Andarthiel on 3/6/2009 at 15:28
Reading Lirael by Garth Nix, part two of the Old Kingdom trilogy. I read the first part in high school, it was called Sabriel and then I thought it was pretty mature for my high school library to have it. But anywho it's a pretty interesting novel set in technomagic steampunk world(similar to the setting of Arcanum) and the plot mainly involves the Abhorsen(people who use Death Magic to fight against necromancers and put the dead to rest using bells) and their enemies the necromancers. This part mostly concerns Lirael(a girl that comes from a group of clairvoyant people called.......the Clayr, duh) who's trying to find her destiny and Sameth(prince and son of Sabriel, an Abhorsen and heroine of the first book). Their stories sort of intertwine at the end and it gets pretty intense when Sam has to survive against the minions of the enemy necromancer using his limited knowledge of magic. For a fantasy book it's very nicely set out and has some great characters and isn't too focused on action.
The next book I'll be reading is Neuromancer by William Gibson.
Phyre on 4/6/2009 at 08:04
For the moment I'm reading Faerie Tale by Raymond E. Feist. Mostly because my brother loves his stuff and keeps trying to convince me to give it another try (first one was Magician: Apprentice, just couldn't get into it).
I have to say that I feel like a bit of a philistine looking at the books some of you are reading; my 'To read' stack is mostly comprised of fantasy/scifi fluff.
rachel on 4/6/2009 at 09:35
I just received my copy of T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom, the complete 1922 Oxford text. I've been wanting to read it for years. w00t :D
gunsmoke on 4/6/2009 at 16:40
Kerouac-On the Road
And a non-fiction training book, The Dog Whisperer by Jan Fennell
Oh yeah, I just finished John Grisham's A Painted House. Damn good book.
june gloom on 4/6/2009 at 17:31
I finished up Roadside Picnic finally. I think I'm going to start on Kim Robinson's Three California's triptych, which I've had for over a year and never actually read.
sh0ck3r on 4/6/2009 at 20:26
I blazed through the Benjy section of the Sound and the Fury but got bored in the Quentin section (it was too clearly derived from Joyce and Woolf) and then picked up Anna Karenina, which is a fantastic book.
For people who like "stream of consciousness" writing, I recommend Molloy by Samuel Beckett. I think that was the last real development in world literature even if I'm in a minority for that view. The trilogy it is part of is Beckett's crowning achievement, even though he is almost singularly known for Godot. Stream of consciousness is actually a misnomer for Molloy. I would call it a savagely honest and curious monologue that is shorn of familiar literary conventions and charged with psychosis and the blackest humor. It combines literature, philosophy and theory. If Ulysses is style-based and Joyce perhaps never trumped the content of Dubliners but rather stayed in that domain while innovating in form, then Molloy is heavily content-based and is anti-form. In fact, it was originally written in French because Beckett thought the French language better for delivering a lack of style. If while reading Ulysses you feel you can read page upon page and retain nothing, I assure you Molloy will deliver a cerebral mindfuck. I would love to hear your thoughts on it if you are curious enough to pick it up.
You can look at it here:
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http://books.google.ca/books?id=Ln6b8y8M1gsC&dq=molloy+samuel+beckett&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=KYG9Wd85rS&sig=dghEZVrp6H1dD9UBJpdvyEu38OA&hl=en&ei=tSsoSpOjF-KwmAflj9yKCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7#PRA1-PA5,M1)
thefonz on 4/6/2009 at 20:47
A few graphic novels "comics" if you will:
Grabbed all four volumes of "52" and currently near the end of vol3. HIGHLY recommend this.
Old Man Logan
Couple of Hellboy volumes.
Scott Pilgrim (all 5).
Awesome reads.
june gloom on 4/6/2009 at 21:25
Read The Walking Dead. Great series.
Aja on 4/6/2009 at 22:40
Quote Posted by sh0ck3r
I blazed through the Benjy section of the Sound and the Fury but got bored in the Quentin section (it was too clearly derived from Joyce and Woolf) and then picked up Anna Karenina, which is a fantastic book.
The Quentin section is probably the most difficult to read but you shouldn't have given up. I was reading it a few months ago, wired on americanos, super-alert, and by the end it practically had me in tears even though I wasn't entirely sure what was happening. The last few pages of that chapter are monumental.
