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As in, the pages of what vast tome or slim novella are you currently swallowed up within?
I'm reading The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson atm. Unusual, and very well written. It's about an atheist priest who meets satan.
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My list of books to read is piling up.
I started The Greatest Show On Earth yesterday and it's fairly interesting so far.
After that I think I'll finally get around to tackling The Gathering Storm, Brandon Sandersons attempt at The Wheel Time... I also have the first book in his Mistborn series to read and compare the writing styles.
And while I know Iain M Banks non-culture books tend to be hit-or-miss as to whether they're any good I couldn't resist getting Transition.
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Originally Posted by Tempus Vernum
New one??
Hadn't heard ...
That's my next read sorted then, cheers TV ;)
Aye, his non-culture books are hit and miss. Inversions I didn't like so much, the Algebraist I did.
But then his last culture book; Matter, was thoroughly disappointing.
Wow, that's a stretch; a man whose very job is to be an intermediary between man and God, doesn't believe in God, then runs into proof of the very existence of God?Quote:
Originally Posted by Timbuk2
I really liked what Sandersons did with The Gathering Storm, but for the fact that - again - the series has been extended a couple of books.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tempus Vernum
Holy crap I forogot about Matter. I have it lying around somewhere at home.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timbuk2
Oh yes, I'm also halfway through the Necronomicon, a collection of Lovecraft fiction. I'm finding At The Mountains of Madness fairly difficult to work through though for some reason so I'm taking a break from it for a while.
Klaatu verata nuh…necktie…nectar…nickel...Quote:
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I think I'm going to make sure you are eaten last.
Sounds interesting, Tim.
I'm on a Russian novel kick again, I'm really not sure who we're supposed to blame.
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Did any of you ever bother to try reading John Irving? His new novel came out while I was taking my break.
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If I didn't do it, someone else would have!
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagnQuote:
Originally Posted by DecoyMilk
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How did Cthulhu die? And what's he dreaming about?
He is dead because the universe is not currently in a state where he can live. As to what he is dreaming about, we cannot say. How do you imagine the dreams of a creature who's mere appearance can drive you mad by its strangeness?Quote:
Originally Posted by DecoyMilk
Perhaps the things we do to them are mad, so they dream about working 9-5, doing the washing up, peeing standing up, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tempus Vernum
Or maybe I should not post in here again cos I'm hijacking. My apologies!
The things we do are insignificant. Lovecraft wrote a universe where humanity is completely irrelevant and when the true masters of the world return we will be swept away in the blink of an eye.Quote:
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Last finished book was "The Jennifer Morgue" by Charles Stross. I'm currently working on "City at the End of Time" by Greg Bear. It's not as easy to get into as previous Bear novels I've read.
I'm looking forward to the Fuller Memorandum next year. Finally we get to see what the beginnings of CASE NIGHTMARE GREEN might look like.Quote:
Last finished book was "The Jennifer Morgue" by Charles Stross
I bet it has tentacles!
It'll probably also be squamous.
Re-reading A Perfect Vacuum by Lem while waiting for new books
Even's Third Reich at War. Also lying near my bed with book marks in them are Castles of Steel by Robert K Masse and Transition by Iain Banks. Haven't read much of any of them recently, though.
I've got about 10 copies of Necronomicon laying around, we're on our 10th reprint i reckon (seems that way).Quote:
Originally Posted by Tempus Vernum
Listening to 'Dexter by design', I kind of decided to try that after hearing there were books the series is based upon. So far I enjoy it.
The last books I read where the Millennium series by Stieg Larsson. I know they are well know so this is not really a insider tip. But I think these books are really well written.
My favorite current Swiss author is Martin Suter: Amazon link
From those awailable in English on Amazon I think Small World is the better one.
Well I also recommend Dürrenmatt:
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The Physicists (German: Die Physiker) (1961) is a satiric drama often recognized as the most impressive yet most easily understood work of the Swiss writer Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Informed by the Second World War and the many recent advances in science and nuclear technology, the play deals with questions of scientific ethics and mankind's ability to handle its intellectual responsibilities. The play was first performed in Zürich in 1962 and has remained popular in the decades since.
Empire: How Britain made the Modern World - Niall Ferguson
I impulse bought the commemorative edition while I was in Scotland.Quote:
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The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Got this today
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I could have sent you a copy before you left dear Scotland! We'll probably end up throwing them away or they'll gather dust in the storage racks. :(.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tempus Vernum
Re-reading The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck. :up:
Principles of optimal design, Modeling and computation :jam:
Dread, if you ever read this thread (though why would you),
Re: Our earlier discussion on the Mercedes auto manufacturer and why Jews would not buy their products
It turns out that Dr. Goebbels was personal friends with their top owners and leaders, moreso than the Führer. Once again actual history is lost and silly anecdotes remain.
This thread reminded me...does anyone have any suggestions on what would be a good biography on Nikola Tesla that they've read which is both unbiased and isn't embellished, or focused solely on his crazier ideas (ie. treats him like a brilliant scientist, and not a death-ray obsessed maniac)?
I take it my link to Rotten Library would not be appreciated :(
If its anything like certain Discovery or History Channel episodes that cover his life where they devote 5 minutes to his early life, 10 minutes to his scientific discoveries and inventions (skipping over the ones attributed to Edison), and then spending the remaining 45 minutes covering death rays, the rumored link to the Tunguska event, and the US Gov't seizing his papers after his death and how that may be taken as proof he had some hardcore death ray tech, then probably not... :oQuote:
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I just discreetly write "Tesla was robbed!" on every whiteboard and blackboard I come acrossQuote:
Originally Posted by Illusions
Rebel without a cause
You know that the US gov't used his earthquake machine for the quake in Haiti, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Illusions
Knowing what I partially know now I get really pissed that it is standard educational procedure here to teach about Edison's "inventions", as opposed to things Tesla invented that Edison was just better at stealing/marketing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nessus
He also helped a steampunkish Victorian magician clone himself a few dozen times so he could perform an impossible water-trap escape!Quote:
Originally Posted by Flixy
The two books The Witcher game is based off of are really good. Titled The Last Wish and Blood of Elves.
Del Toro's The Strain is good for the first 80% of the book, the last 20% is wasted setting up for the trilogy. Still a good read, and a good refresh to the vampire genre.
Going back a hand full of years... I finally found the first book in The Sin War set in the Diablo Universe. Had to have it sent from a hole in the wall library in Kansas somewhere. So far so good.