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Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
I'm half way done with "Choke" by the dude that wrote Fight Club and I finished "I Hope They Sever Beer in Hell" by Tucker Max last week.
Favorite books / What are you reading?
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Sonny, I Watched the Vault Bein' Built!
I'm reading the whole Tintin series front to back, from the first comic to the last.
Right now I'm on Tintin and the Shooting Star, meanwhile I watch the TV episodes after I'm finished reading the respective comic issue.
God damn, that live action (sort of) movie coming out for it has me stoked.
Right now I'm on Tintin and the Shooting Star, meanwhile I watch the TV episodes after I'm finished reading the respective comic issue.
God damn, that live action (sort of) movie coming out for it has me stoked.
Bal-Sagoth
Water Chip? Been There, Done That
Right now I am reading,
Tactics of the Crescent Moon: Militant Muslim Combat Methods by H. John Poole.
"H. John Poole is an American military author and Marine combat veteran of Vietnam, specializing in small unit and individual tactics. His books focus on the role, training, and skills of the individual infantry soldier and marine, and on those of the combat junior NCOs (non-commissioned officers)."
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I am a huge fan of the mans work, previously I had read,
The Tiger's Way: A U.S. Private's Best Chance for Survival.
It was a marvelous book on the training and tactics used by Eastern forces.
So far I am not to far into Tactics yet but it is a great read. A very nice blend of history behind Middle Eastern conflicts,tactics, and Muslim extremist thinking.
Tactics of the Crescent Moon: Militant Muslim Combat Methods by H. John Poole.
"H. John Poole is an American military author and Marine combat veteran of Vietnam, specializing in small unit and individual tactics. His books focus on the role, training, and skills of the individual infantry soldier and marine, and on those of the combat junior NCOs (non-commissioned officers)."
-Wiki
I am a huge fan of the mans work, previously I had read,
The Tiger's Way: A U.S. Private's Best Chance for Survival.
It was a marvelous book on the training and tactics used by Eastern forces.
So far I am not to far into Tactics yet but it is a great read. A very nice blend of history behind Middle Eastern conflicts,tactics, and Muslim extremist thinking.
TyloniusFunk
It Wandered In From the Wastes
Plasma Chemistry and life.
SimpleMinded
Vault Fossil
M-26, how is gravity's rainbow? I keep meaning to buy that one but haven't done it yet because my list is so long. It also sounds really weird lol.
Yesterday I finished reading Uncle Scrooge: his life and times.
I don't know, I just realized that I always had doubts like "who is the father of donald duck?" or "uncle scrooge is uncle by mother or father of donald?" when I was a child, and now, I have a thing that I didnt had before: internet. So I went on a research and ended up reading. I actually liked pretty much.
But well, talking now of books, I'm reading A Rosa do Povo (the rose of the people) of carlos drummond de andrade, a very famous Brazilian writer. Too bad that I hate poetry. But well, I must read it, in order to enter in the university. Actually, I have to read a bunch of books, and most of them from what I hear of them and read, are very nice, but I decided to begin with the worst of them: poetry.
edit: HOLY SHIT I'm happy. I just saw that I misunderstood the university site, and the list of the books that I've to read that I was following was 2009. The list that I've to follow is 2010. Good bye poetry
I don't know, I just realized that I always had doubts like "who is the father of donald duck?" or "uncle scrooge is uncle by mother or father of donald?" when I was a child, and now, I have a thing that I didnt had before: internet. So I went on a research and ended up reading. I actually liked pretty much.
But well, talking now of books, I'm reading A Rosa do Povo (the rose of the people) of carlos drummond de andrade, a very famous Brazilian writer. Too bad that I hate poetry. But well, I must read it, in order to enter in the university. Actually, I have to read a bunch of books, and most of them from what I hear of them and read, are very nice, but I decided to begin with the worst of them: poetry.
edit: HOLY SHIT I'm happy. I just saw that I misunderstood the university site, and the list of the books that I've to read that I was following was 2009. The list that I've to follow is 2010. Good bye poetry
It's the weirdest book I've ever read. it's not SFW, it's such a trudge to work through; I read Atlas Shrugged in microprint in 13 days, but I've been reading this book for 4 months almost now. I love this book more than I've ever loved any other books. More than War and Peace and I fucking love that book. It's probably the greatest book I've ever read. You might not like it, I don't know, but Pynchon is a genius in my opinion. I can't help but be drawn in by him.SimpleMinded said:
alec said:Eyenixon said:
Awesome. I did that last year (for the second time). Do you have all 24 of them?
Including Land of the Soviets, Congo and Alph-Art? Yep! They're hard to get a hold of in the US, I had to buy many of them in the children's section of Borders (very discreetly) and the others I had to order over Amazon.
I'm interested in watching the older live action films as well, I never did hear good things about them, but still, curious.
Slaughter Manslaught
Vault Senior Citizen
Until this year, I had no acess to books, too poor to buy them. But all this changed when my cousin started working as a librarian of British & America, a english school. So she gets me books, in english, but that's no problem. She got me three books to read, so far:
- The Lord of The Rings, a big 1000-page edition, all books, all the good stuff. Great read, I can see why 90% fantasy histories still copy Tolken after so much time. I devour this book like the tastiest meal. This book is a work of genius. My aunt still doesn't believe I read it all in two weeks.
