The Official SHH Literature Thread

[Eggyman]

Ok, let's talk books.

Post what you plan to read, what you are reading, what you have read. Discussion is key - listing off books is fine, but let's try and get a little more depth in this thread.

You got a favourite author - post about them. Favourite genre - go for it.

Anything at all concerning books.

Go on then.

[The Denialist]

I'm currently reading House of Leaves. Attempting to, at least. It's....a doozy. Let's put it that way.

There's two books I recommend to anyone who asks: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (easily the greatest book I have ever read) and The Stranger by Albert Camus. They are hands down my two all-time favorite books and both are excellent reads. Other than that, I love mostly anything by David Sedaris or Chuck Palahniuk. They're my two favorite authors.

[Eggyman]

I'm currently reading House of Leaves. Attempting to, at least. It's....a doozy. Let's put it that way.

There's two books I recommend to anyone who asks: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (easily the greatest book I have ever read) and The Stranger by Albert Camus. They are hands down my two all-time favorite books and both are excellent reads. Other than that, I love mostly anything by David Sedaris or Chuck Palahniuk. They're my two favorite authors.

I read Fight Club yesterday. I've read it before but I read that much that I honestly couldn't remember reading it. Loved it. He has such a great style - very snappy and witty.

I'm currently reading Richard Matheson's A Stir of Echoes, and so far it seems good.

Got a few books lined up to read after this to tide me over until Stephen King's new book comes out in November. He's not the writer he used to be, but not reading him for me would be like turning down sex with a girl because she has big feet.

...:dry:

[Sentinel X]

Great thread. I LOVE literature. I like it a lot more than contemporary books actually.
I just finished reading The Great Gatsby.

Well, the book itself reminds me A LOT of the old film noir, Sunset Blvd. Like Sunset Blvd it basically shows how the life of the rich and famous isn't as beautiful as it might seem. I liked the charecters, they were very interesting. Favorite charecter in the book has to be Nick and Jordan (they are the only ones that are kind of sane).
Oh and it was really sad how:
Gatsby died, I didn't really expect that! :csad:

It was a pretty good book however. Not the best of literature but certainly a good addition :up:

Next book I'll be reading: Ralph Ellison's Invisable man. I just got it at my local library. Strangely this entire time I thought the book was actually about an invisable man, like in science fiction :hehe:

[AndThePickles]

Great thread. I LOVE literature. I like it a lot more than contemporary books actually.
I just finished reading The Great Gatsby.

Well, the book itself reminds me A LOT of the old film noir, Sunset Blvd. Like Sunset Blvd it basically shows how the life of the rich and famous isn't as beautiful as it might seem. I liked the charecters, they were very interesting. Favorite charecter in the book has to be Nick and Jordan (they are the only ones that are kind of sane).
Oh and it was really sad how:
Gatsby died, I didn't really expect that! :csad:

It was a pretty good book however. Not the best of literature but certainly a good addition :up:

Next book I'll be reading: Ralph Ellison's Invisable man. I just got it at my local library. Strangely this entire time I thought the book was actually about an invisable man, like in science fiction :hehe:

I wouldn't mind reading The Great Gatsby and The Stranger again. When I read them in high school I hated them both, but I might appreciate them now that I'm older.

Invisible Man is an amazing book...one of my favorites. I hope you enjoy it!

[Gotham]

I'm halfway through Catch Me If You Can, the true story of Frank W. Abagnale.

It's an amazing book. I'm shocked at most of what he did. The film itself took liberties, but even so, his story is incredible.

[Nirvana]

Right now I have a pile of books that I need to get reading.

- The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by the Great Douglas Adams: I read the first book and I've been wanting to read this for awhile, it's just sitting there collecting dust, I finally need to read it.

- Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk: I've been wanting to read this book for awhile and it's sitting under End of the Universe. I definitely do want to finish off the Hitchhiker's stories

- The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer- I won this book in the SHH Podcast Contest, so I definitely want to read it too.

[SuBe]

I'm currently reading Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg. Great book.

My favorite Fiction is 2001: a Space Oddessy.

[Silk Spectre]

Other than comics I read sci-fi. More specifically dystopian futuristic sci fi.

[Team Andino]

I bought 2 years ago The Once and Future King since Ive heard good things an from what Ive heard about it I really look forward to reading it but I know Im not prepared to read something like that just yet. I need to focus on being about to keep a normal pattern of reading on a regular basis so I dont get lost while reading. Ive recently been collecting the Indiana Jones books that were originally released in the 90's and re-released when Indy 4 came out. I might be starting "Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi" soon and hopefully complete the collection as Im missing 2 books in the set of 12

[SuBe]

I have to say that 1984 is also one of my favorites. I loves the Orwell.

[Brick]

Just finished The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson. It's about the US Army's application of paranormal technics during the war on terror. A very good read.

[JTHM777]

Just finished reading Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs. Hilarious book. Just started reading Animal Farm by George Orwell and will start The Corrections by Jonathen Franzen after that.

[Sarge 2.0]

The last two books I read were "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer, and "The Enchantress of Florence" by Salman Rushdie. Loved them both.

[tzarinna]

I'm reading John Updikes Roger's Version, I've only read one other book by him, and so far it seems John likes to mix in a lot of sex. Tends to be mostly fornicators, infidelity and the like. Anyway, some super nerd is trying to use computers to prove that God exits. There's some tech talk that I vaguely remember from school, it bored me then too.

[Majic Walrus]

I'm currently reading House of Leaves. Attempting to, at least. It's....a doozy. Let's put it that way.

There's two books I recommend to anyone who asks: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (easily the greatest book I have ever read) and The Stranger by Albert Camus. They are hands down my two all-time favorite books and both are excellent reads. Other than that, I love mostly anything by David Sedaris or Chuck Palahniuk. They're my two favorite authors.

I love Palahniuk, have you read Snuff yet? What did you think?

[The Denialist]

I love Palahniuk, have you read Snuff yet? What did you think?
I have, and I'm not too crazy about it. I feel as though he's trying too hard to be shocking anymore. He went a little bit overboard with Snuff, I think, and wound up really mucking up a potentially good story.

[Max J Power]

Just finished reading Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs. Hilarious book.
Chuck Klosterman's nonfiction books are all great. I haven't read his new novel yet.

Anyway, I'm reading Slaughterhouse-Five right now. I like it, but don't love it. I won't be rushing to read more of Vonnegut's books, but I doubt this will be the last one. Any suggestions on which others are the best?

