Books

[dronemod]

Phew, haven't had any time to read novels or short stories. Too much reading for studies, maybe I should take a break and read something non-scientific.

[xtcclassic]

In the spirit of Halloween–- I highly recommend House of Leaves.

[Morose_Penguin]

Sir Terry Pratchett's 40th Discworld book published today… Bought one from Waterstones as they usually have exclusive content. Different cover and a bookmark... oh well, at least I've got a copy. Looked in smiths on the off chance that they'd be cheaper... Yep £6.00 cheaper and with an additional short story... So now I have two, one of which will be a birthday or hogswatch present for a member of my family...

[mclaincausey]

Love Pratchett!

[Snowy]

^Ditto!

[trail and arrow]

@Snowy:

^Ditto!

+1

[seawolf]

I'm reading "S" By JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst. It's the most unique reading experience I've ever had. Take a look! http://www.fastcocreate.com/3021011/inside-jj-abrams-brain-bending-book-within-a-book

[tmg]

^ sounds intriguing!

[emceeQ]

Seawolf, if you like that style definitely check out House of Leaves, as xtc recommended earlier.  It sounds like Dorst uses a somewhat similar style to what Danielewski did in HoL

[derivative666]

Mark Danielewski is one of my favorite authors if you think HOL was an interesting read try Only Revolutions it was one of the most challenging  books I have ever read. I loved every second of it. He is also the brother of the music performer Poe

[Graeme]

I read Only Revolutions a few years back, and agree it took some work to get through. I've got a copy of House of Leaves somewhere that I need to get around to at some point.

If you're into long form poetry, there's Sharp Teeth, which is about werewolves in LA.

And The Raw Shark Texts is another interesting read.

[Morose_Penguin]

Just finished Douglas Coupland's latest:

Worst. Person. Ever.

In my opinion, it's Coupland back to his best. Thought he wobbled a bit with Generation A - recycling his past too much. And Player One might have worked as a speech, but as a book it just felt too padded out…

Currently reading Terry Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment as a bit of light reading. Wanted something 'comfortable' to read. I was going to start getting through my backlog of recently purchased books, but decided something familiar would be better. I'll add a photo or two tomorrow.

[derivative666]

I used to be a big fan of Coupland haven't read anything by him since Eleanor Rigby

[Morose_Penguin]

I do like his early works a lot, whether that's just due to the fact that it was my father who introduced me to his work and he has everything from Generation X up to Life after God. Then I bought him every subsequent book (it's very easy to buy presents for book lovers :)) I don't know. I reckon that girlfriend in a coma has the best ending of any book I have ever read…

[derivative666]

Loved girlfriend in coma

[Megatron1505]

A friend just bought me a William Gibson Trilogy (Pattern Recognition, Zero History and Spook Country). Looking forward to giving them a try as they come so highly recommended and seem so relevant to the things we all love.

[Snowy]

1st 2 of those WG books are some of my favourites.

[DougNg]

Holy shit:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062066315/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0GDMCF3WMHG4AXNKWCHJ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200382&pf_rd_i=507846

Already downloaded to my iPad

[Cutlasshound]

Maharishi book on camo by hardy blechman! Was bloody hard to get hold of and its a lovely book (although very fucking geeky)

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[Giles]

They're pretty easy to find over here, but when you do, they re lots and lots of $$$$$'s