Books motherfuckers, do you read them?

[Neptune]

sword of truth series

Watch out for those books in the middle, though (especially #6, I think).  They're dry as hell.

"A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula LeGuin.  It's a series of six books.  I'm starting the fourth, right now.  At first, I wasn't sure I liked it, but her very high fantasy style is consistent throughout.  She makes a point of describing the main character as black, which is different.  It's usually a white kid holding a sword, right?  For you Magic players, I keeping picturing Teferi.

[Elder]

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sword of truth series

Watch out for those books in the middle, though (especially #6, I think).  They're dry as hell.

"A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula LeGuin.  It's a series of six books.  I'm starting the fourth, right now.  At first, I wasn't sure I liked it, but her very high fantasy style is consistent throughout.  She makes a point of describing the main character as black, which is different.  It's usually a white kid holding a sword, right?  For you Magic players, I keeping picturing Teferi.
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neptune and i read the same books apparently

[Xineoph]

I read the first Wizard of Earthsea book when I was 10 or so.  It's still pretty vivid in my mind, but I haven't read any of the others.

Recently finished The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss.  And enjoyable ~140 pages.  I'm starting in on Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell at the insistence of Allondra.

My pile of nonfiction books is getting deep.

[Surf314]

I read the first Wizard of Earthsea book when I was 10 or so.  It's still pretty vivid in my mind, but I haven't read any of the others.

Recently finished The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss.  And enjoyable ~140 pages.  I'm starting in on Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell at the insistence of Allondra.

My pile of nonfiction books is getting deep.

Didn't you pick up a book that tells you how to cut down a tree, use the tree to fuel a furnace, use the furnace to forge an axe, and then use the axe to kill a bear?

[Xineoph]

[quote author=Xineoph link=topic=1145.msg282210#msg282210 date=1416840185]
I read the first Wizard of Earthsea book when I was 10 or so.  It's still pretty vivid in my mind, but I haven't read any of the others.

Recently finished The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss.  And enjoyable ~140 pages.  I'm starting in on Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell at the insistence of Allondra.

My pile of nonfiction books is getting deep.

Didn't you pick up a book that tells you how to cut down a tree, use the tree to fuel a furnace, use the furnace to forge an axe, and then use the axe to kill a bear?
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I have a book that tells me how to make iron, then use that iron to make a flintlock rifle, then use that rifle to hunt a bear.  And, you know, other affairs of plain living.

[FlyingMongoose]

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[quote author=Xineoph link=topic=1145.msg282210#msg282210 date=1416840185]
I read the first Wizard of Earthsea book when I was 10 or so.  It's still pretty vivid in my mind, but I haven't read any of the others.

Recently finished The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss.  And enjoyable ~140 pages.  I'm starting in on Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell at the insistence of Allondra.

My pile of nonfiction books is getting deep.

Didn't you pick up a book that tells you how to cut down a tree, use the tree to fuel a furnace, use the furnace to forge an axe, and then use the axe to kill a bear?
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I have a book that tells me how to make iron, then use that iron to make a flintlock rifle, then use that rifle to hunt a bear.  And, you know, other affairs of plain living.
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You MONSTER!? How dare you know how to craft the means in which to kill another living creature!? Sorry, for some reason I had a lapse of my omnivore nature (you know, how we all exist); meat is delicious!

[zaneyard]

Finished The Stand finally.

Might read The Eyes of The Dragon next.

[Neptune]

[quote author=Neptune link=topic=1145.msg282189#msg282189 date=1416755711]
[quote author=charliesnike link=topic=1145.msg282187#msg282187 date=1416739218]
sword of truth series

Watch out for those books in the middle, though (especially #6, I think).  They're dry as hell.

"A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula LeGuin.  It's a series of six books.  I'm starting the fourth, right now.  At first, I wasn't sure I liked it, but her very high fantasy style is consistent throughout.  She makes a point of describing the main character as black, which is different.  It's usually a white kid holding a sword, right?  For you Magic players, I keeping picturing Teferi.
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neptune and i read the same books apparently
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That's a good thing.

So I'm reading "John Carter of Mars", just because Carl Sagan read it.  Just finished the first book.  It's campy as hell, but the style is interesting.  He keeps up the flowery speech all the way through, but that was probably the style at the time.

[sethreign]

Currently reading Cell by Stephen King.


Zombies + Mind powers = Awesome

[Luinbariel]

On the recommendation of my friend, I'm reading Black Sun Rising (and then the rest of that trilogy) by C. S. Friedman.

[Elder]

Read Killing Patton by Bill O'Reilly. It was pretty good from a history standpoint.

Looking to read Unbreakable next.

[at0m]

I really need to stop reading lesbian smut and start reading real books again.

[Neptune]

I'm reading Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels again because I'm sad that he's gone.

I'm about to read "Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension" by Matt Parker because I love math and I need something new to read.

[Dtrain323i]

Read Killing Patton by Bill O'Reilly. It was pretty good from a history standpoint.

Looking to read Unbreakable next.

Say what you will about Bill O'Reilly's politics, his books are very well written. I'm also starting unbreakable. My brother got it for me for christmas.

[Surf314]

[quote author=Elder link=topic=1145.msg284492#msg284492 date=1429164013]
Read Killing Patton by Bill O'Reilly. It was pretty good from a history standpoint.

Looking to read Unbreakable next.

Say what you will about Bill O'Reilly's politics, his books are very well written. I'm also starting unbreakable. My brother got it for me for christmas.
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Aren't they mostly written by his co-authors and sold with his name?

[Dtrain323i]

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[quote author=Elder link=topic=1145.msg284492#msg284492 date=1429164013]
Read Killing Patton by Bill O'Reilly. It was pretty good from a history standpoint.

Looking to read Unbreakable next.

Say what you will about Bill O'Reilly's politics, his books are very well written. I'm also starting unbreakable. My brother got it for me for christmas.
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Aren't they mostly written by his co-authors and sold with his name?
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I have no idea.

[Elder]

Finished Unbroken, that was a roller coaster ride.
Also realized i said unbreakable in an earlier post oops.

Reading books on the Luftwaffe, RAF, and USAF.

[Eschatos]

Just recently finished Use of Weapons by Iain Banks, Perdido Street Station by China Mieville, and the Bloodline Feud by Charles Stross. All quite good books, though I prefer Stross's Laundry series.

[at0m]

I've got two copies of the first book out of the Culture series by Iain Banks but haven't pulled the trigger on starting to read it yet. Consider Phlebas I think? It caught my eye because it seems to have a similar human/AI interaction as the Polity books by Neal Asher, which I found to be quite interesting.

Charles Stross amuses me because he wrote a book titled Rule 34.

[Kor]

Just finished Walter Isaacson's biography of Einstein. My impressions of the man changed a little, learning that he wasn't always a humanitarian. More so to learn he was exceptionally progressive in his youth; until he got older, and quantum theory stymied his unified field theories. He resisted so much, doubted so much. Even in knowing more about his life, its difficult to believe a mind so vast chose to shrink the universe, rather than dream even larger.