what are you reading?

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As a birthday treat to myself have ordered this book about Eno. Looks amazing!



http://matthewrezac.org/Brian-Eno-Visual-Music

[benedictw]

Just finished:

A Natural History of Dragons (Marie Brennan)

Bugger me this is weird. Think Pride & Prejudice crossed with Dragon Anatomy 101 and the Voyages of the Beagle and you've got the right idea.

and

Annihilation (Jeff VanderMeer)

A group of no-name (literally!) scientists, sent to investigate a Mysterious Area kept secret by the US Gov... Creepy.

[Mat]

Currently reading "The Getaway God" by Richard Kadrey, the latest in his Sandman Slim series of books. Supernatural / blasphemous pulp noir.
Jolly good fun, although since reading David Wong's "John Dies..." books, it seems a bit tame.

Plotting is solid, and there's a strong detective thread running through it so far. Characterisation seems a bit weaker than before though, but I'll see how it goes.

[F-ZeroOne]

Its on the website, but my favourite one is "the relativistic baseball" one.

[F-ZeroOne]

"Flat Earth News", a deeply depressing book I've just read about the "media", written by a former "Guardian" journalist-turned-gamekeeper. The subject matter is as bad as you think, until the last chapter which focuses on a certain bile-spewing daily - go on, guess - which turns out to be even worse than you could possibly imagine.

Theres a tiny glimmer of hope in the epilogue - but *thats* introduced with a quote from Kent Brockman.
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[grue]

Dungeons & Dragons, 5th Edition, Player's Handbook!

[merman]

Dave Gorman - Too Much Information

Brilliant, as is the second series of Modern Life Is Goodish on Dave...

[Darkflame]

Dave Gorman - Too Much Information

Brilliant, as is the second series of Modern Life Is Goodish on Dave...

Second.
Gota pick up that book.

[Mark]

I'm currently about two thirds through Stranger in a Strange Land. Enjoying it hugely so far. It's a big old brute of a book, so it had stayed on my pile of shame for a while, but I'm whipping through it a fair old rate. Jubal Harshaw has to be one of my favourite characters in a long while.

[fog]

Dave Gorman - Too Much Information

Brilliant, as is the second series of Modern Life Is Goodish on Dave...

Agreed. Everything Gorman does is just brilliant, " Modern Life..." being no exception. What's he doing hidden away on Dave?

[merman]

Dave Gorman - Too Much Information

Brilliant, as is the second series of Modern Life Is Goodish on Dave...

Agreed. Everything Gorman does is just brilliant, " Modern Life..." being no exception. What's he doing hidden away on Dave?

Because Dave commissioned the series, and it's been their most-watched programme. The BBC missed a trick.

[Darkflame]

Similar thing happened when they renewed Red Dwarf.
I think the BBC has shares in Dave, mind. So its not a big lose to them.

As for Gorman, I think only America Unchained disappointed me. Fantastic idea, but he got just a little too carried away - and while thats supposed to be "fun" in that case it just became depressing. Book was a bit better then the vid mind.
I think my favorite was his Important Astrology Experiment. The idea of taking a (sort of) scientific approach to something very unscientific just appeals to me.

Anyway, enjoying MLIG, and this is only the first of two seasons he filmed back to back.
So...yay Dave!

[NorthWay]

Tad Williams "Sleeping late on judgement day" - the 3rd Bobby Dollar book in the trilogy.
Well worth it IMO. But start with the first one.

[limb_clock]

The new Walter Isaacson book, The Innovators. REally Really captivating.

[Darkflame]

God Is Dead (Hickman) - Comic series where all the Gods of various pantheons come back to earth. They arnt nice. Humanity is pretty screwed.

Ive just got to the bit where Jesus shows up.

In some ways its a bit like Waids Irredeemable which was basically "what is superman snapped and went evil".