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  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #60 - November 07, 2010, 12:13 PM
    Quote from: King Tut on November 07, 2010, 11:23 AM
    I hate all that che and revolutionary shit get the fuck over it. Conspiracy theorists. Black folks swallow that shit like Kool-Aid.

     Cheesy
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  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #61 - November 07, 2010, 01:30 PM
    Quote from: BlackDog on November 07, 2010, 11:42 AM
    I used to read high fantasy before I became blue-collar cool. Alvin the Apprentice was completed (although I think new books are out). LOTR. And that's as far as I got Grin


    Ok, ok, ok. STOP reading WoT NOW! You need to start George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire ASAP! You'll never regret it. Plus the HBO show based on the first book, Game of Thrones, will be aired next year. You'll thank me later Smiley
    He's no friend to the friendless
    And he's the mother of grief
    There's only sorrow for tomorrow
    Surely life is too brief
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #62 - November 07, 2010, 02:09 PM
    Quote from: Loki on November 07, 2010, 11:25 AM
    Currently reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood


    Awesome book.  Afro I love Margaret Atwood! Her other books I loved - Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood.

    Quote from: Naerys on November 07, 2010, 01:30 PM
    Ok, ok, ok. STOP reading WoT NOW! You need to start George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire ASAP! You'll never regret it. Plus the HBO show based on the first book, Game of Thrones, will be aired next year. You'll thank me later Smiley


    I'm not into high fantasy that much, but that looks interesting. Thanks.
    "He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife."
    ~ Douglas Adams
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #63 - November 07, 2010, 02:13 PM
    Quote from: Naerys on November 07, 2010, 01:30 PM
    Ok, ok, ok. STOP reading WoT NOW! You need to start George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire ASAP! You'll never regret it. Plus the HBO show based on the first book, Game of Thrones, will be aired next year. You'll thank me later Smiley


    I've heard of this.

    What else do you recommend?
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #64 - November 07, 2010, 06:58 PM
    Quote from: Kenan on November 07, 2010, 12:13 PM
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  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #65 - November 07, 2010, 08:12 PM
    If you like short stories I would suggest Selected Shorts, the PRI program 

     http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_detail.php?siteId=9911210

    They are short stories read by actors. 

    Also the Moth

    http://www.themoth.org/

    where people do some short storytelling

    So once again I'm left with the classic Irish man's dilemma, do I eat the potato or do I let it ferment so I can drink it later?
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  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #66 - November 07, 2010, 08:17 PM
    Quote from: Loki on November 07, 2010, 11:25 AM
    Currently reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood


    fuck margaret atwood. she thinks that her shit isn't sci-fi because it's a dystopian piece of literature with feminist undertones written in a unique manner. BITCH YOUR SHIT IS SCI-FI GET OVER IT

    on a more serious note, good book.

    also re-reading The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

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  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #67 - November 07, 2010, 08:29 PM
    Quote from: z10 on November 06, 2010, 12:16 AM
    For philosophy, I would recommend a book called "The Story of Philosophy" by Will Durant. The book is almost a hundred years old now but it's a great introduction to the major ideas and personalities involved over the centuries and it's worth buying just for the introduction alone. This was the book that made me fall in love with philosophy as a 17 year old. For further metaphysics, you're going to have to wait for zoomi's recommendations.  Smiley


    I've been looking for a good philosophy primer for awhile. Going to grab this book tomorrow. Sounds awesome.
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #68 - November 07, 2010, 08:31 PM
    Quote from: BlackDog on November 07, 2010, 02:13 PM
    I've heard of this.

    What else do you recommend?


    Don't listen to her. WOT is awesome, she's just jealous you got there first.  Roll Eyes

    In all seriousness, yes the story does slow a bit in the middle of the series, but that's to be expected, there are atleast a dozen subplots and they all need air time too.
    A song of fire and ice is supposed to be awesome too, I'll probably read that next.
    At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make
    Ambiguous undulations as they sink,
    Downward to darkness, on extended wings. - Stevens
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #69 - November 08, 2010, 09:53 AM
    It's Ice and Fire, in that order Wink Oh yeah, it is awesome. Awesome is too weak a word.

    Have you read Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen, Z? I've recently finished the fourth book and it's pretty solid.
    He's no friend to the friendless
    And he's the mother of grief
    There's only sorrow for tomorrow
    Surely life is too brief
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #70 - November 08, 2010, 10:04 AM
    Yes, I downloaded that yesterday actually. Will get round to that eventually too. I've read that it's not very descriptive though, heavily action based.

