The Books thread.

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Fri May 30, 2008 6:35 pm

lotr, wot

it's all shit

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:20 pm

Nicolai wrote:lotr, wot

it's all shit

ur shit lol

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:56 pm

am not

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Sat May 31, 2008 3:49 am

S4ur0n27 wrote:Dune's first two books are really great, all the sequels are only there to fill your masturbatic nostalagia needs.

And once Paul disappears it's just not the same.

Precisely.

susan wrote:
Nicolai wrote:
lotr, wot

it's all shit tard

ur shit lol tard

Susan wins again.

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Sat May 31, 2008 10:44 am

Where abouts do people get their books from? The state of fiction/sci fi in australian book stores is bordering on shit and non-existent, so I've taken to simply ordering things on Amazon from the states (because even after shipping and exchange rates it both cheaper and I can find the product)

Anything else people can suggest I pick up in my next batch? What I planned to get so far:
The Road
Wastelands
World Made by Hand

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Sat May 31, 2008 12:39 pm

I'll make a list of sci-fi stuff later, too tired, just got home from work. That sucks though, dude, in my town there are a half dozen worthwhile used book stores, one that is literally floor to ceiling books with aisles like two feet wide.

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Sat May 31, 2008 2:13 pm

I have one of those nearby, which is where I get all my ye olde sci fi from (Harrison, PKD, etc). But he never has anything current.

Caleb · Post by **Caleb** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:31 am

just started The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe...so far some of the best writing i've ever seen. So far just follows the life of a torturer in a very far distant future world where the sun is failing. will post more as i get further in.

Redeye · Post by **Redeye** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:54 am

Caleb wrote:just started The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe...so far some of the best writing i've ever seen. So far just follows the life of a torturer in a very far distant future world where the sun is failing. will post more as i get further in.

I think I'll restart that after a decade of having it laying around.

The Dying Sun thing reminds me of the Dying Earth RPG.

Well , whaddaya know... the wiki corroborates my association.

I am just about to start A New Kind Of Science.

I have had the hardback sitting around for many years, and now.. now it is TIME!

Cimmerian Nights · Post by **Cimmerian Nights** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:11 pm

What's the best book on Cortes/Montezuma and the fall of the Aztecs?

NakedLunch · Post by **NakedLunch** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:21 am

The Invisibles vol 2 "Apocalipstick"

Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:44 am

Stainless wrote:Anything else people can suggest I pick up in my next batch? What I planned to get so far:
The Road
Wastelands
World Made by Hand

Perdido Street Station. It makes all the books in that batch look like Cat in the Hat.

Goretheglowingone · Post by **Goretheglowingone** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:58 pm

Stainless wrote:Where abouts do people get their books from? The state of fiction/sci fi in australian book stores is bordering on shit and non-existent, so I've taken to simply ordering things on Amazon from the states (because even after shipping and exchange rates it both cheaper and I can find the product)

Anything else people can suggest I pick up in my next batch? What I planned to get so far:
The Road
Wastelands
World Made by Hand

used book stores are treasure troves. the tiny hole in the wall ones usually have the rarest books. .

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:31 pm

NakedLunch wrote:The Invisibles vol 2 "Apocalipstick"

Have you read Flex Mentallo yet, flower?

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:30 pm

Here's the current stack

Dreadnought · Post by **Dreadnought** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:42 am

Hm I can't be fucked to read fiction. I prefer non fiction. Does that make me boring or practical or both?

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:25 pm

Dreadnought wrote:Hm I can't be fucked to read fiction. I prefer non fiction. Does that make me boring or practical or both?

No, just a guy with a small penis.

rabidpeanut · Post by **rabidpeanut** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:23 pm

Dreddy is part asian. too bad i is not his brain that is showing off this eastern phenotype.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:38 pm

borges lol

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 9:37 pm

His short stories are quite good.