I'm currently reading House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, and it is amazing, I cannot put the damn book down. It's a really unique plot and narrative design, and Danielewski is incredibly skilled to be able to pull of the story-within-a-story design effectively. Honestly, I would recommend this book to anyone, it's great. And don't let the size intimidate you, it draws you in so much you hardly realize how much you're reading. Although admittedly there are some parts that are tedious, but those are eclipsed by the amount of interesting parts.
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I'm reading The Gathering Storm atm (book 12 of the WoT, Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson). Really good so far, only about 200ish pages in.
Oh how I envy you. So, so much..my favorite series and I Haven't been able to pick up the twelfth I don't really have any hope for it, Jordan left a legacy of 100000 plot twists and characters that have two sentences then 50 pages later are a central point of the plot, but I want to finish it).
On topic: I'm reading the Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov.
I'm currently reading House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, and it is amazing, I cannot put the damn book down. It's a really unique plot and narrative design, and Danielewski is incredibly skilled to be able to pull of the story-within-a-story design effectively. Honestly, I would recommend this book to anyone, it's great. And don't let the size intimidate you, it draws you in so much you hardly realize how much you're reading. Although admittedly there are some parts that are tedious, but those are eclipsed by the amount of interesting parts.
One of my alltime favourite books. I got my girlfriend to start reading it. I'm excited for when she passes the checkmark.
stupid school books that noone likes. otherwise i read philip pullman, his dark materials trilogy alot. just finished it several weeks ago. some of his other works are pretty decent also.
finished Nuklear Age now reading Ice Age, book I: Gathering Dark- good ol' Jeff Grubb telling the story of the greatest Wizard noone's ever heard of.
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Just started reading 'The Gathering Storm', and I don't need to tell all the other WoT fans out there how good it feels to get back to Randland after all this time...
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There's one at the door, at the gate to damnation...
Is it thief, thug or whore? There's one at the door...
And there's room for one more till the end of creation. Neil Gaiman, Sandman #4 - A Hope in Hell
Just started reading 'The Gathering Storm', and I don't need to tell all the other WoT fans out there how good it feels to get back to Randland after all this time...
Throughout the month of October, I have been reading H.P. Lovecraft stories before going to bed. As we are nearing Halloween, I have been planning on finishing the month off with The Shadow Over Innsmouth and The Call of Cthulhu.
And during my lunch hour I've also been rereading The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
Just finished Memories of Ice by Steven Erickson. VERY GOOD. One of the most difficult series I've ever wrapped my brain around, but if you put in the effort to understand, you are amply rewarded. Much like the Song of Ice and Fire series.
Currently reading a book called 'the introvert advantage'. Quite interesting...probably helps that I'm an introvert. Uses the temperament concept of introverted instead of the more negative and incorrect "general" definition. Looks like it'll be a very quick read too.
I had no frakkin' idea book 12 was out in WoT. Might need to hit up Barnes and Noble soon.
Well my wife has been reading the RHAPSODY series and has started reading the first book to me when we go to bed lol that doesnt really count as reading does it rofl
Oh how I envy you. So, so much..my favorite series and I Haven't been able to pick up the twelfth I don't really have any hope for it, Jordan left a legacy of 100000 plot twists and characters that have two sentences then 50 pages later are a central point of the plot, but I want to finish it).
On topic: I'm reading the Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov.
The book is actually, IMO, one of the best ones of the series. While Brandon Sanderson definitely has a completely different writing style from Jordan, he manages to make it work really well. Some of the scenes are downright scary...
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Finished "Christine" a few days ago and am now halfway through "Cujo" at the moment (both Stephen king). Not that impressed by either. They're both ok, but weak when compared to some Simmons and Barker horror novels.
Oh well, I'll have to finish "Bleak house" eventually (Dickens) and then move onto greener pastures, perhaps with some Campbell or Lumley stuff just to get back into the mythos thing.
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@enemy within: i just finished House of Leaves, honestly it might have been the best book i've ever read, its incredibly creative, and unique in the way the story is told
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Good Lord, is he awful. I can't count the number of anachronisms he threw into the speech, especially Mat's. ("Do the math, Joline!" he says at one point. Kill me now.) His Perrin is decent, his Aviendha is ok, his Mat is truly terrible...his Rand, well, it's difficult to tell whether the vast differences are because of Rand's changes or because of the difference in writing style/mastery. I liked his Egwene, for what it's worth.
