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[AlainNagel]

Vansen Elamber wrote...

George RR Martin and his A Song of Ice and Fire series. One thing to note about this series is that George writes really really slow, usually a 5 year gap between books or more. He is currently working on A Dance with Dragons, and it is expected to be released sometime this summer or fall.

HBO is going to make it into a tv show (one of the roles by Sean Bean):
http://www.slashfilm...lop-a-new-show/

[Panderfringe]

Someone mentioned Lovecraft. I cannot stand that guy's prose.

[7th_Phoenix]

Woah... XD



[runs off to dust off books from her bookcase]

[Mr.Skar]

Panderfringe wrote...

Someone mentioned Lovecraft. I cannot stand that guy's prose.

I think what most people like about Lovecraft is the Mythos he managed to set up. I agree with you, his prose is a bit purple, but he has some cool things going on.

[M8DMAN]

The thing i love about H.P Lovecraft is how deep his stories are, sure his writting maybe a little off by todays standers but back then his stories were mind blowing. Heck some of them still are.

[Archdemon Cthulhu]

Panderfringe wrote...

Someone mentioned Lovecraft. I cannot stand that guy's prose.

My guess is you don't ant to read anything from written from 1850-1940 or so then, with a couple exceptions perhaps.  While I do agree his prose can be thick (though not always), he isn't that different from what was expected at the time.

[Loerwyn]

Lovecraft was a genius, IMHO. His stories are incredibly vivid (more so than some modern tales, Stephen King can very good at helping you visualize too) but if you go into his stories expecting Shock! Horror! then you're "doing it wrong". Lovecraft weaved his web of horror not in spontaneity, but in macabre, horrifying thoughts of forgotten Gods, wastelands and cults.

He can be hard to read, I'll agree, but he's really no different to any other author of that time. Language and prose evolves with time, and as such older texts can be harder to read and understand, therefore harder to appreciate.

[Mr.Skar]

For you Lovecraft fans who either already read Gene Wolfe (yeah yeah broken record over here ) or have yet to experience his work, Wolfe wrote a story using the Lovecraft Mythos. It is called An Evil Guest and it's worth reading. I'm uncertain what time period it's supposed to be set in though. They have warp engines, an alien race you NEVER see (the Wolders of Woldercan), but then the environments have a noir feel to them. It's a book that is hard to pin down.

[Noilly Prat]

Anybody feel like sharing any books they're reading at the moment?  Presently I'm working on:

Iain M. Banks - Use of Weapons
Barry Commoner - Making Peace With the Planet
Tim Weiner - Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

I generally limit myself to one novel at a time, but I'll jump around a bit with the nonfiction.  I have read one of Mr. Banks' books previously-- his first one, The Wasp Factory-- and enjoyed it.  So I thought to give one of his science fiction books a try.  It's got my interest so far.

The Barry Commoner book, which was first published in 1990, shares the same general merits and faults as his earlier books.  He doesn't tend to update his books (or write new ones) very often, so some of the information, particularly with regard to technology and policy, is quite outdated.  But I think his central thesis that our efforts aimed at environmental protection have been largely misguided, due to a fundamental failure to understand the nature of the environmental crisis and to react appropriately to it, stands up very well.  For me, that is the scariest part of Mr. Commoner's work-- that, decades later, despite significant technological advances and some notable policy shifts, his warnings have basically fallen on deaf ears.

The Tim Weiner book on the CIA is an easy to read general history on the founding, growth, and covert and intelligence operations of the Agency.  Some of the material has been extensively covered elsewhere, and is really nothing new to me, but Weiner gives some good insight into the inner workings of the Agency during the Cold War period, some of which has been mostly ignored in other histories on the subject.  Interesting and informative.

[Loerwyn]

I can't decide what to read.

I might just sit myself down tomorrow and go through "The Stepsister Scheme" by Jim C. Hines.

[Hubb-]

I've always been a big fan of Philip K Dick.

[TippertonThistledown]

I just finished Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials and am now reading Richard Marcinko's Rogue Warrior series of books. At least the ones that are available for the Kindle anyway, some aren't yet.

I'm also reading Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series and am currently waiting for book ten, Crossroads of Twilight to be released for the Kindle. They are releasing one book of the series each month so it should be available in about six months.

Modifié par TippertonThistledown, 07 mars 2010 - 02:27 .

[Loerwyn]

I've decided that I've got to read "The Dark Tower #7: The Dark Tower" by King before I forget everything. Plus it gets a series done and out of the way instead of drawing it out.

