http://www.amazon.com/Day-Armageddon.../dp/1451628811
pre-order now, brother...thanks for the reminder!
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http://www.amazon.com/Day-Armageddon.../dp/1451628811
pre-order now, brother...thanks for the reminder!
Never heard of it. Good stuff I'm guessing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Solanine
oh wow...really? Go find that shit, sir! J.l. Bourne is to zombiebooks what KC is to audiodramas...Quote:
Originally Posted by scbubba
Wow! With a recommendation like that I better get moving.... Thanks 7odd!Quote:
Originally Posted by 7oddisdead
Since Brandon Sanderson finished the last Wheel of Time book for Robert Jordan, and it will be released in a Month or two I am re-reading the first dozen books.
I am averaging 1 a week and I am halfway through book 4 The Shadow Rising
I just finished reading feedback by Robinson wells. It's the second in the series and is pretty dang good if I do say so myself.
Currently reading game of thrones. Just finished Dance of Dragons book 1 but I realised that I missed A Feast For Crows so I'd better go back.
Thankfully I'm lead to believe they're pretty much concurrent.
Indeed they are mostly concurrent. The later part of DoD converges the storylines in the two books. Probably not too bad to gt those to out of orde though. Love this series and have read through the 5 books a few times now. Will probably start again after the third season of the HBO series airs in the springQuote:
Originally Posted by Solanine
just picked up two new books:
Bioshock: Rapture by john shirley. you know the history of rapture from audio logs found around the under water dystopia of rapture, but shirley puts the past into full focus delivering believable narration and history on characters you know and love/hate like andrew ryan, and properly introducing the members of ryans crew like sullivan and mcdonagh.
Dead Space: Catalyst by B K Evenson. i haven't had the opportunity yet to actually read into this one, but after evensons masterful job building the history of unitology and altman, i can't wait to dig into this new terrifying novel. i have no idea what time period this covers, but since every other piece of dead space media is canon, i would imagine that this one is too.
books based on video games have come a long way from the days of trashy dime novel re-envisioning's to full fledged literature that expands the fiction of the universe. i love the materials i'm seeing emerge from the gameing community, really thrilling, and i can't wait to see more.
I just finished reading The Host and the Matched trilogy. Both were really good. Now I'm going to get Warm Bodies and read it before I see the movie.
Yeah, not to upset.Quote:
Originally Posted by scbubba
I can't really say anything because I can't work out the spoiler tag but the sudden power shift caused by that thing at the end of book three sure is making things interesting.
Also its nice to see some new contenders come out of the wood work.
Most definitely. Martin's ability to unflinchingly kill off a main character in this series is an allure to many (myself included). He really pours fuel to the fire in Book 3 and turns the readers on their heads for a while. Some people get turned off by it but I feel like it keeps me on the edge of my seat while reading it....Quote:
Originally Posted by Solanine
WARNING (KINDA) SPOILER FOR BOOK ONE- Book 4 OF "A song of ice and fire"Quote:
Originally Posted by scbubba
If your still reading and haven't read the first book of "A song of Fire and Ice" I take no responsibility for spoiling your future enjoyment of it.
Its been out almost two decades.
Eddards death kind of threw me in the first book. I didn't realise how much I liked the character until he died.
What saves the books from being annoying is that everything happens for a good reason.
Ned died as part of the character development for Joffrey. Tywin died because he was the glue that kept Tommens backers together.
Without him the other three people claiming a right to the throne have a chance at it.
My question is whether Stannis might actually bend his knee to Deanerys and or Aegon because they have the best claim to the throne.
1913 - a book about, well, 1913, "Summer of the century."
The thing about Stannis bending the knee to a Targaryen is that wanted them dead just as much as his brother Robert did. Stannis makes a lot of noise about the "right of succession", etc but he had no problem throwing it away when it served him better to ignore it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Solanine
All that being said, I stopped being (too) surprised by what Martin does with the characters because, as you said, he is always moving the story forward for good reason with them....
We don't know that unless its revealed in a book I haven't read. I'd really hate to see Stannis and the North go to war with Deanary's/ Aegon etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by scbubba
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Currently I read these books:
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Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle #1) by Neal Stephenson
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Interstellar Travel & Multi-Generational Space Ships by by Yoji Kondo (Editor)
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Stories Volume 1 by Ray Bradbury
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The Complete Robot (Robot #1) by Isaac Asimov
Dracula is in my top 20 books of all time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Osiris
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Really brilliant piece that still holds up today.
Frankenstein, on a related note, is also very good.
I have now started reading "The Dark Tower: Gunslinger".
Very good so far, might even displace "The Stand" as my favourite Steven King book.
I bought the first three books at once so it seems like the series won't last very long :(
Yeah. I've always loved that book. I found a new copy at Chapters yesterday and couldn't resist picking it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Solanine
Has anyone read any of the serialized fiction by David Wright and Sean Platt? My favorite is Yesterday's Gone- its available in 3 seasons now so you don't have to wait for episodes (sound familiar? :) I'm reading Available Darkness now... White Space is also very good. A warning about YG- the first season is amazing but the second starts getting very complicated- on the level of Lost... Then it gets better if you can hang in for season 3,
I just finished the third DJ Molles "Remaining" book- which is pretty darn good Z fiction- what a cliffhanger. Now I'm agonizing over what to read next...
