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Godel, Escher, and Bach - 9/10
The Crying of Lot 49 - 8/10
Big Sur - 7/10
The Crying of Lot 49 - 8/10
Big Sur - 7/10
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Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon
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Nick Zedd - Totem of the Depraved 5.5/10
Found this (signed, of all things) at this Brooklyn bookstore... it's entertaining, for all its contrived nihilistic hyperbole. As far as exaggerated autobiographies go, Kinski's All I Need Is Love wipes the floor with this guy.
Found this (signed, of all things) at this Brooklyn bookstore... it's entertaining, for all its contrived nihilistic hyperbole. As far as exaggerated autobiographies go, Kinski's All I Need Is Love wipes the floor with this guy.
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Live Girls by Ray Garton - 5.8
Good descriptive method, but just a so-so read.
Good descriptive method, but just a so-so read.
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red mars - kim stanley robinson - 8/10
already powering down green mars; these books are so goddamn good
already powering down green mars; these books are so goddamn good
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In my mind Red Mars is the best movie ever.ibn Horowitz wrote:red mars - kim stanley robinson - 8/10
already powering down green mars; these books are so goddamn good
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Orson Scott Card: Speaker for the Dead- 6.5
Disjointed and clunky. I feel like the end was thrown together briefly just so he could get to writing Xenocide. I'm apprehensive about continuing the series right now. Can anyone offer some opinions? In the meantime, I'll probably start the third in the Alvin Maker Series.
Disjointed and clunky. I feel like the end was thrown together briefly just so he could get to writing Xenocide. I'm apprehensive about continuing the series right now. Can anyone offer some opinions? In the meantime, I'll probably start the third in the Alvin Maker Series.
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Really?! When I read this for the first time I was astounded at how much better it was than EG. Definitely finish the series though. I enjoyed the following books just as much.The Seventh Son wrote:Orson Scott Card: Speaker for the Dead- 6.5
Disjointed and clunky. I feel like the end was thrown together briefly just so he could get to writing Xenocide. I'm apprehensive about continuing the series right now. Can anyone offer some opinions? In the meantime, I'll probably start the third in the Alvin Maker Series.
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agreed, I enjoy the turn he took with that book, call me crazy but I thought it was the best out of the 4Honky Kong 64 wrote:Really?! When I read this for the first time I was astounded at how much better it was than EG. Definitely finish the series though. I enjoyed the following books just as much.The Seventh Son wrote:Orson Scott Card: Speaker for the Dead- 6.5
Disjointed and clunky. I feel like the end was thrown together briefly just so he could get to writing Xenocide. I'm apprehensive about continuing the series right now. Can anyone offer some opinions? In the meantime, I'll probably start the third in the Alvin Maker Series.
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Green Mars - kim stanley robinson - 8/10
i've had a euphoric reaction each time i've realized that each sequel is longer than the book preceding it
pure - andrew miller - 7/10
good. i read it in a long sitting and i wish i'd given it a little more time. i like when historical novels make the people in the book seem simultaneously recognizable, almost modern in their speech, ideas, etc and also like fucking aliens in terms of some of their logic, the things they value or expect
i've had a euphoric reaction each time i've realized that each sequel is longer than the book preceding it
pure - andrew miller - 7/10
good. i read it in a long sitting and i wish i'd given it a little more time. i like when historical novels make the people in the book seem simultaneously recognizable, almost modern in their speech, ideas, etc and also like fucking aliens in terms of some of their logic, the things they value or expect
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I'm trying to remember the last book I cried while reading. I think it was Where the Red Fern Grows.
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Claire Wendland - A Heart for the Work: Journeys Through an African Medical School 6/10
Erik Larson - In a Garden of Beasts: The Extraordinary Story of One Family Witnessing Hitler's Rise to Absolute Power 8.4/10
Erik Larson - In a Garden of Beasts: The Extraordinary Story of One Family Witnessing Hitler's Rise to Absolute Power 8.4/10
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The Spear of Destiny - Ravenscroft
finally finished it, was a bit heavy and after just finishing Dawkin's God Dellusion, there's a lot of parts where i had to roll my eyes but some parts are actually KVLT AND GRIM. Especially the chapter about Ashes
currently reading: Men Women & Children - Kultgen
i need something really base after the 2 previous books.
finally finished it, was a bit heavy and after just finishing Dawkin's God Dellusion, there's a lot of parts where i had to roll my eyes but some parts are actually KVLT AND GRIM. Especially the chapter about Ashes
currently reading: Men Women & Children - Kultgen
i need something really base after the 2 previous books.
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electronicham wrote:I got halfway through ON A PALE HORSE in Afghanistan and just picked that back up. Should be done with it SOON. Then I need to move onto Martian Timeslip by PKD because I also got about halfway through that in Afghanistan. Once I get through those, I am either moving onto Shamp of the City Solo or going to start the juggernaut of Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle.
