Books

[Eoin McLove]

Just starting into 'Memories, Dreams, Reflections', Carl Gustav Jung's biography/autobiography.

[blessed1]

ive been reading loads into early christianity and found this fantasy novel called to reign in hell by steven brust. its about the war in heaven, i only started it last night but was up into the early hours reading it.
does anyone know any other good books based on the subject or even just cool ones based around christianity that arent overly preachy?
has anyone actually read any of the bibles?
ive been thinking about picking up the book of revelations.
i went for a trip to bruges recently and something about the place sparked an interest in this.
the subject matter is pretty fuckin cool i must say!

[Pedrito]

That´s pretty cool in fairnes..I´ve been wanting to read it myself for quite a while now, if only for the language used in it, the sayings etc that we encounter everyday. My understanding is that Moby Dick has a massive subtext or hidden meaning around the opening line of the book ` Call me Ishmael´
I still don´t really get what it was referring to..need to do some homework, but it´s what springs to mind. Narnia and Tolkien supposedly had Catholic backgrounds to them, tough I don´t think LOTR is explicitly referencing Christianity. Narnia, on the other hand, is, as far as I can remember...correct me if I am wrong someone

[blessed1]

id be more looking for stuff that deals directly with angels and saints and stuff as opposed to lotr or narnia and stuff like that.
i do know that narnia and lotr are based on christianity, especially narnia so you would be correct there!
saying that i cant stand j.r.r tolkiens stuff. too wordy for my liking.

[Emphyrio]

Paradise Lost might hit the spot? Dante's Inferno is also very cool but might not be exactly what you're looking for...

[blessed1]

ya i read paradise lost and it was o.k. kinda hard to follow the language and same goes for dantes inferno.

[blessed1]

Id love to see Stephen King tackle the subject.

[Pedrito]

The Preacher graphic novels are all about a war in Heaven no? God has abdicated his post, pure class. Kinda gave up on the series but the books are great

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

ive been reading loads into early christianity and found this fantasy novel called to reign in hell by steven brust. its about the war in heaven, i only started it last night but was up into the early hours reading it.
does anyone know any other good books based on the subject or even just cool ones based around christianity that arent overly preachy?
has anyone actually read any of the bibles?
ive been thinking about picking up the book of revelations.

I've read the bible a few times... result of a thoroughly misspent youth. But I mean, any metaller should read Revelations, no doubt about that. And is it the result of John munching on hallucinogenic plantlife? Quite possibly.

There's a lad called Frank Peretti, a christian, who wrote two novels I read as a teenager, This Present Darkness and Piercing the Darkness. They are absolute pulp fiction, but it's all demons, angels, possessions, exorcisms, etc., just written from a full-on American style born-again christian point of view. You'd fly through them, and you'll probably find them for about a penny each second-hand online.

Otherwise, not about the war in heaven at all, but if you've never read In The Name of the Rose, do so.

[blessed1]

ive been reading loads into early christianity and found this fantasy novel called to reign in hell by steven brust. its about the war in heaven, i only started it last night but was up into the early hours reading it.
does anyone know any other good books based on the subject or even just cool ones based around christianity that arent overly preachy?
has anyone actually read any of the bibles?
ive been thinking about picking up the book of revelations.

I've read the bible a few times... result of a thoroughly misspent youth. But I mean, any metaller should read Revelations, no doubt about that. And is it the result of John munching on hallucinogenic plantlife? Quite possibly.

There's a lad called Frank Peretti, a christian, who wrote two novels I read as a teenager, This Present Darkness and Piercing the Darkness. They are absolute pulp fiction, but it's all demons, angels, possessions, exorcisms, etc., just written from a full-on American style born-again christian point of view. You'd fly through them, and you'll probably find them for about a penny each second-hand online.

Otherwise, not about the war in heaven at all, but if you've never read In The Name of the Rose, do so.

thanks i will check them out.
i never knew in the name of the rose was a book.
i loved the film though so ill definitely pick it up.
cheers!

[Eoin McLove]

I read mossy of Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco a couple of years ago.  Amazing first chapter followed by hundreds of pages of fucking drivel.  I'm reluctant to go near Name of the Rose...

[kamen]

I read mossy of Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco a couple of years ago.  Amazing first chapter followed by hundreds of pages of fucking drivel.  I'm reluctant to go near In the Name of the Rose...

I've tried to get into Foucault's Pendulum a couple of times, couldn't keep interest past the third chapter or so. The opening is brilliant though. In the Name of the Rose is a much better read.

[kamen]

ive been reading loads into early christianity and found this fantasy novel called to reign in hell by steven brust. its about the war in heaven, i only started it last night but was up into the early hours reading it.
does anyone know any other good books based on the subject or even just cool ones based around christianity that arent overly preachy?

Dunno if it is the kind of thing you are after, but Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is a good read about the early Christian times.

[Cernunnos]

Dead Mountain is a great read based on the Dyatlov pass incident, well worth the read contains great photos the hikers took also a  one of the best theories of what might have happened. Trailer below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCOTZTdUEAw

[Eoin McLove]

In work lately I've been blasting through a lot of Infinite Monkey Cage and In Our Time.  Today I had the notion to see if any Charles Dickens audiobooks were on YouTube and indeed,  there's weeks of listening there.  I fired on Great Expectations and got through around three hours of it today.  It's fantastic.  Brilliant,  vivid writing and tremendous characters with zippy and immediately engaging story telling. 

My only prior contact with Dickens is A Christmas Carol (its various tv iterations) and,  back in the mists of time when I was in school,  Hard Times.  I imagine,  like me,  most people link Dickens with struggling through new and, as a mostly bored teenager, complex language, expending far too much time and energy trying to just follow the story and disentangle meaning from a whirlwind of unfamiliar vocabulary,  so it's a real surprise to engage with the material from an adult perspective.  Its a whole new experience. I foresee a splurge on his entire catalogue in the coming months.