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Post by Profoundemonium on Feb 1, 2017 1:02:55 GMT -5
Some great stuff in this thread, I wish I had more time to dedicate solely to reading. I'm a big fan of Striborg so I had to grab the book, it gives a detailed insight into the recording of each album along with personal reflections and tons of unpublished lyrics. The other two are on my "to read" list, as well as finishing off the trilogy of canonical Alien books that were released a few years back.
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Post by faeryring on Feb 5, 2017 6:03:11 GMT -5
Kaptain, how did you get on with kingkiller in the end? I thoroughly enjoyed the first book but found it started to lose its charm (and its excellent pacing) by the second book. Would be interested to talk it through.
After a recent dive through a lot of Forgotten Realms books (sometimes I just have that craving for trashy fantasy!) I'm now having a look at Andrzej Sapkowski'a Witcher books. Very good, so far, full of old polish folk tales and lush descriptions of landscapes. The guy doing the audiobook is brilliant at voicing the characters.
The most dungeon synth book I've read however, and easily one of my favourites of all time, is The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson. Anyone else read that? Would love to discuss
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Post by thekeeper on Feb 9, 2017 17:45:05 GMT -5
Have recently been reworking through Shakespeare classics. R&J really screwed up the definition of tragedy in the classical Aristotlean sense; better if you read it before Midsummer. Does anyone have a favorite Shakespeare play? I'm pretty fond of Macbeth. I see it as an Elizabethan example of psychological horror, though still a tragedy (no in the romantic definition, I'd argue). I've been meaning to read (or see, I suppose) The Winter's Tale for a while, but onto King Lear next. I have a dateless I edition I bought at Piccadilly Circus years ago for €7. It's quite old, I would assume 19th century. I can post pictures if anyone is interested.
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Post by dungeonsnake on Feb 22, 2017 9:47:12 GMT -5
My favorite Shakespeare play is Hamlet, followed by probably Caesar. Kudos to you for reworking your way through those, Shakespeare was one of my main areas of study in college but I have rarely touched anything besides the Sonnets since.
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Post by garvalf on May 2, 2017 15:32:02 GMT -5
King of Elfland's Daughter is one of my favorite novels of all time Yeah, I've read this one 20 years ago and I'm reading it again right now (in translation). This book impressed me very much, especially the narration which is truely delivering something out of this world. I'll have a look at "The Gods of Pegana" as well. A bit similar in its narration, an other very evocative book is Night's Master (1978) by Tanith Lee, it's presented like some short folktales from another world, with a poetic point of view:
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Post by ranseur on May 2, 2017 23:22:36 GMT -5
Some great stuff in this thread, I wish I had more time to dedicate solely to reading. I'm a big fan of Striborg so I had to grab the book, it gives a detailed insight into the recording of each album along with personal reflections and tons of unpublished lyrics. The other two are on my "to read" list, as well as finishing off the trilogy of canonical Alien books that were released a few years back. Sweet to see black heart metal monster, I'm good friends with michael faun. Check out his book drugula if you like doom metal. Striborg book looks cool too.
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Post by Hyper Shaman on May 10, 2017 9:49:10 GMT -5
Lately I've been reading the Witcher saga because I'm a filthy secondary and got interested due to the games.
As for other fantasy I've read lately, a few months back I read the two released books for the Stormlight Archive. I know Sanderson gets a lot of flak for being a bit too YA at times and having very videogamey magic systems but I really did enjoy what I read. Looking forward to the next book.
Started Malazan Book of The Fallen a while back but never finished the series. I think I was halfway through the second book and got caught up in some other book. which is why I try to only read one book at a time.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2017 14:27:16 GMT -5
I'm currently reading « The House of Leaves ». I won't be able to describe it in English, so, forgive me for copypasting the wikipedia page : House of Leaves is the debut novel by American author Mark Z. Danielewski, published in March 2000 by Pantheon Books. A bestseller, it has been translated into a number of languages, and is followed by a companion piece, The Whalestoe Letters.
