There was a news article recently that said that another book called "The Fire And The Fury" has become a best seller because of people ordering it wrong of Amazon. The other book is about WWII bombing operations.
Which Book Are You Reading Now? Volume XII
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FriendlyFire
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Well either way Perfection got a good book to read.
One is about bombing Nazis, the other is about world war 2 !
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It is actually more about bombing Civilians and burning them in their homes, FriendlyFire.
Just finished Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City, which was more about the city's culture than its physical history. I got a bit of that in In the City of Bikes, though.
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They also bombed the hell out of occupied countries, Killed more then 70,000 French civilians alone in order to defeat the Nazis
But that is what its like in total war, and that is nothing compare with the horrors on the Eastern Front and in China.
His other books are quite excellent reads. I really liked the three volume Otherland series.Tad Williams - The Dragonbone Chair
The name did not sound that intriguing to me, more like generic fantasy.
But I was wrong. To say this, is a pleasure I rarely have, but I believe this to be actually at least fairly good fantasy. Only read about a 1/4 of this (huge!) book so far though. The heroes journey hasn't even yet began (compare that to the Dragonlance Chronicles), which may change things, don't know.
In a lot of ways, it reminds me of A song of ice and fire (which I have not read yet, only saw the show): Magic/Fairy beings being more legend or myth than truth. Focus on personal stories in "realistic" medieval settings. A plot thread which unravels itself slowly and covertly - only an option because characters and setting as such are attention-grasping. In short I think this fantasy novel does some essential things right way too many do not.
Even - and that is literally a first one for me within the fantasy genre, the author's skill of language is pretty good. Not up there. But it is almost reaching, at times.
Just finishing up "Provenance" by Ann Lecke. this is part of her Ancillary Justice universe. Excellent!
Trying Dreamsongs, an anthology of early GRRM stories. I'm somewhat shocked that these stories aren't more well known, seeing the fame he's achieved now. The Monkey Treatment equals any short story Stephen King has written.
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(Among others) I just finished reading Mockingbird by Walter Tevis. Imagine a mash-up of Fahrenheit 451 and Brave New World, plus a small dose of Asimov, but better written than all of them. Would recommend.
Currently also nearly finished reading Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. It's certainly well written, and quite atmospheric and spooky (reviewers have made comparisons to Poe and Lovecraft, but I wouldn't know about that), but still no major narrative developments have occurred thus far. I guess this was a publisher decision to encourage the reader to go and buy the rest of the trilogy, because if they are also as short as this one, all 3 books could easily have been published as a single volume (and still be shorter than a typical Peter F. Hamilton paperbrick).
Currently also nearly finished reading Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer. It's certainly well written, and quite atmospheric and spooky (reviewers have made comparisons to Poe and Lovecraft, but I wouldn't know about that), but still no major narrative developments have occurred thus far. I guess this was a publisher decision to encourage the reader to go and buy the rest of the trilogy, because if they are also as short as this one, all 3 books could easily have been published as a single volume (and still be shorter than a typical Peter F. Hamilton paperbrick).
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The three Annihilation books are a great read and I fully recommend them. If you are looking for narrative developments though you will be sorely disappointing. The series doesn't really go anywhere or resolve anything but the world is so mysterious that you can't put them down.
Hipster alert: I read them when they first came out, years before the movie.
Hipster alert: I read them when they first came out, years before the movie.
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They made a movie?
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I get new books to read much more rarely than I'd like—mainly because in a new-book store (or God help me, on Amazon), I can't trust myself with a credit card, so most of my books are gifts (or bought secondhand). So this one was a Christmas gift, which I started reading without even knowing that there was a movie in the works... (Hah! Beat dat!)Hipster alert: I read them when they first came out, years before the movie.
But I really liked Ex Machina (starring General Hux and Poe Dameron, in a startling role reversal), so the movie may be interesting, provided they don't ruin it with (the now-apparently-obligatory) third-act 'splosions...
According to Wiki, it will be released end of next month, so it must have been in production for a year or two already...
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It is a fantastic read. Not through yet (so haven't yet read Monkey Treatment), but after a weak beginning (which is okay, his very early beginnings after all) some real gems are in there. The second kind of loneliness was really emotional for me. While as I said before I haven't read A Song of Ice and Fire, I am having a considerable hunch that Dreamsongs is actually a better book than any of the ASoIaF novels.
I saw the movie's trailer now. Doesn't really look lovecraftian, tbh. Premise is ok-ish, but the trailer looks mostly like an action film with a thin layer of moralism through in, and an equally thin layer of biology what-if.
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You'd be dead wrong on that. Even Sandkings only barely matches up.
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The three Annihilation books are a great read and I fully recommend them. If you are looking for narrative developments though you will be sorely disappointing. The series doesn't really go anywhere or resolve anything but the world is so mysterious that you can't put them down. Hipster alert: I read them when they first came out, years before the movie.
First book was good read the middle was just too slow and completely skipable it really the weak link in the series, Last book wasnt bad though I was hoping for a more conclusive ending.
Its is not a horror novel of the Lovecraft kind. Its more sci-fi then horror with some personal drama / mystery. It dose borrow some elements from "the Thing" but not heavily. I wouldnt recommend it to a horror fan.
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