Books, Books?, Books!, Books...What are YOU reading? aka the WoT, GoT, Orson Scott Card thread

[Kerberoz]

Speaking of coffee table books, there are some ridiculously good deals to be found on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/WWW-HR-Giger-C...dp/3822833169/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0681567910/

[Caiyuo]

Thanks for the various testimonials, gonna try to make the pick tonight.

[Souj]

just finished Prince of Nothing:the thousandfold thought. The book tricked me. I was 80% done with it that at 81%, I learned that last 19% was a dictionary.

I know the Aspect emperor or w/e is 20 years later, but are all the same people in it?

Spoiler: show

mostly just asking if akka and cniare( I think I'm butchering his name) are in it as they seem to be the only characters I care if they live. and I can only assume they do.

[Zetanio]

I know the Aspect emperor or w/e is 20 years later, but are all the same people in it?

Spoiler: show

mostly just asking if akka and cniare( I think I'm butchering his name) are in it as they seem to be the only characters I care if they live. and I can only assume they do.

The same cast of characters with additions. I highly recommend it.

[AzazaelFenrir]

New Dark Tower book today, YAY!

[Kerberoz]

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Which one first, bg?

[Indalecia]

Foundation is pretty good, but I preferred Caves of Steel

[Doombear]

Just finished The Darkness That Comes Before, now on to The Warrior Prophet I suppose. I liked the last bit of the first book... so much prep all leading up to that ending. Not sure how I feel about that, but I will give the 2nd book a shot to be fair.

[Cantih]

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Which one first, bg?

The correct answer is Power Play.
Alternately, whichever has "The Last Question" in it.

[Eticket]

New Dark Tower book today, YAY!

I saw this today and almost grabbed it. I haven't finished any of his newer books in years though. I just started into 11/22/63 though so we'll see. I still need to go back and read the last two DT books though.

[Eticket]

I just finished 11/22/63. Loved it. My favorite King story in a long time.

[AzazaelFenrir]

I just finished 11/22/63. Loved it. My favorite King story in a long time.

What category does it fall under? I have almost gotten it a few times based entirely on the fact King wrote it, but never have for fear that it isn't like his normal books.

[Souj]

Wiki....

11/22/63 is a novel by Stephen King about a time traveler who attempts to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy which occurred on November 22, 1963 (the date of the novel's title). The novel was officially announced on the author's official site on March 2, 2011.[1] A short excerpt was released online on June 1, 2011.[2] The novel was published on November 8, 2011,[3] and quickly became a number-one bestseller. It stayed on the list for an additional seventeen weeks. 11/22/63 won the 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best Mystery/Thriller, and is nominated for the 2012 International Thriller Writers Award for Best Novel[4][5] and the 2012 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.[6]

Although the novel contains science fiction and alternate history elements, the majority of it is historical fiction dealing with real-life events and people between 1958 and 1963. The novel is a departure for King since it required deep research to accurately portray the late 1950s and early 1960s.[7] King commented on the amount of research it required, saying "I've never tried to write anything like this before. It was really strange at first, like breaking in a new pair of shoes."[7]

[Brill Weave]

Rereading the Codex Alera series by Jim Butcher. Great series. Romanic period but with elementals, giant dog warriors, borg like insects, giant walrus men etc.

[tyven]

I SHALL READ THE NEW DARK TOWER AND I SHALL GUFFAW AT ANY MENTIONS OF MY NIGGER CUTHBERT

[Eticket]

What category does it fall under? I have almost gotten it a few times based entirely on the fact King wrote it, but never have for fear that it isn't like his normal books.

It's a lot closer to the Green Mile, The Body and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption than it is Carrie, The Stand or It. Though, there are a few nods to It throughout the first half of the book.

[Byrd]

It's a lot closer to the Green Mile, The Body and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption than it is Carrie, The Stand or It. Though, there are a few nods to It throughout the first half of the book.

I really enjoyed 11/22/63 as well. Have you tried Under the Dome?

[Arauge]

I had a hard time with the beginning of Under the Dome but eventually loved it, I got really into the story and wtf everyone was going to do.

[BaneTheBrawler]

I'm currently re-reading A Song of Ice and Fire, but before that I read the Sharpe's novels, by Bernard Cornwell. I had read most of them before, but the series is good and it'd been a while so I read them again. Before that, I read The Fringe Worlds, the latest Foreigner novel, and a few Stargate books. Going back even further, I read a series called Area 51, by Bob Mayer. Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey, Starship Troopers, the Orphan's series, the rest of the Foreigner series, and a few video game universe books.

You might notice I tend towards Sci Fi, with a sprinkling of Fantasy. Because swords, dragons, and lasers. Fuck yeah!

[Eticket]

I really enjoyed 11/22/63 as well. Have you tried Under the Dome?

I got about 100 pages into it, put it down and just never got back to it. I'm trudging my way through Saramago's Blindness right now. Once I make it through that I plan to finish Under the Dome or the ESPN book, Those Guys Have All the Fun.


Blindness is fucking rough going though. The plot is intriguing but his writing style just kills me. I just don't do well with in-paragraph dialogue, especially when two or three characters speak in the same sentence. It's just one long wall-o-text. He won the Nobel Prize for it though, so I almost feel obligated to fight through it.