What are you currently reading?

[AndyD.]

I read this over and over, probably my favorite fiction writer.

[Jaakko Keskinen]

[Drasko]

A terrific run, one of the best for this title.

Superhero comics are not really my cup of tea, but Kurt Busiek had also a phenomenal run on Dark Horse's Conan, with equally superb artist Cary Nord. Unfortunately none of the subsequent writers (or artists) was anywhere near in quality, brief return of legend that is Roy Thomas was saddled with some truly awful art. But those first five trade paperbacks by Busiek/Nord (mostly) are definitely worth reading.

[Karl Henning]

I read this over and over, probably my favorite fiction writer.

I need to revisit Братья Карамазовы.  I have (not that I could have read it when I was a schoolboy) a sort of schoolboyish fondness for Crime & Punishment.  But the two books I should have to clutch to my breast as I drift toward that proverbial desert island are The Possessed (monumental downer of a catastrophe though it is) and The Idiot.

[AndyD.]

Superhero comics are not really my cup of tea, but Kurt Busiek had also a phenomenal run on Dark Horse's Conan, with equally superb artist Cary Nord. Unfortunately none of the subsequent writers (or artists) was anywhere near in quality, brief return of legend that is Roy Thomas was saddled with some truly awful art. But those first five trade paperbacks by Busiek/Nord (mostly) are definitely worth reading.

Hi Draško, great to hear from you! Busiek and Nord did CONAN?  I love Conan! I have to pick those books up. I so loved the Roy Thomas years, John Buscema was a great artist for the character imo. That was my favorite for Conan comics, by far.

I need to revisit Братья Карамазовы.  I have (not that I could have read it when I was a schoolboy) a sort of schoolboyish fondness for Crime & Punishment.  But the two books I should have to clutch to my breast as I drift toward that proverbial desert island are The Possessed (monumental downer of a catastrophe though it is) and The Idiot.

All very amazing, but my favorite (non philosophy) book by anybody is probably The Idiot. I never got over that prince as a character. An amazing story.

[Drasko]

Hi Draško, great to hear from you! Busiek and Nord did CONAN?  I love Conan! I have to pick those books up. I so loved the Roy Thomas years, John Buscema was a great artist for the character imo. That was my favorite for Conan comics, by far.

Yes, Thomas and Buscema in The Savage Sword of Conan, black and white, large magazine format with no censorship. Grew up on those!

Here's Busiek / Nord:

vol.0 Not by Nord but still excellent
vol.1
vol.2
vol.3
vol.4
vol.5

[AndyD.]

Yes, Thomas and Buscema in The Savage Sword of Conan, black and white, large magazine format with no censorship. Grew up on those!

Here's Busiek / Nord:

vol.0 Not by Nord but still excellent
vol.1
vol.2
vol.3
vol.4
vol.5

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!

[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

Check out the list by clicking the Read More tab.

[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.