Books

[Jord]

@flannel-slut yeah I enjoyed dr sleep! Wasn’t what I was expecting going in blind, the movie is pretty good too if I remember. I’ll probably not read Dr Sleep this time round after the shining, I just fancy comfort read and it’s been a few years since I read The Shining.. audiobooks are awesome too, love them when having to travel

[flannel slut]

@Jord love it. Got a very similar thing going w audiobooks but nothing like setting aside the time and reading w no distractions.

[endo]

excellent read, def recommended, especially for those who are not quite sure who is acting 'genocidally' here
(I think this is the english version)

[mclaincausey]

@flannel-slut ebooks are better than no books. I have very little time to read so I am grateful for ebooks.

And sometimes the narration really brings another dimension. Ray Porter on Project Hail Mary and The Bobiverse and most recently Dominic Hoffman on James took incredible material and added something that would haunt any re-reading of them as traditional books, in a good way. I also really enjoyed Oliver Wyman’s narration of Legion novellas, which are challenging to narrate, because they are about a private investigator who has hallucinatory character aspects that he interacts with, each with very different personalities.

[mclaincausey]

Reading an anthology of short stories and novellas by Harlan Ellison called “Greatest Hits” and I heartily recommend it. Dystopian, creepy, thought provoking sci fi that is very well written.

[endo]

Gustave M. Gilbert, Nuremberg Diary

My reading of the last few weeks, astonishingly timeless. All the excuses, self-righteousness, and self-pity. One can easily imagine how the protagonists of the next dictatorships (or those already in existence) will try to talk their way out of a future catastrophe.

What can we learn from this? If they say we want to do it, they will do it once they get the chance. And if they use dehumanizing language, they will murder.

[Aetas]

Perhaps this is only a coffee table mag.
But in the end, it is dying print media.
So I leave it here, in ‘books’.

Definitely something for your ‘waiting room’ @endo ;-).

Every number is something else!
Science Notes in German.
Love that the stories are interactive.

Here a story about the Dolomites for example.

[RobeOfTheMagi]

Honestly, I bought this book because of its great cover …

However Micheal Palin really did not disappoint. This man is talented in so many ways and one of his great strengths is story telling. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in adventure writing.

[endo]

that's a great book @RobeOfTheMagi did you read Stan Nadolny's 'Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit'?

[popvulture]

At some point every year I look at the nominees for the Hugo awards and get an idea of what's considered (subjectively of course, but nonetheless consensus) the best recent sci fi. I picked up and read The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (which ended up winning best novel) and Adrian Tchaikovsky's Alien Clay, both of which were f'n excellent.

[RobeOfTheMagi]

@endo No, I haven't read it, but the title is very intriguing for a wannabe zen guy like me :).

I'll definitely try to get a copy!

[SKT]

Kind of can’t believe I’ve never read this before now. Fantastic

[ironharry]

Thinking of reading Lonesome Dove as my next book, is it really as good as everyone says?

[Tago Mago]

[Aetas]

@Tago-Mago Mœrs Connoisseurs or first time reader?

[Tago Mago]

@Aetas first time reading this book. I know Moers mainly through Kleines Arschloch and Adolf.

[Aetas]

@Tago-Mago Then it is the best book to start. It’s getting wild thereafter…

[Jord]

@Tago-Mago I love that cover, enjoy.

[goosehd]

Finished this one last week:

Reading this one now:

[Bridger]

What interests you in this history @goosehd?

I would recommend Seize the Fire by Adam Nicolson. I found the social differences between England, France and Spain at the time very interesting and contributory to the battle outcome.