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  On 12/5/2013 at 10:26 PM, mokz said:

 

Sweet, read it last year along with a load of other stuff by the same or similar publishers:

This is by Ass Goblin's author's partner. Didn't get chance to read it as it was a gift for a dinosaur obsessed friend. Might have to get myself a copy...

Some truly beyond the pale gore horror

More decent indie horror. This one is more bizarro than sick.

Wrestling themed disgusting detective horror thing, hilarious!

Absolutely disgusting and vile short stories, recommended.

  On 12/9/2013 at 1:43 PM, Sprillian said:

 

  On 12/9/2013 at 4:08 AM, usagi said:

 

  On 12/1/2013 at 7:43 PM, Sprillian said:

I'm going to nab me the latest Penguin edition of Beowulf asap.

I really like the Seamus Heaney translation. I've skimmed through some of the other ones and they're not as enjoyable. pain in the ass finding a decent copy of the Heaney translation round here.

Where are you in the world? Faber have a nice edition of the Heaney edition - I can send you one if you like.

 

The Heaney translation is the best by far. Radio 4 were playing it recently, I suppose to posthumously reinforce praise for him, but the audio book doesn't seem to be available atm which is great shame - listening to it verges on a euphoric experience.

 

I am in Sydney and that would be fab, thanks. I haven't had my hands on one of those since uni days. I always liked the way it started with "So." - it feels like a rich, quality translation.

would the postage for UK -> Aus be hefty? don't worry about it if it is. I appreciate it in any case

  On 12/6/2013 at 8:22 AM, doorjamb said:

 

  On 12/5/2013 at 10:26 PM, mokz said:

 

ordered that for my lil bro for xmas. Is it as good as I hope?

 

I think it's beyond good and bad. Absolutely the most grotesque book I've read so far. Maybe not the weirdest.

I never knew things like these gore books existed, I'm thoroughly intrigued. In a non-creepy way.

Sent using magic

bizarro fiction has been around for a while. shatnerquake is probably the lollest title, although it doesn't really fulfill its premise.

lel

Gravity's Rainbow. First attempt. First Pynchon. about 80 pages in and too early to tell if i'm going to make it through. it is hard work though. i think i'm going to have to crack and read something online just to see if i actually have any clue what's going on. i'll persevere a while longer yet though.

Chapterhouse: Dune. Loving it so far.

re-reading the Kybalion: pearls of wisdom.

Dante's Divine Comedy: at Canto 6 And slowly Dante descends into hell..

Ghost in the Shell is a good read too. I'm really glad I bought it.

Just started Hannu Rajaniemi's Quantum Thief. Love the setting in all it's mind bendingness.

good book

Thomas Ligotti - The Nightmare Factory

  On 11/10/2013 at 9:01 AM, mokz said:

Speaking about non-English books, the Finns here might enjoy this book. It's pretty IDMz.

 

That looks like a beautiful language. Would it be difficult to learn ?

Isn't that where Tolkien derived his Elvish from ?

what's that book about?

  On 12/21/2013 at 6:26 AM, logakght said:

what's that book about?

From a review, it seems to be something like a "choose your own adventure" type book about two neurologists who are going to do a mental examination of a person who is hearing a voice telling them what to do and the voice is sort of the main character. I like the look of that book.

The name of the author is funny considering his last name could be translated as "over-witty", which seems to be appropriate for that type of book.

Yeah, it's a pretty surreal choose your own adventure book with lots of references to other works and real life thrown around. The main character has some pretty hard mental health problems and the story spins out of control lots of times.

  On 12/20/2013 at 6:31 PM, lifeforce said:

 

  On 11/10/2013 at 9:01 AM, mokz said:

Speaking about non-English books, the Finns here might enjoy this book. It's pretty IDMz.

 

That looks like a beautiful language. Would it be difficult to learn ?

Isn't that where Tolkien derived his Elvish from ?

 

If you know Estonian or some more obscure Finno-Ugric-languages close to Finnish it might be not very hard. Otherwise it's considered one of the most difficult languages to learn, especially the grammar. Also some of the old vocabulary is probably pretty odd, like "sun"->"aurinko".

Now, if you want to use the word aurinko it might get tricky..

"from the sun" -> "auringosta"

"also from the sun" -> "auringostakin"

"also to our sun" -> "aurinkoommekin"

"not even from our sun" -> "auringostakaammekaan"

etc..

  On 12/21/2013 at 10:01 AM, mokz said:

etc..

wat

  On 12/21/2013 at 5:21 PM, Phoenix said:

 

  On 12/21/2013 at 10:01 AM, mokz said:

etc..

wat

 

as Marko explains:

english language is carbitch

finnish language is best mechanix

my life is new page

i talk only Eheheheeehenglish

noooooooo

Finished the second book of Rajaniemi's Quantum Thief trilogy, The Fractal Prince, and the series is probably one of the best sci-fi yarns I've read. A mind-melting future Solar system that doesn't get revealed with too much exposition, where you have to keep track what is going on and the future technology allows one to think of the fascinating implications it has on the mind, memory and consciousness. Reading the second part improved the first part as well and I am looking forward to the third part planned for 2014. While some of the characters are pretty common tropes, like the gentleman thief and warrior woman, it doesn't really matter since the setting is so wild. And I even felt smart for guessing a few plot points before they were revealed.

Next up is a dip into Bruce Sterling's Shaper/Mechanists universe with the book Schismatrix Plus, which has the novel and all the short stories placed in that world. I am on a transhuman bend it seems.

Paddle Your Own Canoe by Nick Offerman

fucking hilarious, he's probably my fav TV actor now that Breaking Bad is over. Can see him becoming a major comedic movie star. Plus he's a professional carpenter, so triple threat.

As its Christmas I'm reading the great holy book.

*puts on smug face, opens bible upside down, pretends to read thoughtfully*

Having read all the previous ones (including the Indiana Jones), it was logical to get this :

Probably the most "Boards of Canada" series ever :

I always lol when I see MJ's books, especially the whisky stuff, because I imagine myself the singer just trying out some scotch and getting drunk after two drams.

  On 12/25/2013 at 1:04 PM, azatoth said:

Finished the second book of Rajaniemi's Quantum Thief trilogy, The Fractal Prince, and the series is probably one of the best sci-fi yarns I've read. A mind-melting future Solar system that doesn't get revealed with too much exposition, where you have to keep track what is going on and the future technology allows one to think of the fascinating implications it has on the mind, memory and consciousness. Reading the second part improved the first part as well and I am looking forward to the third part planned for 2014. While some of the characters are pretty common tropes, like the gentleman thief and warrior woman, it doesn't really matter since the setting is so wild. And I even felt smart for guessing a few plot points before they were revealed.

 

Next up is a dip into Bruce Sterling's Shaper/Mechanists universe with the book Schismatrix Plus, which has the novel and all the short stories placed in that world. I am on a transhuman bend it seems.

You've me intrigued. Noted and on my list.

  On 12/28/2013 at 6:25 AM, verticalhold said:

Haha, ah man, I am totally back in the game for drinking belgium beer. Currently drinking some delicious 'Gulden Draak'. Is that in there?