The format and structure of House of Leaves is unconventional, with unusual page layout and style, making it a prime example of ergodic literature. It contains copious footnotes, many of which contain footnotes themselves, including references to fictional books, films or articles. Some pages contain only a few words or lines of text, arranged in strange ways to mirror the events in the story, often creating both an agoraphobic and a claustrophobic effect. The novel is also distinctive for its multiple narrators, who interact with each other in elaborate and disorienting ways.
TLDR : weird shit
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Post by crystallogic13 on Sept 28, 2017 2:46:13 GMT -5
Thanx for the heads up stephanef, didn't know about this book and it looks VERY interesting and unique. Actually, just reading reviews about it in goodreads blown my mind, must be quite an experience to say the least. The Blair Witch Project was brought up a lot in the comments/reviews and that's not a bad at all thing too..
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Post by thekeeper on Nov 3, 2017 14:22:07 GMT -5
Finished this recently. Divided into three volumes, the first of which was kind of drudging and stereotypically Victorian, but the 2nd and 3rd volumes redeemed it. Widely disregarded Shelley novel. Great work of a really dark view on romanticism, politics, and even some existential ideas in how different characters accept or cope with their imminent death. Don't read Shelley's bio first if you have trouble separating a work from an author's life. The writing process and history illuminates a lot of how some things work within, though I think a lot of people get caught up in that and it keeps some from grasping some of the macro-concepts at work. Doesn't exactly help that at times it almost reads as the narrator breaking character to practically be Shelley herself speaking during the heady parts. Good overall. Probably wouldn't read it again, but glad to have read it.
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Post by zerointerno on Nov 5, 2017 4:29:40 GMT -5
The two outline tracks of my "All The Kingdoms" album refer to "Key to the Kingdom" trilogy by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko. It's a kind of fairy tale in a fashion of Narnia books, but with a more modern vibe, for both good and bad. It tells a story of a modern Earth girl performing her duties in a magic world. Despite being an obvious kids' reading I'd recommend this as a qualitative one. Aside of being an amusing magical adventure story it features a handful of messages I deemed helpful. I think I could be a better person would I have those books when I was a kid.
Not sure if they are available in any language aside from russian and ukrainian tho.
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Post by thekeeper on Nov 10, 2017 10:36:49 GMT -5
The two outline tracks of my "All The Kingdoms" album refer to "Key to the Kingdom" trilogy by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko. It's a kind of fairy tale in a fashion of Narnia books, but with a more modern vibe, for both good and bad. It tells a story of a modern Earth girl performing her duties in a magic world. Despite being an obvious kids' reading I'd recommend this as a qualitative one. Aside of being an amusing magical adventure story it features a handful of messages I deemed helpful. I think I could be a better person would I have those books when I was a kid. Not sure if they are available in any language aside from russian and ukrainian tho. Seems the only English ones are The Scar and The Burned Tower. Surprised more haven't been translated.
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Post by thekeeper on Nov 12, 2017 22:54:12 GMT -5
Completely steeped in Blake lately. Have been doing an analytical research project on Milton which is going to culminate into a larger thing about Blake as a dialectical messiah, or something..
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Post by zerointerno on Nov 14, 2017 7:06:47 GMT -5
The two outline tracks of my "All The Kingdoms" album refer to "Key to the Kingdom" trilogy by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko. It's a kind of fairy tale in a fashion of Narnia books, but with a more modern vibe, for both good and bad. It tells a story of a modern Earth girl performing her duties in a magic world. Despite being an obvious kids' reading I'd recommend this as a qualitative one. Aside of being an amusing magical adventure story it features a handful of messages I deemed helpful. I think I could be a better person would I have those books when I was a kid. Not sure if they are available in any language aside from russian and ukrainian tho. Seems the only English ones are The Scar and The Burned Tower. Surprised more haven't been translated. Btw "The Scar" is a good one too. Kinda grim psychological fantasy book. It is a second part of "The Keepers" tetralogy, nevertheless it goes as a self-sufficient story. Highly recommended too!
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Post by crushingteeth on Jan 13, 2018 16:49:51 GMT -5
Re-reading Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Anyone else enjoy this piece of fantasy? I find it to be pretty unconventional in many ways as to not be cheesy.
Also been working on Ken Follett Pillar of the Earth. It's amazing!
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