Books motherfuckers, do you read them?

[at0m]

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Almost done with Neuromancer...
I love the sound of the Rasta accents the best :p. Also the trippy descriptions of cyber space.

And that's the worst Gibson novel too. Each trilogy they get better and take place earlier in the time line. I predict the next series will take place in the past.
[/quote]That'll be messed up, if it takes place around the time he was writing Neuromancer, and actually mentions it. That'd be a plot loop of Kingian proportions.
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He co-wrote an alternative past novel.
[/quote]Difference Engine, yeah, I didn't really like that all that much. Too much steampunk for my taste. A new series set in the 80's is what I mean
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I didn't like it either, honestly I never finished it.
[/quote]Neither did I.

[Eschatos]

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Almost done with Neuromancer...
I love the sound of the Rasta accents the best :p. Also the trippy descriptions of cyber space.

And that's the worst Gibson novel too. Each trilogy they get better and take place earlier in the time line. I predict the next series will take place in the past.
[/quote]That'll be messed up, if it takes place around the time he was writing Neuromancer, and actually mentions it. That'd be a plot loop of Kingian proportions.
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He co-wrote an alternative past novel.
[/quote]Difference Engine, yeah, I didn't really like that all that much. Too much steampunk for my taste. A new series set in the 80's is what I mean
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I didn't like it either, honestly I never finished it.
[/quote]Neither did I.
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Well I loved it.  My favorite Gibson standalone novel.

[rumsfald]

What can I say? It rocks.

[A. Crow]

Is it weird to read Murder Mystery in a war zone? 

[at0m]

@Crow: so long as they're not giving you ideas...

Been reading the Percy Jackson series, so I can delete them off my kindle without feeling guilty. They're predictably bland, but quick reads.

Looking forward to going home and reading some Haldeman books I discovered, sequels to the Forever War. Too bad I got them shipped home instead of here :/

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[Eschatos]

Decided to get David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest to see what all the fuss was about.  It's fairly entertaining but so far it moves way too slowly.

[A. Crow]

And Then There Were None... was rather good.

[Squishy3]

I was so excited when this came in the mail.

[Totla]

[A. Crow]

I was so excited when this came in the mail.

I am Incredibly jealous. 

[Dtrain323i]

I just put "Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond on my phones Kindle app.

[Trace]

Neverwhere was pretty sweet, gonna look into those Doctor Who books by Dan Abnett next

[at0m]

Neverwhere was pretty sweet, gonna look into those Doctor Who books by Dan Abnett next

I love his 40k books so I checked them out. they're pretty good, actually.

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[KorJax]

It's summer time, looking for a good book (as someone who casually reads only). Last book I read was Icarus Effect which was pretty decent for a sci-fi Deus Ex-y worktime read novel.

Any other suggestions from recent reads you've done? I'm open to pretty much anything, though I prefer scifi/high fantasy in the fiction category (though I should say I absolutely love stuff like Sphere from Chriton and anything from Douglas Adams).

Any other genre works too though keep in mind I usually don't read outside of the above sphere. Not that I don't like, I just almost never have. Cosmos for example is a pretty fascinating book at points.

I remember saving a bookmark from someone here who recommended a book called "The Windup Girl", is that really good for a read would you say?

[Eschatos]

It's summer time, looking for a good book (as someone who casually reads only). Last book I read was Icarus Effect which was pretty decent for a sci-fi Deus Ex-y worktime read novel.

Any other suggestions from recent reads you've done? I'm open to pretty much anything, though I prefer scifi/high fantasy in the fiction category (though I should say I absolutely love stuff like Sphere from Chriton and anything from Douglas Adams).

Any other genre works too though keep in mind I usually don't read outside of the above sphere. Not that I don't like, I just almost never have. Cosmos for example is a pretty fascinating book at points.

I remember saving a bookmark from someone here who recommended a book called "The Windup Girl", is that really good for a read would you say?

I read it, it's a great book though it throws you into an incredibly complex world without any explanation.

[at0m]

Read anything by joe haldeman or john scalzi. The Accidental Time Machine and Android's Dream are both excellent one-offs for casual sci fi readers.

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[A. Crow]

To change things up completely, I'm going to suggest Game of Thrones.  The book, not the hbo series. 

[Vlambo]

Just read Enders Game in one sitting.

NEED MORE BOOKS IN SERIES

[at0m]

Just read Enders Game in one sitting.

NEED MORE BOOKS IN SERIES

There's only a dozen or so. I've only read Ender's Shadow and parts of Shadow of the Hegemon, they were both pretty good. His writing definitely gets better.

[Didzo]

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Just read Enders Game in one sitting.

NEED MORE BOOKS IN SERIES

There's only a couple dozen
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I read a bunch of them. Not sure why, because they really don't get better.