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sadock
What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jan 09, 2009 @ 10:47PM 1267 replies
I've seen threads about what we listen to and what movies we watch, but as intelligent of an audience as we have here, I'm guessing the vast majority of us read treeware books too. So how about it? What have you read dozens of times? Why? What was horrid and you threw across the room in disgust? What are you reading now? Besides Contagious. That's a DUH.

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toxic
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: May 21, 2012 @ 12:49PM
There is a (semi-new-the audio version came out 2012) ZOMBIE series by MARK TUFO called ZOMBIE FALLOUT....very well written-fantastic characters,,,This guy is is Independent (for now) and you can find him on itunes...Highly recommended
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steffiebaby140
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: May 22, 2012 @ 8:09PM
I just finished Immortal City by Scott Speer.  Save yourself and DO NOT READ THIS BOOK!  I wanted to give myself a lobotomy by the end to save myself from the pain. 
Do not mess with the affairs of monsters, for you are tasty and good with ketchup.
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LadyBane
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: May 31, 2012 @ 9:21PM
Just finished Dead Things by Matt Darst. It was entertaining, maybe a bit rushed at the end, but a fun way to pass some free time.

People are biomass, too.
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Granby
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: May 31, 2012 @ 10:02PM

Snakes in Suits by Paul Babiak and Robert Hare; it's all about psychopaths in the business world. It's a pretty interesting book and I'm really enjoying it; though it does feel a little bit like school work in places since a few of my classes covered it this year.  

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Gmork
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 01, 2012 @ 4:51PM
I've been getting into John Scalzi's short stories and while I haven't read the one Scott recommended (Agent to the Stars), I did read The God Engines. It was a really short but fantastic read. Inventive and challenging in it's concepts.

So excited to read his newest novel Redshirts, too.
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exotiKali
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 03, 2012 @ 11:10AM
Yay! EARTHCORE ordered! The FDØ tweeted about Amazon having paperbacks starting at $33.
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Gmork
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 04, 2012 @ 12:14PM
In reply to: exotiKali
Yay! EARTHCORE ordered! The FDØ tweeted about Amazon having paperbacks starting at $33.
Awesome! That's a steal!
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Gmork
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 04, 2012 @ 12:25PM

Ok fellow junkies - how would you all feel about doing a book club re-reading on one of the FDO's books? Maybe start with Ancestor or Infected and go through specific chapters and talk about them?

TOR.com does this with different books and I thought it would be interesting for us to share our perspectives on the FDO's works - what you liked, what you didn't like, what made you squirm, the connection to other works in the Siglerverse...etc.

Thoughts?

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Belladonna420
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 04, 2012 @ 3:01PM
In reply to: Gmork

Ok fellow junkies - how would you all feel about doing a book club re-reading on one of the FDO's books? Maybe start with Ancestor or Infected and go through specific chapters and talk about them?

TOR.com does this with different books and I thought it would be interesting for us to share our perspectives on the FDO's works - what you liked, what you didn't like, what made you squirm, the connection to other works in the Siglerverse...etc.

Thoughts?

I would be game for doing something like this.  Maybe we could even set up weekly or bi-weekly G+ Hangout discussions.  :)

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Granby
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 04, 2012 @ 5:04PM
Like that idea. I'm up for it
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Gmork
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 04, 2012 @ 6:26PM
In reply to: Belladonna420
I would be game for doing something like this.  Maybe we could even set up weekly or bi-weekly G+ Hangout discussions.  :)
I like the idea of a hangout too! Maybe as an additional bit since not everyone would be able to attend (timezones and all)
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Belladonna420
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 05, 2012 @ 7:50AM
In reply to: Gmork
I like the idea of a hangout too! Maybe as an additional bit since not everyone would be able to attend (timezones and all)
Stoopid timezones! :(

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Shadygirl
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 05, 2012 @ 3:47PM
In reply to: Gmork

Ok fellow junkies - how would you all feel about doing a book club re-reading on one of the FDO's books? Maybe start with Ancestor or Infected and go through specific chapters and talk about them?

TOR.com does this with different books and I thought it would be interesting for us to share our perspectives on the FDO's works - what you liked, what you didn't like, what made you squirm, the connection to other works in the Siglerverse...etc.

Thoughts?

Sounds very cool to me. I would be interested.

*Proud member of GirlCo and The Gutter Sisteren. The CBBC Crack Mamma*

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Shadygirl
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 05, 2012 @ 3:47PM
In reply to: Gmork

Ok fellow junkies - how would you all feel about doing a book club re-reading on one of the FDO's books? Maybe start with Ancestor or Infected and go through specific chapters and talk about them?

TOR.com does this with different books and I thought it would be interesting for us to share our perspectives on the FDO's works - what you liked, what you didn't like, what made you squirm, the connection to other works in the Siglerverse...etc.