The Verin chapter was one of the best in any of the books so far, I liked the confrontation between Tuon and Rand, I loved the part where he channels the True Power for the first time (Lews Therin's reaction made that entire chapter), I'm pleased that Egwene finally won because I was getting a little tired of the Tower. I thought everything Mat did was peripheral in this book and would rather have just skipped to the Tower of Ghenjei (although the next book's title suggests we'll find out more about that place.)
No mention at all of Elayne or of Taim. I think Rand is forgetting Taim a little bit too easily. He's going to have to realize at some point that pretty much all the full Asha'man are Darkfriends and will wreck his plans. It seems the "two becoming one" part of the prophecy, or Min's viewings, or whatever it was has been fulfilled but what about Moridin? That guy is a serious creep. I wonder if he is actually Shaidar Haran instead of the Dark One as we've suspected all along. I thought it was a little too simple for Rand to eliminate Graendal, whose perspective we've been seeing for nearly twelve books now. She's constantly brought up as the window from which we look on the Forsaken councils, and now she's dead. Too easy. And finally, I can't get a grip on who Demandred might actually be. Every relevant sign points to him being Taim, but RJ denied that. Now we find out he is in a position of power, possibly in control of a throne. But where? The Borderlands, maybe, although I think it'd be a little too easy for one of the Borderland monarchs who we haven't heard anything about to be one of the Forsaken. Maybe he's Darlin.
So, despite my issues with Sanderson, I greatly enjoyed the book although naturally it left us with many more questions than answers. Only two more years.
Finished "Christine" a few days ago and am now halfway through "Cujo" at the moment (both Stephen king). Not that impressed by either. They're both ok, but weak when compared to some Simmons and Barker horror novels.
Oh well, I'll have to finish "Bleak house" eventually (Dickens) and then move onto greener pastures, perhaps with some Campbell or Lumley stuff just to get back into the mythos thing.
Eh, imo Christine and Cujo were not among King's best. I prefer his anthologies of short stories like Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Skeleton Crew, and Night Shift, and his novels like The Shining, The Stand, Needful Things, Carrie and some others that I'm too lazy to list. But a story about a rabid dog and a story about a...rabid car never really hooked me. And I just read King's newest anthology, Just After Sunset. I'm starting to lose respect for King, he's like that washed up actress in Sunset Boulevard, way past her prime and her golden days but completely in denial about it. I'm hesitant to read any of his newer stuff. As far as Clive Barker goes, he's got a ****ed up vivid imagination, but he tends to lose me halfway through. I've only successfully finished The Damnation Game and The Thief of Always.
As far as House of Leaves goes, it is amazing so far, although sometimes the crazy text arrangment irks me. I know it's artistic, but I like to read when I eat meals, and trying to eat and crane my head sideways is annoying. But aside from that, Danielewski's got me hooked, every time I pick that book up I cannot fathom how much work must have gone into creating it. If he ever wrote anything else I would buy it on the day it was released.
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Good Lord, is he awful. I can't count the number of anachronisms he threw into the speech, especially Mat's. ("Do the math, Joline!" he says at one point. Kill me now.) His Perrin is decent, his Aviendha is ok, his Mat is truly terrible...his Rand, well, it's difficult to tell whether the vast differences are because of Rand's changes or because of the difference in writing style/mastery. I liked his Egwene, for what it's worth.
The Verin chapter was one of the best in any of the books so far, I liked the confrontation between Tuon and Rand, I loved the part where he channels the True Power for the first time (Lews Therin's reaction made that entire chapter), I'm pleased that Egwene finally won because I was getting a little tired of the Tower. I thought everything Mat did was peripheral in this book and would rather have just skipped to the Tower of Ghenjei (although the next book's title suggests we'll find out more about that place.)
