Atop Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 zaphod, this book is mind bending: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Adder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iep Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 really weird pre-cyberpunk. whole tetralogy that this is a part of is available for free here zaphod, this book is mind bending: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Adder YES. way idm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 I have 'Master of Space and Time' by Rucker and need to read it. Will do soon. I hear it is amazing. Yeah, check out 'Dr Adder' iep, ir anyone that loves cyberpunk/sci-fi. Was controversial at the time, published like seven years after it was written due to it being considered too violent, it is brilliant and extreme and has aged well/become relevant considering where we are now as a culture. The epilogue by PKD in it is awesome. He became friends with K W Jeter b/c of this novel being sent to him while Jeter had written while in college. 'Dr Adder' was his first novel and he wanted his literary hero to read it. K W Jeter is Kevin in 'VALIS'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plstik Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Spend the first 100 pages looking up words every couple sentences, but now I´m catching on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iep Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Yeah, check out 'Dr Adder' iep, ir anyone that loves cyberpunk/sci-fi. Was controversial at the time, published like seven years after it was written due to it being considered too violent, it is brilliant and extreme and has aged well/become relevant considering where we are now as a culture. The epilogue by PKD in it is awesome. He became friends with K W Jeter b/c of this novel being sent to him while Jeter had written while in college. 'Dr Adder' was his first novel and he wanted his literary hero to read it. K W Jeter is Kevin in 'VALIS'. i'm pretty sure that i have it and read some bits of it. gonna dig it up, thx. cool Dick connection.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 Lol, I kinda want to read this: http://www.bogost.com/blog/10_print_announce.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattern recognition Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 for some reason i stopped mid-way through "the waste lands" back in 1992, and just recently started the entire "dark tower" series over again, and am thoroughly into it. the integration of characters from other king novels seems like a gimmick to me at this point, but so far it hasn't detracted from the story, so i'm okay with it. "wizard and glass" was epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iep Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Alain Robbe-Grillet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest zaphod Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 rereading this: forget game of thrones, hbo needs to make a series out of the book of the new sun. it's like dune, but good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Franklin Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 zaphod I just bought that series on your recommendation! currently reading Darwin's On the Origin of Species (again), Pinker's Better Angels of our Nature, Hitchen's God is not Great, AND a text on statistics and probabilities recommended to me in another thread! Almost done the first three and looking forward to reading one of my best friend's newest book before hitting this Wolfe series. As soon as my friend's five-part series comes out in stores I'll throw up a link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 If you're interested in this you should read Kim Stanley Robinson's book "Red Mars" (and followups), an very well written novel about the colonization/settlement of Mars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 zaphod I just bought that series on your recommendation! currently reading Darwin's On the Origin of Species (again), Pinker's Better Angels of our Nature, Hitchen's God is not Great, AND a text on statistics and probabilities recommended to me in another thread! Almost done the first three and looking forward to reading one of my best friend's newest book before hitting this Wolfe series. As soon as my friend's five-part series comes out in stores I'll throw up a link. cool. it's really dense. don't go in expecting an easy read and you'll be rewarded for your patience. that gaiman quote on the cover isn't far off. one of the most intelligent pieces of writing in any genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 If you're interested in this you should read Kim Stanley Robinson's book "Red Mars" (and followups), an very well written novel about the colonization/settlement of Mars Oh I've red the trilogy, and the book with short stories (the baseball one is fun!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcofribas Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 If you're interested in this you should read Kim Stanley Robinson's book "Red Mars" (and followups), an very well written novel about the colonization/settlement of Mars Oh I've red the trilogy, and the book with short stories (the baseball one is fun!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 House of Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 that's my favorite book by kim stanley navidson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 (edited) He's a guy, named Kim. Did ya see his new upcoming book, it's sorta like the Mars Trilogy. Synopsis : The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity's only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets, and in between. But in this year, 2312, a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present, and its future. Edited May 22, 2012 by Philip Glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I hadn't heard about that. I'll definitely have to check it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 That looks pretty good. I need some well-written SF asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KY Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 Erik Larson - The Devil in the White City Unless I confused the novel with another, this is about the notorious serial killer who built a house of horrors right around the time of the Chicago World Fair in the early 20th century. He'd con prospective fair-goers to his building, which was filled with traps and dead ends, only to murder them. Based on a true story. I lost the Lovecraft Short Stories book I was working on (probably in my apartment somewhere), so I picked this up from Strand books, which I now work directly across the street from, which is frankly amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iep Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 I lost the Lovecraft Short Stories book I was working on (probably in my apartment somewhere), so I picked this up from Strand books, which I now work directly across the street from, which is frankly amazing. i fukkin loved working next door to a 2nd hand bookstore, used to picke up some hash and then a 1,5 euro beater copy of some old obscurity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 So far it's been great. It's set in near future Istanbul. I've read the River of Gods, Cyberabad Days and Brasyl from him before and this has been the best so far. They're all sort of 3rd world cyberpunk, set in India and Brazil respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iep Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 "La Nausée", first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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