What are you reading?

[Calshot]

Post about whatever you're reading right now. Comics, articles, books, magazines, you name it.

I just finished 2001: A Space Odyssey last week. Loved it. I was going to look online for the movie, but in the process discovered that a nearby theater is going to play the 70mm cut of it. I'm hyped to be able to watch it for the first time on the big screen.

I also finished Alamut a few days ago, one of the inspirations for Assassin's Creed. It's a fascinating novel that could be interpreted as an allegory to facism in Europe during the buildup to World War 2 when the book was written, radical Islam, or ideology in general. It's also a great historical novel in its own right.

Now that I think about it, I think I can see some parallels between both books about human nature and whatnot, but I just came back from working the graveyard shift and may be seeing connections that aren't there. Even if they are there, I'm too tired to write about it.

 

[Raithos]

Picked up Snow Crash recently. A friend always recommends it but I never gave it a shot. Only on Chapter 8 but so far its interesting. Made me think when I ordered a pizza yesterday lol. If you've read it you know why.

 

[pilman]

Picked up Snow Crash recently. A friend always recommends it but I never gave it a shot. Only on Chapter 8 but so far its interesting. Made me think when I ordered a pizza yesterday lol. If you've read it you know why.

Excellent book! I have that as well, actually it originally got me involved in virtual worlds specifically Active Worlds.

 

[red]

i was reading "strange death of europe" it was quite interesting, i need to go back and finish it.

recently i grabbed a few books from the library by Philip K. Dick. ive heard hes was one of the best science fiction writers.

 

[24Nathan]

Not really a reader, but the last book I was interested in and read cover to cover was A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey. Really liked it. And contrary to what some media say about the book, the large majority of it doesn't even mention Clinton/Trump/2016.

 

[Mr. OL]

On and off, here and there, mostly just a wind-down kinda thing before bed. Damn book is about four inches thick.
Never really read any Fantastic Four when I was a kid, so this is all pretty fun and interesting to me. I don't bother with post-2000 Marvel comics, but 80s stuff like this is fucking golden.

 

[Kiba]

Nice, philosophical read. An unexpectedly illuminating sequel. General Zhang -- fascinating fictional person.

 

[Riku Rose]

I've not read anything for ages now. I was working a job where I didn't really get on with many people there and most at lunch wanted to just talk about work which I had no interest in. I found a way to make them leave me alone was to bring in a book and I read the entire Dark Tower series by Stephen King. That series is a wild ride.

 

[24Nathan]

Accidentally quoted myself instead of clicking edit. I can't see where the delete function is, if it exists, sorry!

 

[Guppy]

Picked up this years ago and just read all of it a month ago. I gotta say that it is the best non-instructional martial arts book. It made me look back at my own life as a practitioner and ponder about a larger perspective.



Also, I haven't read much DC/Marvel comics since I was a kid but being inspired by OL here I ended up finishing reading something really old school...



And you know what, it's one of the most satisfying sagas I ever read, being it a straight book fiction or comics. Call me crazy but I don't think stuff like The Dark Knight Returns (as far as I remember) can even compare in terms of writing and art found in Alan Moore's Saga of the Swamp Thing.

 

[Rakim]

The book I was just reading took an abrupt turn for the terribly boring....350 pages in
It feels wrong, but I took my friends advice and instead of powering through I tossed it aside and now I'm starting this bad boy. I have no idea what it's gonna be about cuz I got it out of a random bundle of mystery books I bought off some old Japanese woman but here goes nothing again!

 

[JoeyImage]

Post about whatever you're reading right now.

The Shenmue Dojo forums :)

 

[Sean9014]

If audio books count. I loved Console Wars on audible. I grew up playing through the whole Sega Vs Nintendo early 90s era. The book gives and insight into how Nintendo absolutely dominated 90+% of the market for a time before Sega started to hit back big.

There's some surprising inside info on how both sides conducted business and their often dirty tactics. I think it ends around the PS/Saturn era. I cannot recommend it enough. Blake J Harris did some good interviews and research for the book. There's plenty of fact in it, however, many conversations feel slightly sensationalised, overall it didn't retract from my enjoyment though. It feels a little one sided at times as the books main focus is on Tom Kalinske, formerly of Mattel toys company, who went onto run Sega of America and push the Genesis into super success. The book starts a little slow but picked up nicely. Worth a try for sure.

 

[SCQ]

This book but in French. I also have autumn in the heavenly kingdom arriving by mail, I started reading it a few years ago and enjoyed it quite a bit but didn't get to finish it.

 

[Revan]

"Paul had thought: She looks like a widow who just got fucked after a ten-year dry spell." xD

 

[DaMulder]

I started reading Moby Dick about 2 years ago... I'm about in the middle. It's not a bad book! Beautifully written but the story keeps wandering off into weird directions (I am not one to care about a whole chapter describing a church).
Anyway, it's part of my plan to read a bunch of great classics. So far I've read The Old Man and the Sea (short book, very neatly written - clear "must read") and Frankenstein (very old English style but great story, beautifully told) so I thought Moby Dick is the logical "sequel"...

 

[OldFarT]

I started reading Moby Dick about 2 years ago... I'm about in the middle. It's not a bad book! Beautifully written but the story keeps wandering off into weird directions (I am not one to care about a whole chapter describing a church).
Anyway, it's part of my plan to read a bunch of great classics. So far I've read The Old Man and the Sea (short book, very neatly written - clear "must read") and Frankenstein (very old English style but great story, beautifully told) so I thought Moby Dick is the logical "sequel"...

Moby Dick is one of my all time favorites and one of the few books that I have revisited over and over. Plus am half way through it again.

 

[Mattis]

Moby Dick is one of my all time favorites and one of the few books that I have revisited over and over. Plus am half way through it again.

I never read it, always thought that it was an old book and it was just a classic, like people say Shakespear is good, you know. I know it sounds stupid saying out aloud like that ? Might have to give it a go!

 

[OldFarT]

I never read it, always thought that it was an old book and it was just a classic, like people say Shakespear is good, you know. I know it sounds stupid saying out aloud like that ? Might have to give it a go!

Totally go for it!!! DaMulder is right that it can wander, and for me it was a bit "difficult" to read. I am also LD when it comes to reading. when I did first start reading it I could not put it down. Even when I had to keep on re reading past chapters. Full disclosure I also loved the story from different movie/tv takes on the story.

@DaMulder I might have to give Frankenstein a try now, so I thank you.

 

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