What are you reading? -

OddjobAbe · #31 08-01-2008, 10:51 PM

'Paul McCarthy's Bar', by Paul McCarthy (you don't say).

VERY funny. The way he is cynical towards tourist attractions reminds me of myself.

Biggy Bro Slig · #32 08-02-2008, 07:31 AM

I'm reading War of the Ancients Trilogy (Warcraft) on Book 2 at the moment, - The Demon Soul.

I like fantasy, and besides, it gets me reading something else other than your mind.

Wings of Fire · #33 08-02-2008, 07:58 AM

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I'm reading War of the Ancients Trilogy (Warcraft) on Book 2 at the moment, - The Demon Soul.

I like fantasy, and besides, it gets me reading something else other than your mind.

That trilogy is actually very good for a game to book conversion I read them last year on holiday and I was pleasantly surprised, far and away the best Warcraft novel I've read.

Finished Science of the Discworld so now while I wait till I have enough money to buy no. 3 I shall start to put a dent in the considerable collection of Warhammer novels my brother has amassed over the years.

abe619 · #34 08-09-2008, 12:14 AM

oddworld forums lol

OANST · #35 08-10-2008, 12:19 PM

Yes. Lol, indeed.

I'm reading Preacher. It's decent.

Mac Sirloin · #36 08-10-2008, 01:25 PM

Reading through omse of my various The Onion books, dispatches from the 10th circle is probably the best of the three I own.

Laser · #37 08-11-2008, 01:32 AM

I just finished watching "The Colour Of Magic" and it made me feel like reading a Terry Pratchett novel...

Which, in your opinion is the best book by him?

Which is good for a first time reader of Terry Pratchett?

Cheers for the help

OddjobAbe · #38 08-11-2008, 02:22 AM

Laser, 'Night Watch' (I think that's what it was called) is a good one, you might want to read that.

Alternatively, you could read 'The Colour of Magic', which you saw on film. It's a pretty funny one, as a lot of them are.

***Nate*** · #39 08-11-2008, 04:20 AM

Whilst Night Watch is an excellent book, it would be a tough one to start with. I'd recommend Guards Guards or one of the Lancre books (starts with Wyrd Sisters but Lords and Ladies was the first one I read and I loved it).

***Xavier*** · #40 08-11-2008, 05:31 AM

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Freakonomics...Not terribly great so far IMHO.

I had to read it for uni, I thought it was a nice book for once (considering I had a question about it during my exam)

I'm listening my way trough the discworld novels audiobooks, I'm currently listening to Pyramids, I have a lot left to go

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And I'm currently reading "The best New Horror" of 1995 (edited by Stephen Jones), one of my mother's books. I keep discovering we had much more common tastes in literature then I suspected.

Havoc · #41 08-11-2008, 06:04 AM

I'm currently reading Stephen King - The Dark Tower II: Drawing of the Three

Bullet Magnet · #42 08-11-2008, 09:23 AM

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Which, in your opinion is the best book by him?

Which is good for a first time reader of Terry Pratchett?

I love the Unseen University faculty books. The wizards. I recommend The Last Hero for a first timer and in general. It's relatively short, brilliantly introduces several major players, locations and parodies of Discworld, and is wonderfully illustrated by Paul Kidby, Pratchett's latest enslaved artist.

And its got both the Silver Horde and the UU faculty. Only Interesting Times can say that too.

***Xavier*** · #43 08-11-2008, 10:05 AM

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I love the Unseen University faculty books. The wizards. I recommend The Last Hero for a first timer and in general. It's relatively short, brilliantly introduces several major players, locations and parodies of Discworld, and is wonderfully illustrated by Paul Kidby, Pratchett's latest enslaved artist.

And its got both the Silver Horde and the UU faculty. Only Interesting Times can say that too.

Funny, it's actually the first book of the discworld series that I've read, I got it for nearly nothing, hard cover all black and gold.

Wings of Fire · #44 08-12-2008, 06:37 AM

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I just finished watching "The Colour Of Magic" and it made me feel like reading a Terry Pratchett novel...

Which, in your opinion is the best book by him?

Which is good for a first time reader of Terry Pratchett?

Cheers for the help

In my opinion Moving Pictures is where Discworld stops being good and starts to become...something else, I very much recommend it as a first.

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I'm currently reading Stephen King - The Dark Tower II: Drawing of the Three

Part four of that series (Wizard and Glass) is one of my top five favourite books ever, srsly you´ll love it.

Have just finished my Warcraft books (Alright but not recommended to people who are not die-hard fans of the universe) and am back onto the intellectual with Science of the Discworld 3, after that I shall finally get round to reading Stephen King´s Green Mile and see how it shapes up to it´s film conversion.

Mac Sirloin · #45 08-12-2008, 07:59 AM

"What do you think of the South displaying the flag that represented generations of bigotry and oppression in congress?"

"I'm from the South, my daddy's from the South and my daddy's Daddy's from the South. We're all from the South."

"I'd be ashamed to be from the south, now what's this about a flag?"

Also: Bully not so tough since being molested.

I fucking ADORE the Onion.

***Nate*** · #46 08-13-2008, 03:04 AM

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after that I shall finally get round to reading Stephen King´s Green Mile and see how it shapes up to it´s film conversion.

I haven't seen the full film but my vibe of the book was that it was 80% an excellent, atmospheric book and 20% stupid fantasy, feel-good bullshit. Still very worth reading though.

Killy · #47 08-13-2008, 04:59 PM

I'm currently reading two books;
Meša Selimović - Fortress
H.P. Lovecraft - Call of Cthulhu

They're quite different genre-wise, but highly enjoyable.

