Posted May 13, 2010

TheCowSaysMoo
Blashyrkh
Registered: Sep 2009
From Belgium

Fenixp
nnpab
Registered: Sep 2008
From Czech Republic

dawvee
Not New User
Registered: Oct 2008
From United Kingdom
Posted May 13, 2010
Oh yeah, I also recently finished Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky (the loose inspiration for the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.) and Solaris by Stanislaw Lem. Both highly, HIGHLY recommended for classic sci fi fans.

Fenixp
nnpab
Registered: Sep 2008
From Czech Republic

evilguy12
evil and a guy
Registered: Sep 2008
From United Kingdom
Posted May 13, 2010
Yeah!
I recently borrowed 1984 by George Orwell from my library. Heard so many references to it, I had to read it. Also reading The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers, Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut and The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndon.
I'm reading a lot (and catching up on a lot of classics) recently.
I recently borrowed 1984 by George Orwell from my library. Heard so many references to it, I had to read it. Also reading The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers, Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut and The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndon.
I'm reading a lot (and catching up on a lot of classics) recently.

tender
New User
Registered: Nov 2008
From Hungary
Posted May 13, 2010
I read a lot, I'm a real bookmegatron.
As many gamers, I also enjoy fantasy literature and I support new weird and original writings: Scott Lynch, Joe Abercrombie, China Miéville, Brandon Sanderson. Try these. As for science fiction, I was always mostly into the "science" stuff, so I love the books of Michael Crichton.
Apart from that, I read classics and contemporary, mostly U.S. writers, don't really know why. My favorite writer is John Updike, he passed away last year :(
So yeah, I'm into it.
As many gamers, I also enjoy fantasy literature and I support new weird and original writings: Scott Lynch, Joe Abercrombie, China Miéville, Brandon Sanderson. Try these. As for science fiction, I was always mostly into the "science" stuff, so I love the books of Michael Crichton.
Apart from that, I read classics and contemporary, mostly U.S. writers, don't really know why. My favorite writer is John Updike, he passed away last year :(
So yeah, I'm into it.

Whiteblade999
Amn
Registered: Sep 2008
From United States
Posted May 13, 2010
Reading Lord of the Rings for the first time. Jane Eyre is a book I have been reading on and off since finishing Wuthering Heights.

Egotomb
The Liberator
Registered: Jan 2009
From United Kingdom

Maighstir
THIS KNIGHT MISLIKES THESE HEIGHTS
Registered: Nov 2008
From Sweden
Posted May 13, 2010
Stacks of paper glued together at one end so that they form a block, with relatively coherent writing throughout the entire stack. They're usually called "books".
At least that's what I've come to understand, I may be wrong or I may simply not have the whole truth as there might be nuances I have yet to see.

Kingoftherings
Howdy
Registered: Nov 2008
From United States
Posted May 13, 2010
Oddly enough I just bought Orwell's 1984 today. And I don't read as much as I used to. :(
Currently, I only read 3 or 4 books a year.
Currently, I only read 3 or 4 books a year.
Post edited May 13, 2010 by Kingoftherings

TerriblePurpose
Kwisatz Haderach
Registered: Sep 2008
From Canada
Posted May 13, 2010

I'm reading a lot (and catching up on a lot of classics) recently.
That's Wyndham ( :p ), but good choice. I recommend The Chrysalids when you're done Muidwich Cuckoos. One of my favorites of his.

I've not read Solaris. I'll have to check that one out. I read The Invincible by Lem though, and very much enjoyed that one.

Prator
Reasonable-ish
Registered: Oct 2008
From United States
Posted May 13, 2010
I read for fun a fair bit, albeit not at the same rate I used to; much of the time I used to spend reading is now spent on videogames. Videogames are cheaper, I find.
I used to read a lot of fantasy, but lately I've been going mostly for sci-fi, the harder the better. Cyberpunk and steampunk are also cool. Realistic fiction in general is my bag nowadays.
I used to read a lot of fantasy, but lately I've been going mostly for sci-fi, the harder the better. Cyberpunk and steampunk are also cool. Realistic fiction in general is my bag nowadays.

Rohan15
The Joe
Registered: May 2009
From United States
Posted May 13, 2010
I plan on finishing the Preacher graphic novels when I get my paycheck, finishing The Inferno on Sunday (Funny, a book full of religious quotes and the such being finished on Sunday.), and maybe picking up that Stephen King biography my gf got me for my birthday.

Shalgroth
...SQUIRREL!
Registered: Sep 2008
From Australia
Posted May 13, 2010

Too lazy to read older threads, but willing to make a thread about reading? That's a beautiful mindfuck. =P
I loved reading when I was younger though it seemed to stop when I bought my own TV at the age of 18, later became an on and off thing.
But sometime late last year I started reading some Graham Masterton books a friend of mine loaned to me, and I'm happily back into the swing of things.
Currently on the third book of the Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb and I'm loving it.
I commend you for enjoying Lovecraft, as much as I love the concept of his Cthulhu mythos, the writing just bores me to tears. I'm unable to pinpoint why, but it's the same thing with Tolkien.
Here I am saying that two of the most remembered, if not influential, writers of their particular genres bore me to tears. Sacrilege, I know.

cjlr
New User
Registered: Apr 2009
From Canada
Posted May 13, 2010
Man, books are awesome. I've a big stack of new ones that arrived recently that I've yet to get through. I ready pretty fast so I was trying to save them.
If anyone's curious, the greatest books ever written are Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, Dune by Frank Herbert, and Neuromancer by William Gibson.
If anyone's curious, the greatest books ever written are Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, Dune by Frank Herbert, and Neuromancer by William Gibson.