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Guys, my vacation is finally coming around, and I jet off from this god forsaken island to some lovely weather and good times in the south of spain for a bloody fortnight.
Other than my new DS and my iPod keeping me company, I usually fire through many books while relaxing in the sun. This year, however, im a little stumped for reading material.
So im asking you SE++. What are you currently reading? What is you favourite book of all time? What books do you have to recommend?
All I have being packed next to my speedo and snorkel so far is the newish Tolkien book. I need more.
Other than my new DS and my iPod keeping me company, I usually fire through many books while relaxing in the sun. This year, however, im a little stumped for reading material.
So im asking you SE++. What are you currently reading? What is you favourite book of all time? What books do you have to recommend?
All I have being packed next to my speedo and snorkel so far is the newish Tolkien book. I need more.
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A Game Of Thrones by George R. R. Martin was fantastic. I am assuming you already read Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, but in case you haven't, that is a must read.
I am halfway through Bonehunters, the sixth book in the series, after spending way too much money on a british edition because the US edition doesn't come out for another year.
Sure, the books are overly long, meandering, and a bit too complex. But man, when you get into the story, you won't wanna stop reading. Plus, the world Erikson creates is mindblowingly awesome.
EDIT: Also, awesome books that always get recommended in these threads:
Song of Ice and Fire
House of Leaves
Neil Gaiman's stuff
The last book i read was Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, which was recommended to be a long time back on here. It was awesome to the max.
I heard a lot about house of leaves too. Maybe I will check that out
Also, China Mieville's stuff needs a mentioning.
The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson is fairly impressive as well
it's pretty rad.
read some sci fi books.
Quicksilver (from the Baroque Cycle) was pretty good, but it's a commitment. Takes an effort to work through it all.
loving it
there's some kind of bad shit going down with a black rabbit right now
this book is wonderful
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Hell fucking yes Golden Compass, Subtle Knife, Amber Spyglass. I read those in high school, and am totally hyped up for the movie. I am a little curious how they are gonna do a talking animals without it looking stupid though.
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you read Lyra's Oxford?
it's not great
just ok
didn't even know it existed until you said it. But now it looks like I will have to get it.
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Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
There's a sequel due out in July.
Oh thats a good call. Ive heard about that trilogy, I think I will add at least one of those to the list.
Book 7 of the series Reaper's Gale just came out in Can/UK so if any of you US guys can't wait I'd say import it
knob and i both love it so that means it's good
Dead Kid Songs by Tobey Litt is also wondefully fucked up.
There were some books I read after this, but most of them were crap.
Mother Courage and Her Children was pretty good, though.
Fortytwo's blog about fatherhood, life, and everything.
A.O. Buttish
And the funniest book I've ever read is The Areas of My Expertise by John Hodgman
I have heard of all of these you mentioned, and read none. This is good.
by Bret Easton Ellis.
The End of the Affair - Graham Greene (I really loved this novel)
The Power and the Glory - Graham Greene (I'm working my way through the Catholic novels)
Conservatives Without Conscience - John Dean (it's so damn good this is my fourth or fifth time through it)
Despair - Vladimir Nabokov (so very grim and nihilistic)
Titus Andronicus - William Shakespeare (his best play, IMNSHO, everyone dies...horribly)
If you're going to recomment some Douglas Coupland I much preferred Microserfs to Jpod.
Also larlar, have you seen the souvenir of Canada movie he made. It's pretty awesome.
Is it a movie short or an actual full length motion picture? Tell me more.
I don't know what criteria you have for a good play, but if your criteria are "the more people die, the better," with no additional considerations, then (no offense but) you are not that intelligent.
It's full length. It's basically his opinion on what makes us Canadian. He does this art project near here called Canada House with all the crazy ass shit that anyone over 20 in Canada will recognize from their youth. He talks about all sorts of weird stories growing up n shit. You have to see it.
http://www.amazon.ca/Souvenir-of-Canada/dp/B000GRUOT4/ref=sr_1_3/701-8534125-4728305?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1182295656&sr=8-3
isn't that the one with terry fox's artificial leg and the canadarm on opposite walls of the same house
I tried to listen to For Whom the Bell Tolls on CD but it was scratched so I'll probably just start reading it instead
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