Books

[aiw]

Domald Tromp Pounded In The Butt By The Handsome Russian T-Rex Who Also Peed On His Butt And Then Blackmailed Him With The Videos Of His Butt Getting Peed On Kindle Edition
by Chuck Tingle (Author)
4.8 out of 5 stars 41 customer reviews

 

[aiw]

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_ ... evancerank

Are these real books?

 

[rhfarmer]

Domald...took me a while to catch it

 

[rome8180]

Depends on what you mean by real. They actually exist, yes. Real as in serious erotica? No.

I was Facebook friends with the guy at one point in time. I am not sure he has a personal account anymore though, just a fan page.

 

[torontoduke]

Do any of you like Russell Banks' work? I recently finished "Continental Drift". I liked it, although the material was pretty heavy.

 

[rome8180]

I've read Affliction. That was very good. He does tend to go into digressions that slow down the story.

 

[deepdarkblue]

George RR Martin is as frustrating for me as Coach K. He's never going to finish writing The Winds of Winter, let alone starting A Dream of Spring. He should just have someone else ghost write the damned thing and be done with it.

My top choices:

Steven Erikson
Brandon Sanderson
Patrick Rothfuss
Joe Abercrombie

George, just hand it off to one of them, split the royalties and keep doing whatever it is that you're doing. Please and thank you.

 

[surfpenguin]

George RR Martin is as frustrating for me as Coach K. He's never going to finish writing The Winds of Winter, let alone starting A Dream of Spring. He should just have someone else ghost write the damned thing and be done with it.

My top choices:

Steven Erikson
Brandon Sanderson
Patrick Rothfuss
Joe Abercrombie

George, just hand it off to one of them, split the royalties and keep doing whatever it is that you're doing. Please and thank you.

If you could combine Erikson, Sanderson, and Abercrombie into one writer he'd be the greatest fantasy writer of all time. Rothfuss would continue Martin's trend of terrible facial hair and inability to finish a series.

 

[bfactor]

Just finished Dictator by Robert Harris. The parallels between the fall of Rome and current state of America are shocking.

I just started the first volume of Churchill's "The Second World War" series which he wrote in the 1950's. This passage he wrote was in reference to the willingness of voters to support extreme punitive measures against Germany post-WWI:

The multitudes remained plunged in ignorance of the simplest economic facts, and their leaders, seeking their votes, did not dare to undeceive them.

His words describing the U.S. depression of 1929:

The whole wealth so swiftly gathered in the paper values of previous years had vanished. The prosperity of millions of American homes had grown upon a gigantic structure of inflated credit, now suddenly proved phantom... a vast system of purchase by installment of houses, furniture, cars, and numberless kinds of household conveniences and indulgences had grown up. All now fell together.

Amazing how history repeats.

 

[aiw]

I've read 5 volumes of that. It is so interesting seeing all the behind the scenes things going on from the British side. The books are engrossing, but can bog down a bit at parts.

 

[bfactor]

This is the first time I've read any of his own writing. Have previously read Manchester's three volume bio and the single volume one from Jenkins. In his own writing he seems to have much more empathy for other cultures and his enemies than suggested by his biographers. Maybe he softened by the time he wrote this series or it was easier to be gracious in a time of peace and prosperity. Could definitely see this bogging down after the first volume.

 

[deeyoukayeee]

Read his 'History of the English-Speaking Peoples' a few years back. Have also read the Manchester books. I think more than almost any other iconic world figure, he was chameleon-like in his beliefs. Almost Trumpian, though I think it was the product of an overactive mind rather than an inactive mind - 'to improve is to change, to be perfect is to change often'. I think even Manchester had a hard time pinning him down, and I recall there seemed to be contradictory information on some of his views about the world during the course of the Last Lion books.

 

[deeyoukayeee]

Also just finished 'Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World'. A great overview about an era/empire that tends to extraordinarily simplified and pigeonholed in modern historical education, at least from my experience.

 

[cameron06]

I've been on a reading tear this year... I went to Oahu in February and read Lord of the Flies for the first time since super skimming in high school.
Also I have consumed....
The Osterman Weekend
The English Patient
Disgrace
Ironweed
Far Bright Star (Soon to be a movie with Phoenix and C. Affleck)
People of the Book
Also finished a biography of Newton entitled Isaac Newton by James Gleick. Not too in depth. I wouldn't recommend it for a detailed interest.
Currently working on Wolf Hall.

After reading Life of Pi back in 2003 I developed a real interest in all winners of the Man Booker prize (Disgrace, The English Patient and Wolf Hall) Another MB prize winner is The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton. I highly recommend that along with TEP.

 

[rome8180]

My favorite of the books in that list I have read is Disgrace. Huge fan of Coetzee in general.

 

[cameron06]

My favorite of the books in that list I have read is Disgrace. Huge fan of Coetzee in general.

Strange book. My next book is probably Life and Times of Michael K. Also by Coetzee

 

[rome8180]

My favorite of the books in that list I have read is Disgrace. Huge fan of Coetzee in general.

Strange book. My next book is probably Life and Times of Michael K. Also by Coetzee

I'd recommend Waiting for the Barbarians as well.

 

[ZackM]

I just started listening to A Short History of Nearly Everything. Man, it is fucking awesome if you're into science and the history of science. So many wonderful anecdotes and tidbits about the great scientists throughout time. It does a great job of showing how science evolved and how different fields emerged as new discoveries inspired new questions.

 

[cameron06]

I just started listening to A Short History of Nearly Everything. Man, it is fucking awesome if you're into science and the history of science. So many wonderful anecdotes and tidbits about the great scientists throughout time. It does a great job of showing how science evolved and how different fields emerged as new discoveries inspired new questions.

Bryson is awesome! I've read this book at least 4 times. Love it. When you're done try Life by Richard Fortey. Less funny and witty but it's extremely interesting tracing the history of life on Earth

 

[sjsj2448]

Lots of great suggestions of podcasts and books in this thread. I am definitely interested in The History of Rome and A Short History of Nearly Everything.

Have any of you read Crabgrass Frontier by Kenneth T. Jackson? It looks utterly fascinating to me, and I plan on picking it up.

Also, does anyone have any suggestions for New York City history books? The Rise of New York Port by Albion is at the top of my must-read list right now.