what are you reading?

[DarkNoise]

That's about five people I've heard say that "John Dies at the End" is actually a good book. I should give it a try. A lot of stuff on Permuted Press looks awesome though. And having never read the Dark Tower series. Is it one I should go to the library and check out one at a time, buy one at a time, or just buy the whole damn thing right now?

 

[Chromatose]

I'm always a "buy one at a time" kind of person when it comes to series, because you never know at which point you'll either burn out, stop caring about the series, etc.

 

[El Stormo]

You can safely buy parts I through IV (The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three, The Waste Lands and Wizard and Glass), I'll give you my personal guarantee on that. However, V and the rest are not worth reading.

 

[Chromatose]

I couldn't even make it through Wizard and Glass, but I totally recommend the first 3. Maybe I'll try getting back into that book and finishing up the rest, we'll see.

 

[Karmic]

I'd definately recommend 5 as well, 6 is pretty good too but much more just leading up to the last book etc.

I can understand though how people don't really like the fourth one, I didn't think it was too bad though

 

[El Stormo]

I though Wolves of the Calla seriously marked the decline.

 

[Karmic]

to each their own I guess. it was between the previous one and that one where it went from building up and putting background to everything into starting to aim it towards an eventual end

 

[El Stormo]

Mmm. What bothered me most about WotC (no, not Wizards of the Coast) is that nothing really happened in that book.

 

[dreaming neon darkspot]

reading Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier... i haven't even left for work yet and i'm already thinking about how i can't wait to get home tonight so i can get back to this book

 

[derek]

Nicholas Nassim Taleb's "Black Swan" and I'm reading some Popper.

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

Borrowed Richard K Morgan's The Cold Commands, his second fantasy novel. I think he might be going a little too far in pursuit of gritty, brutal, not-Papa-Tolkien-anymore fantasy, but the characters are engaging and the story is extremely well paced. I should really check out his sci-fi stuff sometime.

 

[Liverslapper]

Reading "I Am America" (and so can you!) by Stephen Colbert. This will work until Hyperion arrives in the mail.

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

I'll be getting the Kindle Touch when it's released in one week. I'm excited.

 

[Jace_Mereel]

The last in the trilogy and it is such a good series. It's a really gritty hard fantasy book with tons of fighting, and the author does an amazing job at character portrayal and story-telling.

 

[dreaming neon darkspot]

reading: the 70th page of the novel i'm working on

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

The last in the trilogy and it is such a good series. It's a really gritty hard fantasy book with tons of fighting, and the author does an amazing job at character portrayal and story-telling.

HELL AND FUCK YES. Joe is probably one of the best fantasy authors writing today. I'm pleased to say that his two stand-alones continue increasing in quality, with The Heroes possibly being my favorite spec-fic release of 2011.

And unlike all my other favorite fantasy authors, he just shits out books constantly!

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

reading: the 70th page of the novel i'm working on

Sweet. Nano or just writing it?

 

[Shpongled]

1984


Finally.

 

[dreaming neon darkspot]

Sweet. Nano or just writing it?

started writing it like a month ago, but now that it's nanowrimo, it makes me feel even more accomplished! :Spin:

 

[Pitiless Wanderer]

Just finished Confront and Conceal by NYT reporter David E Sanger. Also finished Jared Diamond's epic Guns Germs and Steel, which should be required reading. There's a reason it's on the state department's reading list.