UniversalWolf said:
You're absolutely right.
If only Cthulhu came out and killed all those bastards just like he killed Justin Bieber.
Favorite books / What are you reading?
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You're absolutely right.
If only Cthulhu came out and killed all those bastards just like he killed Justin Bieber.
Reading "Matter" from Iain M. Banks atm. Don't know what to think of it yet. Not your typical scifi book, that's for sure.
That's for certain. "Matter" isn't even typical as a Banks work, and Banks is a man that gives himself quite a bit of lattitude. I remember seeing an interview with him somewhere where he said that at one point he'd thought his well may have dried up as far as Sci-Fi writing was concerned, that he wasn't sure if he had much untrodden ground left to cover there. After finishing Matter, I couldn't help but feel that he must have written it after that interview and that he had basically attempted to freshen things up by hybridizing the genre.
Dr. Combat Shotgun
First time out of the vault
I read commemorative edition of Necronomicon, complete collection of Lovecraft. I love it.
Picked up Le Père Goriot from Honoré de Balzac.
PainlessDocM
Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
Should be mandatory reading for all Belgians IMO.
Any reason why you say we should read this book rather than the many others about Leopold's reign of terror?PainlessDocM said:Should be mandatory reading for all Belgians IMO.
Started The Shadow Rising from Jordan.
PainlessDocM
Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
SuAside said:Any reason why you say we should read this book rather than the many others about Leopold's reign of terror?PainlessDocM said:Should be mandatory reading for all Belgians IMO.
Because this is by far the best book I have read on this subject.
If you have other recommendations please feel free to share them
Some reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/King-Leopolds...iewpoints=1&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending
Currently reading Le Horla by Guy de Maupassant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Horla
Finishing Two Towers , JRR Tolkien . Great work .
English edition , not the translated one because of the amount of mistakes they make in my language and shitty copies they put to press , not to mention the PRICE itself ! Grammar mistakes too , they fired some sensible lectors . Btw those kind of mistakes are seen from an airplane , 2 pages with no spaces or commas or points...
And i kinda like that recycled paper , feels heavy and old in hand , it doesn't stink like the new one .
English edition , not the translated one because of the amount of mistakes they make in my language and shitty copies they put to press , not to mention the PRICE itself ! Grammar mistakes too , they fired some sensible lectors . Btw those kind of mistakes are seen from an airplane , 2 pages with no spaces or commas or points...
And i kinda like that recycled paper , feels heavy and old in hand , it doesn't stink like the new one .
I'm reading The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson-- it's very good. I'm really into the book, and even the part I thought would be less interesting (the architecture/politics behind the Exposition) is really well-written and enjoyable. I'd definitely recommend it.
archont
It Wandered In From the Wastes
Jane's Tank Recognition Guide and the Soviet-Afghan War: How a Superpower Fought and Lost.
I guess I'm more into factual literature.
I guess I'm more into factual literature.
Kalevala is amazing. I have never read anything like this.
Finished it.SuAside said:
It's rather ok, but the beginning is pretty slow. By the time it really becomes interesting & picks up the pace, it's done way too soon.
But worth a read, if you're into scifi.
Walpknut
This ghoul has seen it all
I am reading AKIRA by Katsuhiro Otomo, I rented it from the library, but it rained sideways the other day so my backpack got soaked and the book's front cover got ruined, now I have to pay it, but I still get to keep the book.