Fantastic book. Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures (by the same author, in the same world) is also really good.
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Fantastic book. Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures (by the same author, in the same world) is also really good.
SpinningBirdKick
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Money by Martin Amis
Summer Haze
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The Lord of The Rings.
I loved that series so much in middle school, but I really can't remember anything about it. I was thinking about rereading it sometime.
Slightly off-topic, but I want to know why only the second volume of The Story of the Stone is the one available on the Kindle store? Seeing how important this book is for Chinese literature, I would've thought it would have at least some digital presence for the whole story. Hell, even Romance of the Three Kingdoms exist on the Kindle store!
Bookmarked this page for future listening. It'll be a good way to refresh myself before continuing on with my read of Silmarillion.
Bookmarked this page for future listening. It'll be a good way to refresh myself before continuing on with my read of Silmarillion.
bengraven
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Killing Lincoln by Bil---oh, you had to enjoy it. Fuck.
This post finally sold me on the book, btw.
Quick and easy adventure story that is oozing with video game and nerd culture. If you are a child of the 80s and 90s read this freaking book NOW.
This post finally sold me on the book, btw.
A Human Becoming
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How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
In The Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
I finished it a couple weeks ago, and it's a really well written story of survival. It's a chronicle of the Whaleship Essex out of Nantucket which inspired Herman Melville's Moby Dick. What I liked was the amount of history and context provided by the author to really set your mind in the time and the attitude of the society these men came from and returned to.
I finished it a couple weeks ago, and it's a really well written story of survival. It's a chronicle of the Whaleship Essex out of Nantucket which inspired Herman Melville's Moby Dick. What I liked was the amount of history and context provided by the author to really set your mind in the time and the attitude of the society these men came from and returned to.
It's not as well-known in the West as something like Romance of the Three Kingdoms or Journey to the West, and the most recent full translation is really old. It's perhaps unsurprising that it isn't, even if it should be.
I recently suggested that my library get a copy, and it's now on order.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
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Finished The Beach. Was thoroughly engrossed throughout the entire book.
Very enjoyable.
On to the next... the Southern Reach Trilogy?
Not sure I feel like diving into a trilogy, but perhaps I can punctuate each book with another.
Very enjoyable.
On to the next... the Southern Reach Trilogy?
Not sure I feel like diving into a trilogy, but perhaps I can punctuate each book with another.
They're fairly short books; the single volume edition edition is only 608 pages.
Sir Blaming
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The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Its a story from a perspective of a dog and his owner, whose occupation is a circuit driver.
Its focused more on the story of the family of Enzo and their struggles than racing, and its kinda great in that right.
Its a story from a perspective of a dog and his owner, whose occupation is a circuit driver.
Its focused more on the story of the family of Enzo and their struggles than racing, and its kinda great in that right.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
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I picked up Annihilation. Nothing I love more than diving into a book, even better a series, without any knowledge at all.
I would like to suggest Startide Rising by David Brin.
I read it in my big science fiction phase and it's been one of my favorites since. It says it's book 2 of a trilogy but it was written as a stand alone novel (even though it has sort of an open ending. Also the sequel does nothing to answer dangling threads.)
I read it in my big science fiction phase and it's been one of my favorites since. It says it's book 2 of a trilogy but it was written as a stand alone novel (even though it has sort of an open ending. Also the sequel does nothing to answer dangling threads.)
Given that everyone's trying to find the fattest books for you to consume, I will, instead, suggest some short fiction:
- The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor
- Tenth of December by George Saunders
- Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace
- The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor
- Tenth of December by George Saunders
- Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace
- The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dr_Boris_Goltz
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Finished Annihilation.
Oddly enough it never grabbed me. In fact, the whole book felt meandering and slightly overwrought.
That's not to say I didn't like it, and my next book is Authority. Mostly because I have to know where this is going.
Oddly enough it never grabbed me. In fact, the whole book felt meandering and slightly overwrought.
That's not to say I didn't like it, and my next book is Authority. Mostly because I have to know where this is going.
FairFriend
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I'm reading Villette right now and it is very good indeed. Thank you to those who suggested it (sorry OP if I stole your topic!)
Dr_Boris_Goltz
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Steal away!
Prior to this post I always had trouble finding a new book to read, so I decided to just let somebody else choose for me.
such a good recommendation. Anything Roald Dahl really.
I'll recommend, lets see.
Game of Thrones
Harry Potter
His Dark Materials
Red Dragon
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Complete Chronicles of Conan
Inferno
Goosebumps?
Nickodamus Rex
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I fancy myself quite the mafia buff. Plenty of great reads to be had in the true crime genre.
The one I'll suggest isn't even particularly well-written, but still prob one of the scariest books I've read. If you have any interest in John Gotti era stuff and organized crime in NYC, well worth it.
The one I'll suggest isn't even particularly well-written, but still prob one of the scariest books I've read. If you have any interest in John Gotti era stuff and organized crime in NYC, well worth it.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
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Just got done with Authority. I loved it.