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I'm reading the Atopia Chronicles because people have been fawning over it. The story is good, but the writing is a little lackluster. I'll finish just to see where it goes. Any other scifi nerds read this? (7/10, so far)
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False.TheDOAD wrote:You should just skip that one.electronicham wrote: the juggernaut of Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle.
Although, Quicksilver starts out really, really slow. Good seies though. Jack Shaftoe is the man.
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Old Man's War series by John Scalzi. 7/10 for the series.
Old Man's War 8.5/10
Ghost Brigades 7.5/10
The Last Colony 7.5/10
Zoes Tale 6.5/10 This one was almost painful to go through. Main character is the teeange daughter of the main character from book 1 and 3. Scalzi must have watched a few seasons of Gilmore Girls to research how teeange girls talk.
Old Man's War 8.5/10
Ghost Brigades 7.5/10
The Last Colony 7.5/10
Zoes Tale 6.5/10 This one was almost painful to go through. Main character is the teeange daughter of the main character from book 1 and 3. Scalzi must have watched a few seasons of Gilmore Girls to research how teeange girls talk.
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Half way through Charon's Claw. It's decent, but I want another Icewind Dale trilogy. It's weird reading with the old gang all long dead.NANOplague wrote:The Orc King - 7
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Man I haven't read that in forever. You should give the Bio of a Space Tyrant books a go. Total space smut.electronicham wrote:Finished On a Pale Horse
Book is totally worth reading once. The atmosphere of the 80s that this book put me in was the best. The ending is sort of bullshit as I don't think anyone could outwit Satan.
Kind of embarrassing but there was this part in the book where Satan appeared on television and was trying to seduce Death with a succubus. He was smacking her ass and it gave me a chub. Totally pictured Ginger Lynn as the succubus.
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True. Jack isn't in Quicksilver much, but he is in THe Confusion quite a bit. I guess after going through ASOIAF, I am desensitized to scenes of people eating.TheDOAD wrote:Well one of us likes reading about a boring bitch eating dinner lots of times and one of us is a man.Deadhouse wrote:False.TheDOAD wrote:You should just skip that one.electronicham wrote: the juggernaut of Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle.
Although, Quicksilver starts out really, really slow. Good seies though. Jack Shaftoe is the man.
Jack shaftoe is in like 1/8th of tat booka nd it turns to utter shit as soon as they leave london / newton stuff.
Why not pick up the juggernaut of 50 shades of gray next?
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hahaDeadhouse wrote:True. Jack isn't in Quicksilver much, but he is in THe Confusion quite a bit. I guess after going through ASOIAF, I am desensitized to scenes of people eating.
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Orson Scott Card- Prentice Alvin 6.8
This is definitely a little underwhelming coming off the heels of The Red Prophet. I enjoyed the storyline, but there just wasn't a whole lot of action here. I'm sure after reading the next one that this will be better in retrospect.
This is definitely a little underwhelming coming off the heels of The Red Prophet. I enjoyed the storyline, but there just wasn't a whole lot of action here. I'm sure after reading the next one that this will be better in retrospect.
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Some pre-summer shits:
Philip Roth - Our Gang
Great satire of Nixon and his henchmen written as a play. You'd expect it to be dated, but the focus on abortion, war and dishonesty makes it pretty relevant. Really funny. 6.8
Paul Auster - Moon Palace
Beautiful and compelling -- for the first three quarters, and then it kinda falls apart at the end. I love the way Auster writes about ideas; he really gets inside them and explores them from the most interesting angles. 7.3
G.K. Chesterton - The Father Brown Mysteries
The only reason I read this is because I keep seeing Chesterton's name popping up with relation to other writers I like and it was cheap. The writing's sharp and smart without being overly verbose, and I guess the stories are clever, but they still read like the script to a frumpy PBS mystery, which I think they ended up as. 6
Against my better judgment, I'm reading Gravity's Rainbow. I clawed my way through the first chapter, feeling mostly pissed off, but I can actually discern a bit of story in the second and I'm enjoying it so far.
Philip Roth - Our Gang
Great satire of Nixon and his henchmen written as a play. You'd expect it to be dated, but the focus on abortion, war and dishonesty makes it pretty relevant. Really funny. 6.8
Paul Auster - Moon Palace
Beautiful and compelling -- for the first three quarters, and then it kinda falls apart at the end. I love the way Auster writes about ideas; he really gets inside them and explores them from the most interesting angles. 7.3
G.K. Chesterton - The Father Brown Mysteries
The only reason I read this is because I keep seeing Chesterton's name popping up with relation to other writers I like and it was cheap. The writing's sharp and smart without being overly verbose, and I guess the stories are clever, but they still read like the script to a frumpy PBS mystery, which I think they ended up as. 6
Against my better judgment, I'm reading Gravity's Rainbow. I clawed my way through the first chapter, feeling mostly pissed off, but I can actually discern a bit of story in the second and I'm enjoying it so far.
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i just downloaded 3 books by thomas pynchon in like, all told, probably less than 8 seconds..