What are you reading?

[birdman]

Finally finished the third dark tower and haven't been able to put this 4th one down.

I like the 4th one a bunch.  Now you'll catch up!

Probably my favorite of the series. Although, book 7 is the tits too.


I Just finished this. Cant remember who recommended it here, but thank you. Awesome read.

Shantaram is a helluva book. And apparently, it was supposed to be the first of 3, but I never heard anything about the next two. Johnny Depp did buy the rights tho and they'll be making a movie based on this first one. Also haven't heard anything more on that though.

I was thinking what a great movie the book would make. It also really makes me want to visit India. Someday.

[gah]

Finally finished the third dark tower and haven't been able to put this 4th one down.

I like the 4th one a bunch.  Now you'll catch up!

Probably my favorite of the series. Although, book 7 is the tits too.


I Just finished this. Cant remember who recommended it here, but thank you. Awesome read.

Shantaram is a helluva book. And apparently, it was supposed to be the first of 3, but I never heard anything about the next two. Johnny Depp did buy the rights tho and they'll be making a movie based on this first one. Also haven't heard anything more on that though.

I was thinking what a great movie the book would make. It also really makes me want to visit India. Someday.

Paug trip for 2025! We can all stay with my cousins!  :hereitisyousentimentalbastard

[iamhydroJen]

Just finished reading "The History of Love" by Nicole Krauss... I highly recommend it if you're looking for a creative and quick read.



Now onto "The Girl Who Played with Fire" just because I feel like I should finish the series since someone left the whole series with my señora.

[cactusfan]

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick

hadn't read it since high school. very weird book, even by PKD standards. interesting how entirely different from the movie it is. i forgot that the terms 'blade runner' and 'replicant' weren't even in the book. of even greater note, the entire meaning of the book is the opposite of the movie. while the movie is all about showing how metaphorically we humans are the same as the replicants, the point of the book is to show what separates humans from the androids--empathy. this is why in the movie it works that Deckard is himself a replicant. in the book that would make no sense at all.

the concept of Blade Runner changed drastically once Ridley Scott was brought on board.  you should get your hands on "Dangerous Days", which is the 2.5 hour long feature on the making of Blade Runner. fascinating stuff.

thanks. found it on the interwebs. lot of interesting info in there.

i was going to college in southern california when the workprint was unearthed and played at the Nuart in L.A. in '91. went and saw it and was blown away. the two things i'd always hated about the movie--the voiceover and the ending--were gone, and it was the movie it was so clearly always supposed to be. (well, not quite, it still needed all the final tweaking and the vangelis score put back in, but you know what i mean).

[mistercharlie]

Just checked out Les Claypool's South of the Pumphouse from the library. It should be a quick read, it's a pretty short book, but with Les's strange point-of-view and eclectic use of words I'm expecting it to be pretty entertaining.

[gah]

23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism, by Ha-Joon Chang. Very interesting stuff.

[Buffalo Budd]

[barnesy305]

Just finished it myself.

[whyweigh5.0]

Finishing this one up right now




and I was at the book store today and picked this one up
http://www.amazon.com/Glass-Books-Dream-Eaters-Two/dp/0553385860/ref=pd_sim_b_2

[phuzzyfish12]

Just finished it myself.

I read that over Christmas this past year. What'd you think?

I enjoyed it.

[iamhydroJen]

Just finished reading "The History of Love" by Nicole Krauss... I highly recommend it if you're looking for a creative and quick read.



Now onto "The Girl Who Played with Fire" just because I feel like I should finish the series since someone left the whole series with my señora.

Finished "The Girl Who Played with Fire" on Monday... I liked it so much better than "Dragon Tattoo" surprisingly.

[barnesy305]

Just finished it myself.

I read that over Christmas this past year. What'd you think?

I enjoyed it.

I really liked it, it seemed to be pretty honest and legit.

[Multibeast12]

Just finished it myself.

I read that over Christmas this past year. What'd you think?

I enjoyed it.

I really liked it, it seemed to be pretty honest and legit.

I can echo those sentiments. Great book. super easy read. read it in two 8 hour shifts in the Food Court where i work.

[Mr Minor]

Just finished it myself.

I read that over Christmas this past year. What'd you think?

I enjoyed it.

I really liked it, it seemed to be pretty honest and legit.

I can echo those sentiments. Great book. super easy read. read it in two 8 hour shifts in the Food Court where i work.

I have been enjoying a slow read of this over the last few weeks.  Great perspectives and insight to some interesting history of the band.

Now i have started to reread the Dark Tower series.  All this talk of it in this thread has piqued my interest again.

[Multibeast12]

Just finished it myself.

I read that over Christmas this past year. What'd you think?

I enjoyed it.

I really liked it, it seemed to be pretty honest and legit.

I can echo those sentiments. Great book. super easy read. read it in two 8 hour shifts in the Food Court where i work.

I have been enjoying a slow read of this over the last few weeks.  Great perspectives and insight to some interesting history of the band.

Now i have started to reread the Dark Tower series.  All this talk of it in this thread has piqued my interest again.

Also it being the greatest series ever could of done that  :-D. Me and my friends have arguments over whats better A Song of Fire and Ice series or the Dark Tower. Granted i havent finished either but by the 4th dark tower it's just incredible, and basically have heard a lot of ASOFAI and Dark Tower seems better. My friend said a Feast for Crows was boring as hell.