I think I'll read something by Philip K. Dick next. Probably Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, or maybe Ubik or The Man in the High Castle. Any opinions on which is best to start with?

[Exploding Boy]

Currently reading Snuff by Chuck Palahniuk....very raunchy. It's great :hehe:

[Kaleb]

The Shack.

[Bill]

I'm currently reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It's very good once you get used to the way it's written.

[C. Lee]

I've been thinking about going back and re-reading a bunch of the books I read 30 or more years ago (stuff by ERB, REH, Bradbury, etc....).....the classics.

[lemmasaurus]

I'm currently reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy. It's very good once you get used to the way it's written.

God what a depressing book. The film version comes out at the end of this month, my mom and I are going to go see it and bawl our eyes out over Viggo.

I'm finishing up The Zombie Survival Guide to coincide with my Halloween costume, though that isn't much as far as literature. Did you know the author is Mel Brooks' son?

Before that, I read Towelhead, which is also being made into a movie. With Harvey Dent :D Although he's a creepy molestor D:

[Troy_Parker]

I read television...:hehe: but seriously i'm reading HP And the deathly hallows...again

[Untilteld]

I'm reading what is the what, and I'm about half way finished. next up I'm reading thank you for smoking.

[Moviefan2k4]

Ok, let's talk books.

Post what you plan to read, what you are reading, what you have read. Discussion is key - listing off books is fine, but let's try and get a little more depth in this thread.

You got a favourite author - post about them. Favourite genre - go for it.

Anything at all concerning books.

Go on then.

Being a rather moderate "Smallville" fan, I've read the first six Season Companions, and I plan on grabbing Season 7's book at some point. I think my favorite aspects of them are the interesting facts about each episode during the year, and the colorful publicity shots in the center of every volume. Paul Simpson wrote the first three Companions, while the rest (so far) have been penned by KryptonSite webmaster Craig Byrne. He also put together a Visual Guide for the series, and has recently published his first non-Smallville work, an in-depth screenplay / behind-the-scenes volume for "The Dark Knight".

Where other literature is concerned, I don't read a lot of standard books anymore. My sister gave me "The Everyday Visionary" by Jesse Duplantis as a birthday present this past August, and I've read a few of the "Left Behind" series (but not all of them). Most of my current reading is done online these days.

[arachnid-guy]

Hrm.

Being an English student you'd think I'd have a good list to contribute to this thread.

However being at university...alcohol has dulled my being and i struggle to even type this.

[Knightsaber Priss]

Well, I've been trying to read this book here....

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AZmV3bgxL._SL500_.jpg

....but my mind has been too distracted lately to get really involved in reading books at the moment.

[Captain_BluTac]

I am in the middle of Tears Of The Giraffe (second book in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series by Alexander McCall) It's not what you would call great literature, I mean it's hardly gonna change lives or go down as one of the all time classics, but it is a really brilliant book, It's one of those books that just makes you feel happy whilst your reading it, and in between the happiness there is death, kidnappings and voodoo priests (The book is set in Botswana), if any of you are feeling the cold already, or about to go on holiday you must read this series. :up:

[Knightsaber Priss]

Since this is a literature thread, I suppose this would be the perfect place to ask everybody what they're favorite book is. Mine, ever since I was a teenager, has always been Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. I have to confess that I did swipe the book from my parents book collection years ago and I still have it.

[Eggyman]

Since this is a literature thread, I suppose this would be the perfect place to ask everybody what they're favorite book is. Mine, ever since I was a teenager, has always been Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. I have to confess that I did swipe the book from my parents book collection years ago and I still have it.

Heh, that's like asking me what my favourite Beatles' song is. Grrr...


Errm, Can I give my top five in no particular order?

'zilla: Yes, Eggyman, course you can :).

Cool!

1, Bag of Bones - Stephen King

2, IT - Stephen King

3, The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson

4, Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk (anyone know how to pronounce that?)

5, American Psycho - Bret Easton Ellis

Ok, there's five, and I don't even agree with it - I know I'll've forgotton something and I've noticed I've just picked books I've read recently. I think the two Stephen King books would be regulars in my top five - sometimes exchanging IT for The Stand.

Sorry. To answer your question, no I can't pick my favourite book :o

[DBella]

I'm currently reading Going Solo, the second part of Roahl Dahl's autobiography. I am astonished to read in the book how... ill-prepared the British were (as far as their Air Force is concerned, at least) during WW II (at least in Greece where he was 'stationed'). His adventures in Africa were definitely fantastic. He had such a way with words and storytelling that even when he talked about mating bullfrogs it was incredibly delightful!

[darkseid26]

last thing i "really read" was a short story called The Dream Of A Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoevsky, crazy story but pretty good.

[ComicChick]

and I've read a few of the "Left Behind" series (but not all of them). Most of my current reading is done online these days.

i've read most of them, but having trouble finding the time to finish the one i'm on now.

i'm also in book 2 (of 6) of The Green Mile. and chapter 10 of Watchmen

[Eggyman]

I'm reading Let The Right One In at the moment. So far so good. It's the first book I've ever read that's been translated from another language - works well apart for names.

Great book so far, but I'm just a lil angry at not being able to read it at my regular pace. I usually like to get through a book in a day or two (my mates sometimes call me Jonny Five because of this), but my shift this week has been a nightmare so I've really only had chance to read it whilst commuting. I hope this doesn't affect how much I like it... although I'm sure it won't.

It's Goooood.

Stay tuned for Eggyman's Official Review.

:heart:

[knowsbleed]

I'm rereading It. Haven't really read it since I was in 9th grade so I'm going to give it another shot to see if it will disturb me as much now as it did back then. Hopefully it does and I will have nightmares upon nightmares upon wet dreams. :up:

[Eggyman]

I'm rereading It. Haven't really read it since I was in 9th grade so I'm going to give it another shot to see if it will disturb me as much now as it did back then. Hopefully it does and I will have nightmares upon nightmares upon wet dreams. :up:

Amazing book - 'cept for the kiddie porn. Give us an update about the nightmares/wet dreams... not too much detail for the latter ;)

It's a big un, too.

[knowsbleed]

Oh wow, I forgot about the kiddie porn part. What a way to introduce a girl into her first sexual experience than through a friendly game of running the train.

[Eggyman]

Oh wow, I forgot about the kiddie porn part. What a way to introduce a girl into her first sexual experience than through a friendly game of running the train.

I think that's one of King's flaws as a writer, he just doesn't see the line. There are lots of times I think he's gone far too far:

Needful Things: Great book but goes silly at the end when the old guy starts shooting fireworks from his finger and his car flys off into the night.

IT: Kiddie porn.

The Stand: Giant hand of God making the bomb go off.

Cell: Floating, mind-controlling zombies. :dry:

Duma Key: Everything from chapter three until the end of the book. Good god!

I could go on... and I may do later.

[amazingfantasy15]

Oh wow, I forgot about the kiddie porn part. What a way to introduce a girl into her first sexual experience than through a friendly game of running the train.

Guess I should've waited another week to read this thread, I've got just over 100 pages left in "It", haven't gotten to a kiddie porn part yet. Book's a pretty difficult read though, just the constant shifting between past and present and focusing on the different characters. The books taken a pretty long time to read, I started reading it at the beginning of Sept. Although I do only read on the el to and from work and occasionally during lunch.

[Nirvana]

I recently read Dark Victory...it was pretty good.

[Eggyman]

I recently read Dark Victory...it was pretty good.

My friend's got that for me for my birthday. Can't wait to read it on Saturday :word:

Ok, maybe I'll read it Sunday to take my mind off my hangover :D

[Franklin Richards]

Think I'll re-read Angels and Demons. I love the Illuminati and the movie is coming out soon. Much better book than Da Vinci Code.

Check it out if ya haven't read it.


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[C.F. Kane]

Right now I feel like everything I know from literature I know from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

[JTHM777]

I just finished Animal Farm. That was a trippy book and I oved it. Now I am reading The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, been good so far.

[knowsbleed]

I think that's one of King's flaws as a writer, he just doesn't see the line. There are lots of times I think he's gone far too far:

Needful Things: Great book but goes silly at the end when the old guy starts shooting fireworks from his finger and his car flys off into the night.

IT: Kiddie porn.

The Stand: Giant hand of God making the bomb go off.

Cell: Floating, mind-controlling zombies. :dry:

Duma Key: Everything from chapter three until the end of the book. Good god!

I could go on... and I may do later.

Let's not forget Dreamcatcher and the ass exploding aliens.

Guess I should've waited another week to read this thread, I've got just over 100 pages left in "It", haven't gotten to a kiddie porn part yet. Book's a pretty difficult read though, just the constant shifting between past and present and focusing on the different characters. The books taken a pretty long time to read, I started reading it at the beginning of Sept. Although I do only read on the el to and from work and occasionally during lunch.

Sorry for spoiling it for you. :cmad:

[raybia]

I am currently reading "Audacity of Hope" by Barack Obama. Once I finish I will come back and give a quick impression.

[Sarge 2.0]

Let's not forget Dreamcatcher and the ass exploding aliens.Worst monsters ever. Especially in the movie adaptation. :down

Yes, even Christine is a better "monster" than the ass destroyers.

[The Dude]

I just started Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn, the first book in the Thrawn Trilogy. I like it so far, but I'm only 2 chapters in. After that, I'm probably going to read Ender's Game, which I've had on my bookshelf for a few months and haven't read yet.

[04nbod]

I'm about to start Sherlock Holmes:The Sign of Four. I'm studying Literature and I'm starting to think that its ruining reading. I love theory and the changing approaches to fiction but its starting to make even leisurely reading seem like work

[04nbod]

I'm about to start Sherlock Holmes:The Sign of Four. I'm studying Literature and I'm starting to think that its ruining reading. I love theory and the changing approaches to fiction but its starting to make even leisurely reading seem like work

[Dr. Watson]

I'm about to start Sherlock Holmes:The Sign of Four. I'm studying Literature and I'm starting to think that its ruining reading. I love theory and the changing approaches to fiction but its starting to make even leisurely reading seem like work

As a fellow English major (in fact, graduate) I agree with you 100%. I love to read but some of my English courses made me want to pull my hair out. You can look into imagery and themes to a certain point, but after that you loose your interest for the book.

I just finished the last book of the Hungry City Chronicles. I would highly recomend the series to you all. The first book is called Mortal Engines (http://www.amazon.ca/Mortal-Engines-Philip-Reeve/dp/0060082097/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226639987&sr=8-1). The whole series is set a thousand years in Earth's future. The world as we know it has been destroyed by wars, and a new world has risen in which towns and cities move and compete with each other. At the centre of the story is a teen who lives in (New) London, and the adventures he has. I know the concept sounds kind of cracked out, but it is amazing. The series has one of the most badass heroines ever, and really gets indepth in the world (all the way from politics to art). There are also some really arresting visual images that are created.

[Eggyman]

Let's not forget Dreamcatcher and the ass exploding aliens.

Jesus Crikey! What would I do without you? I liked Dreamcatcher. The sh**weasles were pretty bad though.

I only liked the book until Beaver died. He was the character I connected with and I felt should have been the main protagonist in the book. But he died :(:cmad:

Jason Lee played Beaver in the horrible film. He was definitely the silver lining in that pile of sh**.

[Logan's Runt]

I just finished Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand- and while I can definitely understand why it's seen as such a world-view changing work, it didn't effect me to quite the extent that it seems to have others. I suppose if the theory of objectivism was totally new to a reader, it might be shocking/influential/life changing- but most of the philosophy is already in tune with my own so it was more a sometimes long-winded elaboration. Not to say I didn't like it, I couldn't put it down most of the time, but it was a chore at a few points. The main points of the philosophy are often-repeated and I found myself saying 'we get it already' a few times.

Before that, I read Desolation Angels by Kerouac. I love Kerouac. In contrast to Rand, his theories/philosophies are abstract and sometimes hard to access, but I prefer it to being hit over the head. You can read it purely topically, of course, but it'd be sort of boring- just people wandering around the country. But the struggle for him with personal spirituality and his continual search of peace that fuels both his writing style and lifestyle make it intriguing. Kerouac can be hard to read, but once you fall into it you'll find it refreshing from traditional lit.

I'm starting Demon Box by Ken Kesey today, and have Big Sur by Kerouac in the mail. :up: I guess I'm on a Beat kick lately- I plan to venture into Burroughs, Ginsberg, etc, soon as well.

[Brick]

Just read The Road by Cormac McCarthy and it's definitely my new favorite book. I didn't find the ending all that depressing like i had been warned. I actually thought it ended on quite a positive note, under the circumstances.

[BlackLantern]

currently reading 'Confessor' by Terry Goodkind...its the last book in the 'Sword of Truth' series...I also purchased 'the Book of Lies' by Brad Meltzer and The Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks

[Manic]

I'm currently on an Agatha Christie kick, and I'm about to start reading The Clocks. Can anyone recommend any good "whodunit" books by other authors?

[BlackLantern]

I'm more of a modern 'whodunit' type....any of the 'Harry Bosch' novels by Michael Connelly or any of the 'Prey' series by John Sandford

[Eggyman]

There's a great Scottish writer called Ian Rankin. He's written a series of books based on a police inspector called John Rebus. I love those books but I've read them out of order. Pretty much all of them set in a dirty Edinburgh that Rankin puts forward brilliantly in every book I've read.

He writes Edinburgh like Stephen King writes Maine.

[Jolie_Desastre]

Currently reading Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. It's about a woman living in Scotland in 1945 with her husband. After being separated for nearly 6 years because of the war, she was a nurse and he was a soldier, they decide to go on a second honeymoon. When she comes upon a structure of boulders, she touches one, then finds herself springing into the year 1743.

It's a bit slow the first 100 pages but now it's starting to get pretty good. These books are pretty long btw.

[raybia]

Currently reading Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. It's about a woman living in Scotland in 1945 with her husband. After being separated for nearly 6 years because of the war, she was a nurse and he was a soldier, they decide to go on a second honeymoon. When she comes upon a structure of boulders, she touches one, then finds herself springing into the year 1743.

It's a bit slow the first 100 pages but now it's starting to get pretty good. These books are pretty long btw.

Little sis? Is that you? You have changed your name! I hope all is well. Sounds like a good read. Let me know once you are done if its well reading. One that I recently read was "The Stranger." Very good and interesting book. Unlike anything I've ever read.

[Jolie_Desastre]

Little sis? Is that you? You have changed your name! I hope all is well. Sounds like a good read. Let me know once you are done if its well reading. One that I recently read was "The Stranger." Very good and interesting book. Unlike anything I've ever read.

Yes, I changed it a few months ago! All is well thank you for asking, how about yourself?

It's pretty interesting so far, the character is pretty smart and is trying to get back to where she came from without letting any of the people around her know she isn't from that time. It's a little tough to read considering some Scottish dialect is used frequently but it's an interesting read. I will let you know when I'm done.

[Arcturus]

I recently reread The Statement of Randolph Carter. It's truly a grim tale from the master of horror, H.P Lovecraft.

[PLAS]

at this moment, I'm reading Todas Las Familias Felices (All the happy families) by Carlos Fuentes, very depressing and gives you an insight on Mexican society from very different points of view, it's a series of short stories all interconnected

other books I've read this year:

Anansi Boys, Fragile Things, Smoke And Mirrors and Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman; Babylon Babies by Maurice Dantec, which was the basis for the new Vin Diesel crapfest; This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti, horrible book; Wicked and Son Of A Witch by Gregory Maguire; All The Names and Essay On Blindness by Jose Saramago; a collection of Kafka; Octavio Paz's Laberinto De La Soledad (labyrinth of solitude); Survivor, Fight Club and Diary by Chuck Palianuk and Hemingway's Farewell To Arms

and others I forgot, I love reading

[Dr. Watson]

Bump.

So how do people feel about Rock n'Roll literature? I ask because I am in the middle of reading I'm With the Band by Pamela Des Barres. She was one of the foremost rock groupies of the sixties and seventies (Kate Hudson based her performance in Almost Famous partially on Des Barres). The book is basically her memoirs of the period. It's a very entertaining read thus far. Great insight into life in LA in the sixties.

I would also really recomend The Uncensored Oral History of Punk. Interviews with everyone who was in the NY punk scene in the seventies and eighties. Great stuff :up:

[VenomXXXXL]

Recently read Rebecca, classic gothic love story that inspired Stephen King's Bag of Bones.

Also re-read Michael Crichton's Timeline, after he suddenly passed away.:csad:

[bunk]

at this moment, I'm reading Todas Las Familias Felices (All the happy families) by Carlos Fuentes, very depressing and gives you an insight on Mexican society from very different points of view, it's a series of short stories all interconnected

other books I've read this year:

Anansi Boys, Fragile Things, Smoke And Mirrors and Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman; Babylon Babies by Maurice Dantec, which was the basis for the new Vin Diesel crapfest; This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti, horrible book; Wicked and Son Of A Witch by Gregory Maguire; All The Names and Essay On Blindness by Jose Saramago; a collection of Kafka; Octavio Paz's Laberinto De La Soledad (labyrinth of solitude); Survivor, Fight Club and Diary by Chuck Palianuk and Hemingway's Farewell To Arms

and others I forgot, I love reading

I just finished The Sun Also Rises and I enjoyed it. It's the only one of his I've read, but I plan to move on to the others at some point.

[Eggyman]

All you vampire lovers, please read Let The Right One In. It's awesome and good and awesome.

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[squeekness]

I'm currently reading a tribute book that has two books together by Dr. Paul Brand that was complied and edited by Phillip Yancey. The book itself is called "In the Likeness of God" and has Brand's two books -- Fearfully and Woderfully Made + In His Image. Now these are sort of nondenominational Christian books in that they compares how Brand thinks a church should work as compared to the human body. Flesh= People, Bones=Doctrine, that sort of thing. It really isn't preachy at all. What makes these books so fascinating is that Dr. Brand was a doctor who worked in India, helping leprosy patients. He won several awards for his breakthroughs on treatments and all that. These books are loaded with yummy medical facts about how the human body works and does what it does down to the cellualar level. I'm loving it for all the scientific facts that are written in such a way that they are easy for a layman to understand and enjoy. Both these books have been great and I would recommend them for anyone. :)

[PLAS]

I'm looking for the new Toffler book, Revolutionary Wealth

so, this year marks my book reading record break:

18 books in a year!!!
but the year's not over and I've got a couple of weeks vacation

[chamber-music]

I've read Chuck Palahniuk Rant this year (having previously read Choke and Invisable Monsters. I'm planning on reading Snuff next year.

I read Warren Ellis Crooked Little Vein last month and I'm currently reading Mark Gatiss Lucifer Box novels.