Heard lots of good things about Stephenson but haven't read any of his stuff yet. May need to correct that soon...Quote:
Originally Posted by LiamKerrington
Sounds interesting as I just recently finished The Forever War by Joe Haldeman and Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. Both have this concept of long term/time space travel involved. Both are also excellent books that are great reads no matter how many times you read them.Quote:
Originally Posted by LiamKerrington
Classic.Quote:
Originally Posted by LiamKerrington
Ultra-classic!Quote:
Originally Posted by LiamKerrington
This thread has a ton of good reads, if you're really stuck for something, start from the beginning.Quote:
Originally Posted by RVAUndead
i am currently reading the autobiography of Teddy Roosevelt, for free on the itunes bookstore. Great read really motivates you to do more! One of the manliest dudes ever!
Day by Day Armageddon Series - J L Bourne audiobooks
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I'd have thought the third one would be out by now. Sort of disappointed that I haven't seen it on the shelves.Quote:
Originally Posted by werewolf
try amazonQuote:
Originally Posted by Osiris
Its sold out on amazon UK :(
The Audio version is available at Audible.comQuote:
Originally Posted by Osiris
Yeah, I started listening to it the other day, but it isn't well written, and I've put it down a couple hours in. It's too bad. I had been looking forward to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Witch_Doctor
At the moment have a couple books i'm reading. One is 'Green Girls' by Michael Kimball(actually reading for the second time. Good book) and 'The Stand' by Stephen King. So far i like The Stand pretty good...but there is just something about King's books, that make it hard for me to stay interested. I like most of his stories, i guess just something about his style of writing..
King's style is pretty dry.Quote:
Originally Posted by REZombie
If anyone is interested, I'm putting out the first few chapters of my zombie novel on Fbook. I'm sure there's a better way to get some feedback on it, as in "an actual blog, asshole," but I don't know nor do I care about making up a sweet looking blog when Fbook is there and ready for me to put up my stuff. So, if you want to read the world's newest zombie novel that hopefully doesn't suck dead zombo balls, find me at DrSkitz Tripple B on Fbook and send a friend request. (That's only if you want to put up a comment; if you don't, I bet you can just read whatever the hell you want to without sending a friend request. I care not either way.) I already put an excerpt up there and the first chapter, but it will take a day or two for my graphic design buddy to get me the pic he did for the cover of the novel. Till then, I'm accepting all comers provided you have a pulse. If you do not, A) why are you on Fbook? and B) why aren't you sinking your nasty zombo fangs into some hapless survivor's face somewhere? Seriously, nothing better to do with your time, you undead f***?
The first three chapters are up on the Welcome To The First Day Facebook page. Please read and comment as you see fit. Depending on your reviews, I may use that Fbook page to point out to publishers that they should publish my shit. Also, you don't have to "friend" DrSkitz Tripple B; just go to this link and enjoy. Likes are liked.
http://www.facebook.com/WTTFD
Well, now I'm reading "seven habits of highly effective people" because it was only 99 cents for the kindle. Also reading a bunch of Persian news articles, but that's for class (and why I haven't been on for almost a month now).
Currently I´m not reading that much sinch i´m really into Leviathan Chronicles, but books I have read lately are:
Ender's Game (They are making a movie of it btw with Harrison Ford!!!)
The Twelve (everybody here should read the Passage and this second part)
I have no time to read. I do audio books. I've finished "The Haunted" by Bently Little but before then I listened to "Law and Disorder" by John E. Douglas.
I have been piling through a few books lately. Just the start of this year I finished Assassin's Creed Revelations and Arctic Drift by Clive Cussler, then Assassin's Creed Forsaken this month.
Those who played Assassin's Creed 3, the book would certainly be a good read after you completed the game. Its unlike the previous books which follow of the game story, Forsaken is before AS3. Adding more to the game.
Recently finished Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
And now... I am... reading.... Jurrassic Park by Michael Crichton. :]
Dinosaurs.
Today I found out about one of the classic Post Apocalyptic novels i had not heard from before, Earth Abides. I read some reviews about it until i found this "Stephen King has stated that Earth Abides was an inspiration for his post-apocalyptic novel, The Stand" SHUT UP and take my money!!!! 2 minutes later and I had it ordered! :D
Earth Abides is a 1949 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American writer George R. Stewart. It tells the story of the fall of civilization from deadly disease and its rebirth. Beginning in the United States in the 1940s, it deals with Isherwood "Ish" Williams, Emma, and the community they founded. The survivors live off the remains of the old world, while learning to adapt to the new. Along the way they are forced to make tough decisions and choose what kind of civilization they will rebuild.
And while I was at it, also ordered World War Z... I almost feel ashamed on this forum I haven't read it :P
