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[Peru]

But who would give me a baby, who would not turn to ice at the spectacle of my bony frame on the wedding-couch, the coat of fur up to my navel, the acrid cavities of my armpits, the line of black moustache, the eyes, watchful, defensive, of a woman who has never lost posession of herself? What huffing and puffing there would have to be before my house could be blown down! Who could wake my slumbering eggs? And who would attend my childbed? My father, scowling, with a whip? The brown folk, cowed servitors, kneeling to offer a trussed lamb, first fruits, wild honey, sniggering at the miracle of the virgin birth? Out of his hole he pokes his snout, son of the father, Antichrist of the desert come to lead his dancing hordes to the promised land.

Coetzee is my favorite author.

 

[Akira]

About 3/4 done with:

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Just finished re-reading this

Now onto re-reading this

Downloaded a bunch of Audio books as well, never done them before so will see how i go with em.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

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[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

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WTF

 

[iDoubleSpy]

Just finished re-reading this

Now onto re-reading this

Downloaded a bunch of Audio books as well, never done them before so will see how i go with em.

Any chance you'd send those to me

I'd love to pick those up but money is super tight

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Any chance you'd send those to me

I'd love to pick those up but money is super tight

No chance brudda, i own every single one of her books, even her Megan Lindholm ones, favorite author, just infront of R.E Feist.

 

[iDoubleSpy]

No chance brudda, i own every single one of her books, even her Megan Lindholm ones, favorite author, just infront of R.E Feist.

Well my birthday is in 2 weeks so I guess this is what i'll pick up. What is your suggestions to start on?

Anything with that nice cover art + the word assassin will get me interested

 

[2DMention]

Reading this after hearing about it in the "books about games" thread. Enjoying it so far.

I'm not much for fiction; I'd rather get it by playing RPGs.

 

[viciouskillersquirrel]

So far, this month, I've read:

Gone With the Wind

I made a thread detailing my thoughts. It dragged out a little longer than it needed to, but I found the backdrop and atmosphere absolutely fascinating. Can anyone recommend me some good books on the American Civil War?

The Princess Bride

This was my first exposure to The Princess Bride and I absolutely loved it. It's fantastic.

And I'm currently working on:

Dracula

The first few chapters with Jonathan were fantastic, but as things were getting good, suddenly it's back to character introduction in England with Mina and Lucy. The break of pace was jarring. Still, it's fantastically creepy so far and this Dracula so different to Gary Oldman's take on it.

 

[thomaser]

Just finished Jean Genet's "Our Lady of the Flowers". Trippy, loosely strung together story about a small number of Parisian male prostitutes. Hard to tell which parts are fiction and which are self-biographical. Hard to tell anything, really, without concentrating on every sentence - Genet's language is very complex, and his symbolism is strange. Good read that probably demands several reads if you want to understand it well.

Starting Robert Musil's "The Man Without Qualities", vol. 1. I've read his "Young Törless" before and enjoyed it. This seems like something entirely different, though. It's 20 times longer for a start - around 1200 pages for both volumes, with small, closely set text. Has anyone here read it? My version is a cheap, flimsy one (not the one pictured), so I'm afraid the book will fall apart before I'm halfway through.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Well my birthday is in 2 weeks so I guess this is what i'll pick up. What is your suggestions to start on?

Anything with that nice cover art + the word assassin will get me interested

Just go with the chronological order and you cant go wrong,

The Farseer Trilogy
Assassin's Apprentice
Royal Assassin
Assassin's Quest

First book starts out a bit slow but after reading these 3 you will be in love with the characters i shit you not so you will want more!!!!

Theres a 15 year gap story wise between the Assassins series and the Tawny Man series which is taken up with the Live Ship Traders series, real good as well, but doesnt involve the characters from the other books for the most part. Well worth the read.

The Tawny Man Trilogy
Fool's Errand
Golden Fool
Fool's Fate

Also awesome books.

