What We're Reading

[Tomas_Miles_again]

Xenakis "Formalized Music" - Some fairly groundbreaking stuff in music
Resnick "Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams" - decentralisation
"The Silmarillion" Picked this up again only to quote the beginning, while I've taken it out I'll see if I can get past the 2nd chapter without falling asleep this time.

Edit: the first two are non-fiction

[NejStark]

Dougal Robertson - Survive the Savage Sea.

True story - him and his entire family were attacked by killer whales mid pacific, their yacht sank. Survived for 38 days in a raft and dinghy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougal_Robertson#Voyage

[Charlemagne_De_Kingsmith]

At the moment, slowly and painfully getting through Mohammad and Charlemagne Revisited: The History of a Controversy and The New Concise History of the Crusades. Its not that they are tough or boring its just time and patientce I dont seem to have at the moment lol.

But so far stunning books 

http://www.amazon.com/Mohammed-Charlemagne-Revisited-History-Controversy/dp/0578094185/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y

http://www.amazon.com/Concise-History-Crusades-Critical-International/dp/0742538230

[AntiBlitz]

so i went to the Baltimore Comic-con and found this small series of books called the "Mouse Guard", its more of a childrens novel, with large pics laid out comic book style.  But the premise and the story are just so unique, so beautifully painted, and such a great read that i picked up the 3 book series in hardback.  I like to have my favorite books in hardback to sit in a shelf, and these will gladly sit amongst them.  Id recommend you guys take a look as well.

If you dont want to watch this short video trailer, the story is about a group of mice employed as the Mouse Guard, a group of which keeps all the common mice safe while traveling amongst the dangerous roads throughout the kingdom.  The books themselves are beautifully drawn and have battle scenes with things like foxes, snakes, etc.  Gore included.  Id say its a pretty wonderful childrens novel to stock your shelf with.

I even changed my avatar lol.

[Falka]

Charles Bukowski, Factotum and Post Office finished already, just started Women. Looks like his all books were tribute to drinking and fucking. And giude how to get kicked from a job. Good reading nonetheless.

Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy. GOod movie and good book.

Drive and its sequal, Driver. I wasn't a fan of movie, but books are definitely worth reading.

Half a king. The worst book written by Joe Abercrombie. And still better than average fantasy.

Oh, and The Painted Bird, by Jerzy Kosiński, most fucked up thing I've ever read. Starts with burning a squirrel and it's only a foretaste of psychopatic events which follow in the latter part.

[Tagora]

Charles Bukowski, Factotum and Post Office finished already, just started Women. Looks like his all books were tribute to drinking and fucking. And giude how to get kicked from a job. Good reading nonetheless.

chinaski is king

[Tagora]

Halfway thru Père Goriot.  Ballzac, great double entendre, even better writer.  Supposedly reminiscent of Dickens but I really don't see it.  #yoro

[WITCHCRAFT]

How have I not seen this thread in the past? Currently reading:

The Black Book by M. A. Harris. African American history, composed almost entirely of primary resources. From slave cargo inventories to newspapers about freed or missing slaves to minstrel show posters and interviews with important figures throughout the history of the United States. Pro fuckin' read. Don't put it off until black history month. Read it now.

Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl. some guys in the 40s made a Pacific islander style raft and went across the Pacific on it. Kind of reminds me of On The Road or some other Beat poet memoir journal thing.

How to wreck a nice beach : the vocoder from World War II to hip-hop by Dave Tompkins. I love the use of vocoders in music and this is a nice history on the thing that isn't too dry and boring.

Spirits, shamans, and stars : perspectives from South America is an old-ass scholarly collection of anthropology research. It is a bit of a slow read but I just eat up this kind of stuff. Myth, magic, ritual, etc. I haven't gotten past the first part which is about magico-religious use of tobacco in all its forms. Fascinating!!!

[[ptx]]

Done with Asimovs Robot/Empire/Foundation series, read up the latest two Horus Heresy books i could get (29th and 30th, 29th is awesome!) and have now started reading Vernor Vinge's Zones of Thought series. So far seems really great!

[Tibe]

Picked up Dune. Lets see if I have time to finish it.

[Lt_Anders]

Part three in a series(can't remember books 1 & 2 but use this to find them)
Endsinger. Kinda like a steampunk Japan. Pretty Interesting story and setting.

[pogosan]

[WITCHCRAFT]

Can anyone teach me how to read? Would pay with straw hats.

rereading Pratchett right now (I mean everything), love that old bastard and his stupid jokes

What book would you recommend to someone that has never read Pratchett? I keep meaning to read something by him but never get around to it...

[Falka]

All you need is kill.
Great book, better than movie based on it, Edge of tomorrow. Though movie is really enjoable as well.

[FleetFox]

Nearly Finished Butchers Crossing, I've really enjoyed it, although its pretty sickening when you are reminded of how many and how quickly the American buffalo was killed. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/07/butchers-crossing-john-williams-review