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I just bought and started Against a Dark Background by Iain M Banks.
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Mar 29, 2010 15:51
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Just began three books today (all of them are e-books): The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers & The Eumenides by Aeschylus Nineteen Seventy-Seven by David Peace (Second part of the Red Riding Quartet) The Complete Short Novels by Anton Chekhov
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Mar 30, 2010 03:26
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I just started Nick Tosches's King of the Jews, which I'd forgotten about until I saw it in paperback with a "sale" sticker on it yesterday. I like Tosches, I figure I'll like this.
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Mar 30, 2010 04:24
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I started "Romanticism at the End of History" by Jerome Christensen today mostly because there's a good chance I'll be studying with him real soon (and meeting him in just a few days). Same reason I've just read some stuff by Andrzej Warminski and Paul de Man, and re-read Anne Mellor's "Romanticism and Gender." It's interesting to note their different styles and how that affects their methodologies (or vice-versa, it depends on the author).
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Mar 30, 2010 04:28
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ONE TWO THREE TIMES TWO TO THE SIX/JONESING FOR YOUR FIX OF THAT LIMP BIZKIT MIX
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So I finally got to reading The Way through Doors, and so far it is pretty drat good. It is very much like reading a dream. Really surreal, and pretty different.
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Mar 30, 2010 05:17
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Syrinxx posted:I wound up finishing the other book I was reading while eating lunch so I started two new books today! Just bought Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill, really excited to read it. Read this about a year ago. I liked it a lot. Today I went a little nuts at Borders buying nerd books I've put off forever. Neverwhere, American Gods and Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman Glamorama - B.E. Ellis Repossession Mambo - Eric Garcia and some little obscure book called "A Game of Thrones" by this Martin guy.
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Mar 30, 2010 09:12
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Spoot posted:I just finished reading Prometheus Rising by Robert Wilson. I've actually never read Schroedinger's Cat, but I trust Goon reviews over general public ones: so spill the beans guys- is it a good read?
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Mar 30, 2010 09:59
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Last book I finished was Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned by Wells Tower, and just recently started Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. So far it's pretty entertaining for what it is.
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Mar 30, 2010 10:06
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Facial Fracture posted:I just started Nick Tosches's King of the Jews, which I'd forgotten about until I saw it in paperback with a "sale" sticker on it yesterday. I like Tosches, I figure I'll like this. Thanks, I'd forgotten that I need to read that. His Dean Martin bio rocked my poo poo.
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Mar 30, 2010 17:00
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I just finished this great, free, online novel that serves as a prequel to System Shock. Very fun sci-fi: http://www.shamusyoung.com/shocked/
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Mar 30, 2010 19:30
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just read Schopenhauer's Studies in Pessimism and Voltaire's Candide. These two critiques of optimism were incredibly enjoyable and cathartic experiences for my mind. I've never laughed so hard while also kinda wanting to take a shotgun to the face. Also read Kafka's Metamorphosis. It made it's point but I found it was otherwise unremarkable. To be fair (I'm told) Kafka plays around a lot with the German language and most/all of this is lost in translation to English. I'm waiting for Emotional Awareness: Overcoming the Obstacles to Psychological Balance and Compassion. This is the result of a conversation spanning years between Paul Ekman (responsible for the science that the show Lie to Me rapes) and the Dalai Llama (joke about China raping Tibet). This could be hit or miss depending on how intelligent Ekman proves to be I suppose. Coming with this should be my long awaited Gil Elvgren: All His Glamorous American Pin-Ups. I hope this is allowed into Australia: where art better not be sexy or you're in big trouble mate.
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Mar 30, 2010 19:45
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Today I ordered The Lies of Locke Lamora and Red Seas Under Red Skies, thanks to the recommendation thread, can't wait to get them and start reading. Knowing my luck, Red Seas will arrive first...
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Apr 1, 2010 00:47
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As I was headed home I was passing a used bookstore and their weekly special sign said "100% off one used book" so I turned around and headed there just in case it turned out to be a real deal and it was so I ended up getting book 2 of Dean Koontz's Frankenstein for free because it was April Fool's day.
