what book are you reading

[SOC]

A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby -- picked it up after meeting the author in New York and am very impressed with it so far.

[Megabyte]

"The Pillars of the World" - Anne Bishop

[ShinymetalASS]

Crystal Gorge - Third in new Eddings Series.

Its readable. Typically contrived and cliched, but readable.

[EvilMuppet]

Crystal Gorge - Third in new Eddings Series.

Its readable. Typically contrived and cliched, but readable.


Does he use the same identical plots he used in the belgariad , the malorian and whatever that arthas book was?

[ShinymetalASS]

Does he use the same identical plots he used in the belgariad , the malorian and whatever that arthas book was?


It's a bit like the opening sequence to Dragnet (or Mathnet for people like me)....

"The names have been changed but the problems are real".....

[Sutter]

The New World Order by Ben Jeapes.
Think of two Stargate worlds set in medievil times, and one invades the other. Not a terrribly well written or original book, but it's passing the time and cost $1.50, so it'll do.

[BlueBoy]

Finished Neverwhere then?

[Sutter]

Finished Neverwhere then?
Oh, yes, I have. Want it back sometime? :D

[Sutter]

A great comic book called Wraithborn..I have uploaded it in 2 parts, will be there for the next 28 days odd, so if anyone would like a copy here are the d/l details..the art work is superb, and it is a great story
Help yourselves, my friends..

File 1 (Wraithborn) zipped
File size: 68.4 Mb
File ID: 4788578
Download Link (Public): http://www.axifile.com?4788578

File 2 (Part 6) zipped,

File size: 12.54 Mb
File ID: 7429109
Download Link (Public): http://www.axifile.com?7429109

Hope it is enjoyed / of use to some..if so, gimme some rep :-) and I'll post some other stuff..or maybe start a thread in the Torrenting forum, just for literature (in which I include good comics!)
If anyone thinks this would be a good idea, let me know..

Both downloads get about a 3/4 done then stop! Firefox is upset and so am I. Anyone have/can set up a torrent for these?

[Benwah]

About a Boy

[BlueBoy]

Oh, yes, I have. Want it back sometime? :D
I'll saunter over at some point and grab it back. No rush. :)

[ShinymetalASS]

I'll saunter over at some point and grab it back. No rush. :)


Just make sure you don't shuffle.

[Serpent_Girl]

Wolf's Brother, second in a two part series by Megan Lindholm, who is also known as Robin Hobb.

Robin Hobb's books rock, although I don't like this series as much as the Farseer/Liveship/Tawny Man ones.

[RedMaN]

'Virtual Light' - William Gibson

Thanks imp *squishes*

[kiki]

Has anyone read it?

[BlueBoy]

Has anyone read it?
Yes.

[FatherShark]

Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis. So far it's a bit of a headfuck. Not anything at all like his previous novels.

[kiki]

Yes.


did you like it? I bought it...its sitting there...looking at me...

[kiki]

The Freakin Da Vinci Code. Because everyone else was doing it and I just wanted to be popular.

If you want a good book on a similar topic try Umberto Eco: Foucault's Pendulum...big and chunky...about the Knight's Templar...conspiracy theroies...but writen by a great writter

[BlueBoy]

did you like it? I bought it...its sitting there...looking at me...
If you've read American Gods then read it. Otherwise grab AG first.
Both good reads.

[kiki]

If you've read American Gods then read it. Otherwise grab AG first.
Both good reads.

yup Ive read American Gods...so I shall go forth and start the read tonight thanx :)

[Colonel Kurtz]

Antony Beevor's 'The Btatle for Spain' about the Spanish Civial War. I'll be reading his book about the battle of Crete next.

I canthoroughly reccomend two fo his other titles of read, 'Stalingrad'' and 'Berlin the downfall 1945'

Gripping reading

[annie]

Now reading the Mists of Avalon by Marion Bradley.

Faerie Tale by Feist was pretty dang good I thought :D

[Colonel Kurtz]

Faerie Tale by Feist was pretty dang good I thought :D
Fuck yeah.

[Glompbot]

I agree about Faerie Tale.

I have to admit, I got a bit scared in parts.

[ShinymetalASS]

Fiest rocks my world.

And this bloody Eddings book is giving me the shits. Its so freaking repetitive with this inane banter. Unfortunately I cant help but want to find out what happens to all these people, but it's not really thanks to his writing 'style'.

There is myth. There is legend. There is Eddings.

And there's a great fat pretentious fucker who's first series of books was pretty darned good but who will never enter the legendary status of a Tolkien, Lewis, Salvatore, etc, etc. Pop Fantasy. It sucks my ass.,

[Colonel Kurtz]

which one is pissing you off?

[ShinymetalASS]

which one is pissing you off?

Third one in Elder Gods Series. Contrived, re-hashed piece of garbage.

[Colonel Kurtz]

Yeah, it iskind of lame. The belgariad mallorean and such, ditto the Sparhawk stuff was great, butthis stuff seems rather trite.

(Won't stop me from buying the newer ones when they come out though).

Take me back to midkemia....

Very interested in reading Neal Stepehnson's 'TheBaroque Cycle'. I've read all his other booksand loved em (different theme, style and story every time), so has anyone read them and can they offer an opinion?

[mr_russy]

Dan Brown - Angels and Demons.

[Hairyman]

The Cambridge Companion to John Donne.

[ShinymetalASS]

Forgot my Eddings trash (it really is like Who Weekly for fantasy readers, who the fuck edited this thing? Who forgot to say "Hey Dave, you know how you used the word 'pious' here? Well, do you reckon you should have the next line use the word pious as well?". Its almost as though he's like Homer with his hypnopaedic learning and can only use whatever fancy word his tape played him last night) when on my way to the bus yesterday, and picked up one of those $4.95 newsagent bargains. And its a fucking cracker.

Heresy - by Anshelm Audley

Writer is apparently well educated in Art and History and it really shows through in the depth of the society she's (??) trying to draw. Particularly noteworthy is the complexity of the dominant religion "Domain". Cap it all off, she's a 21 year old student. Goddamn it, I gotta get cracking. "Sands of Uranus - by S.M. Ass".

Cathan's ascension from adopted son of the Count of Lepidor to global mover and shaker begins when extensive iron ore deposits are found under his home island. The sea journey to the trading port of Taneth, to help his father negotiate the shipping contract, is the start of a far longer odyssey -- three books longer, as it happens -- that pits him against the Domain, the theocratic masters of the planet Aquasilva, and against the brutal Thetian Emperor Orosius.The Domain, ruling through manipulation as much as open religious zealotry, maintains its hold over the watery planet through sole control of the SkyEyes, ancient satellites that are linked in some way to Aquasilva's violent storms, and through the use of Fire magic. (You might think Water magic would be more obvious for a planet whose surface is mostly composed of the stuff, but Water magic is heretical, as are Earth magic, Wind magic, Light magic, Shadow magic, and possibly one or two other forms of magic they haven't discovered yet.) The primary form of transport is the manta, a ray-like form of submersible that comes equipped with holographic technology and pulse weaponry. The trilogy has much of the generic feel, if not the specific atmosphere, of Herbert's masterwork.


Ignore that Herbert reference there. I think it totally misleading. Its a little more like Katherine Kerr to my tastes.

[FatherShark]

R A Salvatore - The Promise of the Witch King

[anothe]

CHRIS WARE COMICS!


aw hell yeah! you know a comic book wins when the artist has drawn mini comics up the spine :)

[STallingU]

Terry Pratchett - A Hat Full of Sky

[ShinymetalASS]

Dragon's Fire - Elizabeth A Lynn

[annie]

The six wives of Henry VIII by Antonia Fraser.