Thoughts?

I like the G+ idea too. Time zones to make it tough but I'm sure several of us would work it out.

*Proud member of GirlCo and The Gutter Sisteren. The CBBC Crack Mamma*

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Gmork
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 05, 2012 @ 6:12PM
Ok since there seems to be a fair amount of interest, which book should we start with?

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Shadygirl
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 05, 2012 @ 6:30PM
In reply to: Gmork
Ok since there seems to be a fair amount of interest, which book should we start with?

I would vote for Ancestor (I'm a little partial to that one) but I would be happy with any of them.

*Proud member of GirlCo and The Gutter Sisteren. The CBBC Crack Mamma*

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Belladonna420
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 05, 2012 @ 7:37PM
In reply to: Gmork
Ok since there seems to be a fair amount of interest, which book should we start with?

HA! This is a loaded question! ;-)

Actually, I wish we could read Earthcore (I'll tell you why in a sec), but that would require everyone to have a written copy of it and I'm not sure that everyone does.

The reason I'd like to read it is because, contrary to popular opinion, it's my least favorite Sigler story and I thought that if I re-read & discussed it with a bunch of Junkies that loved it, maybe I'd appreciate it more.

But since Earthcore is a long shot, my 2nd choice would be to re-read the book that made me a Junkie in the first place - Infected. :)

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Shadygirl
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 @ 9:27AM
In reply to: Belladonna420
HA! This is a loaded question! ;-)

Actually, I wish we could read Earthcore (I'll tell you why in a sec), but that would require everyone to have a written copy of it and I'm not sure that everyone does.

The reason I'd like to read it is because, contrary to popular opinion, it's my least favorite Sigler story and I thought that if I re-read & discussed it with a bunch of Junkies that loved it, maybe I'd appreciate it more.

But since Earthcore is a long shot, my 2nd choice would be to re-read the book that made me a Junkie in the first place - Infected. :)
It could be fun to do Infected and then Contagious with Pandemic coming out.

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toxic
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 @ 9:56AM
PLEASE DONT THINK I AM TRYING TO ACT LIKE A DICK....I am not acting...
but.....
Can we start another thread about the FDO bookclub ?
I subscribe to this thread to find new authors that Junkies are into...my inbox has become a LETS START A CLUB !! discussion....
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dozier1375
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 @ 7:00PM
In reply to: Shadygirl
It could be fun to do Infected and then Contagious with Pandemic coming out.
That's not a bad idea. Isn't infected the 1st book in the modern time line?

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dozier1375
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 @ 7:07PM
In reply to: toxic
PLEASE DONT THINK I AM TRYING TO ACT LIKE A DICK....I am not acting...
but.....
Can we start another thread about the FDO bookclub ?
I subscribe to this thread to find new authors that Junkies are into...my inbox has become a LETS START A CLUB !! discussion....
Fish-Slap004

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Carnie
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 @ 7:08PM
Currently reading all of the works from H.P. Lovecraft while waiting on Scott to get more stuff out there. Its really good stuff and from my understanding you can get all of his works for less then 5 bucks on iBooks and I'm sure there are other places you can get them as well. Recently finished "Call of Cthulhu" and it was pretty good!

 

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Gmork
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 @ 7:19PM
Ok, to toxic's point, we shouldn't get off topic here ('cause that never happens...lolololol) so I've created a book reading thread at this forum link. Those interested in a weekly reading can follow the discussion there.

And back on topic... Carnie - I am so excited to get more H.P. Lovecraft readings in.  I bought a hardbound version of his collected works while perusing book in B&N and I am so excited to learn more about Cthulhu!!
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Shadygirl
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 @ 7:20PM
In reply to: toxic
PLEASE DONT THINK I AM TRYING TO ACT LIKE A DICK....I am not acting...
but.....
Can we start another thread about the FDO bookclub ?
I subscribe to this thread to find new authors that Junkies are into...my inbox has become a LETS START A CLUB !! discussion....
We have done that, but you should know, junkies are not known for staying strictly on topic. Expect other discussions to break out sometimes and if there is enough interest then a thread might get started for that discussion.

*Proud member of GirlCo and The Gutter Sisteren. The CBBC Crack Mamma*

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Gmork
Re: What are you reading now, or what do you recommend?
Posted: Jun 13, 2012 @ 5:24AM

Finished Sagan's Diary by John Scalzi.  I realized only after I was halfway through the book that it's a follow up to another book (damn it!), but even so it was an awesome short story. As a stand alone, it really has me intrigued to read the original story it's based on. While it's science fiction, the prose is almost poetry. I read it on my Kindle and I probably highlighted 75% of the book for later reading. Really enjoying Scalzi's work.

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