frozenman on 20/10/2009 at 01:14
Rolling a fat J(oyce) as well, reading Dubliners. I read Ulysses several years back and I'm afraid not much stuck, so I'm reading his other stuff first before I give it another shot. I quite liked A Portrait...
fett on 20/10/2009 at 01:35
Off to get the new Discworld tomorrow. Can't wait, and worried it may be the last...
I assume it's an Unseen University one?
Currently reading Garth Nix's excellent YA fantasy Sabriel series.
Aja on 20/10/2009 at 02:00
Quote Posted by frozenman
Rolling a fat J(oyce) as well, reading
Dubliners. I read
Ulysses several years back and I'm afraid not much stuck, so I'm reading his other stuff first before I give it another shot. I quite liked
A Portrait...I just finished Dubliners, and I'll say it definitely had a few knockouts. "Araby," "A Little Cloud," and "The Dead" are all brilliant.
Angel Dust on 20/10/2009 at 02:26
Have you seen the John Huston film of The Dead? I thought it was fantastic but I have not read the story so I have no idea how well it compares. The general consensus seems to be that is was a worthy adaptation.
I'm currently reading Devils by Dostoevsky and am enjoying it a lot, even if I am having to do the 'flip to the notes' thing every few pages. Previously I had read The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, a surprisingly comic tale of a young woman's struggle with depression, and 100 Years Of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, which was one hell of a book and contained some of the most downright beautiful writing I've ever read. The ending in particular was breathtaking and it beautifully balances both the whimsical and the darker stuff. Anyone have recommendations of what to read next from "Gabo"?
june gloom on 20/10/2009 at 03:23
Been reading Jonathan Maberry's Patient Zero. Puts an interesting twist on zombie stuff by tying it in to Islamic terrorism, though there seems to be your typical ZombCorp behind it all.
It's subtitled "A Joe Ledger Novel" which tells me there's probably going to be a number of books with the main character (aptly named Joe Ledger.)
Not a bad book, all in all. Glad I picked it up on a whim.
mxleader on 20/10/2009 at 03:28
"The Falconer's Tale" by Gordon Kent.
Not as good as earlier works.
Renzatic on 20/10/2009 at 05:14
I just got through reading House of Leaves. Let me tell you, my opinion is rather conflicted. When the novel focused on Johnny Truant, it felt a little flat. When the Zampano character launches into a huge pages long tirade on the properties of echoes or some other inane subject, usually interrupting an interesting part of the book while he's at it, things would go straight up boring. But when it focused on The Navidson Records, it was a riveting read.
I'm gonna settle and say it was a good book. I'd recommend it, though with reservations in tow.
Namdrol on 20/10/2009 at 06:40
Quote Posted by fett
Off to get the new Discworld tomorrow. Can't wait, and worried it may be the last...
I assume it's an Unseen University one?
All about football, (soccer ;)) and the UU.
I thought it had a slightly different style, the speech seemed more natural (more disjointed) which I guess is due to being dictated.
Apparently there's another Tiffany Aching due from him soon.
Terry Pratchetts are the only books I buy in hardback.
Matthew on 21/10/2009 at 10:16
Bulfinch's Mythology.
Andarthiel on 21/10/2009 at 11:02
The Diamon Age by Neal Stephenson. Borrowed it fro a friend as part of my latest obsession with -punk books. It's very interesting and has some intriguing characters. The nanotech is pretty cool and I like the re-emerging cultures they have in it.
