Latest Gene Wolfe book you read (1-10 scale)

[Honky Kong 64]

Hyperion's 'To Be Continued' fucking ending <

Still rules though.

[riley-o]

To be continued when you start reading Fall of Hyperion immediately after

[Eight Bit Alien]

[electronichamz]

To be continued when you start reading Fall of Hyperion immediately after

SPOILERSPOILER_SHOW

Kassad fist fighting The Shrike = FUCK

[The Real MPD]

Hannibal - 8

[Cascade Whore]

"Underworld" by Don DeLillo 9.13/10

Sooooooooooo this is the readers digest version of infinite jest/gravitys rainbow?

[riley-o]

Endymion 7.5/10
Rise of Endymion - 6.25/10

I feel kinda bad giving RoE such a low score considering how compulsively I was reading it, but holy fuck Simmons cannot write a love story and his love dialogue was so stilted and painful that I was getting physical douche chills reading it. "Raul my love ?" "Yes Aenea my darling ?"

The scifi stuff was really great and the symbolism parallels throughout are pretty incredible, though. Worth reading, but a major step down from the Hyperions.

[featherboa]

accurate

[Advances>|<MONKEY]

on page like 40something of thus spake zathustra.

mind has exploded.

[FVBTVS]

on page like 40something of thus spake zathustra.

mind has exploded.

[Fuck...I'm Dave]

The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories, #1) - Bernard Cornwell - 9/10

Historical fiction taking place during in post-Roman Empire England. Looking forward to reading the next one.

[Liam Spengler]

Le Mort d'Arthur Vol. 1 - 9
Le Mort d'Arthur Vol. 2 - 9

[riley-o]

Dune - 9/10

The intricacies of the various plottings and schemings are unparalleled in scifi imho, and the scope of the world and how fleshed out that vision is nearly brings me to tears for what an incredible accomplishment it is.

But are scifi authors all such nerds that they've never had an actual conversation and that's why they can't write believable or relatable dialogue ? Is that it ? And why do they all insist on tormenting us with their fucking truly godawful prose ?? Why ??!?

[Necrometer]

But are scifi authors all such nerds that they've never had an actual conversation and that's why they can't write believable or relatable dialogue ? Is that it ? And why do they all insist on tormenting us with their fucking truly godawful prose ?? Why ??!?

it's these things that make Dune inaccessible to me

all the world-building shit was exposed to me when I was a tiny kid watching the movie, so the only thing the book really presents to me is the CLUNK

[FVBTVS]

yeah thats how i feel about desriptions of nudity / sex and sexuality in grrm's books, i'd prefer he just go "he grabs her tits, she moans, they start fucking, its hard /scene" instead of the circling of the wagons shit he does instead

[electronichamz]

Dungeons and Dragons - 5th Edition Dungeon Master's Guide - 10/10

[Wang Mandu]

The Blade Itself 9/10. Minus one because the Jezal chapters and the middle of the book was a little slow and dull but the ending and intro of new characters in the last third has me pumped for the next book. I do like how the writing style switches up between character chapters.

[Liam Spengler]

Solaris (Bill Johnston translation) - 9
Medieval Art (Sekules) - 8

[electronichamz]

The Elementary Particles - 10/10 (This book will crush your soul...ULTIMATE SADNESS)
The Case Against Satan - 7.5/10

[The Real MPD]

10

[featherboa]

Perfidia - 9

[electronichamz]

Notes from the Underground - 10/10

[FVBTVS]

the shadow of the torturer - 8.9

[electronichamz]

the shadow of the torturer - 8.9

heh, I'm reading that right now

[riley-o]

Dune Messiah 7.5/10
Children of Dune 7/10
God Emperor of Dune 8/10
Heretics of Dune 6/10
Chapterhouse: Dune 5/10