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ProgMetaller2112
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I've been reading for mostly school lately but recently I've read plenty of books from a variety of genres ranging from History to Anthropology and Fantasy
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"Before you see the light you must die!!!!!!!!!!" - Slayer
"Today is born the seventh one, born of woman, the seventh son" - Steve Harris |
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Stooge
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I'm reading A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music
Neat history lesson for any jazz fans out there.
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Unitron
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Been reading a book called The Telling Pool' recently, it's historical fiction taking place during the third crusade.
It's pretty interesting so far.
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If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme
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Pekka
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Latest two:
If we had a books section in the database this would actually be in it. The guy is a Finnish prog rock semi-legend/author/comic book artist, and this is basically an autobiographical novel about small town elementary school boys finding and getting hooked on Kiss and the whole 80s heavy metal scene. And about childhood in Finland, so it's easy for me to relate to lots of the stuff even though I did those things ten years later. I'm an Agatha Christie fanatic, and while it's borderline criminal and definitely blasphemous to dig Hercule Poirot out of his grave where Dame Agatha so carefully laid him, this book was just too good to be angry at.
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bartosso
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^ it's nice how the cover corresponds with the title. I'll check that one out for sure.
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Pekka
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I have not read that one, but just finished this a few days ago: That's the new one, Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki and his years of pilgrimage, or something like that in English. I liked it, it was very realistic and direct, which wasn't really the case with 1Q84 and Kafka on the shore which I read a while back. I recommend those two very strongly, and this new one as well.
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bartosso
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A little update on some noteworthy books I've read recently:
Good Paul Auster book. The story is mostly set in 20s/30s in the US and it's something between magic realism, naturalism and bildungsroman. Unusual stuff, that's for sure. A bit less of a detective fiction and more of a thriller this time. Still friggin awesome, though. My first Murakami. Apparently it's the most abstract of his books. I wouldn't call that magic realism though. Very symbolic and eclectic literature, I'm looking forward to read more of him.
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bartosso
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Good transhuman sf, not as good as the hard sf classics by Stanisław Lem, but still very good.
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adg211288
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Been a while since I posted here. I finished Great North Road a little while back and have since read:
First non-Hamilton book I've read since before last Xmas. But back on his work now: |
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Stooge
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I'm now reading Stranger In A Strange Land as my lunch break novel. I did end up reading The Martian Chronicles first, and really enjoyed it. I also went to the library today and grabbed some non-fiction, Mustaine. Edited by Stooge - 11 May 2013 at 1:38pm |
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adg211288
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Sorry, I missed your post before. I haven't picked up the Greg Mandel series yet but yes these ones are indeed space opera. I find Hamilton's books draw from multiple genres though so there are other elements to be found here, but space opera at its heart for sure. I haven't read an Iain M. Banks yet I'm afraid to know if they're comparable. I'm can't recommend Hamilton enough though if you like sci-fi, both Nights Dawn and his Commonwealth novels are fantastic. I haven't actually touched the work of another author since I first started reading Hamilton some time before Xmas.
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adg211288
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I finished this little short stories collection a couple of days ago:
I'm now a couple of chapters into this: |
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FallingxSkies
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Had to read From Potter's Field for school :P was almost like a Criminal Minds episode or something
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vmoore
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school systems must really like that book
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Daysbetween
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^ some things never change as I had to read this for school in the early 70's
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vmoore
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reading this for school
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Tupan
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Yeah, fantastic book! |
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Daysbetween
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Have never read this trilogy. Let me know what you thought of it when you have completed this one. I liked the Greg Mandel books but believe The Night's Dawn trilogy are more of a 'space opera' in style. I like Iain M. Banks books in that style so is there any comparison? |
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Daysbetween
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I really should try reading a new book ... but I am enjoying re-reading some of my collection. Just about to start the 'Book of the New Sun' series by Gene Wolfe. |
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adg211288
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Final part of the trilogy. Just about to start it.
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