'The Great War' by Les Carlyon



A great chunk of book that details the role of the Australian troops in the western front.
Also looks at the British army as a whole in which they were fighting alongside, and the futile attacks of the French and British.

Pretty brutal stuff.

I'm willing to bet that there are more gags in mine....




It's an exploration of the English national character from the perspective of an Irish stand-up comedian - he basically wonders why we whinge about our country so much, when it's one of the best countries in the world in which to live. It's pretty funny so far - just noticed it at the library and thought it looked like a nice, light read. Back at Uni next week, so didn't fancy anything too 'heavy'.

The Secrets of Crickley Hall - James Herbert

Fantastic book.

This right now.

Then Lord of Night.

Amazingly, not even remotely related to either Warhammer game universe. Rather it's about a computer program that tries to take over the world. Excellent read for anyone who plays any MMORPG.

Although it's the new version, with the alternate cover art. Moving on to the Second Omnibus afterward (Though this is a pretty epic read).

Wizards playing football, nothings cooler than that .

and

Right now.

I've already read most of the papers which serve as the substance of this book, but I was interested to see how Dennett summarized it for a quasi-lay audience. Its actually far more complicated in this format.

I read that one and Dawin's Dangerous Idea before I ever heard of Richard Dawkins (outside of Dawkins v. Gould by Kim Sterelny). Ah, how I yearn for simpler times.

Perhaps ironically, Dennet's arguments regarding determinism in that book helped me along to developing my faith.

It's not that ironic. I'm using a form of determinism similar to Dennett's in a paper defending religion from the New Atheist critique. Really, Dennett himself is certainly an atheist, but its a bit unfair to lump him in with the New Atheists. At least not based on his work.

My views on determinism are almost identical to Dennett's, the only difference is that I am less reticent to label subjectivity (also read: experience) as the veil of ignorance which grants us free will.

I'm enjoying a good crimey with 206 Bones by Kathy Reiches.

Just finished reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy this morning, will be starting on The Naming of Beasts by Mike Carey this evening.

I'm reading this webpage, but seriously, i got to find a book to read, i havn't read in ages

One of a few i got for Christmas, i actually bought and lost this book before i could finish it about 8 years ago. Very glad to be able to read it again though; no-one does pretentious sci-fi like Iain Banks

Reading this...big surprise huh?

My local library had 1-4 of the trades, I'm working on picking up the comics...


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As a side note I would like to point out the fact that the above image is the first time I have ever posted a picture. *Pats himself on back*

I'm reading the txt for my next quest in WoW.

Love the mixture of grimdark crime and magic set in the current time.

Recently finished "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" (enjoyable climax to Stieg Larsson's Millenium Trilogy) and have just started Nick (High Fidelity) Hornby's latest "Juliet, Naked" (gently amusing, but not his best so far).

Metallurgical Failures in Fossil Fired Boilers 2nd Ed. by David N. French

Quite the interesting read.

The last thing I read was the manual for an outdated stress/strain loading test machine by a company that went out of business some years ago (but that the hospital still uses for some reason). Really, really boring.

The last book I read was Mutiny on the Bounty, I think. I am sure there have been other books since then (read it just before the new year), but I can't remember what off the top of my head.

This is what I am reading, its a well informed history of the comic industry and how it changed the world, starting from the time Pulitzer bought one the first color news printing press, and taking it through the comic book inquisition and industry recovery.




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Its a wonder they didn't use this model for the cover:


No wait..... no its not

I just finished all seven books in "The Dark Tower" series by Stephen King


am currently reading.....

Multi-lasers!

Well, I might as well throw out my current list
Rather bogged down in Cicero's "On the Orator"

Owen Barfield is one of my favorite philosophers, and I had a professor in college who had debated him twice

Of course, I would be remiss if I didn't include my extended study of Montesquieu

These, of course, are just a few of the books I am reading at the moment. I did just manage to finish the Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, and the Two Towers all last week. I was going to tackle the Return of the King next, but I am going to finish Cicero first me thinks. Bah, I read them every year, it isn't as if I don't know how it ends

You would like Barfield.

Bahaha, natürlich! Might I take it that you don't like dear Mr. Barfield?

Nearly finished this:





It is uberviolent. Seriously.

Well, he did remove people's toes with bolt cutters and blowtorches.

Bahaha, natürlich! Might I take it that you don't like dear Mr. Barfield?

Not at all. He adds complexity where it is unnecessary. He reminds me of that South Park episode where all the hippies want to organize into units, and live together in harmony; only to have Stan point out that what they're talking about already exist in the forms of towns.

The dude rejects the dialectic, and then proceeds to describe exactly what the dialectic entails. Its almost as if he's averse to the word.

and then

And.



And.

Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett. I like to vary my reading.

J.Black wrote:One of a few i got for Christmas, i actually bought and lost this book before i could finish it about 8 years ago. Very glad to be able to read it again though; no-one does pretentious sci-fi like Iain Banks

I'm a huge fan of his CULTURE series and eagerly await his next book set there!

BishopGore wrote:

Love the mixture of grimdark crime and magic set in the current time.

