What book(s) are you currently reading?

[Lagduf]

Went to the used book store today and picked up the 2nd and 3rd books in Burroughs’ Barsoom series in a nice double volume with some really cool cover art by Frank Frazetta.

Also picked up some Lord Dunsanay and some HP Lovecraft short story collection.

 

[Taiso]

That's some damn fine readin'.

 

[2Heed]

Starting Great Expectations. Love books that provide insight into a far less technologically advanced past, as there's a part early on where Pip doesn't want to risk striking a flint at night out of fear of waking up his family (as this is set before matches were a thing).

 

[Tarma]

The Cannon Film Guide Volume 2: 1985 - 1987

 

[Lagduf]

Finally finished Stormbringer.

What an ending. Poor Elric.

You guys like any other books about the Eternal Champion? I know STK posted about one that seemed interested (19th century German guy.)

Or what other books by Moorcock do you recommend?

 

[Takumaji]

I'm reading Emilia Galotti by Lessing (Reclam, study edition), love the stilted German 18th century revoluzzer style a lot, dances & prances around but can also cut like a sword, wham bam.

Should really go and watch the play again some day but me so lazeeh.

 

[Average Joe]

I finished The Daughters' War last night, which is the prequel to Blacktongue Thief and those two are easily my favorite new reads in years.

Daughters' War is far more dark, gritty, and depressing at times, but perhaps even more smartly-written and still has brief moments of levity sprinkled in.

 

[Taiso]

'duf::

Give the Corum books a try. There is some interesting stuff in there.

 

[ggallegos1]

Finished the star wars episode 1 novelization, thoroughly enjoyed it

 

[HornheaDD]

I think I probably mentioned it in this thread but I finished Worm by John C McCrae last night. Another name for the book is evidently "Parahumans - 1"

1.7 million words in that thing. He published it online as a web serial but in the postface (is that a word?) the author mentions that the entirety of the book could be classified as 22 "standard books." Im not sure what standard he's talking about, 192 pages, 350 pages, etc. No idea. But it was quite the undertaking and it held my interest for the majority of the read. Bogs down a bit in the last 5th of the book (remember its huge so like prob 5 books worth lol) and the ending isn't exactly expected, but then sorta is, if that makes any sense.

Im a pretty slow book reader, probably one or two chapters of a book per night. I started Worm probably 3 years ago, but only got about 15% of the way through and moved on because of stuff like Three Body Problem, Dune, etc. Then about a year ago I picked back up on it, but decided to just start from the beginning again.

Its a pretty great story with a different take on the usage of super powers, heroes, villains and the world around them. Ive read reviews that said the reader finished it in a week, but I dont know how that could go down unless they were speed reading. Its quite seriously a huge book. AND he wrote a sequel called Ward.

I don't have the gumption to jump into the sequel right now because I want something "lighter." Im thinking about starting the Silo series, my brother in law said it was pretty great.

 

[prof]

The Cannon Film Guide Volume 2: 1985 - 1987

I recently found out about this documentary. Haven't watched it yet though....

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Tarma]

I recently found out about this documentary. Haven't watched it yet though....

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I watched it on YT a few months back, it's not bad, but nothing really revelatory is said, and they don't interview Chuck Norris or anyone like that, although I can't remember whether Michael Dudikoff features or not, and obviously Charles Bronson passed away some considerable time before this doc was made.

On a lot of the Cannon blu ray releases there are longer interviews with those involved, and the footage is from Electric Boogaloo - tbh, they're a more interesting watch.

 

[Average Joe]

 

[HellioN]

About ½ through "Stranger in a Strange Land".
I reckon thanks to Duff for reminding me about this one.

 

[Average Joe]

Sutter Cane’s In the Mouth of Madness Set for Release This Halloween

Echo On Publications, a horror imprint of Arcane Publishing, proudly announces the release of Sutter Cane’s long-awaited horror novel, In the Mouth of Madness. The book will be available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook on Halloween 2025. This long-lost novel is Cane’s most anticipated work...

echohorror.com

Do you read Sutter Cane?

