Estonian dude Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 (edited) Just finished "The Road" by Cormac Mccarthy and started "The Forever War" by Joe Haldeman. I was kinda disappointed with the ending in The Road, wished to learn a bit more about the universe. And so far, 250 pages in, The Forever War definitely puts the "science" part in sci-fi. But I really like the book and it is interesting. And I finished that Forever War. Now need to read the 2 other books in the series. Awesome. Edited February 4, 2013 by SaqPrets 1 So I've noticed this thread's regulars all follow similar trends. RPG is constantly dealing with psycho exes.Muggi reminds us of the joys of polygamy.Saq is totally oblivious to how much chicks dig him.I strike out every other week.Kalphite wages a war against the friend zone.Randox pretty much stays rational.Etc, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nine naked men Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Iron Council, by China Mieville. There's a lot of words to say about it and most have probably been said better by other people but I really liked this book. As with a lot of his books I wasn't too much of a fan of one general part of the ending but everything else was pretty superb. China Mieville might be the best at giving away little details about the world that makes you want a million books set in it. At the moment I would kill a man for an encyclopedia of Bas-Lag or something. sleep like dead men wake up like dead men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varda Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand. Captialism's bibel, introduction to liberalism etcetcetc. Heavy (physically, 1200~ pages) as hell, but I kinda promised my man to read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaida23 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j56IiLqZ9U :lol: 1 Check out my blog to read the Adventures of a Big Damn (F2P) Hero. THE place for all free players to connect, hang out and talk about how awesome it is to be F2P. So, Kaida is the real version of every fictional science-badass? That explains a lot, actually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nine naked men Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand. Captialism's bibel, introduction to liberalism etcetcetc. Heavy (physically, 1200~ pages) as hell, but I kinda promised my man to read it. There's a part where someone just talks about nothing for like a hundred pages so you can mentally cut it down a bit. Comedy option: There's a part where someone just talks about nothing for like 1200 pages so you can mentally cut it down a bit. sleep like dead men wake up like dead men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripsis Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I'm reading Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi. Pretty good so far. There is a lot of internal rambling/analysing though. It borders on "too much" for my taste (to the point where I skim a little). - 99 fletching | 99 thieving | 99 construction | 99 herblore | 99 smithing | 99 woodcutting - - 99 runecrafting - 99 prayer - 125 combat - 95 farming - - Blog - DeviantART - Book Reviews & Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varda Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Think I am on that part already, there was this description of Rearden Steel, how it looked like it when it got smelted... I hated it, didn't touch the book for two months.And I kinda expect my opinion would be something like in that vid. Other books I also read atm:LotR, the Hobbit, for the n'th time.Dracula, Frankenstein, too for the n'th time.Impatiently waiting on my Anansi Boys and Stardust from my man, he always forgets them when he comes over to my flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nine naked men Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Think I am on that part already, there was this description of Rearden Steel, how it looked like it when it got smelted... I hated it, didn't touch the book for two months.And I kinda expect my opinion would be something like in that vid. Other books I also read atm:LotR, the Hobbit, for the n'th time.Dracula, Frankenstein, too for the n'th time.Impatiently waiting on my Anansi Boys and Stardust from my man, he always forgets them when he comes over to my flat. Nah, you'll know when you get to it. Think the bit in 1984 where Winston reads that book O'Brien gave him except so much worse. sleep like dead men wake up like dead men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggiwhplar Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Do any of you "speed read?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varda Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 http://imgs.xkcd.com...s/bookshelf.png "You are not allowed to use that image extension on this community." o.O Related to my Atlas Shrugged talk.Just ordered Farmer Giles of Ham, been wanting it a while, just haven't bothered before now, since it was insane long waiting times on it online... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezee Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 @ Varda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonanananas Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Think I am on that part already, there was this description of Rearden Steel, how it looked like it when it got smelted... I hated it, didn't touch the book for two months.And I kinda expect my opinion would be something like in that vid. Other books I also read atm:LotR, the Hobbit, for the n'th time.Dracula, Frankenstein, too for the n'th time.Impatiently waiting on my Anansi Boys and Stardust from my man, he always forgets them when he comes over to my flat. Nah, you'll know when you get to it. Think the bit in 1984 where Winston reads that book O'Brien gave him except so much worse. O_o I really liked that part in 1984...found it quite interesting. Also, I've read the Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn books, really loved them. Had me laughing all the time. Now starting with "The Hotel New Hampshire" by David Irving. edit: whoops, John Irving. Not a holocaust denier... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alg Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 O_o I really liked that part in 1984...found it quite interesting.Probably a matter of context, then. That part of 1984 didn't seem like much of a departure from the rest of the book, the similar scene in Atlas Shrugged is probably handled differently (And/or longer than the entire text of 1984). I painted some stuff and put it on tumblr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estonian dude Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 World War Z. Unlike anything I have ever read before. And I don't think this book needs an introduction in here. So I've noticed this thread's regulars all follow similar trends. RPG is constantly dealing with psycho exes.Muggi reminds us of the joys of polygamy.Saq is totally oblivious to how much chicks dig him.I strike out every other week.Kalphite wages a war against the friend zone.Randox pretty much stays rational.Etc, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpgGamer Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 I've been struggling through The Future of Illusion by Sigmund Freud. It's enlightening, but you really gotta be on top of your mental game if you want to have any idea what he's going on about. It's only like 100 pages though. Not too bad if you want to brush up on some philosophy on religion. Quote Quote Anyone who likes tacos is incapable of logic. Anyone who likes logic is incapable of tacos. PSA: SaqPrets is an Estonian Dude Steam: NippleBeardTM Origin: Brand_New_iPwn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggiwhplar Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 http://books.google.com/books?id=6To0902iZeYC&lpg=PA1&dq=my%20big%20toe&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q=digtial%20computers&f=false Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel555555 Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 I finished reading The Last Threshold by R.A. Salvatore. I cried at the end. The last chaper was cheezy and anti climatic but the epilogue! The Epilogue!!!! I have to know is Drizzt Do'Urden dead or is anything more planned. I can't find anything about if there is another book planned!! edit: found out that there is another book coming out in august. But it sounds awfully like the last musing of a dead man.... I'm hoping for a massive deus ex machina at the end. Otherwise all the suspense and plot building in threshold is basically for nothing :evil: [spoiler=click you know you wanna]Me behave? Seriously? As a child I saw Tarzan almost naked, Cinderella arrived home from a party after midnight, Pinocchio told lies, Aladin was a thief, Batman drove over 200 miles an hour, Snow White lived in a house with seven men, Popeye smoked a pipe and had tattoos, Pac man ran around to digital music while eating pills that enhanced his performance, and Shaggy and Scooby were mystery solving hippies who always had the munchies. The fault is not mine! if you had this childhood and loved it put this in your signature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MPM Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 I just finished a Ночной дозор, working on Дневной дозор now. Translations, because I'm not cool enough for mother tongue. Oh, excellent series. I'm really looking forward to the new release that's coming out soon. So, would you be light or dark? ~M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MPM Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Almost certainly dark, I think. Same. It's odd though. In games, I almost always choose the "good" path. But dark others are just normal people who want to help themselves out. ~M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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muggiwhplar Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 http://www.amazon.com/How-Sell-Anything-Anybody-Girard/dp/0743273966/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1364419358&sr=8-1&keywords=how+to+sell+anything+to+anyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonez899 Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Gods of War by Conn Iggulden. Last book in the (fictional, based on fact) series about Julius Ceasars life. Pretty good overall, as was the rest of the series. http://forum.tip.it/topic/325514-bonez899s-journey-to-an-eventual-max/ My blog of progress on Runescape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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