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Holiday Reading (pg. 5)
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| matty |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yohan
Ok. I will give these a try, but it's hard finding fantasy books with not so generic 'kingdom has to be saved by hero' blah blah blah. Almost like trance, many fantasy books have become. |
Yeah i know what you mean. The Weinberg ones are not like that, you might enjoy those. I should look to see if i still have them laying around my parents place. I'm pretty sure they are out of print now so they might be more expensive and harder to track down.
It's too bad that White Wolf stopped publishing Fantasy. They always had quality books. |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by matty
Love in the time of Cholera, awesome book!
the movie was brutal though |
it's okey - I found the ending let me down.. kinda uninspiring.. didn't lead us anywhere to be honest |
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| ExtremeWays |
Reading "Liar's Poker" by Michael Lewis (a non-fiction account of an 80's Wall Street bond salesman)
and re-reading The Great Gatsby. |
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| DeleteFromUsers |
| quote: | Originally posted by The Highroller
What will you be reading this holiday season?
Istanbul - Orphan Pamuk
Money - Martin Amis
Also looking for one funny book. Can anyone recommend one? |
Ak! I have great memories of Money. Really enjoyable although Martin Amis isn't exactly an easy author to read. Most enjoyable book of his I've read (among Time's Arrow, The Information (#2), Night Train, and The Rachel Papers).
I've got a copy of Naked by David Sedaris on my bedside table I didn't get to finish in the hospital, so a couple of days in BFN over the holidays would be the perfect time to finish it off. |
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| slingshot |
I just picked up...
Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas Friedman
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Galdwell
The Clean Tech Revolution by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder
.....soooooo looking forward to be able to read the things that I actually want to read over the break. |
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| v-vaughn |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yohan
ive read two of his books. not that good IMO |
Wow, your one of the only ones I know that isn't a fan! I personally couldn't put them down, but to each his own! :) |
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| rabbitjoker |
| quote: | Originally posted by ExtremeWays
Reading "Liar's Poker" by Michael Lewis (a non-fiction account of an 80's Wall Street bond salesman) |
Good book! |
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| The Highroller |
| quote: | Originally posted by nadezhda
me too! i needed something light after my 2 month attempt at slogging through "100 years of solitude". |
Did you actually get through it? I read about 1/3 of it once and gave up. I picked it up again a year later, read the whole thing (although it took me a while), and it ended up being one of the best books I've ever read. The way the novel builds (or deteriorates) is incredible.
The names are so damn hard to keep up with though. |
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| The Highroller |
| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
Good book! |
+1. Really helps you visualize and understand the consquences of such unbridled greed. Great read! |
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| Yohan |
| quote: | Originally posted by v-vaughn
Wow, your one of the only ones I know that isn't a fan! I personally couldn't put them down, but to each his own! :) |
what can I say? i'm a troublemaker :p
like i said, 'traditional' fantasy books doesn't do much for me
i did enjoy dave duncan's stuff though. and harry turtledove's sword of the legion series. also krispos of videssos series which just got a reprint
been looking for stuff that's more history based (meaning, sans magic) 'fantasy'. David Gemmell's Troy series (based on, as you can guess, the story of Troy) is really good. Bernard Cornwell's series about Alfred the Great which starts with the Last Kingdom is quite enjoyable as well, if you can ignore his utter bias against Christianity (Jamie would enjoy that). David Drake and Eric Flint's Belisarius series just got a reprint. A bit of alternate history is, but it's well written. Guy Gabriel Kay - Lions of Al-Rassan is good. C.J Murphy - Queen's Bastard I also liked.
All of the above have a lot of sword fighting and politicking stuff. All it really missing is the magic stuff. |
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| heavenisblue |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
also I reaaaaally urge everyone to read "Time traveler's wife".. it's such a fantastic book! |
I am with you on that. I am making a few friends read it over the break before the movie comes out (early 2009 sometime I think) because I just don't see the movie being able to live up to the book. |
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| Dior Homme |
Holiday reading... yeah I'll be reading all my manuals for all my electronics.
MacBook Pro
Canon Printer
Gears of War 2, NHL + FIFA 09
Blackberry Bold
Ironically enough I got all today. Except for the games, that was on the weekend.
Hopefully I can get a few more other things for I want from Christmas.
In terms of actual reading I'd love to finish my Harry Potter book I started reading last year. Apparently it's a good read... |
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