What Books Are We Reading?

[MrBump]

Just picked up "Iron Man" - Tony Iommis autobiography.

Haven't started it yet - will read it on the train next week.  Awesome picture of an SG on the back cover - would put Rory Gallaghers to shame...

[shobet]

Got this through the post yesterday and if you like things Fender shaped it's a must buy! It's not quite as detailed as the Tom Wheeler books, but it's very tasty none the less.

Fender: The Golden Age . A quick looksy inside for those of you who like this kind of thing. http://www.octopusbooks.co.uk/virtualBook/42-fender-us/

Here's an interesting blog about the book - http://fender.typepad.com/

It's also got a picture of a Jazzmaster in there that I want really badly! Surfburst, oooh I like thee a lot.



Hmm a Strat in that colour...

[Philly Q]

Hmm a Strat in that colour...

Dunno, I think it probably suits the Jazzmaster better.  :?

[MrBump]

Halfway through American Gods by Neil Gaiman.  It's really good, haven't read any fiction for some time, it's nice to get in to reading proper stories.

[Sifu Ben]

Songs The Dead Men Sing - George R. R. Martin

I really enjoyed some of George R. R. Martin's early books back in the '80s, but I forgot all about him until I found out he's written a whole series of books they've turned into a TV show (Game of Thrones).  So now I'm reading the old stuff again.

Are the early ones like GoT? Because I really didn't like GoT.

[Philly Q]

I don't know for sure, because I haven't read (or watched) GoT, but I think they're pretty different.

Dying of the Light is science fiction, Fevre Dream is an (excellent) vampire novel, The Armageddon Rag is about strange events which occur when a famous rock band reforms, and the short stories are a mix of science fiction, fantasy and horror.

They were all stand-alone works, so I was quite surprised to see he'd started writing multi-volume epic fantasy

[38thBeatle]

I have just finished "From the City, From the Plough" by Alexander Baron. Sometimes I feel that I almost have to apologise for reading a novel about WW2. This one I make no apology for. Brilliant characterisation. Not jingoistic and reflective of what it must have been like to live through. Set in the lead up to D Day and beyond, I was absorbed by the richness of the prose. A short book and I finished it in about 4 days-mainly because I didn't want to put it down. Far more interesting than the text books I have to absorb for my professional qualifications and far more memorable!

[Modular1]

I don't know for sure, because I haven't read (or watched) GoT, but I think they're pretty different.

Dying of the Light is science fiction, Fevre Dream is an (excellent) vampire novel, The Armageddon Rag is about strange events which occur when a famous rock band reforms, and the short stories are a mix of science fiction, fantasy and horror.

They were all stand-alone works, so I was quite surprised to see he'd started writing multi-volume epic fantasy

the first 3 books in the game of thrones (a song of ice and fire, is the series title) are some of the best books I've ever read. I loved them. The 4th and 5th books were a proper let down though. especially the latest one.

[Philly Q]

Good to see this thread back.  :)

Since this year, as has been much publicised, is the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens' birth, I'm trying to read all the Dickens I haven't read previously.  At the moment it's Barnaby Rudge.

[Sifu Ben]

They were all stand-alone works, so I was quite surprised to see he'd started writing multi-volume epic fantasy

Might explain why he made such a dogs dinner of the writing process for it then ;)

[Sifu Ben]

I just started reading Dracula (after seeing that thing about Twilight fans giving it dumb reviews), really pleasantly surprised by it.

[MDV]

Twilight fans gave Dracula bad reviews? Isnt that a bit like Attack Attack fans slagging off Sabbath?

Anywho, havent read anything of note in ages. Feel quite ignorant. I dip in and out of various reference material when the need arises, but I think the last book I read just to read was Iain M. Banks, the algebraist. Rather enjoyed it, but that was easy a year ago :(

No, wait, it was R.Scott Bakker, The White Luck Warrior. That was $%&#ing awesome, but one has to read the 4 preceding books too.

[MrBump]

I just started reading Dracula (after seeing that thing about Twilight fans giving it dumb reviews), really pleasantly surprised by it.

I love it, conjures an amazing amount of atmosphere!

[Attica!]

I read Motley Crue's Autobiography a few years back and I'm really interested in reading Ozzy's. Anybody read either of them?

[Philly Q]

I just started reading Dracula (after seeing that thing about Twilight fans giving it dumb reviews), really pleasantly surprised by it.

I love it, conjures an amazing amount of atmosphere!

It's a great book.  :D 

And something I found very interesting when I read it - to us it's an old-fashioned gothic novel, but when Stoker wrote it, it was very modern - he refers to all sorts of then cutting-edge inventions like the phonograph, telegrams, typewriters and blood transfusions.  All of which contrast with the ancient supernatural threat of the Count himself.