| I read a whole lot of Youjo Senki light novel and the Konosuba light novel |
| The Locked House of Pythagoras The Executive Who Lost His Mind ( Hakkyō-suru Jūyaku) Hollywood Certificate Inubo Satomi no Bouken And for Christmas - The Locked Room of Torii:The Only Santa Claus in the World |
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| Down the Shore by Stan Parish. I was pretty into it at first, but I kept waiting for the plot...and it never came. So I was disappointed by the time I realized there would be nothing else happening in the book. My initial reaction was "What was the point of this book? Nothing happened". But a week after I finished it, the book came to mind, and I found myself experiencing delayed appreciation for it. Sure it didn't live up to my expectations, but perhaps I came in at it with the wrong expectations. I originally was going to give it 2/5 stars, but now I would give it 3/5 stars but with an appreciative hum and nod toward it. But if I think about it too deeply, I may become angry at remembering the entire novel was just the main character going to parties. Like, literally. That is the entire book. Lmao. I think I liked this book though. But if I were taking a shot for every party the main character attended, I would surely be dead. It was at least 20. |
| "Neuromancer" by William Gibson and "Beyond Good and Evil" by Friedrich Nietzsche.The second I have to complete it yet. It's very difficult book though. Next book I have planned is "The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche" by Carl Jung, or any other book from him. I'm also interested in the books "The Relations Between the Ego and the Unconscious" and "Modern Man In Search of a Soul" by Carl jung. Something for 2023.. |
Toonen1988Dec 30, 2022 6:06 PM
| "Most people talk about killing time while time is killing them. You can outrun everything but you'll never outrun the hands of time. Use it wisely before you expire". - Toonen1988 "Cyberpunk show us the dark side, reveiling the dangerous side effects of the drug of futurism." - Indigo Gaming |
Deserada said: Nearly finished with the Penguin collection of "Hiero the Tyrant and Other Treatises" by Xenophon. I have a soft spot for memoirs and Xenophon led an interesting life; leaving Athens after the death of Socrates and defecting to Sparta. Even his description of what would otherwise seem dry like calvary tactics, logistics, and training of horses is palatable and interesting. Toonen1988 said: Neuromancer is the foremost work of cyberpunk literature. Gibson's other work is good too, but nothing else quite compares. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did."Neuromancer" by William Gibson and "Beyond Good and Evil" by Friedrich Nietzsche.The second I have to complete it yet. It's very difficult book though. Next book I have planned is "The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche" by Carl Jung, or any other book from him. I'm also interested in the books "The Relations Between the Ego and the Unconscious" and "Modern Man In Search of a Soul" by Carl jung. Something for 2023.. Oh yes, I enjoy it much. I even believe that it is a masterpiece. Books like "Do androids dream of electric sheep" and "Neuromancer" are the grandfather of contemporary sci-fi. It's crazy how detailed and far of it's time those book are. If you understand truly the meaning of the books. |
| "Most people talk about killing time while time is killing them. You can outrun everything but you'll never outrun the hands of time. Use it wisely before you expire". - Toonen1988 "Cyberpunk show us the dark side, reveiling the dangerous side effects of the drug of futurism." - Indigo Gaming |
rian9999 said: I know month old- but try something by Wilfred Burchett. He traveled with the Viet Minh + interviewed Ho Chi Minh, and was from the perspective of being pro-Vietnamese.finished? The Road to Dien Bien Phu: A History of the First War for Vietnam by Christopher Groscha. i think anyways. it was alright. not many good sources on vietnam war available in audiobook. at least ones that focus more on vietnam than america in vietnam. I am reading: Decent Interval, which looks like a huge Clancy novel but is a memoir & historical account of last 3 years of the Vietnam War by Frank Snepp. I have always wanted to read it from seeing him in my documentaries. I lucked out and found a hard cover version which is an original 1978 printing with his picture on the back, but sadly unsigned. Before that the last book I finished was Cambodia 1975-1978 by Jackson, which is probably the 10th book I finished on the subject. The photographs were horrifying. |
| 'Catching Fire' from the Hunger Games Trilogy. I need to read Mockingjay but I've been procrastinating. |
| Specter of the Past, the first book in Star Wars: The Hand of Thrawn Duology |
| "I can fix her". Patron Saint of Lost Causes. Psych Ward-maxxing. without love it cannot be seen |
| I'm pretty lazy with books. It's been many years since I read one. |
