WAYR: Been too long since we had one of these edition.

Whatcha' reading, OT?

I'm currently half-way through A Dance With Dragons, book five of A Song of Ice and Fire. Pretty good, much better than A Feast for Crows, me thinks.

I'm trying to find some good sci-fi/fantasy/modern thriller to read on my Kindle after I'm finished with this. Going to the Jersey Shore for a couple weeks, so I need some things to keep me occupied. Any ideas?

Whatcha' reading, OT?

I'm currently half-way through A Dance With Dragons, book five of A Song of Ice and Fire. Pretty good, much better than A Feast for Crows, me thinks.

I'm trying to find some good sci-fi/fantasy/modern thriller to read on my Kindle after I'm finished with this. Going to the Jersey Shore for a couple weeks, so I need some things to keep me occupied. Any ideas?

airshocker

If you like sci-fi try reading some Drew Karpyshyn if you haven't :)

I am attempting to read Being and Time by Martin Heidegger currently

I just finished Volume 4 of the complete collection of Bloom County, and I'm working on book 4 of Troy Denning's Prism Pentad (a D&D series based in the Dark Sun campaign setting). From there, I'm torn between re-reading Harry Turtledove's Great War or World War series, or taking another stab at L. E. Modesitt's "The Magic Engineer."

I just finished Volume 4 of the complete collection of Bloom County, and I'm working on book 4 of Troy Denning's Prism Pentad (a D&D series based in the Dark Sun campaign setting). From there, I'm torn between re-reading Harry Turtledove's Great War or World War series, or taking another stab at L. E. Modesitt's "The Magic Engineer."

OrkHammer007

Whatcha' reading, OT?

I'm currently half-way through A Dance With Dragons, book five of A Song of Ice and Fire. Pretty good, much better than A Feast for Crows, me thinks.

I'm trying to find some good sci-fi/fantasy/modern thriller to read on my Kindle after I'm finished with this. Going to the Jersey Shore for a couple weeks, so I need some things to keep me occupied. Any ideas?

airshocker

If you like sci-fi try reading some Drew Karpyshyn if you haven't :)

I am attempting to read Being and Time by Martin Heidegger currently

Bane_09

Ha, I've read EVERYTHING by Drew Karpyshyn. He's one of my favorite authors.

The Milennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson.

Whatcha' reading, OT?

I'm currently half-way through A Dance With Dragons, book five of A Song of Ice and Fire. Pretty good, much better than A Feast for Crows, me thinks.

I'm trying to find some good sci-fi/fantasy/modern thriller to read on my Kindle after I'm finished with this. Going to the Jersey Shore for a couple weeks, so I need some things to keep me occupied. Any ideas?

airshocker

Haha me to. I've seen it hasn't been getting great reviews, similiar to Crows but tbh, I enjoyed A feast for crows and what I've read of A dance with dragons just as much as the previous three. Can't see where people are finding the faults. No idea what I'm going to read after it fiction wise (I'm reading certification books and what not but I do enjoy my fiction). I'm still waiting on the next book in the Witcher saga as well as the next book in the Twelve/thirteen years later series. I'm also hoping Metro 2034 will be published in English in the not too distant future.

Also, for Jersey, GTL br4, GTL.........

[QUOTE="Bane_09"]

If you like sci-fi try reading some Drew Karpyshyn if you haven't :)

I am attempting to read Being and Time by Martin Heidegger currently

airshocker

Ha, I've read EVERYTHING by Drew Karpyshyn. He's one of my favorite authors.

Damn and I thought I was being helpful :P but yes he is one of my favorites also

I actually just started the first book of A Song of Ice and Fire. Moriarity_

The first three books are EXCELLENT. The fourth, A Feast for Crows wasn't the greatest, and A Dance With Dragons is great, so far.

Also, for Jersey, GTL br4, GTL.........

October_Tide

The sad part is I know what you're saying. I'm irish, I don't tan.

[QUOTE="October_Tide"]

Also, for Jersey, GTL br4, GTL.........

airshocker

The sad part is I know what you're saying. I'm irish, I don't tan.

Lol... GGL then. Gym, Guinness, Laundry

Clash of Kings

Finished Game of Thrones the other day. Awesome.

I am currently reading Red November, Inside The Secret U.S. - Soviet Submarine War by W. Craig Reed. Pretty interesting so far, I am up to the beginning of the Cuban Missle Crisis where the Soviets gave their attack subs one nuclear tipped torpedo each. This, not long after they started using burst radiotransmissions from their subs.

I wonder how it will touch upon the USS Scorpion loss in 1968?

