Books

[Pedrito]

I started reading some of those warhammer 40k novels. Pretty cool if your into a bit of mindless action.

Which ones? I wonder what it's like listening to Bolt Thrower and reading them at the same time.

[astfgyl]

Once I finish my current book (Christopher Priest: The Prestige), I'm going to reread Dune & Dune Messiah, and hopefully read all six original books. They've been gathering dust on my shelves for long enough.

Are they a tough read? I wouldn't mind a new series to get into now that I've come to the final book of ASOIAF

[Pedrito]

Currently reading Dune Book 5..they're very easy to read. First book is about as good as it gets really in terms of sci-fi/fantasy.

[blessed1]

I started reading some of those warhammer 40k novels. Pretty cool if your into a bit of mindless action.

Which ones? I wonder what it's like listening to Bolt Thrower and reading them at the same time.

Im reading one called horus heresy by Dan abnett.
You would be better off with bal-sagoth rather than bolt Thrower tbh ha.

[Carnage]

Once I finish my current book (Christopher Priest: The Prestige), I'm going to reread Dune & Dune Messiah, and hopefully read all six original books. They've been gathering dust on my shelves for long enough.

Are they a tough read? I wouldn't mind a new series to get into now that I've come to the final book of ASOIAF

No, they're a handy enough read. I blasted through the first two at the time.

[astfgyl]

Currently reading Dune Book 5..they're very easy to read. First book is about as good as it gets really in terms of sci-fi/fantasy.

Sound, I'll try getting stuck into that next. I go through long spells of reading hardly anything and then all of a sudden I'll start flying through books at an amazing rate, oblivious to the kids tearing up the house around me and the sullen look my missus gets at the prospect of hours and hours of silence interspersed by the odd "yeah"

[Caomhaoin]

Used to love watching my auld lad continue reading the paper and convince my mother that they had just had a full conversation with the odd well timed 'yeah' or 'ah sure here look'.

Poetry in motion.

[Eoin McLove]

Finished Actress by Anne Enright. Dunno.  It was alright but didn't really grab me.

Just starting into Apeirogon, the new one from Colum McCann. Only ten pages in but the writing already has me. It's a whopper of a thing so between that at bedtime and Great Expectations on my lunch break in work,  I'll be busy for months.

[astfgyl]

Ordered the first 3 Dune books off Amazon today for 13 euro. For fuck all really. Not even the price of 20 fags. If they are as good as the reviews it will be some bargain

[kiehozero]

The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells is not the book to be reading right now. Great writing but just need something upbeat really.

[AndrewCooke]

Going through plenty of short stories for some reason during lockdown. Mostly Lovecraft, but just got 'A Clockwork Orange' by Anthony Burgess.. pretty different from what I'd usually read but the movie's class so surely it's worth 3quid

[kiehozero]

Re-reading Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, which is topical if you are following the Democratic primaries. The rough outline is that Thompson rushes around the country causing havoc as a Rolling Stones correspondent, attempting to find out which of a handful of uninspiring party hacks will be slaughtered in autumn by a racist, psychopathic incumbent, while covering the noble failure of a left-wing candidate. Thus it ever was.

[Goatlord]

Re reading  a slew of biographies. New York Dolls _ too much too soon, Dee Dee Ramone - Lobotomy( a total car crash of a human),  Joey Kramer from Aerosmith another tail of misadventure and bad management. Currently on INXS , don't really care for their music but they did put the graft in and knew how to behave irresponsibly.

[Don Gately]

The Hot Zone  book about Ebola outbreak

[Carnage]

That's about 20 years old isn't it? Just wondering if it's the one I've read, if so it was enjoyable.