Just finished Age of Odin. Fairly good novel about British soldiers and Norse gods.
Moving on to [I]Android Karenina[/I] and [I]Machine of Death[/I]
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Finished this a while ago (translated by Louis and Alymer Maude.) Awesome book. Best book Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy wrote, which is saying something.
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A pure science fantasy classic.
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Been reading this on my iPod (public domain, free) and I must say it's pretty damn hilarious for being from the 19th century.
Finished Misery yesterday. The ending pages was fucking crazy and held me in suspense and for the first time I felt actually scared by a book
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Has anyone read this yet? I have heard it's magnificent, is it?
I keep looking through kindle books.
They're nothing but crap paranormal romances.
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Pretty awesome so far :dance:
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Has anyone read this yet? I have heard it's magnificent, is it?[/QUOTE]
I'd say thumb that image if it were any other book.
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Has anyone read this yet? I have heard it's magnificent, is it?[/QUOTE]
I finished it a week ago. Very good book. There's a couple parts that I found a bit tedious to read, but since the book's so long there's plenty of other interesting parts.
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I kind of want to play tennis because of the book now.
[QUOTE=Red Toaster;28880622]just got The Hunt for Red October
should be good, although tom clancy's typical FUCK THE SOVIET UNION US US *beats chest* attitude is a bit annoying[/QUOTE]
Oh man, I remember some of the ridiculous shit in his later books, like a cavalry division beating the shit out of two corps-sized formations and a magical cluster bomb that could destroy 1000 tanks.
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Finished this book recently. Out of all the books about a 1980s war in Germany, it's the best since it doesn't show the Soviet Army as an inept force that gets its ass handed by NATO (like in Red Storm Rising, what a shitty book that was).
[QUOTE=mastermaul;28940605]I keep looking through kindle books.
They're nothing but crap paranormal romances.[/QUOTE]
And that is why I will not be buying a kindle till they actually sell good books.
[QUOTE=myalt22;28946444]And that is why I will not be buying a kindle till they actually sell good books.[/QUOTE]
Well that's not exactly fair; the books that have REAL counterparts can still be good. I'm just talking the overwhelming majority of ones exclusively for kindle.
Besides, no need to buy a kindle if you have practically any other mobile device. I just read on my iPod for ebooks.
(The cool thing about that being you also have ibooks and kobo.)
House Of Leaves is my favorite book, reading drove me absolutely insane.
Right now I'm reading Paradise Lost.
[QUOTE=mastermaul;28952045]Well that's not exactly fair; the books that have REAL counterparts can still be good. I'm just talking the overwhelming majority of ones exclusively for kindle.
Besides, no need to buy a kindle if you have practically any other mobile device. I just read on my iPod for ebooks.
(The cool thing about that being you also have ibooks and kobo.)[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't be able to read off an iPod, screen's too small, plus reading off any screen hurts my eyes.
I love my nook.
I'm about half way through 1984, right after Winston scores with Julia.
It sucks that I already read a spoiler at one point that says that he is [sp] arrested and tortured[/sp] it kind of ruins it for me
Hello fellow facepunchers!
I was thinking on reading H.P Lovecraft books from now on and was wondering if you guys could recommend which ones to start with?
If you could add some info on the books it would be awesome!
Cheers :smile:
Anything by Clive Cussler is awesome.
[QUOTE=InvisibleTed;28955774]I wouldn't be able to read off an iPod, screen's too small, plus reading off any screen hurts my eyes.
I love my nook.[/QUOTE]
The quality is really clear in my opinion, I've never had eye problems with it and I wear glasses.
As much as I'd love to get a nook/Kindle/iPad, I just don't enjoy reading off of a screen. I really like having something physical that I can bend, fold, etc.
[QUOTE=Sir Tristan;28958048]I'm about half way through 1984, right after Winston scores with Julia.
It sucks that I already read a spoiler at one point that says that he is [sp] arrested and tortured[/sp] it kind of ruins it for me[/QUOTE]
I dropped it for that very reason, just felt so boring getting there after that.
[QUOTE=Watevaman;28959356]As much as I'd love to get a nook/Kindle/iPad, I just don't enjoy reading off of a screen. I really like having something physical that I can bend, fold, etc.[/QUOTE]
The pages turn from the corner with your touch on idevices. :v:
Seems more real than just sliding to the next page.
[QUOTE=mastermaul;28959106]The quality is really clear in my opinion, I've never had eye problems with it and I wear glasses.[/QUOTE]
Well it's not that I can't read off a screen, it's mainly that the brightness hurts my eyes.
I only use my ipod for public domain shit anyways, with the occasional exception.
WHAAT THE FUUUCKK
**1984 spoiler**
[sp]so the brotherhood was a lie in order for julia and winston to admit that they are traitors, then they are tortured and brainwashed into believing in the ideals of the party, and in the end before he is executed winston realizes he has won the victory over himself, that he has come to love big brother??[/sp]
goddamn that was unexpected
Some people haven't read/finished 1984. Spoiler that shit.
i am so wanting to get my hands on that book, 1984
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also my freshman year i read this book it was about a controlled society and it was all about "Ego" the guy found a tunnel cann someone tell me the name of said book and send me a link so i can buy it?
[QUOTE=nemmises5;28961856]i am so wanting to get my hands on that book, 1984
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also my freshman year i read this book it was about a controlled society and it was all about "Ego" the guy found a tunnel cann someone tell me the name of said book and send me a link so i can buy it?[/QUOTE]
Are you talking about Anthem by Ayn Rand? Great book.
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Wow, yes I remember reading that my freshman year as well
anthem, oh god that book was epic.
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