what are you reading right now? - Page 77

Millane · 08-18-2004, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonathan

Unless you coun't Harry Potter as fantasy, every fantasy book I've read so far has been written by Tolkien (and his son, more or less). Haven't really wanted to, didn't want to risk spoiling my view of the fantasy genre. But after being recommended by my friends to read George R. R. Martin, I've started to read A Game of Thrones. Don't really know yet what to think of it. I like the way Martin writes, but he fails to make me interested in the world he has created. Oh well, my friends warned me that it might take a while to get into the book (gosh, all the names, how am I supposed to keep track of everyone!

) so I'll just wait and see.

Heh, I like Jon the bastard

oooh another Game reader, you like Jon the most eh?, rush over to the fantasy forum and give the Game thread a kick up the bum

give the Da Vinci code a read Lin, some people hate it, it was an enjoyable read if you arent looking for fact, in any case its a pretty easy read you might just like it. (sounds like you talking about Bravheart all over again, BoP

)

***Jonathan*** · 08-18-2004, 12:48 PM

Mm, I might do that when I get a bit further into the book

.

Lin, give the Da Vinci code a try. It was an ok book imo, and I loved the anagrams and codes and things that the writer had included in it. I talked to a girl today who loved the book and we both tried to convince this Christian guy to read it, just for the fun of it (the writer is pretty mean to the Catholic church

). The guy is pretty biased towards the book after what he had read about it at Christian message boards but he said he'd give it a read.
So um, since I talked him into reading it, I think you should read it too.

***Rían*** · 08-18-2004, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Linaewen

Thanks BoP, I might give it a miss then. How do you find Emma? It's pretty good so far (A few chapters in) and you can already see those 'flaws' of Emma's. I don't like it as much as Pride and Prejudice, but maybe that's because I usually hate beginnings of books unless they're fantastic.

I enjoyed Emma (not that you asked me, but I thought I'd chime in

) but liked P&P better, like you. Emma is interesting, however, because it was Jane Austen's personal favorite among her own books, IIRC. And it gets better further in.

BeardofPants · 08-18-2004, 05:41 PM

I'm about 50 pages from the end (I'm sick- nothing else to do...) and I'm enjoying it immensely. Sometimes I do want to reach through the page and throttle her with her own vanity 'though.... But I like Mr. Knightly better than Mr. Darcy.

Man, what do all you people find so great about Da Vinci Code??? *BoP doesn't get it* It's just a piece of fluff...

If you want a decent read, then read anything by Umberto Eco - especially In the Name of the Rose. It does the church conspiracy MUCH better, IMO, and it's beautifully written.

Linaewen · 08-18-2004, 05:51 PM

Okay, I might not bother with buying the Da Vinci code on the weekend like I planned and read it some vague time in the future.... The lack of fact in it will probably annoy me. Thanks guys.

Ta, Rian. BoP- someone better than Darcy?! Is it possible?

***Jonathan*** · 08-18-2004, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by BeardofPants

Man, what do all you people find so great about Da Vinci Code??? *BoP doesn't get it* It's just a piece of fluff...

As I said, I liked the anagrams and codes in it

. I've always been fond of cryptology. I admit the book wasn't half as exciting as the critics had promised... in fact it wasn't exciting at all, but it was an ok book. Lin, read it and don't listen to BoP. Form your own opinion of the book

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Originally Posted by BeardofPants

If you want a decent read, then read anything by Umberto Eco - especially In the Name of the Rose. It does the church conspiracy MUCH better, IMO, and it's beautifully written.

I liked the film a lot, and a couple of days ago my dad told me I should definitely read the book. Might do that once I've finished A Game of Thrones. That is, unless the library or the book shop get a few copies of the first book in the Dune series soon. I just can't seem to get my hands on it, but if I do, In the Name of the Rose will have to wait

BeardofPants · 08-18-2004, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Jonathan

As I said, I liked the anagrams and codes in it

. I've always been fond of cryptology. I admit the book wasn't half as exciting as the critics had promised... in fact it wasn't exciting at all, but it was an ok book.