[Jolie_Desastre]

All you vampire lovers, please read Let The Right One In. It's awesome and good and awesome.

[/haldassedreview]


who wrote it?

[squeekness]

who wrote it?I'd like to know as well. I heard it was a movie, I had no idea it was a book as well. :)

[Eggyman]

who wrote it?

I'd like to know as well. I heard it was a movie, I had no idea it was a book as well. :)

Well at least I only have to type it and not pronounce it :o

John Ajvide Lindqvist.

[Jolie_Desastre]

sweet, i'm adding it on to my list. i've been wanting to see the movie for awhile.

[ComicChick]

IT: Kiddie porn.



there's kiddie porn in It?

Think I'll re-read Angels and Demons. I love the Illuminati and the movie is coming out soon. Much better book than Da Vinci Code.

Check it out if ya haven't read it.


:thing: :doom: :thing:

i've actually thought of rereading it too. i really hope the movie does it just because A&D and Digital Fortress are my fave Brown books, then DVC

[thehippie]

1. Fargo Rock City by Chuck Klosterman
2. Neurotic Orange by David Winner
3. Soccer against the enemy by Simon Kuper
4. Zombie survival guide by Max Brooks
5. Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
6. A Thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini
7. The Giver by Lois Lowry
8. Fortunate Pilgram by Mario Puzo
9. Flowers for Algeron by Daniel Keyes
10. No country for old men by Cormac McCarthy
11. Pop gun War by Farel Dalrymple
12. More then you Know by Beth Gutcheon
13. Aesop's Fables by Aesop
14. 1984 by George Orwell
15. The Sacred ways of the Lakota by black elk
16. Sex Drugs and cocoa puffs by Chuck Klosterman
17. Slash by Slash
18. The Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
19. Animal Farm by George Orwell
20. Stranger then Fiction by Chuck Pahlenuck
21. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
22. Drown by Junot Diaz
23. New Rules by Bill Maher
24. The Beach by Alex Garland
25. THX 1138 by Ben Bova, George Lucas
26. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by by Rachel Cohn, David Levithan


got bored and decided to read again around August only about 5 i read before then.
both of the Books by Junot Diaz i would consider great books and would suggest them to anybody.

Neurotic Orange by David Winner
Soccer against the enemy by Simon Kuper

if you like soccer i would highly suggest these ones, both are very good, neurotic orange mostly focuses on Dutch soccer and the dutch way of life.
While Soccer against the enemy focuses on the impact soccer has on places around the entire world

[ComicChick]

I'm currently on an Agatha Christie kick, and I'm about to start reading The Clocks. Can anyone recommend any good "whodunit" books by other authors?

read Murder on the Orient Express by Christie. I haven't got a copy yet but i've heard its really good

[ComicChick]

im currently reading Watchmen (ch 10 but i havent picked it up in a good month or two)

and i started reading The Lost Tomb by David Gibbons while i'm a work supposed to be working

[Eggyman]

there's kiddie porn in It?


Yeah. All the kids - is it 5 lads and one girl? - decide that it'd be easier to beat the big baddy if they all 'share a moment'. So the girl gets pummled by them all... in the nicest possible way, of course.

[JLBats]

What in the **** was Stephen King thinking there?

[Eggyman]

I have no idea, and don't think I'd like to find out.

[DBella]

Yeah. All the kids - is it 5 lads and one girl? - decide that it'd be easier to beat the big baddy if they all 'share a moment'. So the girl gets pummled by them all... in the nicest possible way, of course.
Did you like the movie? I was quite disappointed but Pennywise did freak me out so...

[JLBats]

Oh, okay, I guess it was to unite the kids in their pursuit of Pennywise, I thought it was a totally unnecessary preteen orgy. Still ****ing weird, but, um, I dunno.

[Eggyman]

Did you like the movie? I was quite disappointed but Pennywise did freak me out so...

I thought it was ok. It was the norm at that time to translate King's work into made-for-TV mulch. Pennywise was one of the perks though.

Oh, okay, I guess it was to unite the kids in their pursuit of Pennywise, I thought it was a totally unnecessary preteen orgy. Still ****ing weird, but, um, I dunno.


My 'main' problem with King is he often goes too far. He's ruined a lot of endings by going far too far.

[Jolie_Desastre]

Well now that school is out i finally got a chance to finish up Outlander.

First off, I love a book when it really brings emotions out of you. With this book, I laughed,I got teary eyed, and in one part, I got very uncomfortable and had to stop reading for a little bit. I would definitely recommend it if you are looking for an adventure and something that deals with what would happen in reality in this century or in others. Very realistic situations in a not so realistic storyline.You also get pretty attached to a few of the characters, which is what i also look for.

This book was very thoroughly researched and detailed ( it's 850 pages long) and once you get about 100 or so pages into it, it is quite the page turner. After finishing up a few more books on my list I'll be sure to pick up the rest of the series.

...There is also quite a bit of smut in it :ninja:

[Arcturus]

I just finished reading 'The Festival' by H.P Lovecraft. It was in a book collecting various works by Lovecraft, titled Shadows of Death.

:up:

[Sam Fisher]

This (http://www.streetgangbook.com/) book looks interesting. I may check it out.

[Jolie_Desastre]

haha nice

[Gilpesh]

No love for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy in here?

[Eggyman]

This (http://www.streetgangbook.com/) book looks interesting. I may check it out.


Haha! I saw 'Street Gang' loading up and thought I was going to be greeted by Ross Kemp.

It was a nice surprise! :D

[Dr. Watson]

No love for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy in here?

There is big love for it right here. Adams is fantastic.

[Avangarde]

The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins, only several chapters in, pretty clever.

[Gilpesh]

There is big love for it right here. Adams is fantastic.

Good!

I had only seen one mention of it so far... :csad:

[Arcturus]

The God Delusion - Richard Dawkins, only several chapters in, pretty clever.

I finished reading this awhile ago, I found it to be fascinating and very thought provoking.

:up:

[Special Bear]

Just finished The Hogfather. Death rules. End of.

Now starting on Witches Abroad. Tomorrow, I have plans to buy Jurassic Park, Guards! Guards!, Small Gods, and Thief of Time, though I itch to put A Game of Thrones and Dune in there somewhere, but because money's tight and I'm on a Discworld kick, they'll have to wait for now :csad:.

