What book are you currently reading?
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The Legends of Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, after finishing Dune Messiah.
I'm enjoying it more than Dune Messiah. Yes Dune Messiah is so beautifully written, but it's also a lot more convulted than it has to be. The original Dune found a nice balance between a beautiful language and a plot that makes you think, and it's readability. Dune Messiah lost that balance a bit, but it's still fantastic.
In a few days I'll start reading Children of Dune as well. I also want to start reading some cyberpunk novels, but I'm not sure where to start.
And you can always go for Dresden Files novels, they read like a train and are a ton more fun. Less thought-provoking perhaps, but oh so awesome.
I'm enjoying it more than Dune Messiah. Yes Dune Messiah is so beautifully written, but it's also a lot more convulted than it has to be. The original Dune found a nice balance between a beautiful language and a plot that makes you think, and it's readability. Dune Messiah lost that balance a bit, but it's still fantastic.
In a few days I'll start reading Children of Dune as well. I also want to start reading some cyberpunk novels, but I'm not sure where to start.
Her other book, The Fountainhead, is a lot easier to read. I find the theme of it also quite a bit less insane than Rand's usual ramblings.Bobic said:
And you can always go for Dresden Files novels, they read like a train and are a ton more fun. Less thought-provoking perhaps, but oh so awesome.
They only get better and better.InnerRebellion said:
I'm about to finish "Margaret and the Master" by Mihail Bulgakov. It's incredibly fun and captivating. It's also a very complete book, and Bulgakov has a really interesting interpretation of the faustian theme.
Also, i just started reading "The stranger" by Albert Camus.
And for college i'm also reading "The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism" by Max Weber.
And i just finished a small story by Asimov, "The last question", which was actually suggested by one escapee, but unfortunately i can't remember his name, or what discussion it was. Anyway, i loved it a lot. It's pretty good.
Also, i just started reading "The stranger" by Albert Camus.
And for college i'm also reading "The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism" by Max Weber.
And i just finished a small story by Asimov, "The last question", which was actually suggested by one escapee, but unfortunately i can't remember his name, or what discussion it was. Anyway, i loved it a lot. It's pretty good.
does the internet count as a book.
too be honest i havent read a book in years. i used to read before i went to sleep but then i bought a tv and i watched tv before i slept then i got a dvd player and laptop and now watch movies before i sleep.
I wouldnt mind reading the witcher books, since i love the game i thought it would be a logical step. but i cant seem to find them in a easy spot.(might go look for them again)
probably the last book i read was the axis of time series.
edit just bought the first too witcher books if your interested
too be honest i havent read a book in years. i used to read before i went to sleep but then i bought a tv and i watched tv before i slept then i got a dvd player and laptop and now watch movies before i sleep.
I wouldnt mind reading the witcher books, since i love the game i thought it would be a logical step. but i cant seem to find them in a easy spot.(might go look for them again)
probably the last book i read was the axis of time series.
edit just bought the first too witcher books if your interested
I've been reading Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco. It's slow going though as I find it to be rather complex at times. But I guess that's what I get for reading a book by a semiotician. But hey, at least it's easier than If on a winter's night a traveler. That book is crazy. Good but crazy.
At the same time I'm also having a go at Dialogues and Essays by Seneca the Younger. I have a thing for stoic philosophy. I'd recommend you all to read Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.
Next on the list is some book I have yet to decide by Dostoyevsky. I bought a collection of all his books for Christmas crazy cheap so I'll pick one of them and get going.
At the same time I'm also having a go at Dialogues and Essays by Seneca the Younger. I have a thing for stoic philosophy. I'd recommend you all to read Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.
Next on the list is some book I have yet to decide by Dostoyevsky. I bought a collection of all his books for Christmas crazy cheap so I'll pick one of them and get going.
The Hunger Games series is excellent, I'm only six chapters into the second one but if you like post-apocalyptic stuff (like me) it's brilliant and generally gripping. I read the whole of the first book in one hour-long sitting. It helps if, like me, you adore stuff that takes the concept of reality TV to an extreme (like the Doctor Who Series 1 finale).
Game of Thrones, just started it and im starting to think ive been hooked by an invisible fisherman...
I was reading "Japanese Life, Language and Culture", but I misplaced the book, so now im reading "Beginners Swedish"
