Books you bought recently/are planning to read

Post by **Grudge** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:32 pm

I just bought this one (although I haven't finished Chasm City yet):

Post by **menkent** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:48 pm

Le Ton beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language - Hofstadter, Douglas R.
Translation Studies (New Accents Series) - Susan Bassnett-McGuire
Myths to Live By - Joseph Campbell
i've got the paperback of Card's shadow of the giant on pre-order from amazon
gonna re-read Farhenheit 451 eventually, as i picked up a nice hardcover of that.

Post by **4days** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:08 pm

Deji wrote:Master and Margarita - Bulgakov obviously.

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Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:10 pm

lol...I'm an idiot..

Post by **werldhed** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:10 pm

Freakaloin wrote:lol...ppl still buy books? rofl...

As opposed to what? Having the nice library lady read them to you on Saturday afternoons in the kid's section?

Post by **plained** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:20 pm

they do

that there?

Post by **Freakaloin** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:41 pm

lol...I'm an idiot..

Post by **Jackal** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:26 pm

I'll probably pick up the new Stephen King book soon.

Post by **plained** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:48 pm

hey kudos loined one man

its abosolutely effortless for you :icon20:

you own right heavy ey

Post by **Jackal** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:06 pm

what?

Post by **DRuM** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:10 pm

@plained

Jackal wrote:what?

he said you're a cunt

Post by **Geebs** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:31 pm

sliver wrote:Sitting in my room waiting to be read:The Gormenghast Novels, by Mervyn Peake (apparently comparable to

They're nothing like the Lord of the Rings. For a start, they have proper characters and they're well written. The first two are fantastic, last one's a bit so-so

Post by **SplishSplash** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:32 pm

Ayn Rand - The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged

read them both almost to the end. Now they're lying there next to my bed and I can't continue because I can't decide which one I want to finish first.

They're both really good books, though.

When I have some spare time, I'll read Gai-Jin by James Clavell. And Noble House after that.

Post by **Geebs** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:32 pm

Just finished Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. Not as good as american gods, but a decent read.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:33 pm

Geebs wrote:
sliver wrote:Sitting in my room waiting to be read:The Gormenghast Novels, by Mervyn Peake (apparently comparable to
They're nothing like the Lord of the Rings. For a start, they have proper characters and they're well written. The first two are fantastic, last one's a bit so-so

Do they have Hobbits? Because I'm not reading anything with hobbits, the LOTR movies have taught me that much.

Post by **Geebs** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:37 pm

SplishSplash wrote:
Geebs wrote:
sliver wrote:Sitting in my room waiting to be read:The Gormenghast Novels, by Mervyn Peake (apparently comparable to
They're nothing like the Lord of the Rings. For a start, they have proper characters and they're well written. The first two are fantastic, last one's a bit so-so
Do they have Hobbits? Because I'm not reading anything with hobbits, the LOTR movies have taught me that much.

No, they don't. They're about the mad royal family of a huge gothic castle, and an antihero who takes the place over from them. They're brilliantly written and the characters are very believable and subtle.

Unfortunately, it got made into a fucking awful TV series by the BBC, who are experts at getting completely the wrong end of the stick with their adaptations.

Post by **Geebs** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 7:38 pm

Oh, I also recently re-read "feersum endjinn" by Iain M. Banks. I liked it a lot more than most of his commies-in-space novels.

Post by **ScooterG** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:15 pm

I frequently re-read my favorite southern American literature written by young women:

The Color Purple - Alice Walker
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Ellen Foster - Kaye Gibbons

You guys would probably hate these books. :icon25:

Post by **Dark Metal** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:41 pm

New Tom Clancy out in May.

Yay.

Post by **Nightshade** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:23 pm

Dark Metal wrote:New Tom Clancy out in May.

Yay.

He's gone downhill.

Post by **Dark Metal** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:24 pm

Yeah. Still entertaining though.

Post by **werldhed** » Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:45 pm

ScooterG wrote:I frequently re-read my favorite southern American literature written by young women:

The Color Purple - Alice Walker
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Ellen Foster - Kaye Gibbons

You guys would probably hate these books. :icon25:

To Kill a Mockingbird is great. :icon14:

Post by **ScooterG** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:10 am

riddla wrote: I never read the color purple but its a great film. I have Alice Walker's 'The Temple of My Familiar' but I dunno if its worth reading or not...

I haven't read it yet either, but I've heard it's great....

Post by **ScooterG** » Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:11 am

Also, I LOVE Thomas Harris: The Silence of the Lambs is fantastic!!!

Post by ek » Sat Jan 28, 2006 1:17 am

Robert Baer, Former CIA Case Officer and Author of "Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude."

After I just read, See No Evil, same author. :icon14: