Books

[SKT]

Got a couple of new ones for Christmas…hopefully stir some creative energy

[mclaincausey]

@GraemeE see also https://expandingdan.substack.com/ and “Reelin in the Years”

Really not as much content about the Dan as they merit.

[tody]

@Tago-Mago said in Books:

Next on the list once I’ve finished Neuromancer

What about Pattern Recognition, have you read that? Buzz Ricksons black MA-1 and all that?

[mclaincausey]

@Tago-Mago unless you disliked Neuromancer, I would highly recommend completing the Sprawl trilogy by tackling Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive next. The biography of the… nontraditional main characters is excellent and resolves across all 3 books.

The books are somewhat loosely coupled relative to most fantasy and sci fi series and human characters and settings come and go but all in the same world and with interesting evolution of the characters that do persist.

I’m a fan of all his work and have read the Sprawl trilogy 3 or more times over the past several decades and enjoyed it and taken more from it each time.

[mclaincausey]

I’m currently reading Dark Money by Jane Mayer which is a disturbing and disheartening book on political influence. I will leave it at that.

[GraemeE]

@mclaincausey I'm going to have to go head first into this rabbit hole

[mclaincausey]

Made a Midjourney of Case from Neuromancer

[Tago Mago]

@tody nope, this is the first I've read of his. I have so many books I haven't got round to reading yet, I have to make inroads into my giant pile of books before I start on something else

[Tago Mago]

@mclaincausey They're on the list. I have to say it's not an easy read for me, I read by the chapter pretty much. A lot to digest and think about though

[Seul]

Books for my trip to Italy have been picked.

[Mizmazzle]

@Seul That Orwell is so so good!

[Seul]

I've read it twice before... Absolutely love it... It's the first book I'll read in the car, in which I'll be stuck for a good 12 hours with four other people...

(And no: I'm not driving.......)

[goosehd]

@Seul I’ve read The Brothers Karamazov and Crime and Punishment and interested in your thoughts on the Poor Folk.

Let me know if it’s worth the read.

[iammortalcombat]

Currently reading Mistborn Trilogy book 1. It’s a slow go…not boring but a bit bland for good stretches. It seems to be picking up now.

[mclaincausey]

Read Outlive by Peter Attia and thank me in a couple or few decades.

[endo]

Guillermo Arriaga - "The Untamable", "El Salvaje", "Der Wilde" or what ever, choose your language (original in Spanish). Hell of a ride through a gang-type of childhood in Mexico City in the 60s. Reminded me sometimes a bit of the places in 'Roma' (by Alfonso Cuaron, one of my favourite films), but totally different atmosphere, and a side-story in an Inuit world that needs time to develop and be incorporated into the main story. Absolutely recommendable.

I actually read this months ago, but saw a documentary about a Mexican artist today, and the architecture of that city (where I have never been, unfortunately) reminded me of this fantastic story. Like in 'Roma' a lot happens on roof tops and in patios.

[bluemantra]

Currently reading The Power of One

[Aetas]

Picked a new book based on the actual destination of the Wabbi Tour Jacket!

[SKT]

Been on a Stephen King kick of late and have reread a couple from my youth…Salem’s Lot and The Stand. Really enjoyed both. Strange how prescient some of The Stand was in light of what Covid was like (or could have been like).

Now reading All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy. Love it so far and can’t believe I haven’t read it sooner.

[mclaincausey]

@SKT you’re gonna wanna read The Crossing and Cities of the Plain to complete the Border Trilogy.