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What are you reading?
- Thread starter Wingboy
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I shall seal the Heavens. At a not so good part right now.
I read the Witcher series, as it seemed decent.
Too many of the newer sci fi/fantasy are just romance novels with a bit of sci fi/fantasy added, which doesn't appeal to me.
I need to get back to Overlord, as more of that series has been published in English.
Foundation the series coming out and being bad, made me reread the first two books.
I'll probably go through the rest of them as I find them.
The Foundation paperback I have was priced under a dollar.
I'll most likely reread the Old Man's War series.
Every once in a while I'll browse back through Total Control, Proficient Motorcycling, or one of those books.
Most biographies don't appeal to me. My eldest finished Ghostrider and absolutely hated it.
Douglas Bader was good, but I read that years ago.
I read the Witcher series, as it seemed decent.
Too many of the newer sci fi/fantasy are just romance novels with a bit of sci fi/fantasy added, which doesn't appeal to me.
I need to get back to Overlord, as more of that series has been published in English.
Foundation the series coming out and being bad, made me reread the first two books.
I'll probably go through the rest of them as I find them.
The Foundation paperback I have was priced under a dollar.
I'll most likely reread the Old Man's War series.
Every once in a while I'll browse back through Total Control, Proficient Motorcycling, or one of those books.
Most biographies don't appeal to me. My eldest finished Ghostrider and absolutely hated it.
Douglas Bader was good, but I read that years ago.
Yeah, I did the same thing. The gap in time (writing-wise, not plot-wise) between the original trilogy and then the prequels and sequels really honed Asimov's narration skills. He always had great stories, but became a better story teller in his later years.
Was kind of angry that they changed the TV series so drastically. Keeping the same protaganists across all those time jumps in the story was a huge departure from the books and felt a bit clunky and takes away from the grandeur of a story that spans hundreds of years and through generations of people, but I know why they did it. I think viewers would lose interest having to get to know and sympathize with a different hero every few episodes. Having Cleon's clones played by the same set of actors and cycling through them over the years was brilliant though. That worked really well.
In the same vein, I've been watching "The Peripheral" and it made me want to read Gibson's original story, as well as his first few Cyberpunk books from the 80s.
With the off-season approaching, I picked up my Kindle for the first time in months. Found a book on there which I don't remember downloading at all. Jeffrey Archer's "A Prisoner of Birth". I don't like prison stories, war stories or sports stories, so it's a total mystery why I have that on there. Something tangential must have prompted me to get it.
Anyway, started reading it and now I'm hooked. It's not written that well, but I just need to know what happens at the end. It's basically a re-telling of the Count of Monte Cristo.
I prefer sci-fi mainly. Awhile back, I got a recommendation from an article I read from Barack Obama: "The Three Body Problem" by Chinese author, Liu Cixin. Very interesting story, but again, not as well-written as I'd hoped. Perhaps it got lost in translation? Anyway, it lent further insight to the person recommending it. Obama was always a man of ideas, but I always found his delivery was a bit lacking.
I have a real soft-spot for absurdist fiction. I love, love, love Miranda July, she's just straight-up WTF-weird, but so much heart in what she writes. "The First Bad Man" is one of my favorite books. It's her writing style that I enjoy. She does movies as well, and her style translates well to the screen, "Me, You and Everyone We Know" as well as "The Future" have her signature "WTF-yet-get-me-in-the-feels" all over it.
Not everyone's cup of tea, I realize.
More mainstream-wise, I love the magic realism of Haruki Murakami. Really enjoyed "1Q84" and to a lesser degree, "Kafka on the Shore". Really enjoy his writing style as well.
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Frederick Forsyth. I like him as he melds the factual with a good story. His book The Afghan gives a great synopsis of issues in Afghanistan and also winds in a nice spy thriller. The only problem is I’ve read everything now and started getting a bit worried about what I read next. John Le Carre is very good too though.
