contrast.

WhereAreMahDragonz · Nov 1, 2013

Pau said:
The Dispossessed, Left Hand of Darkness, or The Birthday of the World. All by Ursula K. Le Guin. About the societies of different planets. The last one is a short story collection and it is amazing.

Alright, I'll bookmark this and take a look later. Thanks!

Aztechnology · Nov 1, 2013

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Fantastic collection of essays by Paul Graham, a well known programmer and co-founder of viaweb. The essays can also be found for free on www.paulgraham.com

Tragicomedy · Nov 1, 2013

I heard it referenced as the native American version of To Kill a Mockingbird and that's all it took to push it to the top of my queue.

Absolutely gorgeous writing so far. I'm hooked.

jerry1594 · Nov 1, 2013

lol why so much fantasy and science fiction

omgkitty · Nov 1, 2013

TheyTookOurJobs · Nov 1, 2013

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep graphic novel.

Tragicomedy · Nov 1, 2013

Pizarro said:
lol why so much fantasy and science fiction

You ask this on a video game forum, with a predominantly 20-30 year old male demographic?

East Lake · Nov 1, 2013

Pizarro said:
lol why so much fantasy and science fiction

I just read some Hesiod.

Some of my fav quotes.

Great Heaven came, and with him brought the night.
Longing for love, he lay around the Earth,
Spreading out fully. But the hidden boy
Stretched forth his left hand; in his right he took
The great long jagged sickle; eagerly
He harvested his father's genitals
And threw them off behind. They did not fall
From his hands in vain, for all the bloody drops
That leaped out were received by Earth; and when
The year's time was accomplished, she gave birth
To the Furies, and the Giants, strong and huge,
Who fought in shining armour, with long spears,
And the nymphs called Meliae on the broad earth.

The genitals, cut off with adamant
And thrown from land into the stormy sea,
Were carried for a long time on the waves.
White foam surrounded the immortal flesh,
And in it grew a girl. At first it touched
On holy Cythera, from there it came
To Cyprus, circled by the waves. And there
The goddess came forth, lovely, much revered,
And grass grew up beneath her delicate feet.
Her name is Aphrodite among men.

Don't let a woman, wiggling her behind,
And flattering and coaxing, take you in;
She wants your barn: woman is just a cheat

Edit: Bonus quote.

When summer is still waxing, tell your slaves:
'Summer is not for ever; now, build barns.'

Teptom · Nov 1, 2013

Haly · Nov 1, 2013

Pizarro said:
lol why so much fantasy and science fiction

Cuz nerds.

obin_gam · Nov 1, 2013

Still reading

which I started in October.
Am about half way through now and it has taken a somewhat slower pace now, but it is still fantastic and will probably be one of the best book I've read in recent years.

Since I'm so into it I have to ask if there are any movies or video games that has this kind of setting and feeling?

Barmaley · Nov 1, 2013

About to finish this. A fun read that gives you an overview of the history of most sciences.

Also halfway through Bros Karamazov; I hope to be done with it by the end of the year. Too much emphasis on religion and spiritualism for my taste.

Nezumi · Nov 1, 2013

At the moment I'm only reading:

It is good. Really, really good. I'm somewhere above 60% and so damn glad I already downloaded the third book.

aku:jiki · Nov 1, 2013

Fitting follow-up to the last post, I guess:

I really, REALLY enjoyed it when it was mostly a noirish detective story taking place both in space and on a station, but I'm a little weary of the introduction of what I assume is the "leviathan". I'm at the end of it and I have the rest of the trilogy on my shelf already, so we'll see how it goes. I still have hope that they can convince me with what they have planned for all of the shit going on right now.

Wish I had a picture but, damn it, why did the publisher change the sizing format for the third book? It's like an inch taller and wider and looks so stupid on my shelf. Or did I order the wrong kind of paperback? I'm not used to ordering physical books online so it's the first time I've had this happen.

yonder · Nov 1, 2013

About halfway through Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy, and it is amazing so far. Looking forward to finishing the border trilogy so I can start reading Blood Meridian.

HORRORSHØW · Nov 1, 2013

omgkitty said:

classic Murakami is best Murakami.

Vastag · Nov 1, 2013

NotTheGuyYouKill said:
Jonathan Maberry's Joe Ledger series is great. Mostly military action fiction, but it's crossed with a ton of sci-fi and horror.

Joe Ledger novels are my guilty pleasure. Corny and kinda bad, but I love them.

Chuckie · Nov 1, 2013

Maklershed said:
C
Hard copy

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

I am reading this one too right now. English version even

Ð¯AW · Nov 1, 2013

Grimløck;88246793 said:
classic Murakami is best Murakami.

I found Sputnik Sweetheart to be nice little transition novel, but nothing special.

RepairmanJack · Nov 1, 2013

Reading:

and

Not too far into Gone Girl yet but currently really liking both.

Professor Chaos · Nov 1, 2013

Finishing up

obin_gam said:
Since I'm so into it I have to ask if there are any movies or video games that has this kind of setting and feeling?

The Renaissance era Assassin's creed games?

Mr.Swag · Nov 1, 2013

RepairmanJack said:
Reading:

Not too far into Gone Girl yet but currently really liking both.

It's great

Delicious Waffles · Nov 1, 2013

Zuhzuhzombie!! · Nov 1, 2013

Just ordered

Go through a huge back log recently. Finishing up The Good Women of China and Thousand Years of Good Prayers.

Mastadon · Nov 1, 2013

I've had a big break from reading, so eager to jump back in. I'm just about to start:

Goodreads said:
Summer in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a blue collar neighborhood where hipster gourmet supermarkets push against tired housing projects, and the East River opens into the bay. Bored and listless, fifteen-year-old June and Val are looking for some fun. Forget the boys, the bottles, the coded whistles. Val wants to do something wild and a little crazy: take a raft out onto the bay.

But out on the water, as the bright light of day gives way to darkness, the girls disappear. Only Val will survive, washed ashore semi-conscious in the weeds.

June's shocking disappearance will reverberate in the lives of a diverse cast of Red Hook residents. Fadi, the Lebanese bodega owner, trolls for information about the crime. Cree, just beginning to pull it together after his father's murder, unwittingly makes himself the chief suspect although an elusive guardian seems to have other plans for him. As Val emerges from the shadow of her missing friend, her teacher Jonathan, Julliard drop-out and barfly, will be forced to confront a past riddled with tragic sins of omission.

I've heard really mixed things about it, so I'm going in with an open mind.

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