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What are you reading?; discuss literature here
Topic Started: Nov 18 2010, 12:13 AM (225,418 Views)
Nightwriter	Nov 18 2010, 05:10 AM Post #21
Administrator Posts: 11,385 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: November 4, 2010 Gender Female	The last nonfiction book I read was an Ann Rule book. The Stranger Beside Me. Haven't picked up a nonfiction book since.



Drunken Pyromaniac	Nov 18 2010, 05:22 AM Post #22
Mr. Crankypants Posts: 1,719 Group: Character Member #18 Joined: November 11, 2010 Gender Male Favorite Character Jack, Ashley, Shepard, and Hawke	I dunno, I really enjoy certain kinds of non-fiction books. I'm weird though so...meh.



AntiChri5	Nov 18 2010, 05:37 AM Post #23
Spiral Champion Posts: 13,578 Group: Chris Member #5 Joined: November 8, 2010 Gender Male Favorite Character Harry Dresden, Simon The Digger, Viral, The Mighty Kamina. Preferred Love Interest Nightwriter	The Hitchikers guide to the galaxy is awesome. How far into it are you? And Pratchet ftw!



Nightwriter	Nov 18 2010, 05:45 AM Post #24
Administrator Posts: 11,385 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: November 4, 2010 Gender Female	Zaphod just got visited by his dead great-grandfather, who zapped him across the galaxy. I must say, the movie very much misrepresented Zaphod. I thought he was a total idiot. I mean, in the books, he's not an intelligent man by any stretch - but he's not a total, rambling buffoon. In the movie I kept wondering, "Why don't they just leave this guy at an intergalactic bus stop or something?"



MarkusWhatever	Nov 18 2010, 09:53 AM Post #25
Guru Posts: 3,397 Group: Character Member #14 Joined: November 10, 2010 Gender It's a mystery! Favorite Character currently: None	I haven't read a book in a long time. When I was younger I used to plow through books quickly. Anybody's got a recommendation?



Gurthang	Nov 18 2010, 11:13 AM Post #26
Fanatical Proghead Posts: 2,026 Group: Haventh Member #28 Joined: November 13, 2010 Gender Male Favorite Character Lelouch/Zero, Uzumaki Naruto, Ayasuji Tsukasa	I just finished reading Mass Effect: Ascension, next book i will read is Mass Effect: Retribution. If you are into forgotten realms fantasy, i suggest The Dark Elf Trilogy by R.A Salvatore. Edited by Gurthang, Nov 18 2010, 11:14 AM.
	"Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose." - Helen Keller "If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." - George Washington �Without music, life would be a mistake.� - Friedrich Nietzsche "Love is love's reward." - John Dryden Origin: Gwaith_Suul


Elyvern	Nov 18 2010, 11:27 AM Post #27
Misanthrope Posts: 1,532 Group: Character Member #11 Joined: November 10, 2010 Gender It's a mystery! Favorite Character Miranda	Reading Ray Kurzwell's The Singularity is Near at the moment. I'm fascinated with cybernetics and AIs lately.



Ieldra	Nov 18 2010, 11:53 AM Post #28
Alien Wizard Posts: 2,169 Group: Character Member #4 Joined: November 8, 2010 Gender It's a mystery! Favorite Character Miranda Lawson	Currently reading: "Terminal Worlds" by Alastair Reynolds "Imager's Challenge" by L E Modesitt Jr. "Legacy" by Lois McMaster Bujold (probably won't finish that one) I'm also trying to make myself start on "Dust of Dreams" by Steven Erikson. That series has gotten so sprawling that it's harder and harder to recall the plot and get into it with every new book that appears. Thankfully volume 10 "The Crippled God" will be the last one.
	"Let us build ships that travel the celestial aether, and there will be men who do not fear the empty spaces" -- Johannes Kepler, Dissertatio cum Nuncio Sidereo, 1610 "[...] the real heroes don't save princesses. Real heroes uncover the secrets of the universe." -- abstractwhiz about science.


Elyvern	Nov 18 2010, 11:55 AM Post #29
Misanthrope Posts: 1,532 Group: Character Member #11 Joined: November 10, 2010 Gender It's a mystery! Favorite Character Miranda	Bujold has a book titled "Legacy"? since when?



Ieldra	Nov 18 2010, 11:58 AM Post #30
Alien Wizard Posts: 2,169 Group: Character Member #4 Joined: November 8, 2010 Gender It's a mystery! Favorite Character Miranda Lawson	Elyvern Nov 18 2010, 11:55 AM Bujold has a book titled "Legacy"? since when? It's book 2 (of currently 4) of the series "The Sharing Knife".
	"Let us build ships that travel the celestial aether, and there will be men who do not fear the empty spaces" -- Johannes Kepler, Dissertatio cum Nuncio Sidereo, 1610 "[...] the real heroes don't save princesses. Real heroes uncover the secrets of the universe." -- abstractwhiz about science.


Elyvern	Nov 18 2010, 11:59 AM Post #31
Misanthrope Posts: 1,532 Group: Character Member #11 Joined: November 10, 2010 Gender It's a mystery! Favorite Character Miranda	O M G...eeeeeek. I stopped reading that series from Book one. Yikes, Ieldra, if your experience of Bujold is based on that series, burn it, I say, burn it!!!