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Apr 2, 2010 01:05
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So.... you played an april fools prank on yourself? v v
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Apr 2, 2010 01:37
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:So.... you played an april fools prank on yourself? v From what the person working today said it's a one day only sale because today was April Fool's day. I'm not gonna complain because hey free book. The Frankenstein books are some of the few Dean Koontz books I like.
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Apr 2, 2010 01:49
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Just kiddin  Those are the only ones that I bought when they came out. Sucked too, since there was something like a 8 year wait between book 2 and 3.
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Apr 2, 2010 01:57
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It would be pretty funny if they literally meant one used book, this book, this one right here is the one that is 100% off, not any of the other ones. And it's Koontz.
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Apr 2, 2010 04:42
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Ballsworthy posted:It would be pretty funny if they literally meant one used book, this book, this one right here is the one that is 100% off, not any of the other ones. And it's Koontz. Nah, it was any one used book so long as that book cost less than $10. I already owned book 1 and 3 in the series so I figured that was a good time to fill the gap.
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Apr 2, 2010 09:15
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Just began Soulless by Gail Carriger. Seems very cutely written; we'll see if they stylized prose gets grating after 350 pages or not. Should prove an interesting follower to Rebecca, which I just finished.
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Apr 2, 2010 21:53
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Just started A Canticle for Liebowitz by Miller which is the April selection at the Goodreads SF book club. Haven't had time to do anything but install it to my Kindle but I'm looking forward to reading it since it's a classic.
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Apr 3, 2010 02:32
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Kind of on an Afghanistan kick right now, so I am halfway through Inside the Jihad: My Life with Al Qaeda by Omar Nasiri which is a pretty badass spy story so far. I also just picked up The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East by Robert Fisk. I'll start that as soon as I finish Nasiri's book, which I'd recommend.
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Apr 4, 2010 18:47
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I've just begun to read Idoru by William Gibson. It's a science fiction novel about a data miner involved with investigating the potential manipulation of a celebrity through a synthetic personality which the celebrity has fallen in love with. So far it's been a delightful read, and with that I've purchased the famous Neuromancer also by William Gibson.
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Apr 4, 2010 19:08
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arvash posted:I've just begun to read Idoru by William Gibson.   Didn't rate Spook Country but whatever. Got the hard cover
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Apr 4, 2010 21:19
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I loved Pattern Recognition when my father loaned it to me. He loaned me Spook Country recently so I'm hoping to get to it after I finish The Road and then World War Z which I friend loaned to me almost a year ago. Curse you grad school!
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Apr 4, 2010 22:30
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Just started Underworld by Don DeLillo. I'm pretty excited, but this thing is huge, and I really shouldn't have started it near the end of the semester 
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Apr 5, 2010 04:31
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Just started The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway. I'm about 50 pages in and am considering shelving it as I just read 3 dark books in a row. I'm thinking of picking up something lighter and coming back to it later. Maybe a re-read of Salems Lot.
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Apr 5, 2010 15:38
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For my birthday I'm treating myself to a bunch of trashy historical novels, stupid comedy, and something slightly less trashy: The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran Bite Me: A Love Story by Christopher Moore House of God by Samuel Shem Normally I'd leave all this for summer beach reading, but vacation's not until July and there's a ton of stuff I've wanted to read. I'm actively reading the top two now, I've finished the Moore, and I'll get to Shem probably later this week. When all this is done, I'm starting on a couple of books about Aztec cosmology and culture.
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Apr 5, 2010 15:59
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Just started Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes, which is being touted as one of the best Vietnam War novels to come along in a very long while.
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Apr 5, 2010 18:38
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Started reading Codex by Lev Grossman (author of The Magicians) and it proves that Magicians wasn't a one hit wonder. It's the story of an investment banker who gets sucked into the search for a possibly mythical medieval novel which might be involved with a mysterious open source computer game. Very interesting so far.