Haven't read anything of his since SUNSET WARRIOR series! Loved that one, and his NINJA series too... How's this one?

hcordes wrote:I just finished all seven books in "The Dark Tower" series by Stephen King


am currently reading.....

The ONLY thing that made me NOT drive up to Maine and 'talk' to Stevie after reading the end of that series was the fact that I read them all in a row, and didn't wait 22 YEARS for the thing to finish! I really like the ride, but not the finish...

Anyway, here's mine:

Alpharius wrote:[
The ONLY thing that made me NOT drive up to Maine and 'talk' to Stevie after reading the end of that series was the fact that I read them all in a row, and didn't wait 22 YEARS for the thing to finish! I really like the ride, but not the finish...

I REALLY REALLY enjoyed the ride! I loved it! And then the last half of book seven..... ehhh.... but i highly suggest anyone out there too read these books they really are great.
I think it would have been better if i didn't read the epilouge at the end... *sighs* i could have lived with the ending but i had to read that last snipnet.

The Inferno by Dante Alighieri, only because I am excited for the game lol.

Curly wrote:The Inferno by Dante Alighieri, only because I am excited for the game lol.

It should be ready anyway. Dante's Divine Comedy was one of the greatest, and most stirring, pieces of poetry ever written. Good on you for reading it. I certainly enjoyed all three parts.

@Dogma: I thought you would say something like that. I must respectfully disagree. Barfield was ridiculously intelligent, but I will admit, he wasn't the greatest writer. I love his books though, even if they don't have the wit of GK Chesterton's books. I certainly prefer his writing to most other modern philosophers...

Barfield was intelligent, he had an excellent grasp of the dialectic, its just a shame that he couldn't bring himself to actually call it that.

Anyway, most modern philosophers are logicians first. Their books, at least those not intended for popular consumption, are roughly analogous to mathematical proofs. In many ways the relationship between logic and philosophy is comparable to the relationship between math and physics.

dogma wrote:Barfield was intelligent, he had an excellent grasp of the dialectic, its just a shame that he couldn't bring himself to actually call it that.

He only wrote one dialectic book as far as I can remember, World' Apart, but I don't recall him writing many, if any more, but I haven't read all of his works either. Certainly his best work, Saving the Appearances isn't a dialectic.

dogma wrote:Anyway, most modern philosophers are logicians first. Their books, at least those not intended for popular consumption, are roughly analogous to mathematical proofs. In many ways the relationship between logic and philosophy is comparable to the relationship between math and physics.

Its funny, most people don't think of them that way. That is why I tend to ignore most modern philosophers. To me it is quite boring. I have never much cared for math, and as you so aptly pointed out, it comes down to logical proofs for many of them. Besides, I am to much of a romantic to ever be fully involved with the works of hardly any of the more recent philosophers. I am to busy soaking up the genius of Ancient Greece, Rome, the Enlightenment and the Victorian Age

JEB_Stuart wrote:He only wrote one dialectic book as far as I can remember, World' Apart, but I don't recall him writing many, if any more, but I haven't read all of his works either. Certainly his best work, Saving the Appearances isn't a dialectic.

I'm not referring to the dialectic as a literary concept, I'm referring to it as a philosophical concept: wherein the dialectic is a reference to the conversation between the past, and present members of the philosophical community. Barfield rejects that process, mostly because he confuses philosophy with theology; rejecting systemic proof (like most British philosophers who disputed Russel).

JEB_Stuart wrote:
Its funny, most people don't think of them that way. That is why I tend to ignore most modern philosophers. To me it is quite boring. I have never much cared for math, and as you so aptly pointed out, it comes down to logical proofs for many of them. Besides, I am to much of a romantic to ever be fully involved with the works of hardly any of the more recent philosophers. I am to busy soaking up the genius of Ancient Greece, Rome, the Enlightenment and the Victorian Age

It is funny. I am incredibly anti-authoritarian in my daily life, but I do my best work in a world which turns on rigidity. I think its my competitive side (it is quite expansive) made manifest in academia.

dogma wrote:I'm not referring to the dialectic as a literary concept, I'm referring to it as a philosophical concept: wherein the dialectic is a reference to the conversation between the past, and present members of the philosophical community. Barfield rejects that process, mostly because he confuses philosophy with theology; rejecting systemic proof (like most British philosophers who disputed Russel).

Ah, well that clears things up a bit. Keep in mind I am only an amateur philosopher, and a bad one at that I will admit, that Russel intrigues me, but I tend to reject his ideas. I really must spend more time in his work, but I find it hard to do when I already devote so much time to my other writers. Besides the enormous amount of fiction and history books that I read (I just finished a delightful book on Field Marshall Erwin Rommel) I have a stack of philosophy books that I am happily working through. Other then those I listed already I still have several books by Nietzsche, Kierkegaard,Kant, Descartes, Hume, Pascal, Aristotle and of course Hobbes. I really should try and set them in an order and just work through them more diligently, but I can't. I simply love just picking up one of the books I have in a pile, grabbing my pipe, a pen, a pad of paper, and maybe a glass or two of Scotch and sitting outside on the patio and working through something. And I wonder why my Space Marines never get painted!

dogma wrote:It is funny. I am incredibly anti-authoritarian in my daily life, but I do my best work in a world which turns on rigidity. I think its my competitive side (it is quite expansive) made manifest in academia.

