hitoribocchi Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 Aaaaand look what came in the mail today <3 Quote
Funyarinpa Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 Just finished Flowers For Algernon Whoever recommended that in this thread: Fuck you, and thanks. Quote
Down Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 Just finished Flowers For Algernon Whoever recommended that in this thread: Fuck you, and thanks. Dunno if it was me but it's one of my favorite books. I think you get why. Quote
Funyarinpa Posted August 16, 2015 Posted August 16, 2015 Dunno if it was me but it's one of my favorite books. I think you get why. Quote
Scorp Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 Finished reading the first Witcher book "The Last Wish". Overall enjoyed it though the recurring parody of classic fairy tales started to get a bit annoying after the second time. Gotten the second book digitally so I'll read that soon enough. Am a bit curious though, since the book's stories keep mentioning how monsters seem to be noticeably dwindling so how come there are so many in the games? Quote
Scorp Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 Comedy – Terry Pratchett Serious, gritty fantasy – George Martin Steven Erikson R Scott Bakker Best fantasy which doesn’t really fit into a category – Neil Gaiman Cerebral/intellectual fantasy – Neal Stephenson China Mielville Steampunk - Gail Carriger Scott Westerfield Cherie Priest Quote
XReaper Posted August 17, 2015 Posted August 17, 2015 hmm i pretty much enjoyed reading: - Robert Silverbergs "Lord of Darkness" - Noah Gordons "The Medicus" - Alexander Solschenizyn "Archipel Gulag" - Various dramas from Seneca the younger ...... ... .. Quote
kyrt Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Reading The Last Wish (the Witcher book) and The Way of the Kings by Brandon Sanderson. Quote
Funyarinpa Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 I like your tastes Can you suggest me something in SF genre (my favorite one is Tiger! Tiger! by Bester and Coils by Zelazny. Just no one ever heard about these books, when I ever ask about that ). So sort of that, I think, if possible. I'm not who was addressed but whatever, here goes. Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy My favorite sci-fi book. The prose is fucking hilarious and yet the story itself is a masterpiece. 2001: A Space Odyssey The story of an expedition to a moon of Jupiter in order to follow a signal left by a mysterious monolith found in the Moon. That's the ones I can think of for now, I'll edit in more later. Quote
Scorp Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 hmm i pretty much enjoyed reading: - Robert Silverbergs "Lord of Darkness" - Noah Gordons "The Medicus" - Alexander Solschenizyn "Archipel Gulag" - Various dramas from Seneca the younger Gulag is so bad book, in terms of both writing and facts distortion... That guy deliberately wrote such extreme things to get an approval and protection from USSR. Other 2 are good ones, read them too time ago. Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy My favorite sci-fi book. The prose is fucking hilarious and yet the story itself is a masterpiece. 2001: A Space Odyssey The story of an expedition to a moon of Jupiter in order to follow a signal left by a mysterious monolith found in the Moon. That's the ones I can think of for now, I'll edit in more later. I do not like "hilarious" prose, so Pratchett, Adams and similar authors are out of question. 2001 Space Odyssey is another example of a novel which should remain in a short story form, at least I think so. Quote
Nakajou Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Anyone reading Brent Weeks' The Night Angel Trilogy? Quote
Thunderbro Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy My favorite sci-fi book. The prose is fucking hilarious and yet the story itself is a masterpiece. I have to agree, I loved the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy so much, I loved the other books in the so called "trilogy" as well. Quote
ExtraMana Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Currently reading: Black Lagoon: Shatiane Badi Welcome to the NHK Quote
Maxel Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Anyone reading Brent Weeks' The Night Angel Trilogy? Quote
storyteller Posted August 20, 2015 Posted August 20, 2015 Finished Hibike! Euphonium 3. Probably Side Stories next. Quote
Loze Posted August 20, 2015 Posted August 20, 2015 I'm reading some short stories by Lovecraft on and off alongside The Book of Five Rings. Quote
mjriedstra Posted August 20, 2015 Posted August 20, 2015 My personal favorite novel of all time is Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. It's not exactly approachable or accessible, but if you can appreciate Stephenson's unique prose, it's one of the most interesting and varied works of fiction out there. For sci-fi, I'd say Orson Scott Card's Ender series, though I still feel that Ender's Game was the best even though it was the first. For overall favorite series, probably Lincoln & Child's Pendergast series, or Kellerman's Alex Delaware series. Quote
B0X0R Posted August 23, 2015 Posted August 23, 2015 I'm reading some short stories by Lovecraft on and off alongside The Book of Five Rings. I have also been reading some Lovecraft. I'm currently going through The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. Funyarinpa 1 Quote
Funyarinpa Posted September 3, 2015 Posted September 3, 2015 So I read Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke. It was a bit meh, not as good as I was hoping. Started reading Stephen King's The Gunslinger, a friend really liked it and recommended it to me and I have to say it has utterly blindsided me a few times so far, interesting to see where it goes. After this I will likely reread The Alchemist (school assigned reading I originally did in June). After that, I am planning on starting Kafka's The Castle, Asimov's short stories, or Heinlein's The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress. Also read The Lathe Of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin, big disappointment, didn't grab me like her other works did at ALL. IDK why. Quote
ExtraMana Posted September 4, 2015 Posted September 4, 2015 I've read the blurb of 'Mobile Suit: Gundam Seed'. I'm working up to reading it proper, I'll need another 2 weeks to emotionally and physically prepare myself. Quote
AaronIsCrunchy Posted September 4, 2015 Posted September 4, 2015 Don't have much time for recreational reading at the moment due to having to do preparations for my history course and Grisaia, but I'm reading Kazuo Ishiguro's 'Never Let Me Go' - my flatmate has given me fair warning that it might break me, but we'll just see. I mean, I only cried at The Fault In Our Stars, like, 4 times. Quote
Funyarinpa Posted September 5, 2015 Posted September 5, 2015 I am halfway through The Gunslinger, it's pretty good so far but the sudden flashbacks to the past are more than a little jarring. Ordered a beautiful but highly expensive (20 USD) copy of Murakami's Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage, the book better be good. AaronIsCrunchy 1 Quote
Funyarinpa Posted September 6, 2015 Posted September 6, 2015 Started Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion on my phone because I don't want my parents to get suspicious that I am an atheist. Pretty interesting so far. Quote
Ayana Posted September 8, 2015 Posted September 8, 2015 Ahh... What is this? I can't believe what I am reading right now. I've even purchased a physical copy of this behemoth on a spur of the moment, so I must in theory be directly attributing myself to something dangerous here (dangerously perpetual). I'm reading Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid, a famous Important nonfiction book about.. something inexplicable, yet, really cool. Quote
storyteller Posted September 8, 2015 Posted September 8, 2015 (edited) After reading Renai Chuudoku (Loveholic) by Yamamoto Fumio, I liked it enough to pick up a few more of her works. Just finished Rakka Ryuusui, and I'm convinced I liked this author. Also finished Season II Book III of Oishii Koohii no Irekata (How to Brew Tasty Coffee). Edit: Finished Planaria by the first author above. Reading Yoake Made 1 Mile (1 Mile to Dawn) by the second author above. Edit: Finished that too. Where to go next? Edited September 17, 2015 by storyteller Quote
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