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Adam · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 3:08 am

Started so I can ask Godshifter which Dan Simmons book I should read next? I'm in the middle of The Terror and your high praise for it was definitely warranted.. I figure to continue checking his stuff out once I finish this and already have Drood. But I read the back ofCarrion Comfort and that looks even more interesting. Any suggestion for which one to go to first? I am leaning towards Drood since I already own it.

spiritualleader · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 3:31 am

I'm reading The Lost City Of Z.
About some whacko explorers running round in the Amazon. Just started it.

diasdegalvan · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 3:53 am

Going to start to read The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World by Harlan Ellison.

jmucke · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:25 am

"Chronic City" by Jonathan Lethem. Its good but too long and a far cry from "Motherless Brooklyn" or "Fortress Of Solitude".

Ayek · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 6:06 am

I started reading Hunter S Thompson's Generation of Swine but about halfway through when I got too swamped in the mires of American Politics of the 60s and 70s. I know I could skip those parts, but that'd be cheating. But now its stopping me from starting on some Star Wars book I got for 2 bucks.

Mazzereth · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:09 am

Volume · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:24 am

Stephen Donaldson - The Power that Preserves, book 3 of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

I also found the second trilogy in a used book store so they're next I guess.

k1ngtubby · **Joined:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:17 am **Posts:** 5

I've been buried under text books for assignments for the last three weeks, but in the meantime I'm trying to work my way through to the end of 'Musicophilia' by Oliver Sacks.

and Rollins rants for sending me to sleep

Gaia · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:39 am

Mazzereth wrote:

DOOM

Quality book, took me a while to get through it, but I loved it.

Currently reading Robin Hobbs' Royal Assassin, just started it, so can't say too much about, but it's cooool from what I've read.

Arzgarth · **Joined:** Sat Dec 04, 2010 6:41 pm **Posts:** 1466

Over Thanksgiving, I plowed through Justin Cronin's The Passage. Sort of a vampire-themed* cross between The Road (briefly) and The Stand. It's some 700+ pages, but it flies by pretty quickly. Apparently it's the first of three books.

Now I'm reading Ed McBain's Long Time No See. Been on a big mystery kick, and I'm expanding my list of authors. Been checking out more Ellmore Leonard and Walter Mosley, both of which are a'ight. This one's a bit tough to get into, though.

* And not manginally challenged emo vampires either. These are some ruthless fuckers.

db3jed · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:44 am

Phillip Jose Farmer's "Riverworld: Including To Your Scattered Bodies Go & The Fabulous Riverboat".

MadJohnShaft · **Joined:** Sat Dec 04, 2010 8:24 pm **Posts:** 523

Hitch22
Invention of Air - bio of Joseph Priestly
Superfolks - Rober Mayer (finished this AM)
Seven Days in the Art World - Sarah Thornton
Life - Keith Richards

Next up
Super Sad True Love Story or
How to live safely in a science fiction universe or
Skippy Dies or
Radical Homemakers

ollie · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:01 am

The Keith Richards autobiography is cool.

Just finished An Idiot Abroad by Karl Pilkington. He's Ricky gervais retarded mate who they sent to visit the 7 wonders of the world and made him stay in shitty conditions. the TV series was amazing and the book is pretty much his travel diary.

Now reading Peter Mayall's Bon Apetit as I had nothing else in the house. Not bad, all about different culinary traditions in France.

Adam · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:11 am

spiritualleader wrote:

I'm reading The Lost City Of Z.
About some whacko explorers running round in the Amazon. Just started it.

I really liked this one.

willb · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:29 am

Just finished Brett Easton Ellis - Imperial Bedrooms. Good book, but too short.

Woody · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:36 am

Just finished reading a great biography of Johnny Winter called Raisin' Cain. Salvador Dali wanted to stick a mic up Johnny's ass and broadcast the sounds of his innards during concerts!

Also read Cheetah Chrome's autobiography recently which was also great.

L. Ron · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:37 am

Been re-reading the George Jones autobiography, planning on getting the Keith Richards autobiography and "Forever Changes-Arthur Lee And The Book Of Love' in the very near future.

scarab cadaver · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:54 am

"the terminal state" by jeff somers. new sci-fi, nothing groundbreaking but a good read. he's got a series of books, this is the fourth installment.

greenskeeper · **Joined:** Sun Dec 05, 2010 2:38 pm **Posts:** 289

Got a Kindle over the weekend and downloaded some shit for free to test it out. Started Bram Stoker's The Lair of the White Worm this morning. Think this thing is gonna get a lot use.

I didn't know there was a George Jones autobiography. Gonna have to check that out.

L. Ron · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 1:08 pm

greenskeeper wrote:

Got a Kindle over the weekend and downloaded some shit for free to test it out. Started Bram Stoker's The Lair of the White Worm this morning. Think this thing is gonna get a lot use.

I didn't know there was a George Jones autobiography. Gonna have to check that out.

The George Jones autobiography is an absolute must-read, when it comes to drinking/drugging ect he makes Motley Crew(or pretty much any other "debauched" rock band) look like total pussies/amateurs.

Mazzereth · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 1:12 pm

Gaia wrote:

Mazzereth wrote:

DOOM

Quality book, took me a while to get through it, but I loved it.

Currently reading Robin Hobbs' Royal Assassin, just started it, so can't say too much about, but it's cooool from what I've read.

Have you read any of the Matthew Shardlake books by C J Sansom?

black_out · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 2:55 pm

About half way through How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu. Not a bad read so far. Decent prose, decent story. Nothing life changing.

Stickman · **Joined:** Sat Dec 04, 2010 6:24 pm **Posts:** 762

Finished Aravind Adiga's White Tiger a few days ago. Darkly hilarious, one of the best recent SE Asian books I've read. Been picking & choosing stories from a giant SF anthology, Nancy Kress, Brian Stableford and Greg Egan all stood out, really liked Stableford's long tale of a historian writing the history on man's fight against death from a future where we're nearly immortal and how Kress created a bizarre love triangle to offer a new take on science vs faith, revealing how humanity relates to god.

greenskeeper · **Joined:** Sun Dec 05, 2010 2:38 pm **Posts:** 289

White Tiger is a damn fine book. He's got another one out called Between the Assassinations that's got the same darkly comic qualities to it. A bit different, maybe not as solid of a book as White Tiger, but still a good read.

black_out · **Posted:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 4:11 pm

Stickman wrote:

Finished Aravind Adiga's White Tiger a few days ago. Darkly hilarious, one of the best recent SE Asian books I've read. Been picking & choosing stories from a giant SF anthology, Nancy Kress, Brian Stableford and Greg Egan all stood out, really liked Stableford's long tale of a historian writing the history on man's fight against death from a future where we're nearly immortal and how Kress created a bizarre love triangle to offer a new take on science vs faith, revealing how humanity relates to god.

Really enjoyed The White Tiger. Although, at times I didn't know weather to laugh or be sad. I wonder how rooted in reality the story is.

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