Ieldra	Nov 18 2010, 12:25 PM Post #32
Alien Wizard Posts: 2,169 Group: Character Member #4 Joined: November 8, 2010 Gender It's a mystery! Favorite Character Miranda Lawson	Elyvern Nov 18 2010, 11:59 AM O M G...eeeeeek. I stopped reading that series from Book one. Yikes, Ieldra, if your experience of Bujold is based on that series, burn it, I say, burn it!!! No, not entirely based on those books, thankfully. I have read a few of the early Vorkosigan books and The Curse of Chalion and its two sequels. All good reads, though I still don't understand the level of praise she gets.
	"Let us build ships that travel the celestial aether, and there will be men who do not fear the empty spaces" -- Johannes Kepler, Dissertatio cum Nuncio Sidereo, 1610 "[...] the real heroes don't save princesses. Real heroes uncover the secrets of the universe." -- abstractwhiz about science.


Elyvern	Nov 18 2010, 12:36 PM Post #33
Misanthrope Posts: 1,532 Group: Character Member #11 Joined: November 10, 2010 Gender It's a mystery! Favorite Character Miranda	Ieldra Nov 18 2010, 12:25 PM Elyvern Nov 18 2010, 11:59 AM O M G...eeeeeek. I stopped reading that series from Book one. Yikes, Ieldra, if your experience of Bujold is based on that series, burn it, I say, burn it!!! No, not entirely based on those books, thankfully. I have read a few of the early Vorkosigan books and The Curse of Chalion and its two sequels. All good reads, though I still don't understand the level of praise she gets. Personally, Bujold is very hit-and-miss for me. Her fantasy writing doesn't interest me at all. She has more than a streak of romance writer vibe to her and it comes across very obviously in certain books like "A Civil Campaign" and all of her fantasy novels. Admittedly, her space opera doesn't contain much in terms of groundbreaking ideas and such, but I feel she's very good at portraying human conflict and struggles against the backdrop of galatic wars and political events that compel ordinary people into making difficult choices and becoming reluctant heroes. Ironically enough, my two favourite books of hers isn't part of the Vorkorsigan series strictly speaking. It's about his parents, Shards of Honour and Barrayar, and how they change during the Escobar invasion and the Barrayar Civil War.



Tommy	Nov 18 2010, 01:56 PM Post #34
Good kid Posts: 19,107 Group: Tommy Member #29 Joined: November 13, 2010 Gender Male Favorite Character Isabela.	Ieldra Nov 18 2010, 11:53 AM Currently reading: "Terminal Worlds" by Alastair Reynolds
	"And the day came when it hit me like lightning through my veins A sudden change in my groove, in my walk I got my lion heart and electric flowing through my brain Shocking waves make me feel I can float It's like this city is mine and the dark is my cave I can't explain this sudden peace in my walk, I sure hope I'm living my life as if I got powers And tonight I feel immortal I said tonight I feel immortal" -Immortal, by Kid Cudi


Ieldra	Nov 18 2010, 02:04 PM Post #35
Alien Wizard Posts: 2,169 Group: Character Member #4 Joined: November 8, 2010 Gender It's a mystery! Favorite Character Miranda Lawson	???
	"Let us build ships that travel the celestial aether, and there will be men who do not fear the empty spaces" -- Johannes Kepler, Dissertatio cum Nuncio Sidereo, 1610 "[...] the real heroes don't save princesses. Real heroes uncover the secrets of the universe." -- abstractwhiz about science.


Tommy	Nov 18 2010, 02:07 PM Post #36
Good kid Posts: 19,107 Group: Tommy Member #29 Joined: November 13, 2010 Gender Male Favorite Character Isabela.	Alastair-Alistair. I was being silly lol
	"And the day came when it hit me like lightning through my veins A sudden change in my groove, in my walk I got my lion heart and electric flowing through my brain Shocking waves make me feel I can float It's like this city is mine and the dark is my cave I can't explain this sudden peace in my walk, I sure hope I'm living my life as if I got powers And tonight I feel immortal I said tonight I feel immortal" -Immortal, by Kid Cudi


Cheese Elemental	Nov 18 2010, 02:55 PM Post #37
Lord of All That Is Moe Posts: 3,273 Group: Character Member #30 Joined: November 13, 2010 Gender Male Favorite Character Holo the Wise Preferred Love Interest EssenceEngine	Recently finished reading Metro 2033, which is one of the most depressing books ever. I was almost in tears because of the ending. Glad I read it, though. Can't wait for the sequel to be translated.
	Fuck I'm good; just ask me. Thought for the day: COWARDS DIE IN SHAME.


Drunken Pyromaniac	Nov 19 2010, 05:49 AM Post #38
Mr. Crankypants Posts: 1,719 Group: Character Member #18 Joined: November 11, 2010 Gender Male Favorite Character Jack, Ashley, Shepard, and Hawke	Haventh Nov 18 2010, 11:13 AM If you are into forgotten realms fantasy, i suggest The Dark Elf Trilogy by R.A Salvatore. squees I love that series! I must've read it through four or five times now.



AntiChri5	Nov 19 2010, 06:47 AM Post #39
Spiral Champion Posts: 13,578 Group: Chris Member #5 Joined: November 8, 2010 Gender Male Favorite Character Harry Dresden, Simon The Digger, Viral, The Mighty Kamina. Preferred Love Interest Nightwriter	I have only read it twice.



Nightwriter	Nov 21 2010, 04:17 AM Post #40
Administrator Posts: 11,385 Group: Admin Member #2 Joined: November 4, 2010 Gender Female	Help me out, guys. I'm on book two of the trilogy right now and I'm really struggling to get through it.



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