Ah, well I would be lying if I said I wasn't much the same way. Admittedly though, I take my anti-authoritarian nature out on colleagues when I write my papers. I wrote a pretty harsh criticism of Robin Seager's views on Pompey the Great. Mr. Seager is often considered to be academia's leading authority of Pompey. Not only did I do this for my class, which my professor was rather shocked at, but I also volunteered to present it at the Phi Alpha Theta academic conference. Needless to say, many of the Classical historians knew Mr. Seager personally, and didn't take kindly to my work. It isn't always a good thing to mix your competitive side, with your tendency to rub against the grain...Incidentally though, I won an honorable mention, and didn't place because I wasn't a member of Phi Alpha Theta

Im currently reading 40 plus,

It is a magazine of transforming power and formal risk. Abandoning gruff but profound male camaraderie, the writer instead sounds the limits of imaginable love and despair between mature large breasted women and the reader being, "each other's world entire". The initial experience of the mag is sobering and oppressive, its final effect is emotionally shattering.

...and mattyrm wins the thread.

Albatross wrote:...and mattyrm wins the thread.

100% agreed,now THAT'S literature.

BrookM wrote:

Show off!

"A Thousand Sons" is ace..well worth a read.

Book wise "Soul Hunter".. apart from that new issue of Private Eye.. some..."preview" ... .. stuff froma games company and any minute now the pizza delivery menu.

This:



Although you'll need to read the first two (The Night Watch and The Day Watch) in order to understand it fully. Far better than the films I hasten to add!

Currently reading this:




Which is pretty good. Also reading a bunch of Phillip Tagg essays, bits of Adorno (tosser!) and various journal pieces.

re: Dante
quite right well worth reading, but i never made it through purgatory!

HMMM! hope that isn't too portentious

Warhammer 40,000:Rouge Trader.

I REALLY REALLY enjoyed the ride! I loved it! And then the last half of book seven..... ehhh.... but i highly suggest anyone out there too read these books they really are great.
I think it would have been better if i didn't read the epilouge at the end... *sighs* i could have lived with the ending but i had to read that last snipnet.

I couldn't agree more. I guess King warned us though, didn't he? I really didn't care all that much for the whole last book but I love the series over all. Have you read The Talisman and Black House?

It should be ready anyway. Dante's Divine Comedy was one of the greatest, and most stirring, pieces of poetry ever written. Good on you for reading it. I certainly enjoyed all three parts.

Dante is brilliant, and not only because he wrote an epic poem describing how badly he wanted his enemies to rot in hell. =D


I'm currently reading:

no i haven't, i have read surprisingly little of Stephen King, compared to other authors i guess... his track record is terrible.... GREAT stories, cop out endings that are usually done right awful.

Finished "Soul Hunter".. overall I was very impressed, deftly handled. For a slight change of pace, and as I picked it up for £3 in a sale, I'm reading Jamie Carragher's autobiography.

I am reading Symposium by Plato.

I'm reading things in this message board. Lol


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clever.....

I'll just leave this here.

@flachzange: Is Innocence proves Nothing any good? I found Scourge the Heretic to be good, but not up to the standard of his usual work.

"Criminology Today: An Integrative Introduction"

'Malta, the Spitfire Year'.

Now reading "Ravenor Returned" for the first time.

Nowhere near as good as the Eisenhorn novels, but I'll keep chugging.

Gets better, and the villains are cooler.

I'm reading Robin Hood -The Unknown Templar.

Slyte has manifested, as far as I am.

CadianXV wrote:@flachzange: Is Innocence proves Nothing any good? I found Scourge the Heretic to be good, but not up to the standard of his usual work.

Tough one.
I really like his style as well and I enjoyed Scourge the Heretic. However, this one picks up right where Scourge left off and its been quite a while since I read it. So getting back into the story is a bit hard. I find it somewhat laking pace, but then again I havent had a chance to read a lot of it.

Right now, it seems a bit choppy, but Im not even on page 100 yet

Just finished it, and I like it quite a bit. However, if possible, read id back to back with Scourge.




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Finishing Ravenor Rogue and Fallen Angels.

Both are quite good, but I much preferred Legion and Flight of the Eisenstein.

Have yet to start on Soul Hunters.

I am reading Gears of war: The Aspho Fields

Wrath of a Mad God Raymond E. Feist currently, the book series that I am reading John Ringo the Aldentanta books and the counsel books, George R.R. Marten A song of ice and fire, Brandon mull, David Sherman Dan Craig the star fist series, there are more

I'm reading two books ATM.
Story of the Eye-Georges Bataille
Lenin,A study on the unity of his thought-Georg Lukacs

Corey85 wrote:

My local library had 1-4 of the trades, I'm working on picking up the comics...


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As a side note I would like to point out the fact that the above image is the first time I have ever posted a picture. *Pats himself on back*

I own it (movie and entire graphic novel)...it's amazing...first saw it when I was 12 and if forever became one of my biggest influences in my art and music.






as for me....I have been obsessed with WWII since...I dunno....forever...

