Bespin 8,480 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Oh thanks @Richard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,504 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Je vous en prie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Impressionnant, très impressionnant... Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,504 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Vous trouverez que je suis plein de surprises Bespin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Je te paie pour l'amour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,504 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 You couldn't afford me, darling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Quelle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 The Book of Lost Tales I This had the potential to be an uninteresting slog of an info dump, or an overly childlike telling. Well it isn't. It actually gives life and character to the period that's portrayed a bit too distant, foggy and compressed for my taste in the Silmarillion, and that I always wanted to know more about. Loved it all the way through! The one bit I'm not yet totally sold on is the framing device called Eriol. I'll be interested to find out how his story ends, and whether it had any real point to it other than him being the first Man in England that at this point was still 1:1 Tol Eressëa. Also looking forward to that weird Cat-Sauron thing I heard about in Pt.II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,340 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 IIRC the Eriol was never really finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 I think for Alex it was Cosmo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 34 minutes ago, Fal said: IIRC the Eriol was never really finished Thanks for the spoiler for 100 year old writings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 I read A Night to Remember. It was nice to read it because of its status among Titanic books and its importance in the history of the whole thing but there are better books available these days. I have The Night Lives on on the go at the moment among a couple of other books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Christ: A Tale of the Hur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,504 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I watched GREAT EXPEC- no, too early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 It wasn't what you thought it would be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,504 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Nah. It gave me the pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,986 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 About to start reading this. It's supposed to be a more honest account. We'll see... Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,504 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 He could of combed his hair, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,689 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 2 hours ago, crocodile said: About to start reading this. It's supposed to be a more honest account. We'll see... Karol Funny, I just cracked this open last night (well, as much as you can crack a Kindle open). Let's have a book club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,340 Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 The Han Solo Trilogy - A.C. Crispin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Just finished this. Very enjoyable and informative! Also read this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,031 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 On 5/14/2018 at 10:01 PM, Richard said: He could of combed his hair, at least. And trimmed his beard. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I've been slowly making my way through this book from my local library as I continue my deep dive into the works and writings of Copland He's really a wonderful writer, Copland. Very conversational and easygoing in his style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,031 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I love that book, @Disco Stu. It manages the rare feat of being insightful without being a demanding read. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Trio from Patrick Rothfuss: The Name of the Wind The Wise Man's Fear The Slow Regard of Silent Things, a novella A great new find for me. Rothfuss writes fantasy with great lyricism and his love of language and words really shines through. His descriptions of music and music making are some of the most fascinating I have ever read. The Wise Man's Fear, the second part of The Kingkiller Chronicle trilogy, does have a bit meandering quality to it, which I hope isn't an indication Game of Thrones styled world building wanderings that do not advance the plot. Looking forward to the volume three The Doors of Stone which has been in the making for nearly 7 years now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Stephen King's The Outsider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Incanus said: Trio from Patrick Rothfuss: The Name of the Wind The Wise Man's Fear The Slow Regard of Silent Things, a novella A great new find for me. Rothfuss writes fantasy with great lyricism and his love of language and words really shines through. His descriptions of music and music making are some of the most fascinating I have ever read. The Wise Man's Fear, the second part of The Kingkiller Chronicle trilogy, does have a bit meandering quality to it, which I hope isn't an indication Game of Thrones styled world building wanderings that do not advance the plot. Looking forward to the volume three The Doors of Stone which has been in the making for nearly 7 years now. I read The Name of the Wind years ago and I really liked it. I know I started The Wise Man's Fear but I don't think I finished it and for the life of me I can't remember why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,031 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 On 4/3/2018 at 12:56 PM, Margo Channing said: Christ: A Tale of the Hur Any good? I've only seen the movie, but that takes almost as long as reading the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 7 hours ago, Bilbo said: Just finished this. Very enjoyable and informative! Also read this: Its all wrong. He wasn't dead he was undead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Just got the Hobbit Facsimile First Edition, will start after I finish Book of Lost Tales II. Figured it'd be the perfect place to (finally) start reading Tolkien in the original English. Looking forward to Gollum giving up his Precious out of the goodness of his heart because rules are rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,504 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 On 23/05/2018 at 9:23 PM, JoeinAR said: Its all wrong. He wasn't dead he was undead! Joein, do you really want to read a book that's been recommended by Jeremy Vine?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 22 hours ago, Richard said: Joein, do you really want to read a book that's been recommended by Jeremy Vine?! You don't know do you. I am really Jeremy Vine. Between Stefan, Lee, and Wojo we comprise 64% of the active posters on this forum using rotating IP addresses to harbour our multiple accounts. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Fucking hell, imagine how much time Steef spends on here if he posts as other people too! The man is a machine! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, Bilbo said: Fucking hell, imagine how much time Steef spends on here if he posts as other people too! The man is a machine! Stefan, you crack me up. Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Naïve Old Fart 9,504 Posted June 14, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 14, 2018 Steef's more machine, now, than man, twisted, and evil. Bilbo, Nick1Ø66 and Jurassic Shark 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 3 hours ago, JoeinAR said: Stefan, you crack me up. Not me, you idiot! Him! Naïve Old Fart and JoeinAR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,504 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Since you're all going to die,anyway, why not tell you? Stefan is really... Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 I am Steef or rather Steef as he should have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Book of Lost Tales II Definitely prefer the first one, but this still had a lot of interesting things to offer - the early Beren and Lúthien and of course a much more detailed and complete Fall of Gondolin are the most noteworthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 With me not quite haing figured my work routine and day layout yet, progress with the English first edition of The Hobbit is slower than I would like, but I'm already enjoying it much more than I ever did the second Hungarian translation. The style is so entertainingly English, I guess it'd be very hard to get across. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,689 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 On 6/14/2018 at 9:56 PM, Richard said: Since you're all going to die,anyway, why not tell you? Stefan is really... Stefan is really.... ....aaarrrrggh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 29 minutes ago, Nick1066 said: Stefan is really.... ....aaarrrrggh. Oh god, now with the ugly Nick decoy gone, they'll look for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Prussian Blue, Philip Kerrthe penultimate Bernie Gunther. There's one more, Beware of Greeks, typical Bernie though by now I was marvelling at Kerr's ability by now to fit Gunther into the fabric of the Third Reich (such is the length of the series and how much was established in the first trio of books). I then google and to my surprise, great surprise, see that Philip Kerr died in March of this year. Great shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I recently read The Master of Doom, which is about the creators of the hit video game "Doom". I generally don't give a shit about video games/video game culture but this was a really enjoyable read for the "building a business from the ground up" aspect. Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 The Outsider. Disturbing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,504 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Do you mean, by Camus? Its good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 No i do not mean by Camus. Im talking about King, who incidentally is a superior writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 I read George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones during my vacation. It was quite good. I got a box set with all five books, so I'm curious to see how the books differ from the TV show as I move into the next books. The first season is actually pretty faithful. Since getting back though, I've been reading J.W. Rinzler's The Making of Star Wars, which I got for my birthday. It's a fantastic book, even if it's a little dry sometimes. I've already ordered the Making of books for ESB and RotJ and look forward to working my way through those as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 I finished listening to Ian Kershaw’s Hitler last night. Amazing book. It was about 46 hours long or something crazy like that but a fascinating insight into one of the most evil men in history. It’s almost a study in how a modern sophisticated society can be sucked into damnation by one man. It’d make you worried about Trump if he wasn’t a total fucking idiot. Damian Lynch was the narrator and he was excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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