What are you filthy heathens reading atm?

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Armed Struggle by Richard English.

MagicMarker

Am going to give Blood Meridian another try, I was wholly unprepared for it first time round and gave up after 50 pages. But now I feel in the mood to give it the time most people say it deserves.

magicbastarder

'you are not a gadget' by jaron lanier. a bit hand-wavy so far (am only 40 pages in), but a thought provoking read.

DapperGent

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Enders game, yes I know the author is a douche or whatever. Great book. What order do you suggest I read the rest in?

I'd read Speaker for the Dead and then Xenocide and then not read anything else on the list. Ever. I can't speak for all of it but I remember the Shadow storyline stuff being really quite bad.

Of his non-Ender work I found what I read of Alvin maker series to be poor, I got all the Homecoming Saga series cheap second hand and it's just absolutely terrible. I really enjoyed Songmaster (though some of it is a bit queasy making after his later personal statements).

The Worthing Saga has some of his most interesting ideas in it. I'm not sure he got it all tied together in the end (it's sort of a combination of short stories and a novella I think) but parts of it are just great.

DazMarz

For about the 20th time, American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. Fashion tips, musical critiques, pornographic sex scenes, blood-drenched snuff murder scenes and jet black humour and satire all mixed together to produce one of the most controversial and seminal novels of all time.

Turtwig

Is that the film

with naked Batman and a chainsaw?

DazMarz

Jernal wrote: »

Is that the film

with naked Batman and a chainsaw?

That's the one...


"I like to dissect girls... did you know I'm utterly insane?"

So many epic quotes from that film. Book is well gorier and graphic, though.

magicbastarder

i read it about fifteen years ago. from what little i can remember, it's a lot of style, but little to take away from it.

Tar.Aldarion

Well Ender's game was fantastic., so that's done already. Onto Speaker for the Dead (1986)

Turtwig

Right that's it. Ender's game is jumping to number one on my list. You guys won't shut up about it. :P So, I gotta know.
Right, so is it just Ender's or are there more in series worth reading? Ta, very much in advance. Oh and how I hate yez. Making me want to read a whole host of books that I'll probably never get the chance to read.

kylith

The three Ender books are good (I haven't read the latest one yet). I also read the Shadow series and it's ok, but not quite as good.



re: American Psycho; I read it in college and it did such weird and scary things to my brain that I haven't touched it since.

MagicMarker

I loved Ender's Game but was never in any rush to read the other books. And it was only after reading Ender's Game that I discovered the author to be a homophobic religious fruit & nut, so I probably won't read them. Or at least if I do it won't be in any way that he'll make any money off me. :P

Tar.Aldarion

Jernal wrote: »

Right that's it. Ender's game is jumping to number one on my list. You guys won't shut up about it. :P So, I gotta know.
Right, so is it just Ender's or are there more in series worth reading? Ta, very much in advance. Oh and how I hate yez. Making me want to read a whole host of books that I'll probably never get the chance to read.

From what I can see, everybody likes and hates different books in the series. I'll read them all over taking opinions anyway. Decided to read them as they were written. As far as I can tell if you disliked some juvenile aspects of enders game then the rest of his series is more suited to you, if you enjoyed the first one a lot, the shadow series is more similar.

MagicMarker wrote: »

I loved Ender's Game but was never in any rush to read the other books. And it was only after reading Ender's Game that I discovered the author to be a homophobic religious fruit & nut, so I probably won't read them. Or at least if I do it won't be in any way that he'll make any money off me. :P

You're not voting for him as president, you're reading a story. If you examined every artist, author, actor, etc you would neither look at nor read, anything. By all means avoid giving him money ;-)

DapperGent

This kind of echoes my feelings on Orson Scott Card:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB11nel7Hlk

Nodin

For those interested, Jack Vance has passed away, aged 96.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/30/jack-vance-dies-96-science-fiction

Nodin

It appears that Iain Banks has passed on.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22835047

Turtwig

Nodin wrote: »

It appears that Iain Banks has passed on.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22835047

Hope he didn't suffer too much.:(
RIP

Sulla Felix

Damn.

MrPudding

Jernal wrote: »

Hope he didn't suffer too much.:(
RIP

Nice obituary on the Guardian website.

MrP

robindch

MrPudding wrote: »

Nice obituary on the Guardian website.

And another one, with a great last paragraph:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jun/09/neil-gaiman-iain-banks

Neil Gaiman wrote:

If you've never read any of his books, read one of his books. Then read another. Even the bad ones were good, and the good ones were astonishing.

MrPudding

robindch wrote: »

And another one, with a great last paragraph:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jun/09/neil-gaiman-iain-banks

Yeah, read that today, love that last line.

MrP

MagicMarker

Started on "The Way of Kings" by Brandon Sanderson. Tis very good.

swampgas

Have just read "Ready Player One", and having finished it, have started reading it a second time. The most fun book I've read in ages.
Amazon Reviews Here

For anyone remotely geeky who grew up in the 80s, this is an absolute gem.

kieranfitz

Just finished Russel Brands my booky wook today, dunno what to do next.

Aenaes

kieranfitz wrote: »

Just finished Russel Brands my booky wook today, dunno what to do next.

Read something funny

Just finished Don Quixote. Now reading Narvik by Donald Macintyre.

Hotblack Desiato

kieranfitz wrote: »

Just finished Russel Brands my booky wook today, dunno what to do next.

If I ever read that book, the next thing I'd do is probably kill myself.

SunMoonStars

I'm about half-way through 'Lies and the Lying Liars That Tell Them' by Al Franken.

MrPudding

robindch wrote: »

And another one, with a great last paragraph:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jun/09/neil-gaiman-iain-banks

Quarry arrive on my kindle yesterday. Final exam Friday and then I will start it.

MrP

keane2097

ninja900 wrote: »

If I ever read that book, the next thing I'd do is probably kill myself.

How very rational.

swampgas wrote: »

Have just read "Ready Player One", and having finished it, have started reading it a second time. The most fun book I've read in ages.
Amazon Reviews Here

For anyone remotely geeky who grew up in the 80s, this is an absolute gem.

Yeah good description, it's really great fun.

checkyabadself

Waiting around in the car for people book.......the untouchables by Shane Ross.
Bedside book......Blackwater by Jeremy Scahill.
Armchair book is currently the behemoth that is Robert Fisks "The great war for civilisation".