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the next science fiction book im looking to read is...City by Clifford D. Simak.
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do you guys fuck with ebooks at all? reading on a tablet is just weird to me.
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has anyone read galveston by pizzolato(the writer for true detective)?
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It's decent. Definitely not what I expected from a storytelling standpoint as I thought it would be waaaaay weirder and it's very straightforward. Very quick read. Like True Detective, I thought the ending was weak.
There's a little quirk that the main character shares with Rust that you'll catch. It's in the first chapter, I believe.
There's a little quirk that the main character shares with Rust that you'll catch. It's in the first chapter, I believe.
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oh the answer to this question is no.Ramen wrote:do you guys fuck with ebooks at all? reading on a tablet is just weird to me.
agreed 100%. the tablet thing is like barely reading to me. the physical book is super important.
also id have to buy all my shit new so fuck that shit. i dont make enough to afford a billion books even at discount prices
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Yeah, fuck tablets.
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tablets suck. nothing better than a hardback!
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All things considered, I prefer reading off a screen. I have no difficulty at all reading from either my tablet or my laptop. Actual books are great, but unfortunately they are not very practical for me. I read voraciously so if I were to physically keep every book I've purchased over the years I'd quickly run out of space. Of course I could just borrow the books from the library, but more often than not, they're in poor quality. For example, the only copy of Enders' Game that my local library had was literally falling apart.
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LOL starting too think this dude is way too invested in pictures of himself on the backcover looking tough with rolled up black tshirt sleeves to ever unclench his asshole and get really weird with itKid That's Lifeless wrote: Definitely not what I expected from a storytelling standpoint as I thought it would be waaaaay weirder and it's very straightforward.
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drizzle wrote:LOL starting too think this dude is way too invested in pictures of himself on the backcover looking tough with rolled up black tshirt sleeves to ever unclench his asshole and get really weird with itKid That's Lifeless wrote: Definitely not what I expected from a storytelling standpoint as I thought it would be waaaaay weirder and it's very straightforward.
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Kafka On The Shore
First time reading anything by Murakami and enjoying it so far. Although about halfway through I'm finding the side storyline with Nakata and the cats more interesting than the main plot. That chapter with the Johnnie Walker guy and the cats
First time reading anything by Murakami and enjoying it so far. Although about halfway through I'm finding the side storyline with Nakata and the cats more interesting than the main plot. That chapter with the Johnnie Walker guy and the cats
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Going through Elmore Leonard's catalog after reading this article on Grantland
http://grantland.com/features/elmore-le ... t-dickens/
Really digging the plot twists, and the conversations are some of the most natural I've ever read. I do get the feeling he uses the same 'trick' in his plot development, but that might be also because I'm reading them all in one go.
My favorites so far:
Glitz
Escape from Five Shadows (didn't know he wrote westerns, and he's pretty great at it)
Cat Chaser
I'm pretty sure that list will change along the way though.
So far, only Djibouti has been a disappointment.
Any tips on which one to read next?
http://grantland.com/features/elmore-le ... t-dickens/
Really digging the plot twists, and the conversations are some of the most natural I've ever read. I do get the feeling he uses the same 'trick' in his plot development, but that might be also because I'm reading them all in one go.
My favorites so far:
Glitz
Escape from Five Shadows (didn't know he wrote westerns, and he's pretty great at it)
Cat Chaser
I'm pretty sure that list will change along the way though.
So far, only Djibouti has been a disappointment.
Any tips on which one to read next?
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Republic of Thieves. The third installment in the Gentlemen Bastards series by Scott Lynch. He builds some excellent worlds but what is really incredible is his marked improvement in writing with each book in the series.
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Read that this had thievery. Psyched to check it out. I love thievery360 wrote:Republic of Thieves. The third installment in the Gentlemen Bastards series by Scott Lynch. He builds some excellent worlds but what is really incredible is his marked improvement in writing with each book in the series.
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Still trying to struggle through Stokely Carmichael's Autobiography. This is a heavy, heavy tome, not even just by size, but by sheer content and depth. The middle third of the book is a bit slow too.
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Yea it sucks how Stockely totally didn't get into enough shootouts and car chases in the 2nd act of his life, and focused on gay ass relationships and character building instead
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Have you read it? Overall, it was a great read. Quite illuminating to say the least. Learned a lot about Stokely, MLK and how their tactics diverged over the years. Also Stokely's experience in Africa was interesting to read. I am now currently reading Black Bourgeoisie by Franklin Frazier, Idoru by William Gibson and a non-fiction Bioinformatics book.drizzle wrote:Yea it sucks how Stockely totally didn't get into enough shootouts and car chases in the 2nd act of his life, and focused on gay ass relationships and character building instead
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Gravity's Rainbow.
Shit is thoroughly confusing.
Shit is thoroughly confusing.
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I can't seem to find this anywhereChaMerZ wrote:drizzle wrote:Idoru by William Gibson
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finished hunger games trilogy a couple days ago....
started on this newish space book called Leviathan because i couldnt find the first locke book at barnes and noble. will return.
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for me the essentials are the original 6 dune books by frank herbert and the foundation series by isaac asimov.Ramen wrote:Looking for some good sci fi books. I don't read much of this genre so please recommend some of the obvious ones and also some more obscure jawns too.
thanls bros.
dune is a pretty deep dive, foundation is light reading, but both are really good, and definitely worth reading.