[QUOTE="October_Tide"]

Also, for Jersey, GTL br4, GTL.........

airshocker

The sad part is I know what you're saying. I'm irish, I don't tan.

Your funny. I am of Irish descent and I tan really well, that is if I can get out into the sun.

Sci-fi recommendations:

The "Dream Park" series by David Niven and Stephen Stirling. I'm anxiously awaiting the live-action gaming they predict.

"Mars" by Ben Bova. It's a nice combination of exploration and mystery.

"The Years Of Rice And Salt" by Kim Stanley Robinson. It's technically alt-history, but it's a very good look at how the world would have been had Europe been totally depopulated by the Black Plague.

"Guns Of The South" by Harry Turtledove. Time-travel, and the Civil War. I just read it for the cover...

...and I don't regret it. (Yes, that's Robert E. Lee with an AK-47.)

Fantasy recommendations:

The "Sword Of Truth" series by Terry Goodkind. It's one of the best fantasy series I've ever read.

Roger Zelazny's Amber Chronicles. Intrigue, mystery, magic, and part of it takes place in upstate NY. :D

Harry Turtledove's Derlavai/Darkness series: a fantasy re-imagining of WW II. The magical version of the Manhattan Project was especially intriguing.

John Adams by David McCullough. I'm making better headway than the last time I attempted to read it.

Oh and my GRE books :x

I'm reading a crappy book called Saints at the River. It was our summer reading requirement. The book is sooooo boring. TonyDanzaFan

I never read my crummy summer reading either.

[QUOTE="TonyDanzaFan"]I'm reading a crappy book called Saints at the River. It was our summer reading requirement. The book is sooooo boring. airshocker

I never read my crummy summer reading either.

We have to read it and write an essay on it or else we get an f on our transcript. TonyDanzaFan

They never cracked down on us with that, thankfully.

A Storm of Swords, book 3 of A Song of Ice and Fire. God, there was an absolutely brutal chapter in that book.

Very good.

What a timely thread; I just got back from my local Borders with a few books. I got Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, The Penguin Classics translation of The Koran, andA History of Spain and A History of Russia, both from the Oxford University Press. I'll probably start with Zarathustra.

I found Carl Sagan's Cosmos for $5 at a Coles the other day. Other than that I'm hoping to have enough time to read 1Q84 in October, but I generally don't get to read my own literature during the semester.

What a timely thread; I just got back from my local Borders with a few books. I got Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, The Penguin Classics translation of The Koran, andA History of Spain and A History of Russia, both from the Oxford University Press. I'll probably start with Zarathustra.

fidosim

And to the TC, I live in the Jersey Shore :D Have fun there if you can... :P

Very good.

Ultrabeatdown55

We're reading the same book! And we both love Snape!

I've always known you were cool, Ultra, but you have just entered god-tier now.

And to the TC, I live in the Jersey Shore :D Have fun there if you can... :P

Ultrabeatdown55

My parents have a house down there in Sea Isle City. We always have fun.

A Storm of Swords, book 3 of A Song of Ice and Fire. God, there was an absolutely brutal chapter in that book.

tryagainlater

If you're talking about the red wedding, I completely agree with you.

I just finished the book you are reading about 1 week ago, A Dance with Dragons.Good, but a little disappointing.

A Game of Thrones.

[QUOTE="Ultrabeatdown55"]

Very good.

yokofox33

We're reading the same book! And we both love Snape!

I've always known you were cool, Ultra, but you have just entered god-tier now.

I just finished the book you are reading about 1 week ago, A Dance with Dragons.Good, but a little disappointing.

sonicare

Well, just think, now you have five years to wait for the next one. :P

A John Lennon biography but it's super long and boring so the Pendragon prequels.

How to make millions for dummies.

[QUOTE="sonicare"]

I just finished the book you are reading about 1 week ago, A Dance with Dragons.Good, but a little disappointing.

Well, just think, now you have five years to wait for the next one. :P

I know, that's what's killing me. He always leaves you hanging. But then he takes 5-6 years to write his next book. By that time, I've started to forget a lot of the characters and story points. Plus, I'm worried he may die before finishing his series. :osonicare

Oh god, don't even say it. People would kill themselves if that happened.

[QUOTE="tryagainlater"]

A Storm of Swords, book 3 of A Song of Ice and Fire. God, there was an absolutely brutal chapter in that book.

airshocker

If you're talking about the red wedding, I completely agree with you.

[QUOTE="sonicare"]I know, that's what's killing me. He always leaves you hanging. But then he takes 5-6 years to write his next book. By that time, I've started to forget a lot of the characters and story points. Plus, I'm worried he may die before finishing his series. :oairshocker

Oh god, don't even say it. People would kill themselves if that happened.