Books motherfuckers, do you read them?

[Kor]

Reading Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy. I recall reading Rainbow Six 12 years ago, and forgot that Tom reallllly liked to slow-stroke the plot until the last 25% of the book. With that being said, having seen the movie before reading the book, he still does spins a decent, if predictable, yarn.

[Neptune]

I said to one of my D&D buddies "Recommend me a book."  He hasn't let me down, yet, with other new novels.  He previously recommended me "The Name of the Wind" and "Sir Apropos of Nothing", both excellent.  He was actually recommended one, himself, recently, so he shared.  This new book is "the Goblin Emperor".  It seems to be entirely court politics, which is actually kind of nice.  I don't read something like this very often.  There are no sword fights, a lack of snark, no wizards, no exclamations of prophecy, or even a hint that the main character considers himself to be a main character (like Rand al Thor, Harry Dresden, Richard Rahl, or so many other scruffy young men with a sword (or staff)).

He's the "Goblin Emperor" because he's apparently half goblin, half elf and he's apparently the only heir left.  Knowing next to nothing, he's thrust into the Big Chair and has to wing it.  He has a bit of an idea how to Rule, so he's not completely helpless. 

The only downside, so far, is the almost impenetrable wall of made-up words and incomprehensible names.  It almost approaches the limit.  There are more 'Z's and 'H's than anything else, so I have to concentrate.  It helps to picture the whole thing as taking place in the Forbidden City and just filling in the over-wrought wording with close approximations.

I'm about 20% done with it, so I'm holding high hopes for the rest of it.

[rumbot]

OMG SURF



Author's Husband



le book via amazon.

[Hobospartan]

Catching up on my 'shit I needed to read years ago list'

Read Animal Farm yesterday.

Also started Sourcery after finishing that, intending to only read a little bit.  I actually read the first quarter of the book, and stayed up to 03:45.  Worth it.

[Didzo]

Read Roadside Picnic. It's a 70s Russian science fiction novel which the S.T.A.L.K.E.R series was inspired by. It's simply written and has a raw and real feel to it and offers a perspective on first contact different from most other material. This book creeped me out at times, and books don't often do that to me. I recommend it.

[zaneyard]

I've finally finished The Dark Tower series (save for "The Wind Through The Keyhole") and I have to say I absolutely love the ending and the entire story. After seeing "Worst ending in the history of literature" in the reviews section on accident on the Google Play store page, I was a bit worried about what I'd find at the end of the book.

I grew up reading the Harry Potter books and read them as they came out, and I think for that reason they affected me over a longer period of time and influenced me a little more emotionally than this story, but I really feel that this is the best story I've ever read. I almost want to go back and re-read the entire series, almost surely missing some things in King's descriptive writing, but I know I won't because of how my attention span works around things I already know.

I think I'm going to read The Wind Through The Keyhole next.

I might go and read some of King's other books linked to the story after.

[at0m]

Aka almost all of them

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[zaneyard]

Aka almost all of them

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I've read quite a few but I never had even heard of Insomnia or The Stand before I read these books.

[Greatbacon]

I've been reading the Count of Monte Cristo.  This thing is thick but it's really quite engaging.  Kinda makes me want to learn French and read it in the original.

[Squishy3]

[quote author=atm0m link=topic=1145.msg280342#msg280342 date=1407460085]
Aka almost all of them

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I've read quite a few but I never had even heard of Insomnia or The Stand before I read these books.
[/quote]The Stand also has a somewhat decent TV show with Gary Sinise and Rob Lowe in addition to motherfucking Bill Fagerbakke.

[FlyingMongoose]

I've been reading the Count of Monte Cristo.  This thing is thick but it's really quite engaging.  Kinda makes me want to learn French and read it in the original.

my mother has been trying to get me to read that for a large portion of my life. Says that and Shantaram are the best two books she has ever read.

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[Eschatos]

[quote author=atm0m link=topic=1145.msg280342#msg280342 date=1407460085]
Aka almost all of them

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I've read quite a few but I never had even heard of Insomnia or The Stand before I read these books.
[/quote]

The Stand, yet another example of how Steven King is shit at endings.

[Eschatos]

For anyone who's jonesing for more Game of Thrones since the fifth book came out, check out Joe Abercrombie. His books are just as good, but get published a hell of a lot faster.

[Trace]

Finished Ready Player One and thoroughly enjoyed it. Any recommendations for other good sci-fi in that same vein?

[rumbot]

Finished Ready Player One and thoroughly enjoyed it. Any recommendations for other good sci-fi in that same vein?

You. http://www.blackartsgames.com/

It's in the same vein, but no where near as fun as RP1

[Elder]

[quote author=Greatbacon link=topic=1145.msg280348#msg280348 date=1407466108]
I've been reading the Count of Monte Cristo.  This thing is thick but it's really quite engaging.  Kinda makes me want to learn French and read it in the original.

my mother has been trying to get me to read that for a large portion of my life. Says that and Shantaram are the best two books she has ever read.

Sent from my wireless communicator.


[/quote]

i recommend it highly

[Surf314]

The knew Randall Monroe book is a pretty fun read.

[Coppanuva]

Started reading American Gods the other day since a local sci-fi coffee shop has it as their book club book for October, pretty enjoyable so far. Nice to be reading a book that the words all just make sense and is easy to grasp again (compared to Infinite Jest and a shoddy translation of siddharta).

[Luinbariel]

Mmmmm, American Gods is an awesome read.

[charliesnike]

sword of truth series