Books: What have you been reading?

[SakuraMaxX]

Now reading Logan's Run.  I like sci-fi dystopian books a lot.  Any suggestions?  Favorites of the genre would be Fahrenheit 451 and 1984.

[JNiles]

Now reading Logan's Run.  I like sci-fi dystopian books a lot.  Any suggestions?  Favorites of the genre would be Fahrenheit 451 and 1984.

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley reminds me of 1984 except it puts a happy face on fascism.  The Forever War is not dystopian per-se, but it sure ended on a downer.

[baruhara]

Just finished Game of Thrones (George R. R. Martin) and was thoroughly saddened that both of my favourite characters died before the end of the first book. I started Lion of the Sun (Harry Sidebottom), and I plan to finish it after my exams.

Short: Strike witches - Neuroi + Martians (H.G. Wells, War of the Worlds ones) + Dudes that actually do something + crazy hijinks.

If it's Strike Witches, that is enough to make me interested.

Edited For: Typo.

[satty]

If it's Strike Witches, that is enough to make me interested.

I want to hear what you think of it when you get the chance to read it, if you haven't already.

As for books: gotta read textbooks for finals soon.

[baruhara]

I want to hear what you think of it when you get the chance to read it, if you haven't already.

I would probably like to share my opinions on it, too, but...

As for books: gotta read textbooks for finals soon.

Same here. Philosophy, politics, history and psychology are only fun when you don't have exams on them.

[satty]

Same here. Philosophy, politics, history and psychology are only fun when you don't have exams on them.

Haha, yeah. Especially when all your finals are either psychology or history.

[Treemotan]

Not reading any particular books at the moment, but I am binge-reading the poems and short stories of Edgar Allen Poe. He's probably one of my favorite poets out there.

[xkillo147]

The Art of War by Sun Tzu. It certainly is intresting.

[satty]

The Art of War by Sun Tzu. It certainly is intresting.

Yes it is. If you're interested, read The Five Rings if you haven't.

[Cael K.]

Strange thing about those books is that they aren't too long, so most people have to add something on to it (like historical notes and interpretation). Which reminds me to put some of those books on my list of things to buy.

*checks*

Holy crap, William Scott Wilson's books got expensive.

[PinoyCruger]

The Art of War by Sun Tzu. It certainly is intresting.

I have to find that in some bookstores.

[TTB]

I'm about to finish George Carlin's "Last Words". My heart breaks for the terrible things drugs and alcohol did to his family. As an uxorious (and no, there is no less obscure word that can be used instead of that one) romantic it's absolutely unacceptable the idea of neglecting one's wife and family like that.

George contributed tremendous insights into our times and condition, but the way this book was written it seemed at certain times as if he cared more about "fitting in" or "making movies" than with his loyal and devoted wife Brenda drinking herself to death. It's just a weird thing about me I guess, but every fiber of my being is hostile towards such a differing set of priorities.

At only 104 pages there's surely much not being written, and the book did mention that George took extra care to be nice to her when they were together. But going back on the road a few days after his child was born? That makes no sense to me. If my child had just been born my attitude would be "f*** the whole world f*** everyone and everything, this is time that I'm going to spend with my newborn and the beloved mother of my child". Instead George went on the road... I can't understand that...



Carlin influenced an entire generation of thinkers, I suppose it only makes sense that such a seminal mind would be highly complex and mysterious.

[Treemotan]

Currently reading an unabridged French copy of Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, or The Phantom of the Opera. I love being mostly-multilingual.

[baruhara]

Committing necromancy and resurrecting this thread, I'm a fair way into The Way of Kings - Part Two (Brandon Sanderson). It's awesome.

[animagic4u]

Textbooks. But to be honest the only one I actually read is the Japanese one.