lifeforce Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Been getting into HP Lovecraft recently. Currently reading his 'The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories' which I got from the local library. Short stories which are chilling and atmospheric. Proper horror stuff. I highly recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Been getting into HP Lovecraft recently. Currently reading his 'The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories' which I got from the local library. Short stories which are chilling and atmospheric. Proper horror stuff. I highly recommend it. I bought a couple of Cthulhu Mythos books a few years back in a sale, but I could never really get into them. Maybe I should give them another chance. Currently reading Moebius' "The Incal" which I should have done years ago, its great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremymacgregor87 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Donald Norman - The Psychology of Everyday Things pretty hilarious and interesting look at why supposedly simple everyday objects puzzle us, and the history of bad design Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Donald Norman - The Psychology of Everyday Things pretty hilarious and interesting look at why supposedly simple everyday objects puzzle us, and the history of bad design this does sound like good laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alfred E. Neuman Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Here's the next book ya'll should be reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alfred E. Neuman Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Or this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triachus Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 No no no, this isn't about what we should be reading. It is about what you currently are reading. Unless you are reading those books at the same time of course. Altough I did hear some things mentioned about The Master and Margarita lately. Sounds interesting. Might check it out. Lovely book cover by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 'The Magic Mountain' is supposedly amazing but long winded. I put it up their with 'Ulysses' as one of my old man books that I will read later in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KY Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Currently reading Moebius' "The Incal" which I should have done years ago, its great. cheaaaaaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alfred E. Neuman Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 (edited) No no no, this isn't about what we should be reading. It is about what you currently are reading. Unless you are reading those books at the same time of course. Altough I did hear some things mentioned about The Master and Margarita lately. Sounds interesting. Might check it out. Lovely book cover by the way. I started this thread, sir! I'll do as I damn well please But, yeah recently finished TMAM and I'll tell you that it's one of the greatest things I've ever read. It made Bulgakov into my favorite Russian author, and that's saying a lot considering Tolstoy/Dostoevsky 'The Magic Mountain' is supposedly amazing but long winded. I put it up their with 'Ulysses' as one of my old man books that I will read later in life. I'm 200 pages into this and yeah it's going to be a long ride. Again, like the Bulgakov book, if you're into magical realism, this might be up your alley. A good book to read in your twilight years as it mostly grapples with themes of death and time (although it's sexy at times too!) Edited April 10, 2012 by Alfred E. Neuman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 just got this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmanyo Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Been getting into HP Lovecraft recently. Currently reading his 'The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories' which I got from the local library. Short stories which are chilling and atmospheric. Proper horror stuff. I highly recommend it. There's a great text adventure called Anchorhead inspired by Lovecraft. Very atmospheric. There are a whole bunch of text adventures out there that are just as well written as good books. Here's a review of Anchorhead. I would suggest at least trying it; it's like walking around in a Lovecraft novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Has anyone read 'The Selfish Gene' (Dawkins)? It's on sale at the moment and I'm wondering whether to add it to my 'to read' list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeforce Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Been getting into HP Lovecraft recently. Currently reading his 'The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories' which I got from the local library. Short stories which are chilling and atmospheric. Proper horror stuff. I highly recommend it. There's a great text adventure called Anchorhead inspired by Lovecraft. Very atmospheric. There are a whole bunch of text adventures out there that are just as well written as good books. Here's a review of Anchorhead. I would suggest at least trying it; it's like walking around in a Lovecraft novel. Cheers mate, I'll check that out. Looks like my kind of thing. Used to love text adventures way back in the 80's on my Spectrum. Didn't know they were still around. I don't want to derail this thread about book reading so if you like, another thread could be started to discuss this further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 enlightening and terribly frustrating, like all good science i guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 (edited) i am reading the best short stories of jack london Edited June 25, 2012 by Redruth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Has anyone read 'The Selfish Gene' (Dawkins)? It's on sale at the moment and I'm wondering whether to add it to my 'to read' list? Yes. Definitely worth a read if you're interested in evolutionary biology. It's a little problematic in places (and IIRC Dawkins discusses some issues in the forward of the 30th anniversary edition) and it won't cover new ground if you've already studied that area, but it's pretty good for what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyd Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 (edited) Edited April 10, 2012 by Mr Ouija Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KY Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 (edited) enlightening and terribly frustrating, like all good science i guess. huh. so my friend nate (SiV for all you people who remember) released an EP called the same title as the book, and I thought it was a stupid title. I guess not entirely his fault though. edit: finished Kafka on the Shore, and while I should probably read something respectable like Infinite Jest or Pale Fire, I actually want to read this book, The Riddle of the Traveling Skull, by Stephen Keeler. "Harry Stephen Keeler — to some, an overlooked genius; to others, the Ed Wood of detective fiction. The Riddle of the Traveling Skull is perhaps his best-loved work. The adventure begins when a poem and a mysterious handbag lead a man to the grave of Legga, the Human Spider — and things just get stranger from there." Edited April 12, 2012 by KY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyster Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Ender's Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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octopus Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I did hear some things mentioned about The Master and Margarita lately. Sounds interesting. Might check it out. Lovely book cover by the way. I started this thread, sir! I'll do as I damn well please But, yeah recently finished TMAM and I'll tell you that it's one of the greatest things I've ever read. It made Bulgakov into my favorite Russian author, and that's saying a lot considering Tolstoy/Dostoevsky The Master and Margarita was great. So many references that I'm sure I didn't get. The Pontius Pilate sections were where I felt I had to really focus more to understand what was happening. Russian books make me wish I could read Russian. Currently reading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyster Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 A Separate Reality - Carlos Castaneda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KY Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 omg i just found an english copy of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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