Author Topic: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings (Read 289564 times)

ozzy554 · « **Reply #350 on:** February 10, 2015, 09:53:30 PM »

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on February 07, 2015, 11:14:50 AM

Quote from: ozzy554 on February 07, 2015, 08:55:36 AM
I'm In the middle of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, really liking it so far.
First time?

Yes it is, Its sense of humor is right up my alley. I feel like I should've read it long before now.

Jaffa · « **Reply #351 on:** February 11, 2015, 10:57:00 PM »

Quote from: Jaffa on February 08, 2015, 03:46:19 PM

Mort(e), by Robert Repino.

Awesome book so far.

Yeah, great book. Sort of a cross between Animal Farm and a post-apocalyptic sci-fi war epic.

masterthes · « **Reply #352 on:** February 12, 2015, 06:42:57 AM »

The Book Of Illusions by Paul Auster

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #353 on:** February 12, 2015, 06:53:20 AM »

Quote from: ozzy554 on February 10, 2015, 09:53:30 PM

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on February 07, 2015, 11:14:50 AM
Quote from: ozzy554 on February 07, 2015, 08:55:36 AM
I'm In the middle of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, really liking it so far.
First time?

Yes it is, Its sense of humor is right up my alley. I feel like I should've read it long before now.

That's because you should've lol

One of my all-time favorites.

Once you finish all five books of the trilogy, read both Dirk Gently novels, and then finish it off with The Salmon of Doubt.

masterthes · « **Reply #354 on:** February 12, 2015, 08:24:09 AM »

Almost forgot about Salmon of Doubt. Maybe I shall read that next. Thank you good sir

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #355 on:** February 12, 2015, 10:00:30 AM »

*bows with a flourish*

masterthes · « **Reply #356 on:** February 17, 2015, 07:42:18 AM »

Unfortunately, the ebook version I have is for crap, so I'll have to wait to find a better version

In the meantime, Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett

bout to crash · « **Reply #357 on:** February 17, 2015, 09:02:56 AM »

I'm reading Spaceman Blues by Brian Francis Slattery on a friend's recommendation but I'm still not quite sure how I feel about it. Anybody?

Fluffy Lothario · « **Reply #358 on:** February 17, 2015, 04:57:46 PM »

Reading No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam, by Reza Aslan.

At the moment, I'm still early in the book, dealing with the life of Muhammad. I have a feel for the events of his life from a documentary I saw about him and another book I read, so it's really interesting to see how they're handled by an extremely knowledgeable modern liberal Muslim. For example, he's happy to bring up and shoot down common Islamic traditional beliefs that he feels are baseless, like Muhammad being illiterate, Muhammad being completely pure of outside influence from other monotheistic religions when he made his revelations, etc. And he freely explores the touchier topics, like Islam's treatment of women and the genocide of the Jews. Yet, unless he comes back to it later, he didn't even mention the Satanic Verses.

Scard · « **Reply #359 on:** February 17, 2015, 06:20:20 PM »

The City & The City - China Mieville

ariich · « **Reply #360 on:** February 18, 2015, 09:10:27 AM »

Quote from: masterthes on February 17, 2015, 07:42:18 AM

In the meantime, Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett

I'm currently reading Origin by Stephen Baxter (the final part of a rather unusual sci-fi trilogy), and also working my way through Sandman 10: The Wake by Neil Gaiman. This series is so damn good.

ozzy554 · « **Reply #361 on:** February 18, 2015, 11:29:07 AM »

Just started Have A Nice Day: A Tale Of Blood And Sweatsocks by Mick Foley. As A wrestling fan i've been wanting to get around to this one for a while.

I also picked up The Colour Of Magic By Terry Pratchett to read after it.

masterthes · « **Reply #362 on:** February 19, 2015, 07:05:22 AM »

Every time I finish a Discworld book, I can't help but feel a bit depressed that such a brilliant mind has been struck down with Alzheimers. Such a shame.

Anyway, going to give The Magicians by Lev Grossman a try

adace · « **Reply #363 on:** February 21, 2015, 10:47:40 PM »

The Third Target by Joel Rosenberg. Good action, very intriguing and timely plot, but the cliffhanger ending left me disappointed. Also, the chapter where the author basically espouses his Christian beliefs through one of his characters was way too long and completely irrelevant to the story. Seems like he just shoehorned it in because he wanted to proselytize to his audience.

But I'd still give a 4/5.

masterthes · « **Reply #364 on:** February 22, 2015, 10:12:10 AM »

Now reading the sequel, The Magician King

Sacul · « **Reply #365 on:** February 22, 2015, 03:19:09 PM »

Rereading Maths and Physics, by My College. Wonderful, specially the chapter on Functions and graphs - I understood everything

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ozzy554 · « **Reply #366 on:** February 23, 2015, 10:27:51 AM »

I loved Have A Nice Day: A Tale Of Blood And Sweatsocks although it was a bit long.

Now time to read my first discworld book.

masterthes · « **Reply #367 on:** February 23, 2015, 11:37:10 AM »

Have A Nice Day is awesome. I haven't read his last two books, but from what I gather, the first one is easily his best, certainly better than Foley Is Good

Where are you starting your love for Discworld?

ozzy554 · « **Reply #368 on:** February 23, 2015, 12:13:35 PM »

Quote from: masterthes on February 23, 2015, 11:37:10 AM

Have A Nice Day is awesome. I haven't read his last two books, but from what I gather, the first one is easily his best, certainly better than Foley Is Good

Where are you starting your love for Discworld?