 

[Taiso]

Currently reading and loving this. It's a story about a group of con men called the 'Gentlemen Bastards' (the name of the series, in fact) with some truly great writing, excellent dialogue and a fun sense of wicked justice against the bourgeois class in a city I can best describe as a fantasy version of Venice. There's even an entire system of commerce built on the very waterways that connect and bisect this urban sprawl.

The writing is dark but also quite a bit of fun, firmly esconced in the realm of black comedy. There's one part during this city wide party called 'the Revel' (think of it as a kind of 'bread and circuses' festival for the masses) where a bunch of convicted are put on a bunch of floating platforms in a water arena with a kind of killer sharktopus and the crowd watches to see what happens. All of this while Locke, under a disguise, is negotiating to con a young wealthy nobleman out of his fortunes. The way the chapter goes back and forth between the negotiations and the spectacle is both charming and ilustrative of exactly what is happening. The feeding frenzy isn't the only sport taking place.

The book is, so far, great fun. It is violent but it's also a tragicomic theater of the absurd.

 

[herb]

Started "Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy today.

 

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Currently reading and loving this. It's a story about a group of con men called the 'Gentlemen Bastards' (the name of the series, in fact) with some truly great writing, excellent dialogue and a fun sense of wicked justice against the bourgeois class in a city I can best describe as a fantasy version of Venice. There's even an entire system of commerce built on the very waterways that connect and bisect this urban sprawl.

The writing is dark but also quite a bit of fun, firmly esconced in the realm of black comedy. There's one part during this city wide party called 'the Revel' (think of it as a kind of 'bread and circuses' festival for the masses) where a bunch of convicted are put on a bunch of floating platforms in a water arena with a kind of killer sharktopus and the crowd watches to see what happens. All of this while Locke, under a disguise, is negotiating to con a young wealthy nobleman out of his fortunes. The way the chapter goes back and forth between the negotiations and the spectacle is both charming and ilustrative of exactly what is happening. The feeding frenzy isn't the only sport taking place.

The book is, so far, great fun. It is violent but it's also a tragicomic theater of the absurd.

This looks good. Adding it to my list

 

[Lagduf]

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I just got that exact edition of The Colour of Magic in the mail last week. I haven’t read any Pratchett and figured it was time.

 

[Average Joe]

I just got that exact edition of The Colour of Magic in the mail last week. I haven’t read any Pratchett and figured it was time.

I've read all of Rincewind and Death novels before, but these were each $2.50 so I had to snag them.

I'm a big fan of Pratchett and Discworld especially; he's still probably the best example of combining legitmately excellent Fantasy worlds with comedic elements.

Discworld and Dresden Files are the two series I want to actually own, so I figured it was a good time to start.

 

[Lagduf]

I am eagerly awaiting the next Dresden book also lol. So apparently when I lived in Missouri I was only like 30 min from the town Jim Butcher lives in. Small world.

Started "Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy today.

Weird timing, my friend told me I should read that just two days ago.

 

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I just got that exact edition of The Colour of Magic in the mail last week. I haven’t read any Pratchett and figured it was time.

By far the best pratchett in my opinion are all of nightwatch stories and the ones featuring Death. They’re all absolutely hilarious.

 

[Lagduf]

What the hell. Scrolling through Amazon prime video and I see there is a 4 part series from 2018 of The City and the City.

I’m scared to watch.

 

[Taiso]

That ho Jennifer Salke was canned by Amazon and that was well earned.

The woman that wouldn't greenlight a Conan series because of 'ToXiC mAsCuLiNiTy' and who pulled off the hat trick with shit adaptations of Wheel of Time and Tolkien.

These crazy feminist bitches gotta go if this is all they're capable of. They ain't sendin' their best.

 

[NeoSneth]

That ho Jennifer Salke was canned by Amazon and that was well earned.

The woman that wouldn't greenlight a Conan series because of 'ToXiC mAsCuLiNiTy' and who pulled off the hat trick with shit adaptations of Wheel of Time and Tolkien.

These crazy feminist bitches gotta go if this is all they're capable of. They ain't sendin' their best.

She also got told to fuck off by the Broccoli family, but eventually money talks.
The problem is it's going to take years to come back from this if it can at all. Another adaptation of WoT wont happen in our lifetimes. That's for sure.