[Curtis Rutland]

Rico Diesel, on 20 July 2010 - 01:21 PM, said:

and I'm still waiting on the final episode of the Wheel of Time...

Well, the next installment is scheduled for a November release, but it's not the final one. It's the second-to-last.

[Rico Diesel]

insertAlias, on 20 July 2010 - 06:14 PM, said:

Well, the next installment is scheduled for a November release, but it's not the final one. It's the second-to-last.

It's been a while since I read my last part (nr 11) and I'm seeing I am way behind... I'll probably go down to the bookstore this weekend

[ReclusiveManiac]

I like most of Philip K Dick's short stories and books. Especially his earlier stuff. Awesome sci-fi writer that really focused on psychology and sociology in his stories.

[dorknexus]

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I'm working on the 4th Frankenstein book right now

Wait a minute. Shelley wrote more than one?

[Choscura]

Nobody's mentioned Ender's Game or Atlas Shrugged yet?

Good books win awards and are forevermore considered boring by all 'bookworm' types. The above are both excellent (although atlas shrugged is REALLY LONG WINDED), another from that list that I found fascinating was "The Giver". these books changed the way I see the world.

[supersloth]

enders game is one of my favs, alone with a scanner darkly from phillip k. dick. another is 'a heartbreaking work of staggering genius'

i'm currently reading the dark tower series, but reading a different book in between each one so i don't get burned out.

[Choscura]

Just read "American Gods". Another excellent book from Gaiman, there is some seriously twisted shit in that book. The birth of Kobold stands out as among the most twisted fucked-up things I've ever read (not including "mac users guide" type books), and this isn't the kind of thing I seek out- I don't like fucked up books stories or whatever- but I highly recommend this book despite all of this.

[supersloth]

did you read that for the twitter book club? or just cause? i read it a while back so i didn't participate, but i think jconley did.

[macosxnerd101]

I'd say my favorite non-technical book would be Machiavelli's The Prince. It was one of only a few books for school that I've read and enjoyed.

[Shane Hudson]

I read a lot of fantasy. I have a LOT of favourite books. However Mistborn is right at the top of the list, what an amazing book! And the only one I have ever thought "Wow, that should be a RPG" lol

[Choscura]

@Sloth: Yeah, I heard about it through boingboing or possibly slashdot and saw it was an author I liked and had been voted to the top by a bunch of people who were apparently active readers. it sparked my curiousity and then ate up 2 days when I couldn't put the damn thing down. Ever tried to hold your place in a chapter and change a diaper at the same time?

[supersloth]

i've never changed a diaper at all

[macosxnerd101]

So you're saying you don't consider your mom's depends as diapers?

[supersloth]

i hire people like you to do that.

[Magixion]

Just started The Gathering Storm (Part 12 of the Wheel of Time). Haven't read the other parts for about a year or so though, so am having to try and remember what happened last book as I go. So far so good. I love the Wheel of Time. Though I am really looking forward to A Dance With Dragons (Part 4 of the Ice and Fire Series by George R.R. Martin. BEST SERIES EVER, can't wait for the HBO series)