I recently bought these from half priced books...

ok cant get pics to work so i just finished the men who stare at goats an im about to start rynns world or deaths head

i work night shift, so i go through 3 or 4 books a week, but right now i'm working on the crimson sword, since i finished up the mithgar books i'd recently purchased

Finally:

My slate is cleared until April 6th.

Woo new Dresden Files!

"Changes".

Finished Nagash the Unbroken, enjoyable enough, very much the middle book of a trilogy, but sets things up nicely. Wasn't jaw droppingly good, but did have trouble putting it down in the odd spot.

Now started Flesh and Iron by Henry Zou.

So far its a smashing good book! I was never interested at all in architecture until i started reading this. Now as I walk through town, I'm noticing all the buildings in greater detail. I find myself crtiqiuing them, seeing cornices, columns, window shapes, facades, decoration and ornimentation. I'm noticing all the attentive details and historical influences I never realized were there before. The buildings in my city are built in many varying and interesting styles. I'm also seeing similar kinds of superficial decoration in people now too. After this I'll be reading "Brother Odd" by Dean Koontz, and then I'll complete all the Ayn Rand novels with "Atlas Shrugged".

If I was reading, it would definately be some form of fantasy or adventure, or maybe a fantasy adventure. But most likely something Matthew Reilly. Because he is Australian. And he rocks.

Index Astartes,I'm happy to see Tu'shan face.

"How to kill a mocking bird" - quite a good book

followed by:

Re-reading, because it is a brilliantly crafted piece of literature. Well worth picking up!

Trying to read fallen angels, wich is god awefull so far and rereading one of my fav fantasy series:

'The Lost' omnibus by Dan Abnett

fallen_wolfborn wrote:'The Lost' omnibus by Dan Abnett

Damn you, I'm expecting it next week.

Peter and Max by Bill Willingham

Starship Troopers by Heinlein.

I finally got the book at my local library, it's always been out when I've gone to get it in the past.

Murray wrote:"How to kill a mocking bird" - quite a good book

A sadistic instruction manual for the less inclined towards avian life.

As for To Kill A Mockingbird, possibly my all time favourite.

Jim Butcher-"Changes: A Novel of the Dresden Files".

Just got it today at 12:43pm. 442 pages.

Finished as of 6:10pm EST.

Holy friggin' hell. Butcher wasn't kidding with the title.

Trying to read these, but I can't seem to get through more then ten or fifteen pages before I space out.

Ender's Game
From a Buick 8
Insomnia

Reading, succesfully:
Titanicus
The Walking Dead
At the Mountains of Madness (my first Lovecraft book, and I love it.)
The Founding omnibus

currently reading NECROPHENIA by Robert Rankin

Corey85 wrote:Peter and Max by Bill Willingham

Let me know if this is any good, I dig Fables.

DUST OF DREAMS by Steven Erickson

Lasker's Manual of Chess - Emanuel Lasker

Heavy Planet - Hal Clement

Seduction in Death by JD Robb. They are futuristic, romance, crime novels.

Helsreach by everyones' new favourite BL author.

Faith and Fire by James Swallow.

Finished Helsreach -- another cracking read -- and just started on "Legends of the Space Marines".

Finally reading the Ravenor Omnibus - 2/3 of the way through. A good read thus far.

That's a fine read Mr. 'zange

On the Brunner Omnibus now, and enjoying it mightily.

No joke! About halfway through and I dont want to put it down. I think Im going to have to pick up more of the recent Fantasy books.

Olaf Stapledon's first novel, Last and First Men.

Charting the rise and fall of mankind over several million years and several different species of "human".

The Duel by Josef Konrad

A thousand sons

After which: The lost omnibus :3

"On Her Majesty's Occult Service" aka "The Atrocity Archives" by Charles Stross.

Dead interesting!

I think you'll like Helsreach, anoterh cracking read.

Finished the Brunner omnibus, overall I was quite impressed. I prefered the earlier tales which had a grimmer and meaner edge to them IMO.

Well worth picking up though, the omnibus format is a bargain.

Back to Redemption Corp it is then, mixed in with a rereading of the "Thousand Thrones" and 2nd edition WFRP book.

... and all the other roleplay books I've got and not yet worked through...

I loved the twist with "Redemption Corps"!

reds8n wrote: I think you'll like Helsreach, anoterh cracking read.

Finished the Brunner omnibus, overall I was quite impressed. I prefered the earlier tales which had a grimmer and meaner edge to them IMO.

Absolutely, I can barely put the thing down lol I love DB`s style.
I actually ordered the Brunner omnibus since you keep telling me it rocks

Good good, I think you'll like it.

Picked up " Bloodborn" -- the first in the Ulrika series -- by Nathan Long today and got stuck into it whilst having a few pints. Sweet as so far.

Dembski-Bowden is officially my new way to get friends interested in 40k.

Cadian Blood? It's singlehandedly brought 3 people into 40k. None of which wanted Marines--they all actually looked into background and picked what they wanted from there.

God bless you ADB for making my gaming group expand with Orks, Eldar, and Tyranids!

I'm reading this. It's a load of pretentious sycophantic rubbish.



On the plus side, I had no idea that Bob Dylan was Christ. You learn something new everyday.....

