[Keeker]

Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees.

Adult fairytale/fantasy written in 1926. The language is very much 'of its time,' very flowery in places, but if you can get into the swing of that it is a truly haunting little story. I actually enjoyed her elaborate, warm descriptions of little scenes, places and emotions very much, although sometimes she seemed to put them in the wrong place or at the wrong time.

However, I can see why this book has become an underground classic amongst modern fantasy writers because, despite its flaws, it lingers in the mind in a vaguely unsettling way long after you've finished reading.

Ernest Hemingway - "For Whom the Bell Tolls"

Great book, my first Hemingway. He has an unadorned, effortless style which is very vivid.

I just finished Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, just to see what people mean when they say "Kafkaesque". What a horrible tale. Poor, poor Gregor. :C

Now I'm on to Small Gods by Terry Pratchett. I'm onto page 30-something and it's great so far. The guy always handles time travel well and already has made some funny observations on religion and humans in general (and tortoises and eagles).

I have some pretty high standards, so basically my readings deal with the 40K universe (yeah, warhammer)

Right now I'm finishing "Space Wolf", but even for non-40K fan, I'd suggest the serie revolving around the character "Commisar Cain", by Sandy Mitchell ("For the Emperor" being the first of the serie).
Those are his memories (memoir ? whatever), so the writing style is interesteing, with lots of character play and confrontation, whether when he feels confident or on the other hand when he knows someone else reads in hs mind as in a book.

So it's basically character play with action, humour (way more than the average quantity of humour in the 40K universe...), and the SF of the 40K universe as a nice bonus, nice reading.

(well in fact I never liked reading (I preferred drawing or LEGO ^_^) and "For the Emperor" is to books what Mr Townsend is to music, kind of my "first love" in those 2 domains :p At first I bought that book just to read in the plane...)

Still, reading takes an awful lot of time me think, and I CAN'T read with music, or any other artificial noise

warhammer, SF of the 40K universe... im definitely lost.

I just finished Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, just to see what people mean when they say "Kafkaesque". What a horrible tale. Poor, poor Gregor. :C

Now I'm on to Small Gods by Terry Pratchett. I'm onto page 30-something and it's great so far. The guy always handles time travel well and already has made some funny observations on religion and humans in general (and tortoises and eagles).

Terry Pratchet writes some funny shit. I like his use of language and satire.

The Running Man by Richard Bachman AKA Stephen King

The book is so much better than the movie. I can't see why they changed the movie so much from the book. The book would be an excellent movie as-is. Even with Arnie still in the lead.

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, do not waaaaant.

warhammer, SF of the 40K universe... im definitely lost.

I'm not sure I get it, you don't know what I'm talking about or you don't like it ?

Eitherway, Warhammer is that table top game from the UK where you have to buy lot of (expensive) minies and spend (lot of) time painting them if you want your army to look good.
Warhammer is fantasy (so quite heavily inspired by Tolkien, so think "Lord of the Rings" on steroids), and warhammer 40K is the futuristic version.
While it takes some ideas around too (a bit of Alien for instance), the background of 40K is more interesting IMO, as it's a sort of transposition of the fanaticism of church in the middle-age, where god is replaced by the god-Emperor, and where chaos tries to corrupt everything, as well as some various alien races joining the mess.
Some prominent "features" are the powerful and fanatic inquisition, and the Space Marines, some genetically enhanced warrior-priest totally devoted to the Emperor.
The game's motto sums it up well, "in the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war".

When I said "I have high standars", it was irony^^ Well I really liked that book I'm talking about, and read the 5 in the serie, but there's probably some more philosophical books around

im reading a best of from Robert E. Howard, i was thinking it would be all barbarians and such, but its actually more fleshed out than that
a definite change from most of my fantasy reading

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im reading a best of from Robert E. Howard, i was thinking it would be all barbarians and such, but its actually more fleshed out than that
a definite change from most of my fantasy reading

I read a lot of his books when I was a kid and found them pretty entertaining.

guess im catching up then!

führer by allan prior

700 or so pages

it'd better be good

I just finished Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, just to see what people mean when they say "Kafkaesque". What a horrible tale. Poor, poor Gregor. :C

Now I'm on to Small Gods by Terry Pratchett. I'm onto page 30-something and it's great so far. The guy always handles time travel well and already has made some funny observations on religion and humans in general (and tortoises and eagles).

Terry Pratchet writes some funny shit. I like his use of language and satire.

Yeah, he has some good metaphors, but they're not so overdone (unless on purpose), so the book is easy to read. With him it's like you're actually seeing the story take place rather than reading it.
And I finished Small Gods last week. It had such a beautiful ending, like all his books.

Now I have to read Huckleberry Finn for english and then Anil's Ghost for extension english. >:C *mumblegrumble*

just finished douglas adams' "dirk gently's holistic detective agency" for the third time. it's the only book i read this often and i can recommend it to anyone who wants to send their mind on a journey

next week, i'm finally getting the last (fourth) part of "otherland". i'm looking forward to it. the first three books were quite lengthy here and there, but also contained some marvelous ideas and created a large and believable world with very vivid and original characters. works for anyone who likes long sci-fi-tales.