No mention at all of Elayne or of Taim. I think Rand is forgetting Taim a little bit too easily. He's going to have to realize at some point that pretty much all the full Asha'man are Darkfriends and will wreck his plans. It seems the "two becoming one" part of the prophecy, or Min's viewings, or whatever it was has been fulfilled but what about Moridin? That guy is a serious creep. I wonder if he is actually Shaidar Haran instead of the Dark One as we've suspected all along. I thought it was a little too simple for Rand to eliminate Graendal, whose perspective we've been seeing for nearly twelve books now. She's constantly brought up as the window from which we look on the Forsaken councils, and now she's dead. Too easy. And finally, I can't get a grip on who Demandred might actually be. Every relevant sign points to him being Taim, but RJ denied that. Now we find out he is in a position of power, possibly in control of a throne. But where? The Borderlands, maybe, although I think it'd be a little too easy for one of the Borderland monarchs who we haven't heard anything about to be one of the Forsaken. Maybe he's Darlin.
So, despite my issues with Sanderson, I greatly enjoyed the book although naturally it left us with many more questions than answers. Only two more years.
There's a good chance that Damendred is nobody, as nobody would recognize him at this point but darkfriends and LTT. He is likely just behind the scenes. Moridin is Moridin, Shaidar Haran is a physical aspect of the Dark One. No connection there.
I am about to read TGS, I will give my insight tomorrow. I've already read a plot synopsis and I am eager for this book, Sanderson or not.
Eh, imo Christine and Cujo were not among King's best. I prefer his anthologies of short stories like Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Skeleton Crew, and Night Shift, and his novels like The Shining, The Stand, Needful Things, Carrie and some others that I'm too lazy to list. But a story about a rabid dog and a story about a...rabid car never really hooked me. And I just read King's newest anthology, Just After Sunset. I'm starting to lose respect for King, he's like that washed up actress in Sunset Boulevard, way past her prime and her golden days but completely in denial about it. I'm hesitant to read any of his newer stuff. As far as Clive Barker goes, he's got a ****ed up vivid imagination, but he tends to lose me halfway through. I've only successfully finished The Damnation Game and The Thief of Always.
Yes. I've read 20 or so of King's books and short story compilations (and seen every single movie adaptation) and am really getting a lot of rehashed ideas from him lately (Cell was terrible). He's still an amazing and exceptionally fluent storyteller, but his stories seem to have lost their edge a bit.
I read all of Barker's early works and would strongly recommend all 6 volumes of "Books of blood" as well as "Hellbound heart" (for obvious reasons) and "Weaveworld". Some of his latest weird-fantasy monstrosities, while highly original and amusing, are not as appealing to me as the earlier stuff. I hope he makes at least a short literary rebound after "Anime damnatae" and the "Hellraiser" remake (or should I say reinventing) hit the theatres.
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I've finished a ... a bunch of books. Mot notably, I read my first Philip K. Dick book [Yeah ... Androids and Sheep], and ... it was fantastic. I'm going to try reading a lot more of his work.
Got to read the other Philip next, though.
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and eyes are full of death besides
but luckily the soul is wise -
it sees beyond my blindness and
forced failure makes a better guise,
so as i come again alive,
it feels like life's a decent plan
Also, books about history teach you interesting yet useless facts. Like that before 20.000 BC, there hasn't been a single gathering of more than 500 humans. (Pretty weird, since we do it all the time today).
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Oh how I envy you. So, so much..my favorite series and I Haven't been able to pick up the twelfth I don't really have any hope for it, Jordan left a legacy of 100000 plot twists and characters that have two sentences then 50 pages later are a central point of the plot, but I want to finish it).
On topic: I'm reading the Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov.
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One of my alltime favourite books. I got my girlfriend to start reading it. I'm excited for when she passes the checkmark.
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stupid school books that noone likes. otherwise i read philip pullman, his dark materials trilogy alot. just finished it several weeks ago. some of his other works are pretty decent also.
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Is it thief, thug or whore? There's one at the door...
And there's room for one more till the end of creation.
Neil Gaiman, Sandman #4 - A Hope in Hell
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Amen to that.
About halfway at the moment.
And during my lunch hour I've also been rereading The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
by Jorge Luis Borges
it's a collection short stories from the 60's that seem to bridge the modern and the postmodern using philosophical sci-fi like themes.
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Currently reading a book called 'the introvert advantage'. Quite interesting...probably helps that I'm an introvert. Uses the temperament concept of introverted instead of the more negative and incorrect "general" definition. Looks like it'll be a very quick read too.
I had no frakkin' idea book 12 was out in WoT. Might need to hit up Barnes and Noble soon.