Pretty good read, very historical. I'm only half way through the first wife (Catherine of Aragorn).

[Serpent_Girl]

Prophecy by Elizabeth Hayden. It's the second one in the series, I'm reading it again because I like them so much.

Going to start on Silverthorn (Fiest) and the second book of Robin Hobb's Soldier Son Trilogy, Forest Mage. I can't express how much I totally love Robin Hobb's books. ^_^

[wenches.inc]

Lance Armstrong - It's not about the bike [started it last night, have hardly been able to put it down all day today!]

[dazmon]

Lightning - Koontz. couldn't put in down. the only other one of his books i have read is Watchers. any other good ones out there? they can't all be good.

[Icky]

The Song of Fire and Ice series, Goerge R. R. Martin

[wenches.inc]

Lightning - Koontz. couldn't put in down. the only other one of his books i have read is Watchers. any other good ones out there? they can't all be good.
I don't think any of his books have ever been quite as good as Watchers, though there's not one that I've read I didn't enjoy. So while some are better than others, if you've only read Watchers and Lightning...keep reading him until you have something better to read or get sick of him. He does have a bit of a formula for his book, themes you can see throughout. Dogs, abused women etc., oh and lets not forget, always a happy ending LOL

[ShinymetalASS]

Holy shit! I went into the newsagent for something else, and thought I might check out the $4.95 bin out the front that every newsagent has. And I find the second book in the series I started the other day.

So, once I finish the last couple of chapters on Dragon's Fire, my new book will be:

Inquisition - Anshelm Audley (2nd book in the series).

That's each book I've picked up for five bucks a pop and it really is one of the better series Ive read in a long time.

I really cant recommend this guy enough.

[gunsella]

currently reading 100 years of solitude by gabriel garcia marquez.

i went book shopping yesterday in downtown shanghai... and i found a bret easton ellis that i haven't read - lunar park. i can't wait.
i also found a book called the vesuvius club, by mark gatiss of league of gentlemen fame.

another oddity i saw was a book called beijing doll. it looked a bit risque for china and lo and behold, the opening words on the back of the jacket were 'banned in china....'

so what the fuck was it doing for sale in the govt owned book shop??? fuckin mungers! (<- the publishers)

[Mr. Bungle]

I just re-read Neverwhere again. It was still good and still a quick read. I will most likely begin the Otherland series by Tad Williams now (Thanks Buffy).

However, I am going to buy some new books today too. I am hoping to pick up Lords of Chaos \m/

[Glompbot]

Buffy is such an otherland pimp

I need a bit of cashz0r so I can buy the 2nd book :(

[annie]

Otherland is awesome (as I have previously mentioned) PIMP MORE BUFFY!!!!

I'm still going with the 6 wives of henry the VIII, it's good, it's not biased, which I like.

[kiki]

im 3/4 of the way through Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman...its a good read :)

[Colonel Kurtz]

'Greed' by Chris Ryan, ex brit SAS guy who wrote "The one who got away"

Cheap and nasty, but enjoyable, like junk food for the brain (fuck it was only $3 at The Warehouse)

[and3w]

Re-reading 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil' by John Berendt..great book, not bad film, too..

[GeeWhiz]

I am getting to close to the end of Millenium People by J.G. Ballard. its a pretty interesting book, and I think there are still a few more twists to come before the end of the book.

[and3w]

Gee Whiz..is that the one set in the arcology in france? if so, great book and there is a sequel/preuel but I can't remember the name..
I am reading 'Tainting Evidence: Inside the scandals at the FBI labs' by John. F. Kelly & Phillip. K. Wearne. Superbly interesting book about how fucked up there labs are, and how many innocent people have gone down on tainted eveidence because of a lack of scientific methodology within the USA's so-called 'ultimate labs'.
More at amazon : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684846462/sr=8-1/qid=1152617344/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-9890021-6004127?ie=UTF8
Review:
"Two crusading journalists investigate the FBI's forensic crime lab and deliver a strong indictment against what goes on there. Federal agents regularly dupe the public into accepting "scientific" findings that aren't based upon science at all, they charge, and the lab is infected with a troubling culture where truth plays second fiddle to prosecutorial interests, with information potentially useful to defendants withheld. The book's hero is FBI-scientist-turned-whistle-blower Frederic Whitehurst, and most of the chapters focus on the crime lab's controversial role in high-profile cases involving O.J. Simpson, the World Trade Center bombing, the Unabomber, and others. The authors at times appear to have a pro-prosecution bias of their own, but their conclusions shouldn't be ignored. They probably won't be; as one attorney tells the authors, "No defense lawyer in the country is going to take what the FBI lab says at face value anymore." --John J. Miller "

[Jenglish]

I'm home recovering from knee surgery. So I decided to catch up on my reading. About 10 years ago I got sidetracked with work and other hobbies and stopped reading The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. Don't get me wrong...I still read; like the occasional Harry Potter. Anne Rice's novels are so deep in detail and transport me to that time and location that I generally like to devote large amounts of time reading them. Not to few minutes on break and lunch like I do with Harry Potter. Her books I just can't put them down.

I'm reading right now Merrick. This one is the start of her combining the 2 worlds she writes about, The Mayfair Witches and the Vampires.

Anyone else a fan of The Vampire Chronicles?

[hakksaww]

I read about 5 books a week. Luckily, I get free pre-release books at work to support the habit.

At present, reading a book called Brethren, by Robyn Young. It's a fact-based work of fiction about the Knights Templar circa the 13th century. Details the origin of the split between them and the Hospitallers, how families became eligible to join, yadda yadda.

Decent read. Came out July 11th I think. Definitely worth the price I paid for it. :)

[Glompbot]

WOOOOO!!!
There is a book two of otherland on my desk this morning

I was going to go buy it today, this is handy cause it saves me $20 wooo!

So i guess I'm reading Otherland book 2

[ShinymetalASS]

Anyone else a fan of The Vampire Chronicles?


I've got most of Anne Rice's work at home. Read it all as a teenager about 10 years ago. I've said it in this thread before but, whilst I find her a little too contrived these days, I really like her characters as vehicles to explore human beings over long periods of time. A character that is essentially immortal and lives for thousands of years like Marius (my favourite) is a great way to view human history. Probably Memnoch would be my favourite, simply because I like anything that takes an alternative view of history. Though I really liked Taltos (stand alone egyptian themed novel).

Apparently she has some new book out about Jesus or the gospels or something. Could be good. Depending on just how repetitive her writing seems to have become (like an Eddings syndrome).

[dazmon]

Mars - Ben Bova

anyone read the next Mars book of his? i read he had a third one planned.

[Mr. Bungle]

I'm also reading Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground. Interesting history about black metal.

\m/

[Thyrd]

Just finished 'X-Men: Blood of Apocalypse' saga.

[glarbnaught]

Robert Jordans - Wheel of Time. Currently on Book 4, The Shadow Rising. tis teh good

[and3w]

Mars - Ben Bova

anyone read the next Mars book of his? i read he had a third one planned.

Sorry, not a great Ben Bova fan..you want a top trilogy about mars..Kim Stanley Robinson, 'Red Mars', 'Green Mars', 'Blue Mars' awesomely possible ideas, great books..also his 'Orange County' Books are great..
I usually have several books on the go at once..one trashy (Roses are Red - Patterson, Alex Cross series), one factual (Tainting Evidence..see above for rview) and one SF..(Look to windward - Iain M Banks)
Also a dvd, Punk Attitude by Don Letts - documentary, with great music and a lot of pertinent comments on my youthful era

[ShinymetalASS]

Sorry, not a great Ben Bova fan..you want a top trilogy about mars..Kim Stanley Robinson, 'Red Mars', 'Green Mars', 'Blue Mars' awesomely possible ideas, great books..also his 'Orange County' Books are great..


