HandsomeDead Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 I've not done barely any reading for entertainment since March. It's been either academic books for my course or crap on the internet. Though I've give myself a slap lately and picked up where I left off with Pattern Recognition by William Gibson. I didn't quite like it at first but that's because it's sometimes written in this really trendy way. A lot of the characters are young jet setting types and work in marketing. It took me a while to get over the hatred and get into the plot. Though I have been dipping out of Moby Dick, but that's on my phone and I pull it out if I'm waiting for something, somewhere. It's not an ideal way to read it, unsurprisingly. Reading novels like that is kinda weird too, though I read a lot on my phone (I even read a whole Tim Rogers article once) but books feels wrong. It's like it's not sinking in properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craymen Edge Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I finished Johannes Cabal The Detective by Jonathan L Howard. (Trivia: According to his book blurb, he's an ex game designer and has worked on the Broken Sword series). The book is a comedy steampunk/sci fi adventure thing (second in a series), and it's rather enjoyable. I could see it appealing if you like Pratchett or Robert Rankin. I bought the new Thursday Next But realised I can't remember which of the other ones I had or hadn't read. So I'm going to read them the in order they came out; starting with re-reading The Eyre Affair. It's a comical literary fantasy / crime thriller full of literary jokes, absurdist humour, and is just a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I've started reading a book I picked up called "The Secret History of the World" which is meant to be all about the stuff that went into things like The Da Vinci Code, secret societies and stuff. Problem is I'm finding it hard getting off the first chapter because already the author has asked me to "open my mind to the possibilities within the imagination" and also at the same time scoffed at science so I can't seem to get past the bias so far. Every time I read a line like "scientists, eh? What do they really know?" with no backing up, I just have to stop reading and argue with him in my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimboxy Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I got Cloud Atlas delivered to my Kindle yesterday for next weeks holiday reading. Looking forward to it, heard good things. Should get Dark Tower III finished today or tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimboxy Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 And Cloud Atlas is finished. Thought it was sprawling and epic and pretentious and great. Well worth a read before the film comes out in October. I think this year I've read more books than I've played games. Which is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyKurosaki Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Making my way through Book 5-2 of George Martin's A Song Of Ice and Fire. After seeing series 1 of Game Of Thrones this year, I got so into It I just had to read the books. 3 months later I'm on the (current) last book. It just goes from strength to strength, brilliant characters, and some genuine surprises. Essential reading really. Also reading An Idiot Abroad-The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington. I've only just discovered Pilkington (talk about late to the party eh?), and I've been in hysterics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craymen Edge Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I've broken off from Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next series for now (which is great by the way, just 2 left to read), In order to read The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of a Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. It all starts on the one-hundredth birthday of Allan Karlsson. Sitting quietly in his room in an old people's home, he is waiting for the party he-never-wanted-anyway to begin. The mayor is going to be there. The press is going to be there. But, as it turns out, Allan is not...Slowly but surely Allan climbs out of his bedroom window, into the flowerbed (in his slippers) and makes his getaway. And so begins his picaresque and unlikely journey involving criminals, several murders, a suitcase full of cash, and incompetent police. As his escapades unfold, we learn something of Allan's earlier life in which - remarkably - he helped to make the atom bomb, became friends with American presidents, Russian tyrants, and Chinese leaders, and was a participant behind the scenes in many key events of the twentieth century. Already a huge bestseller across Europe, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared is a fun, feel-good book for all ages. Translated by Rod Bradbury. So far it's fantastic, such a lighthearted and fun story. Last of the Summer Wine meets Forrest Gump via the Swedish crime genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberpunk Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I've been reading The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter. Mr Baxter has done a lot of work with Arthur C Clarke, and his solo stuff is pretty good Sci-Fi. I read a two book story of his last year called Flood and Ark, and really enjoyed them. Anyway, The Time Ships is a direct sequel of H.G. Wells The Time Machine, and authorized by the Wells estate. Also, it was released for the one hundredth anniversary of The Time Machine's publication. The story begins with the time traveller about to go back to the far future with the intention of rescuing Weena, a small Eloi woman carried off by the Morlocks in the original book. However, as he is travelling through time, he notices differences from his last trip forward. He stops his time machine on an Earth with no sun, and is taken prisoner by what he thinks are Morlocks. Later he finds that these creatures are not true Morlocks, and the reason why there is no sun is because the new Morlock creatures have created a Dyson Sphere around the sun, and the planet Earth is now a Morlock nursery. Also, the time traveller has created a new timeline, just by the act of telling his story to his friends in the original book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimboxy Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 If you like Baxter you should read his destinies child trilogy. It's epic in scope if sometimes a little ponderous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinzon Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Also the Manifold series is well worth checking out. Baxter is awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberpunk Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 If you like Baxter you should read his destinies child trilogy. It's epic in scope if sometimes a little ponderous. I was thinking of doing that mate. I've got his time oddessy series that he did with Arthur C Clarke first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberpunk Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Also the Manifold series is well worth checking out. Baxter is awesome I might be reading Baxter for a while, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimboxy Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 If you like Baxter you should read his destinies child trilogy. It's epic in scope if sometimes a little ponderous. I was thinking of doing that mate. I've got his time oddessy series that he did with Arthur C Clarke first. Yeah the time odyssey books as great. The first one is the best though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberpunk Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 If you like Baxter you should read his destinies child trilogy. It's epic in scope if sometimes a little ponderous. I was thinking of doing that mate. I've got his time oddessy series that he did with Arthur C Clarke first. Yeah the time odyssey books as great. The first one is the best though. So far all I've read of his is Flood, it's follow up Ark, and The Time Ships. I've got loads left to get and read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberpunk Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Thanks for the Stephen Baxter suggestions guys. I've gone with The Long Earth, a book about parallel Earths written in conjunction with Terry Pratchett of Discworld fame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambob Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Ive been reading the Eye of the World, which is the first book in the Wheel of Time series. The series is all pretty new to me, somebody said to try it and it seems pretty good so far, after a slowish start im hooked now, but it appears to be universally known as the stereotypical never ending series. Its a fantasy series, and it borrows from Lord of the rings in places, but the oddest thing ive found when reading it is that it feels like several games ive played and I cant think why, but im enjoying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 I read the Wheel of Time up to about book 10 or 11 a few years ago and loved it. Then Robert Jordan died and some other writer finished off the series based on his manuscripts, but i haven't read those... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craymen Edge Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 So, I finished The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of a Window and Disappeared last week. It was awesome, I highly recommend it. Back to Jasper Fforde this week. Next up is One of Our Thursdays is Missing. I've been enjoying these immensely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Michael Chabon has a new book out, Telegraph Avenue: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/books/review/telegraph-avenue-by-michael-chabon.html?_r=1&ref=books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I just finished Northline by Willy Vlautin. It made me sad. that is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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