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babylon
8765 Posts
On April 21 2013 07:31 elt wrote: Finally managed to find time to read this: ![[image loading]](http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1342456178l/15754888.jpg) Standard Kay, great read so far. :D Yay, another GGK fan! I haven't ordered it yet. How would you rate it so far amongst his other books? | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
On April 21 2013 01:27 dmnum wrote: I've read some parts of Discipline and Punish for college, it's very good. Another work on the same field that's also very interesting is On Crimes and Punishments, by Cesare Beccaria. It's a 18th century book with very humanitarian views(The author condemns excessive punishment). I recommend it if you're interested in the subject. I've heard a lot about Beccaria, though I'm not sure I'm interested enough in the subject to read it. Foucault quotes him at length too. Finished Discipline and Punish, pretty easy and clear read (well after Kant I guess most things are^^), and it's certainly excellent food for thought, even though I think Foucault's conclusion are a bit too strong. And now... ![[image loading]](http://books.gigaimg.com/avaxhome/8a/4d/00134d8a_medium.jpeg) | ||
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NeThZOR
South Africa7387 Posts
The book was originally written in Portuguese by the author and then later translated to English by Margaret Jull Costa. I recommend this book for any Paulo Coelho fan, especially if you enjoyed The Alchemist. ![[image loading]](http://cache0.bdcdn.net/assets/images/book/medium/9780/0075/9780007514236.jpg) | ||
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elt
Thailand1092 Posts
On April 21 2013 10:52 babylon wrote: :D Yay, another GGK fan! I haven't ordered it yet. How would you rate it so far amongst his other books? For some reason I'm biased against Under Heaven, just the names and whatnot felt weird, but I feel much more used to it now. There's a very big sense of impending doom in this one though, and I think it evokes the relationship between Lions and The Sarantine Mosaic... That sense of a golden age past now lost to a more savage world. I find it really, really hard to compare Kay's books. My favourite are Lions and The Sarantine Mosaic, but I think I like this better so far than A Song for Arbonne and The Last Light of the Sun. But they're all great books anyway. | ||
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babylon
8765 Posts
On April 21 2013 21:12 elt wrote: For some reason I'm biased against Under Heaven, just the names and whatnot felt weird, but I feel much more used to it now. There's a very big sense of impending doom in this one though, and I think it evokes the relationship between Lions and The Sarantine Mosaic... That sense of a golden age past now lost to a more savage world. I find it really, really hard to compare Kay's books. My favourite are Lions and The Sarantine Mosaic, but I think I like this better so far than A Song for Arbonne and The Last Light of the Sun. But they're all great books anyway. Your tastes seem to run in the same direction as my own. My favorites are the same as yours (Lions + Sarantine duology), and I have the same dislike of Under Heaven, so perhaps this bodes well ... I haven't been too fond of Kay's later novels; his recent shift in storytelling (i.e. he's basically gone from writing histories driven by characters towards writing characters driven by history) has left kind of a bitter taste in my mouth, so I've been pessimistic about River of Stars, but what you've said gives me some hope! | ||
Xxio
Canada5565 Posts
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
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KillerSOS
United States4207 Posts
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Bloodash
Netherlands1384 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Ender%27s_shadow_cover.jpg/365px-Ender%27s_shadow_cover.jpg) Quite like the series, and hope to finish all the books before the movie comes out | ||
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farvacola
United States18857 Posts
On April 23 2013 17:25 KillerSOS wrote: I was curious about what happened to the book club idea that Fav had. If he's not interested I'm sure someone else could start one up as it would be a great idea. I would be willing to lead one but I doubt my choices would be as "high fiction" as his seemed to be. Worry not! I'll have a thread up by Friday, I've been cooking up some ideas (thanks to Babylon for some inspiration). I hope to have a good 4-7 or so books of wide variety for folks to choose from with which we can craft a sort of "theme" around, with supplementary essays, some historical reference, stuff like that. | ||
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PlutoNZ
New Zealand410 Posts
On April 23 2013 17:27 Bloodash wrote: Quite like the series, and hope to finish all the books before the movie comes out Which books in the series have you read so far? I've read Ender's Game and thought it was amazing but I've heard that the series goes downhill fast so I haven't bothered to read any of the other books. The movie is based on Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow so maybe I'll pick up Shadow. ![[image loading]](http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1284167912l/944073.jpg) I just finished reading the First Law Trilogy and thought it was amazing. Currently reading: ![[image loading]](http://www.patrickrothfuss.com/images/page/cover_277.jpg) 60 or so pages in and really enjoy it. | ||
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Syn Harvest
United States191 Posts
