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a lot of goons recommend Wolves on the Border but i haven't got to it yet the Grey Death trilogy is fun b-tier scifi
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I read King's Billy Summers all day yesterday and forgot to eat. Woke up at like 2½ feeling loving terrible. When I realized I hadn't eaten I did what any sensible person does and ate a macaroni box in the night. I think it's fair to say the book is riveting. |
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Sep 4, 2023 06:33
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Hummingbird Salamander it's really boring actually. read annihilation instead |
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Rags to Liches posted:I started reading Blood Music by Greg Bear last night and I didn’t realize that I’d gotten halfway through it i wish i could read this fast  e: lovely snipe, let me contribute Listening to Come with Me by Ronald Malfi. After going through and abandoning a lot of pulpy horror and thrillers with decent premises but are just not well written or emotive, this book is a breath of fresh air. I haven't finished it yet and I feel like it'll end up having been meaningless, but at least it totally stupid. caspergers fucked around with this message at 18:31 on Sep 4, 2023 ---------------- |
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Sep 4, 2023 18:27
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listened to an audiobook of The Stranger on the work commute i've read it before, like 10 years ago, but enjoyed it much more this time
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Sep 4, 2023 19:49
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im reading the white hotel by DM Thomas which is Freudian historyfic which is sparsed with poetry and epistolary elements with freak almost paranormal stuff exploring possibilities of what at the time they called hysteria or mass hysteria & its a lil horny but the prose is really good
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Sep 4, 2023 19:55
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caspergers posted:i wish i could read this fast It’s a combo of adhd and an English degree, if I’m invested in something I’m reading I’ll stay up all night to finish it, but the downside is I’m always reading half a dozen things at the same time about god knows what. |
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Sep 5, 2023 22:33
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Rags to Liches posted:It’s a combo of adhd and an English degree, if I’m invested in something I’m reading I’ll stay up all night to finish it, but the downside is I’m always reading half a dozen things at the same time about god knows what. i have this problem too and i never thought of the correlation
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Sep 6, 2023 01:36
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it took me forever to figure it out too, but it makes sense I'd live in a library if I could tbh |
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Sep 6, 2023 05:20
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Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky. An interesting take on manufactued non human intelligences and how they might come to live along side human intelligences. There are some fizzy bits that once revealed are quite fizzy. It isn't the most riveting book, but it's worth a read if you're interested in a different sort of take on the subject. |
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Sep 7, 2023 06:26
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Pizzatime posted:Hummingbird Salamander I liked it, it was more straightforward than his some of his older work. But to each their own, I can see wanting more Annihilation, getting Hummingbird and getting disappointed
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Sep 10, 2023 16:53
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I must give annihilation a shot. Have only read Finch, which I thought was brilliant. |
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Sep 11, 2023 06:44
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i was rereading annihilation recently cuz i found this omnibus of the trilogy (the illustrated softcover) but i came up on short on a birthday so i used it as a gift. guess i will wait till later... to reread all that. pretty good tho i dont like the idea that hummingbird salamander might actually suck. is it a conclusion to the dead astronauts thing i forget now
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Sep 11, 2023 13:39
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reading City of Glass by Paul Auster (novel, not graphic novel) very good so far. |
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Sep 11, 2023 16:57
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LurchinTard posted:reading City of Glass by Paul Auster (novel, not graphic novel) very good so far. ah i loved all those whole tril v good
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Sep 11, 2023 17:00
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Sep 11, 2023 23:28
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about halfway through The Gateway Trip by Frederik Pohl, it is ok. the into part of the book made it pretty clear Pohl has a big ol boner for humanity and our society, which is a point of contention for me, but it's chilled out some. pretty quick read too.Buttchocks posted:Book 4 of the Expanse series 
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im reading melancholy of resistance by laszlo krasznahorkai. pretty good. before that i read wise blood by flannery o'connor. pretty good. before that i read human acts by han kang. i loved the vegetarian but i thought this one was not all that good. before that i read no country for old men by cormac mccarthy. pretty good.