Loved Red Mars but, in true Dune-style fashion, these books got more and more tiresome as I went on.

Currently reading Cast a Bright Shadow by Tanith Lee.

Oh, and light entertainment is currently brought to you by Dr Karl Kruszelnicki's Great Moments in Science volume two.

Gotta love bacterial slime cities. Hahahaha. Toilet reading.

[ShinymetalASS]

Pandora's Star by Peter F Hamilton.

Moga was right. Something about a book who's Prologue ends with man's first steps on Mars being crashed by university geeks entering through a wormhole. Me likey. Thanks Moga.

[lego72]

just finished Gateway (can't remember the author, he is a famous scifi guy)

currently reading Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny (sp?).

On the shelf
Guns, Germs and Steel

[Moga2]

Peter F Hamilton

Judas Unchained - the sequal to Pandora's Star. Both cool books.
Oh and Shiny, I'm giving you the 2nd Suns Trilogy after this one :) and you have to start loading me up with books in return

[and3w]

Funny, you are reading Hamiltons books from the oldest forward...all good IMHO
Reading, M. John. Harrison - Light
and
Peter Carey - Jack Maggs (excellent)

[Something Fast]

The Diamond Throne - Neil Stephenson.

[MisterBishi]

I'm re-reading A Short History Of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. I recommend it highly.

[and3w]

Have just finished Down Under by Bill Bryson, This also is highly reccomended :-)

[Glompbot]

Otherland Book 3

[gunsella]

the vesuvius club - mark gatiss

[hymartin]

Lance Armstrong - It's not about the bike [started it last night, have hardly been able to put it down all day today!]
Wow, this book is really cool !!!
I'm a big fan of Tour De Fance, or you can say of Lance...I've been watching it for 4 years I guess, it was midnight to see the live always :)

[Hairyman]

Unspeak by Steven Poole

[Jude]

Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit? by Steve Lowe & Alan McArthur

Observational ranting in the style of 'Grumpy Old Men'. To be honest, it could be funnier.

Also trying very hard to get into 'A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away' by Christopher Brookmyre, one of my favourite authors. I am currently working my way through his back-catalogue, but really struggling with this one.

[and3w]

Just finished 'A Time to Die' by Robert Moore - a history of the Kursk Disaster..a fascinating book, well written and with access to much previously secret info..what a hideous way for the poor fuckers to die, and it reinforces my hatred of politicians.

On the go at the moment: 'The Murder Book' by Jonathon Kellerman, an Alex Cross thriller, which seems up to his usual high standard; and 'Fatal Passage' by Ken McGoogan - Biography of John Rae, Arctic explorer and Hudson's Bay Co. Doctor...the man who discovered the fate of Franklin and the locater of the last navigable link in the Northwest Passage..from the few chapters I have read so far, seems a very interesting book.

[Henrik]

Just finished 'Mr Nice', Howard Marks autobiography.

Just waiting on my library to get in the new Irvine Welsh book 'The bedroom secrets of the master chefs' in now.

[Something Fast]

Just finished reading The Postman by David Brin. I thought it was pretty damn well written and the plot was pretty solid, but the last quarter just spoiled it for me.

Now I'm reading A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller.

[Drinking Duck]

Marching Powder
About cocaine and a south american jail

[STallingU]

Post Office By Charles Bukowski.

[ewe2]

miss garnett's angel by salley vickers

[BlueBoy]

Ben Elton - Stark

[and3w]

Just finished 'Mr Nice', Howard Marks autobiography.
.
I used to know him (Howard)..we had the same solicitor (Mike Katz), being in the same line of business (although he was the Walmart's, compared to my corner shop :group: ), in London, and I still have my autographed copy here. Mike Katz worked out of his flat, which was like a 1960's flower-child's flat..silk tapestries from Tibet on the wall's, Kashmiri cushions all over and Indian, Persian and Pakistani rugs all over...best Solicitor I ever had, he was also an American Attorney (from New York) which is, I guess, 1 reason why Howard used him, with his multi-jurisdictional problems..he'd bring you spliffs and other goodies in jail :)

Anyway, personally; just finished The Fatal Passage (details on last page) and it was every bit as good as I expected. If you are at all interested in the great C19th explorers, here is one who was shamefully overlooked and treated like a pariah because of the way he stuck up for the natives of the Arctic and Northern Canadian areas. Very good.

I am now re-reading The Brass Man by Neil Asher, who's books I have raved about before in these pages and whom I cannot speak highly enough of; all of you starting out on, (or old readers of) Peter Hamilton (another of my favourite authors)...try this guy's books; If you are disapointed, I offer you $10,000 zcash (if it works); If, as I think you will, you enjoy them..well, get raving about them as well! Personally, I started with The Skinner, although it isn't the first, but it is a fine introduction to the 'Polity' series. Go Get! :love:

Also, for those serious moments, I am reading Pacific Basin Books reprint of Nordhoff's West Coast: California, Oregon & Hawaii by (duh!) Charles Nordhoff. I am finding it a very interesting read, both as a travel guide, a bit dated maybe (1874), and as social history; either way, it is interesting. I have no intention of visiting America soon (even if they would let me in, which I highly doubt), but this book is just a good travel book, full stop. I guess it is the C19th version of a Lonely Planet guide.

Hope these reccomendations help some people, as other people's have helped me..unfortunately, I am more a 'hard' sci-fi reader than fantasy, so don't read a lot of the 30 part series that a lot of people seem to be into..I am just glad that there is such a wide range of opinion on here..a sign of a good thread, IMHO.
PS: Have just got torrents of audio books of all 4 of Charles Sheffields Heritage Universe books..if anyone want's the URL's for them, please ask.

Respect to all the other book fans on here :love:

[wenches.inc]

Come Away With Me - edited by Sara MacDonald
(travel stories by a group of authors - very interesting)

[ShinymetalASS]

Carpe Jugulum - Pratchett (again)

Pulled it off the shelf in deperation as moga has yet to provide me with my second Hamilton Commonwealth novel.

Come on fucker.

[phunkachunka]

A Scanner Darkly

Good ol' Phil K Dick.

[Funk On Crack]

Just started reading/buying the Discworld series by Pratchett.

I don't know why I ignored this series before...

I'm only just over halfway through the first novel.

[Hooty Mcboob]

Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett

It's my first time with the Discworld series too...

[Whiskers]

The Ghost of Ludwig Gertsch by SD Harvey.

Started it on Friday and finished it yesterday. Not the best written book but a fascinating true story. And it is work related. I love my new job.

[satori]

just finished Gateway (can't remember the author, he is a famous scifi guy)

Would this be the Gateway book by Frederick Pohl? Heechee and all that?

If so, it is one of my all time fav hard sci-fi novels. There was another in the series, the blue event horizon maybe?

[Glompbot]

Still reading otherland, up to book 4 now.

[lego72]

Would this be the Gateway book by Frederick Pohl? Heechee and all that?

If so, it is one of my all time fav hard sci-fi novels. There was another in the series, the blue event horizon maybe?

Yep, thats the one. If there was ever a sci-fi universe that needed exploring it was his. It would have been the new Rama.

I'm also reading Vignor Virge (sp?) - A deepness in the sky. Grade A stuff

[lego72]

Finished Lord of Light. Finishing The Amber Spyglass, the 3rd book in the His Dark Material's trilogy.

Have got Moby Dick on the bookcase next to the bed to get me back into the classics.

