The Books thread.

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Tue May 26, 2009 8:09 am

@Atoga: We is spectacular. Possibly the best part though is how different his name is depending on the publisher and printing date. Also very jealous of your first edition Clockwork.

I just finished The Road, finally got around to reading it. I liked it. It was good without being exceptional. Worth reading for sure, if anyone here still hasn't picked it up. Next up is The Valley-Westside War, I think. It's YA but it sounds interesting.

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Tue May 26, 2009 11:38 am

I'm reading Saga of Seven Suns by Anderson. Who is a really shitty writer, and the books are nothing special. But they're trashy and they're free for me to get so, meh.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Wed May 27, 2009 12:15 am

Just started King's Gunslinger.

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Wed May 27, 2009 5:41 am

S4ur0n27 wrote:Just started King's Gunslinger.

I always wanted to, but I'm not a big King fan.

Redeye · Post by **Redeye** » Wed May 27, 2009 7:16 am

jetbaby wrote:
S4ur0n27 wrote:Just started King's Gunslinger.
I always wanted to, but I'm not a big King fan.

If Christine was a typewriter... except SNL already made that joke.

The Gunslinger is at least minimally Fallouty.

I don't care too much for King, except for his creepy old dust jacket pictures.

Also The Stand.

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Wed May 27, 2009 8:09 am

I tried reading The Stand, then I got distracted rereading Dune or something and abandoned the project. That was like eight or so years ago.

Mismatch · Post by **Mismatch** » Wed May 27, 2009 6:56 pm

Bought this one today, to read during my upcoming vacation:

Cimmerian Nights · Post by **Cimmerian Nights** » Wed May 27, 2009 9:17 pm

Mismatch wrote:Bought this one today, to read during my upcoming vacation:

I'm marginally interested in this one. Isn't like 75% of the book the original Jane Austen with like 25% zombie material juxtaposed?
See even with that I don't think I can be fucked to read that much Jane Austen.

Reading Black Hawk Down ATM, pretty graphic and brutal, but at the same time draaaaaggy. It's not that long, and lots of action, but so much so fighting turns really monotonous.

Fuck I hate finishing books just for the sake of finishing them. I could've watched the movie in 2 hours and moved on with my life.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu May 28, 2009 1:29 am

I don't really like Stephen King either but I always heard good things 'bout the Dark Tower series. Whatever.

Next up is some Mervyn Peake and Hermann Hesse.

Superhaze · Post by **Superhaze** » Thu May 28, 2009 8:44 pm

Forsyth's dawgs of war negros. 74 was a good year.

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:09 am

Valley-West Side was meh. Nothing spectacular to report. The City and the Stars, however, so far is excellent.

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:20 am

It's going to be my mission this summer to read "The Road," I planned to read it last summer but I ended up not reading anything and I felt a bit dissapointed with myself.

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:50 am

It's not a difficult read, it goes very, very quickly. I finished it in maybe a week, week and a half, only reading for a little bit at lunch when I had time.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:06 am

It's not even 250 pages damn it poop

rad resistance · Post by **rad resistance** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 6:43 am

But mines called Beast Regiment and is a 70s paperback one of my favorite factional war novels

Caleb · Post by **Caleb** » Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:59 pm

Currently reading the Tetherballs of Bougainville by Mark Leyner...totally digging it. Totally DACK. Check it out.

Jim the Dinosaur · Post by **Jim the Dinosaur** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 10:43 pm

reading dreadnought, never forget

Post by **Retlaw83** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:00 am

rad resistance wrote:But mines called Beast Regiment and is a 70s paperback one of my favorite factional war novels

What happened in your life to make you one of those shitheads in love with German Nazi culture?

Do us a favor and eat a handful of Tylenol and wash it down with that whiskey you filthy micks love so much.

susan's twin · Post by **susan's twin** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:08 am

Someone has sucked one dick too many

Post by **Manoil** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:35 am

Retlaw83 wrote:
rad resistance wrote:But mines called Beast Regiment and is a 70s paperback one of my favorite factional war novels
What happened in your life to make you one of those shitheads in love with German Nazi culture?

Do us a favor and eat a handful of Tylenol and wash it down with that whiskey you filthy micks love so much.

DML's the mick. Rad Res is the cunt.

Details, Ret. Details.