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baka fwocka fwame posted:i dont like the idea that hummingbird salamander might actually suck. is it a conclusion to the dead astronauts thing i forget now It doesn't seem to be connected in any way to the Dead Astronauts/Borne books, it's a standalone thriller but it is about genetically modified animals and a woman chasing down a conspiracy
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Started reading the Horus Heresy series before realising how many books long it is … it may keep me going for a while |
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Andoman posted:Started reading the Horus Heresy series before realising how many books long it is … it may keep me going for a while I bought (what I thought was) the first Riftwar book by Raymond Feist because I liked Betrayal at Krondor back in the day. Turns out it's only ½ of the first book, and there's like 40 000 more. I... don't think I'll be reading them all. |
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Sep 21, 2023 11:57
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the kids need to learn about the riftwars sooner or later
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Sep 21, 2023 17:59
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Reading a couple books right now. I'm reading the number of the beast and it's genuinely annoying me rn. It feels like it's purposely bad at times, as an homage to bad elements of science fiction? Idk how else to describe it. It feels like he's leaning so far into the tropes of the genre that it's sometimes genuinely detrimental. It reminds me of when a horror fan writes a meta novel about slashers, where it's clearly a love letter to the genre, but not always in a pleasurable way. Holy poo poo are there a lot of references. Speaking of novels where a fan of slashers writes a slasher book, I'm working on the two books of the Indian lake trilogy that are out. First one got quite busy at the end, but was quite enjoyable for me. I'm working on the second novel, and I'm enjoying it alot
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Sep 21, 2023 22:19
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Let me simplify it for you: it's not a good book. |
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Sep 21, 2023 22:49
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three of my favorite stand up comedians published books this month, really need to get my rear end to a bookstore. |
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Sep 21, 2023 22:59
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rear end-penny posted:three of my favorite stand up comedians published books this month, really need to get my rear end to a bookstore. Who are they?
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Sep 22, 2023 00:06
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Rereading Snow Crash (very awesome book - very very cool and good) Also rereading the First Law trilogy (also very awesome)
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Sep 22, 2023 04:25
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I read excerpt from The Other Side by Alfred Kubin and ordered the book immediately cos it's so good. Came across it in The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories, edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer. |
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Sep 22, 2023 07:41
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baka fwocka fwame posted:the kids need to learn about the riftwars sooner or later My favourite line is when Gorath says "man, I'm really tired of these Rift Wars". |
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rear end-penny posted:three of my favorite stand up comedians published books this month, really need to get my rear end to a bookstore. Oh gently caress The Clementine Complex really did come out this month. I wonder if it will whelm me less or more than the first book. |
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Sep 22, 2023 08:06
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oh, poo poo! New Bob Mortimer? Might have to restart my audible subscription for that. I think it definitely helps to hear it with his delivery |
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Sep 22, 2023 09:07
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Quadramind posted:oh, poo poo! New Bob Mortimer? Might have to restart my audible subscription for that. I think it definitely helps to hear it with his delivery Oh he reads it himself? That would work yeah. |
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Sep 22, 2023 09:11
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Oh gently caress The Clementine Complex really did come out this month. lol I have never even heard of this dude. lotta comedy books this September in the order I learned of their new books, I'm talking about Maria Bamford, Aparna Nancherla, and Gary Gulman. |
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rear end-penny posted:lol I have never even heard of this dude. Do yourself a favour and search for "Bob Mortimer WILTY*" on the You tube, and watch all the clips. He's mad good at the game. *) Would I Lie to You e: Oh and the Complex book (the first one, haven't read the new one) is not comedy, it's a novel. And it's not a humorous novel as such. I think Mortimer has published some comedy books before. 3D Megadoodoo fucked around with this message at 12:47 on Sep 22, 2023 |
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Sep 22, 2023 12:40
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That's so weird. I thought it was absolutely hilarious. |
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I bought (what I thought was) the first Riftwar book by Raymond Feist because I liked Betrayal at Krondor back in the day. Turns out it's only ½ of the first book, and there's like 40 000 more. I... don't think I'll be reading them all. Great series though |
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Sep 22, 2023 22:01
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A good weekend to re-read the Molesworth books.
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Sep 23, 2023 17:28
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finally started this shredded copy of Bully for Brontosaurus last week. I've had this drat book for years but have put off reading it, no longer. I only have the first half of the book. been a very long time since I read non-fiction |
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rear end-penny posted:finally started this shredded copy of Bully for Brontosaurus last week. I've had this drat book for years but have put off reading it, no longer. I only have the first half of the book. been a very long time since I read non-fiction 
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Currently audiobook booking and reading in bed, Hogfather. Not very far into it yet but I love it. I had just finished Small Gods the other day and it also was fantastic. Cant believe I slept on the Discworld stuff for so long.
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