[Icky]

Just finished the Tamuli, and nearly finished the Elenium and im half way through Animal Farm

[Angeli]

Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind

[vantastic]

Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind

Awesome series of books mate, im on the latest one: Phantom

Apparently only 1 more book after this :(

[Ic3]

Dead Famous by Ben Elton
and Secret Diary of Adrian Mole

already read both of them, but i couldn't be bothered picking up a new book...

[-=[BB]=-]

Reading some of the James Bond books by John Gardner, they are pretty good, and a bit more sexed up than the Ian Flemming ones, though Im not sure if I like them being more sexed up yet, I will have to read a few more before I make my mind up.

[Lina]

The Music and Myth of Tom Waits.

[GeeWhiz]

Kingdom Come by JG Ballard

[Ouff]

The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble

[vladi]

"Bringing Down The House" by Ben Mezrich

[BlueBoy]

Zombie Survival Guide - Max Brooks.
Gearing up for when World War Z comes out in Australia.

[CapnCallipygian]

Devil's Tango - Herve Jubert

Zombie Survival Guide - Max Brooks.
Gearing up for when World War Z comes out in Australia.
Is it good?
I bought it 2 weeks ago for $5.95

[BlueBoy]

Is it good?
I bought it 2 weeks ago for $5.95

Yes, yes it is.
Although it's little more than a fictional manual. World War Z is where the story is at.

[Mr. Bungle]

Second book in the Otherland series...

[vladi]

Are you enjoying the Otherland series? I really enjoyed the first couple, I thought they were very well written. I stopped reading into the third - I felt that they just dragged it out too much.

[DCenT3]

Well I finished reading "Scar Tissue" the biography on Anthony Kiedis. It was actually a really good book in my opinion. I am really not the kind of person that reads books at all so it is rare that i willingly finished a book in under 2 weeks.

Now I am on the search for a new book. Im looking for any interesting biographies, philosophy books or any non-fiction books that can really grab my attention like "scar tissue" did. I did read a Dalai Lama book previous to scar tissue and i enjoyed that. So anyone got any suggestions?

[Glompbot]

Are you enjoying the Otherland series? I really enjoyed the first couple, I thought they were very well written. I stopped reading into the third - I felt that they just dragged it out too much.
man, you missed the best part if you didn't finish the third!

[Icky]

I am reading the Harry Potter series again.

[Iceberg]

The Holy Blood and The holy grail Revised and updated edition- Michael Baigenr, Richard Liegh & Henry Lincoln

( Heaps more information added since the first onre they wrote 10 years ago.)

The Knights Templar- Alan Butler and Stephen Dafoe

[lego72]

Just finished The Amber Spyglass (3rd in the His Dark Material's Trilogy). While this is a "kids book" I found it a good read and a refreshingly different story to the usual magic bullshit in that genre these days. A movie is being made based on these books with Daniel "the man who may fuck up the Bond films" Craig and Our Nicole (Our = the Australia equilvent of Sir/Dame). Fucked if I know how they are going to pull it off.

Have started Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton

Still got Moby Dick next to the bed.

[Colonel Kurtz]

Smiley Versus Karla - John Le Carre
Actually an collection, comprising of 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy', 'The Honorable Schoolboy' & 'Smiley's People'

[Glompbot]

i finished otherland, and decided to reread night watch by terry pratchett

[Canalien]

The Dice Man - Luke Rhinehart (aka George Cockcroft)

I know it's a good book when it frustrates the shit out of me and I want to smack the protagonist.

[annie]

Just finished The Amber Spyglass (3rd in the His Dark Material's Trilogy). While this is a "kids book" I found it a good read and a refreshingly different story to the usual magic bullshit in that genre these days. A movie is being made based on these books with Daniel "the man who may fuck up the Bond films" Craig and Our Nicole (Our = the Australia equilvent of Sir/Dame). Fucked if I know how they are going to pull it off.

Have started Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton

Still got Moby Dick next to the bed.

I really like the His Dark Materials series, and i'm looking forward to the movie for it. When I read the books, the only person who came to mind to be able to play Mrs Coulter was Nicole Kidman,so I'm really happy about her being in it, however Daniel Craig as Lord Asriel seems to be to be a completely fucked up casting decision. Well, who knows, maybe he'll do something great!

As for what I'm reading, I've almost finished Deadhouse Gates, the second book in the Tales of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. I can never recommend this series enough, it makes dizzy with how well it's written and the different intertwining story lines. Stephen Erikson is a god!

[lego72]

I really like the His Dark Materials series, and i'm looking forward to the movie for it. When I read the books, the only person who came to mind to be able to play Mrs Coulter was Nicole Kidman,so I'm really happy about her being in it, however Daniel Craig as Lord Asriel seems to be to be a completely fucked up casting decision. Well, who knows, maybe he'll do something great!

Finally, someone else who has read this series.

[annie]

Finally, someone else who has read this series.

Everyone's read this series!

if they havn't, they better *shakes fist*

[bitch]

Everyone's read this series!

if they havn't, they better *shakes fist*

Agreed.

I remember trying to convince a couple of different people to read this and they wouldn't - they couldn't imagine how it could be better than Harry Potter.

Grrr! and I second your fist shaking.

Recently, I've devoured everything Neil Gaiman I can get my hands on but I have at last exhausted the supply - I'm saving his graphic stuff until I'm desperate.

I'm about to start on Helen of Troy by Margaret George, I love historical fiction.

[and3w]

New book by my favourite author of the moment [see previous rants regarding this :-)] - Neil Asher - COWL.
Slight involvement with his previopus 'Polity' Universe...but VERY slight.
Great book though; as usual. Go get them!

[Spades]

The Prince of Australia - all about colourfull characters of the past who I have never heard of - more aussie history in skools plz!!

[Grumblefish]

British Imperialism: 1688-2000 by P. J. Cain and A. G. Hopkins. I've only read the first two chapters, so I haven't reached the meat and potatoes of the book yet, but so far it is looking promising.

My favourite book on the empire is still The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James, however. It's not the most complex book in the world, but it's a really enjoyable and helpful read. Definitely worth reading, even if you know nothing about the subject.

[FatherShark]

Irvine Welsh - The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs

[Thyrd]

Irvine Welsh - The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs

I'm such a sad fuck. I kept thinking of Master Chief, but now I'm reading it as master chefs I'm thinking of Stephen Segal.

[BlueBoy]

The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chief: coming to a dodgy slash fiction website near you.

[mysterious-dr-x]

finished Terry Goodkind - Phantom the other day.

didnt get into it as much as i was expecting, though i do still have the 'now what do i do with my life' feeling, if not quite to the same extent. i just wish i could talk to someone about it now, someone who has read it. the only people i know who read the series havent dont so yet.

my life seems to exist in order to read or wait for one of his books, the past few years of it in anycase. i wont know what to do after the next & final one in the series.


now all i need to do is work out where i put olympus (dan simmons). have just leant Illium to Louise.

[fivestarcam]

First Post.....


I'm reading Red Mars - Kins Stanley Robinson, for the second time though..

It's been ages since I have been able to pick up a book and not get bored... I dont know what is... Re-reading my favourite books seem to help... Just re-read the Chronicles of Thomas Covanent again..

Anyway...

[vantastic]

Yeah the new terry goodkind book Phantom finished too early... it felt as if not much happened it... there was just this huge building up towards the finale... the whole book reminded me of the first half of the first book, I mean, how it was paced - really slowly - I think he wants to make another few million out of the series...

Still, I know the feeling... Im hanging out for the next book... any ideas what its called?

[Sashasword]

I have been really enjoying a series recently that I think everyone should have a read of at least once, it's such a bloody good romp, especially if you like crime/detective stories. Sort of.

