What We're Reading

[Lt_Anders]

Anyone got any recommendations for a good book I could read while I'm on vacation and away from technology?

S.M Stirling: Emberverse Series. Starts with Dies the Fire, about, well no technology. Fitting, I'd say.

Or maybe, Inda. Decent book, amongst my favorites.

[Kalam]

S.M Stirling: Emberverse Series. Starts with Dies the Fire, about, well no technology. Fitting, I'd say.

That's an enjoyable series.

Except, you know, Astrid Larsson. Man, does that character stir feelings within me that no other fictional character does. I can't stand her. At all.

Though, in general, I'm not a fan of a lot of his characters. They're well-rounded, developed characters- I just don't like them. I think it says something about his writing that he can create characters that evoke such strong emotions, though.

[Lt_Anders]

That's an enjoyable series.

Except, you know, Astrid Larsson. Man, does that character stir feelings within me that no other fictional character does. I can't stand her. At all.

Though, in general, I'm not a fan of a lot of his characters. They're well-rounded, developed characters- I just don't like them. I think it says something about his writing that he can create characters that evoke such strong emotions, though.

For me, I'm not to friendly with the wiccans. I skim their parts more than the rest of the others.  Astrid isn't that bad, though, I do find flaws in his world, being a guy who understands a large amount of the principles involved.(IE Electricity still has to exist, because if it didn't Magnetisim would be...way different and would be deadly for the humans) But Otherwise, Suspension of Disbelief is more than enough for me. Also have you read the: Some time Later with Rudi as the star rather than the Protectors era?

[Kalam]

Also have you read the: Some time Later with Rudi as the star rather than the Protectors era?

I've read the first book of that one. It's alright. It just doesn't have the same appeal - more like a regular eighties post-apocalyptic/fantasy thing at that point. It's still decent, though. There are...fewer protagonists to dislike. More to like.

[CrazyCracka420]

Still trying to finish a Dance with Dragons, 600 pages in right now

I'm currently reading a Kalam message shitting on my thread:

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I see not much has changed

[Kalam]

Still trying to finish a Dance with Dragons, 600 pages in right now

I see not much has changed

I'll spoil it for you.

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The last word is 'daggers'.

[Lt_Anders]

Hey Kalam, I think you might Like this series. Bit long, but the first book is, by far, the best I've read in a long time.
The Way of Kings
Long long book. Book 2 comes out beginning of next year and I'm hoping it'll be as good as this.

Another Good Series is this: Mistborn.

The more "Modern" version(like the wild west type era, mid 1850s) is much better for setting, but the characters in mistborn are much much better.

[Artyem]

Well, the last few months have been interesting for me.  I'm usually a very avid reader, but school / work / general fuckery took most of my attention away from books.  Fortunately, I've picked up on it again and started with:

Flyboys by James Bradley.

Very informative, overall an interesting read if you're into history or just WWII in general.  Most importantly, it's very informative from an unbiased point of view, the author did his best to equally incriminate both parties involved. 

After that I started up Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain.

If you watch No Reservations, you'd probably end up reading this entire book in his voice.  If you're even remotely interested in the Culinary world, this is a good read.  Fuck, you don't even have to like cooking, he's a very good writer and is very descriptive when writing anecdotes.  Definitely worth reading, especially if you're into his show.

I started reading The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy awhile back, but was quickly cut off when I was introduced to Lee Child's Jack Reacher novels.

Way better than the movie, and there's like 18 books in the series.  They don't really have to be read in order, either.

They'r kind of a cliche, but the writing style used is very unique to me.  Short, punctual and very descriptively brief sentences.  Very well thought out and written fight scenes, I've never really read anything like it.  If you're into reading about people getting murdered by hand, you'll probably enjoy these books.

[Rumblood]

Finished the original Cobra Trilogy that was written in the 1980's by Timothy Zahn (the man who single-handedly saved Star Wars fiction with his Heir to the Empire trilogy also known as the Thrawn trilogy, pick that up if you haven't read it). Now reading the Cobra Wars, that was written 2009-2011. If you pay attention to the time periods, the first trilogy was written pre-internet and pre-mobile revolution, the latter trilogy post. The 1980's version still holds up very well, a testament to his writing skills.

[CrazyCracka420]

Well finally finished a Dance with Dragons, now I can say I'm caught up on ASoIaF

Easily one of my favorite set of books.  Never read that many pages in all of my life (probably all the books I've ever read combined, and I've read a lot of books).

Since then I read the 2nd Hunger Games book (and some James Patterson books) and am going to pick up the 3rd Hunger Games book.

[Rumblood]

Never read that many pages in all of my life (probably all the books I've ever read combined, and I've read a lot of books).

Clearly never read the Wheel of Time series 

[CrazyCracka420]

Naw I can't really get into fantasy books or movies (for the most part...there's some that I really enjoy), and to a lesser extent, that applies to the sci-fi genre as well.

I've heard good things about the Wheel of Time books, and decided it probably wasn't for me.

[Fredom]

My favorite ones are german books, dno whether they're translated.
The name of the author is Peter Schwindt and the book's name is: Gwydion. Normally I'm not the real reader but these books (4 books) are most awesome! 

[omgwtfgg503]

Everyday Survival , "why smart people do stupid things"- By laurence gonzales

Why violence has declined " the better angles of our nature"- By Steven pinker


Both have blew my mind

[Eugen]

To hell, I nearly forgot that there are still books out there 

Back then I read lots of cyberpunk und science fiction (Gibson, Neil Stephenson, Rudy Rucker, Marcus Hammerschmidt, Alan Dean Foster, Douglas Adams, Strugatzki some of the Shadowrun series) Fantasy (Tolkien, Dunsany, E.Howard, Pratchett, Moorcock, Dragonlance Saga) some Horror (Lovecraft, Clive Barker, Koontz) some Hippie Trash (Illuminati stuff from R.A.Wilson, Huxley, John Lilly),  Jack London too and Jack Kerouak and who the fuck wrote "Fan Man" .. hilarious shit. I remember Alan Glynn "The dark fields" ("Stoff" in german) and fuck I did read a lot. Ages ago. And now. I am a serial killer in cyberspace 

Some of my alltime favourites:

Grendel, by John Gardener
Huxley, Time must have a stop
Hesse, Siddhartra
Moorcock, Corum
Roisin O'Mara - König der Bäume (king of trees) - celtic story
Theodore Sturgeon - More then human

more or less random, what impressed me.

should I start to read something again???? But what???????