Son of "What are You Reading" Thread

[Krill]

Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk,

Fever Pitch, by Nick Hornby,

[Jon Miller]

As I said, I like dark fantasy. Just ones that seem to be just violence and no growth aren't very valuable. That is my problem with the Black Company. Seemed to be the issue with Erickson also.

JM

[snoopy369]

Yes, I did read your post. Glen Cook's other stuff is more traditional dark fantasy (more moving forward plot and character development). Though you badly mischaracterize the Black Company, I think; my guess is you read just the first book in the series. The series does become considerably more complex and developed in later books.

You might try Gail Martin's Necromancer series, also, though it's not completed yet; or Gene Wolfe's Wizard/Knight series.

[Tuberski]

As I said, I like dark fantasy. Just ones that seem to be just violence and no growth aren't very valuable. That is my problem with the Black Company. Seemed to be the issue with Erickson also.

JM

This is really not the case. While their is violence, the overarching storyline of the books keeps expanding greatly

Not liking something based on your idea of what it is about, is making you miss a great read.

I, personally, enjoy it at least as much as George R. R.

ACK!

[Jon Miller]

I read 8-10 books of the Black Company, I admit I only read the first ~40% of Book of the Fallen.

Gene Wolfe is completely awesome and I read everything by him (and purchase it).

JM

[molly bloom]

I like Tony Hillerman's novels very much. I wish I'd had the chance to visit some of the areas portrayed in them- there's something about deserts and mesas and arid landscapes I find quite compelling.

[mrmitchell]

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
This is really the first pleasure reading I've done this semester and it's definitely a wise choice, hilarious so far.

[Japher]

The Art of Strategy by Dixit and Nalebuff

[Traianvs]

I'm going to finish Orhan Pamuk's 'The White Castle' pretty soon.

[Tuberski]

Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk,

The movie is amazingly faithful to the book, except the end, IIRC.

There are obviously differences, but more in style than substance.

ACK!

[Julian Delphiki]

Monsters – History's most evil men and women by Simon Sebag Montefiore & 101 World Heroes by the same duud.

[Nostromo]

Just finished reading The Man in The High Castle by Philip K. Dick. The last time I read it I sorta liked it, was turned off by all the stuff about the I Ching, but didn't understand the ending. This time, I enjoyed it a bit more, I sorta understand the presence of all the I Ching crap (it nicely illustrates the influence of japanese culture, but I wonder if its that big in Japan), but I still don't understand the ending.

[Krill]

The movie is amazingly faithful to the book, except the end, IIRC.

There are obviously differences, but more in style than substance.

ACK!

After page 10 I wasn't sure if the book was just the script or the the screenwriters were lazy as hell when turning it into a film. Then I thought, what the hell, it was still cool anyway.

Finished it, and now I'm on to Inderpendance Day. only about 10% of the way in, but it's...keeping me interested, that's for sure.

[snoopy369]

Fairly sure you'll find that Independence day is nothing like the movie.

[Krill]

And for that I'm glad