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| Otaku: Japan's Database Animals by Hiroki Azuma. At first glance it doesn't look like it, but I must say this book is written from a very nationalist perspective in general. I admit that it has its logical conections and conclusions but I hate the author from the bottom of my heart like the way he hates anything about otaku subculture. Even though most of his detection and claims target "male" otaku, instead of remarking it at the beginning, he states it at the end of the book among the side notes. When a manga has adaptations of anime, TV drama, game, figure etc. we accept it something very normal, and this in an informative book in terms of learning how the industry reached this level all along and how much damage it has done to Japanese culture. |
| Star Wars: Shadow of the Empire. Was not expecting a weird reptilian trying to seduce princess Leia with his reptile pheromones but that happened. Also Luke holding an entire building hostage with a bomb like a proper terrorist, based. It wasn't great but I had fun. |
  ♡ Harder Daddy ♡ |
| The life of Saint Sava by Nikolaj Velimirović A great book that's not too long and tells the story of Saint Sava in a great way |
| The true story of The Three Little pigs. Wait a sec, don't we already have a thread like this in one of the other forums? 🤔 |
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| Knockin’ on Locked Door Japanese mystery novel series by Yugo Aosaki. It’s a collection of short detective stories of two eccentric poor detectives one solves the howdunit and whodunit of impossible crimes, the other cracks the whydunit behind incomprehensible motives |
| the cruel prince by holly black.... |
 baby, you're the devil i know better than the devil i don't maybe i could stop, but i won't 'cause, baby, you're the devil i know |
| Latest read: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Latest finished if both comics and manga count: Berserk vol. 25 by Kentarou Miura Latest finished if comics count but manga don't: Daredevil: Born Again by Frank Miller Latest finished if neither comics nor manga count: To Infinity and Beyond by Neil deGrasse Tyson |
Some of you never watched Bakugan Battle Brawlers on TeleToon in 2008 and it shows. |
| Huckleberry Finn, and La Horde du Contrevent (Damasio) Currently rereading a non sci-fi PKD |
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Huckleberry Finn, and La Horde du Contrevent (Damasio)
Currently rereading a non sci-fi PKD
Currently rereading a non sci-fi PKD
| @Deathko Dick? A non sci-fi by Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick? |
"Have we not eaten while another starved? Will you punish us for that? Will you reward us for the virtue of starving while others ate? No man earns punishment, no man earns reward. Free your mind of the idea of deserving, the idea of earning, and you will begin to be able to think.” |
| Treasure island (word count here dhiodhsuodbuo) |
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| The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria (volume 2). I quite enjoyed it. It was a bit more psychological than I expected, but the writing style was fun. I deduced a bit of the plot early, so I wasn't as surprised to learn the truth. Now I am onto volume 3, and feeling excited to see what's to come! |
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@Deathko Dick? A non sci-fi by Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Philip K. Dick?
| @PeripheralVision Yes. I think I've read three of his... ten? non sci-fi novels. Highly recommend (not for the style of course, that's not why people read PKD) |
Prophetess of the Golden Era |
| Huh is this the usual book thread I post in? ...well it's bookmarked so whatevs. Bangkok Days - Lawrence Osborne. It's a travelogue of sorts. It's just a book documenting vices, more the vices of the author's associates rather than his own though. I just hate books like this, wasn't what I thought it would be, terrible. |
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| "draconian ritual book" by asenath mason |
| Death in the Arctic by Tom Hindle A locked-room mystery aboard an airship over the Arctic. Think it's very Agatha Christie like. |
| ・Yukito Ayatsuji, “The Murder at the Dark Mansion” (from the “Yakata” series, also adapted into an anime) ・Uesamari, “The Gourd” |
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Killer Flies by Mark Kendall Mediocre shit, even by the standards of the 70s-80s horror genre. |
"Have we not eaten while another starved? Will you punish us for that? Will you reward us for the virtue of starving while others ate? No man earns punishment, no man earns reward. Free your mind of the idea of deserving, the idea of earning, and you will begin to be able to think.” |
| Last one I finished all the way was A Discourse by Three Drunkards On Government about a month ago. It's a relatively short Meiji era political work, pretty interesting Not finished yet, but I just read a bit more of Account Rendered by Melita Maschmann earlier. That one's a Nazi memoir, also pretty interesting |
Baskarite said: I'd probably kill myself if fucking kyun kyun came on over the speaker while I was trying to fight. |
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