On to Acceptance!
On to Acceptance!
Admiral Woofington
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The Name of the Wind. Its sequel is also pretty good. Fiction, Fantasy.
Malazan: Book of the Fallen series. Very well done fantasy series in the same vein of Game of Thrones/Song of Ice and Fire of multiple points of views, but imho better than the latter. It is a bit more high fantasy than aSoIaF though.
Malazan: Book of the Fallen series. Very well done fantasy series in the same vein of Game of Thrones/Song of Ice and Fire of multiple points of views, but imho better than the latter. It is a bit more high fantasy than aSoIaF though.
m_shortpants
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The Odessa Files
Been a while since I read it, but pretty interesting thriller.
Been a while since I read it, but pretty interesting thriller.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
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This might sound somewhat unintelligent and low brow, but The Name of the Wind is one of my favorite books.
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Transhuman
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I'm going to second Neuromancer, because 30-year old cyberpunk ages well somehow.
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Macapala
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IT by Stephen King. Its a long book (1000+ pages), but it really is worth reading. Novels I read are normally around the 400-500 page mark so taking on IT was quite a feat for me, but I'm so glad I read it. Brilliant novel.
NormandyVII
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THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir
Admiral Woofington
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Nothing wrong with it, it's an excellent novel. The Wise Man's Fear is good too, but not nearly as amazing as the first novel. Eagerly awaiting the third novel in the trilogy, I'll have to reread both of the previous two though because I have read so much and so much time has passed I have forgotten most of the events.
Mineshaft_Gap
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The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
Non fiction. It's about the Broad Street cholera epidemic of 1854 in London. Really, really interesting stuff. Equal parts disgusting and fascinating. It's like a mystery where the crime gets solved ten times over but everyone's hard-headed marriage to a wrong idea prevents them from seeing the truth as it's shouted in their faces.
It's got John Snow in it and he actually knows quite a lot.
Non fiction. It's about the Broad Street cholera epidemic of 1854 in London. Really, really interesting stuff. Equal parts disgusting and fascinating. It's like a mystery where the crime gets solved ten times over but everyone's hard-headed marriage to a wrong idea prevents them from seeing the truth as it's shouted in their faces.
It's got John Snow in it and he actually knows quite a lot.
Admiral Woofington
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Ooh yes. As a Colombian I read it out of national pride, but then it ended up being a fantastic fucking novel. It's this very borderline fantasy fiction story, very down to earth and takes place throughout the life of a family. I cannot recommend it enough either, also highly recommend you find a version with the family tree.
A wonderful book indeed.
I'll recommend as I usually do "Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend" by Matthew Dicks. Was my favourite book I read last year, and I still think about it a lot! I always am glad when others read it and enjoy it as much as I do.
My favourite book I've read this year was Rocket Boys, by Homer Hickam, perhaps more popularly known as October Sky from the movie title.
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Google Play Books is offering me a free book, and I'm not sure which to pick:
Thanks guys!
- Gone by Michael Grant
- Shake by Carli Davidson
- The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho
- After the Funeral by Agatha Christie
- Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- Clean by Alejandro Junger
- Honored Enemy by Raymond E. Feist
- Jab, Jab, Jab, Right HOok by Gary Vaynerchuck
Thanks guys!
More_Badass
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Run - Blake Crouch
Kop / Ex-Kop / Kop Killer - Warren Hammond
Altered Carbon / Broken Angels / Woken Furies - Richard Morgan
Kop / Ex-Kop / Kop Killer - Warren Hammond
Altered Carbon / Broken Angels / Woken Furies - Richard Morgan
Calm Killer
In all media, only true fans who consume every book, film, game, or pog collection deserve to know what's going on.
Dave Ramsey - the total money makeover.
One of my most beloved books, it's called Sophie's World, written by Jostein Gaarder.
NoctisVsStar
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The Scrivener
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http://www.amazon.com/dp/086171380X/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Hardcore Zen by Brad Warner. You don't have to know anything about Zen or Buddhism first. You don't have to be Buddhist. It's more of a biography. But I love it. Very funny and straight-shooting book.
Hardcore Zen by Brad Warner. You don't have to know anything about Zen or Buddhism first. You don't have to be Buddhist. It's more of a biography. But I love it. Very funny and straight-shooting book.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
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And I'm done with the Southern Reach Trilogy.
Very peculiar, fascinating books. The second was my favorite, mostly due to Control.
Next in line is The Twits.
Very peculiar, fascinating books. The second was my favorite, mostly due to Control.
Next in line is The Twits.
Hoho for breakfast
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I keep posting about this in various threads lol but:
The Fabric Of The Cosmos by Brian Greene
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A Short History Of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
The Fabric Of The Cosmos by Brian Greene
and
A Short History Of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Wtf you liked authority the best?
Interesting lol
Dr_Boris_Goltz
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Yeah Authority followed by Acceptance followed by Annihilation.
Is Authority usually ranked last for most people?
My order, and the prevailing order around these parts, is the reverse of what yours is lol
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