    So, have you never tried WoT at all? It's an incredibly well crafted world but it does have its weaknesses I agree. I'm not exactly convinced with Jordan's portrayal of women and he does enjoy spending a lot of time describing dresses, wines, bosoms, architecture etc etc. Having said all that, I'm still enjoying the series if only for the incredible level of detail and realistic plotline.
    At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make
    Ambiguous undulations as they sink,
    Downward to darkness, on extended wings. - Stevens
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #71 - November 08, 2010, 10:40 AM
    mods-can we merge with this thread http://www.councilofexmuslims.com/index.php?topic=6219.msg157937#msg157937
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  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #72 - November 08, 2010, 10:50 AM
    Quote from: Naerys on November 08, 2010, 09:53 AM
    It's Ice and Fire, in that order Wink Oh yeah, it is awesome. Awesome is too weak a word.

    Have you read Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen, Z? I've recently finished the fourth book and it's pretty solid.


    What else do you recommend?

    I know I'm not Z10, I'm just BlackDog a lonely mutt howling at the moon like a deranged loony loose from Bedlam. But please, even us crazies need answers to our question(s).

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    But hehe it won’t catch me nooooo. It won’t.

    For I am BlackDog, scourge of the alleys, rabid flea-bitten mutt, sheltered from storms and weathered them. I have your scent. And I will pursue it, if, only IF, you don’t answer my first question. And maybe the second. Hehe, I like when things are uncertain Smiley



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  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #73 - November 08, 2010, 10:54 AM
    Quote from: z10 on November 08, 2010, 10:04 AM
    Yes, I downloaded that yesterday actually. Will get round to that eventually too. I've read that it's not very descriptive though, heavily action based.


    Yes, it doesn't often delve into details, and at times the characters are almost caricatured. But it's huge in its scope, the battle scenes are EPIC and the dialogues are pretty cool.

    Quote
    So, have you never tried WoT at all? It's an incredibly well crafted world but it does have its weaknesses I agree. I'm not exactly convinced with Jordan's portrayal of women and he does enjoy spending a lot of time describing dresses, wines, bosoms, architecture etc etc. Having said all that, I'm still enjoying the series if only for the incredible level of detail and realistic plotline.


    I will give it a try at some point. It's just that it's too much work to get into a huge series like that right now. But I will once I've cleared a part of my 'to read' list. Oh yeah, I heard about the dresses and bosoms stuff. I actually like that  grin12 I remember reading a while ago that Jordan would monitor fan forums/websites and if people guessed what was coming next right, he would change the storylines to keep the element of surprise... If that's true, it's super lame.
    He's no friend to the friendless
    And he's the mother of grief
    There's only sorrow for tomorrow
    Surely life is too brief
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #74 - November 08, 2010, 10:55 AM
    Quote from: z10 on November 08, 2010, 10:04 AM
    Yes, I downloaded that yesterday actually. Will get round to that eventually too. I've read that it's not very descriptive though, heavily action based.

    So, have you never tried WoT at all? It's an incredibly well crafted world but it does have its weaknesses I agree. I'm not exactly convinced with Jordan's portrayal of women and he does enjoy spending a lot of time describing dresses, wines, bosoms, architecture etc etc. Having said all that, I'm still enjoying the series if only for the incredible level of detail and realistic plotline.


    Well the man is a Xtian, so I guess the gender roles would reflect the traditional view.

    Maybe I'm being bigoted.
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #75 - November 08, 2010, 10:56 AM
    Haha sorry, BlackDog. The Malazan series recommendation was aimed at you too. Other than that, to be honest, I'm not that much into fantasy. I'm a n00b who was spoiled by starting with LotR and ASoIaF, so everything else pales in comparison Tongue
    He's no friend to the friendless
    And he's the mother of grief
    There's only sorrow for tomorrow
    Surely life is too brief
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #76 - November 08, 2010, 10:58 AM
    So what do you read?
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #77 - November 08, 2010, 10:59 AM
    Quote from: IsLame on November 08, 2010, 10:40 AM
    mods-can we merge with this thread http://www.councilofexmuslims.com/index.php?topic=6219.msg157937#msg157937


    That looks an awesome thread. Thanks. Lol, but weird - why was it in the Religion & God section? Something tells me that I need to read more non-fiction books to be smart.  Cheesy
    "He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife."
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  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #78 - November 08, 2010, 11:13 AM
    Quote from: BlackDog on November 08, 2010, 10:58 AM
    So what do you read?


    Why, Twilight, of course. Whenever I finish the last book I pick up the first one again.
    He's no friend to the friendless
    And he's the mother of grief
    There's only sorrow for tomorrow
    Surely life is too brief
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #79 - November 08, 2010, 11:15 AM
    Actually that's a very good question which I don't know how to answer. Let's say fiction, in the broadest sense of the word.
    He's no friend to the friendless
    And he's the mother of grief
    There's only sorrow for tomorrow
    Surely life is too brief
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #80 - November 08, 2010, 11:44 AM
    Quote from: BlackDog on November 08, 2010, 10:55 AM
    Well the man is a Xtian, so I guess the gender roles would reflect the traditional view.

