The "What Are You Doing This Moment" Thread

[The Ozzman]

Lately: Fantasy and Science Fiction

I've read business non fiction though and Star Trek novels and Ayn Rand stuff (boo hiss) as well as Hayek and Nietzsche and Don DeLillo. Depends on my mood really. Need to reread a bunch of shit since I'm 10 years older than when I first read it haha

 

[CiG]

Nice, I have the same thing too with needing to reread stuff.
I actually need to get into science fiction books more, always been a fantasy guy so I've neglected the sci-fi side of things.

I'm planning on tracking down the Alien novelizations actually.

 

[Einherjar86]

Eating dinner, working, watching bad horror movies on Netflix. Wife's away for the weekend so I get some quality work time.

 

[AllShallFall]

Lately: Fantasy and Science Fiction

Do you like or have you ever read Arthur C. Clarke?

Imo one of the best science fiction authors.

 

[Eligos]

William Gibson's material has always been my jam.

 

[unknown]

Do you like or have you ever read Arthur C. Clarke?

Imo one of the best science fiction authors.

Childhood's End absolutely blew me away. Of the four or so novels of Clarke's that I've read, it's the most "human". I always got the feeling Clarke was more interested in ideas rather than character development

 

[Einherjar86]

William Gibson's material has always been my jam.

William Gibson is the fucking shit. Neuromancer is amazing, but Pattern Recognition is even better, in my opinion. Just an awesome writer.

Childhood's End absolutely blew me away. Of the four or so novels of Clarke's that I've read, it's the most "human". I always got the feeling Clarke was more interested in ideas rather than character development

Childhood's End and Rendezvous With Rama are two phenomenal books.

Science fiction in general privileges ideas and plot over character. I don't read this as a flaw, merely a placement of generic value. Lots of modernist literature privileges character and abandons plot. Hell, Ulysses is about two men wandering around Dublin for a day.

 

[Dak]

Science fiction in general privileges ideas and plot over character.

Weirdly enough The Diamond Age privileges character over plot towards the latter half of the book. Kind of falls apart in that regard.

 

[Funerary_Doom]

I just want out for fried duck and waffles.

Sooo good. Just want to rewind and eat it all over again.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

shot a desert eagle .50 yesterday. very uncomfortable and not very fun.

 

[Einherjar86]

Weirdly enough The Diamond Age privileges character over plot towards the latter half of the book. Kind of falls apart in that regard.

Yeah, Stephenson isn't great at characters. Plot is his strong suit; at least, that's my impression from Anathem, Snowcrash, and Quicksilver.

 

[Omni]

I was looking through my CDs and I realized that I potentially have dozens that I don't really want. Maybe I should give them away.

 

[Dak]

shot a desert eagle .50 yesterday. very uncomfortable and not very fun.

Haha. I knew a guy with a .50 Barrett sniper rifle. Thing was more fun to watch it be shot than to shoot.

 

[The Ozzman]

I was looking through my CDs and I realized that I potentially have dozens that I don't really want. Maybe I should give them away.

Or post them here: http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/gmd-social-forum/328172-gmd-classifieds-thread.html

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Haha. I knew a guy with a .50 Barrett sniper rifle. Thing was more fun to watch it be shot than to shoot.

at least with the rifle you can actually hold it. the DE was massive, and I dont exactly have tiny hands. probably normal sized.
also it wasnt ergonomic at all. sharp lines all over it. My hands hurt after the first couple rounds.

 

[Eligos]

I just want out for fried duck and waffles.

Sooo good. Just want to rewind and eat it all over again.

Now this interests me. Reminds me of a friend of mine who posted a series of foie gras abominations on Instagram after some of our buddies started priding themselves as gourmets, posting their brunches and shit. Chocolate-covered foie gras, deep fried foie gras, etc. Purely for trolling purposes.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

Pig flesh is delicious

 

[unknown]

Any swine product is delicious

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Pig flesh is delicious

Long pork is even better.