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[img]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c-MXizN4yks/Sy5HH2XrHqI/AAAAAAAAA8M/QwKxLeMal9k/s400/stephen-king-it.jpg[/img] Really under appreciated Stephen King book.[sp]The orgy was kind of fuck up, though.[/sp]

[IMG]http://hotcupofcoffee.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/n132032.jpg?w=600[/IMG] Just started.

Two books I'm reading right now. [img]http://andscifi.com/storage/DuneBoardgame.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1299292811067[/img] [img]http://shivismyth.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/this-is-your-brain-on-music-the-science-of-a-human-obsession.jpg[/img] I also bought Shogun at a thrift store. Has anyone read it?

Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas came in the mail today :) [IMG]http://books.trendstoday.info/files/books/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas.jpg[/IMG] Translated to Norwegian though, I'm afraid, since it's for a project in Norwegian class.

Love that book.

Well I finished Children of the Mind, kind of sad to see a sci-fi series fall apart like that...

I got Goliath of the Leviathan series yesterday I am so happy

[IMG]http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad360/shadowsofthought/1984Cover.jpg[/IMG] 1984 by George Orwell About this book: Most commonly known as school literature, it really is a thought provoking book. While it is mediocre in the story department, it is much more about the political and sociological factor. The story is about a dystopian totalitarian prevention and observation state with a caste system in the society. I won´t go and spoil the book, but it is how such a state could work; how to elimenate the problems that other totalitarian systems had. Often mentioned along the lines of "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, it is a must-read.

[QUOTE=Cuon Alpinus;32466422]I got Goliath of the Leviathan series yesterday I am so happy[/QUOTE] fuck I'd forgotten it was out

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;32466382]Well I finished Children of the Mind, kind of sad to see a sci-fi series fall apart like that...[/QUOTE] I've heard a lot of good things about the whole Ender's series, but I will not support something Orson Scott Card has made.

Right now I'm reading Soldat, The First World War, and Neuromancer, among others, but I barely find time to read them. Soldat is the memoirs of a German officer in the years leading up to, during, and after WWII. It's actually quite good. The First World War is a nonfiction book that chronicles the events of WWI; it's just a dry documentary book but I have to read it for school. I still find it interesting at times. Neuromancer is a book that established the cyberpunk genre, apparently. It's like the Matrix, if the Matrix was an original book. It's one of my favorite books at this point.

Neuromancer's fuckin' great but it's confusing as hell.

I've read way more confusing books than Neuromancer but I will agree that it's trippy as hell. Mostly because of the lack of any exposition talk all the future slang and technobabble just goes over your head.

I'm reading Count of Monte Cristo, and damn, that's a good book.

I can't remember all the sci-fi that I've read and loved, but Larry Niven's Ringworld, some of the Ender books, (I've only read a few, all of which I loved) and David Brin's Brightness Reef are among my favorites.

[img]http://thejosevilson.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/watchmen-cover.jpg[/img] Fantastic read, but you all knew that. required reading for all with a brain.

Bout half way through the Sword of Truth series, good shit.

Going to start reading Tigers in the mud by Otto Carius, hopefully it arrives tomorrow :v: It is about 350 pages about his experiences in WW2 as a Tank commander.

[QUOTE=welp hide;32462785] [img]http://shivismyth.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/this-is-your-brain-on-music-the-science-of-a-human-obsession.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE] This book is really interesting, I haven't read all of it though.

If there's another version of this thread, it should be "Books V2: Having fun isn't hard, if you've got a library card".

I've started on Arc of Triumph by Remarque, all of his books are very difficult to find with the exception of All Quiet on the Western Front.

[img]http://i.cubeupload.com/MN4Xw0.jpg[/img] Top quality literature

[img]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTkNVF42DtPsOSAQMO13UJRXWtyD0I1KK3EbwWbqU2HxFllVEmz[/img] There's just something about investigating corporate crime that I find so badass.

I'm a fan of almost all of Crichton's fiction works, only because I haven't read his nonfiction stuff yet. It's a damn shame that he died.

[img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-le-5hTM02uw/TgyeQqZEAII/AAAAAAAAA4c/atNF9zdCBy4/s1600/oneofourthursdaysismissing.jpg[/img] A parody of "One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing" which was a parody of "One of Our Aircraft Is Missing" Oh boy.

Picked these up. [IMG]http://i53.tinypic.com/xlxxk0.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i56.tinypic.com/2rcai4o.jpg[/IMG] Been having a major boner for Beat literature for a while now. Great stuff.

Well, lately I've been reading a shit load. I read Clockwork Orange (holy fuck, I loved it. I loved every second of it.), Different Seasons by S. King, and a few others. However, the main point for me is that my Father gave me access to his Kindle account. I started reading Ender's Game yesterday. It's so good, even thinking about it as I type this is making me cry from beauty.

Haven't read a book in quite some time. I shall read again tonight.

[QUOTE=JohnnyNapalm007;28567560]I read quite a bit. I'm a huge fan of Joe Meno, who lives in Chicago and teaches creative writing at the college I'll be attending in the fall. Just read two more of his books in the last week. Tender As Hellfire [IMG]http://www.quimbys.com/images/1933354305.jpg[/IMG] How the Hula Girl Sings [IMG]http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172094221l/138382.jpg[/IMG] Another good one that I love, but haven't read in years is Hairstyles of the Damned. [IMG]http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167351338l/22539.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Hairstyles of the Damned was a fucking awesome book! I'm glad someone mentioned it on here.

I've been reading a lot of poetry lately. Read in to e.e. cummings and love his work. [quote]she being Brand -new;and you know consequently a little stiff i was careful of her and(having thoroughly oiled the universal joint tested my gas felt of her radiator made sure her springs were O. K.)i went right to it flooded-the-carburetor cranked her up,slipped the clutch(and then somehow got into reverse she kicked what the hell)next minute i was back in neutral tried and again slo-wly;bare,ly nudg. ing(my lev-er Right- oh and her gears being in A 1 shape passed from low through second-in-to-high like greasedlightning)just as we turned the corner of Divinity avenue i touched the accelerator and give her the juice,good (it was the first ride and believe i we was happy to see how nice she acted right up to the last minute coming back down by the Public Gardens i slammed on the internalexpanding & externalcontracting brakes Bothatonce and brought allofher tremB -ling to a:dead. stand- ;Still)[/quote]