what are you reading?

PinkFearie · Post by **PinkFearie** » Thu May 17, 2007 12:23 am 0

craigt wrote:
RageMatrix wrote:Don't bother - I loved it for about the first third, but like a lot of King's books recently, he doesn't really seem to know how to follow up on the initial premise.

The ending sucks, BTW.
King seems to suffer from this. Generally, I enjoy his books but he just doesn't know how to finish them sometimes. I'm still reading the Dark Tower series (currently two-thirds of the way through Wolves of the Calla) and i'm just hoping it doesn't go wrong in the last two books.

dude ive got all them loved em but not doing a spoiler last one read it with a open mind as to the ending

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Thu May 17, 2007 1:46 am 0

PinkFearie wrote:
craigt wrote:
RageMatrix wrote:Don't bother - I loved it for about the first third, but like a lot of King's books recently, he doesn't really seem to know how to follow up on the initial premise.

The ending sucks, BTW.
King seems to suffer from this. Generally, I enjoy his books but he just doesn't know how to finish them sometimes. I'm still reading the Dark Tower series (currently two-thirds of the way through Wolves of the Calla) and i'm just hoping it doesn't go wrong in the last two books.
dude ive got all them loved em but not doing a spoiler last one read it with a open mind as to the ending

I am reading the 3rd one right now in the Dark Tower series

/morten · Post by **/morten** » Thu May 17, 2007 3:17 am 0

just finished The Steep Approach to Garbadale by Iain Banks - wonderful book. Before that I read Wasp Factory by the same author - also an engaging and powerful read.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:11 pm 0

I've just started reading Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. I'm not normally found reading historical novels. Not enough sci-fi and big guns generally bit this one is excellent. I've got Snow Crash on the way from Play.com and I've just ordered Cryptonomicon and The Diamond Age. I'll be picking up the second two Baroque saga books in Waterstones tomorrow.

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:21 pm 0

Don't forget that Cryptonomicon is part of the Baroque cycle (effectively)...

RageMatrix · Post by **RageMatrix** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:25 pm 0

PinkFearie wrote: dude ive got all them loved em but not doing a spoiler last one read it with a open mind as to the ending

I've read pretty much all of King's horror stuff over the years, but never tried the Dark Tower series (aside from Black House - which I gather is kinda linked in somehow).
So, you recommend it then?

RageMatrix · Post by **RageMatrix** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:26 pm 0

HGFB wrote:I've just started reading Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. I'm not normally found reading historical novels. Not enough sci-fi and big guns generally bit this one is excellent. I've got Snow Crash on the way from Play.com and I've just ordered Cryptonomicon and The Diamond Age. I'll be picking up the second two Baroque saga books in Waterstones tomorrow.

Snow Crash is excellent

Spoongod · Post by **Spoongod** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:26 pm 0

So yeah, currently reading...

Orlando by Virginia Woolf (still, even though it's not at all difficult and I enjoy it

)

Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger

The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling

Love 'em all. All very evocative and utterly different form one another.

merman · Post by **merman** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:54 pm 0

RageMatrix wrote:
HGFB wrote:I've just started reading Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. I'm not normally found reading historical novels. Not enough sci-fi and big guns generally bit this one is excellent. I've got Snow Crash on the way from Play.com and I've just ordered Cryptonomicon and The Diamond Age. I'll be picking up the second two Baroque saga books in Waterstones tomorrow.
Snow Crash is excellent

Snow Crash is awesome.

VNVObit · Post by **VNVObit** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:20 am 0

merman wrote:
RageMatrix wrote:
HGFB wrote:I've just started reading Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. I'm not normally found reading historical novels. Not enough sci-fi and big guns generally bit this one is excellent. I've got Snow Crash on the way from Play.com and I've just ordered Cryptonomicon and The Diamond Age. I'll be picking up the second two Baroque saga books in Waterstones tomorrow.
Snow Crash is excellent
Snow Crash is awesome.

Agreed

Just finished the Intruders by Michael Marshall and Children of Hurin JRR Tolkien

enjoyed them both

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 6:32 am 0

Game Developer Magazine & Dr. Dobbs Journal right now ...

SimonB · Post by **SimonB** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 12:25 pm 0

David McKie: Great British Bus Journeys - Travels to Unfamiliar Places.

Fascinating travel stuff even if he doesn'y say enough about the buses!

limb_clock · Post by **limb_clock** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 12:27 pm 0

John Waters - Shock Value

Mat · Post by **Mat** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:06 pm 0

Been reading a load of pulpy zombie novels recently, and am currently reading "Twilight of the Dead" by Travis Adkins.
Not bad if you like stuff written by enthusiastic amateurs.
However, I'm quite looking forward to my most recent Amazon purchase arriving on my doorstep: Carlton Mellick's "Electric Jesus Corpse".
Jesus vs zombies?
Gotta be worth checking out

Stone · Post by **Stone** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:02 pm 0

RageMatrix wrote:Snow Crash is excellent

Just got my copy of Mona Lisa Overdrive delivered from Aus, so having finished Neuromancer yesterday it's time to start work on Count Zero

I forgot how much I liked Gibson...

Stone