What book are you reading at the moment ?

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OrbitalDawn said:
The Last Days of New Paris is brilliant.

Guilty pleasure time. :eek:

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The cover looks epic!
 
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Gave up on Sirens of Titan. Just wasn't in the mood for the writing. Will pick up Fahrenheit 451 at some point, thanks for the recommendation. Busy with another Ursula Le Guin novel now:

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She writes some amazing sentences that bring the feels even if you read just that sentence on it's own without any context.
 
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I struggle to read books these days. What I do instead I listen to audio books via youtube. I learn a whole lot of material and information from youtube. I have about 5 or 6 hardcopy books that I haven't read.
 
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So while looking for my next new read or listen I decided to fill the time with A short history of nearly everything narrated by William Roberts.

A smile come to mine face everytime I remember his saying this line among the other funnies:
"Any message we receive from them is likely to begin "Dear Sire," and congratulate us on the handsomness of our horses and our mastery of whale oil."
 
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Damn, but this Night's Dawn series is one long ass trilogy... I'm about 48% in... that's about 2800pages according to the kindle
 
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R13... said:
So while looking for my next new read or listen I decided to fill the time with A short history of nearly everything narrated by William Roberts.

A smile come to mine face everytime I remember his saying this line among the other funnies:
"Any message we receive from them is likely to begin "Dear Sire," and congratulate us on the handsomness of our horses and our mastery of whale oil."
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What a great book/listen this is. I've listened to it over the years maybe 3 or 4 times. Also 'At Home' and 'One Summer in America 1927' both read by Bill Bryson himself are in a similar style and incredibly entertaining.
 
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As a huge post-apoc fan, I started with Wool by Hugh Howey as a filler between books 1 and 2 of the First Law trilogy.

The first story was okayish, but reading the reviews, it would seem people love these books. Anyone read them? Is it worth sticking with or back to Abercrombie and start The Blade Itself?
 
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Spizz said:
As a huge post-apoc fan, I started with Wool by Hugh Howey as a filler between books 1 and 2 of the First Law trilogy.

The first story was okayish, but reading the reviews, it would seem people love these books. Anyone read them? Is it worth sticking with or back to Abercrombie and start The Blade Itself?
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Can't comment on those but for post apoc I'd recommend The postman, Lucifer's Hammer, the road, footfall.o ne second after and many more
 
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BrightBlue said:
The cover looks epic!
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Solarion said:
Agreed. My curiosity is piqued big time!
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Heh, it was good, but won't have much weight if you're unfamiliar with the preceding series. All the (important) characters have come a long way.

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As you can see, this one is pretty far down the list. Fun journey reading through it all though. :)

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As far as their cover art goes, I've always had a thing for Raymond Swanland's work:

http://www.raymondswanland.com/

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etc. :)
 
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Spizz said:
As a huge post-apoc fan, I started with Wool by Hugh Howey as a filler between books 1 and 2 of the First Law trilogy.

The first story was okayish, but reading the reviews, it would seem people love these books. Anyone read them? Is it worth sticking with or back to Abercrombie and start The Blade Itself?
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I enjoyed the Wool trilogy. Read it a while back, so memory a bit vague, but I think worthwhile sticking with it.
 
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