Meanwhile, The Colour of Magic, Mort, Men at Arms, Pyramids, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and The Husband by Dean Koontz sit on my shelves, as yet unread. I'm in a hoarding mood, apparently.

[Gilpesh]

Just finished The Hogfather. Death rules. End of.

Now starting on Witches Abroad. Tomorrow, I have plans to buy Jurassic Park, Guards! Guards!, Small Gods, and Thief of Time, though I itch to put A Game of Thrones and Dune in there somewhere, but because money's tight and I'm on a Discworld kick, they'll have to wait for now :csad:.

Meanwhile, The Colour of Magic, Mort, Men at Arms, Pyramids, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and The Husband by Dean Koontz sit on my shelves, as yet unread. I'm in a hoarding mood, apparently.

Get to work. Now. :o

[Sam Fisher]

I've never read HHGTTG. I've only seen the movie.

[Gilpesh]

I've never read HHGTTG. I've only seen the movie.

Read it... the book > the movie. :oldrazz:

[Sam Fisher]

So what are some good Christmas books?

[Jolie_Desastre]

Just got done reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.

This one I would strongly, strongly recommend. I have never read anything like it. It kept me glued to it until the very end. And of course, by the end I threw it since the end had a cliffhanger in a way and in bold read, End of Book One. It also makes you think about what would you do in that type of situation?

Here's a short summary. It's North America, in the future. After a brutal war. Instead of states, there are twelve districts. The government is called the Capitol. Every year, they select one boy and one girl from each district from the ages of 12-18 to participate in the hunger games by drawing their names. They are all selected to fight to the death until only one of them is left standing on live television.

[Special Bear]

Get to work. Now. :o
Oh, I will... after I'm done with all these books. :o

So what are some good Christmas books?
The Hogfather comes immediately to mind.

Just got done reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.

This one I would strongly, strongly recommend. I have never read anything like it. It kept me glued to it until the very end. And of course, by the end I threw it since the end had a cliffhanger in a way and in bold read, End of Book One. It also makes you think about what would you do in that type of situation?

Here's a short summary. It's North America, in the future. After a brutal war. Instead of states, there are twelve districts. The government is called the Capitol. Every year, they select one boy and one girl from each district from the ages of 12-18 to participate in the hunger games by drawing their names. They are all selected to fight to the death until only one of them is left standing on live television.
Color me intrigued. I'll be sure to check it out, if only for that summary.

I finished reading Jurassic Park yesterday (bought it on Thursday, read it in two sittings). I was utterly unsurprised that it was better than the movie, but I was absolutely blown away by just how much. It pulled me in from the first page. The descriptions were vivid, easy to conjure, the action abundant--but I wasn't reading it for the action. I wanted the characterizations and philosophical arguments and suchlike, and most of all, the dinosaurs (!), and I wasn't disappointed. Ian Malcolm in particular was my favourite character to read (his spontaneous speeches were not only entertaining, but insightful). Crichton--bless his soul--wrote a great book here. I could literally see the dinosaurs lurking in the future pages as I turned the page. They're there, first fully exposed in page one hundred or so, but the anticipation of it all was what counted and Crichton did so with panache. So good was it that I had to buy the sequel, which I did, today. Just started on it, in fact.

So, currently, I'm reading The Lost World, and Witches Abroad (am up to the part where Greebo got the bat), but mainly The Lost World. Hopefully, it won't be as mediocre as the movie. Crikey. Oh, I also got A Short History of Nearly Everything, my first Bill Bryson book--and I plan to buy more (have been reading excerpts of some of his books online and they made me :lmao:).

[stardust]

Currently reading Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. It's about a woman living in Scotland in 1945 with her husband. After being separated for nearly 6 years because of the war, she was a nurse and he was a soldier, they decide to go on a second honeymoon. When she comes upon a structure of boulders, she touches one, then finds herself springing into the year 1743.

It's a bit slow the first 100 pages but now it's starting to get pretty good. These books are pretty long btw.
Good God, I received that book from a friend so now I have to read it but it's killing me. I'm less than 100 pages into the book and I can't relate to the main character at all. In fact I can't stand her. I usually enjoy sarcasm and use it often, but her particular type of sarcasm is putting me off. I reckon it will take me a long time to finish it. :whatever:

[Jolie_Desastre]

Good God, I received that book from a friend so now I have to read it but it's killing me. I'm less than 100 pages into the book and I can't relate to the main character at all. In fact I can't stand her. I usually enjoy sarcasm and use it often, but her particular type of sarcasm is putting me off. I reckon it will take me a long time to finish it. :whatever:


yeah i didn't relate to her either. but after you get past the first 100 pages the book will become easier to read. then after 200 pages you'll be flying through it. i rarely relate to main protagonists in books.

[stardust]

yeah i didn't relate to her either. but after you get past the first 100 pages the book will become easier to read. then after 200 pages you'll be flying through it. i rarely relate to main protagonists in books.
Dunno, we'll see, I'm not ready to give up on it... mainly because my friend will quiz me on it later. :whatever: But it's really hard to read especially right after The Host and The Appeal.

[BlackLantern]

trying to finish The Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks - was a big fan of the Knight and the Word series and did not know this connected to Shannara....it's still good though

[Jolie_Desastre]

Dunno, we'll see, I'm not ready to give up on it... mainly because my friend will quiz me on it later. :whatever: But it's really hard to read especially right after The Host and The Appeal.

Yeah it's a lot to take in, but after awhile it will get much, much easier. In my opinion, the beginning just dragged completely. Oh man, your friend do that to you much?

I read The Host and liked it a lot but I haven't read The Appeal yet, any good?

[Arcturus]

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

- Carl Sagan

:up:

[ComicChick]

just wondering, do any of yall have Shelfari pages?

[stardust]

Yeah it's a lot to take in, but after awhile it will get much, much easier. In my opinion, the beginning just dragged completely. Oh man, your friend do that to you much?
Not this one. :funny: But I've got another one who got me through the first books of the True Blood series, and I'm really not into vampires. I was almost relieved when that friend went abroad before the next book in the series got translated here. :oldrazz:

I read The Host and liked it a lot but I haven't read The Appeal yet, any good?
Yep, The Host was great. As for The Appeal, if you like Grisham's style, like I do, then it's alright. Not his best book, though. It leaves you with a bit of a depressing feeling in the end.

[Eggyman]

just wondering, do any of yall have Shelfari pages?

Yes!