 

[Future PhaZe]

Memories of Ice

Enjoying it a lot so far.

 

[iDoubleSpy]

Just go with the chronological order and you cant go wrong,

The Farseer Trilogy
Assassin's Apprentice
Royal Assassin
Assassin's Quest

First book starts out a bit slow but after reading these 3 you will be in love with the characters i shit you not so you will want more!!!!

Theres a 15 year gap story wise between the Assassins series and the Tawny Man series which is taken up with the Live Ship Traders series, real good as well, but doesnt involve the characters from the other books for the most part. Well worth the read.

The Tawny Man Trilogy
Fool's Errand
Golden Fool
Fool's Fate

Also awesome books.

23.97 for all 3 of the Farseer. Thanks for the info going to order monday.

 

[Druz]

 

[Mad Hatter]

Just started it a few days ago.

 

[iDoubleSpy]

Any good?

 

[zaxor0]

For school:

Descartes - Selected Philosophical Writings

Kierkegaard - Fear and Trembling (pretty much amazing)

Reading group with friends:

Merleau-Ponty - Phenomenology of Perception

For pleasure:

Orwell - 1984

 

[Druz]

Any good?

Really good so far

 

[iDoubleSpy]

Really good so far

I was listening to NPR one morning at work and heard about a book where some guy travels into a black hole is travels 1000 years into the future. I really wish I could remember the name of the book.

 

[Socreges]

i really do enjoy seeing what people are reading for some reason. i mean, we can assume that virtually every book out there is being read at this point, just some more than others. yet these threads still intrigue me. maybe it's the variety or relating particular books to particular people, i'm not sure.

JUST FINISHED:

From what I've seen of these threads lately, this has been the most-read book on GAF and it ought to be. If you haven't read it or started reading it, do so now. It's now circulating through a group of my friends.

NOW READING:

Impossible. I'm reading it in Spanish, thinking my skills were up to snuff, but unfortunately I'll have to put it aside until I build my vocabulary. I'm a bit disappointed. I can understand what's going on and it's even pretty educational since I discover the words I don't know, but it's just TOO jilting when there is so many words I've never seen before.

Really funny, but when he's not supremely clever I begin to lose interest and only press on to reach the next short-story.... until I soon come across another set of hilarious observations. It's a really nice, light read and stood as a comforting contrast to The Road until I put it down since the latter was too amazing.

Has anyone read this? Are there any segments that aren't essential? I've just completed "Why We Are Moral" and feel I could walk away now fairly satisfied. :lol

 

[nitewulf]

mmmmh.

sometimes you wanna hump a book because its so good, gushing with such creativity and genius ideas. stross is a fantastic writer...he is like stephenson minus the bad writing + a lot more creativity.

 

[Alucard]

I recently finished Life, The Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams. I enjoyed it, although it was pretty crazy and went all over the place. Not that Adams' previous books weren't confusing in parts, but this one in particular had my head spinning. I think it would be a lot better taken in one long sitting so you can recall all of the minute details as you go.

I've moved on to So Long, and Thanks for all the Fish, and I am loving it. It is the most straight forward narrative that I've read from Adams so far. I'm about 60 pages from the end and am psyched to see where it goes. I think Adams does better with shorter books in this series, like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and now this one.

 

[Uncle]

 

[bengraven]

Now reading:

Sometime cliche, but still amazing.

 

[Kildace]

A bit LttP on this thread.

Finished

Good book. Palanhiuk is a talented author that I for some reason overlooked before stumbling upon Rant last November. I felt that it was a tad weaker than Rant but there again Rant was awesome.

My first Murakami book and I loved it. His writing style is engrossing.

Now reading

Only 70 pages in but it started out great. I love Pratchett's later books and I'm so sad that I only have a handful left to read. I've already bought Nation but won't read it until he stops writing I think.

 

[Keen]

Just started:

 

[Witchfinder General]

Why can't other religions be as awesome?

