oh gods a book thread! how did I not notice?
I just finished reading The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson. I'm almost done The Omnivores Dilemma, I just got The Moral Landscape, dunno when I'll start it though.
@rev rye Irvine Welsh does seem to use some strong scotttish slang/dialect in his writing. A friend of mine bought me a short story collection and I had to read some of them twice to figure out what the fuck was going on. I enjoyed it though.
I noticed some people mentioning fantasy (which I don't really like other than the obvious LotR) specifically Song of Ice and Fire and Sword of Truth.
Song of Ice and Fire series is amazing, or at least the first 3 books are. The latest was... underwhelming. 5 years and we get half a fucking book missing some of the best characters (seriously it's been like 8 years since I read Storm of Swords. I just want to know what happens with Tyrion) and 6 MORE years apparently he still can't finish the good half of the book. But the first 3 books are great. It's like (original)star wars - sure he made Howard the Duck, but Star Wars absolves him of that shit. THX 1138 was pretty cool too though.
I actually liked the first Sword of Truth book. My cousin had a bunch of them and I just started reading a random one then he told me it was a series and I should start from the beginning. For some reason I kept reading them even though they got worse and worse and kept recycling the same plot (richard and khalin get separated/magic is leaving the world/the world will destroyed - either of the former causing said destruction) I finally ended up getting frustrated and angrily threw the book up in the air part way through when once again, the magic of the world was threatened by... whatever it happened to be in that book.
I do however like Sci Fi. Even bad sci fi, I don't know what it is, but I love it. I have probably 10 or 12 sci fi short story collections and they're awesome. I've been reading some Niel Asher, his short stories are quite good, his novels I'm not so sure. I didn't like The Skinner, Prador Moon was decent, and I've ordered Gridlinked, so if it's good I'll get another of his.
To kill A Mockingbird - nope
The Time Machine - very short, easy read I quite enjoyed it
Brave New World - weak ending in my opinion, but overall good.
Fahrenheit 451 -nope
Stranger in a Strangeland - this is the only Heinlein book I've read that I didn't like. I mean he has some mediocre books, but I actually didn't like this one; I had to force my way through it. And I even liked Time Enough for Love, which apparently a lot of people hate.
The Grapes of Wrath - nope
Lord of the flies - bleak look at human nature, I enjoyed it though
1984 - kind of depressing, and I remember being a bit disturbed by the psychological violence, though it's been many years since I read it. The only other book I can think of that actually disturbed me like that is American Physco. In both cases I attribute it to good writing.
The Road -no but I keep hearing about it (haven't seen the movie yet either) and I want to read it
Animal Farm - several years ago in school
this is what happens when I drink too much and start thinking about books. I need something to soothe the pain from the damn russians and their third period bullshit.
I just finished reading The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson. I'm almost done The Omnivores Dilemma, I just got The Moral Landscape, dunno when I'll start it though.
@rev rye Irvine Welsh does seem to use some strong scotttish slang/dialect in his writing. A friend of mine bought me a short story collection and I had to read some of them twice to figure out what the fuck was going on. I enjoyed it though.
I noticed some people mentioning fantasy (which I don't really like other than the obvious LotR) specifically Song of Ice and Fire and Sword of Truth.
Song of Ice and Fire series is amazing, or at least the first 3 books are. The latest was... underwhelming. 5 years and we get half a fucking book missing some of the best characters (seriously it's been like 8 years since I read Storm of Swords. I just want to know what happens with Tyrion) and 6 MORE years apparently he still can't finish the good half of the book. But the first 3 books are great. It's like (original)star wars - sure he made Howard the Duck, but Star Wars absolves him of that shit. THX 1138 was pretty cool too though.
I actually liked the first Sword of Truth book. My cousin had a bunch of them and I just started reading a random one then he told me it was a series and I should start from the beginning. For some reason I kept reading them even though they got worse and worse and kept recycling the same plot (richard and khalin get separated/magic is leaving the world/the world will destroyed - either of the former causing said destruction) I finally ended up getting frustrated and angrily threw the book up in the air part way through when once again, the magic of the world was threatened by... whatever it happened to be in that book.
I do however like Sci Fi. Even bad sci fi, I don't know what it is, but I love it. I have probably 10 or 12 sci fi short story collections and they're awesome. I've been reading some Niel Asher, his short stories are quite good, his novels I'm not so sure. I didn't like The Skinner, Prador Moon was decent, and I've ordered Gridlinked, so if it's good I'll get another of his.
To kill A Mockingbird - nope
The Time Machine - very short, easy read I quite enjoyed it
Brave New World - weak ending in my opinion, but overall good.
Fahrenheit 451 -nope
Stranger in a Strangeland - this is the only Heinlein book I've read that I didn't like. I mean he has some mediocre books, but I actually didn't like this one; I had to force my way through it. And I even liked Time Enough for Love, which apparently a lot of people hate.
The Grapes of Wrath - nope
Lord of the flies - bleak look at human nature, I enjoyed it though
1984 - kind of depressing, and I remember being a bit disturbed by the psychological violence, though it's been many years since I read it. The only other book I can think of that actually disturbed me like that is American Physco. In both cases I attribute it to good writing.
The Road -no but I keep hearing about it (haven't seen the movie yet either) and I want to read it
Animal Farm - several years ago in school
this is what happens when I drink too much and start thinking about books. I need something to soothe the pain from the damn russians and their third period bullshit.
