What are you reading right now?

A honest opinion from my Lecturer speaking on T.S Eliot about The Waste Land:

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I see the new Humble Book Bundle has "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman in the pay what you want tier. I read it a few years ago and it is brilliant.

Shadow, a convict released early from prison learns that his wife and best friend have died in a car accident. With nothing left in the world he takes a job from "Mr. Wednesday", a con artist who knows more than what he lets on. The more time Shadow spends with Mr. Wednesday, the more unusual things begin to happen. His wife mysteriously comes back from the dead, he meets leprechauns, mystics, and eventually, gods. Shadow finds himself in the middle of an epic battle between the old gods and the new, the aftermath of which could devastate the balance of the world forever.
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If you haven't read it yet, getit now!
 
Nothing right now. Waiting until things are more chilled, then I'll hit my Speed and Sound which I bought about 2 or so weeks back.
 
I wonder which is bigger. My reading backlog or my gaming backlog...

I need to get back to the former. I've been neglecting it for about a year now.
 
Mister 44 said:
I see the new Humble Book Bundle has "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman in the pay what you want tier. I read it a few years ago and it is brilliant.



If you haven't read it yet, getit now!
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All I've read of Neil Gaiman is Good Omens (with Terry Prachett). That was an awesome book though. I should try more of his books
 
matt said:
All I've read of Neil Gaiman is Good Omens (with Terry Prachett). That was an awesome book though. I should try more of his books
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Can confirm American Gods is definately a good read.

Currently reading IT (if you need the name of author should you really be in this thread...?) for like the 3rd time :D
1k pages of pure bliss
 
Pooky said:
The Catcher in the Rye
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Naughty, naughty.
Just for interest sake, have you ever tried anything by James Joyce? Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake for example?

matt said:
All I've read of Neil Gaiman is Good Omens (with Terry Prachett). That was an awesome book though. I should try more of his books
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It's worth it. Not as humorous as Pratchett but very good. Apart from American Gods I can recommend Neverwhere which is about a whole fantasy world that exists in the tunnels underneath London. A number of his books have also been given the movie treatment like Stardust and Coraline but I think Gaiman is probably best known for the Sandman graphic novels.
 
Mister 44 said:
Naughty, naughty.
Just for interest sake, have you ever tried anything by James Joyce? Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake for example?
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I assume I'll find out why you said naughty naughty :p

Haven't tried James Joyce. Our lecturer introduced us to stream of consciousness type writing with Virginia Woolfe's To The Lighthouse, which kinda put me off for a while.
 
Pooky said:
I assume I'll find out why you said naughty naughty :p

Haven't tried James Joyce. Our lecturer introduced us to stream of consciousness type writing with Virginia Woolfe's To The Lighthouse, which kinda put me off for a while.
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Hehehe. I have to admit that I have never been able to complete Catcher but not because I found it bad or boring, just circumstances not permitting. By modern standards, it isn't that rough a book but the controversy raged in the 60s to 80s mostly about "vulgar language" and "tradition family values being undermined". The problem, according to censors, was that the book was being taught in school to teenagers.
This quote from wikipedia sums it up quite nicely: "In 1981, it was both the most censored book and the second most taught book in public schools in the United States".

If you don't like stream of consciousness writing, you are best advised to stay away from James Joyce. Personally I don't like that form of writing at all. The only reason I asked was that I have never been able to track down somebody who have actually read and enjoyed his work. I recall reading somewhere that a respected literary critic once said he suspects Finnegan's Wake to be one of the biggest literary pranks ever pulled by a writer on a readership that really should now better.
 
Finally got my hands on a copy of I have no mouth and I must scream by Harlan Ellison. I don't really know how to describe the titular short story other than I thought it was brilliant. This is my first time reading Ellison and I can already see I am going to be a fan of his work. Can't wait to read the other stories in the collection and then most likely reread everything again.

I've also been reading a lot of Marvel graphic novels (the ones you get every fortnight at CNA) lately. Recently finished Secret Wars and currently busy with Secret Invasion.
 
Wlad said:
Finally got my hands on a copy of I have no mouth and I must scream by Harlan Ellison. I don't really know how to describe the titular short story other than I thought it was brilliant. This is my first time reading Ellison and I can already see I am going to be a fan of his work. Can't wait to read the other stories in the collection and then most likely reread everything again.
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There is an excellent adventure game based on the short story available on GOG and Steam.
 
Mister 44 said:
There is an excellent adventure game based on the short story available on GOG and Steam.
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Yeah, I'll definitely get the game at some point. I've kinda lost interest in adventure games overall, but for this I will make an exception since the story was so good.
 
Rereading The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. Finished the last (14th book) a while back, and realised I can't really remember all the details through the series. So I am going to read it all again, currently about halfway through book 1.

Recently finished the 5th Game of Thrones book, as well as the Maze Runner trilogy of books.
 
Blazzok said:
Rereading The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. Finished the last (14th book) a while back, and realised I can't really remember all the details through the series. So I am going to read it all again, currently about halfway through book 1.

Recently finished the 5th Game of Thrones book, as well as the Maze Runner trilogy of books.
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I've never been driven to reread a book. Once is more than enough for me. There's enough interesting literature out there to keep me busy for multiple lifetimes.
 
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