The author is Jasper Fforde, and these are the books you are going to want to buy and read in order:

The Eyre Affair
Lost in a Good Book
The Well of Lost Plots
Something Rotten

The Fifth Bear

I put the Fifth bear apart because it deals with a different set of characters while being in the same universe.
I haven't read it yet.
Terry Pratchett does this all the time.

Anyway, basically, this woman called Thursday Next is a literary detective. She has the rare ability to enter a book and interact with the characters within it.
She can take others in with her, and at one stage, traps a bad guy in "The Raven", which gets her into trouble later down the line.
Others have this ability also, but it is very rare.

It is a world where dodo's and thylacines (did I spell this right?) are commonplace, (people can buy the DNA and grow them in vats, much like home-brewing) and Shakespere is regularly performed in the manner of Rocky Horror.

The author has a great gift of puns, and uses them mercilessly throughout the book. many of them are groanworthy. Quite a lot of the names are funny if you say them out loud.

If my description seems uncharacteristically confusing, it is only because it is really hard to explain to anyone what the book is about.
It's a lot of intelligent silliness that you will get the most out of if you have read all the classics or at least be a bit familiar with them.

Here is a website that is on the back of the book. I haven't been to it, but it might be more informative than my ramblings:

www.thursdaynext.com.

Do have a read of these books. You won't regret it, I promise!

[Glompbot]

Sounds a bit like the dirk gently books.... only a BIT though....

[lego72]

next to the bed is Orlando by Virgina Woolf

[Lina]

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

Since carrying it into work this morning I've had no less than 5 people tell me that they've been trying to read that book for x years and only can get half/quarter/two pages through. I, however, am not having that problem. Fairly devouring it, I am.

Those Brits...no staying power :D

[Icky]

Harry Potter series

[Angeli]

'Honk if you are Jesus' by Peter Goldsworth

It's interesting..

[Glompbot]

A game of thrones - George RR Martin

[Mr. Bungle]

A game of thrones - George RR Martin

woohoo!

we have a thread somewhere on zgeek dedicated to this series, but you should avoid it due to SPOILOLERS sapia.

[Glompbot]

I was considering joining that thread, but I think i'll wait until i've read a bit first :D

[Mr. Bungle]

I was considering joining that thread, but I think i'll wait until i've read a bit first :D

you should completely avoid it as spoilers will ruin an otherwise surprise laden series :duel:

[lego72]

A game of thrones - George RR Martin

Until I had read this series (well up to A Feast of Crows) I had never realised how tame the genre was. Fuck George really delivers a rollacoaster ride.

Roll on the next book!!!!

[FritzTheCat]

Currently between books in a series.

Stephen King's "The Dark Tower".

Finished book IV, Wizard and Glass a couple of months and am waiting for a different release of the last 3 books before buying them.

[Aardvark]

The Lazarus Effect, Frank Herbert

Jesus Incident was by far superior, so far, but I've only read a few chapters in. It just doesn't grip like his others. We're talking post-it glue Vs epoxy resin

[ShinymetalASS]

Finished the Hamilton series I was reading from Moga. Kicked ass.

Then read two Gemmell books. Read that last Waylander book whos name I cant remember now, but suffie to say: Waylander will never die.

Also read White Wolf.

I now love Skilgannon.

:) Ran out of books, so am re reading fifth elephant, by pratchett.

[Harold]

Does Hustler count as a book? I do meticulosly read the articles.

[GeeWhiz]

Just finished the new book Kingdom Come by Ballard.

And have now started reading the communist manifesto

[Spades]

rereading the xanth series - weird punnish fun

[Icky]

I read an interesting book by Neil Gaiman, called Stardust.
it is a weird type of fairytale but worth a read (if i wasnt so lazy i would write a review).

Im reading Magician at the moment

[and3w]

Re-reading 'Super-Cannes' by J. G. Ballard - great book by a writer back in form after some lean years IMHO

[Hired Goon]

Until I had read this series (well up to A Feast of Crows) I had never realised how tame the genre was. Fuck George really delivers a rollacoaster ride.

Roll on the next book!!!!

He had better not fuck up the next book or I'll... I'll get my dad to beat him up.

In related news, Robert Jordan, author of the ironically titled and long winded debacle that is the Wheel of Time series, has a serious illness and could die before finishing the series. Even more ironically, one of the side effects is alzheimer's, which could explain a lot too.

Sucks to be Robert Jordan, but also sucks to be anybody who didn't have the good sense to give up on the series when it got stupid at about book 8.

Here's some links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Jordan
http://www.tor.com/jordan/

I have "More What If" - Edited by Robert Cowley and Myrren's Gift by Fiona McIntosh on my bed side table, but it's slow going on the reading front at the minute...

[ShinymetalASS]

Just about to Start new Salvatore trilogy.

*drool*

Oooh picked up Discworld companian for $5.00 today, hardcover.

[Lina]

All Tomorrow's Parties by Mr Gibson.

[BlueBoy]

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser.

[ShinymetalASS]

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser.

Heard him on JJJ and that book sounds REALLY interesting... can you keep me posted??? I wasnt sure whether to bother reading it or not.... :)

[BlueBoy]

Heard him on JJJ and that book sounds REALLY interesting... can you keep me posted??? I wasnt sure whether to bother reading it or not.... :)

It's a statistician's dream. That said, it's really well written and hasn't put me to sleep yet.

[picklesam]

Black Holes, Wormholes & Time Machines
by Jim Al-Khalili

[phunkachunka]

Valis - Philip K Dick

Only just started it.

[Venus]

Otherland, Tad Williams.

[berserk]

up to chapter 7 ofThe Moor's Last Sigh by Salman Rushdie

[ThraX]

just finished "Writing On Gravestones" a book about multiple true crime stories, all australian based. It was a damn good read, as long as you remember that no chapter relates to another in any way shape or form.

[fumpy]

Second time round on Tolkien's 'The Silmarillion'

[berserk]

Second time round on Tolkien's 'The Silmarillion'
Happy reading. Could you give a brief summary of it when you're done? I couldn't finish it however hard I tried.

[Icky]

I HAD 50 000 BOSSES, Memoires of a Labor Backbencher 1946 - 1975
Gil Duthie

This is an Interesting book that anyone who is interested in Australian Politics should read.
The Book covers the inside turmoil of the 23 years that Labor were kept out of Federal Government.
The formation of the Democratic Labor Party, and their effect on the Australian Labor Party.
Also it covers the Whitlam Government and the 1975 Constitiutional Crisis.

Interesting read and an eye opener of the inside of Australian politics

[ezer]

im on dirk pitt's series by clive cussler

[banga]

im reading "a bastard of a place" by peter brune its about the papua part of ww2 and kokoda etc , quite interesting ,wouldve been a crappy place to fight in

[Lina]

Poison Heart - Surviving The Ramones by Dee Dee Ramone.

[Maleficent]

Up The Duff by Kaz Cooke & What To Expect When You're Expecting by some chick who had a baby. :)

Kaz Cooke is such a cunny funt.

[Enos]

Just finished Fahrenheit 451 and about to start Stranger in a Strange Land

(in an old school sci fi phase it would seem)

[Glompbot]

A clash of Kings

[ezer]

just finished a couple of hours ago "sahara" by clive cussler, nothing like the movie at all,

next up is "san sombrero" by the frontline guys

[and3w]

Lina & Enos..great books.

RE-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re- reading The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks..still as shockingly funny as the very first time I read it 20 odd years ago.
If you don't know it..go get it, satisfaction guaranteed..
'Burn doggies, BURN' :-)

[ShinymetalASS]

Re-reading HHGTG - tril in 5 parts

All my books are still packed from the move and this was the first one I dug out.

