Books

[Nik]

Read Kim Stanley Robinson's 'Ministry for the Future' with my local book club and it was a great primer on how the next fifty years could play out with climate change. Next month's book is 'Frankenstein', which I've never read.

[Aetas]

@Nik said in Books:

…Next month's book is 'Frankenstein', which I've never read.

Curious to hear your thoughts @Nik .
Read it last month and was positive surprised of its degree of complexity.
Easy to forget the clichéd image of ‚the monster‘.

[Matt]

Love Frankenstein. There’s definitely a lot more to it than just “the monster.”

[Nik]

Read the critical intro last night. Pretty amazing that she wrote the book age 19.

[joesaintjohn]

We did an audible version of Frankenstein in the car with the kids on our school drives in October and it was surprisingly enjoyable.

[SKT]

You guys are making me want to read some Frankenstein…@Nik do you recommend ’Ministry for the Future’? I’m asking because I’m interested in the subject but just quit a book that was heavy with “science drops” which become a bit tedious for me sometimes.

[Nik]

Yeah I enjoyed ‘Ministry…’ @SKT but it is long. Goes quickly though. Pretty amazing beginning and a solid set of ensemble characters over a long period of time. It’s a big book for a big subject, but there’s also a fun mountaineering passage…

[SKT]

Thanks @Nik … putting it on my list.

[T4920]

@sabergirl Just coming towards the end of Deadhouse Gates now...

I forgot how damn quotable this series was, and so philosophically poignant...

“Children are dying." Lull nodded. "That's a succinct summary of humankind, I'd say. Who needs tomes and volumes of history? Children are dying. The injustices of the world hide in those three words.”

[T4920]

and my favourite from Gardens of the Moon;

“Tell me, Tool, what dominates your thoughts?'
The Imass shrugged before replying.
'I think of futility, Adjunct.'
'Do all Imass think about futility?'
'No. Few think at all.'
'Why is that?'
The Imass leaned his head to one side and regarded her.
'Because Adjunct, it is futile.”

[sabergirl]

So much gold in there, @T4920

[George Homme]

[SKT]

Enjoying this one. I read Lonesome Dove as a teenager and it’s always been one of my favorites. Love a good western

[mumonkey72]

I know this is an old thread but if anyone stumbles upon it read Amerota. A great book detailing the constant influence between America and Japan fashion. Talks alot about denim too!

[endo]

endo's pick of the week

[Nik]

That's a fun one @endo you going to do the whole trilogy?

[endo]

think so @Nik

[Oilfieldtrash]

Currently reading the "Wheel of Time" series. Book 2 of 14 I think. Hopefully ill still be alive at to see them out! After that it will be Nick Kent, The Darker Stuff.

If you like Fantast then the Wheel of Time books are unreal. Highly recommended

[mclaincausey]

I loved those books back in the day but lost patience at least 8 books in. Jordan, god rest his soul, spent so much time on minutiae like the brocade of a character’s dress when he could have completed the WoT and then done series about the age of legends or whatever else he referenced in the world he built. When there are already so many intricate threads that I had to check WoT FAQ to get re oriented each time a new book dropped, it was just too exhausting and lengthy for someone with my impatience. Which sucks because he was a brilliant world builder. I am glad they figured out a way to wrap it up, even if posthumously. Very sad that he was not able to see his opus through.

That series, great as it was, ended epic fantasy for me as a genre.

[SKT]

There was some Frankenstein talk a while back which made me realize I had never read it. Started it last week and I’m totally enjoying it. And let’s just say that Shelley’s style is a hop, skip and jump from Larry McMurty’s.