What are you reading right now?

RebelliousTaco · 10-20-2015, 10:47 PM

I know people that are huge fans of all his stuff, this just seemed like a good place to start being his most popular. The Merry Pranksters were awesome though, i wish i was alive at that time to be part of that

The Batlord · 10-22-2015, 06:11 PM

To be fair, most male sci fi/fantasy authors can't write women for ****. They're nerds. Give 'em a break.

Chula Vista · 10-22-2015, 06:16 PM

Ya, but Heinlein is just plain ridiculous at times. Part of it is he was writing back when wives stayed at home cooking and cleaning and would greet their husbands after work with a pipe and slippers.

Traveling_Alone · 10-22-2015, 09:21 PM

innerspaceboy · 10-25-2015, 05:42 PM

Lately I've really wanted to read a classic from the golden age of science fiction - an indisputable milestone of literature. For the last few days I considered reading Dune, but this evening I firmly decided that Asimov's Foundation is the perfect fit for my literary intrigue.

Nearly universally acclaimed as the greatest set of Science Fiction literature ever produced, the Foundation Trilogy was the keystone for everything that followed.

Winner of a special Hugo Award as Best All Time Science Fiction Series, Foundation will escape me no longer.

The Batlord · 10-25-2015, 06:48 PM

Read Dune, though.

innerspaceboy · 10-25-2015, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Read Dune, though.

Absolutely. Immediate following the Foundation trilogy.

The Batlord · 10-25-2015, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy

Absolutely. Immediate following the Foundation trilogy.

I'd say read Dune first, since the rest of the Dune books seem to be crap, but you read so fast that I don't know that it will make a difference, but I'd be interested in your opinion on Dune. Foundation as well for that matter, as I've only ever gotten about halfway through the first book (not because of quality, I just have a short attention span).

Mr. Charlie · 10-27-2015, 05:39 PM

Good translation and much easier to digest than many. Has lovely old pictures too. Woohoo!

Unknown Soldier · 11-02-2015, 10:34 AM

Recently got this and it's a large tome and as I know hardly anything about HP Lovecraft looking forward to reading it.

10-20-2015, 10:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
RebelliousTaco Groupie Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Tennessee, Son Posts: 18	I know people that are huge fans of all his stuff, this just seemed like a good place to start being his most popular. The Merry Pranksters were awesome though, i wish i was alive at that time to be part of that __________________ I used to do drugs I still do, but I used to too ~R.I.P. Mitch Hedberg~

10-22-2015, 06:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Ya, but Heinlein is just plain ridiculous at times. Part of it is he was writing back when wives stayed at home cooking and cleaning and would greet their husbands after work with a pipe and slippers. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

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Traveling_Alone Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: GA Posts: 93	__________________ “And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you utter— they are so rusty, so ugly, so meaningless and feeble from being kept in the small cramped dark inside you so long.” ― Sylvia Plath

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10-27-2015, 05:39 PM	#9 (permalink)
Mr. Charlie Shoo Thoughts Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: These Mountains Posts: 2,308	Good translation and much easier to digest than many. Has lovely old pictures too. Woohoo!