I keep getting weird looks when I lol on the train.

[banga]

ywhat on earth is hhgtg ??

[ewe2]

hhgtg = hitchhikers guide to the galaxy :rolleyes: better known as h2g2

[ewe2]

slowly getting through Miss Garnet's Angel (Salley Vickers), the Admiral Hornblower omnibus (c.s. forester), and still plodding through Collapse (jared diamond)

[Glompbot]

next book in the ice and fire series or something
my brain isn't working too good, but you know what i mean right?

[ShinymetalASS]

Julian May - Jack The Bodiless.

Interesting concepts, pretentious as fuck writing.

Will see where we go.

I HAVE ALL MY BOOKS BACK AGAIN!~!!@!#$@#$

[annie]

Faerie Tale again by Raymond E Feist. yay!

I just finished 'Midnight Tides' by Stephen Erikson, the 5th book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series.
This book went back to the time before the first book (gardens of the moon) was set. It's quite awesome!

[rayjayjohnson]

Faerie Tale again by Raymond E Feist. yay!

I just finished 'Midnight Tides' by Stephen Erikson, the 5th book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series.
This book went back to the time before the first book (gardens of the moon) was set. It's quite awesome!

dragons dragons dragons is all i could see there.

[Glompbot]

midnight tides was indeed tops

when i'm finished reading the george rr martin books i'm reading i will be reading TP and then i'll read steven erikson again


faerie tale was a bit on the scary/creepy side to be honest...

[Glompbot]

OK, i finished reading A storm of swords part 2 (blood and gold)
and i finished reading TP's THUD!

and tomorrow i'm going out to buy a few more books

[ShinymetalASS]

OK, i finished reading A storm of swords part 2 (blood and gold)
and i finished reading TP's THUD!

and tomorrow i'm going out to buy a few more books

My other half just bought me a copy of THUD! It's the book I'll be reading when I finish Jack the Bodiless.

[Glompbot]

I just bought (old cover version frenzy purchases) Guards! Guards!, Feet of Clay, Men at arms

I'll be buying a few more next month, i wanna get as many in the old cover style before they're gone.

I also purchased Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson, its due for a re-read.

[RedMaN]

Finally got a hold of Bravo Two Zero by Andy McNab. I had been trying to track down this book for some time and I kept seeing all of his other fictional work except this one. It's a good read and I'm ripping through it too :D

[Glompbot]

I just bought (old cover version frenzy purchases) Guards! Guards!, Feet of Clay, Men at arms

I'll be buying a few more next month, i wanna get as many in the old cover style before they're gone.

I also purchased Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson, its due for a re-read.
I've finished all the TP books I bought, and now 1/3 of the way through gardens of the moon, its much easier to understand on the 2nd read, and that makes it far more enjoyble... i'm not sitting there going 'wtf is a warren? and wtf is the claw? and wtf wtf... arrrrrgh!'

[Enos]

Just about to finish "The Scar" by China Mieville for the second time. Very cool stuff. Almost steam punk, almost fantasy, but not really either :)

[and3w]

The Alienist by Caleb Carr. Alienist in the old sense, what we would now call a psychoanylst/psychiatrist. A good thriller, set in 1896, with the 'detective' being an 'alienist', trying to solve a serial murder type thing. Worth reading for the history of New York and Psychology as well as being a cracking good story.

[SOC]

Lisey's Story, by Stephen King - his latest, and easily his best book for quite a while.

[rascuache]

Just finished reading High Fidelity by Nick Hornby, tossing up whether to read Joesph Conrad's Heart of Darkness next, William S Burroughs Junkie or the Virgin Suicides.

I visited the new library in my suburb this week, can you tell?

[annie]

I'm reading the Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice again.
I just finished reading Interview with a Vampire again too

I am constantly amazed at the Interview with a Vampire. Such a well written, emotional, plausible story. IMO anyway.

[Velvet Douche]

I'm reading "Off Season" by Jack Ketchum, nice nasty hardcore horror like Richard Laymons books and i'm also half way through "The High Window" by Raymond Chandler the king of hardboiled detective fiction.

[MisterBishi]

Just finished The Code Book (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Code-Book-Secret-History-Code-breaking/dp/1857028899/sr=8-1/qid=1166562695/ref=pd_ka_1/026-0143080-8734021?ie=UTF8&s=books) by Simon Singh which was very interesting. Especially the Enigma/Turing story and the later stuff about RSA and Public Key Cryptography.

Next up, either Faster (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Faster-Our-Race-Against-Time/dp/0349112924/sr=1-5/qid=1166562975/ref=sr_1_5/026-0143080-8734021?ie=UTF8&s=books) or Does God Play Dice? The New Mathematics of Chaos (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Does-God-Play-Dice-Mathematics/dp/0140256024/sr=1-1/qid=1166563031/ref=sr_1_1/026-0143080-8734021?ie=UTF8&s=books) depending on what mood I'm in when I get on the coach on Thursday.

[astro]

Silence on the Wire: a Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks, by Michal Zalewski.

Very interesting.

[Henrik]

Candy-A Story of love and addiction by Luke Davies. I never want to go within 100 miles of the movie after reading this..best book I have read in a very long time.

[Fuzzy Dice]

Re-reading HHGTG - tril in 5 parts.

I just finished that for the very first time. absolutely fantastic and funny.

[dozer]

shantaram - gregory david roberts

[satori]

persuasion by jane austin. i'm doing some relatively complicated writing at the moment and when i do stuff like this, i like to re-read austin to absorb her simply amazing skills of nuance and organization.

If thats true, how come every book she wrote is crap?

[berserk]

Moor's Last Sigh - Salman Rushdie
Earthly Powers - JAB Wilson @ Anthony Burgess

[berserk]

If thats true, how come every book she wrote is crap?
Price & Prejudice was alright.
Charlotte Bronte though, was utter crap. Jane Eyre is the 19th century equivalent of David12 in long form.

[Icky]

The man with a golden gun, Ian Fleming. It is the bullseye edition (kids; condenced)

[satori]

Price & Prejudice was alright.
Charlotte Bronte though, was utter crap. Jane Eyre is the 19th century equivalent of David12 in long form.

I though Pride & Predjudice was the Victorian era's version of Home & Away.

I would never have finished the first chapter if I didn't have to read it for high school. I now loathe her and everything she ever did.

[Icky]

Price & Prejudice was alright.
Charlotte Bronte though, was utter crap. Jane Eyre is the 19th century equivalent of David12 in long form.

Pride and Prejudice is good, And I agree about Jane Eyre, havnt read the book just had to watch the film.

[Lina]

Bah, Jane Eyre is a classic and quite excellent. She hardly goes around stalking people on the interweb. More like stalks them in a carriage wearing petticoats :D I like it anyway.

I'm reading Mind by John R. Searle at present.

[astro]

H.P. Lovecraft - The Call of Cthulhu and other Weird stories. IMHO one of the greatest American authors.

[Sparhawk]

Lord of the Silver Bow, David Gemmell. First Gemmell book I've ever read, OK so far if nothing particularly earthshattering about it.

[picklesam]

O'Neil, William J. - How to Make Money in Stocks....

hired 'Wallstreet' DVD as well! 'Forbes' here i come!

[BlueBoy]

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

[sporko]

Books of Blood - Clive Barker (again). Best horror, end of story.

[RedMaN]

Marching Powder - Rusty Young

[Colonel Kurtz]

Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts.

I've just learned that they will be making a fil adaptation with johnny Depp. Could be good

[meg]

The Day of the Triffids- John Wyndham

[Colonel Kurtz]

The Day of the Triffids- John Wyndham
Have you read any of his others, Like Chocky and The Chrysalids?