In that case: read The Code Book; non-fiction, but very interesting with regards to cryptography and such, AND you don't have to read a sub-par "blockbuster"!

The Code Book.

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Originally Posted by Jonathan

I liked the film a lot...

The book is better. (of course

) It has, IMO, some of the most beautiful pieces of modern writing I've ever read. And for language buffs, there's whole chunks of latin to translate.

And that weird gratiutious sex scene that was in the movie? Makes much more sense in the book... and again, beautifully written. Great for history buffs as well. LOTS of history.

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Originally Posted by Jonathan

That is, unless the library or the book shop get a few copies of the first book in the Dune series soon. I just can't seem to get my hands on it, but if I do, In the Name of the Rose will have to wait

Well, it's good to see that you have your priorities straight.

***Jonathan*** · 08-18-2004, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Linaewen

Reading a bit of Jane Austen's Emma now as well as a bit of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

I acquainted myself with that play earlier this year. It is a fun play. I love the line "You have filled my tea with lumps of sugar, and though I asked most distinctly for bread and butter, you have given me cake. I am known for the gentleness of my disposition, and the extraordinary sweetness of my nature, but I warn you, Miss Cardew, you may go too far." I mean, tea with sugar and cake instead of bread? Oh my, the nerve!

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Originally Posted by BeardofPants

In that case: read The Code Book; non-fiction, but very interesting with regards to cryptography and such, AND you don't have to read a sub-par "blockbuster"!

Yay, they have it at the library. Might check it out.
Btw, has anyone read Enigma by Robert Harris? If so, is it worth reading?

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Originally Posted by BeardofPants

And that weird gratiutious sex scene that was in the movie? Makes much more sense in the book...

Why does it have to make sense?

Yep, as soon as I'm done with A Game of Thrones (and possibly its sequels), Dune will be top priority

Code books, Enigmas, Names of Roses, Games of Thrones and a desert planet called Dune... So many books, so little time

Mercutio · 08-18-2004, 10:27 PM

Lieutant Hornblower by C.S. Forester--the movies got me hooked on Horatio! (thanks Val

)

zinnite · 08-18-2004, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by BeardofPants

In that case: read The Code Book; non-fiction, but very interesting with regards to cryptography and such, AND you don't have to read a sub-par "blockbuster"!

Also in that case, try out "Cryptonomicon" by Neal Stephenson. It's huge, but awesome.

***Earniel*** · 08-19-2004, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonathan

Lin, read it and don't listen to BoP.

Watch out mister, that could cost you your pants.

As for endangering my own pair of pants

, I thought the Da Vinci code was an entertaining book, nothing sensational but interesting enough to read. Perhaps better to loan in the library than buy it yourself.

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Originally Posted by Jonathan

So many books, so little time

I second that....

My bedside table is literally creaking under the combined weight of LoTR, Celtic Fairytales by Joseph Jacob and Arthur by Hubert Lamp and Pieter Koster.

Hawklan · 08-19-2004, 05:56 PM

Im feeling a bit highbrow this evening....I am going to read " Edvard Munch " by J.P.Hodin - if its rubbish at least I can look at the pictures !

Mercutio · 08-23-2004, 04:03 PM

Horatio Hornblower and the Atropos (by C.S. Forester), no wait--i'm on ...and the Hotspur right now.

and the Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.

Beren3000 · 08-23-2004, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Mercutio

the Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis.

A great book, that! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

BeardofPants · 08-23-2004, 04:30 PM

A translation of Beowulf.

Beren3000 · 08-27-2004, 11:07 AM

Got started on a book called Castaways of the Flying Duthcman by Brian Jacques; figured I needed some light reading for a while

brownjenkins · 08-27-2004, 11:40 AM

the dune saga continues... just picked up chapterhouse

trolls' bane · 08-27-2004, 06:07 PM

Never could find any dune sequels at any store (yet). I think I did find a book called "Dune for Dummies"

.
EDIT: My bad. It was "Middle-Earth for Dummies"

.