Writing Solid Code, for an internship.

Persecution: How Liberals are Waging War Against Christians

Hilarious.

Coward on the Beach by James Delingpole

Not bad so far (almost finished it last night, but had to go to bed so I cold get up for work). The pacing is sometimes a bit off, and it is sometimes a bit difficult to follow what is happening as there are not always names attached to dialogue, etc, but it is a pretty fun read that you don't need to think too much about.

1492: The year our world began. By Felipe Fernandez Armesto

I am currently reading The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower. I am glad to see fellow followers of Roland Deschain and his ka-tet's epic quest for the Dark Tower on this forum. So far, so good! Well, except for part 6, Song of Susannah... That one did not live up to my expectations.

Just started it yesterday. great so far, only downside is all the levels and groupings leave me scratching my head working out what it means.
Hopefully more will be explained later in the book.

It's no Cadian Blood or Soul Hunter, but it's not that bad either Flach.

i'm up to 'the whisperers in the darkness'

Kanluwen wrote:It's no Cadian Blood or Soul Hunter, but it's not that bad either Flach.

Thanks for the info Kan! I gotta agree. I find it really hard to get into tbh. Actually, Im going to put it down and read something entirely different for now and get back to it afterwards.

Quick reread of "Iron Warrior" before a return to Redemption Corps.

Did read Blood Born, the Ulrika novel ny Nathan Long, bloody hell it's good.

Simon R. Green's "Just Another Judgement Day"(A Novel of the Nightside) and then his newest series about a Druid James Bond...

"The Man With the Golden Torc" and "Daemons Are Forever" are the first two books in the Eddie Drood series.

After watching Pacific, I wanted to see it as it was originally written. Planning on getting his sequel 'China Marine' at some point as well.
I may also get Helmet for my Pillow, but its sounds like Leckies book may not be as interesting as this one.

Regardless, about halfway in, getting close to the end of Peleliu now, and its been a fantastic, tragic, and very deep, with occasional humour filled read so far.

Reminds me of what we owe to folks like him.

Reading John Birmingham's World War 2.0 series.

Awesome.

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still dont feel like picking up redemption corps again

Just finished Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. I'm reading Dracula (by Stoker), HH's Fallen Angels will probably be next.

Finished Rereading:


Currently Reading:

Waiting for my library to get:

Currently reading Sweep a rugby novel written by my coach Martin Silverstone, a must read for any rugby player (in saint annes and the west island of montreal)

Finished Rites of the Dragon.

Reading:
Gilead's Blood
Skavenslayer
Hammer of Ulric

On list to read:
Trollslayer
Art of War
At the Gates of Darkness
Beyond Good and Evil
Existentialism is a Humanism
Being and Nothingness

Reading:

Helsreach: having trouble getting into it after reading GG's the lost.

On list to read:
Halo Evolutions
Chapter's due
IG omnibus 1
Soul Hunter
Fireborn

Life, the Universe, and Everything by Douglas Adams.

Zuckerman Unbound - Philip Roth

sA

reds8n wrote:

read that, it's pretty good, just started HH series with horus rising

Yeah it's been quite good.

The OCD element in me will insist I now buy and read the previous books in the series.

They're not terribly bad books, but the first was very distinctly "Meh."

'Triple Zero' and 'True Colors' are my favorites though.

Just started it. Already extremely Gothic- the text equivalent of John Blanche's artwork.

Kanluwen wrote:They're not terribly bad books, but the first was very distinctly "Meh."

'Triple Zero' and 'True Colors' are my favorites though.

Yeah, I think the start was a bit slow, but the overall story is pretty cool, even though it may just be a bit repetivite sometimes

A quick rereading of the 2nd edition WFRP book for my forthcoming campaign and about to start "sword of Justice".

..anyone else read Brunner yet then ?

Just finished
Brigands M.C. - Robert Muchamore

about to start
CHAOS - James Gleick (actually a book on chaos theory in science)

Nemesis by James Swallow

Icarus by Roger Levy

I've been consuming the text of Professor Richard Dawkins recently - "The greatest show on earth".

Would reccommend it to anyone, regardless of religious viewpoint.

Just finished "A Storm of Swords" by George R.R. Martin

Now reading "Old Man's War" by John Scalzi

Warped Passages by Lisa Randall

Maverick wrote:I've been consuming the text of Professor Richard Dawkins recently - "The greatest show on earth".

Would reccommend it to anyone, regardless of religious viewpoint.

I'll have to check that out. I loved The God Delusion.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson

Warmachine Prime MkII. Excellent work. All of the rules are explained in great detail. Rules lawyers be warned, this game is not for you.

now, I am halfway in Sons of dorn. + I have soul hunter lying ready.

Read it in about a day.
I kinda liked it. It did show some more of the eldar way of life in pretty much the way I imagined it. The whole transformation business may have been a bit much toward the end, but overall it was a good read.

Up next:

Since it's summer I only reread my favorite books

The Book of Sand - Borges
Fire and Ice - Zelazny
Men at Arms - Pratchett

"Mean Streets"--an anthology of the supernatural private investigator stories that I got for my birthday.