    Maybe I'm being bigoted.


    What do you make of the first book so far?
    At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make
    Ambiguous undulations as they sink,
    Downward to darkness, on extended wings. - Stevens
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #81 - November 08, 2010, 11:45 AM
    Quote from: Naerys on November 08, 2010, 10:54 AM
    Yes, it doesn't often delve into details, and at times the characters are almost caricatured. But it's huge in its scope, the battle scenes are EPIC and the dialogues are pretty cool.

    I will give it a try at some point. It's just that it's too much work to get into a huge series like that right now. But I will once I've cleared a part of my 'to read' list. Oh yeah, I heard about the dresses and bosoms stuff. I actually like that  grin12 I remember reading a while ago that Jordan would monitor fan forums/websites and if people guessed what was coming next right, he would change the storylines to keep the element of surprise... If that's true, it's super lame.



    I don't think you'll be disappointed. Some of the scenes in books 7-9 threated to descend into soap opera territory but there is always something magical happening to keep the story moving.

    If you've read LOTR you might like the Silmarillion. I almost liked it better than the more famous book of tolkien.
    At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make
    Ambiguous undulations as they sink,
    Downward to darkness, on extended wings. - Stevens
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #82 - November 08, 2010, 11:52 AM
    I have it somewhere. I started it ages ago but was a bit put off by the bible-like style of the introduction haha. It is on my 'to read' list, though.
    He's no friend to the friendless
    And he's the mother of grief
    There's only sorrow for tomorrow
    Surely life is too brief
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #83 - November 08, 2010, 11:58 AM
    I think that's what interested me the most about that work - Tolkien was able to create an entire mythology that a race of people would have been proud of creating. And it was far more interesting and complex than plenty of races put together even so.  Smiley
    At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make
    Ambiguous undulations as they sink,
    Downward to darkness, on extended wings. - Stevens
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #84 - November 08, 2010, 12:01 PM
    Well creating is a big word. Tolkien didn't create it all, the mythology was partly there from before and I think he was inspired by folk-lore.
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #85 - November 08, 2010, 12:03 PM
    That is true but it's almost like saying that nobody writes anything new because all the words are there in the dictionary already  Wink
    At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make
    Ambiguous undulations as they sink,
    Downward to darkness, on extended wings. - Stevens
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #86 - November 08, 2010, 12:09 PM
    "No idea is original, there's nothing new under the sun, it's never what you do, but how it's done" - Nas

    But Tolkien created a new world nonetheless. I'm not complaning, I respect and admire the man's work.

    I'm sure there are artists and writers who have imagined things new and I wouldn't be surprised if Tolkien was one of them. I'm just not sure how much he's created that hasn't been imagined before, the specifics of it.
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #87 - November 08, 2010, 12:14 PM
    Well there were alot of ideas that seemed similar to nordic/ germanic folklore and mythologies but I think he did have a fair few original ideas. What I liked most about his mythology was his portrayal of all of reality is a song sung by gods to try and impress the one god - almost as if all of reality is a musical symphony. It may not be an original idea, I don't know, but it seemed to me to be incredibly poetic.
    At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make
    Ambiguous undulations as they sink,
    Downward to darkness, on extended wings. - Stevens
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #88 - November 08, 2010, 12:25 PM
    The man is a legend Z10 don't let anybody tell you otherwise.

    He has however been criticized for his poor verse. I need to re-read LOTR to see if I'll agree.

    I read the books when I was 13; I borrowed them from the public library. They were hardbound, small books with a thick spine, dressed in a dusty, green leather jacket. The pages were slightly beige from old age. Hard to imagine they had once been crisp and sharp., pages ruffling sharply like a deck of cards. It had that faint old book smell, breathing it in deeply transported me to a place where the world was still mysterious. Before the digital age, before the Internet, before satellite TV. An age where news reached people via radio and news papers and word of mouth. A world of steamships!

    Ah to be 13 again!
  • Re: What book are you reading?
     Reply #89 - November 08, 2010, 12:29 PM
    I think I was also 13 when I first read LOTR, I think I finished the book in a week the first time and then took longer the second time through to get all the details I missed on the first go.  Smiley
    It changed everything I thought about fiction at the time, perhaps I might have to read it again aswell.

    Perhaps you missed the post above but I was wondering what you make of the WoT book so far?
    At evening, casual flocks of pigeons make
    Ambiguous undulations as they sink,
    Downward to darkness, on extended wings. - Stevens
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