Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 2:10 am
But Lathe of Heaven and The Dispossessed are also great. Wasn't as much of a fan of Wizard of Earthsea.
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Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 2:10 am
But I saw the terrible sci fi channel version of Earthsea before I read the book so that might have prejudiced me.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 2:19 am
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 2:47 pm
Me too!E.H. Ruddock wrote:I think I want to get into reading some Ursula Le Guin
Let me know if you want to do a book club.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 2:48 pm
Eyes of the Dragon is so fucking good.tragabigzanda wrote:The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathem LethemBurtReynolds wrote:Can anyone recommend any good fantasy books? Not dwarves and elves, though.
Two childhood friends' lives diverge dramatically, but they ultimately reconnect around a magic ring. Set in modern-day Brooklyn.
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
Wizards, dragons, princes. Very fun and unlike any other King books.
Fevre Dream by George RR Martin
Vampires on river boats along the Mississippi. Fun as hell, this one.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 2:50 pm
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 2:57 pm
Lets do it. What should we read first?durdencommatyler wrote:Me too!E.H. Ruddock wrote:I think I want to get into reading some Ursula Le Guin
Let me know if you want to do a book club.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 3:03 pm
You pick. I have zero preference. I just know I want to read some of her stuff.E.H. Ruddock wrote:Lets do it. What should we read first?durdencommatyler wrote:Me too!E.H. Ruddock wrote:I think I want to get into reading some Ursula Le Guin
Let me know if you want to do a book club.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 3:13 pm
Oh my...I totally forgot that existed.bart wrote:But I saw the terrible sci fi channel version of Earthsea before I read the book so that might have prejudiced me.
durdencommatyler wrote:Eyes of the Dragon is so fucking good.tragabigzanda wrote:The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathem LethemBurtReynolds wrote:Can anyone recommend any good fantasy books? Not dwarves and elves, though.
Two childhood friends' lives diverge dramatically, but they ultimately reconnect around a magic ring. Set in modern-day Brooklyn.
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
Wizards, dragons, princes. Very fun and unlike any other King books.
Fevre Dream by George RR Martin
Vampires on river boats along the Mississippi. Fun as hell, this one.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 3:16 pm
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 3:18 pm
I will say, I'm about half way through it, and it isn't all that upsetting. I'm actually a little bummed that it isn't darker and more troubling given how the book is described. To be fair, I don't read synopses. I only read the pull quotes and go from there. But I was expecting this to be much worse. It's actually pretty funny.tragabigzanda wrote:That's one of the better book covers I've ever seen. But I just read the plot synopsis, and it sounds too upsetting for me.durdencommatyler wrote:
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 3:19 pm
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 4:43 pm
Neil Gaiman is in this field and is likely my favourite author.BurtReynolds wrote:Can anyone recommend any good fantasy books? Not dwarves and elves, though.
Neverwhere is sublime. Stardust is excellent. Really, anything by him is pretty good.
But start with Neverwhere. So good.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 5:24 pm
The Graveyard Book is great. And it doesn't matter if you read the book or the graphic novel, they're both great. Hell I'd recommend both anyway.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 5:45 pm
Let's start with Rocannon's World. I heard the Hainish Cycle series is really really good.durdencommatyler wrote:You pick. I have zero preference. I just know I want to read some of her stuff.E.H. Ruddock wrote:Lets do it. What should we read first?durdencommatyler wrote:Me too!E.H. Ruddock wrote:I think I want to get into reading some Ursula Le Guin
Let me know if you want to do a book club.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 7:38 pm
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Let's start with Rocannon's World. I heard the Hainish Cycle series is really really good.durdencommatyler wrote:You pick. I have zero preference. I just know I want to read some of her stuff.E.H. Ruddock wrote:Lets do it. What should we read first?durdencommatyler wrote:Me too!E.H. Ruddock wrote:I think I want to get into reading some Ursula Le Guin
Let me know if you want to do a book club.
When do you want to start this? Can we wait until after Thanksgiving? Or is it that too long a time to wait because one or both of us will forget and/or lose interest? I just have a lot of books on my plate. But I'm happy to shift stuff around.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 7:42 pm
I won't forget. After Thanksgiving is fine.durdencommatyler wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:Let's start with Rocannon's World. I heard the Hainish Cycle series is really really good.durdencommatyler wrote:You pick. I have zero preference. I just know I want to read some of her stuff.E.H. Ruddock wrote:Lets do it. What should we read first?durdencommatyler wrote:Me too!E.H. Ruddock wrote:I think I want to get into reading some Ursula Le Guin
Let me know if you want to do a book club.
When do you want to start this? Can we wait until after Thanksgiving? Or is it that too long a time to wait because one or both of us will forget and/or lose interest? I just have a lot of books on my plate. But I'm happy to shift stuff around.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 7:44 pm
E.H. Ruddock wrote:I won't forget. After Thanksgiving is fine.durdencommatyler wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:Let's start with Rocannon's World. I heard the Hainish Cycle series is really really good.durdencommatyler wrote:You pick. I have zero preference. I just know I want to read some of her stuff.E.H. Ruddock wrote:Lets do it. What should we read first?durdencommatyler wrote:Me too!E.H. Ruddock wrote:I think I want to get into reading some Ursula Le Guin
Let me know if you want to do a book club.
When do you want to start this? Can we wait until after Thanksgiving? Or is it that too long a time to wait because one or both of us will forget and/or lose interest? I just have a lot of books on my plate. But I'm happy to shift stuff around.
Thanks, friend. I'm looking forward to this!
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 8:03 pm
You guys are going to make me start my le Guin reading early aren't you.
Re: What are you currently reading?
Posted: Tue October 25, 2016 8:31 pm
Don't read that one first, read Left Hand of Darkness.