Just finished "The Warrior", the Harry Dresden short story--which was friggin' amazing.

cant believe i bought this, but im reading it lol

Soul Drinkers Omnibus and Dean Koontz ' Intensity'. That reminds me i want to go to barnes and noble and the HH books. From what ive seen here on Dakka they are awesome.

Just Started this after having it sit on my shelf for months...

'Preacher: Alamo' by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon

Ciaphus cain hero of the imperium (an omnibus)

Cadian blood by Aaron dembski bowden

'World Without End' by Ken Follett. It's the sequel to 'Pillars of the Earth,' an abolute epic he wrote in '89...

This one is complete rubbish though. This is the third time I've tried to read it since I got it on release day three years ago. I will surely get to the first pathetic sex scene and throw it across the room again. Fortunately there aren't any masonite walls to damage at my new apartment. I need to start reading later in the book, but I'm afraid it'll still suck and I'll have to know about it.

Finished Grimblades which was olidly enjoyable, would have liked more Grom in it however. Quick reread of Soul Hunter and then..

Nemesis, bout time i got my hands on that

Winter King was ace, better than I was expecting.

Finishing off a quick reread of the Malus Darkblade omnibus and then onto "Enemy of God" the second in the Arthur series.

finished Cadian blood, now reading: Crazy Horse and Custer, by Stephen Ambrose.

and

Good series. Wants moar. Takes months to arrive when ordered.

Just finished Rynns World, never again a real dissapointment.
So now I am reading this Mr Turtledove can do no wrong as far as I am concerned

I'm currently reading Starship troopers.
And thank you chub, I think I have to get World War in the balance.

I would not recommend that you get the colonization series, or homeward bound. Nowhere near as good as the conquest series, and homeward bound is just... dire?

I'm currently reading Dean Koontz - Breathless, having just re-read the Commissar Cain series again.

Also, anyone else read the Death's Head novels? In my opinion (if I have any worth mentioning) they are pretty good.

I have read the first one, which I really enjoyed, but with a massive backlog to work through it could be a while before I read any of the others

just finished reading stranger in a strange land and a redwall novel

thinking i might reread anansi boys again

This:



Dostoevsky - Brothers Karamazov

...which is a well-paced yarn and also an interesting peek at pre-revolution Russia - some marvellously melodramatic and overblown characters - would recommend if you've got the patience to plough through it.

oh, and this:



Ben Goldacre - Bad Science

...which is utterly superb - you must buy it right now - go on, stop what you're doing and go buy it... Right. Now.

Two on my reading shelf...


Howards two volume work "History of the Second Anglo-Afghan War" and "Defence of the Realm" covering the development of the British Intelligence services.

Tales of Heresy....Not sure I like the format.

Just finished reading "Breathless" by Dean Koontz - have to say that it is the worst book of his I have ever read. Sloppy writing, little to no plot or character development and everything seems to happen for no reason and/or is poorly explained.

well, read reliquary and anansi boys the other night, and last night i made it through streams of silver and golem in the gears

I am just about to start the hunt for Voldorious on thursday...when I get it for my birthday. :-)

I have such a Mancrush on this guy.

Reading this and enjoying it quite a bit.

I'd always told myself I was never going to read any kind of 40k book outside of the rules and codex books after I was told they were all Space Marines winning all the time, repeat to fade, but a friend told me to try this book and let me borrow his copy.

Is it worth getting into the Horus Heresy books or are there other 40K books that come with better recommendations?

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova great read makes vampires cool again and not all glittery.

Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa just an amazing book all around.

Dark Apostle and

'PATENT LAW AND POLICY' 2nd edition

unrelated. Just browsing really


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greenskin lynn wrote:well, read reliquary and anansi boys the other night, and last night i made it through streams of silver and golem in the gears

RELIQUARY! Great book. I didn't know it was a sequel until after I read it Good book.

Well, having finished the Dresden Files again (and now waiting until March for Ghost Story) I decided to give Asimov a try. So my reading over the past month has been:




Fantastic series, I have to admit. Can't wait to start on the Empire and Foundation novels.

I'm reading the ravenor omnibus .

Locclo, keep an eye out for Butcher's short story compendium in October.

It's going to feature a short story never printed before, picking up exactly 15 minutes after the end of "Changes". Supposedly, it's being told through Murphy's eyes so...

Started reading "The Sabbat Worlds" anthology.

ADB once again delivers with "Regicide". And the introduction to his short story by Dan Abnett was hilarious(HI DAN!).

Just finished Terry Pratchett's "I shall wear midnight', and reading Night Watch (again) because it's one of my favorite books of the series.

Blasting through Hunt for Voldorius.

Platoon - Dale A Dye

The lungfish and the unicorn- Willy Ley

"The Spy Who Haunted Me" by Simon R. Green

Been devouring his Shaman Bond series so far.

Finishing off the Sabbat Worlds collection, and about half way through The First Heretic.

reds8n wrote:Finishing off the Sabbat Worlds collection, and about half way through The First Heretic.

Can I just say "HAH! I HAD THE SABBAT WORLDS COLLECTION A MONTH BEFORE YOU!"?

Not really interested in "The First Heretic", but man.