Finrod Felagund · 08-27-2004, 08:13 PM

Just re-read the "Fionavar Tapestry" by Guy Gavriel Kay. I highly reccomend it...

Am now re-reading the Full Shannara series, by Terry Brooks. Also great.

cee2lee2 · 08-27-2004, 08:56 PM

Just finished the Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Still thinking that one over. Really didn't see that ending coming at me.

08-18-2004, 12:48 PM	#1522
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Mm, I might do that when I get a bit further into the book . Lin, give the Da Vinci code a try. It was an ok book imo, and I loved the anagrams and codes and things that the writer had included in it. I talked to a girl today who loved the book and we both tried to convince this Christian guy to read it, just for the fun of it (the writer is pretty mean to the Catholic church ). The guy is pretty biased towards the book after what he had read about it at Christian message boards but he said he'd give it a read. So um, since I talked him into reading it, I think you should read it too. __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

08-18-2004, 05:41 PM	#1524
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	I'm about 50 pages from the end (I'm sick- nothing else to do...) and I'm enjoying it immensely. Sometimes I do want to reach through the page and throttle her with her own vanity 'though.... But I like Mr. Knightly better than Mr. Darcy. Man, what do all you people find so great about Da Vinci Code??? BoP doesn't get it It's just a piece of fluff... If you want a decent read, then read anything by Umberto Eco - especially In the Name of the Rose. It does the church conspiracy MUCH better, IMO, and it's beautifully written. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

08-18-2004, 10:27 PM	#1529
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Lieutant Hornblower by C.S. Forester--the movies got me hooked on Horatio! (thanks Val ) __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

08-19-2004, 05:56 PM	#1532
Hawklan Enting Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: wirral - The Shire of the North Posts: 72	Im feeling a bit highbrow this evening....I am going to read " Edvard Munch " by J.P.Hodin - if its rubbish at least I can look at the pictures ! __________________ . We know where the music's playing, let's go out and feel the night. Because I'm still in love with you, I want to see you dance again, because I'm still in love with you on this harvest moon.Well the sun is surely sinking down But the moon is slowly rising So this old world must still be spinning 'round And I still love you NIL SATIS NISI OPTIMUM

08-23-2004, 04:03 PM	#1533
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Horatio Hornblower and the Atropos (by C.S. Forester), no wait--i'm on ...and the Hotspur right now. and the Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

08-18-2004, 05:51 PM	#1525
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	Okay, I might not bother with buying the Da Vinci code on the weekend like I planned and read it some vague time in the future.... The lack of fact in it will probably annoy me. Thanks guys. Ta, Rian. BoP- someone better than Darcy?! Is it possible?

08-23-2004, 04:30 PM	#1535
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	A translation of Beowulf. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

08-27-2004, 11:07 AM	#1536
Beren3000 Fëanorophobic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Between the pages of a book Posts: 1,417	Got started on a book called Castaways of the Flying Duthcman by Brian Jacques; figured I needed some light reading for a while

08-27-2004, 11:40 AM	#1537
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	the dune saga continues... just picked up chapterhouse __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

08-27-2004, 06:07 PM	#1538
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Never could find any dune sequels at any store (yet). I think I did find a book called "Dune for Dummies" . EDIT: My bad. It was "Middle-Earth for Dummies" . __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

08-27-2004, 08:13 PM	#1539
Finrod Felagund King of Nargothrond Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Canada! eh? Posts: 2,002	Just re-read the "Fionavar Tapestry" by Guy Gavriel Kay. I highly reccomend it... Am now re-reading the Full Shannara series, by Terry Brooks. Also great. __________________ "THE EAGLES ARE COMING, THE EAGLES ARE COMING......AND A MOTH!!!!!"

08-27-2004, 08:56 PM	#1540
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	Just finished the Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Still thinking that one over. Really didn't see that ending coming at me.

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