The Books/Reading Thread
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Draehl
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Thinking about picking this up. Been reading a lot of non fiction lately so I'm definitely due for some fiction, and a lot of fantasy novels I've read in the past have made me really desire a book just about dwarves. I think I found it if the cover and reviews are any indication.
Zephyrus
Tyrants and Slaves
Draehl
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Went and bought Dwarves, Warhammer: Dwarfs, Warhammer: Witch Hunter, Warhammer: Bounty Hunter, and Eaters of the Dead. From what I've heard the Warhammer books seem like pretty straightforward hack n slash type books in the vein of R.A. Salvatore. But I can only do non-fiction so far without some guilty pleasure fantasy.
The Ozzman
Melted by feels
I finished the newest installation in R. Scott Bakker's series. Currently for pleasure I'm reading Don DeLillo's White Noise.
I read this a long time ago and I've been meaning to read it again. I might find more insight in it now that I'm older.
Einherjar86
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Blind Guardian
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An audio dramatization of Neuromancer. If you're not reading anything else and you like cyberpunk, then definitely check it out!
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Anom@nder Rake
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I have the following sitting on my desk that I'm going to read this summer. Any opinions on em?
Ilium by Dan Simmons
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
A Dance With Dragons by George RR Martin (pre-order)
Ilium by Dan Simmons
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
A Dance With Dragons by George RR Martin (pre-order)
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Einherjar86
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Dan Simmons wrote the Hyperion Cantos which is one of my favorite science fiction series; I haven't read Ilium and Olympos, but I've heard they're phenomenal.
This is a fantastic work of dystopian literature; if you enjoy it, definitely check out her book Oryx and Crake.
Have you read the rest of the series? Because this is the fifth book...
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Nicole
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I actually just finished reading Hyperion Cantos and was craving more Simmons
I read Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood earlier this year
Yes I have read the first four books. Feast for Crows was pretty weak but the first three are some of my favorites.
Einherjar86
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Oh, awesome. Glad you dug the Simmons series, some readers get turned off by the fact that he incessantly beats you over the head with his literary knowledge. But he does that in all his books, Ilium and Olympos included, or so I've heard.
I personally like Oryx and Crake better than The Handmaid's Tale, but both are still fantastic books.
And A Feast for Crows is definitely the weakest of the series thus far. I have A Dance with Dragons pre-ordered and I'm anticipating epic greatness.
I personally like Oryx and Crake better than The Handmaid's Tale, but both are still fantastic books.
And A Feast for Crows is definitely the weakest of the series thus far. I have A Dance with Dragons pre-ordered and I'm anticipating epic greatness.
zerostatic
Damned in Flames
About Halfway through Dune by Frank Herbert. Much more interesting and engaging than the movie by David Lynch.
Einherjar86
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Finished White Noise. Fantastic book, and a landmark of postmodern fiction.
I had been planning on waiting until GRRM's new book comes out to start anything new, but a friend gave me A Canticle For Leibowitz as a graduation gift and I'm trying to finish that. So far it's pretty good.
I had been planning on waiting until GRRM's new book comes out to start anything new, but a friend gave me A Canticle For Leibowitz as a graduation gift and I'm trying to finish that. So far it's pretty good.
Vilden
From the holy kingdom of Harmonia
Dune is one of the best SF-novels ever. The rest in the series are good too but not on the same level. They get more and more annoying as they progress, I hated pretty much all characters in Children of Dune for example. x)
