Books motherfuckers, do you read them?

[Eschatos]

I just finished A Confederacy of Dunces.  Surprisingly it turned out to be one of the lulziest books I've ever read. 

Also read Vacuum Diagrams, by Stephen Baxter.  It's really good if you like science fiction involving quantum physics.

[rumsfald]

Old plug: Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

It's a historical account about both the building of the Chicago World Faire of 1893 with a serial killer that was stalking the building grounds. True stories, and the author does an excellent job iterweaving them.

This is prompted by my just finishing Thunderstruck by the same author, about Marconi's attempt to perfect wireless telegraph, interweaved with the London Cellar Murderer. That book is slow for about 80%, but then the climax hits and makes the preceding tedium look like excellent prologue.

[bjlsurfer]

Finished Graham Swift's "Waterland" for school.  I really enjoyed it, cool style and some nice philosophy built in to a multi-thread storyline.  Part historical fiction, part modern day.

[Geoff]

[shoopfox]

I just got done re-reading The Raw Shark Texts and House of Leaves. They're both some of my favorite books ever >_>

[Luca Shoal]

Carpe Jugulum was good.

[KarthXLR]

I finished Watchmen recently.

If you haven't read it, you will never find another book like it. I highly highly HIGHLY recommend.

[fyre]

Just finished Snow Crash. It was cool.

Great book.

[Eschatos]

I finished Watchmen recently.

If you haven't read it, you will never find another book like it. I highly highly HIGHLY recommend.

I think you're the last person in all of BRBU to read Watchmen.

[KarthXLR]

[quote author=Ye Salty Karth link=topic=1145.msg61836#msg61836 date=1232228688]
I finished Watchmen recently.

If you haven't read it, you will never find another book like it. I highly highly HIGHLY recommend.

I think you're the last person in all of BRBU to read Watchmen.
[/quote]yeah probably

[Vlambo]

I bought 2 Harry Turtledove books today, "Days of Infamy" which is an alternate History series that Japan successfully takes over America, and Darkness Descending, essentailly what if WW2 happened on antoher planet where technology is replaced by magic and dragons

[KarthXLR]

I bought 2 Harry Turtledove books today, "Days of Infamy" which is an alternate History series that Japan successfully takes over America, and Darkness Descending, essentailly what if WW2 happened on antoher planet where technology is replaced by magic and dragons

Atomica Bombus?

[zaneyard]

[quote author=Eschatos link=topic=1145.msg61841#msg61841 date=1232230584]
[quote author=Ye Salty Karth link=topic=1145.msg61836#msg61836 date=1232228688]
I finished Watchmen recently.

If you haven't read it, you will never find another book like it. I highly highly HIGHLY recommend.

I think you're the last person in all of BRBU to read Watchmen.
[/quote]yeah probably
[/quote]
nope, i havent read it.

[Vlambo]

More like the Nazis are Scottish Highlanders with big beards, kilts and ride dragons instead of Panzer Tanks

[Surf314]

I bought 2 Harry Turtledove books today, "Days of Infamy" which is an alternate History series that Japan successfully takes over America, and Darkness Descending, essentailly what if WW2 happened on antoher planet where technology is replaced by magic and dragons

There is a PK Dick book you should read if you are into that stuff. I think it's called man in his high castle.

[bjlsurfer]

There is a PK Dick book you should read if you are into that stuff. I think it's called man in his high castle.

Yep, I did an author presentation on him last year, it's an alternate history called The Man in The High Castle, and it's basically about another world where we lost WWII...

His novel Ubik is one of my favorite books of all time.

[cannedpeahes]

[quote author=Ye Salty Karth link=topic=1145.msg61836#msg61836 date=1232228688]
I finished Watchmen recently.

If you haven't read it, you will never find another book like it. I highly highly HIGHLY recommend.

I think you're the last person in all of BRBU to read Watchmen.
[/quote]

*timidly raises hand*

I'm on issue #3 and moving through slowly. After getting used to the beautiful coloring in Sandman I have a tough time adjusting to Watchmen.

I bought 2 Harry Turtledove books today, "Days of Infamy" which is an alternate History series that Japan successfully takes over America, and Darkness Descending, essentailly what if WW2 happened on antoher planet where technology is replaced by magic and dragons

I've read Days of Infamy. Your pitch for Darkness Descending sounds right preposterous. Have you read Ruled Brittania? It's an alt-hist England where... shit happens. Shakespeare is an underground leader who manipulates the weak Spanish presence to gain control as a rebel figurehead. It's unreal. By all accounts repulsive and ridiculous, but awesome.

[Vongore]

[quote author=Ye Salty Karth link=topic=1145.msg61836#msg61836 date=1232228688]
I finished Watchmen recently.

If you haven't read it, you will never find another book like it. I highly highly HIGHLY recommend.

I think you're the last person in all of BRBU to read Watchmen.
[/quote]

never heard of it before the movie

[A. Crow]

someone mention watchmen?  yeah, never read it...

anyways, Terry Pratchett Battles Disease with SCIENCE!

yeah, I think we're boned on anymore discworld books  :'(

[fyre]

^^

Saw that earlier...sad. :'(