On a bit of a Star Wars/Timothy Zahn kick at the moment: I just finished Outbound Flight, and have now begun Survivor's Quest.
After that, will probably (re)read Steven Pressfield's Last of the Amazons.
"MTW is not a game, it's a way of life." -- drone
Game of Thrones - A Feast for Crows.
Ja mata, TosaInu. You will forever be remembered.
Proud
Been to:
Swords Made of Letters - 1938. The war is looming in France - and Alexandre Reythier does not have much time left to protect his country. A novel set before the war.
A Painted Shield of Honour - 1313. Templar Knights in France are in grave danger. Can they be saved?
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Baby Quit Your Cryin' Put Your Clown Britches On!!!
Ja mata, TosaInu. You will forever be remembered.
Proud
Been to:
Swords Made of Letters - 1938. The war is looming in France - and Alexandre Reythier does not have much time left to protect his country. A novel set before the war.
A Painted Shield of Honour - 1313. Templar Knights in France are in grave danger. Can they be saved?
Migrations of the Holy: God, State and the Political Meaning of the Church; William T. Cavanaugh
My annual foray into theology; odd habit for a non-believer.
Ja-mata TosaInu
Ja mata, TosaInu. You will forever be remembered.
Proud
Been to:
Swords Made of Letters - 1938. The war is looming in France - and Alexandre Reythier does not have much time left to protect his country. A novel set before the war.
A Painted Shield of Honour - 1313. Templar Knights in France are in grave danger. Can they be saved?
Finished "Spijkerschrift", a book by an Iranian-Dutch called Kader Abdolah bloke last week. Reading Mario Puzo's Omertà at the moment, almost finished.
I began my annual rereading of The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy earlier this week. Am currently halfway through Fellowship of the Ring; Frodo is currently recovering in Imladris.
"MTW is not a game, it's a way of life." -- drone
A Great and Terrible King - King Edward I by Marc Morris.
Ja mata, TosaInu. You will forever be remembered.
Proud
Been to:
Swords Made of Letters - 1938. The war is looming in France - and Alexandre Reythier does not have much time left to protect his country. A novel set before the war.
A Painted Shield of Honour - 1313. Templar Knights in France are in grave danger. Can they be saved?
The Templars: The Dramatic History of the Knights Templar, The Most Powerful Military Order of the Crusades; Piers Paul Read
A book that reminds how little I actually know about history :)
Ja-mata TosaInu
Finally finished the Return of the King (including the appendices) on Friday. So much do I enjoy my annual reading of the trilogy, that I'm always a little sad when I come to the end of it; it feels a little like saying good-bye to an old friend who I know I won't see again for a long while.
I've now started Last of the Amazons by Steven Pressfield, one of my favorite authors of historical fiction. I read it once before about a decade back (sheesh, can it really have been that long??), and enjoyed it enough that when several months ago I found a used (but still in decent condition) copy for cheap, I couldn't resist picking it up.
A good read so far. The memory of my previous reading is extremely fuzzy at this point, so it's almost like I'm reading it for the first time. Fun!
"MTW is not a game, it's a way of life." -- drone
Troy by David Gemmel
It's quickly becoming one of my favourite series.
Game of Thrones - A Dance with Dragons.
Ja mata, TosaInu. You will forever be remembered.
Proud
Been to:
Swords Made of Letters - 1938. The war is looming in France - and Alexandre Reythier does not have much time left to protect his country. A novel set before the war.
A Painted Shield of Honour - 1313. Templar Knights in France are in grave danger. Can they be saved?
Am halfway through Mercy Kill by Aaron Allston. It's the just-released 10th novel in the Star Wars: X-Wing series.
It's a good read, but I can tell that by not having read the NJO, LotF, and FotJ series, I'm missing out on a fair bit of the background material being referenced.
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"MTW is not a game, it's a way of life." -- drone
Reading Dinosaur Comics: Volume E by Ryan North. Sure, it is available online for free, but supporting independent art by buying it is cool too.
