BOOKS. whatcha readin...?

b0mbs_of_death · Post by **b0mbs_of_death** » Mon Jun 07, 2010 4:23 pm

Sci fi that is part William Gibson, part Richard Preston. Pretty much about the aftermath of the world after the oil runs out and the famines begin.

ChewbaccaUncircumcised · Mon Jun 07, 2010 5:47 pm

b0mbs_of_death wrote:

Sci fi that is part William Gibson, part Richard Preston. Pretty much about the aftermath of the world after the oil runs out and the famines begin.

this looks cool. i might pick this up.

jay · Post by **jay** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 3:13 pm

I haven't read "War" yet but will likely pick that book up next based on his interviews on the Daily Show, Bill Maher, and this excellent C-SPAN interview:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293684-1

If you're interested in a sincere behind the scenes look at the experiences of our special forces in Afghanistan, i think you'll enjoy the interview.

****Editing the post just to add a link to the podcast of the same program if anyone wants to download and listen on their ipods (Right click and "Save Target As"):

http://podcast.rbn.com/cspan/cspan/down ... junger.mp3

phil connors · Post by **phil connors** » Thu Jun 10, 2010 9:28 pm

jay · Post by **jay** » Tue Jun 15, 2010 10:24 am

"Strip" was a solid and enjoyable read. Good character development across the board, well written action sequences, and humorous throughout. Worth a lazy summer read

Just finished:

Quirky humor but a pretty fun read and somewhat similar in theme to Joe Hill's "Horns" - if you enjoyed that I think you could probably get into this. Felt it dragged a little towards the end as the reveal seemed pretty apparent about 1/2 way through the book.

ChewbaccaUncircumcised · Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:05 pm

360 · Post by **360** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:48 pm

Extremely long but very good thus far.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:57 pm

great characterization, mildly disappointing conclusion

the kid is a little whiny faggot but the stuff with the family is pretty funny

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:21 pm

Anyone else read the new Chuck Phahahahahdlendudiuk? Far from his best, close to his worse. Very predictable and the style was pretty annoying and the ending was hilariously cheese, but I enjoyed it.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:23 pm

is taht the one with the undercover azn kids or whatever. was there one after that?

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:49 pm

drizzle wrote:is taht the one with the undercover azn kids or whatever. was there one after that?

Newer. Called Tell All. Aging old Hollywood. Not as good as the gook one.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:55 pm

old hollywood like buster keaton days? you should try Jerry Stahl's I Fatty

procure uno · Post by **procure uno** » Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:12 pm

jay wrote:

I haven't read "War" yet but will likely pick that book up next based on his interviews on the Daily Show, Bill Maher, and this excellent C-SPAN interview:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293684-1

If you're interested in a sincere behind the scenes look at the experiences of our special forces in Afghanistan, i think you'll enjoy the interview.

****Editing the post just to add a link to the podcast of the same program if anyone wants to download and listen on their ipods (Right click and "Save Target As"):

http://podcast.rbn.com/cspan/cspan/down ... junger.mp3

read it last week. amazing book. definitely get it.

jay · Post by **jay** » Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:26 am

procure uno wrote:
jay wrote:

I haven't read "War" yet but will likely pick that book up next based on his interviews on the Daily Show, Bill Maher, and this excellent C-SPAN interview:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293684-1

If you're interested in a sincere behind the scenes look at the experiences of our special forces in Afghanistan, i think you'll enjoy the interview.

****Editing the post just to add a link to the podcast of the same program if anyone wants to download and listen on their ipods (Right click and "Save Target As"):

http://podcast.rbn.com/cspan/cspan/down ... junger.mp3
read it last week. amazing book. definitely get it.

Yep - just finished it last week. A pretty quick read but far and away the best book I've read this year. I've been singing its praise to anyone who'll listen at work. Really looking forward to his documentary "Restrepo" which i imagine will compliment the book nicely.

Finshed Vonnegut's Mother Night just before that which was a little "meh" to me - sorry if that is blasphemous to anyone.

I'm reading Centurion by Simon Scarrow at the moment. Only 20-30 pages in so far and he doesn't mess around - pours the action on early and the opening battle is setting the pace nicely.

Mercuthio · Post by **Mercuthio** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 9:43 am

FAZER · Post by **FAZER** » Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:02 pm

Funkdoobiest · Post by **Funkdoobiest** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:04 pm

decent book about Hollywood back-stabbing and politicking from Long (ex-Cheers writer)

Funkdoobiest · Post by **Funkdoobiest** » Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:08 pm

edit: double post

Combo7 · Post by **Combo7** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 1:59 pm

Anyone read this?

I'm a fan of big sprawling epic stories but vampires are kind of played out. Wondering if it's worth the time investment (it's supposedly over 1000 pages).

thelastbaron · Post by **thelastbaron** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 2:28 pm

this is the actual one i have too, i love the pulpy covers

i've already read man in the high castle which i loved, where should i go for my dick after this?

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 2:49 pm

if you've already gone through the usual canon of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and Ubik, you could try Valis and Divine Invasion

thelastbaron · Post by **thelastbaron** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:04 pm

havent read androids or ubik yet, thought maybe there was a consensus on a sleeper

was thinking about flow my tears

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:05 pm

don't be too cool for school man, there's a reason why those two are held in such high regard.

thelastbaron · Post by **thelastbaron** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:06 pm

divine invasion looks cool

thelastbaron · Post by **thelastbaron** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:08 pm

yeah i mean i was already gonna read those anyways and i will never forget about wanting to read them but just wanted to know about stuff that was off my radar

thelastbaron · Post by **thelastbaron** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:09 pm

i think i like martian time slip better than man in the high castle so far which is a surprise because that is one of my favorites

ChewbaccaUncircumcised · Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:32 pm

Combo7 wrote:Anyone read this?

I'm a fan of big sprawling epic stories but vampires are kind of played out. Wondering if it's worth the time investment (it's supposedly over 1000 pages).

i haven't read it yet, but i have heard from a reliable source that it is rele good.

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 7:22 pm

As far as Dick goes, Dr. Bloodmoney would be my "sleeper pick". Can't go wrong with the obvious classics though.

PopeyeJones · Post by **PopeyeJones** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 10:16 pm

Just finished reading this for the third time. I'm a huge faggot fanboy for all of DFW's nonfiction (Consider the Lobster, this one, all the short non-collected pieces that have been collected online by his fans). That said, I can't get through his fiction. It does absolutely nothing for me.

For all the movie buffs in CYE, the profile piece/essay on David Lynch in here (much extended and much better from the original Premier magazine piece) is an awesome, awesome read.