Collected works of Edgar Poe and H.P. Lovecraft (ongoing--both are excellent writers.)

Demons by Daylight by J. Ramsey Campbell

Only Revolutions by Mark Z. Danielewski

I couldn't bne bothered to look up pics, sry.

Lord.of.Nukes

United Kingdom226 Posts

August 12 2007 13:46 GMT

#82

God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, by Christopher Hitchens. Very well written, Hitchens knows the English language inside and out and he is also incredibly well educated on the subject, especially for an atheist. Understandably though, if you're religious, you will really not like this book and you may end up wanting to kill the author if you read it because he's atrociously unforgiving.

How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines, by Thomas C. Foster. Summer reading. >_< It's supposed to be a friendly and engaging textbook but Foster riddles it with sweeping generalizations and numerous logical fallacies which really detracts from one's ability to know what information is useful and what is rubbish. I think I'll be safe if I disregard most of the book because it's not amazingly insightful anyways, it just reiterates what English teachers have taught over the years but with many more words and examples limited to the same ten authors every time a point is made.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J. K. Rowling. I feel I won't finish this book because the first 400 pages has just been three teenagers roaming aimlessly across the countryside, pissing and moaning in a tent. Virtually all of the mythology has been replaced with ridiculous emotional traumas, I've no desire to continue at this point.

I have a large stack of books I intend to read at some point but whenever I get a chance to start reading one, I end up play StarCraft or some other video game instead. XD

Liquid`Jinro

Sweden33719 Posts

August 12 2007 13:59 GMT

#83

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov

L!MP

Australia2067 Posts

August 12 2007 14:04 GMT

#84

this thread

thedeadhaji

39489 Posts

August 12 2007 14:12 GMT

#85

I finished "Sangatsu Nanoka", read "Ange Guardian" volume 1 last night (read through all 300 pages in like 3 hours, and it was like 10am when i was done... before sleep --;

. Reading vol 2 atm.

all japanese ;;

HaXxorIzed

Australia8434 Posts

August 12 2007 14:16 GMT

#86

James Joyce, Ulysses. Fantastic, fantastic stuff. Incredible depth too.

Koldblooded

United States661 Posts

August 12 2007 14:16 GMT

#87

Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson

KOFgokuon

United States14893 Posts

August 12 2007 14:35 GMT

#88

On August 12 2007 16:49 infinity21 wrote:
Back on topic, I bought the Wheel of Time series 1-9 but haven't started yet. Is it good?

Depends who you ask, and which book you mean. Books 1-5 are awesome, 6-8 blow ass, 9 is good again, 10 and 11 made me want to stab myself b/c nothing happened

ViRii

United States826 Posts

August 12 2007 14:57 GMT

#89

I'm nerding out and reading:
Shadow of the Xel'naga by Gabriel Mesta

and I have the third book in the series when i finish that.

Anyone know what order the books go in though?

Smurg

Australia3818 Posts

August 12 2007 15:04 GMT

#90

On August 12 2007 23:35 KOFgokuon wrote:

Show nested quote +

Depends who you ask, and which book you mean. Books 1-5 are awesome, 6-8 blow ass, 9 is good again, 10 and 11 made me want to stab myself b/c nothing happened

Isn't Jordan terminally ill now or something? Writing what shall be the final book of the series?

So basically for the lack of things that happened in books 10 and 11...they are sure to happen in the final book. Unless Jordan wants to be cruel.

OrderlyChaos

United States1115 Posts

August 12 2007 15:20 GMT

#91

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress- Robert Heinlein

Actually a re-read, but still well worth it.

Jathin

United States3505 Posts

August 12 2007 15:25 GMT

#92

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KOFgokuon

United States14893 Posts

August 12 2007 15:33 GMT

#93

On August 13 2007 00:04 Smurg wrote:

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ya he's terminally ill, i forgot with what, and i don't feel like going on wikipedia. he's planning on finishing it all up with this last book..but there's so much story left. i guess i won't post spoilers since people haven't read it yet..but they have so much left to wrap up

goldrush

Canada709 Posts

August 12 2007 21:49 GMT

#94

Right now, I'm reading Jack Vance's The Demon Princes, then will move onto Gai-jin by Clavell. I really like their writing style and they're big enough to occupy me for a while... I just finished HP7 (I HAD to skimread the middle bit about the emo-whining, so it only took me like 5 hours) and didn't really like it. WoT isn't *bad* but I dropped out about the 8th book. The first 3-4 books in my opinion are the best and if he managed to compress the whole thing into a 5-6 book series, it'd be pretty good.

zizou21

United States3683 Posts

August 12 2007 21:54 GMT

#95

IntoTheWow

is awesome32274 Posts

August 12 2007 21:57 GMT

#96

teamliquid

Latham

9560 Posts

August 12 2007 22:06 GMT

#97

Don Wollheim Proposes - 1985

This is basically a collab of the best science-fiction stories from the year of 1984. This particular book (There are a lot more from many different years) features the following stories:
1) The Picture Man by John Dalmas
2) Cash Crop by Connie Willis
3) We Remember Babylon by Ian Watson (note: I absolutely love this author.. I read more then 5 of his other books, all great)
4) What Makes Us Human by Stephen R. Donaldson
5) Salvador by Lucius Shepard
6) Press Enter by John Varley
7) The Aliens That Know, I Mean, Everything by Geogre Allec Effinger
8) Blood Child by Octavia E. Butler
9) The Coming of the Goonga by Gary W. Shockley
10) Medra by Tanith Lee

Overall a fun read.