I read the first 3 books of the "Hyperion" series, by Dan Simmons, and rather quickly too. I am now stuck on Rise of Endymion. I just lost the will to read. Not a bad book, it is all internal lack of motivation.
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panzerfaust666
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Just picked up:
Johannes kepler:Mysterium Cosmogrphicum
Harmonicus Mundi
Cascius Ptolemy:Tetrabiblos and harmonics
Ill start with Harmonicus Mundi.
And if your wondering bout these books, search Sacred Geometry if interested. They are both an extension of the idea related to music
Johannes kepler:Mysterium Cosmogrphicum
Harmonicus Mundi
Cascius Ptolemy:Tetrabiblos and harmonics
Ill start with Harmonicus Mundi.
And if your wondering bout these books, search Sacred Geometry if interested. They are both an extension of the idea related to music
Einherjar86
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Now on R. Scott Bakker's second book of his Prince of Nothing trilogy: The Warrior Prophet.
I'm becoming more and more impressed with Bakker as I read. The Darkness That Comes Before was one of the best fantasy books I ever read; the writing, characterization, storyline, creation of his world... all that blew me away. It is one of the most intellectual, philosophical and psychological fantasy reads I've ever encountered. Highly recommended.
I'm becoming more and more impressed with Bakker as I read. The Darkness That Comes Before was one of the best fantasy books I ever read; the writing, characterization, storyline, creation of his world... all that blew me away. It is one of the most intellectual, philosophical and psychological fantasy reads I've ever encountered. Highly recommended.
The Ozzman
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I'd consider No Country and The Road both solid efforts but neither approaches Blood Meridian in my opinion. Suttree is Ebert's favorite. All The Pretty Horses is also excellent, albeit atypically romantic. Of his earlier work, Outer Dark is the finest, an interesting hybrid of horror and western aesthetics set in Appalachia.
Still reading Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Choke
But I have started reading this as well:
Since I know your Wall Street freak like me I'll make a couple of recommendations:
Den of Thieves by James B. Stewart
Reminisces of a Stock Operator by Edwin Lefevre
Other then that I'm currently reading :
Perfume - The story of a murderer by Patrick Suskind
The Ozzman
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Yeah, I've seen several recommendations for Den of Thieves. I have so many books in the on deck circle so to speak that it will have to wait. I saw a book on the Sicilian mafia that looked pretty interesting the other day. It was only 10 bucks and I should have picked it up.
panzerfaust666
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You can buy a cheap used copy on Amazon or other sites.. probably for a couple of bucks.. awesome book.... it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988... long book though.. 400 + pages... as for the Sicilian Mafia.. and the Mob in general.. im a Mob freak and have read so many books on them if you want to know if a book is good or not... a good Sicilian Mafia book is The Last Days of the Sicilian Mafia by Robert Blumenthal
Yes it is so far... I am quite surprised at how good it is and I'm surprised I never heard of it before considering it came out in like 1985. Me and a friend were watching a movie on DVD and it had a preview for the movie Perfume based on the book... she then told me i must read that book and such... and i said someday i will.. but she bought it for me anyways and am quite enjoying it... this guy is a great writer... I hope other people here on the board get this book...
The Ozzman
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I saw a hard cover copy of it at Half Price for about 20 bucks here in town. Might stop by there and pick it up next time I'm in that part of town
Death Aflame
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I am currently about 100 pages into Darrell Schweitzer's Mask of the Sorcerer. It's good stuff, especially for the fantasy genre (of which I am largely unfamiliar but this book seems to have a very genuine character that I wouldn't normally associate with the genre).
I have also done a lot of reading for school including Cultural Theory, Political Economy (Smythe, Meehan et al), Celebratory perspectives on the Information Age, and Network Theory. As well as some stuff like Brecht, Bordwell and such for my film Theory class. Most of it is an interesting read I find but, as with much academic writing, there is a tendency to get lost in the jargon.
I have also done a lot of reading for school including Cultural Theory, Political Economy (Smythe, Meehan et al), Celebratory perspectives on the Information Age, and Network Theory. As well as some stuff like Brecht, Bordwell and such for my film Theory class. Most of it is an interesting read I find but, as with much academic writing, there is a tendency to get lost in the jargon.
Thoth-Amon
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I finished No Country and enjoyed it. I thought the film did a good job with the novel, but I wish the film had included a couple of scenes from the book. whatever.
I've also read Child of God...nothing like necrophiliac hermit stories.
I probably won't get to The Road until after the semester is over.
Einherjar86
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Someone in my History of Soviet Russia class gave a presentation on that book. It sounded good.
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I've read all his stuff and I don't feel it was a waste of time
One of the few authors I can say the latter for
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Rereading Xenocide by Orson Scott Card. This book is amazing, and I recommend Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind (in that order) to anyone who likes deep, complex, dark, interesting books with some great dialogue.
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