Books

[Ollkiller]

And lastly one for the book people out there. Currently reading the Dune series. Loving it, like a game of thrones in outer space.

[Pentagrimes]

Just started making my way through "The Rainbow Stories" by William T. Vollmann . I suspect that'll keep me busy for a while

[liamish]

Iv been re-reading the Discworld novels in sequence for a couple of months. Up to Soul Music now.

[KingBuddha]

Recently finished the Wheel of Time series for the first time, and have since moved on to Malazan Book of the Fallen. It's a bit hard to know what's going on in it at times but I'm enjoying it overall.

[Emphyrio]

I found the first Malazan book totally up its own hole.  Wasn't arsed reading on. Wheel of Time is great if you can get over a fairly sizable chunk of waffle and women in bodices.

Finishing up the Elric series now. Very enjoyable.

[KingBuddha]

Gardens of the Moon has been a struggle in places alright, but it has my interest so I hope to see it through.

WoT was hard work at times too, particularly the middle part of the series, but I was glad I stuck with it as the last few books were great. I believe a TV series adaptation is in the works.

[Thriatika]

Iv been re-reading the Discworld novels in sequence for a couple of months. Up to Soul Music now.

I read a book of Terry Pratchett short stories recently after not reading him for ages. It put me in mind to do this. Do you have all the books or are you kindling it?

[Eoin McLove]

Reading The Pornographer by John McGahern. Masterful stuff.  The protagonist is such a worthless cunt.

[liamish]

Iv been re-reading the Discworld novels in sequence for a couple of months. Up to Soul Music now.

I read a book of Terry Pratchett short stories recently after not reading him for ages. It put me in mind to do this. Do you have all the books or are you kindling it?

I thought I had them all because I've definitely read them all over the years, but i ended up having to buy five or six to complete the set.  Great books in fairness and its like a trip down memory lane both in the discworld universe and my own life since I'v been reading these since primary school.

[Pedrito]

Recently finished the Wheel of Time series for the first time, and have since moved on to Malazan Book of the Fallen. It's a bit hard to know what's going on in it at times but I'm enjoying it overall.

Ive been thinking about starting this again. Got to book 5 the last time. How did you find it? Wheel of Time that is. Malazan I left after 3 books..I just couldn´t connect it up though what I read had been excellent.

[bloodytroopsofdoom]

Recently Binge watched The Expanse TV Series, and now bogged into the books and Novella. I haven't read a complete book in best part of a decade, but they are easy to get into. Recommended for anyone into Star Trek/Babylon 5 sorta stuff

[KingBuddha]

Recently finished the Wheel of Time series for the first time, and have since moved on to Malazan Book of the Fallen. It's a bit hard to know what's going on in it at times but I'm enjoying it overall.

Ive been thinking about starting this again. Got to book 5 the last time. How did you find it? Wheel of Time that is. Malazan I left after 3 books..I just couldn´t connect it up though what I read had been excellent.

Overall I found it very good. It loses pace around the middle of the series, books 7-10 are a real slog at times, but the finishing books are all very strong and more than make up for it.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

I've been reading a collection of Herman Melville's short stories, initially because I wanted to read the much nodded-to Bartleby the Scrivener ("I would prefer not to."). Enjoyed that story, but more than anything else I've been enjoying bending my brain around Melville's style of multiply nested clauses and subclauses; using - to avoid repetition, where possible - whatever punctuation he can get away with. Alike Moby Dick, some parts really just are a tour-de-force of extreme syntactic manipulation, impressive in its own right in the same way as fret-wanking, but once you get used to it and fall into step with him, you start to appreciate the incredibly fine things he does with it in terms of tempo, tension and relief, and emotion. 

[Zomboidgirl]

Finished "junky" which was brilliant yet a bit grim
Now on "last exit to Brooklyn" and I have "post office" by Bukowski waiting....and then there's Naked lunch, followed by American psycho

I'm a really slow reader which is infuriating!!!

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

and then there's Naked lunch, followed by American psycho

If ever there was a book to make American Psycho seem tame by comparison, it's Naked Lunch!