Books

[madmonday]

^^^

if you weren't in the Netherlands i would send it to you to read, sort of a book swap thingy 

[mvb]

thanks mm, too bad i'm so far away 

[Seul]

@madmonday:

^^^

if you weren't in the Netherlands i would send it to you to read, sort of a book swap thingy 

How much does it weigh?.. Add to my package and I'll ship to mvb?..

[mvb]

i would have to sent something back. Probably cost as much as the book itself

[Seul]

I ship for free so no need to ship anything back… But this might actually be easier:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Damned-Chuck-Palahniuk/dp/0224091158/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1321018365&sr=1-1

[Steel]

I'm currently reading 'Wherever You Go, There You Are' by Jon Kabat-Zinn.  It's about mindfulness meditation - something that I really need to incorporate into my life and which I finally feel ready for.

Prior to that I (re) read 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' by Stephen Covey, which is one of my 'life reference' books.

[LandoCal126 0]

Finishing up HST - Kingdom of Fear today. Going to start on the Steve Jobs Biography at some point this weekend.

[Megatron1505]

Just looking for my copy of "Underground" by Haruki Murakami to give it it's third read…..best book ever.

[michaeljcr]

I thought it was high time I read some Westerns, so I'm starting with this one:

[georgeel]

I'm up to page 251.

So?

Worth reading. I swear on all my denim.

[Lucifer]

@hectic:

Dude, post here: http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=780.msg118626#msg118626

I would happily discuss authors with you.

Well, currently I'm reading up on Vernon Vinge, like him ok so far.

When it comes to sci-fi I like Simmons, Banks, Hamilton, Reynolds and the rest of the classics, right now I'm looking for a large series, not necessarily the same storyline, but the same universe, like Reynolds or Banks. Suggestions?

[hectic]

Space opera? New weird? Something else?

[hectic]

Richard Morgan. He has a core character called Takeshi Kovacs who spans several books.

[hectic]

Neal Asher too but pulpy/very prolific. Hard scifi

[Lucifer]

Ah, I forgot to mention Morgan, have read the Angels-trilogy, his other sci-fi AND his fantasy books, so far I've only read "parasite" by asher (that is one of his, right?), any other of his books you would recommend?

[hectic]

Not really an Asher fan TBH. There's a whole series about a war with these naughty alien crab things. My mate rates them

[hectic]

Check out Charles Stross too

[hectic]

Greg Egan is awesome

[Lucifer]

I read Diaspora, but found it to be a bit on the  math-heavy side, are his other books similar? The story was awesome though.

[hectic]

Quarantine is killer. Quantum heavy tho