The book is actually, IMO, one of the best ones of the series. While Brandon Sanderson definitely has a completely different writing style from Jordan, he manages to make it work really well. Some of the scenes are downright scary...
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Oh well, I'll have to finish "Bleak house" eventually (Dickens) and then move onto greener pastures, perhaps with some Campbell or Lumley stuff just to get back into the mythos thing.
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@enemy within: i just finished House of Leaves, honestly it might have been the best book i've ever read, its incredibly creative, and unique in the way the story is told
No mention at all of Elayne or of Taim. I think Rand is forgetting Taim a little bit too easily. He's going to have to realize at some point that pretty much all the full Asha'man are Darkfriends and will wreck his plans. It seems the "two becoming one" part of the prophecy, or Min's viewings, or whatever it was has been fulfilled but what about Moridin? That guy is a serious creep. I wonder if he is actually Shaidar Haran instead of the Dark One as we've suspected all along. I thought it was a little too simple for Rand to eliminate Graendal, whose perspective we've been seeing for nearly twelve books now. She's constantly brought up as the window from which we look on the Forsaken councils, and now she's dead. Too easy. And finally, I can't get a grip on who Demandred might actually be. Every relevant sign points to him being Taim, but RJ denied that. Now we find out he is in a position of power, possibly in control of a throne. But where? The Borderlands, maybe, although I think it'd be a little too easy for one of the Borderland monarchs who we haven't heard anything about to be one of the Forsaken. Maybe he's Darlin.
So, despite my issues with Sanderson, I greatly enjoyed the book although naturally it left us with many more questions than answers. Only two more years.
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Eh, imo Christine and Cujo were not among King's best. I prefer his anthologies of short stories like Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Skeleton Crew, and Night Shift, and his novels like The Shining, The Stand, Needful Things, Carrie and some others that I'm too lazy to list. But a story about a rabid dog and a story about a...rabid car never really hooked me. And I just read King's newest anthology, Just After Sunset. I'm starting to lose respect for King, he's like that washed up actress in Sunset Boulevard, way past her prime and her golden days but completely in denial about it. I'm hesitant to read any of his newer stuff. As far as Clive Barker goes, he's got a
****ed upvivid imagination, but he tends to lose me halfway through. I've only successfully finished The Damnation Game and The Thief of Always.As far as House of Leaves goes, it is amazing so far, although sometimes the crazy text arrangment irks me. I know it's artistic, but I like to read when I eat meals, and trying to eat and crane my head sideways is annoying. But aside from that, Danielewski's got me hooked, every time I pick that book up I cannot fathom how much work must have gone into creating it. If he ever wrote anything else I would buy it on the day it was released.
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There's a good chance that Damendred is nobody, as nobody would recognize him at this point but darkfriends and LTT. He is likely just behind the scenes. Moridin is Moridin, Shaidar Haran is a physical aspect of the Dark One. No connection there.
I am about to read TGS, I will give my insight tomorrow. I've already read a plot synopsis and I am eager for this book, Sanderson or not.
Yes. I've read 20 or so of King's books and short story compilations (and seen every single movie adaptation) and am really getting a lot of rehashed ideas from him lately (Cell was terrible). He's still an amazing and exceptionally fluent storyteller, but his stories seem to have lost their edge a bit.
I read all of Barker's early works and would strongly recommend all 6 volumes of "Books of blood" as well as "Hellbound heart" (for obvious reasons) and "Weaveworld". Some of his latest weird-fantasy monstrosities, while highly original and amusing, are not as appealing to me as the earlier stuff. I hope he makes at least a short literary rebound after "Anime damnatae" and the "Hellraiser" remake (or should I say reinventing) hit the theatres.
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"Class Struggle and Resistance in Africa" - various, edited by Leo Zeilig
"Revolution in Seattle: A Memoir" - Henry O'Connor
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They're all quite different in their approaches and writing, but very enjoyable.
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Legacy love.
Got to read the other Philip next, though.
and eyes are full of death besides
but luckily the soul is wise -
it sees beyond my blindness and
forced failure makes a better guise,
so as i come again alive,
it feels like life's a decent plan
Also, books about history teach you interesting yet useless facts. Like that before 20.000 BC, there hasn't been a single gathering of more than 500 humans. (Pretty weird, since we do it all the time today).
These are the decks that I have constructed, and are ready to play:
01. Ankh Sligh to be exact.