How did you like "Regicide" in the Sabbat Worlds anthology?

I just finished this one.
Wow, I couldn't put it down. What a great story!



Considering the story, I will refrain from using the Ork Smilies! lol

Europe's Tragedy, a very extensive book on the Thirty Years war

Sabbat Worlds. Good book so far. Kinda good to see different views on an established story. I liked to see the Volpone again.

Still workiong my way through the Founding trilogy, but now I also have this to read:

Redemption corps by rob sanders. Normaly I would have been reading The saint by dan abnet. but my G hasn't recieved that order yet. so I'll read redemtion Corps until then. :(

Finished The First Heretic and Zombieslayer as well, enjoyed them both hugely.

Dune by Frank Herbert (Now I know where Lasguns come from, heh.)


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greenskin lynn wrote:just finished reading stranger in a strange land and a redwall novel

thinking i might reread anansi boys again

And Redwall is totally epic.

The Saint.
Dan Abnet FTW.

I'm busy with "The Rum Diaries" by Hunter S. Thompson. FINALLY got my hands on it, it was out of print for a while. It's fething amazing!

Currently reading The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons. It's the second book in a 4 book sci fi series. I must say the storyline is fantastic so far. This guy has a great imagination. I will be taking a break in November though to read the next Wheel of Time novel. I just want to know what happens!

Just finished Animal Farm, fairly good for a short read and the political subtext is great.

Im currently reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, its a great story even if the philosophy is in parts absymal and ludicrous.

Also finished the Space Marine Battle Novels which were excellent, though Im not sure which I liked more Rynn's Wolrd or Hellreach.

Simpsons Unofficial History.
The Age of Zeus (Greek gods come back and kick ass)
The Bible Unearthed
Fromelles (about the Aussie equivalent of the first day of the Somme)


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Herohammernostalgia wrote:Europe's Tragedy, a very extensive book on the Thirty Years war

ooh that looks good too. might try to get that.

it be goood book

This... /sigh... schoolwork

Foundation

Asimov

Grimblades

First Heretic.

Managed to demolish Zombieslayer in an evening...First Heretic is taking longer! Fantastic thus far though!

Re-reading the His Dark Materials trilogy.

Amazing books.

this

I finally got round to finishing A Thousand Sons off earlier today and made a start on Helsreach. I've also got the first Gaunts Ghosts omnibus lined up.

I just finished this last night:


starting this one on my plane ride tomorrow:

I finished The Lord of Chaos and am now reading this

Yay

In the last week, because I was on holiday:

Mortal Engines series (2 + 3) - Philip Reeve

The Farseer Trilogy - Robin Hobb (nothing to do with eldar)

technically I was re-reading the farseer trilogy, which I should have done much earlier than now, because they are by far my favourite series of books.

I would recommend them to anyone who likes Fantasy

[EDIT] Also "Mechanicum" by Graham Mcneill

Love the mortal engines

I've been reading the discworld novels by terry pratchett. I finished the watch books and I'm reading the last wizards book right now.

Finished two things actually.

Simon R. Green's "From Hell, With Love"(frickin' Jim Butcher inspired ending, without going into spoilers)
and "Side Jobs", the compilation of all the Harry Dresden/Thomas Raith short stories. "Aftermath", which takes place some 20 minutes after the end of "Changes", really took the cake.

Just finished Firedrake, now reading..

Haven't posted in a while, but I did finish the Robot Series. I'm now moving on:



I'm about 2/3 of the way through Foundation's Edge now. And to be honest, despite what people in my FLGS have said about it, the later Foundation novels are really pretty good. I love that Foundation's Edge has been fleshing out the Second Foundation much more than the second and third novels did. It's really very interesting getting a deeper look into how the Second Foundation works.

Just got Towers of Midnight so going to be reading that for the next couple of days.

For my 40k fix, I'm reading:

This is my first Abnett and I am thoroughly pleased. One of my best 40k reads so far.

Concurrently, I've been reading:

A very deep study of religion, mysticism and magic and their history and interrelatedness. A must read for anyone interested in the history of religions.

I finished Mechanicum on Friday, so I went and purchased Tales of Heresy, A Thousand Sons, and The First Heretic today.

I'm also reading Island by Aldous Huxley.

Grumbles from the grave. letters and thoughts by R A heinlein.

Reading Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Neitzsche. It's pretty hard going, so in between I'll grab a few Pages from Rynn's World. Great book that too.

The First Heretic

Also got the Malkeith books Gav Thorpe wrote to read. Along with the fall of berlin by Anthony Beaver and the last book in the Greg Mandel series.

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I just finished reading the Rocky anthology. No, this is not the Rocky Balboa of Stallone fame, it's a Swedish comic that I think is somewhat popular here and there in the world.

http://www.rocky-digital.com/

It's an amazing autobiography in comic form. The author chronicles what he and his friends do, then he makes comics out of it. Incredibly cynical and depressing at times, and absolutely hilarious. I strongly recommend it to everyone.

The anthology I have is every single strip that was drawn in 1998-2008.

The Sookie Stackhouse books.

Moby Dick, about 20 pages left.

Do textbooks count?

I am personally reading (not for school purposes): Fantastic Book!

I've been reading a college physics textbook I got at a yard sale. Fantastic stuff! I love learning at my own pace.

The Bible
Crime and Punishment
Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium
Calculus II

A rather varied palate.

Dead Man Walking by Steve Lyons.

Temple of the Serpent - who doesn't like the bond villian that is Grey Seer Thanqual?

The Dread Empire by Glen Cook

Epic!!!

I am reading Faith and Fire.

I am also reading Spawn.

Finishing up "Towers of Midnight" by Jordan/Sanderson then starting "Anathem" by Stevenson

Trainspotting......

Then might start the Darren Shan books again....

Science and Method, by Henri Poincare.

Books recently finished :

Prospero Burns. A great Abnett book, won't win over anyone who doesn't like his style -- this one is quite like "legion" IMO -- but I found it very satisfying and intriguing.

I do think though the way it and Prospero Burns were sold or talked about was grossly misleading, almost criminally so perhaps.

God King was very good, best in that series, each book getting better as we went along. ..

... looks like we will be getting more, perhaps another series even, about Sigmar. I'm reasonably happy about that, but there's other areas I'd rather see them push into and explore a bit methinks.

Finished off Cornwell's warlord trilogy ( his sortof historic version of the King Arthur story) and, I'm not too ashamed to say, my eyes were a little moist at the end. Superb. I dipped into some of the Sharpe books years ago and wasn't too taken with them... but I think that might be age and period related perhaps. This series I loved though, it's vying with Lawheads' set of books as my favourite take on the story. I cannot recommend it enough.

It persuaded me to set off yesterday and buy his Uhtred series -- bless Waterstones and their 3 for 2 offers.

Recently finished books:

The first Heretic
Fate of the Jedi: Vortex

Now reading:
Dead men walking, followed by God King

Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley

Sharpe's Waterloo. Only this and Sharpe's Devil and I'm done!

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler.

Wolf guy - Ookami no monshou

18+ manga, and even that may be a little mildly put. (not hentai mind you)

Redemption corps by someone.

This Boy's Life for my English class.

Its safe to say the only book I really enjoyed so far was The Great Gatsby.

I got the Last Chancers novels from a friend because he owed me. So I'm half though the second book after a few hours in the train and bus.

I'm reading Things Fall Apart. Its OK, but I don't usually read actual novels, just Manga and Reference/Non Fiction books.

The Inquisition War Trilogy & Hitlers Willing Executioners - ordinary Germans and The Holocaust.

I need to hit the sales and pick up some lighter reading.

I'm reading Classics Mutilated which is surprisingly good. It's a collection of short stories done in the whole "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" style, but I think they work better as short stories since the joke in each one doesn't have time to get stale. Anne-Droid of Green Gables... Little Women in Black... You get the picture.

I'm also reading Prospero Burns. It's not bad!

Catch 22 again. Good book.

I am currently reading bram Stoker's Dracula on my Kindle. Ace! Plus The Founding by Dan Abnett, good story but not so ace.

I am now reading the Brunner omni. I now remember what I didn't like about C. L. Werner. He uses the same phrase for describing something the second, third, and sometimes forth time it is mentioned. Oh well.

The Dust Tactics rulebook, again.

just finished Kill the Dead-a sandman slim novel

Just finished The Lost omnibus.

About half way through the Eisenhorn omnibus and a book called Well DUH, about stupid things people have done. Cool nuggets of info, just, not really my style.

It is a bathroom reading kinda book, just... not as entertaining as Uncle John's Bathroom Reader.

After Eisenhorn, I might take a break from the Black Library and get back to finishing some of the Clancy novels. I have a nice collection (mostly free), and I want to finish it off, which means picking up some of the newer and missing books.

The big sleep
Redemtion corps
started another book where I can't seem to remember the name of, and started a french book we have to read for school over the holidays. *grumble*

Just finised Tales of Heresy: loved it.

Currently reading stuff from the New Jedi Order (Yuuzhan Vong War). Also going through the Graphic Novels for Battle Vixens (Ikki Tousen).

I'm hoping to finish up the NJO series soon because I purchased a ton of Black Library stuff that I'm just itching to read (omnibi are my friends).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_Song_(novel) -- spoilers there. A cracking read from a fine series.

Propsero Burns - half way through and much like Legion, pretty much bugger all happens, not much burning or propsero

I'm Reading Dead Men Walking by Steve Lyons, really enjoying it so far!

Just read 2001: A Space Odyssey for the fourth time. (AS you can see by my avatar and sig, I am obsessed with this book)

I'm reading The Complete Sherlock Holmes. Obviously, it's an omnibus type thing, and I just finished "A Study in Scarlet" (The first Holmes Novel/story) and am amused by how it portrays Mormons.

Not really a book, but I'm working my way through the Lucifer graphic novels, I'm on my third one and its been really good so far.

chaplaingrabthar wrote:I'm reading The Complete Sherlock Holmes. Obviously, it's an omnibus type thing, and I just finished "A Study in Scarlet" (The first Holmes Novel/story) and am amused by how it portrays Mormons.

How does it portray Mormons?

As a cult-like Religion of Evil with Brigham Young being the villain of the piece