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Lauren Beukes - ZOO CITY

Finished reading Andy Weir's "The Matian" yesterday, great novel... I have hopes for the movie if they're able to capture the essence of the book well. Matt Damon should do alright as Mark Watney, I'm actually more worried about direction itself and how they do some of the more subtle themes of the book.

Recently finished Stephenson's Seveneves and Gibson's The Peripheral. Enjoyed both, although felt the third part of Seveneves was a little underdeveloped. Don't know what to read next. Feel like something else than scifi, although Atwood's Oryx & Crake trilogy might be interesting. Perhaps some philosophy or some classics.

  On 8/11/2015 at 10:30 PM, lala said:

Any good? Fairly sure I have a second-hand copy floating around somewhere.

Martin Wolf's "The Shifts and the Shocks"

Anthony B. Atkinson - "Inequality: What Can Be Done?"

Want to read Stephenson and Gibson's next, so pleased to see that azatoth enjoyed both of them.

  On 8/14/2015 at 10:19 PM, tec said:

 

  On 8/11/2015 at 10:30 PM, lala said:

 

Any good? Fairly sure I have a second-hand copy floating around somewhere.

 

Yeah, im enjoying it so far, about half way through.

left my kindle in london, so reading everythings eventual.

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green, on my sister's recommendation. I usually don't like YA and I'm not that into it so far.

really enjoyed the 1408 short story, was the first onei went to in EE, as i loved the film. The books better, but the film is still alright, weird how the director

changed it so much

Anyone read dark tower?

Dark Tower is awesome.

1408 is one of the best short stories he's written in years. I fucking hate the film lol.

you probably read the story first, right? i would if i had

I might start dark tower. Never did before because i dont like cowboys. i think they are dicks. Texas is one of my least want to go places in the world lol

The cowboys in DT are more like post-apocalyptic knights from another dimension. And there's only one left anyway.

Get stuck in.

The Temple of Dawn (Sea of Fertility Book 3) by Yukio Mishima

The Beautiful Thing Which Awaits Us All by Laird Barron

Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce

The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen

and a smattering of late 1800s horror stories

I've really tried with Dark Tower, read the first in the series, I didn't like it but was persuaded by my brother to give it another try as we are both such fans of King so read it again, still not my cup of tea. Third time lucky?

Parts II & III are where it gets good.

read up to about 50% last night. When he meets the boy that was a massive A-HA moment, and yeah, i reckon i could get into this

I started with the fifth Dark Tower book, for some reason. Great series anyway.

  On 8/21/2015 at 7:52 AM, doublename said:

 

 

The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen

Love this one. I've been reading the Carnacki stories lately, slightly similar vibe.

  On 8/21/2015 at 7:52 AM, doublename said:

The Temple of Dawn (Sea of Fertility Book 3) by Yukio Mishima

Mark Hodder - The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man

Just finished The Shallows by Nicolas Carr. About how the internet shapes our minds, not necessarily in a good way. Highly critical of Google and how we are expected to behave on the internet (consuming as much information as possible without going in depth on one thing.) I feel like internet addiction is a very real thing, and many times i find myself browsing for hours on end without any goal or progress and my focus has been waining since using the internet consistently. Of course, I don't think the internet itself is bad, just how it is being used. I recommend this book, not very long.

^that book on the internet looks interesting thx 4 tip (:

just started, & v. much ejnoying so far:

Man, the ending to Anna Karenina is a bit of a disappointment, anyone agree? Or am I missing something? Gotta say I agree with this article: http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/feb/01/anna-karenina-ending

Now reading: Bel-Ami by Maupassant. Really nice read and it reads fast too I feel. About 70 pages in I think.

  On 8/28/2015 at 5:29 PM, Berk said:

Man, the ending to Anna Karenina is a bit of a disappointment, anyone agree? Or am I missing something? Gotta say I agree with this article: http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2010/feb/01/anna-karenina-ending

 

It's been a few years since I read the book, but now that I think back on it, I do remember the ending being pretty bad compared to the rest of the novel. So it's definitely not just you thinking that