What are the books you most enjoyed recently?

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Lee's post on the lyrics of the Parfum aroused this very profound questionning...:)
Hope you won't find it too intellectual. But always interesting to know. This might give reading ideas. And at least it is more originial than "what is your favourite german heavy speed metal band in a period of time going from dec 1986 to apr 1988..."? :)

Personnally, I could mention
Pratchett's Good Omens
B.E. Ellis' Lubar Park (simply terrifying)
Almost anything in Sartre's theatre
 
Damn it's been years when I last read a book (and I mean, a real book, a novel, not a magazine, which I do everyday...). Last one was some Tolkien I guess. My favorite all time books though are Frank Herbert's "Dune" Cycle...
 
Yesterday I finished reading Lovecraft's "The Mound". I enjoyed it a lot. I read many books, it's something that I love. I still think my favourite one, the book that has impressed me most, is "The Clan of the Cave Bear" (Jean M. Auel).
 
Thonolan said:
I still think my favourite one, the book that has impressed me most, is "The Clan of the Cave Bear" (Jean M. Auel).
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Did you read the whole serie Thonolan?

I'm now reading the serie of Terry Goodkind..The Sword Of Thruth "Stone Of Tears"..it got all the magic and fantasy ingredients i love it..!!!..:)
 
Angeleyes Part II said:
Did you read the whole serie Thonolan?
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Yes, but I have to say that the other books are worse than the first... I still enjoyed the 2nd one quite a lot, but the next ones are much more boring and repetitive.
 
I recently enjoyed "Pyongyang" by Guy Delisle. It's a graphic novel / memoir about a French canadian guy who has to work in North Korea for a while, and all the wird shit he sees and has to put up with when living there (not allowed out without an escort, having to be careful what he says, or what people say to him, the pictures of Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il everywhere, etc).

"Blood Diamonds" by Greg Campbell is a very well researched book about how the diamond trade controls the political outcomes in Sierra Leone, usually with horrific results for the poor bastards who are just trying to live as normal a life as possible. A shocking and powerful book.

"The Rape of Nanking" by Iris Chang is an excellently researched account of when the Japanese took Nanking in 1937. More than 300,000 people died during the atrocities that took place.

I don't tend to read a lot of fiction, as I am, for some reason, really into African and Asian politics and history. But fiction books I have enjoyed include "And the Ass Saw the Angel" by Nick Cave, "Getting Rid of Mister Kitchen" by Charles Higson, "I Am Legend" by Richard Matherson and loads more.
 
circus_brimstone said:
As a writer, I'm constantly reading. Lately I've read Thompson's "Hell's Angels," and Barthelme's "Paradise."

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I shall try these ones. You're a writer are you? Have published anything? Or can you tell me where to find any of your texts? Always interested...
 
dg said:
I shall try these ones. You're a writer are you? Have published anything? Or can you tell me where to find any of your texts? Always interested...
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Yeah, sure. I plan to release my first book this June, but my sig will be updated with more information when available. :loco: Anyway, here are some things I've had published online (mostly creative nonfiction; some fiction), though there are some pieces I've had published in print as well:

decomP:
Writing

the2ndhand:
On the Subject of Drugs (mine's in the middle)
A Lesson in Defense

The Edward Society:
Mice on Film

Hope you enjoy! :wave:
 
Atm, I'm working my way through the Discworld series. I've just finished Reaper Man, so next up is Witches Abroad (I'm going in chronalogical order).
 
Raven_1959 said:
Atm, I'm working my way through the Discworld series. I've just finished Reaper Man, so next up is Witches Abroad (I'm going in chronalogical order).
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You definitely have to try Good Omens. This is not a part of the discoworld but Reaper Man appears in it. Probably one of the funniest book I've ever read!
 
circus_brimstone said:
Hope you enjoy! :wave:
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I just read "writing" and really enjoyed it. Somewhat makes me think of Bukowski's stuff (Hope you don't take this as an insult :grin: )... Also read On the subject of drugs but definitely prefered writing...
Let me know when your novel is released
 
I've been enthusiastically going through Corinda's "13 steps to mentalism" for some time now. It's old stuff but still it's weight's worth in gold! I also just started "Ihmeellinen maailma" by Risto Selin. It's - as it's subtitle goes - a dictionary for skeptics.

A while back I finished "Man and his symbols", which pretty much is "Jung for dummies". This book made a huge impact. Highly recommended for anyone interested in ... well... generally being a human being :D

Oh yeah, on the issue of my favourite book..It's without a doubt "Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance." The book has the merit of reviving my interest towards reading after years of dullmindness. Nowadays I love reading. Mostly non-fiction.
 
I'm about to finish Neil Gainman's Smoke and Mirrors. A great collection of short stories that every Lovecraft fan's should read, especially the story called Ancient Shoggots Special. A great parody of Lovecraft. Illarious
 
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