What are you reading right now?

[derpi]

Hunters and Sandworms of Dune are unholy abominations that rape the legacy of Frank Herbert, and the two twits responsible for these two books need to have their MANOS chopped off so they can never type another garbage "Dune" book ever again.

Good Earth by Pearl S Buck was an awesome, awesome, awesome book. I've also read its two sequels (Sons and a House Divided) but Good Earth remains the best book of the three.

God damn it ;-; b-but aren't they based on the final manuscript? ;-;
CAN I BUY THE MANUSCRIPT?! ;-;

 

[CalmMyTits]

They claim Hunters/Sandworms was based off some notes of Frank's they found, but they directly retcon and contradict stuff that Frank Herbert wrote. Only read Hunters/Sandworms if you want to see Frank's legacy raped up the wazoo by two hacks who only care for profit and not respecting the Golden Path.

 

[JULAY]

Reading The Stand again, a chapter at a time on some Russian Online Book Depository.

 

[derpi]

They claim Hunters/Sandworms was based off some notes of Frank's they found, but they directly retcon and contradict stuff that Frank Herbert wrote. Only read Hunters/Sandworms if you want to see Frank's legacy raped up the wazoo by two hacks who only care for profit and not respecting the Golden Path.

Gah.
Fuck that jazz.
Anyone got any good dystopian novels they can recommend? Or utopian? Anything along the lines of Brave New World/1984 owo
Or more sci-fi in the vein of Dune (by which I mean long drawn out series >.>) ? OwO

 

[The Hunter]

They claim Hunters/Sandworms was based off some notes of Frank's they found, but they directly retcon and contradict stuff that Frank Herbert wrote. Only read Hunters/Sandworms if you want to see Frank's legacy raped up the wazoo by two hacks who only care for profit and not respecting the Golden Path.

Gah.
Fuck that jazz.
Anyone got any good dystopian novels they can recommend? Or utopian? Anything along the lines of Brave New World/1984 owo
Or more sci-fi in the vein of Dune (by which I mean long drawn out series >.>) ? OwO

Not a book, I know, but when I think of utopian/dystopian sci-fi stuff like Nineteen Eighty Four and Brave New World, I think of this movie:

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Not sure if it's the original version or not. I remember seeing it in a lower quality. But yeah, Metropolis is considered a pioneer in the genre of science fiction and is the first full length motion picture in the genre (released in German in 1927). The writer, Thea von Harbou, is known for writing entire novels while working on the movie versions of them to coincide with the film's release. That apparently wasn't the case with Metropolis, though. The script is written like a novel, but was never released as one.

 

[cubesandcubes]

The Color of Magic, Terry Pratchett.

 

[Stratochu]

Richard Dawkins, "The Selfish Gene" first edition

 

[cheersensei]

I'm currently reading Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher. My husband and I listened to the majority of the audiobooks when I first moved out to Washington to be with him, but finally have gotten to reading the actual books.

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

I read several books at a time, which is why I almost never read a full book. I have a Kindle and usually read nonfiction.

Today I read a few chapters in the book "Au Contraire" which is a book about French culture. I read about religion in France (which I thought was too basic) and a bit about the regions (four are profiled: Alsace, the Basque country, Midi-Pyrenees, and Britanny).

This past week I read a bit from "The Penguin History of Latin America," "The Cambridge Companion to Russian Culture" and "Moonwalking with Einstein" which is a book about memory, memory tricks and the annual memory championships held in different places. "Moonwalking" is a pretty good, geeky book.

I'm interested in learning Spanish, French and Russian which is why I'm reading books on the cultures where the languages are spoken.

I need to read more literature but it bores me for whatever reason. I have several classic novels on my Kindle, such as "Anna Karenina" and "Moby Dick" which I may read sometime.

 

[CalmMyTits]

For good sci-fi books I recommend Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov.

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

I read Heinlein's "Starship Troopers" a few years ago (well, all of it but the last chapter). I liked it, but I usually don't like sci-fi books for whatever reason. I never got into the Star Trek and Star Wars books, but I like both franchises.

I read some of Asimov's autobiography and thought he was like Bob, it was an interesting life he had. My dad is an Asimov fan and gave me a book of his short stories a few years ago.

 

[CalmMyTits]

I wasn't ever really able to get into Star Trek or Wars other than casual viewings of the shows or movies.

I saw Starship Troopers as a kid, and was surprised at how different the book was from the movie when I got around to reading it! I've no read much Asimov but what I have read definitely shows me why he is such a big name in science fiction )the Foundation series) For Heinlein I recommend 'The Past Through Tomorrow' as a starter read, and 'A Stranger in a Strange Land' is also a good read though it's not quite for everyone.

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

Cool, I'll look them up. Thanks.

 

[MY 405]

"The Panther" -- Nelson DeMille "Loving Frank" -- Nancy Horan, "Who Was Dracula?" -- Jim Steinmeyer

I read constantly, I can't go to sleep unless I read for a couple hours first. I can't remember how long I've done that.

It is extremely rare that I will read fantasy or sci-fi, and I am a fanboy of the First Order -- I'm a sucker for Bronze Age Marvel and "Hellboy" though.

 

[The Dude]

I listen to audio books while at work. Being a security guard is fucking boring. I just finished all the Jack Ryan books by Tom Clancy and now I'm listening to the Dark Tower books by Stephen King.

 

[shutupman]

I'm reading a book that gives a brief overview of the Middle East, so I can more effectively troll Israel.

 

[BALLZ-BROKEN]

I read The Trends Journal

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[DV 259]

"Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies" by Chris Kluwe (former punter for the Minnesota Vikings)

I'm really liking it - if you read his letter to Emmett C Burns Jr in regards to gay marriage, it's a lot of essays like that, some funny, some insightful.

 

[Bgheff]

Off work for a week. Going to do my yearly reading of the Dark Tower series. Considering how the series ends, re-reads are always interesting.

 

[Da Pickle Monsta]

I need to get back into reading. The last book I read was "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," and that was a couple of months ago. I'm thinking about picking up a Star Trek book I have lying around.