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Hey Beehaw, whatcha reading right now?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

The Tao of Pooh.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Killing Comendatore by Murakami. It's late here and I always like reading his stuff at night.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Demons of Good and Evil by Kim Harrison. I've been reading the series since 2004, and I do a little happy dance every time a new book comes out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Tomorrow, the Killing by Daniel Polansky

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have 2 going right now:

  • Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
  • Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Snow Crash is good, but IDK. It just isn't pulling me in the way I expected it to, so it's taking me too long to get through.

Then I have some Jack Reacher novel on my bedside table waiting to be started, and I was just eyeballing a collection of H.P. Lovecraft stories on my shelf.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Snow crash was great back in the days! I recall 14 years old-me being upset at the "wrong acronym* but I remember it as great fun. I was coming from the darker novels and short stories by Gibson and Sterling and the lighter touch by Neal Stephenson (and others, like ... Rudy Rucker if I am not mistaken) felt nice, while at the same time did not drop the expectations on being engaged on the same kind of reflections/analyses on the human nature like the previous cyberpunk novels.

Those were the times! Plus, I was playing a lot of Cyberpunk 2020 (the tabletop rpg)... :-)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Currently reading The Wandering Inn: Volume 7 by Pirateaba.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'm currently re-reading Transgender Warriors by Leslie Feinberg, for Pride Month!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I finally managed to read through Gardens of the Moon recently which I really liked, so now I'm on to Deadhouse Gates.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I’ve always got way too many books going at once. I’m listening to the audiobook of The Overstory by Richard Powers, one of my favorite authors who never disappoints, and, among others, I’m reading The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton—which is entertaining enough so far, but I’m reserving judgment—and Auē by Becky Manawatu, which is so emotionally devastating at times that I have to take it in small doses.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Not a Beehaw member, but still gotta answer it, lol.

Been enjoying post-modernist books right now, and just straight philosophy. It's all so intriguing.

Reading the classic White Noise by Don Delillo, in the middle of Discipline and Punish: The Birth of The Prison by Michel Foucault. Finished Shibumi by Trevanian a month or two ago, one of the most funny and badass reads I've been through. Looking forward to picking up some Byung Chul Han books after reading a PDF of his book The Burnout Society.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I am reading "Maskiner som tenker: Algoritmenes hemmeligheter og veien til kunstig intelligens" (Machines that think: The algorithms' secrets and the way to artificial intelligence) by Inga Strümke. I have learned many new terms, as well as artificial intelligence's history and fundamental concepts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Currently listening to Red Rising by Pierce Brown on Storytel. Only 3h into it yet but enjoying it so far at least :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

do comic books count? i just started reading DCeased. otherwise i've finally cracked open Lolita, it's an interesting but disgusting read.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just started reading Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Before that it was Moby Dick by Herman Melville

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just some light summer reading then?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Haha, yes. My local bookshop had a sale on new prints of classical books. I also picked up a copy Frankenstein that I've read already.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Those are some great books to read over the summer. Moby Dick, Crime and Punishment, and Frankenstein are in my list of favourite books. I'm currently really enjoying a non-fiction book on Frankenstein called "Frankenstein a Cultural History" by Susan Tyler Hitchcock.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just completed The Terror by Dan Simmons and I am currently reading the second book in the Malazan series by Erikson, Deadhouse Gates.

Malazan is amazing.

I found quite difficult to assess the Terror. It was quite a long read for the first 700 pages, then I really enjoyed the last 2 hundreds. But in retrospect I appreciate this slow pace so ... I am not sure about my judgement. In the end I am glad to have read it. I also learned a lot about people and cultures of the Artic circle.

After the Malazan novel I will probably follow upon the third one, but I could also switch back to (re) reading Iain M. Banks or reading Peake's Ghormenghast for the first time.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I am 3/4 with the books you mentioned so you appear to be a kindred spirit. Haven’t read Iain M Banks.

I’ll be interested to hear what you think on how Deadhouse Gates comes together. Have fun!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Hi! Nice to hear that :-) Malazan is capturing me so much that I am worried of rushing it! I deliberately take the time to enjoy it at as many levels as I am capable of (e.g. writing style, choice of words etc).

For Iain M. Banks, you can't go wrong. Use of weapons is an incredible book, but maybe I would think it's better to start from Consider Phlebas. UoW punches... And punches hard.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Neuromancer. It's okay so far.

I just finished Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle. I LOVED it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

This in on my TBR list. I had mixed feelings when I heard about it, but it gets great reviews. Glad to hear you enjoyed it.

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