The Books thread.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:07 am

atoga wrote:just finished haruki murakami's kafka on the shore :susan:

i can't wait for the new one to get translated

Post by **Dogmeatlives** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 2:20 am

So I'm working on The Men Who Stare At Goats and its pretty darn good. Very funny. I like it.

Also working on Under The Dome by Stephen King. I think we can all take for granted the fact the he's a pretty overrated writer. His dialogue is wack and his endings are usually less than... good... but he's still a nice break from the classic English romance bullshit I've been working on for school.

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 4:58 am

Just picked up The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. We'll see how it goes.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 9:55 pm

Reading Mervyn Peake's Titus.

susan's twin · Post by **susan's twin** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 10:54 pm

what, titus groan or titus alone?

jimmypneumatic · Post by **jimmypneumatic** » Sat Nov 28, 2009 11:50 pm

Robotech: the book, (or trilogy of books), i have the 1987 print with all three on softcover.This interpretation instantly captures your attention with a gore scene not found in the anime adaptation, but it follows the exact same story.

A+ for effort, it eases you into the story with flowing action then into an overall boring teenage sap story that fills 5 chapters later.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:51 am

susan's twin wrote:what, titus groan or titus alone?

groan

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:46 am

Legacy of Heorot. Predictable, but I enjoyed it.

Caleb · Post by **Caleb** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 4:56 pm

ExtremeDrinker wrote:Legacy of Heorot. Predictable, but I enjoyed it.

Fairly good book...beowulf's children is a bit better. Haven't read the next in series yet though.

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 12:25 am

Working on The Ring of Ritornel now. I'm finding it hard to enjoy this book, though. I'm only about 30 pages in, but it's just dull.

I can absolutely see where David Webber got the idea for Off Armageddon Reef (which I actually did enjoy).

Caleb · Post by **Caleb** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:38 am

Roadside Picnic

SenisterDenister · Post by **SenisterDenister** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:59 am

Is that any good? Being a STALKER fan I've often thought about ordering it.

Caleb · Post by **Caleb** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:07 am

Just starting it...starting vacation friday, probably finish it friday night.

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:49 pm

it's different from Stalker the game. I'm also doubtful whether a translation into English or similar language can be good - you'll lose some of the taste. Well to some degree that's what normally happens in translations but this time it might be a bigger degree.

Anyhow I liked it quite a bit.

Caleb · Post by **Caleb** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:17 am

about a third of the way in...digging it so far. definitely closer to the game than the movie.

johnnygothisgun · Post by **johnnygothisgun** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:21 am

a collection of short stories and plays by gogol

and roman imperialism in the late republic by e. badian

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 12:40 am

Caleb wrote:about a third of the way in...digging it so far. definitely closer to the game than the movie.

how did you manage do get ahold of the film? I cought it once on Polish TV. I felt it focused on the main 'message' without down-to-earth shizzle but the result was doubtful. Which remids me that Lem said that Tarkowski was an idiot (when shooting his Solaris)

susan's twin · Post by **susan's twin** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:35 pm

it's widely available on dvd, i bought it in a regular store

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 2:08 pm

interesting; I just searched for it at the British amazon - issued when the game already caused some stalker-hype(2002), as I thought. I think I was looking for the film prior to that, or perhaps this title was just not available in Poland then.

johnnygothisgun wrote:gogol

I never really read Gogol but I saw The Government Inspector when I was in my teens and enjoyed it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzehTcIMzp4
How do you find it as a westerner?

Caleb · Post by **Caleb** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:51 pm

Definitely loved the book...couldn't find it to buy but found a pdf so I'm questioning translation a bit but quite gut.

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