Currently reading Walden by Henry David Thoreau, Fear and Loathing is next on the list.
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Currently reading Walden by Henry David Thoreau, Fear and Loathing is next on the list.
Just finished The Ouroboros Wave - Jyouji Hiyashi.
A very solid Sci-Fi novel, my only complaint is that just as you start to get familiar with the characters the book jumps forward in time and you have to get familiar with a whole new set of characters, as a result it is more like a selection of short stories set within the same universe.
Just started Spook Country - William Gibson.
A very solid Sci-Fi novel, my only complaint is that just as you start to get familiar with the characters the book jumps forward in time and you have to get familiar with a whole new set of characters, as a result it is more like a selection of short stories set within the same universe.
Just started Spook Country - William Gibson.
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Recently:
Lanark by Alasdair Gray,
The Trick is to Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway
Mary Queen of Scots Got her Head Chopped Off by Liz Lochhead
The Trial by Kafka
The Thought Gang by Tibor Fischer
The Stag, The Cheviot and the Black, Black Oil by John McGrath
And currently reading Trainspotting for the second time.
To read:
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight by Vladimir Nabokov
Some Harlen Coben novels to chill out with after a ton of academic reading
The House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
LA Confidential by James Ellroy
Poetry:
Collected Poems by T.S. Eliot
New Selected Poetry by Edwin Morgan
Lanark by Alasdair Gray,
The Trick is to Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway
Mary Queen of Scots Got her Head Chopped Off by Liz Lochhead
The Trial by Kafka
The Thought Gang by Tibor Fischer
The Stag, The Cheviot and the Black, Black Oil by John McGrath
And currently reading Trainspotting for the second time.
To read:
The Real Life of Sebastian Knight by Vladimir Nabokov
Some Harlen Coben novels to chill out with after a ton of academic reading
The House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
LA Confidential by James Ellroy
Poetry:
Collected Poems by T.S. Eliot
New Selected Poetry by Edwin Morgan
Have you read Contact? I have it sat on my bookshelf, but am unsure whether to start it or not... Lots of good books to read.
Not yet, the same as you, it is sat on my book shelf. Might read it after I have finished the Feist book.
Maybe we can get it added to Nix's Bookclub.
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Great book from what I remember, has been a few years since I read it however.
Just reading Fallen Dragon by Hamilton having just read Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained.
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Most recent thing I read was Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks, it was a very good read, right up there with the rest of his Culture stuff, and quite possibly one of the most interesting ships to date, the Beyond The Normal Moral Constraints.
Have you also read Stalingrad and Spanish Civil War. Both are also excellent. Berlin and Stalingrad Imust have read god knows many times.
If you are interested in WW2 and non-fiction then The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer is an excellent first hand account of the War on the Eastern Front. Some say the book is fiction but people who served with him confirmed its contents.
It's one of my favourites
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The Game (Neil Strauss).
Mildly interesting/amusing, but a rubbish storyline and disappointing climax (if that's what you can call it).
Mildly interesting/amusing, but a rubbish storyline and disappointing climax (if that's what you can call it).
The Godfather, for the first time. Huge chunks were transcribed word for word to the screen play (I should know I've seen it enough times 
), but other sub-plots I wasn't aware of eg more Johnny Fontane backstory etc. Definitely worth a read.
), but other sub-plots I wasn't aware of eg more Johnny Fontane backstory etc. Definitely worth a read.