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Apr 6, 2010 00:29
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I just got Black Hills by Dan Simmons. I like Simmons a lot but his stuff can be hit and miss for me. That said when he hits it is a homerun most of the time.muscles like this? posted:Started reading Codex by Lev Grossman (author of The Magicians) and it proves that Magicians wasn't a one hit wonder. It's the story of an investment banker who gets sucked into the search for a possibly mythical medieval novel which might be involved with a mysterious open source computer game. I really liked The Magicians (might be my favorite book I read so far this year). I might try Codex. Earwicker posted:Just started Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes, which is being touted as one of the best Vietnam War novels to come along in a very long while. I love reading Vietnam War novels (my favorites are Fields of Fire and The Things They Carried). I just ordered this based on your post.
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Apr 6, 2010 16:39
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nate fisher posted:I love reading Vietnam War novels (my favorites are Fields of Fire and The Things They Carried). I just ordered this based on your post. I have a full plate at the moment, but I definitely intend to grab Matterhorn at some point.
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Apr 6, 2010 19:40
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Matterhorn is shaping up to be really great so far, but before I read it my favorite Vietnam novel was The 13th Valley by John DelVecchio. It's out of print now but well worth tracking down, IMO. Extraordinarily well written and a lot of interesting, different perspectives. The Quiet American is a drat good novel as well though, of course, not quite the same thing!
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Apr 6, 2010 22:29
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nate fisher posted:I just got Black Hills by Dan Simmons. I like Simmons a lot but his stuff can be hit and miss for me. That said when he hits it is a homerun most of the time. If you loved The Magicians you'll really like at least Codex. I'm a little over half way through it and I'm really enjoying it. Also, how is Black Hills? I really liked Drood and enjoyed The Terror (up until the end at least.)
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Apr 6, 2010 23:01
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I just bought Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein. I've been dismissing the movie for years, seeing it as a bit cheesy. I hope the book will be quite different from it as I hear the social problems it discusses are quite interesting and relevent today. Any goons read it and care to comment?
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Apr 6, 2010 23:53
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Reading both Gardens of the Moon and Metro 2033 concurrently. When Gardens gets to be a headache, I switch to Russian post-apoc.
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Apr 7, 2010 01:47
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Bedshaped posted:I just bought Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein. I've been dismissing the movie for years, seeing it as a bit cheesy. I hope the book will be quite different from it as I hear the social problems it discusses are quite interesting and relevent today. I actually just started reading this today. It's my first Heinlein book. I'm only a few chapters in so far but so far I've really liked it. Apparently it's still on the reading list for several of the US's armed forces.
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Apr 7, 2010 05:23
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Just started War As They Knew It. It's basically the history of the OSU vs. U of M rivalry and ties in with how hosed up the country was with Vietnam at the time. A couple chapters in and I'm completely hooked.
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Apr 7, 2010 07:01
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Just started Gardens of the Moon and am hating every excrutiating second. I feel like I'm standing in Games Workship watching a bunch of little boys playing Warhammer. I really want to read Zelazny's amber series, but I've got the omnibus and I just can't be arsed to work out how to carry it around (wheelbarrow? 4x4?). I think I'm going to have to track down the individual books. Why the gently caress didn't they make it a box set? So I'm probably going to dump the Malazan one and read either Perdido Street Station or something by Michael Moorcock.
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Apr 7, 2010 20:24
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Bedshaped posted:I just bought Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein. I've been dismissing the movie for years, seeing it as a bit cheesy. I hope the book will be quite different from it as I hear the social problems it discusses are quite interesting and relevent today. I only say this about two books: I like the movie better. At least the movie is so over the top about being propaganda that it has to be taken with a healthy sense of irony. The book isn't so over the top; I think it paints an unreasonably rosy picture of war and military service.
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Apr 7, 2010 21:03
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If you didn't like Gardens of the Moon you probably won't like Perdido Street Station either. As for the Amber books I think the reason was that each book by itself are pretty short so printing them each separately would have been expensive. Although why they didn't split it into it's two halves is beyond me since it has a natural breaking point in the story.
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Apr 7, 2010 21:09
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