On April 23 2013 18:15 SearingShadow wrote: Which books in the series have you read so far? I've read Ender's Game and thought it was amazing but I've heard that the series goes downhill fast so I haven't bothered to read any of the other books. The movie is based on Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow so maybe I'll pick up Shadow. I just finished reading the First Law Trilogy and thought it was amazing. Currently reading: 60 or so pages in and really enjoy it. First Law Trilogy was soooooo gooooood. I enjoyed those books so much. The Name of the Wind is one of my favorite books as well. Get ready for the heart wrenching anger once you finish the second book because the third fucking book is still not out which pisses me off at least once a week. On to my own reading. I am about halfway through The Master and Margarita and so far it is fantastic one of the best books I have read in a while its so funny. | ||
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jxx
Brazil307 Posts
On April 21 2013 17:56 NeThZOR wrote: I finished this book around a week ago. It is a very short read with the font being relatively large and the pages being small. I read Manuscript Found in Accra straight in a 2 hour session, and I think the book is meant to be read that way. The reason being, the book handles about some moral issues and the way in which we should adapt our way of thinking to certain situations to prevent depressed thoughts and self-worthlessness. The book concisely touches upon these issues and I'm sure that Paulo Coelho could have expanded a bit upon what he had written. The book was originally written in Portuguese by the author and then later translated to English by Margaret Jull Costa. I recommend this book for any Paulo Coelho fan, especially if you enjoyed The Alchemist. I wouldn't recommend Paulo Coelho to anyone. Just saying. | ||
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Dirkzor
Denmark1944 Posts
On April 23 2013 19:32 Syn Harvest wrote: First Law Trilogy was soooooo gooooood. I enjoyed those books so much. The Name of the Wind is one of my favorite books as well. Get ready for the heart wrenching anger once you finish the second book because the third fucking book is still not out which pisses me off at least once a week. On to my own reading. I am about halfway through The Master and Margarita and so far it is fantastic one of the best books I have read in a while its so funny. Hahahah... I used to get that a lot. Now I try to think "hmm... give me a good reason to re-read books i like when the next book comes out"... | ||
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Syn Harvest
United States191 Posts
On April 23 2013 20:02 Dirkzor wrote: Hahahah... I used to get that a lot. Now I try to think "hmm... give me a good reason to re-read books i like when the next book comes out"... I try and think about it like that but it still angers me. It wouldnt be so bad if we could at least get a date as too when its happening or an update saying ya shit is happening and news will be out soon. Just something but the only thinkg coming out of Rothfuss is silence | ||
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MajuGarzett
Canada635 Posts
On April 23 2013 20:16 Syn Harvest wrote: I try and think about it like that but it still angers me. It wouldnt be so bad if we could at least get a date as too when its happening or an update saying ya shit is happening and news will be out soon. Just something but the only thinkg coming out of Rothfuss is silence He did an interview recently saying it will probably come out some time next year. http://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1cwsk3/rothfuss_on_kingkiller_chronicle_book_3_it/ | ||
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Dirkzor
Denmark1944 Posts
On April 23 2013 20:23 MajuGarzett wrote: He did an interview recently saying it will probably come out some time next year. http://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1cwsk3/rothfuss_on_kingkiller_chronicle_book_3_it/ Which isn't really news tbh. I would get pretty annoyed answering when the next book would arrive when I had no idea myself as a writer... I give them slack.... =) | ||
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KillerSOS
United States4207 Posts
On April 23 2013 18:15 SearingShadow wrote: Which books in the series have you read so far? I've read Ender's Game and thought it was amazing but I've heard that the series goes downhill fast so I haven't bothered to read any of the other books. The movie is based on Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow so maybe I'll pick up Shadow. I just finished reading the First Law Trilogy and thought it was amazing. Currently reading: 60 or so pages in and really enjoy it. Name of the Wind is one of my favorite books of all time and I also have the Blade Itself sitting on my table just waiting for me to read it. | ||
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123Gurke
France154 Posts
![[image loading]](http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1364178477l/894577.jpg) Short stories the William Gibson wrote before he got famous for Neuromancer. I have read this book several times already and I come back to it every few years. | ||
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Brainsurgeon
Sweden359 Posts
![[image loading]](http://anyiko.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/gabriel-garcia-marquez-one-hundred-years-of-solitude-04.jpg) Reading: ![[image loading]](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kjec2XtrSKc/T75SvOndzSI/AAAAAAAAA98/jxYuFWRUXdY/s1600/Slaughterhouse-five+by+Kurt+Vonnegut.jpg) Next: ![[image loading]](http://poetry.arizona.edu/sites/poetry.arizona.edu/files/images/events/2012/November/Kafka%20on%20the%20Shore.jpg?1352851456) | ||
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