 

[Ogni-XR21]

Haven't gotten very far yet but I really like it:

The Cobra Event - Richard Preston

 

[bengraven]

Finished the Kite Runner last week and I Am Legend the week before. I finished Roverandom last night (very short).

Now I'm debating between:

and

 

[Witchfinder General]

Haven't gotten very far yet but I really like it:

The Cobra Event - Richard Preston

Great book. Not sure if you've read it but his earlier novel, The Hot Zone is fantastic and based on actual events.

 

[_RT_]

Just started it a few days ago.

I quit this.
I should give it another go though.

Right now I'm reading:

 

[Ogni-XR21]

Great book. Not sure if you've read it but his earlier novel, The Hot Zone is fantastic and based on actual events.

No, haven't read The Hot Zone, a colleague actually recommended me this one... might give it a go once I finish this.

 

[Skittleguy]

Every cover of this book seems to have some form of topless woman.

It's absolute filth, but somehow enjoyable. Amazing that it caused such a ruckus over censorship of indecency back in the 1930s, and yet it would still probably be considered filthy today :lol

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Just finished re-reading this

Now onto re-reading this

Downloaded a bunch of Audio books as well, never done them before so will see how i go with em.

Onto the last book now, almost 1/3 of the way 1542 pages of pure awesomes and some more to come...... then onto the Tawny man series

 

[datruth29]

Just started:

WHAT??! How?? Doesn't this come out next month???

 

[Fallout-NL]

Reading this at the moment. I think it's really good. It has that 'fantasy grounded in reality' thing.

 

[Keen]

WHAT??! How?? Doesn't this come out next month???

Out in Europe and Canada. I won mine in a contest at pat's fantasy hotlist

 

[Dan]

Just finished:

Pretty good, I think I'll actually try reading some more from this series in the future, at least the ones with John Carter as the protagonist.

Fun and grisly. People get slaughtered so wantonly here, it's hilariously awesome. There were two weird transitions between panels that didn't make sense to me, and occasionally awkward dialogue, but all in all it was good stuff. It was largely coincidental that I read these back to back, but Mark Andrews is co-writing the John Carter of Mars film with Andrew Stanton. He's a good choice.

Not sure what's up next. Something sci-fi.

 

[roosters93]

and

 

[Fritz]

A collection of Tolstoi novels. Really good but not Chekhov.

Also I got the Flood by Le Clezio. Has anyone read it?

 

[YYZ]

Goddamnit, yes God-fucking-damnit, I just finished The Shack and it was a fucking chore to read. Wow, I do not like that book. It had some redeeming quotes in there, but man those types of stories make me sick. I am going to be EXTREMELY skeptical and hesitant when considering religious books now, seems like all the praise came from God-fearing people.

Now I'm reading this:

 

[Yagharek]

Ive had an amazingly good run of reading of late. Over the past two months I have knocked over:

The Odyssey (Homer)
Foucault's Pendulum (Umberto Eco)
V for Vendetta
Watchmen (just started it)

Thinking of picking up either Ulysses or, as reminded by a post higher up this page, Bram Stoker's Dracula.

 

[lastendconductor]

 

[Wanace]

Just finished reading "The Hour I First Believed" by Wally Lamb. It was pretty good.

Also wrapped up "Oracle Bones" by Peter Hessler. Nonfiction about living in China and some other stuff.

Now I'm reading "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," "Into the Wild," and "Colors of the Mountain," a memoir of growing up in China.

 

[Eric P]

 

[ch0mp]

 

[aesop]

Thank you Gaf for recommending.

SO awesome.

This. Loving it so far.

 

[saelz8]

Finished

Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror

Reading

In the Company of Soldiers: A Chronicle of Combat

Ordered

The Wisdom to Doubt: A Justification of Religious Skepticism

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

 

[Chony]

Got this at the library, nothing I didn't really know before, but a fun read:

I'm working my way through the introduction:

And for fun: