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Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - at0m - 01-28-2011 (01-28-2011, 10:17 AM)Surf314 link Wrote: [quote author=CUBA LIBRE link=topic=1145.msg194076#msg194076 date=1296227691] And that's the worst Gibson novel too. Each trilogy they get better and take place earlier in the time line. I predict the next series will take place in the past. [/quote]That'll be messed up, if it takes place around the time he was writing Neuromancer, and actually mentions it. That'd be a plot loop of Kingian proportions. [/quote] He co-wrote an alternative past novel. [/quote]Difference Engine, yeah, I didn't really like that all that much. Too much steampunk for my taste. A new series set in the 80's is what I mean [/quote] I didn't like it either, honestly I never finished it. [/quote]Neither did I. Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - Eschatos - 01-28-2011 (01-28-2011, 10:19 AM)CUBA LIBRE link Wrote: [quote author=Surf314 link=topic=1145.msg194077#msg194077 date=1296227854] And that's the worst Gibson novel too. Each trilogy they get better and take place earlier in the time line. I predict the next series will take place in the past. [/quote]That'll be messed up, if it takes place around the time he was writing Neuromancer, and actually mentions it. That'd be a plot loop of Kingian proportions. [/quote] He co-wrote an alternative past novel. [/quote]Difference Engine, yeah, I didn't really like that all that much. Too much steampunk for my taste. A new series set in the 80's is what I mean [/quote] I didn't like it either, honestly I never finished it. [/quote]Neither did I. [/quote] Well I loved it. My favorite Gibson standalone novel. Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - rumsfald - 02-06-2011 What can I say? It rocks. Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - A. Crow - 06-03-2011 Is it weird to read Murder Mystery in a war zone? Re: Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - at0m - 06-04-2011 @Crow: so long as they're not giving you ideas... Been reading the Percy Jackson series, so I can delete them off my kindle without feeling guilty. They're predictably bland, but quick reads. Looking forward to going home and reading some Haldeman books I discovered, sequels to the Forever War. Too bad I got them shipped home instead of here :/ Sent from my Vortex using Tapatalk Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - Eschatos - 06-04-2011 Decided to get David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest to see what all the fuss was about. It's fairly entertaining but so far it moves way too slowly. Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - A. Crow - 06-04-2011 And Then There Were None... was rather good. Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - Squishy3 - 06-04-2011 I was so excited when this came in the mail. Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - Totla - 06-04-2011 Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - A. Crow - 06-04-2011 (06-04-2011, 02:50 PM)Squishy link Wrote: I am Incredibly jealous. Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - Dtrain323i - 06-06-2011 I just put "Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond on my phones Kindle app. Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - Trace - 06-07-2011 Neverwhere was pretty sweet, gonna look into those Doctor Who books by Dan Abnett next Re: Re: Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - at0m - 06-07-2011 (06-07-2011, 03:04 PM)Trace link Wrote: Neverwhere was pretty sweet, gonna look into those Doctor Who books by Dan Abnett nextI love his 40k books so I checked them out. they're pretty good, actually. Sent from my Vortex using Tapatalk Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - KorJax - 06-08-2011 It's summer time, looking for a good book (as someone who casually reads only). Last book I read was Icarus Effect which was pretty decent for a sci-fi Deus Ex-y worktime read novel. Any other suggestions from recent reads you've done? I'm open to pretty much anything, though I prefer scifi/high fantasy in the fiction category (though I should say I absolutely love stuff like Sphere from Chriton and anything from Douglas Adams). Any other genre works too though keep in mind I usually don't read outside of the above sphere. Not that I don't like, I just almost never have. Cosmos for example is a pretty fascinating book at points. I remember saving a bookmark from someone here who recommended a book called "The Windup Girl", is that really good for a read would you say? Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - Eschatos - 06-08-2011 (06-08-2011, 06:18 PM)KorJax link Wrote: It's summer time, looking for a good book (as someone who casually reads only). Last book I read was Icarus Effect which was pretty decent for a sci-fi Deus Ex-y worktime read novel. I read it, it's a great book though it throws you into an incredibly complex world without any explanation. Re: Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - at0m - 06-09-2011 Read anything by joe haldeman or john scalzi. The Accidental Time Machine and Android's Dream are both excellent one-offs for casual sci fi readers. Sent from my Vortex using Tapatalk Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - A. Crow - 06-09-2011 To change things up completely, I'm going to suggest Game of Thrones. The book, not the hbo series. Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - Vlambo - 06-09-2011 Just read Enders Game in one sitting. NEED MORE BOOKS IN SERIES Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - at0m - 06-09-2011 (06-09-2011, 09:22 PM)Vlambo link Wrote: Just read Enders Game in one sitting.There's only a dozen or so. I've only read Ender's Shadow and parts of Shadow of the Hegemon, they were both pretty good. His writing definitely gets better. Re: Books motherfuckers, do you read them? - Didzo - 06-09-2011 (06-09-2011, 09:24 PM)at0m link Wrote: [quote author=Vlambo link=topic=1145.msg209681#msg209681 date=1307672524]There's only a couple dozen [/quote] I read a bunch of them. Not sure why, because they really don't get better. |