june gloom on 20/11/2009 at 05:01
Just wrapped up Fahrenheit 451 today. I'd been reading it little by little for some weeks. The Dan Chaon I had to read for class and I zipped through it in a matter of hours.
I think in honour of my Deus Ex playthrough, The Man Who Was Thursday is next.
Aja on 20/11/2009 at 06:13
Quote Posted by Stitch
as soon as I wrap up The Great Gatsby.
now there's a fuckin' book!
I recommend everyone read Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathaniel West. It'll take you maybe 2 hours but then at least that long afterwards to recover.
Matthew on 20/11/2009 at 12:25
Now reading the Battle for the Infinite trilogy by John W Campbell. Next on the list is Santa Olivia by Jacqueline Carey.
Spock on 20/11/2009 at 14:35
I just finished a series of 3 SciFi books that start with "(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man%27s_War) Old Man's War". I found the series extremely well written and the premise at least slightly logical. There is a fourth book that presents the last in the series from a different protagonists view point but I'm not sure I will get that one ... might just check it out of the library first to see if it's worth adding to my library.
Celtic_Thief on 20/11/2009 at 15:42
Well, I haven't started a new book yet, but I have read in the past month: Rant and Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk, Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt, Cell by Stephen King, Bravo Two Zero by Andy McNab, Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, and Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins. Sitting on a fire base in Afghanistan gets pretty boring.
Stitch on 20/11/2009 at 17:20
Quote Posted by Aja
now there's a fuckin' book!
You're goddamn right. I actually somehow missed the Gatsby experience during my years as a scholar, so I'm a little late to the party.
But damn :cool:
Spock on 20/11/2009 at 19:16
Quote Posted by Celtic_Thief
... Sitting on a fire base in Afghanistan gets pretty boring.
My condolences. I remember working the flight deck as a Plane Captain, waiting/hoping for my Plane to return from a strike mission over Viet Nam. Most of the time they returned, sometimes they didn't. :(
I remember 24 hour Flight Ops.
I remember watching the (
http://www.forrestal.org/fidfacts/page13.htm) USS Forrestal burning on the horizon.
I remember being so tired we would sleep on top of bombs in their carts waiting to be loaded for the next launch while we waited for our A/C to return.
I remember having planes come back with holes in the wings and/or fuselage that were so big you could put your fist in them with room to spare and having the holes 'patched' with ordinance tape so they could be turned around and launched for the next strike.
I remember the 'welcome' we got when we returned to the States, especially being called a 'baby killer'.
I remember the smell of burned human flesh when we were deployed on the USS Forrestal the following year and I was assigned to sleep in one of the same berthing compartments that had been under the flight deck during the fire.
I hope you return safe with no physical or mental damage but realize that even with a safe return, you will never be the same for your experience. I just hope you don't have to live with the bitterness that a lot of us still feel towards our effort to support our country.
I hope you don't have near as much to remember ...
D'Juhn Keep on 20/11/2009 at 20:14
What the hell is up with "wrapping up" a book?
I'd just like to recommend Day of the Triffids as it's fantastic.
june gloom on 20/11/2009 at 20:39
Thanks, but I already have a physical copy ;)
Also,
Invisible Monsters is one of the most depressing books I've ever read.