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i ended up starting a fantasy series that another friend of mine recommended to me (sorry chamerz, i'll probably get to your recommendations when i'm done with this one.), the malazan book of the fallen by steven erikson.
i'm on the sixth one now(out of ten, it has ended), and i'm really loving it. it's ten books long, but it's not dragged out at all like some other series (cough, wheel of time). pretty much every other book is about a brand new set of characters, but it builds up the overall plot.
i'm on the sixth one now(out of ten, it has ended), and i'm really loving it. it's ten books long, but it's not dragged out at all like some other series (cough, wheel of time). pretty much every other book is about a brand new set of characters, but it builds up the overall plot.
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Just finished this:
Great read. Pretty short (120 pages or so) but relentless. This is the second book I've read by Murakami (Ryu, that is) and I think I liked this a bit more than Coin Locker Babies. Thoroughly demented look at youth culture in Japan in the 70's.
Just started on this:
Pretty awesome so far. John Waters has a great writing style and is, quite frankly, hilarious. Chapter on Little Richard is great (you can easily find that one online if you're curious).
Also, ordered this one from Mike IX's website yesterday. Can't wait to dive in:
Great read. Pretty short (120 pages or so) but relentless. This is the second book I've read by Murakami (Ryu, that is) and I think I liked this a bit more than Coin Locker Babies. Thoroughly demented look at youth culture in Japan in the 70's.
Just started on this:
Pretty awesome so far. John Waters has a great writing style and is, quite frankly, hilarious. Chapter on Little Richard is great (you can easily find that one online if you're curious).
Also, ordered this one from Mike IX's website yesterday. Can't wait to dive in:
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waters book is probably amazing.
finished Leviathan Wakes by James SA Corey. shit was actually pretty tight. far from perfect but great sci fi read from someone who thinks the genre is mostly ridiculous bullshit. i am contemplating picking up the next book in the (currently unfinished) series. its just....
re-read Enders Game and just started up Speaker for the Dead. uh....im gonna probably read it through to do it proper (and maybe it just starts slow) but...........im not really digging it too much right now to be honest. first few chapters in.
finished Leviathan Wakes by James SA Corey. shit was actually pretty tight. far from perfect but great sci fi read from someone who thinks the genre is mostly ridiculous bullshit. i am contemplating picking up the next book in the (currently unfinished) series. its just....
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thanks for the heads up man. i must have sixth sense, because speaker for the dead, has been sitting on top of my washing machine for the past three months, unread. i will probably get rid of it. i read ender's game and wasn't a big fan, but most of you already know that.ric wrote:re-read Enders Game and just started up Speaker for the Dead. uh....im gonna probably read it through to do it proper (and maybe it just starts slow) but...........im not really digging it too much right now to be honest. first few chapters in.
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@chamerz
Yeah. Finished it....Pretty sweet....
Let's just say I'm glad I read it cause it's easy and cool and short....but enders game is a whole nother thing on a whole nother level and enders shadow was also pretty sweet if a bit contrived at some points. However I'm not gonna read more sequels of either branch of enders shit.
Next book; probably either Spy Who Came In from The Cold or Genghis Khan bio or Cthulhu/lovecraft compilation
Yeah. Finished it....Pretty sweet....
Next book; probably either Spy Who Came In from The Cold or Genghis Khan bio or Cthulhu/lovecraft compilation
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Been a minute since I read a good fantasy novel that wasn't just rehashed Tolkien. This book is pretty cool. Sort of like if Frank Herbert and H.P. Lovecraft wrote a book together.
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ChewbaccaUncircumcised wrote:Been a minute since I read a good fantasy novel that wasn't just rehashed Tolkien. This book is pretty cool. Sort of like if Frank Herbert and H.P. Lovecraft wrote a book together.
Thx Chewie, looks awesome.
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ric wrote:finished hunger games trilogy a couple days ago....
moved by duck muscles
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Just finished 'Darkness at Noon' by Arthur Koestler. It's a masterpiece. I don't get how I haven't heard about it before. It's right up my alley.
I've started 'Red Plenty' by Francis Spufford. It's interesting so far. Here's a synopsis from Amazon:
Strange as it may seem, the gray, oppressive USSR was founded on a fairy tale. It was built on the twentieth-century magic called “the planned economy,” which was going to gush forth an abundance of good things that the lands of capitalism could never match. And just for a little while, in the heady years of the late 1950s, the magic seemed to be working. Red Plenty is about that moment in history, and how it came, and how it went away; about the brief era when, under the rash leadership of Khrushchev, the Soviet Union looked forward to a future of rich communists and envious capitalists, when Moscow would out-glitter Manhattan and every Lada would be better engineered than a Porsche. It’s about the scientists who did their genuinely brilliant best to make the dream come true, to give the tyranny its happy ending.
Red Plenty is history, it’s fiction, it’s as ambitious as Sputnik, as uncompromising as an Aeroflot flight attendant, and as different from what you were expecting as a glass of Soviet champagne.
I've started 'Red Plenty' by Francis Spufford. It's interesting so far. Here's a synopsis from Amazon:
Strange as it may seem, the gray, oppressive USSR was founded on a fairy tale. It was built on the twentieth-century magic called “the planned economy,” which was going to gush forth an abundance of good things that the lands of capitalism could never match. And just for a little while, in the heady years of the late 1950s, the magic seemed to be working. Red Plenty is about that moment in history, and how it came, and how it went away; about the brief era when, under the rash leadership of Khrushchev, the Soviet Union looked forward to a future of rich communists and envious capitalists, when Moscow would out-glitter Manhattan and every Lada would be better engineered than a Porsche. It’s about the scientists who did their genuinely brilliant best to make the dream come true, to give the tyranny its happy ending.
Red Plenty is history, it’s fiction, it’s as ambitious as Sputnik, as uncompromising as an Aeroflot flight attendant, and as different from what you were expecting as a glass of Soviet champagne.