What book are you reading?

[paul c]

yeah game of thrones(The Silmarillion was much harder to read, i think) - but my favorite is the "discworld" series by terry pratchett...
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at the moment "why nation fail" (Daron Acemoglu;James A. Robinson) in addition "the rise and decline of nations"(1982 olson)

last week james fearnely

[Low D]

I'm reading the Jerry Cornelius quartet. I read the Elric novels & a wack of other Michael Moorcock when i was younger, but never the Cornelius stuff. It's definitely a product of it's age, but quick and enjoyable.

[philipchevron]

Transforming 1916: Meaning, Memory and the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Easter Rising by Roisín Higgins (Cork University Press)

[Low D]

Now I've just finished Moorecocks' Dr. Who novel, "The Coming of the Terraphiles", where people in the far far future are "fans" of old earth, and celebrate it by playing misunderstood games, like a confusion of archery & cricket.

Not surprisingly, there's much of law, chaos, the balance and the multiverse in this book.

[philipchevron]

White Christmas - The Story of a Song by Jody Rosen (4th Estate)

[Doktor Avalanche]

Description on Amazon:
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire is the first book to tell the full story of the era’s music scenes and the phenomenal and surprising ways they intersected. From New Year’s Day 1973 to New Year’s Eve 1977, the book moves panoramically from post-Dylan Greenwich Village, to the arson-scarred South Bronx barrios where salsa and hip-hop were created, to the lower Manhattan lofts where jazz and classical music were reimagined, to ramshackle clubs like CBGB and the Gallery, where rock and dance music were hot-wired for a new generation.

My take: Read this - it's great.

[Clash Cadillac]

Description on Amazon:
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire is the first book to tell the full story of the era’s music scenes and the phenomenal and surprising ways they intersected. From New Year’s Day 1973 to New Year’s Eve 1977, the book moves panoramically from post-Dylan Greenwich Village, to the arson-scarred South Bronx barrios where salsa and hip-hop were created, to the lower Manhattan lofts where jazz and classical music were reimagined, to ramshackle clubs like CBGB and the Gallery, where rock and dance music were hot-wired for a new generation.

My take: Read this - it's great.

I'm ordering this (via the front page link). Thanks for the heads up Doktor.

[RICHB]

1000 ways to die by Alex Cox (history of the spaghettie western)

[Clash Cadillac]

Description on Amazon:
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire is the first book to tell the full story of the era’s music scenes and the phenomenal and surprising ways they intersected. From New Year’s Day 1973 to New Year’s Eve 1977, the book moves panoramically from post-Dylan Greenwich Village, to the arson-scarred South Bronx barrios where salsa and hip-hop were created, to the lower Manhattan lofts where jazz and classical music were reimagined, to ramshackle clubs like CBGB and the Gallery, where rock and dance music were hot-wired for a new generation.

My take: Read this - it's great.

I'm ordering this (via the front page link). Thanks for the heads up Doktor.

About 100 pages in. Great read. Thanks again for the heads up Doktor.

[Doktor Avalanche]

Description on Amazon:
Love Goes to Buildings on Fire is the first book to tell the full story of the era’s music scenes and the phenomenal and surprising ways they intersected. From New Year’s Day 1973 to New Year’s Eve 1977, the book moves panoramically from post-Dylan Greenwich Village, to the arson-scarred South Bronx barrios where salsa and hip-hop were created, to the lower Manhattan lofts where jazz and classical music were reimagined, to ramshackle clubs like CBGB and the Gallery, where rock and dance music were hot-wired for a new generation.

My take: Read this - it's great.

I'm ordering this (via the front page link). Thanks for the heads up Doktor.

About 100 pages in. Great read. Thanks again for the heads up Doktor.

np - Always glad to pass along interesting stuff. I really like the way he weaves it all together.

[PureIrishPunk]

"The Norse Myths" by Kevin Crossley-Holland

[Low D]

"I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive" by Steve Earle (not the 7" or the album, this is a novel).

Read it while sick and was done in a day and a half. I really liked the story but think it had pacing issues. Some of the plot & characters could have used more time to unfold, but i'm not sure the main character had enough depth to sustain a longer story. But he can sure turn a phrase!

[old barney greyheron]

Now I've just finished Moorecocks' Dr. Who novel, "The Coming of the Terraphiles", where people in the far far future are "fans" of old earth, and celebrate it by playing misunderstood games, like a confusion of archery & cricket.

Not surprisingly, there's much of law, chaos, the balance and the multiverse in this book.

I read most of Moorcock's stuff when I was a young man..not sure if I could get into it now...got two books on the go..Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier..read it before..and Stephen King..11 22 63...completely hooked..although it helps if one has read 'IT'..as a lot of the story is set in 1958 Derry, Maine.

[RICHB]

Young Flesh Required:Growing up with the sex pistols (Mick O'Shea & Alan G Parker 2011)

[PureIrishPunk]

Oh, and I've also started Stephen Colbert's latest book, "America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't"