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Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
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Favorite books / What are you reading?
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Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
Guiltyofbeingtrite
Vault Dweller
SPOILER TAGS, PEOPLE. I ordered the Road a few days ago.
SimpleMinded
Vault Fossil
Yamu said:
I think it was his first novel. The afterward in my version was really interesting as he talks about his struggles to get it published and how in its first years, he would go out and do public readings to himself.
Is his other stuff even better?
Almost done with The Bone Collector by Jeffrey Deaver. It's very... mass market. I'm enjoying it for what it is, but it's showing me I'm not much of a crime reader.
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TorontoReign
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DammitBoy said:
I agree. I loved the book and the movie. The Road was pretty close to how I imagine the apocalypse.
I've been reading tons of manga (from the library, though, I don't waste anymore money on books) and I really liked Motoro Mase's Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit. Great plot and nice drawings.
Apart from manga, I've also been reading pretty much everything Richard Dawkins has ever written. He's such a clever guy and his style is very accessible. Someone should build him a statue. I'm serious.
Apart from manga, I've also been reading pretty much everything Richard Dawkins has ever written. He's such a clever guy and his style is very accessible. Someone should build him a statue. I'm serious.
thegaresexperience
Water Chip? Been There, Done That
I'm contemplating re-reading Ubik. I want to but I would need to balance that and the huindreds of pages I have to read for school every week.
Not really sure what I'm reading at the moment, but my favourite books are by Chingiz Aitmatov (yeah, that Soviet guy). Amazing writing. The characters and plot are mind-blowing.
I picked up Ulysses at the library yesterday.
thegaresexperience
Water Chip? Been There, Done That
clercqer said:
Never made it more than half-way through each time I tired to read it. I loved Portrait of the Artist and what I read of Ulysses was great, but at times he get's hard to read, and especially with Ulysses, to keep track of what's going on.
I will finish it one day...
The Reapers are the Angels by Alden Bell
The Autumn series by David Moody (yeah, more zombies)
Plague of the Dead and Thunder & Ashes by Z.A. Recht
Day by day Armageddon by J.L. Bourne
Beyond Exile by J.L. Bourne
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I'm kinda trapped in a zombie apocalypse meme...
The Autumn series by David Moody (yeah, more zombies)
Plague of the Dead and Thunder & Ashes by Z.A. Recht
Day by day Armageddon by J.L. Bourne
Beyond Exile by J.L. Bourne
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I'm kinda trapped in a zombie apocalypse meme...
EnigmaGrey
First time out of the vault
It's been a long weeK
Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Ender in Exhile, Shadow of the Giant, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets by Orson Scot Card. Despite what I've heard, his writing seems to remain consistent, just the viewpoint of his protagonists change -- and artillery was mentioned in only one book.
A Ship of the Line by C. S. Forester
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara -- it's started out somewhat dry. Seems to be a fictionalization of historical people, more or less identical with the work of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell.
The Day it Rained Forever by Ray Bradbury -- is . . . weird
True Grit by Charles Portis -- so far both movies are very faithful.
Dexter By Design -- more of the same for the Dexter series; at least this one doesn't seem to delve into the supernatural aspects of the Dark Passenger.
Redwall by Jacues Brian -- enjoyed the the show when I was a kid -- though the book might be worth a shot.
It by Stephen King -- every blade of grass gets its own paragraph to explain to us just how each molecule of atmosphere is altered by its being.
As far as the Road is concerned, I read it as chekhov's Gun. I mean Wife. She was mentioned so much throughout the book and her continued existence was never confirmed. I had assumed she changed her mind at some point and was trying to catch up with the Man and the Boy.
Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Ender in Exhile, Shadow of the Giant, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets by Orson Scot Card. Despite what I've heard, his writing seems to remain consistent, just the viewpoint of his protagonists change -- and artillery was mentioned in only one book.
A Ship of the Line by C. S. Forester
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling
Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara -- it's started out somewhat dry. Seems to be a fictionalization of historical people, more or less identical with the work of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell.
The Day it Rained Forever by Ray Bradbury -- is . . . weird
True Grit by Charles Portis -- so far both movies are very faithful.
Dexter By Design -- more of the same for the Dexter series; at least this one doesn't seem to delve into the supernatural aspects of the Dark Passenger.
Redwall by Jacues Brian -- enjoyed the the show when I was a kid -- though the book might be worth a shot.
It by Stephen King -- every blade of grass gets its own paragraph to explain to us just how each molecule of atmosphere is altered by its being.
As far as the Road is concerned, I read it as chekhov's Gun. I mean Wife. She was mentioned so much throughout the book and her continued existence was never confirmed. I had assumed she changed her mind at some point and was trying to catch up with the Man and the Boy.
I'd never thought that someone would actually write a book about zombies. I mean... too much free time?