[TippertonThistledown]

I've only read one of King's books, The Stand. It was OK but didn't encourage me to read any of his other books.

The one exception is The Running Man. This book is science fiction rather than the usual super-natural / horror that King writes. Like some of his other books it was also later turned into a movie that I enjoyed, so I will probably read that too.

Modifié par TippertonThistledown, 07 mars 2010 - 02:47 .

[Loerwyn]

I've got the Stand on my bookshelf. It's probably one of the biggest books I own! I've not read it yet, but I do plan to at some point.

[Loerwyn]

I think that's the only edition that's been printed for some time (could be wrong). Think mine clocks in at around 1300 pages D:

[TippertonThistledown]

Steven King is mostly super-natural / horror but I prefer fantasy with some science fiction.

My favorite authors are, J.R.R. Tolkien, Denis McKiernan, and Robert Jordan. I named these three because I have and have read most of their books.

Other authors I've read and enjoyed but have only read one or two books from them are, Tad Williams, Phillip Pullman, Isaac Asimov, Arther C Clarke, and Michael Crichton to name a few.

OnlyShallow89 wrote...
I think that's the only edition that's been printed for some time (could be wrong). Think mine clocks in at around 1300 pages D:

Yeah, The Stand is huge and could easily have been split into a duology or even a trilogy due to it's length.

Modifié par TippertonThistledown, 07 mars 2010 - 03:06 .

[Loerwyn]

When it comes to Fantasy, Stephen King is amazing.

If you've not read it, Tipperton, I really recommend The Eyes of the Dragon. It's not really a long book, but it's an absolutely brilliant read. It's in my favourites along with Tolkien's "The Hobbit"

[TippertonThistledown]

OnlyShallow89 wrote...

If you've not read it, Tipperton, I really recommend The Eyes of the Dragon. It's not really a long book, but it's an absolutely brilliant read. It's in my favourites along with Tolkien's "The Hobbit"

Thanks for the recommendation!  I just added it to my Kindle.

Man I do love the Kindle, it will hold up to 1,500 books so what I do is store books I want to read in it, then delete them after I've read them. I can always re-download purchased books if I want to read it again and since the Kindle looks like a storage device to Windows I backup all my purchased books to my PC as well.

Modifié par TippertonThistledown, 07 mars 2010 - 03:18 .

[Loerwyn]

I prefer having the meaty tomes clogging up my bookcase.

Plus the Kindle won't have the new book smell.

[Mr.Skar]

OnlyShallow89 wrote...

I prefer having the meaty tomes clogging up my bookcase.
Plus the Kindle won't have the new book smell.

This.

So far I can't decide what I want to read next. Trying to figure out if I'm in a sci-fi or fantasy mood, but I think I'm in one of my rare horror moods. I have Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill and Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist (a name I couldn't pronounce without fear of butchering it) on hand for just such an occasion. I guess I'll read those? Otherwise I have Coyote by Allen Steele.

[Panderfringe]

TippertonThistledown wrote...

Yeah, The Stand is huge and could easily have been split into a duology or even a trilogy due to it's length.

Or just cut out the later half entirely. It was interesting up until they tried to get to that rebuilt city.

Mr.Skar wrote...

OnlyShallow89 wrote...

I prefer having the meaty tomes clogging up my bookcase.
Plus the Kindle won't have the new book smell.

This.

So
far I can't decide what I want to read next. Trying to figure out if
I'm in a sci-fi or fantasy mood, but I think I'm in one of my rare
horror moods. I have Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill and Let The Right One
In by John Ajvide Lindqvist (a name I couldn't pronounce without fear
of butchering it) on hand for just such an occasion. I guess I'll read
those? Otherwise I have Coyote by Allen Steele.

If you want an interesting horror read, try House of Leaves.

Modifié par Panderfringe, 07 mars 2010 - 09:13 .

[TippertonThistledown]

OnlyShallow89 wrote...
I prefer having the meaty tomes clogging up my bookcase.

To each his own, what I like best about the Kindle is that I can easily set the font size to something I'm comfortable with which is a huge plus when your vision isn't perfect.

OnlyShallow89 wrote...
Plus the Kindle won't have the new book smell.

When I buy a book, it's to read it, not sniff it like it was a flower.

Modifié par TippertonThistledown, 10 mars 2010 - 08:31 .

[Loerwyn]

TippertonThistledown wrote...
To each his own, what I like best about the Kindle is that I can easily set the font size to something I'm comfortable with which is a huge plus when your vision isn't perfect.

If the Kindle was a lot cheaper I'd consider it.
But for now it's cheaper (and easier) for me to just get the books