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What book(s) are you reading now?
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Fromper
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"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking.
On less serious subject matter, I've been going back and reading some of my old comic books. I stopped collecting new ones regularly over a decade ago, though there are some I'd want to catch up on. I'm currently reading the stuff published by the short lived company CrossGen, which put out some pretty good stuff in the 4 years or so they existed. I've found that I can get back issues cheap online, so I've been finishing my collection of their books and starting from the beginning in reading it all.
On less serious subject matter, I've been going back and reading some of my old comic books. I stopped collecting new ones regularly over a decade ago, though there are some I'd want to catch up on. I'm currently reading the stuff published by the short lived company CrossGen, which put out some pretty good stuff in the 4 years or so they existed. I've found that I can get back issues cheap online, so I've been finishing my collection of their books and starting from the beginning in reading it all.
Drolefille
PolyPanGeekGirl
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.
Just finished Consider Phlebas by Iain Banks and Magician's Apprentice by Feist.
Just finished Consider Phlebas by Iain Banks and Magician's Apprentice by Feist.
Secret Chief
Veteran Member
The Almost Nearly Perfect People: The Truth about the Nordic Miracle by Michael Booth.
An insightful primer on the Nordic countries on which I, in common with many other folk, am shamefully ignorant.
Funny, too.
An insightful primer on the Nordic countries on which I, in common with many other folk, am shamefully ignorant.
Funny, too.
Secret Chief
Veteran Member
I've got this too. Handy series.
I'm juggling three teen fantasy/sci fi series right now because I was a little burnt out on the heavier stuff and I just wanted a good story, dangit!
The three are: the Lorien Legacies, Ashfall (holy crap, this may be the first topic I couldn't find a wiki on, like ever), and the Mortal Instruments.
They all got good concepts.
The Lorien Legacies follows a group of alien teenagers stranded on Earth that need to develop their powers to defeat the evil aliens that destroyed their home planet. Ashfall follows a teen and his girlfriend as they navigate through post-apocalyptic America after the Yellowstone volcano blows. The Mortal Instruments are about a race of humans that protect the rest of us from demons and other fey.
Like I said: Cool concepts.
But they all have the same problem: No matter how serious a jam they are in, or how cool what they are doing is, it all boils down to how much the guy likes her, or what the girl thinks about him, or omg aliens are trying to kill us but all that matters is I go see the girl I've been dating for like 2 whole weeks!
It makes them nearly impossible to enjoy. The Mortal Instruments is the worst. It's basically Twilight: Girl meets impossibly perfect guy, is pretty pathetic at basically everything, and then their love becomes forbidden causing extreme mental anguish. Blrch. Just go kill some demons already! Or, spend some time training to be an absolute ****** rather than mooning over some boy and moaning about how you will never be as perfect as him.
Ashfall is probably the least worst in this department (though the protagonist does fall into an impossibly strong love-relationship at the ripe age of 15).
The other problem is that most of their problems stem from just not telling anyone about it. Half the books would be solved from the get-go if they just went up to the appropriate adult and said "Yo. This is what's going on."
Le sigh. I suppose that's what you get when you read stuff meant for teens. Teens probably eat up that independent crap, even when it leads to demonstrably worse scenarios.
The three are: the Lorien Legacies, Ashfall (holy crap, this may be the first topic I couldn't find a wiki on, like ever), and the Mortal Instruments.
They all got good concepts.
The Lorien Legacies follows a group of alien teenagers stranded on Earth that need to develop their powers to defeat the evil aliens that destroyed their home planet. Ashfall follows a teen and his girlfriend as they navigate through post-apocalyptic America after the Yellowstone volcano blows. The Mortal Instruments are about a race of humans that protect the rest of us from demons and other fey.
Like I said: Cool concepts.
But they all have the same problem: No matter how serious a jam they are in, or how cool what they are doing is, it all boils down to how much the guy likes her, or what the girl thinks about him, or omg aliens are trying to kill us but all that matters is I go see the girl I've been dating for like 2 whole weeks!
It makes them nearly impossible to enjoy. The Mortal Instruments is the worst. It's basically Twilight: Girl meets impossibly perfect guy, is pretty pathetic at basically everything, and then their love becomes forbidden causing extreme mental anguish. Blrch. Just go kill some demons already! Or, spend some time training to be an absolute ****** rather than mooning over some boy and moaning about how you will never be as perfect as him.
Ashfall is probably the least worst in this department (though the protagonist does fall into an impossibly strong love-relationship at the ripe age of 15).
The other problem is that most of their problems stem from just not telling anyone about it. Half the books would be solved from the get-go if they just went up to the appropriate adult and said "Yo. This is what's going on."
Le sigh. I suppose that's what you get when you read stuff meant for teens. Teens probably eat up that independent crap, even when it leads to demonstrably worse scenarios.
Reading this: http://www.amazon.com/Constantines-Sword-Church-Jews-History/dp/0618219080
So far, I'm disappointed. It's a fascinating topic, but when it comes to this guy's writing style . . .
Seems like every time he gives the reader a bit of actual information he spends the rest of the page talking about how he feels about it, or how the reader should feel about it, or how his mother would have felt about it, . . .
Also spotted a couple of historical mistakes.
Found myself skimming through each paragraph hoping to isolate the bits having to do with the topic and ignore the rest.
Anyway, I just found out there's a movie.
Constantine's Sword (2007) - IMDb
So far, I'm disappointed. It's a fascinating topic, but when it comes to this guy's writing style . . .
Seems like every time he gives the reader a bit of actual information he spends the rest of the page talking about how he feels about it, or how the reader should feel about it, or how his mother would have felt about it, . . .
Also spotted a couple of historical mistakes.
Found myself skimming through each paragraph hoping to isolate the bits having to do with the topic and ignore the rest.
Anyway, I just found out there's a movie.
Constantine's Sword (2007) - IMDb
Drolefille
PolyPanGeekGirl
Currently "I am Livia"
Just read the entire Percy Jackson Series, Nefertiti and Heretic Queen (Moran is the author I think on the latter.) I need to read more Egyptian history. Even the historical fiction helps me understand the gods there better.
Started a handful of others because I'm indecisive.
Just read the entire Percy Jackson Series, Nefertiti and Heretic Queen (Moran is the author I think on the latter.) I need to read more Egyptian history. Even the historical fiction helps me understand the gods there better.
Started a handful of others because I'm indecisive.
Knight of Albion
Well-Known Member
Currently reading ...
Who Killed Kennedy by Matthew Smith.
The ultimate JFK assassination book.
An outstanding piece of investigative journalism.
Who Killed Kennedy by Matthew Smith.
The ultimate JFK assassination book.
An outstanding piece of investigative journalism.
Drolefille
PolyPanGeekGirl
Robin Hobb's Farseer's Trilogy -I'm on book 2 now.
CynthiaCypher
Well-Known Member
I am rereading Frank's World : The Odyssey of a Fleshly Lump.
It a pretty evil book, probably the most pessimistic piece of literature ever written.
Frank's World by George Mangels
It's pretty much nightmare fuel.
It a pretty evil book, probably the most pessimistic piece of literature ever written.
Frank's World by George Mangels
It's pretty much nightmare fuel.
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methylatedghosts
Can't brain. Has dumb.
One of my favourite authors. Truly gifted. I wish I could r read the farseers for the first time again
I've started on "Language, Logic and Experience: The Case for Anti-Realism." I hope it won't be too technical.