Books

[hectic]

Hey,

New Iain M Banks "Culture" novel out fairly recently, its called Surface Detail.

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[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