caze Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 death is merely an evolutionary adaptation lol, wrong thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keanu reeves Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 on some kind of crime novel kick, rereading every richard stark book i own. pure economy of language, westlake was probably a better writer than hemingway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 I've not read a crime book for years, maybe Gun Machine by Warren Ellis was the last one which started well but had an awful ending, is The Hunter the best place to start with him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keanu reeves Posted October 9, 2016 Share Posted October 9, 2016 yeah definitely start with the hunter or the outfit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghOsty Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Been (very) slowly working my way through the Complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy whenever I'm not too burned out on textbooks and assignments, really enjoying it, it's hilarious. Kinda glad I waited so long to read it as I'm now about Arthur Dent's age so it makes it a little more relatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Recently finished - The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin; The Vorrh by Brian Catling; Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie Reading - The Vegetarian by Han Kang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignatius Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Just read White Noise, yo. love that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Recently finished - The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin; The Vorrh by Brian Catling; Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie Reading - The Vegetarian by Han Kang I heard decent but mixed reviews of Three Body and The Vorrh...how would you rate them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Recently finished - The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin; The Vorrh by Brian Catling; Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie Reading - The Vegetarian by Han Kang I heard decent but mixed reviews of Three Body and The Vorrh...how would you rate them? I thought Three-Body Problem was kind of a mess. It depends on how high your tolerance for massive info dumps is. It's not a bad book, but paced weirdly and it isn't really a satisfying read on its own. The sequel is supposed to great though. The Vorrh was fantastic, loads of surreal imagery on every page. I'd definitely recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Anyone read Consumed by David Cronenberg? My little brother is a huge fan so was thinking of it as an Xmas present for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Recently finished - The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin; The Vorrh by Brian Catling; Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie Reading - The Vegetarian by Han Kang I heard decent but mixed reviews of Three Body and The Vorrh...how would you rate them?I thought Three-Body Problem was kind of a mess. It depends on how high your tolerance for massive info dumps is. It's not a bad book, but paced weirdly and it isn't really a satisfying read on its own. The sequel is supposed to great though. The Vorrh was fantastic, loads of surreal imagery on every page. I'd definitely recommend it. Yeah, that falls in line with what I heard about Cixin's book. I'm not the type of reader that'll trudge through one novel in the hopes that the sequel makes up for it, though. Will definitely have to grab The Vorrh at some point. Most who like it loved it like you, but it seems that maybe that style wasn't for some, I saw a chunk of reviews that couldn't get into the style or something. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doorjamb Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 one of you sci fi geeks please advise: having read Neuromancer, would I be foolish to skip the middle one before reading Mona Lisa Overdrive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keanu reeves Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 (edited) i would just skip both and read idoru essential gibson from burning chrome: the winter market burning chrome idoru all tomorrow's parties pattern recognition count zero is fun, especially the opening bit. mona lisa didn't really stick with me. neither did virtual light. everything after pattern recognition has been diminishing returns. Edited October 23, 2016 by keanu reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Just finished Sacks' Hallucinations. Now: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QQQ Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 (edited) ^^^ awesome cover art. edit: fuckin page break i finished What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, which was pretty interesting though nothing stellar. it actually got me back into running which i wasn't expecting, so thanks for that, Murakami! i've started The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis. really enjoyed Less Than Zero and this seems more of the same in a lot of ways so should be good. Edited October 24, 2016 by QQQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caze Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 one of you sci fi geeks please advise: having read Neuromancer, would I be foolish to skip the middle one before reading Mona Lisa Overdrive? coincidentally I just started reading Count Zero last week, seems ok so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I alway seem to be disagreeing with Keanu but I loved the Pattern Recognition trilogy So much so that I bought a signed copy of PR WG's newest book is about a post-apocalyptic performance artist Which sounds awesome imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Wanted to read something horror-related for Halloween and since I only tend to read the classics from the genre I went for something new, Apartment 16 by Adam Nevill, and really enjoyed it. Anything else post-2000 worth a try? I've checked out a few lists online and Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay pops up a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keanu reeves Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Weird i just read the ritual by adam Nevill. Really great atmosphere and actually kind of scary and then completely fell apart about two thirds of the way in. You'll know the exact point if you read it. Dude definitely needs an editor. Laird barron is decent for lovecraft/ligotti style. Jeff vandermeer has some short stories that mix surrealism and horror expertly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Thanks for the recommendations. Ritual was definitely being added to my reading pile, Apartment 16 has a disappointing ending too but thinking about it most horror does. Probably the longer the author can keep things interesting without showing their hand the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bechuga Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Jerusalem is fucking long But good. I don't think there's a pebble in Northampton Moore has not described or featured yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 (edited) I'm reading The Dispossessed and uh... can't wait for it to be over. It makes a bit sad that I apparently will never like an Ursula K Le Guin novel. Also reading I Have the Right to Destroy Myself, and enjoying that quite a bit. Edited October 27, 2016 by doublename Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bechuga Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I am the opposite: I wish to read more Le Guin, having enjoyed the first Earthsea immeasurably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 (edited) I haven't read any of the Earthsea books, and still plan to give them a go. For all their merits, The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed just never 'clicked' with me. Edited October 28, 2016 by doublename Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 The Lathe of Heaven was pretty good iirc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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