What are you currently reading?

[Bogey]

Oh no! I just ordered no.1...I'll have to grab 0 next. See? Mention Busiek and Conan to me and I'm all over it lol. And THANKS!

And if you have a Kindle Ange, be sure to get this beauty of a set:

https://www.amazon.com/Robert-E-Howard-Omnibus-Collected-ebook/dp/B003O86R5M/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1467132625&sr=8-14&keywords=robert+e+howard#nav-subnav

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[AndyD.]

And if you have a Kindle Ange, be sure to get this beauty of a set:

https://www.amazon.com/Robert-E-Howard-Omnibus-Collected-ebook/dp/B003O86R5M/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1467132625&sr=8-14&keywords=robert+e+howard#nav-subnav

Check out the list by clicking the Read More tab.

Oh heck, I'll probably just buy the omnibus in print. I just can't seem to convert to the digital format (hate it). I'm one of those weirdos whom still buy CDs, books, comics, blu-rays....

[Bogey]

Oh heck, I'll probably just buy the omnibus in print. I just can't seem to convert to the digital format (hate it). I'm one of those weirdos whom still buy CDs, books, comics, blu-rays....

I am the same way (in fact, the old paperbacks are my choice), but paper versions of all of Howard's stuff....if you can find it all....would be hundreds of dollars I believe. 

[Ken B]

I am the same way (in fact, the old paperbacks are my choice), but paper versions of all of Howard's stuff....if you can find it all....would be hundreds of dollars I believe.

What I like about the Kindle is font size. big help

Also the previously hard to find books. You would love Aunt Agatha's in Ann Arbor bill. They have a rack of good condition 40s, 50s and 60s Pockets.

[Karl Henning]

At last (because I chanced to learn yesterday that there is now a Kindle edition):

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[AndyD.]

At last (because I chanced to learn yesterday that there is now a Kindle edition):

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Waittaminute...I have (and LOVE) the Schoenberg by Charles Rosen, but haven't even HEARD of this. Okay, this is mandatory for me. Thanks for the head up, Karl.

I am the same way (in fact, the old paperbacks are my choice), but paper versions of all of Howard's stuff....if you can find it all....would be hundreds of dollars I believe.

Hi Bill! I am super lucky in that my old German uncle is an ex-literature professor whose apartment is practically composed of books. He sends me all kinds from Amazon (he's a Prime addict), so when it comes to printed material, I get practically whatever I want (I don't read erotica, so don't even ask...lol!). He'll probably shoot me the whole collection. The only Howard I have (and keep in mind I've had ALL the Conan over the years) currently are his often super creepy short stories.

[Bogey]

Had to abandon the Perry Mason novel.  Got about a third in and could not take anymore of the wooden dialogue.  Still, a very cool cover.  So, moving to this, which seems to be serviceable so far:

[Karl Henning]

Waittaminute...I have (and LOVE) the Schoenberg by Charles Rosen, but haven't even HEARD of this. Okay, this is mandatory for me. Thanks for the head up, Karl.


Hi Bill! I am super lucky in that my old German uncle is an ex-literature professor whose apartment is practically composed of books. He sends me all kinds from Amazon (he's a Prime addict), so when it comes to printed material, I get practically whatever I want (I don't read erotica, so don't even ask...lol!). He'll probably shoot me the whole collection. The only Howard I have (and keep in mind I've had ALL the Conan over the years) currently are his often super creepy short stories.

Lovely discussion of Verklärte Nacht.

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[AndyD.]

I'm just finishing this fantastic arc, one of the best I've read from Marvel; beginning from Avengers Disassembled , moving onto House of M, Messiah Complex and Messiah Wars, and pretty much finishing with X-men: Second Coming. Terrific epic, with characters I grew quite fond of (Cable).

[aligreto]

It has been a while since I have read any Evelyn Waugh....

[kishnevi]

Got this today

[Drasko]

[(poco) Sforzando]

I am just finishing this novel, which purports to be both a mystery story and a history of philosophy. The book was apparently a best-seller in Europe several decades ago (though who knows how many read it through), and the conceit is interesting: Sophie, a Norwegian teenager, is mysteriously contacted by an unknown teacher who introduces her to philosophy, and as the book goes on, we find that Sophie and her teacher are actually characters in a book being written about both of them for another girl (Hilde), and of course all these characters exist only in the book published by Jostein Gaarder. As the book proceeds, we get capsule summaries of many of the great philosophers and other important thinkers including Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Locke, Hume, Berkeley, Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Darwin, Marx, Freud, and Sartre (though some other key figures like Leibniz, Heidegger, and Nietzsche get short shrift). Though the book is valuable for all its intros to the major philosophers, the textbook/history side of things doesn't fit very well with the slim novelistic plot, and none of the characters has much personality.

[Jo498]

Yeah, this was in the early mid/nineties an unexpected success. It is a nice introduction but overall I do not think the fusion with the novel plot works very well. Bishop Berkeley's idealism is supposed to provide the link (but even this was not easy for me to understand when I read it >20 years ago not having been familiar with Berkeley before).

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Not the same edition as in the picture, though.

[AndyD.]

As I get old (ahem, "-er"), I find myself reading more and more for the fun of reading. This was the perfect bit of hilarious super...uh, mercenary joy for the day.

[Ken B]

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[kishnevi]

Ordered more Roman poetry

[Bogey]

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Thoughts so far, Ken?  I appreciate the artwork on the covers to try and put the reader instantly in the era of the story.  Nice to see that this genre is being explored by young authors in mass at this time.  Let me know if you hit any newer authors that are exceptional in your opinion.

[Bogey]

I'm in the gym and waiting for a bench. I knew it would be busy so I brought a book which I'm reading while alternately checking out the women and sneering at the hoi polloi.



You might have seen the film based on the book http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049291/

How's it so far?  I may have to track down a copy.