Books

[Geo]

good thread this

I'm a voracious reader - pretty much anything that's printed and bound, but my stick out author is Umberto Eco; would recommend Foucalt's Pendulum and The Name of the Rose by him

Also Vikram Chandra's Red Earth & Pouring Rain and Sacred Games are top notch

Last would second Hectic on the Iain Banks stuff, met him a couple of times - nice guy and a good author

[hectic]

You guys so need to read Gibson's Zero History - he has some great riffs on the secret histories of denim otaku freakz.

[michaeljcr]

@hectic:

You guys so need to read Gibson's Zero History - he has some great riffs on the secret histories of denim otaku freakz.

That's how I found Iron Heart - a Zero History inspired Denim trawl through the web!  Great book, great author.

[STAN]

sis got me these lightning mag Vol 203 and this is attach inside the mag.

[riffblaster general]

currently reading "Carrion Comfort" by Dan Simmons.

[jacoavlu]

I just finished True Grit (didn't see either movie) and am starting Lonesome Dove. After that, back to some Cormac McCarthy.

[Jpo1932]

Finished Norwegian wood a bit ago.. Good read.

[nameness]

^ Now go read "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World".

[michaeljcr]

Recently finished Joe R. lansdale's Vanilla Ride and the much awaited Wise Man's Fear by fantasy author Patrick Rothfuss.

I was talking with someone recently about how much I enjoyed reading Shogun in my teens, so I've now got all the James Clavell's sitting on my desk waiting to be read. It's a big pile of books…

[jacoavlu]

Just finished Tomato Red by Daniel Woodrell. 7/10. Ending a bit disappointing.

Next: Winter's Bone.

[Geo]

just finished this . . .

one of the most even-handed approaches to european history i've read . . . the belgians even get a mention

[nameness]

Ahhhhh!  Someone else actually read that book!

[Seul]

@Geo:

the belgians even get a mention

Last line?.. 'To conclude: the Belgians are the best of all €uros. Especially the bald ones.'

[Geo]

last line exempting notes, appendices etc is Tremulae sinuantur flamine vestes

the belgians were (foot)noted merely as being named after a tribe of goths

[Geo]

@nameness:

Ahhhhh!  Someone else actually read that book!

. . . assuming you had already done so? 

[hectic]

I am reading Embassytown by China Mieville. I'll let yous know it goes.

[nameness]

@Geo:

. . . assuming you had already done so? 

few years back.  thought it was very well done.

I'm just surprised someone is as big of a geek as me.

[Seul]

But whàt a tribe of goths, ey!..

[Geo]

@nameness:

@Geo:

. . . assuming you had already done so? 

few years back.  thought it was very well done.

I'm just surprised someone is as big of a geek as me.

easily then nameness if that's the description you want to use 

i have a huge collection of books on history, the sciences . . . you name it. this was one i bought a while back and have only just got 'round to

[apba1166]

EUROPE: Glad to know it's do-able, been on my shelf for years, with another of his, about WWII. Meawhile, I've been reading some true adventure books, not that history isn't, one being GODFORSAKEN SEA by Derek Lundy, about a round-the-world one-man sailing race. With Giles's friend Ian's continuing onslaught of the seas, thought it may be of interest, then along comes this list today from the BY&N Review page: http://tinyurl.com/4y6r8cj