The colour of magic. I always like to start at the beginning.

ariich · « **Reply #369 on:** February 23, 2015, 12:44:36 PM »

Quote from: ozzy554 on February 23, 2015, 12:13:35 PM

Quote from: masterthes on February 23, 2015, 11:37:10 AM
Have A Nice Day is awesome. I haven't read his last two books, but from what I gather, the first one is easily his best, certainly better than Foley Is Good

Where are you starting your love for Discworld?

The colour of magic. I always like to start at the beginning.

Great stuff! Unusually for the series, the first two books are a two-parter (never happened again after that - a number of characters and settings return but always with a new story). It's a lot of fun, great humour and imagination, but in my opinion definitely suffers from trying to incoporate a few too many ideas. For me, the third book is where the series starts getting really good.

masterthes · « **Reply #370 on:** February 24, 2015, 07:38:30 AM »

For some reason, Equal Rites was one of my least favorite books in the series. Anyway, have fun getting into the Discworld

ariich · « **Reply #371 on:** February 24, 2015, 08:35:30 AM »

It wasn't amazing, but it had a bit more coherence to it than the first two, I thought. Sorcery is the first great one though, in my opinion.

masterthes · « **Reply #372 on:** February 27, 2015, 06:25:57 AM »

Finishing up the series with The Magician's Land

ozzy554 · « **Reply #373 on:** February 27, 2015, 10:22:23 AM »

I really liked the colour of magic, although at some points it had me scratching my head in confusion. I don't know if it was the combination of the original british version and my stupid american brain or if it can be a bit confusing at first.

Well seeing as The Light Fantastic follows directly after it I might as well just jump into that one.

masterthes · « **Reply #374 on:** February 27, 2015, 11:03:48 AM »

Not just you. it took me a long while to understand some of the stuff. The Light Fantastic is much better

ozzy554 · « **Reply #375 on:** March 05, 2015, 01:11:52 PM »

I really liked the light fantastic. it was much more straight forward and easier to follow than the first.

And now for something completely different, Batman: Hush

masterthes · « **Reply #376 on:** March 06, 2015, 04:33:30 AM »

Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson

Sacul · « **Reply #377 on:** March 06, 2015, 07:35:04 PM »

Shit, I still haven't finished any of the books I'm currently reading

- although I'm making some progress on The Fool's Errand, 'cause around the middle it finally gets interesting.

ozzy554 · « **Reply #378 on:** March 10, 2015, 11:43:10 AM »

currently in the middle of heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill

Sacul · « **Reply #379 on:** March 11, 2015, 09:10:17 PM »

Finally, after more than a month of having it, I managed to finish The Fool's Errand by Robin Hobb. I liked it, a bit more than the last book on the Farseer Trilogy, which was neither bad nor too good IMO. Some thoughts with spoilers is anybody's interested.

The first half is quite slow and boring. But after that, it significantly improved. But, boy, why did Nighteyes have to die? He was my fav character along with the Fool. But I guess his death was fair - he was old, had serious injuries, and keeping him alive just for the sake of it would have been pointless. It makes sense, but I almost cried when it happened. Poor Fitz, and damn you Hobb - the guy already had a miserable life, and you did this to him? That's cruel.

I'm considering if stopping with Hobb's world now and read something else, or to start with the following book, The Golden Fool.

ariich · « **Reply #380 on:** March 12, 2015, 02:36:35 AM »

I recently finally finished the main part of Neil Gaiman's Sandman series of graphic novels. Damn that was some powerful stuff. Now just got Endless Nights to read and then probably some of the spin-offy ones like Dream Hunters.

On a related note, I'm currently reading Neil Gaiman - The Ocean at the End of the Lane. I love basically everything Gaiman has written so I'm confident I'm going to like this.

I've also just started reading Peter F. Hamilton - Pandora's Star. Anyone here read any Hamilton? It seems like wonderfully rich sci-fi with a big cast of characters and complex stories. Strikes me as a sort of sci-fi version of George R R Martin in some ways.

masterthes · « **Reply #381 on:** March 12, 2015, 03:10:36 PM »

Taking a break with Quicksilver to do a Pratchett marathon, starting with The Last Hero

Jarlaxle · « **Reply #382 on:** March 12, 2015, 08:57:10 PM »

After finishing A Dance With Dragons about a month ago I haven't felt the desire to read. I started a new book and was like "this isn't as good as ASOIAF" and haven't been able to get back into reading since.

Sacul · « **Reply #383 on:** March 13, 2015, 09:25:13 AM »

If that new book is on a fantasy setting, I can understand your situation

. Maybe you should try something totally different, like crime, horror, realistic fiction, or even a good nonfiction book.

Dimitrius · « **Reply #384 on:** March 13, 2015, 01:42:45 PM »

Quote from: Jarlaxle on March 12, 2015, 08:57:10 PM

After finishing A Dance With Dragons about a month ago I haven't felt the desire to read. I started a new book and was like "this isn't as good as ASOIAF" and haven't been able to get back into reading since.

Get Joe Abercrombie's The First Law trilogy and you won't be saying that!

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Author Topic: The Currently Reading Thread v. A Clash of Kings (Read 289564 times)