What Book Are You Reading? Issue.8

[Civfan333]

the compound by S.A. Bodeen.......just when it got interesting the author killed it by making into a cliche book

 

[Ansar]

How to Ace Calculus - The Streetwise Guide

 

[Erik Mesoy]

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Both the book and the protagonist are made of win and awesome.

 

[Civfan333]

eragon......... how the hell could the author not get sued? I mean, let's think.....Dragon riders? (dragonriders of pern) one boy, plus an old man he meets to take down the evil empire? (star wars) wth? but I guess the book's pretty good once you get past that I guess it's ok

 

[Elrohir]

eragon......... how the hell could the author not get sued? I mean, let's think.....Dragon riders? (dragonriders of pern) one boy, plus an old man he meets to take down the evil empire? (star wars) wth? but I guess the book's pretty good once you get past that I guess it's ok

Yeah, it's basically as if he decided to set Star Wars in Middle Earth - only, with a really heavy dose of suckitude to go along with it.

And I hate to tell you this, but the second book is just as bad, and just as cliche. (SPOILER - Eragon seeks refuge in the forest, and is trained by a wise old dragon rider who was unable to defeat Galbawhatever. Hmm....why am I suddenly have images of a small green Jedi) And yes, I read both - I think my mom bought them for me for Christmas or something, and I'd have felt way too bad not reading a gift.

 

[berkut]

Aztec Autumn by Gary Jennings
Physics volume 4 by David Halliday
Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Geiste der Musik by Friedrich Nietzsche

 

[Thorvald of Lym]

eragon......... how the hell could the author not get sued? I mean, let's think.....Dragon riders? (dragonriders of pern) one boy, plus an old man he meets to take down the evil empire? (star wars) wth? but I guess the book's pretty good once you get past that I guess it's ok

That's what you get when your parents work in publishing.

 

[Yui108]

The Last Day of a Condemned Man, By Victor Hugo

 

[Azale]

Rogue Regime: Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea, Jasper Becker

For the second time through. Pretty good.

 

[Mr. Keith]

Recently read:

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy and
Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz

Just started Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg.

The author will apparently argue that fascist governments are products of the left rather than the right, and that there has been a "secret history" of fascism in the USA.

 

[JtheJackal]

I'm finishing the Y: The Last Man series by Brian K. Vaughan.

 

[Ansar]

The Politics of War by Walter Karp

 

[Mowque]

Mila 18 by Leon Uris

 

[Globex]

I just finished reading Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya.
I'm currently reading The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil

 

[Red Door]

The Aeneid - Virgil

 

[Dachs]

Currently reading Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium. Pretty good for an economic history.

 

[MagisterCultuum]

The Aeneid - Virgil

I enjoyed reading that in (AP) Latin, but I doubt that it would be very good if you're reading a translation. Virgil is usually considered to be more a master of rhythm and alliteration than storytelling. I doubt that the translation would preserve these very well (although my personal translation actually increased the amount of alliteration in many places).

 

[JollyRoger]

The Jungle - Upton Sinclair
Germinal - Emile Zola

 

[Red Door]

I enjoyed reading that in (AP) Latin, but I doubt that it would be very good if you're reading a translation. Virgil is usually considered to be more a master of rhythm and alliteration than storytelling. I doubt that the translation would preserve these very well (although my personal translation actually increased the amount of alliteration in many places).

I can only assume the same, it's a Robert Fagles translation. I'm not reading it for pleasure, it's for Classic Literature. Since I can't compare between Latin and the translation, it will be interesting to see how it turns out.

 

[I'm Cleo!]

The Genius: How Bill Walsh Reinvented Football and Created an NFL Dynasty, by David Harris. I eat up good football books -- e.g., The Blind Side, When Pride Still Mattered -- and this one's pretty good. It's a biography where even if you know what's going to happen, you still want to read about it.

I'm also reading Skinny Legs and All, by Tom Robbins, but I've been reading it for a while, between other books in my spare time.

I'm going to the library tomorrow to see if I can place a hold on Finding the Winning Edge, the opus in which Walsh described his life's work.

I've been kind of obsessed with football lately.

Cleo