- Four Seasons. A good book with four stories written by Stephen King: Rita Hayworth and Sharkshaw's Redemption, Apt Pupil, The Body and The Breathing Method. All of those are good. Sharkshaw's Redemption is awesome, Apt Pupil is fucking creepy, The Body is bloody awesome (the showdown between the boys vs the big boys is awesome) and the Breathing Method is pretty strange and creepy.
- Firefox, by Craig Thomas. Its a spy thriller about a thought-controlled plane built by the Soviets. A pilot is sent to steal it. Great book!
I'm thinking of suggesting something for my cousin to bring me this coming week... what can you guys suggest? I need both book name and the name of the author, it makes her searches easier because, well, without the author's name, it gets harder for her to find due to her primitive grasp of english.
- The Lord of The Rings, a big 1000-page edition, all books, all the good stuff. Great read, I can see why 90% fantasy histories still copy Tolken after so much time. I devour this book like the tastiest meal. This book is a work of genius. My aunt still doesn't believe I read it all in two weeks.
- Four Seasons. A good book with four stories written by Stephen King: Rita Hayworth and Sharkshaw's Redemption, Apt Pupil, The Body and The Breathing Method. All of those are good. Sharkshaw's Redemption is awesome, Apt Pupil is fucking creepy, The Body is bloody awesome (the showdown between the boys vs the big boys is awesome) and the Breathing Method is pretty strange and creepy.
- Firefox, by Craig Thomas. Its a spy thriller about a thought-controlled plane built by the Soviets. A pilot is sent to steal it. Great book!
I'm thinking of suggesting something for my cousin to bring me this coming week... what can you guys suggest? I need both book name and the name of the author, it makes her searches easier because, well, without the author's name, it gets harder for her to find due to her primitive grasp of english.
I was mainly referring to Alph-Art. A lot of people don't know about that one. It's a shame it never got finished, I'm sure it would have turned out to be another gem.Eyenixon said:
Once you've finished the whole lot, do let me know which one is your favourite. My favourite is "The Jewels of Bianca Castafiore", closely followed by "TinTin in Tibet". I love Hergé's work. My dad has a couple of hardcover first prints. They're worth a nice sum of money. Not a big fan of the TV episodes or the upcoming movie, though.
I'm re-reading John Fante's Arturo Bandini saga. Love it. Every sentence of it. One of my all-time favourite writers.
I have just read "Hellboy: The Wild Hunt #2" and "BPRD: The Black Goddess #1"
alec said:
Oh, I've read them before, the only one I hadn't read up to this point was Tintin and the Picaros, which was decent enough (although it wasn't exactly a spectacular end to the series sadly).
My favorite would definitely have to be Red Rackham's Treasure, the shark submarine is iconic, and Haddock is in top form with his utter rage, the part where he trades insults with the parrots before he realizes what they are is gold.
The Jewels of Bianca Castafiore was most likely the funniest issue out of all of them, it didn't exactly have the same sense of adventure, but I can't help but love it when Calculus is being interviewed about Castafiore.
SimpleMinded
Vault Fossil
M-26, you have officially left hte most cryptic description of the book ever lol. Weird, takes forever to get through, been reading it for four months, GREAT BOOK.
And you're reference to atlas shrugged... they're not similar are they? I'm not an Ayn Rand fan...
Also, has anyone read any of CS Lewis non narnia stuff and what did you think of it? (just to ask again)
And you're reference to atlas shrugged... they're not similar are they? I'm not an Ayn Rand fan...
Also, has anyone read any of CS Lewis non narnia stuff and what did you think of it? (just to ask again)
SimpleMinded said:
I kept hearing about how difficult to read Gravity's Rainbow is, but I didn't really struggle with it so much, what about it is making it so difficult for people?
It's no Finnegans Wake, I had to read that book for five months, and I had to read it out loud to catch the puns that the book is mostly composed of.
It's not really difficult to read, it's just something different then I'm used to. I used Atlas Shrugged as an example merely because it's pretty typical prose, nothing fancy construction wise. Stream of Consciousness prose is just harder for me to get into and read in a short period of time. Also I forgot to mention that I read Atlas Shrugged over summer break and with school and everything it is harder to read. However, the inability to, err, not really speed read, but read in a short amount of time is still very much valid.Eyenixon said:
I am fully aware of the bizarreness of that review, and all things considered I should hate it, but it's just fucking fantastic, in a undescribable way.
I just finished up Confessor by Terry Goodkind, the conclusion of the Sword of Truth series, remarkable in that it manages to do perhaps the least I've ever seen with 64 small-print chapters.
They're a guilty pleasure, Sword of Truth books-- I believe our own Brother None once likened them to kitchen novels, and at this point I think I was just reading for completeness' sake. Just because this was to be the culmination of a 13-book arc, I don't know why I was expecting something besides the typical magician ex machina that finishes out every single other book in the series.
Maybe I'll pick up Gravity's Rainbow as a change of pace.
They're a guilty pleasure, Sword of Truth books-- I believe our own Brother None once likened them to kitchen novels, and at this point I think I was just reading for completeness' sake. Just because this was to be the culmination of a 13-book arc, I don't know why I was expecting something besides the typical magician ex machina that finishes out every single other book in the series.
Maybe I'll pick up Gravity's Rainbow as a change of pace.
