Another Book Thread

[dxmnkd316]

Books read so far this leave:

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
The Martian
Fight Club

On deck: Darkly Dreaming Dexter

 

[dxmnkd316]

Books read so far this leave:

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
The Martian
Fight Club

On deck: Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Completed (1,989 pages)
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
The Martian
Fight Club
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
A Game of Thrones

In Progress:
A Clash of Kings

I thought Dexter the series was significantly better than the book, especially how they played the whole Biney/Dexter/Deb storylines. Still enjoyed the book.

A Game of Thrones was fantastic. That first season really lived up to how good the first book was. Some interesting editorial choices in the series.

I know a criticism is that he’s long-winded. Which, fair. But I also appreciated the depth of detail. It really allows you to paint your own mental images of the characters and scenery. You can almost taste and smell the locations. Reminds me a bit of Stieg Larsson’s detailed imagery.

Anyways, I wasn’t planning on starting book two right away but after I how I liked the first I don’t think I had a choice.

 

[burd]

Just finished “A Fever in the Heartland” by Timothy Egan. It’s about the explosive resurgence of the KKK in the Midwest in the early to mid 20s. A timely read.

 

[Kepler]

Holy shit. TIL Rudy Rucker is the great-great-great-grandson of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel!

 

[Kepler]

Great Pynchon quote:

The object of life is to make sure you die a weird death. To make sure that, however it finds you, it finds you under very weird circumstances.