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What books are you reading right now?

Discussion in 'Tilted Art, Photography, Music & Literature' started by sapiens, Aug 12, 2011.

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  1. Irishsean

    Irishsean Vertical

    Location:
    Commerce, TX
    Currently rereading The Gnoll Credo, which has been very enlightening.
     
    Irishsean, Dec 3, 2011
    #221
  2. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    Angel of Death by Jay Brandon...
     
    uncle phil, Dec 4, 2011
    #222
  3. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    I'm now reading the final Elric novelette I'll likely ever read: Doomed Lord's Passing. It's the final book of the Stormbringer sequence. Before that, I read the sequence Stealer of Souls. From what I've been reading about the Elric stuff, these are the best ones and cover the full span of Elric's adventures.

    They're not bad. It's sword and sorcery as a kind of antithesis to Tolkienesque fantasy (i.e. the opposite of the idyllic good-trumps-evil wish fulfillment of Middle-earth). So you get a lot of angry moody doom. In the '60s, it was probably pretty invigorating, in the same way rock'n'roll was invigorating compared to classical music or the musical tastes of teenyboppers. In a post-grunge world, however, it comes across as too angsty and occasionally emo (where occasionally is too much). On top of that, the prose lumbers along a bit much in places.

    I suppose it's worth reading to point out how silly most high/epic/heroic fantasy really is (like a good antithesis).

    I think it's driving me to more fringe stuff along the lines of magic realism and "the fantastical." You know, modern/urban fantasy but without brooding werewolves and sparkly vampires.
     
    Baraka_Guru, Dec 4, 2011
    #223
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  4. spindles

    spindles Very Tilted

    Location:
    Sydney, Australia
    I just finished "Dune" (which I have read before) and am about to start "Dune Messiah", which I haven't. The author is Frank Herbert (in case you didn't know).
     
    spindles, Dec 4, 2011
    #224
  5. Canthook

    Canthook Vertical

    Location:
    Manitowoc, WI
    Re-reading Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons. A very good story.
     
    Canthook, Dec 5, 2011
    #225
  6. ace0spades

    ace0spades Slightly Tilted

    Location:
    Vancouver
    Working my way through Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. It's awesome :)
     
    ace0spades, Dec 5, 2011
    #226
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  7. the_jazz

    the_jazz Accused old lady puncher

    Reading "The Hugo Winners" edited by Isaac Asimov. It's the winners from the 60's, and I'm enjoying it quite a bit.
     
    the_jazz, Dec 5, 2011
    #227
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  8. paddyjoe

    paddyjoe curious

    Location:
    ROC boy gone south
    Electric Barracuda by Tim Dorsey. Serial killers do not get more fun than Serge Storms....
     
    paddyjoe, Dec 6, 2011
    #228
  9. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    the reversal by michael connelly...
     
    uncle phil, Dec 8, 2011
    #229
  10. Doris

    Doris Getting Tilted

    Toisen taivaan alla by Virpi Hämeen-Anttila... "it handles racism from another angle" says one description
     
    Doris, Dec 8, 2011
    #230
  11. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake (Book 3 of the Gormenghast trilogy)
     
    Baraka_Guru, Dec 8, 2011
    #231
  12. wyopen

    wyopen Getting Tilted

    Location:
    Montana
    Great Western Stories compiled by Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg. It includes stories by O. Henry, Max Brand, Mark Twain, Zane Grey, Jack London, and many others. Great stuff. I pretty sure it's out of print.
     
    wyopen, Dec 13, 2011
    #232
  13. Fangirl

    Fangirl Very Tilted

    Location:
    Arizona
    11/22/63
    by Stephen King
     
    Fangirl, Dec 13, 2011
    #233
  14. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    her father's daughter by william j. coughlin...
     
    uncle phil, Dec 14, 2011
    #234
  15. the_jazz

    the_jazz Accused old lady puncher

    I just started Moneyball. I know, I know, I'm incredibly late getting to it, but I'm finally getting there.
     
    the_jazz, Dec 14, 2011
    #235
  16. Grasshopper Green

    Grasshopper Green Getting Tilted

    Location:
    Tiptoeing through the tulips
    Pirate Latitudes by Michael Chrichton. I'm about halfway through and I'm pleasantly surprised.
     
    Grasshopper Green, Dec 14, 2011
    #236
  17. Bodkin van Horn

    Bodkin van Horn One of the Four Horsewomyn of the Fempocalypse

    Location:
    Inside The Nucleus of Feminism
    The Art of R Programming.
     
    Bodkin van Horn, Dec 14, 2011
    #237
  18. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    I'll be finishing up Titus Groan this weekend. (The Gormenghast trilogy is quite good. If you want a different kind of fantasy, give it a whirl. It is a kind of Dickensian gothic.)

    Next, to commemorate the holiday season, I will be reading The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe followed closely by The Shining.
     
    Baraka_Guru, Dec 16, 2011
    #238
  19. uncle phil

    uncle phil Moderator Emeritus (and sorely missed) Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    pasco county
    love and glory by robert b. parker...
     
    uncle phil, Dec 17, 2011
    #239
  20. cynthetiq

    cynthetiq Administrator Staff Member Donor

    Location:
    New York City
    I finished Feast of Crows the other week and dance with Dragons today.
     
    cynthetiq, Dec 19, 2011
    #240
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