[BlueBoy]

The Chrysalids fucking owns.

[meg]

Have you read any of his others, Like Chocky and The Chrysalids?

No. I picked up this copy about 5 yrs ago at a 2nd's shop and it has sat in my bookshelf since. I knew it was a classic and that's why I bought it, but chose others(mainly Pratchet) ahead of it. My dad saw it and said I should read it. I'm about 1/3 through.

[Serpent_Girl]

The Icewind Dale Trilogy - R.A. Salvatore

and

Sphere - Michael Crichton

[pliskin]

the difference engine- by william gibson, and bruce sterling.

[Jul1an]

Armageddons children - Terry Brooks.

[rocketclock]

Collapse: How societies choose to fail or survive - Jared Diamond

[Shampyon]

The Gunslinger: Stephen King

Reminds me of a character a friend of mine created a couple of years ago, so I was inspired to write my own short story featuring my friend's character (it's on my blog, which is linked in my profile, if any of you people want to help me in my quest to be a true internet whore).

[Aardvark]

Nightfall, by Issac Azimov. Could that man do any wrong? Aside from letting his estate take control of his work, instead of including a decree in his will that no one ever touch his works again after his death, just continue publishing the books and nothing more. That would've prevented that shitty movie and all those shitty foundation prequels that people keep writing. What is it with great science fiction writers? As soon as they die, some talentless hack comes along and rapes their good characters, all in the name of continuity

[PrawnMatic]

Jonestown by Chris Masters (A christmas present from Imp - thanks gorgeous!)

An exercise in Schadenfreude for me.

[Spades]

Catcher in the Rye - fucken hilarous laugh out loud book even when on your own!

[BlueBoy]

That's easily one of the most over-hyped books I've ever read. It was terrible.

[Mr. Bungle]

I am on book 4 of the Otherland series. I just want to finish it off now as it has run out of steam. I think the whole series could have been 2 books instead of 4. There is a lot of fluff.

[Glompbot]

I have a choice of a few books:
A feast for crows - george r r martin
Memoirs of a geisha by who knows i don't care
Faust, i mean Eric by terry pratchett
or Maskerade by terry pratchett


I'm stuck undecided on which one to read. So I've been reading this months Marie Claire, when I finish that I'll decide.

[Something Fast]

Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere

P.D. James - Children of Men (which I'm not enjoying as much as the movie, so far...)

[and3w]

Neverwhere is a great book..but then Gaiman is a great writer in whatever genre...
I'm reading Snow Crash (for the 50th time, cos I love it so) and 'Business in Great Waters - The U-Boat Wars 1916 - 1945 by JOhn Terraine..a fascinating book; the Germans were so far ahead, if it hadn't been for our capture of an enigma and some of the other crypto breakthroughs we could easily have lost WW2 the way the 'Wolf Packs' ran the North Atlantic

[Shampyon]

I have a choice of a few books:
A feast for crows - george r r martin
Memoirs of a geisha by who knows i don't care
Faust, i mean Eric by terry pratchett
or Maskerade by terry pratchett


I'm stuck undecided on which one to read. So I've been reading this months Marie Claire, when I finish that I'll decide.

Faust, then Maskerade!

[Glompbot]

i dunno if i'm in a pratchett mood though

[astro]

Voice and Data Internetworking - Gil Held.

I did mention I'm a geek, right?

[Spades]

That's easily one of the most over-hyped books I've ever read. It was terrible.

what hype?

[BlueBoy]

Well it makes an appearance on pretty much every "top ten books of blah blah" list.

[Spades]

Well it makes an appearance on pretty much every "top ten books of blah blah" list.

I mustn't get out much!! never really seen the fuss but the ending probably stops it being a top 10 book for me.

[BlueBoy]

Typography: A Manual of Design - Ambrose/Harris.

I'm trying to move the career towards content production, so I figured this was a good start.

[and3w]

Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere


You (and others, I guess)may find this interesting: an Audio book collection in a torrent from Demonoid:
http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/497425/?show_files=1&page=1&ref=1169076279#file_list