I've not updated it though in about a month.

http://www.shelfari.com/o1518050474

[[A]]

hey, there's another on-line-library thing I cannot remember the name of.. uhm, librarything, something like that? I like keeping these records of what I read, listen to, watch, etc :oldrazz:

[ComicChick]

yay i'm glad i'm not the only one who has one. I had one a longtime ago but i deleted it. i made a new one tonight

sending you an add :up:

i can't wait to go through my book case (my real one) and add the books i've got and read, but it's almost 7am and i have been up since yesterday. so goodnight/good morning

[Lucy in the sky]

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

- Carl Sagan

:up:

:yay: The intro to that book was excellent

[Jolie_Desastre]

Not this one. :funny: But I've got another one who got me through the first books of the True Blood series, and I'm really not into vampires. I was almost relieved when that friend went abroad before the next book in the series got translated here. :oldrazz:
haha, well i particularly enjoyed the true blood books but i can see how they aren't for everyone.
that must've been good timing :woot:


Yep, The Host was great. As for The Appeal, if you like Grisham's style, like I do, then it's alright. Not his best book, though. It leaves you with a bit of a depressing feeling in the end.

I haven't read any Grisham novels yet but I'm trying to find the best one to start with first, since The Appeal is his newest one I decided not to go there yet.

[Special Bear]

The Lost World, done. I liked it. The book gained points from me by not having a rammaging T-rex in San Diego, at least--I hated that. I especially loved the carnotaurus, the chameleons. There were a few parts I felt like dragging through, and some of the characters' naivetés irked me, but on the whole, I found it fine. Sarah Harding was much better than her movie counterpart and I loved Thorne--Brendan Gleeson would fit the character like a glove, I think.

Almost done with Witches Abroad. Granny Weatherwax continues to crack me up (I'd hate to play with her in any imaginable game :o).

[stardust]

I haven't read any Grisham novels yet but I'm trying to find the best one to start with first, since The Appeal is his newest one I decided not to go there yet.
I pretty much enjoyed reading them more or less chronologically, since I've discovered him by the time The Firm was published here, but that's just me.

[Jolie_Desastre]

I might just try that

Just finished the first book in The Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Pretty addictive. It also gives a little bit of a different take on the vampire genre. Probably picking up the next book in the series today.

[Star]

I MUST check out Jurrasic Park. I actually think I'm going to buy it today.

Currently I'm reading Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. A human rights prof I had last year recommended it to us but said it's hard to read it without becoming a vegetarian but since I already am one it's not really a big issue haha.

I'm also re-reading the Harry Potter series. I forgot how boring the fifth one is :down:

[Star]

Double post :(

[BlackLantern]

I might just try that

Just finished the first book in The Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Pretty addictive. It also gives a little bit of a different take on the vampire genre. Probably picking up the next book in the series today.

I think we've all seen enough "takes" on the vampire genre...between the cliche laden Twilight and the utter smut of the Anita Blake series, I have had enough of vampires for a bit...

[CHEZ]

I am going back and forth reading two books.

"The Chess Machine" by Robert Lohr. A novel that is based on a true story and takes place in the late Eighteenth Century about a man named Baron von Kempelen, who invents an incredible chess machine he calls the Mechanical Turk. He travels the world challenging Chess champions to beat his machine and they always lose, but the catch is that no one knows the device isn't a real machine at all. It is secretly operated on the inside by an Italian dwarf named Tibor.
It's all a big hoax and Kempelen basks in fame until...
A little slow, but so far it's been pretty enjoyable.

The other book I am reading is "The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero".
Pretty obvious what this is about. So far it's the most thorough bio of Houdini I've ever read. It ties in his personal diary as part of the story, so you're also reading Houdini in his own words as certain tricks and feats are performed.
It's a terrific book.

[squeekness]

I'm just about finished with The Shack by Wm. Paul Young. It's a fictional account of man who whose daughter was killed by a serial killer and he takes it quite badly (who wouldn't?). He returns to the shack where his daughter was murdered and then has a vision of sorts where he converses with the three persons of God and they cover a whole range of subjects including how the Trinity works, forgiveness, grace and looking at how we treat people. I can't say that I agree with all of it, but it gives sharp insight into the Trinity and how God works and the beauty of forgivness. It's very well written and I would recommend it to anyone curious about the faith and the healing power of love.

[Star]

Sounds kind of interesting, but I really couldn't see myself reading a book with such strong religious undertones. Does it 'preach'?

[squeekness]

Sounds kind of interesting, but I really couldn't see myself reading a book with such strong religious undertones. Does it 'preach'?I didn't think so but it is probably geared more for those who already believe but don't have an established denomination. It goes a long way towards promoting the view (that I share) that God is more of a loving father and less of a biogted tyrant. It doesn't go on about saving souls or saying how you have to drop what you're doing and believe in Jesus like other books I've read. So I didn't find it preachy, but I do read these sort of things from time to time so I just might be numb to all that. I would be interested to hear the opinion of a "fence sitting, not quite sure they believe just yet type person". :)

[Eggyman]

Anyone read the Dexter books? They are awesome, witty, dark and, above all, good reads.

Just finished the three that are out and am now impatiently awaiting the fourth of the series.

[squeekness]

Anyone read the Dexter books? They are awesome, witty, dark and, above all, good reads.

Just finished the three that are out and am now impatiently awaiting the fourth of the series.I read the first one since I liked the show so much. Are you saying that the rest are just as good?

[Dr. Watson]

I MUST check out Jurrasic Park. I actually think I'm going to buy it today.

Currently I'm reading Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. A human rights prof I had last year recommended it to us but said it's hard to read it without becoming a vegetarian but since I already am one it's not really a big issue haha.

Jurassic Park is awesome, but if you really want to get into Chrichton's best stuff I would recomend Sphere and Timeline. Sphere had me at the edge of my seat the entire read, and Timeline was just a lot of fun (especially since I'm a big history geek)

Is Peter Singer the guy that started the peaceable farm that rescues animals bound for slaughter houses? His name sounds familiar.


Anyone read the Dexter books? They are awesome, witty, dark and, above all, good reads.

Just finished the three that are out and am now impatiently awaiting the fourth of the series.

Are the Dexter books original works or are they just novelizations of the TV show?

[Eggyman]

I read the first one since I liked the show so much. Are you saying that the rest are just as good?

Yeh, they are.

Are the Dexter books original works or are they just novelizations of the TV show?


