cwmbrancity Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 summer pap - The Bones of Avalon & The Heresy of Dr Dee (by Phil Rickman), simply cos Dr John Dee is the lead, i'm a sucker for magic/bs & the 2nd title is set around the landscapes of the Welsh borders i know so well....fuckin loathe crime fiction but the 1st of these has started excellently...... Musicophilia - chippin away at this mind blowing opus by Oliver Sacks, guy writes so eloquently for a clinician, if you live for music these tails are simply staggering The Buried Giant - Kazuo Ishiguro's flawed but still entertaining delve into the frontiers of Britain during the Anglo-Saxon invasion. Lots of parallels with UKIP today, collective historical amnesia and broader/shared values/cultural heritage. Just wished he'd trusted that weirder tone he strikes at times a bit more fully. plus some archaeology toss, but no-one deserves any summaries of that brain rot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twelvetrees Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 The Shining. I really don't like King's prose, it's very bland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Maybe it isn't and you are just too critical.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twelvetrees Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Well played sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I don't imagine there are many writers on a music forum. Anyway, I just finished my first fiction novel. You can pre-order it here if you're interested. Apologies for the shameless plug. Synopsis is interesting, let me know when you get some samples up. I'm picky about enjoying the style of writing and pacing before I can get into a novel. Sent using magic space waves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auxien Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 The Shining. I really don't like King's prose, it's very bland.Agreed. I've only ever read 'Salem's Lot, but I've tried others as well...his style is very straightforward, pushing the plot and characterization along. Some people love that, and for some stories it's the perfect approach, but for the genres he tends to I don't think his authorial voice and story subject work together to my taste. Sent using magic space waves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepstakes Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Making Music: 74 Creative Strategies for Electronic Music ProducersGood stuff so far. Lots of nice ideas that seem like common sense but are well detailed without being too prescriptive or preachy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drillkicker Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) I don't imagine there are many writers on a music forum. Anyway, I just finished my first fiction novel. You can pre-order it here if you're interested. Apologies for the shameless plug. I write a lot of poetry though. I don't see why anyone wouldn't think that music and writing go well together. They're the same thing but on different mediums. All art comes from the same fundamental source, and that is the soul. The Shining. I really don't like King's prose, it's very bland. Can't be as dry as Verner von Heidenstam's. For a speculative fiction writer, he had an extremely objective and utilitarian way of describing things. Edited August 4, 2015 by drillkicker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 The Shining. I really don't like King's prose, it's very bland.Agreed. I've only ever read 'Salem's Lot, but I've tried others as well...his style is very straightforward, pushing the plot and characterization along. Some people love that, and for some stories it's the perfect approach, but for the genres he tends to I don't think his authorial voice and story subject work together to my taste. Sent using magic space waves sometimes he can get a bit long-winded sure, but when he nails it, he absolutely nails it. and he has done that a fair few times. i like him because hes all over the place, with his ideas, and sometimes so simple, but extrapolated - he could write a good horror story about a teacup. nearly finished the southern reach trilogy actually, can anyone recommend any really amazing supernatural stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bechuga Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I don't imagine there are many writers on a music forum. Anyway, I just finished my first fiction novel. You can pre-order it here if you're interested. Apologies for the shameless plug. Pre-ordered, if the first sentence sucks I'm getting a refund J/k, I look forward to seeing what it's like. Congrats on finishing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Just bought Sputnik, My Love from Murakami. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Just bought Sputnik, My Love from Murakami. lol well Supûtoniku no koibito in japanese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muflontillah Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 began with The Second Messiah by Glenn Meade... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bechuga Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Just bought Sputnik, My Love from Murakami. lol well Supûtoniku no koibito in japanese My favourite Murakami! If you're talking about Sputnik Sweetheart, that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Just bought Sputnik, My Love from Murakami. lol well Supûtoniku no koibito in japanese My favourite Murakami! If you're talking about Sputnik Sweetheart, that is. yeah here in my country is called "Sputnik, mi amor" so I thought it was literally the same in english, lel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twelvetrees Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Anybody reading The Gentleman Bastard Sequence? I'm on book one at the moment, hopefully will be able to finish it before book four comes out next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muflontillah Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Lauren Beukes - ZOO CITY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghOsty Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Finished reading Andy Weir's "The Matian" yesterday, great novel... I have hopes for the movie if they're able to capture the essence of the book well. Matt Damon should do alright as Mark Watney, I'm actually more worried about direction itself and how they do some of the more subtle themes of the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azatoth Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Recently finished Stephenson's Seveneves and Gibson's The Peripheral. Enjoyed both, although felt the third part of Seveneves was a little underdeveloped. Don't know what to read next. Feel like something else than scifi, although Atwood's Oryx & Crake trilogy might be interesting. Perhaps some philosophy or some classics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Any good? Fairly sure I have a second-hand copy floating around somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Martin Wolf's "The Shifts and the Shocks" Anthony B. Atkinson - "Inequality: What Can Be Done?" Want to read Stephenson and Gibson's next, so pleased to see that azatoth enjoyed both of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Any good? Fairly sure I have a second-hand copy floating around somewhere. Yeah, im enjoying it so far, about half way through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lala Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 left my kindle in london, so reading everythings eventual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twelvetrees Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 An Abundance of Katherines by John Green, on my sister's recommendation. I usually don't like YA and I'm not that into it so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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