Your Top 5

[jerkules]

@jimcasey awesome that’s actually one of his books I haven’t yet gotten round to. I loved the “Kefahuchi Tract” trilogy, the second book “Nova Swing” is close to straight SciFi and I thought it was astonishing. I’m currently ready the Sunken Land Begins to Rise and really enjoying it

[jimcasey]

@jerkules loved Nova Swing, but haven't read that trilogy you mention. Thanks for the tip man.

[popvulture]

Very very noted! Thanks @jerkules and @jimcasey

[T4920]

@flannel-slut they're my favourite books of all time. I've bought so many copies of TNotW as gifts over the years..

Most recently I listed to the Audio books on Audible, the voice acting was amazing and certain parts had subtle musical backdrops which really added to the immersion.

Beautiful is the best way I'd describe them too. Since learning about Rothuss' distain for the Kvoth character, I've reread with a more analytical eye, trying to understand why he feels that way, but I just can't...

The naive yet beautifully poetic passages around his feelings for Denna are just perfect. They capture exactly how somebody of his intelligence, wit and artistic prowess would see things, but clearly lack emotional intelligence, and a wisdom that can only be acquired by life experience, because at the end of the day, he's still a child.

[flannel slut]

@T4920 ha! I gifted TNotW one of my good friends about 10, 15 years or so ago. Back when I was young and impressionable and believed authors to be good people who would never create such enjoyable works of art, earn legions can of fans and then abandon them (that goes for you too GRR Martin cough)

My apologies on the early morning rant!

[popvulture]

@flannel-slut I just knocked out 50 pages of The Name of the Wind — really killer so far, and I know I’m just getting started. Looking forward to getting into this one.

[flannel slut]

@popvulture just put a big smile on my face. Enjoy your escape pal

[weftyarn]

My top 5 3 x 5 music albums in no particular order.
Yes, I’m a hip hop head.

Old School:

InI / Pete Rock - Center of Attention
Funkdoobiest - Brothas Doobie
Guru - Jazzmatazz Volume 1
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II

New school

Yelawolf - Love Story
Dr Dre - 2001
Dem Atlas - Bad Actress
Eminem - The Eminem Show
Cunninlynguists - Will Rap for Food

Dang, so many missing… Honorable mentions

Slick Rick - Behind Bars
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
Poor Righteous Teachers - Black Business
Digable Planets - Reachin‘
Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives

Could go on for hours haha.. Any other Hip Hop heads here?

[Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot]

Operation Ivy - Energy (easily my top)
Sublime - Sublime
Leftöver Crack - Fuck World Trade
Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead….

[ddtrash]

Top 5 fiction books ( this weeks choice at least ).

The New York Trilogy - Paul Auster
The Secret History - Donna Tartt
Perfume - Patrick Suskind
Snow falling on Cedars - David Guterson
Norwegian Wood - Haruki Murakami

[HeavyGenes]

Top 5 Music Albums

1. Outkast - Aquemini
2. Killer Mike - Michael
3. Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
4. Kanye - Graduation
5. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

[Matt]

I had a lot of time behind the wheel driving from Albuquerque to Baltimore this week so I’m pretty sure this is definitive…

1. Kid A
2. Ace of Spades
3. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
4. The White Album
5. Enter The 36 Chambers

[popvulture]

Man I wouldn’t even know where to start with an ever list but I can get behind that one.

[Matt]

I was pretty impressed with myself when I came up with it somewhere in Oklahoma.

[GraemeE]

I'm in the same camp as Pop but that is a fucking solid top 5

[SKT]

@Matt man…some of my favorites here too. I like how you’ve got a lot of genres covered.