Original works. I'm not very fond of novelizations.

[Dr. Watson]

Original works. I'm not very fond of novelizations.

Neither am I, which is why I never picked one of them up. I foolishly assumed they were novelizations. Now I'm interested.

[Hooded Justice]

Jurassic Park is awesome, but if you really want to get into Chrichton's best stuff I would recomend Sphere and Timeline. Sphere had me at the edge of my seat the entire read, and Timeline was just a lot of fun (especially since I'm a big history geek)

Is Peter Singer the guy that started the peaceable farm that rescues animals bound for slaughter houses? His name sounds familiar.




Are the Dexter books original works or are they just novelizations of the TV show?

Neither am I, which is why I never picked one of them up. I foolishly assumed they were novelizations. Now I'm interested.

The TV show was based on the novels.

[Jolie_Desastre]

I think we've all seen enough "takes" on the vampire genre...between the cliche laden Twilight and the utter smut of the Anita Blake series, I have had enough of vampires for a bit...

I'm actually surprised there are more different takes out there. You'd think they would have covered them all already.

[ttotheusher]

I just finished Slaughterhouse-Five, which is a science fiction anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut. Great read. I haven't been gripped to a book in a long time. I've now moved onto The Third Policeman by Flann O' Brien, and after that, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, and The Shape of Things to Come by H.G. Wells.

[Dr. Watson]

I just finished Slaughterhouse-Five, which is a science fiction anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut. Great read. I haven't been gripped to a book in a long time. I've now moved onto The Third Policeman by Flann O' Brien, and after that, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, and The Shape of Things to Come by H.G. Wells.

If you liked Slaughterhouse Five you will really like Catch-22. After reading it check out the movie, it's pretty decent.

[Star]

Jurassic Park is awesome, but if you really want to get into Chrichton's best stuff I would recomend Sphere and Timeline. Sphere had me at the edge of my seat the entire read, and Timeline was just a lot of fun (especially since I'm a big history geek)

Is Peter Singer the guy that started the peaceable farm that rescues animals bound for slaughter houses? His name sounds familiar.



I'll definitely get into some Chrichton.

I'm not too sure about Singer and the animal farm but I would definitely say it's likely. PETA loves him. I put off reading this book for quite some time now because I HATE Peta with a passion for many reasons but since a prof recommended it to me and so far it seems to be using actual utilitarian theory, as opposed to pure nonsensical ranting, I'm reading it with an open mind. :up:

[taskmaster]

I was wondering if anyone here has read anything by the author Peter Struab. I just got finished reading The Talisman a book he co-wrote with Stephen King and I'm looking for some books that he's written on his own. I know there is a sequel to The Talisman called The Black House and I'll have to get around to that eventually.

[ttotheusher]

If you liked Slaughterhouse Five you will really like Catch-22. After reading it check out the movie, it's pretty decent.

The Slaughterhouse film or the Catch-22 film? I've heard there both decent.

[squeekness]

I was wondering if anyone here has read anything by the author Peter Struab. I just got finished reading The Talisman a book he co-wrote with Stephen King and I'm looking for some books that he's written on his own. I know there is a sequel to The Talisman called The Black House and I'll have to get around to that eventually.
I really liked The Throat by Straub. But the thing is, he is a bit long winded and it can take time for the book to get going, but once it does... it just isn't for those with a short attention span. :)

[Special Bear]

Reading A Walk in the Woods makes me want to buy a plane ticket to America and start hiking, yet not (so far, the cost, bears, rattlesnakes, and suchlike that come with hiking are the only things restraining me). I'm almost done with it, but I already want to buy another Bryson book. (Perhaps Down Under; it's, after all, where I hail from.) He has such a way with words that makes me keep on turning the page. I must've read a hundred or so pages on the bus yesterday, its being stuck on a particularly tenacious traffic jam notwithstanding.

Bah, am I neglecting my Discworld books. Damn Bryson. :o

That said, tell me, if you would, which Michael Crichton book I should read next. After Jurassic Park and The Lost World, I'm itching to read another one. Congo? The Andromeda Strain?

[Dr. Watson]

I'll definitely get into some Chrichton.

I'm not too sure about Singer and the animal farm but I would definitely say it's likely. PETA loves him. I put off reading this book for quite some time now because I HATE Peta with a passion for many reasons but since a prof recommended it to me and so far it seems to be using actual utilitarian theory, as opposed to pure nonsensical ranting, I'm reading it with an open mind. :up:

PETA endorses a lot of folks who don't necessarily agree with all of PETA's politics. But I definitely understand why that might put you off.

[Dr. Watson]

The Slaughterhouse film or the Catch-22 film? I've heard there both decent.

Catch-22. I haven't seen the Slaughterhouse one unfortunately.

[ttotheusher]

Catch-22. I haven't seen the Slaughterhouse one unfortunately.

I'm gonna buy it in the next couple of weeks, because I heard Vonnegut said it was a very good adaptation of the book, so I'll let you know what I think.

[plastic_stars]

I just finished reading The Count of Monte Cristo, one of my all time favorite books.

I'm starting Platos Republic just for the hell of it.

[Matt]

So now that we have a books forum do we need a literature thread or can our favorites have their own threads?

[Brick]

We should have a sticky recommendation thread like they do over at the comics section.

[Eggyman]

So now that we have a books forum do we need a literature thread or can our favorites have their own threads?

Good point, Matt.

[mikethought]

I'm new, ( again I say this ) but I am a madman for sci-fi. Recently I ran accross a series by an author named John Scalzi that was easily among the best sci-fi that I have ever read. ( which means nothing since I am not known at all here on this board .:yay:

The first book in the series is called "Old Man's War" it takes place in a future setting where when you get to be seventy-five you can join the military.

The next book in the series is called "The Last Colony" and the last is called "Zoe's Tale".

Check these joints out if you like sci-fi, you won't be disapointed.

[pixeltastic]

I'm on a Chuck Palahniuk spree lately. I really want to read Pygmy. Anyone have any words on it?

I also have Batman: the Long Halloween that I recently bought. I've heard good things?

[squeekness]

Long Halloween is excellent. If you like that get Dark Victory, it's the same creative team. :)

[pixeltastic]

Oooh, thank you! I was actually googling Dark Victory too, but decided to buy Long Halloween first. I'll definitely get to it, though.

[squeekness]

I think Dark Victory comes after chronologically anyhow. :)