What are you reading right now?

FaSho · 10-28-2010, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by storymilo

I always pick up Pendragon books to read at breakfast.

I own the first 8 books. Haven't touched them in 2+ years but were the best at the time. I still want to finish the series at some point.

Anyway:

So pretentious...so good.

robjekyll · 10-28-2010, 07:10 PM

Almost done with the Ghost of Belfast by Stuart Neville. It's a great thriller novel and I usually don't read them. After I am done with that it's back to Steven Erikson's "Deadhouse Gates" a great series. Need to read something while R.R. Martin finishes the fifth book

storymilo · 10-28-2010, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by FaSho

I own the first 8 books. Haven't touched them in 2+ years but were the best at the time. I still want to finish the series at some point.

I've never actually read a full book, but my brother likes them a lot and they're nice easy readin for those tired mornings.

My Reading

For pleasure:

and the tail end of Consider the Lobster. It took a while.

For school:

and

and various pickings from

WWWP · 10-29-2010, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by storymilo

and the tail end of Consider the Lobster. It took a while.

Ah, I'm reading that too! I'll be hosting an event with David Sedaris through my bookstore this weekend. I'm stooooked.

~~James~~ · 10-31-2010, 04:18 PM

I think i'm in love, discovering this author on halloween is the most perfect thing ever.

LoathsomePete · 10-31-2010, 04:30 PM

Very nice choice there James! :thumbsup:

What stories are included in that selection? If you're enjoying what you read in that you'll definitely want to see what you can find for full collections. Lovecraft is a lot like Poe, you can get all their work in one book for like 20 bucks at most places. Kudos on getting into him at such a young age, his language isn't exactly the most engaging of authors, very eloquent, but it does do a wonderful job at depicting a bleak and eerie world not dissimilar to our own, even after 80 years.

Engine · 10-31-2010, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by wolverinewolfweiselpigeon

Ah, I'm reading that too! I'll be hosting an event with David Sedaris through my bookstore this weekend. I'm stooooked.

Very cool. I saw him do a reading when he was touring bookstores for "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim". He's surprisingly small - and also an excellent reader; his stories are most hilarious when read by him. He's also really funny when he handles the inevitable dumbass questions from some of the audience during Q&A.

~~James~~ · 10-31-2010, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by LoathsomePete

Very nice choice there James! :thumbsup:

What stories are included in that selection? If you're enjoying what you read in that you'll definitely want to see what you can find for full collections. Lovecraft is a lot like Poe, you can get all their work in one book for like 20 bucks at most places. Kudos on getting into him at such a young age, his language isn't exactly the most engaging of authors, very eloquent, but it does do a wonderful job at depicting a bleak and eerie world not dissimilar to our own, even after 80 years.

it includes:

The Tomb
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
The White Ship
The Temple
The Quest of Iranon
The Music of Erich Zann
Imprisoned with the Pharaohs aka Under the Pyramids
Pickman's Model
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Dunwich Horror
At the Mountains of Madness
The Thing on the Doorstep

There are two other volumes which i'm planning on getting after this.

His language is really complicated, but I have a dictionary at hand for words I don't understand. And I really like using those words in conversations and lyrics afterwards. I still need to check out Poe.

LoathsomePete · 10-31-2010, 04:59 PM

Hmm you go the collection with most of his later stuff, but you have "The Dunwich Horror" and "At the Mountain of Madness" two of his best stories on hand. The same publishing company has another Lovecraft book out that I'd highly recommend, it's called The Call of Cthulhu: and Other Weird Stories and that has some of his really notable releases like "Rats in the Walls", "Shadow Over Innsmouth", and of course "The Call of Cthulhu"

**Janszoon** · 10-31-2010, 05:07 PM

Pretty good so far. Definitely worth checking out if you dig older sci-fi.

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LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	Hmm you go the collection with most of his later stuff, but you have "The Dunwich Horror" and "At the Mountain of Madness" two of his best stories on hand. The same publishing company has another Lovecraft book out that I'd highly recommend, it's called The Call of Cthulhu: and Other Weird Stories and that has some of his really notable releases like "Rats in the Walls", "Shadow Over Innsmouth", and of course "The Call of Cthulhu" __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

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robjekyll Groupie Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Boston Posts: 43	Almost done with the Ghost of Belfast by Stuart Neville. It's a great thriller novel and I usually don't read them. After I am done with that it's back to Steven Erikson's "Deadhouse Gates" a great series. Need to read something while R.R. Martin finishes the fifth book

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