Godlesswanderer · #48 08-22-2008, 04:22 PM

I'm reading EVE: Empyrean Age, and the Planet Hulk Omnibus.

used:) · #49 08-22-2008, 05:36 PM

I'm about to start Twilight. Maybe I'll get a clue into as to how all the minds of teenage girls have hacked so suddenly.

Facsimile · #50 08-22-2008, 05:36 PM

I am reading Jaco - The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius. The first half is inspiring, the second half is sad...

***Nate*** · #51 08-22-2008, 11:32 PM

I finally finished The Stone Key by Isobelle Carmody earlier this week. It was a hard slog, especially seeing as I only have about 15 minutes a day on the train to read a 1000 page book. Whilst I liked the story and I love the characters, there is something not quite right about a book where one character says to the main character/messiah figure "I heard about XYZ happening and I didn't believe it until someone said you were involved so it made sense".

I just started iWoz, the autobiography of Steve Wozniac which, thus far at least, is hilarious.

Wings of Fire · #52 08-23-2008, 03:17 AM

Just finished Orcs by Stan Nicholls, was very good and could possibly be the best non Pratchett fantasy I´ve read in a long long time. The plot and vividness of the world was awesome and the dialogue was brilliant, if wholly unconventional.

Fantasy creatures yelling ´Fucking bastards´is just so refreshing in an odd way.

Bullet Magnet · #53 08-23-2008, 04:17 AM

I have Orcs, though I haven't started it yet. Perhaps I shall.

OANST · #54 08-23-2008, 04:38 AM

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I'm currently reading Stephen King - The Dark Tower II: Drawing of the Three

Prepare yourself. That series begins a downward spiral of stupidity and hubris that begins in the fourth book and continues to the last. These books are so full of things that contradict themselves that they are almost unreadable. The fact is, he forgot what he wrote in the first couple of books. Also, the ending is typical King. He has made a career out of writing books with nonsensical, anti-climactic endings, and this is no different. In fact, this is one of the worst. The man is a hack.

I'm reading Gulliver's Travels.

Splat · #55 08-28-2008, 01:22 PM

BM, 'Orc's is a truly fantastic book(series), though the plot at times does seem a little forced; it all fits together a little too conveniently. Assuming yu've got the same omnibus addition that I read, the short story at the end is set before the first book, rather than after the last as it's position would suggest; that was a disappointment for me when I read them, so be aware of it in advance.

Really great books though.

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Whilst Night Watch is an excellent book, it would be a tough one to start with. I'd recommend Guards Guards or one of the Lancre books (starts with Wyrd Sisters but Lords and Ladies was the first one I read and I loved it).

Discworld is amazing; I finished 'The Truth' about two weeks ago and will be reading the next pretty much as soon as I buy it.

I'd personally say 'The Fifth Elephant' is one of the best, though I wouldn't recommend reading it first if only because of spoilers. 'The Last Continent' is another great one, but for a first read I'd suggest either 'Guards Guards' cus it's the first in the City Watch plot arc, which is one of the best, 'Small Gods' or 'Moving Pictures' because they're fantastic and fairly stand-alone, or just start at the beginning with 'The Colour of Magic'.
Personally I found the first four not as good as the rest; 5, 6 and 7 (I have the wikipedia list here so I'm not doing this by memory

) are sort of transitional but it's after that that, in my mind, the series takes off and becomes basically incredible.

Oh, and actually the first book in the 'Witches' series (which is also my favourite; man I wish he'd written more after 'Carpe Jugulum) starts with 'Equal Rites', not 'Wyrd Sisters'.

Book I last read was Dracula, which I finished earlier this week; great book, with only a few moments where the olde English was offputting; some great moments though after reading it I was already thinking of a way to improve the ending a little bit

. Better than 'Frankenstein' anyway, which IMHO, was dryer than a particularly dry desert in the middle of the dry season with an extra portion of global warming on the side, and no coke.

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Part four of that series (Wizard and Glass) is one of my top five favourite books ever, srsly you´ll love it.

That's quite handy to know since I was literally going to start reading that book tonight; I got into the series the same way Havoc did in fact.
And I disagree with OANST about book 2 in the series. But then I disagree with OANST about most things, including his sig.

OANST · #56 08-28-2008, 04:35 PM

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That's quite handy to know since I was literally going to start reading that book tonight; I got into the series the same way Havoc did in fact.
And I disagree with OANST about book 2 in the series. But then I disagree with OANST about most things, including his sig.

I never mentioned book 2. I had no problem with that one. It's the fourth where things start to get super shit. And believe me. It gets much, much worse as the series goes on.

Wings of Fire · #57 08-28-2008, 04:41 PM

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I never mentioned book 2. I had no problem with that one. It's the fourth where things start to get super shit. And believe me. It gets much, much worse as the series goes on.

I loved the fourth, it was the last chapter of the fifth I had a problem with, up to and especially the ending of the seventh.

The man even apologises for the ending in the book.

***Wil*** · #58 08-28-2008, 04:53 PM

Have started The Variety of Life by Colin Tudge.

OANST · #59 08-29-2008, 04:57 AM

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I loved the fourth, it was the last chapter of the fifth I had a problem with, up to and especially the ending of the seventh.

The man even apologises for the ending in the book.

The problem I had with the book is that it is the first one in which King obviously forgot the way his world works and what he had previously written. Some of the stuff is small, such as Susan wearing jeans through the whole book while Roland states in The Drawing of the Three that he has never seen the crotch of a woman who wasn't naked before. Other things were major, such as Flagg and the man in black all of a sudden being the same person. Roland has memories of seeing both Flagg and the man in black togethor. Explain that.

Laser · #60 08-29-2008, 05:52 AM

I was forced at gun point to read "To Kill A Mockingbird" by my english teacher...

Biggest. Load. Of. Horse. Shite. Ever