LIST

Neil Gaiman - Miscellaneous Interviews/Fast Forward #176 (March 2005) - Neil Gaiman Interview.mov 21.47 MB
Neil Gaiman - Miscellaneous Interviews/Hour 25 (Jun 30, 2001) - Neil Gaiman interview about 'American Gods'.mp3 3.82 MB
Neil Gaiman - Miscellaneous Interviews/Hour 25 (Oct 6, 2000) - Neil Gaiman interview about CBLDF.mp3 3.48 MB
Neil Gaiman - Miscellaneous Interviews/MPR All Things Considered (Aug 12, 2002) - Neil Gaiman interview about 'Coraline'.mp3 19.42 MB
Neil Gaiman - Miscellaneous Interviews/MPR Midmorning (Aug 2, 2001) - Neil Gaiman interview about 'American Gods'.mp3 12.30 MB
Neil Gaiman - Miscellaneous Interviews/MPR Midmorning (Oct 10, 2005) - Neil Gaiman interview about Anansi Boys.rm 8.14 MB
Neil Gaiman - Miscellaneous Interviews/National Book Festival (Oct 9, 2004) - Neil Gaiman reading from 'Anansi Boys' + Q&A (video).rm 125.23 MB
Neil Gaiman - Miscellaneous Interviews/National Book Festival (Sep 24, 2005) - Neil Gaiman reading from 'Anansi Boys' + Q&A (video).rm 92.70 MB
Neil Gaiman - Miscellaneous Interviews/Neil Gaiman mp3 Interviews in Chronological Order.m3u 1.51 KB
Neil Gaiman - Miscellaneous Interviews/NPR Talk Of The Nation (Sep 18, 2003) - 'The Sandman' Creator Neil Gaiman.mp3 26.91 MB
Neil Gaiman - Miscellaneous Interviews/Vertigo Online - A Few Minutes With Neil Gaiman (video).mov 24.68 MB
Neil Gaiman - Miscellaneous Interviews/WNYC Studio 360 (Oct 1, 2005) - Neil Gaiman Interview about 'Mirrormask' and 'Anansi Boys'.mp3 14.24 MB
Neil Gaiman - Miscellaneous Interviews/WPR To The Best of Our Knowledge (Sep 5, 2004) - Neil Gaiman interview.mp3 17.23 MB
Neil Gaiman - MPR Midmorning/MPR Midmorning (16-02-2004) - From Talking Volumes with Neil Gaiman on 15-02-2004.mp3 35.51 MB
Neil Gaiman - MPR Midmorning/MPR Midmorning (20-01-2004) - Neil Gaiman interview before Talking Volumes.mp3 35.31 MB
Neil Gaiman - Murder Mysteries/Neil Gaiman - Murder Mysteries (SET).mp3 34.77 MB
Neil Gaiman - Murder Mysteries/Neil Gaiman - Murder Mysteries.txt 812 bytes
Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere/Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere - 1 of 4.mp3 10.61 MB
Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere/Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere - 2 of 4.mp3 10.41 MB
Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere/Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere - 3 of 4.mp3 10.66 MB
Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere/Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere - 4 of 4.mp3 10.18 MB
Neil Gaiman - Short stories/Neil Gaiman - A Whiff of Anaesthesia.mp3 6.45 MB
Neil Gaiman - Short stories/Neil Gaiman - Banshee- The Flash Girls.mp3 10.08 MB
Neil Gaiman - Short stories/Neil Gaiman - Being an Experiment. . ..mp3 7.74 MB
Neil Gaiman - Short stories/Neil Gaiman - Cold Colors.mp3 14.82 MB
Neil Gaiman - Snow Glass Apples/Neil Gaiman - Snow Glass Apples (Part 1).mp3 15.02 MB
Neil Gaiman - Snow Glass Apples/Neil Gaiman - Snow Glass Apples (Part 2).mp3 10.62 MB
Neil Gaiman - Snow Glass Apples/Snow Glass Apples - CD case - Booklet.pdf 246.92 KB
Neil Gaiman - Snow Glass Apples/Snow Glass Apples - CD case back and disc.pdf 355.13 KB
Neil Gaiman - Speaking in Tongues/01 - Daughter of Owls.mp3 7.02 MB
Neil Gaiman - Speaking in Tongues/02 - Instructions.mp3 4.96 MB
Neil Gaiman - Speaking in Tongues/03 - The Price.mp3 18.77 MB
Neil Gaiman - Speaking in Tongues/04 - The Sea Change.mp3 9.32 MB
Neil Gaiman - Speaking in Tongues/05 - The Facts In The Case Of The Departure Of Miss Finch.mp3 51.98 MB
Neil Gaiman - Speaking in Tongues/Neil Gaiman - Speaking in Tongues.m3u 411 bytes
Neil Gaiman - Speaking in Tongues/Neil Gaiman - Speaking in Tongues.sfv 203 bytes
Neil Gaiman - Telling Tales/01 - A Writer's Prayer.mp3 1.88 MB
Neil Gaiman - Telling Tales/02 - Harlequin Valentine.mp3 23.69 MB
Neil Gaiman - Telling Tales/03 - Boys and Girls Together.mp3 2.86 MB
Neil Gaiman - Telling Tales/04 - The Wedding Present.mp3 28.38 MB
Neil Gaiman - Telling Tales/05 - In the End.mp3 1.97 MB
Neil Gaiman - Telling Tales/06 - Epilogue - Drums.mp3 24.58 MB
Neil Gaiman - Telling Tales/Neil Gaiman - Telling Tales.m3u 453 bytes
Neil Gaiman - Telling Tales/Neil Gaiman - Telling Tales.sfv 224 bytes
Neil Gaiman - The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection/01 - HarperAudio presents The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection.mp3 522.00 KB
Neil Gaiman - The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection/02 - The Wolves in the Walls.mp3 16.10 MB
Neil Gaiman - The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection/03 - Cinnamon.mp3 8.68 MB
Neil Gaiman - The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection/04 - The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish.mp3 13.47 MB
Neil Gaiman - The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection/05 - Crazy Hair.mp3 3.95 MB
Neil Gaiman - The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection/06 - Interview with Neil Gaiman.mp3 6.12 MB
Neil Gaiman - The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection/07 - Outro (by HarperAudio).mp3 402.00 KB
Neil Gaiman - The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection/Neil Gaiman - The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection.m3u 646 bytes
Neil Gaiman - The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection/Neil Gaiman - The Neil Gaiman Audio Collection.sfv 323 bytes
Neil Gaiman - Warning Contains Language/Disc 1 - 1 of 7 - The Song of the Audience.mp3 1.88 MB
Neil Gaiman - Warning Contains Language/Disc 1 - 2 of 7 - Nicholas Was....mp3 2.96 MB
Neil Gaiman - Warning Contains Language/Disc 1 - 3 of 7 - Babycakes.mp3 5.62 MB
Neil Gaiman - Warning Contains Language/Disc 1 - 4 of 7 - Cold Colors.mp3 14.82 MB
Neil Gaiman - Warning Contains Language/Disc 1 - 5 of 7 - The White Road.mp3 23.98 MB
Neil Gaiman - Warning Contains Language/Disc 1 - 6 of 7 - The Flash Girls - Banshee.mp3 10.08 MB
Neil Gaiman - Warning Contains Language/Disc 1 - 7 of 7 - Being an Experiment....mp3 7.73 MB
Neil Gaiman - Warning Contains Language/Disc 2 - 1 of 2 - Chivalry.mp3 21.03 MB
Neil Gaiman - Warning Contains Language/Disc 2 - 2 of 2 - Troll Bridge.mp3 26.18 MB
Neil Gaiman - Warning Contains Language/Neil Gaiman - Warning Contains Language.m3u 745 bytes
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett - Good Omens/01 - Good Omens, Part 01 of 10.mp3 9.94 MB
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett - Good Omens/02 - Good Omens, Part 02 of 10.mp3 9.98 MB
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett - Good Omens/03 - Good Omens, Part 03 of 10.mp3 9.96 MB
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett - Good Omens/04 - Good Omens, Part 04 of 10.mp3 9.93 MB
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett - Good Omens/05 - Good Omens, Part 05 of 10.mp3 9.94 MB
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett - Good Omens/06 - Good Omens, Part 06 of 10.mp3 9.94 MB
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett - Good Omens/07 - Good Omens, Part 07 of 10.mp3 9.94 MB
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett - Good Omens/08 - Good Omens, Part 08 of 10.mp3 9.92 MB
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett - Good Omens/09 - Good Omens, Part 09 of 10.mp3 9.92 MB
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett - Good Omens/10 - Good Omens, Part 10 of 10.mp3 6.99 MB

Hope this helps some of you :angel:

[Spades]

Roger Zelazney - AMber chronicles - fucking awsome

[Glompbot]

Just finished Memoirs of a Geisha, completely different from the movie.
I don't know which one I prefer more now.

[and3w]

Just finished Memoirs of a Geisha, completely different from the movie.
I don't know which one I prefer more now.

I preferred the book, but then I read the book first and I don't know about anyone else but I find that the film of a book never seems to live up to my imagination of it? Well, 99% of the time, anyway.

Reading: 'Black Sea' by Neal Acherson - a history of the areas surrounding the black sea, from Neolithic to post-soviet times. A very interesting read about an area of the world I don't know much about..

[Something Fast]

Everything: A Book About The Manic Street Preachers by Simon Price.

[Sparhawk]

Just finished Deadhouse Gates by Erikson.

[SOC]

George Orwell''s 1984, on Sony's PRS-500 portable reader (it comes pre-loaded)

[annie]

Reading a book called Scar by China Meiville

I got it for Christmas, I'm not sure what to think of it, I know I can't stop reading, but there's so many references to locations and races/species that it seems there must have been a book before this so that gets a bit confusing.
And the writing style is quite over the place, it sometimes changes characters from paragraph to paragraph.
But I am enjoying it, I guess it's just a bit different to what I'm used to.

[Glompbot]

Just finished Deadhouse Gates by Erikson.
What did you think of it?

[rayjayjohnson]

the third book on john birmingham's 'axis of time' trilogy.

they're pretty good.

[dozer]

suskinds perfume before it hits the movies.

[Glompbot]

suskinds perfume before it hits the movies.
is it any good?

[JumpinJez]

Saga of the Pliocence Exiles and Galactic Milieu by Julian May.

havent read it in about 15 years, but watching Heroes reminded me of the whole evolving humanity /mind powers thing.

[Enos]

is it any good?

It's great

[Lina]

is it any good?

There's an answer to that question but I can't find the appropriate words. It is chronically awesome. That should do it :D


Edit: one is reading Burning Chrome by Mr Gibson at present. One had a little freakout at the martians in the hotel room bit. Oooh mama...that's creepy...

[Glompbot]

will definitely buy it this week then :D

[polite]

Great Apes
by Will Self

[Enos]

Great Apes
by Will Self

Another absolute boomer of a book :)

Currently reading Marrow by Robert Reed

[ewe2]

The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins. Does for atheism what Aquinas did for Catholic theology, only much much better and without the crap logic. Am refusing to read fiction until Gaiman or Stephenson write something new. (Have read Anansi Boys, is awesome as usual).