Recommended Reading
Posted 07-27-2010 at 02:28 PM by j0sh_
Last I wrote about anything I was reading, it was Sense and Sensibility & Sea Monsters. I finished reading this book not long after I started, mainly because I got bored after awhile. The book does have its twisted quirks and it makes it better because of them, but overall I still found it as dry as the original. Mainly I think it just wasn't my cup of tea, but don't let that turn you off.
My next hope for this series is Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. I know what you're thinking because I am too: fuck yeah. Usually me + vampires = happy (except in the case of Twilight, which is just meh).
Next up is one of my favorites. Let me put it to you this way, I was so excited about this book that I read 400+ pgs in less than 8 hours. The Harry Dresden series by Jim Butcher is one of the best series come out in a while. Modern-day fantasy/sci-fi & set in Chicago, Harry Dresden is a wizard/private eye and so far the series is up to nearly 10 books and worth every page. Along with the books, you can also find graphic novels, short stories and a recent addition of a pen-and-paper RPG. Cool stuff.
Charles Stross is one of my favorite new authors. He may not be "new", but he's new to me at least. He's a sci-fi writer, and I've not read al his different series', but the one I always read (one way or another) is "Bob Howard-The Laundry" series. Its what you get when you cross the X-Files, Cthulhu & satire. The author is a former pharmacist who also has a history in computer programming, so its full of techno-leet-speak, but only in the best ways. Computer geeks & H.P. Lovecraft fans will enjoy this the most, I think. I can't wait to get ahold of the newest edition to the Laundry saga- the Fuller Memorandum.
Anyway, I hope I've drummed up some business for these authors, and pointed you all towards some entertainment on paper. What are you reading?
My next hope for this series is Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. I know what you're thinking because I am too: fuck yeah. Usually me + vampires = happy (except in the case of Twilight, which is just meh).
Next up is one of my favorites. Let me put it to you this way, I was so excited about this book that I read 400+ pgs in less than 8 hours. The Harry Dresden series by Jim Butcher is one of the best series come out in a while. Modern-day fantasy/sci-fi & set in Chicago, Harry Dresden is a wizard/private eye and so far the series is up to nearly 10 books and worth every page. Along with the books, you can also find graphic novels, short stories and a recent addition of a pen-and-paper RPG. Cool stuff.
Charles Stross is one of my favorite new authors. He may not be "new", but he's new to me at least. He's a sci-fi writer, and I've not read al his different series', but the one I always read (one way or another) is "Bob Howard-The Laundry" series. Its what you get when you cross the X-Files, Cthulhu & satire. The author is a former pharmacist who also has a history in computer programming, so its full of techno-leet-speak, but only in the best ways. Computer geeks & H.P. Lovecraft fans will enjoy this the most, I think. I can't wait to get ahold of the newest edition to the Laundry saga- the Fuller Memorandum.
Anyway, I hope I've drummed up some business for these authors, and pointed you all towards some entertainment on paper. What are you reading?
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Another great read everyone should read is "The Alchemist". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Alchemist_%28novel%29Posted 07-27-2010 at 02:35 PM by An7hrax 
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
It's about a seagull and your life.Posted 07-29-2010 at 11:16 AM by 0111
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Haha, I think I might check out that last book. I pretty much put a halt on all fiction books since it's a matter of using my time more efficiently, than relaxing and enjoying, which is kinda sad.
Posted 07-31-2010 at 02:28 PM by Ponch
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Charles Stross' Bob Howard (The Laundry) Series is totally awesome. There's only a couple books so far (I got a couple compendiums through science fiction book club), but they are awesome.Quote:Originally Posted by Ponch
Haha, I think I might check out that last book. I pretty much put a halt on all fiction books since it's a matter of using my time more efficiently, than relaxing and enjoying, which is kinda sad.
Example Awesomeness: Bob (main character) has access to all kinds of gadgets that allow him to confront threats from the "Outer Gods" (AKA: Cthulhu & the like). The books suppose that Alan Turing found mathematical formula that would actually do magic-y types of things, and so "The Laundry" keeps this knowledge from the regular scientific community to keep them from inadvertently bringing some unnamable evil to our dimension. In one story, an IT intern gets sucked into an "uncharted" level of a video game (that they all told him not to play), which has had techno-wizardry used in its design, and gets sucked into it, enslaved by the dungeon master, and they have to figure out how to get him out.
Its really better than I can tell it. Check it out.Posted 07-31-2010 at 08:18 PM by j0sh_
