[Literature] Currently Reading (discussion)

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Postby Guyver Spawn » Sun May 17, 2009 8:47 pm

So come on then! What are you all reading at the moment? Comics and Manga can be used in this thread.

For Me:

READING:
Bastard!!: Heavy Metal Dark Fantasy
Invincible
A Lesson Before Dying

RECENTLY READ:
Kingdom Come
Secret Invasion
The Walking Dead
Spawn: Neo Noir
Wolverine Origin

Also if you are reading something new then edit your post or make a new reply once your other post is old enough to make a new post.
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Postby schismatics » Sun May 17, 2009 9:04 pm

reading:
Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)
Beyond Good and Evil - Nietzche
House of Leaves - Mark Danielewski ^_^

Recently Read:
Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carrol (this was GREAT!!! :w00t: )

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Postby IrkenEvangelion » Sun May 17, 2009 9:19 pm

The Walking Dead


Very good graphic novels. I only have the first 3. Need to get the others.

I am currently reading 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.
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Postby chee » Sun May 17, 2009 9:40 pm

A whole bunch of crap.

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Postby NemZ » Sun May 17, 2009 9:45 pm

^
How interesting... I'm reading Chrichton's Sphere, in which that book plays a crucial part in the plot. :grin:

Before that it was Idoru by William Gibson... cyberpunk existentialism meets the cult of personality, set against a backdrop of Japanese subculture and Second Life. Quite nifty! :thumbsup:

Next I'm thinking some nonfiction, The Quest for the Theory of Everything by Stephen Hawking. Maybe I'll finally understand how Dirac Seas work? :crazytwirl:
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Postby ZapX » Sun May 17, 2009 9:47 pm

Guys, do we have to have another spammy list thread? I mean, really? We've got some discussion goin' on so let's keep it that way, kthx.
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Postby schismatics » Sun May 17, 2009 10:07 pm

NemZ wrote:^
How interesting... I'm reading Chrichton's Sphere, in which that book plays a crucial part in the plot. :grin:


Crichton's stuff rocks. :thumbsup: You should totally check out State of Fear or Prey...they're both awesomesauce...

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Postby NemZ » Mon May 18, 2009 10:38 am

@ schismatics:

I've already read both of those, and yes, they were quite enjoyable. Also Terminal Man, The Andromeda Strain, and Jurassic Park. :thumbsup:
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Postby Joseph the PRPD » Mon May 18, 2009 10:44 am

I'm re-reading a few select chapters in Stephen Colbert's I am America!(and So Can You!)
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Postby IrkenEvangelion » Mon May 18, 2009 11:41 am

Damn good book! I should probably read that again too. My cousin downloaded the audio book which I thought would be a good idea but it cuts out all of his charts and comments.
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Postby Joseph the PRPD » Mon May 18, 2009 11:54 am

There is an audio book?!
Is it Colbert doing the audio??
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Postby IrkenEvangelion » Mon May 18, 2009 11:58 am

Of course! Except for the parts where he has other people speak for him at the end of the chapters. But you don't get any of the little red comments or the charts and pictures.
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Postby Joseph the PRPD » Mon May 18, 2009 12:04 pm

Thanks for the info Irken! :thumbsup:
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Postby SaltyJoe » Mon May 18, 2009 1:14 pm

I recently picked up Der Buddenbrook by Thomas Mann. Can't say much about it, as i'm merely through the introduction part.

On the manga front, i gotten into Monster lately. So far i like it very much.

Someone know of a scanlation of the Bereserk manga chapters up on the nets that doesn't descend into Tarzan-speak? I found one on Mangahut, but the literacy of the translation took a serious nosedive after a certain point.

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Noticed this is a discussion thread, so, on the above... Audio books! Bah, the youth these days! Back when i was a youngster, when you wanted to read a book, you watched the movie version! Good for nothin', new fangled audio books, blah blah blah.


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Postby Guyver Spawn » Mon May 18, 2009 1:47 pm

ZapalacX wrote:Guys, do we have to have another spammy list thread? I mean, really? We've got some discussion goin' on so let's keep it that way, kthx.


I agree with this post and be free to post some discussion then a thread with a one word post. I don't like spam and I would hate to see this get lock.
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Postby schismatics » Mon May 18, 2009 1:53 pm

http://xlormp.livejournal.com/553.html

Twilight parody. :tongue: I haven't read all of it but I think I got half-way through it...its pretty much amazing.

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Postby Mr. Tines » Mon May 18, 2009 2:00 pm

My current bedtime reading is ... off-beat, shall we say.

But, save for having a brief burst of Glen Cook fantasy (having chanced upon his new Instrumentalities of the Night sequence at the end of last year, and the re-issue of most of the Dread Empire in omnibus), there's not been anythingin the fiction line that has caught my eye for ages.
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Postby SaltyJoe » Mon May 18, 2009 2:05 pm

The more i read about Twilight, the more i want to read it just for fun. Seriously, incandescent chest.

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Postby backseatjesus » Mon May 18, 2009 2:46 pm

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Postby schismatics » Mon May 18, 2009 10:56 pm

SaltyJoe wrote:The more i read about Twilight, the more i want to read it just for fun. Seriously, incandescent chest.


Lulz. ^_^

From what I've heard about Twilight don't read it. Even for giggles. IT'S NOT WORTH THE PAIN IN YOUR BRAIN.


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