Rest in Peace TosaInu, the Org will be your legacy
Originally Posted by Leon Blum - For All Mankind
Hell's Angels Hunter S. Thompson. Very interesting read, filled with facts, quips and insights into both the biker sub-culture and the dominant American culture of the mid 20th Century.
I've also been looking for books that would help me formulate better opinions and arguments against religious fallacy, I have read various writings of Richard Dawkins and Bertrand Russell. Any other suggestions?
#Hillary4prism
BD:TW
Some piously affirm: "The truth is such and such. I know! I see!"
And hold that everything depends upon having the “right” religion.
But when one really knows, one has no need of religion. - Mahavyuha Sutra
Freedom necessarily involves risk. - Alan Watts
Couple hundred pages into Skagboys, Irvine Welsh. Loving it. I realize now that it wasn't just the Scottish dialogue I had been missing all this time, it was Rents the main character from Trainspotting.
Currently working on several:
Three Musketeers - A. Dumas. Re-read this every few years. Still one of the best novels ever written.
Children of Dune - Frank Herbert. I find the sequels find themselves a little less focused than the original Dune. But it's very interesting nonetheless.
The PMI Professional Project Manager certification guidebook. - About as fun as it sounds.
The 4 hour Work Week - Tim Ferriss. Hate the tone, but like the content. If you have ability to separate the chaff from the corn, read this.
Why so many at once? Well, the musketeers I almost know by heart, having read it in 4 languages and probably about 12 times since I was 14. Dune requires focusing of my imagination, which is great before bed, and the PMP one is mostly professional. Ferriss I read on a more-or less on-off fashion during my commute/boring meetings.
Managing perceptions goes hand in hand with managing expectations - Masamune
Pie is merely the power of the state intruding into the private lives of the working class. - Beirut
Pushkin, The Tales of Bielkin (TR translation)
Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (read it once a year and almost each time begin in autumn)
Not sure about mentioning the schoolwork scraps of Herodotos, Cicero and Plinius
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Ja mata Tosa Inu-sama, Hore Tore, Adrian II, Sigurd, Fragony
Mouzafphaerre is known elsewhere as Urwendil/Urwendur/Kibilturg...
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That's a shame, Frags, but I felt the very same way with just about every other Irvine Welsh book but this and Trainspotting. Porno had the great characters again but it was depressing if anything seeing them later in life. Marabou Stork Nightmares was very tedious and Glue was forgettable. I don't have the patience I did as a teenager to slog through bad books, doubt I could finish any of those if I read them now
My favourite sequel was Dune Messiah. The sadness of the story almost drips from the pages. Allthough GEoD was excellent as well. The last two of his books in this series were less satisfying. If he ended with GEoD it would have been a good end to a good series. Heretics and Chapterhouse just left me puzzled and wondering where he was going with these new storylines.
Just finished Bonita Avenue, a Dutch book. Good but probably overrated by all the good press it has gotten. Not sure what I'm going to read next; although there are a couple of non-fiction books I loaned from friends and relatives that I have lying around.
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This of course http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Leaves
I will continue to spam it untill one of you reads it
Thanks for the Dune recommendations, lads, will get those next.
Managing perceptions goes hand in hand with managing expectations - Masamune
Pie is merely the power of the state intruding into the private lives of the working class. - Beirut
I am just reading July 21st. An alternative story, what had happened if the assassination of Hitlr would have worked.
Rereading Anna Comnena's Alexiad; a biography of her Father the Byzantine Emperor at the time of the First Crusade with character portraits of the main leaders of the Crusade (whom she met). Can't beat first hand history.
@ Franconicus
Care to share? Did things get better or worse?
Education: that which reveals to the wise,
and conceals from the stupid,
the vast limits of their knowledge.
Mark Twain
Recently finished Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson. Am now in the midst of my annual reading of Asimov's Foundation series (all seven books).
"MTW is not a game, it's a way of life." -- drone
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