survulus Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 I couldn't find a topic on books, so this is sort of like the "what you'r listening to" thread, only with books. And also just for discussing books you've read before. At the moment I'm reading Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, very good book, and apparantly the film is good too. Quote Check out all my newest stuff on my dA I iz bassist here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJXD Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 I am currently Reading CHERUB. I actually met the author Quote |My Sig Tut| Deviant Art |Advanced Grunge Texture|My Gallery The Birthplace of Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussi3ies Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 I am currently Reading CHERUB. I actually met the author Really? Awesome. Quote Website: Aussi3ies Website Forum: Aussi3ies Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survulus Posted October 18, 2008 Author Share Posted October 18, 2008 Can't say I've ever metan author. I have a few signed books though, one's a Phillip Pullman one which I was quite lucky to get. But I can't say I've heard of that book, who's the author? Quote Check out all my newest stuff on my dA I iz bassist here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pride Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Reading the City of Ember series. Currently in People of Sparks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survulus Posted October 18, 2008 Author Share Posted October 18, 2008 Well, I finished Clockwork Orange merely a few minutes ago, and I now have a choice- We by Yevgeny Zamyatin or A Modern Utopia by H. G. Wells, what do you think? Quote Check out all my newest stuff on my dA I iz bassist here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobofthedead Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 The first one sounds more interesting, from what I know. I just dislike utopian fiction... Give me a good dystopia any day! I'm currently reading Fathers and Sons, by Turgenev. He's the only great Russian novelist I've been able to get into so far, other than Solzhenitsyn. Most of the others, such as Dostoevsky or Tolstoy, the translations are sterile, bland and characterless: they try to get word-for-word accuracy, and so it sounds forced. Turgenev and Solzhenitsyn, however, read much better. Next, I reckon I'll read Cancer Ward by Solzhenitsyn. Quote "I am the anarchist, I am the antichrist, I am the walrus, G'JOO G'GOO G'JOOB!" I dig a pygmy, by Charles Hawtree and the Deaf Aids. Phase One, in which Doris gets her oats. ~John Lennon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 I couldn't find a topic on books... I could .We'll see how this one plays out. Quote How to Save Your Images under Different File Types My dA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Currently reading "Making Money" by Terry Pratchett. I went to a book launch years ago just to see him. I heard recently that he has Alzheimer's. Now that's really sad Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survulus Posted October 19, 2008 Author Share Posted October 19, 2008 I couldn't find a topic on books... I could .We'll see how this one plays out. Hah, yeh I saw that just this morning and thought "Awww, cummon, that wasn't there beofre!" Ach well, this one might be a bitty different, here's hoping. And Yeh, it is REALLY sad that a mind as great as Terry Pratchet's is going to end up ravaged by Alzheimers, and my grandparents had Alzheimers so I know what it'll be like. Though he said he still wants to release a few more books yet, which I admire, he is a very dedicated author. Quote Check out all my newest stuff on my dA I iz bassist here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someone93 Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 Right now I'm reading (the huge)"The Wheel of Time"-series written by Robert Jordan (it's too sad he died September 2007). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJXD Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Can't say I've ever metan author. I have a few signed books though, one's a Phillip Pullman one which I was quite lucky to get. But I can't say I've heard of that book, who's the author? Wow Phillip Pullman, he's my second favourite author. The Amber Spyglass was an amazing book. The author is Robert Muchamore, we actually had an intelligent conversation. Quote |My Sig Tut| Deviant Art |Advanced Grunge Texture|My Gallery The Birthplace of Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survulus Posted October 20, 2008 Author Share Posted October 20, 2008 Nice! I'll look him up actually, always interested in getting to know new author's works. Sadly a lot of the books I have been reading recently are old sci-fi, George Orwell (dead), Aldous Huxley (dead), Phillip K. Dick (dead), H.G. Wells (dead for a very long time), so I won't be meeting them anytime soon, hopefully. And yeah, I really like Phillip Pullamn's Dark Materials, I'll need to get some more of his stuf someday. The book I got signed though was a sort of mini-book spin-off of the Dark Materials calledyra's Oxford and it was the last signed book in the shop. Should have been at the signing though, they didn't advertise well. Anyway, I'm just onto "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin now. First Russian author I've read. Quote Check out all my newest stuff on my dA I iz bassist here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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