I like the Jack Reacher series too. Reacher is an interesting character…a brute with a brain. The books have great dark humour in them too.
I like the Jack Reacher series too. Reacher is an interesting character…a brute with a brain. The books have great dark humour in them too.
On Book 9 Treasons Harbour of 21 of the Patrick O'Brian Aubrey/Maturin series. He's a wonderful writer.
The Complete Aubrey/Maturin Novels (5 Volumes)
Patrick O’Brian’s twenty-one-volume Aubrey/Maturin seri…
..this is a re-read for me but still fresh 20 years on. Lots of laughter ...a bit of horror at the conditions...excellent historical info.
And just finished Deep River on audio book. Learned a lot.
Deep River by Karl Marlantes review – an epic tale of migrant struggle
This massive saga about Finnish immigrants in early 20th-century America combines fascinating detail with overlong narration
www.theguardian.com
Second that - new author for me. Norwegian Wood and also "1Q84"
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My grandmother worked there for a while I believe, and our wedding reception might have been on the site.
Entirely possible since they had thousands of workers and most were female. Especially if she was around TO during the war. They offered very good wages and also had their bus transport for employees.
Based on what the rest of you are reading, my reading choices will be considered boring to you all.
I prefer to read biographies or non fiction stuff. Just as I prefer documentaries vs fiction movies/series.
This is the most recent read and it was a good one.
Burke's Law: A Life in Hockey
Some other past reads
Cujo: The Untold Story of My Life On and Off the Ice
Rick Mercer: Final Report
This one was really good. Especially when he retold the Pierre Berton joint story live at a comedy show.
Cornered: Hijinks, Highlights, Late Nights and Insights
I prefer to read biographies or non fiction stuff. Just as I prefer documentaries vs fiction movies/series.
This is the most recent read and it was a good one.
Burke's Law: A Life in Hockey
Some other past reads
Cujo: The Untold Story of My Life On and Off the Ice
Rick Mercer: Final Report
This one was really good. Especially when he retold the Pierre Berton joint story live at a comedy show.
Cornered: Hijinks, Highlights, Late Nights and Insights
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Not boring at all. I like non-fiction as well, mostly sociology texts, Malcolm Gladwell, etc. and some biographies of people I find interesting.
I enjoyed reading multiple World Superbike Champion, Jonathan Rea's autobiography, "Jonathan Rea: Dream. Believe. Achieve. My Autobiography"
As well as Barack Obama's autobiography: "A Promised Land"
@tat2 recommended a good sociology book which I found very interesting, "Stranger than we can Imagine, deals with post-modernist art, science and politics and trying to make sense of stuff that just doesn't make sense: Quantum Physics, Cubism, Dadaism, Chaos Theory, etc.
Also, on the same line, Stephen Hawkings "A Brief History of Time"
And of course, anything from Malcolm Gladwell, "Tipping Point", "Blink", "Outliers"...
Another author of sociology texts I like is Yuval Noah Harari, a fantastic read is "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" and "Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow" which is next on my reading list.
Diamond Age on Audible- highly recommended ...
oopsnot Diamond Girl.
Cool, I'll check that out. I read Snowcrash a long time ago, been meaning to re-read that as well.
Jeez.
I had to read Finnegan's Wake for a university course I once took.
The course was called, "Books everyone considers brilliant, but nobody enjoys reading"...
I was okay until he starting talking about string theory and 11 dimensions. I struggle with 3 most of the time... especially when riding motorcycles...
There are better way of explaining string theory. I just listened to a Neil DeGrasse Tyson podcast where he did a layman's explanation of string theory. It made perfect sense. Until I tried to re-explain it to my wife, and then realized I didn't understand string theory at all...
Haha, I enjoyed Dubliners and kinda into dry ass books I guess...Although finishing Moby Dick is probably one of the crowning achievements of my life so far
Keep em coming! Always in search of something good to listen to during my commute.
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