EPTI bought it recently. :D Still have to finish "Lód" by Jacek Dukaj first. I am halfway through.
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maybenexttime
Poland5654 Posts
I bought it recently. :D Still have to finish "Lód" by Jacek Dukaj first. I am halfway through. | ||
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MtlGuitarist97
United States1539 Posts
![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pj5jRGyuL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg) Since I'm getting my wisdom teeth removed this coming Monday, I figured I'd stock up on books and start reading. I'll be off from school and won't be able to do anything particularly active for the first few days, so I'll spend some time reading and watching good movies. I ended up getting Catch-22, Cat's Cradle, The Shining, The Stand, and The Martian (by Andy Weir), and I'm looking forward to reading hopefully at least Cat's Cradle and The Martian before I return to school. | ||
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
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MtlGuitarist97
United States1539 Posts
On February 14 2015 11:31 Nyxisto wrote: I thought the Martian was incredibly badly written. At times it sounded like a Youtube comment. Really? It got a lot of positive reviews and I heard it's pretty scientifically accurate. If it turns out to be really badly written I'll be so disappointed  On February 14 2015 10:59 dmnum wrote: Out of that list I have only read Cat's Cradle, but I can vouch for its quality. From what I've read so far it's pretty funny and is one of my favorite books that I've read so far. Vonnegut seems like a pretty witty author. | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
On February 14 2015 11:33 MtlGuitarist97 wrote: Really? It got a lot of positive reviews and I heard it's pretty scientifically accurate. If it turns out to be really badly written I'll be so disappointed The whole idea is pretty cool, but you really do notice that the guy writing it was not a professional writer. The language is really not great and the characters pretty much all sound the same. The technical stuff is pretty cool if you're into that, though and the audiobook is done pretty well, just don't expect world literature  | ||
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
And they are dancing, the board floor slamming under the jackboots and the fiddlers grinning hideously over their canted pieces. Towering over them all is the judge and he is naked dancing, his small feet lively and quick and now in doubletime and bowing to the ladies, huge and pale and hairless, like an enormous infant. He never sleeps, he says. He says he'll never die. He bows to the fiddlers and sashays backwards and throws back his head and laughs deep in his throat and he is a great favorite, the judge. He wafts his hat and the lunar dome of his skull passes palely under the lamps and he swings about and takes possession of one of the fiddles and he pirouettes and makes a pass, two passes, dancing and fiddling all at once. His feet are light and nimble. He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die. Goosebumps every time. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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bookwyrm
United States722 Posts
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
I've been pacing myself to 50 pages on school days and 100 on non-school days, and with the exception of two days, one of which I did not read and the other where I read 50 instead of 100, I have now reached 700 pages. Pretty good progress to me, considering I've also had to read other books for class on the way, along with short stories and critical theory for another class. The book is so large in scope, and it definitely feels pretty epic at times. Still, I'm not particularly blown away. A lot of the characters are kind of annoying and just bitch/complain all day. Natasha Rostov is the biggest offender. >_> | ||
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argonautdice
Canada2719 Posts
On February 14 2015 07:31 MtlGuitarist97 wrote: Since I'm getting my wisdom teeth removed this coming Monday, I figured I'd stock up on books and start reading. I'll be off from school and won't be able to do anything particularly active for the first few days, so I'll spend some time reading and watching good movies. I ended up getting Catch-22, Cat's Cradle, The Shining, The Stand, and The Martian (by Andy Weir), and I'm looking forward to reading hopefully at least Cat's Cradle and The Martian before I return to school. Catch-22 is amazing and hilarious. I've read it multiple times. And it's a book you can flip to any page and start reading. Kind of like The Road in that aspect, except much less making me want to kill myself depressing. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
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Manit0u
Poland17420 Posts
On February 13 2015 06:53 maybenexttime wrote: @Manit0u I bought it recently. :D Still have to finish "Lód" by Jacek Dukaj first. I am halfway through. Oh man, I've tried to read Ice like five times. Got up to 600 pages or so, then my friend told me that the action starts around page 800 and I kind of gave up. His shorter works (and especially short stories) are top notch though. I have everything by Dukaj, but some of it is too hard even for a die hard hard SF fan like myself (like inventing the entire new grammar in Perfect Imperfection). Most of it is great but it's damn hard to read through it. Egan's Diaspora was pretty amazing. Next on my list is Brasyl by Ian McDonald. | ||
thedeadhaji
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On February 14 2015 11:33 MtlGuitarist97 wrote: Really? It got a lot of positive reviews and I heard it's pretty scientifically accurate. If it turns out to be really badly written I'll be so disappointed From what I've read so far it's pretty funny and is one of my favorite books that I've read so far. Vonnegut seems like a pretty witty author. YES Cat's Cradle is one of Vonnegut's finest! So much better than the more critically acclaimed Slaughterhouse Five or Breakfast of Champions. On February 16 2015 07:39 argonautdice wrote: Catch-22 is amazing and hilarious. I've read it multiple times. And it's a book you can flip to any page and start reading. Kind of like The Road in that aspect, except much less making me want to kill myself depressing. Ughhhh The Road. That book is so amazing and painful to read at the same time. | ||
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GhandiEAGLE
United States20754 Posts
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maybenexttime
Poland5654 Posts
On February 18 2015 09:18 Manit0u wrote: Oh man, I've tried to read Ice like five times. Got up to 600 pages or so, then my friend told me that the action starts around page 800 and I kind of gave up. His shorter works (and especially short stories) are top notch though. I have everything by Dukaj, but some of it is too hard even for a die hard hard SF fan like myself (like inventing the entire new grammar in Perfect Imperfection). Most of it is great but it's damn hard to read through it. Egan's Diaspora was pretty amazing. Next on my list is Brasyl by Ian McDonald. Haha, "Perfect Imperfection" is my favorite book by Dukaj and probably in general. The only book I read twice, actually! The new grammar/gender was one of the ideas I like them most. As for "Lód", I would say the action starts already around page 300 or so, although perhaps I have different expectations as far as "action" is concerned. I enjoy it for many other things - language, dialogue, interesting ideas and problems, atmosphere. It's a perfect book to read when sitting in an armchair and sipping hot tea. :-P I have all books by him except for "Extensa" and and the other short novel. They are like 100 pages but they still price them like regular books that are 500-1000 pages... Next up probably "Diaspora" and "Wielka wyprawa księcia Racibora" ("The Great Adventure of Prince Racibór" for non-Polish speakers) about Slavic conquest of certain Scandinavian lands. :-) | ||
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bookwyrm
United States722 Posts
On February 18 2015 08:32 dmnum wrote: Can someone recommend me a book on the Israeli-Arab conflict? Eugene Rogan's _The Arabs_ will give you some good context. Only one chapter deals directly with that particular region, however. ![[image loading]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518672NRP6L._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg) | ||
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Sub40APM
6336 Posts
On February 18 2015 08:32 dmnum wrote: Can someone recommend me a book on the Israeli-Arab conflict? http://www.amazon.com/Peace-End-All-Ottoman-Creation/dp/0805088091/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424300303&sr=8-1&keywords=a peace to en all peace http://www.amazon.com/Six-Days-War-Making-Modern/dp/0345461924/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1424300965&sr=8-1&keywords=six day war oren | ||
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Silvana
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![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Nr6qXk3.jpg) Absolutely loved it! I'm gonna pick up all Asimov's books. It seems "I, robot" is the starting point of Asimov's universe, right? I see in this thread suggested a lot of stuff that I might like too, I'm keeping it for future reference on my way becoming a bookworm  Thanks guys! | ||
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