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When the sky can't even with your shit...
it's my cakeday! send me book recommendations!
i really dig dan simmons, palahniuk, irvine welsh, kevin barry, asimov, lem, nabokov and camus.. off the top of my head. murakami on my nightstand right now but it's a bit tough...
oh oh and everything about the arctic!
FP edit: fp on my cakeday!
top comment tomorrow will be asked for their post address and will receive a little literary gift in 2016!
BathtimeDuck
The Gentleman Bastards series, beginning with the Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch.
Blackh3lm
Neuromancer - William Gibson. Of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
manwhoclaimstobedoctorbutisnt
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak.
monicakes
i wikied this and "Liesel's experiences are narrated by Death,"... duude! sounds hella interesting! thank you!
manwhoclaimstobedoctorbutisnt
Death is the narrator, yes. The book is amazing. Funny. Innovative and touching. So beautifully written tears flowed between laughs.
Cammo353
Wasn't there a short film where this exact thing happened
monicakes
if you find it, share :)
fredandgeorgesexcellentadventure
Duneeee
monicakes
the first book is in my bookshelf as i type but i didn't get around to reading it.
HanSolo312
Its incredible and the first one is all you need the others are ok but not as good
sNadeine
Omg the 5th and 6th are amazing. Miles Teg is the most badass person ever.
monicakes
this will be the first book i read in 2016 :) thank you! i just needed a nudge in its direction.
IUpvoteYourCatPics
I disagree, I'm on the third one and I enjoy it. But read Dune for sure!
TaborlinTheAlright
Name of the Wind and Wise Man's Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss.
SandshoesAndaScrewdriver
Ughhhh the best series, he's on twitch all the time playing fo4 instead of we editing his new book!
Martin1410
Im friends with some people that he knows well and apparently he's been done for a while. Hes waiting to "hype up the last book"
OoohDeLallyGollyWhatADay
Please don't be true. I'm dying for the last one. I heard he got a deal to do a tv series.
Martin1410
Its true about the tv show! But yeah hea been done for a whiiiile now. It sucks
InCaseOfStairsUseFire
The Devil in the White City - Erik Larson
monicakes
dunno why you got downvoted... never heard of it.
InCaseOfStairsUseFire
Me either, but it's a great non-fiction book written in a novel style. He's also got a second book called 'In the Garden of Beasts'
monicakes
i'll check it out. and you get an updoot for taking the time to reply to my book thread!
monicakes
oh wow i actually had this in my amazon wishlist :)))
SexyPigeonBoy
Murakami is lord
monicakes
i'm trying but i'm not feeling it. loved 'hard boiled wonderland and the end of the world' though <3
SexyPigeonBoy
1Q84 and Kafka on the Shore and my personal favorites. I can definitely understand it being hard to get into, though.
monicakes
i got into it (took a day to get me motivated over xmas).. "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" and i can't put it down!!!
SexyPigeonBoy
That's the newest one, right? I really liked it, too. All of the stories are a bit surreal but somehow very relatable.
monicakes
exactly. but... after reading a few i recognize symbols and i cant figure out what they mean.. like the sheep/sheepman (i read them in 1/2
BryanTexas
Ready player one by ernest cline
monicakes
thank you! @TheGreatEd you hear this mate? :) i've taken your suggestion and it's already ordered!
TheGreatEd
Told you it was good ^^
Zeffner
Fun fact: Half Life 2 takes place in and around Odessa.
monicakes
oh gosh i forgot about that. ages ago my then bf used to 'make me' play HL when he was angry with me because it freaked me out so much...1/2
monicakes
2/2 totally backfired when i actually started enjoying it. not a big gamer here, but HL and Quake were the ones that got me hooked :)
Zeffner
HL is the shit:O
monicakes
totally!
EpsilonPie
Commenting for list of books to read
APrettyCoolGuy
The Discoworld Series - Terry Pratchett
thepenisblack
System Error: The program can't start because MOON.dll is missing
xAJxWakaWakax
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
monicakes
enjoy: http://www.newyorker.com/podcast/fiction/junot-diaz-reads-how-to-date-a-brown-girl-black-girl-white-girl-or-halfie
monicakes
so many upvotes for you! i love junot diaz!! have you heard him reading for the new yorker?
xAJxWakaWakax
No; link? I heard him a month or so ago at my school. He signed my books. It was dope!
monicakes
now i'm jealous!
xAJxWakaWakax
Haha you already posted the link! My bad!
kevincow
Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
mauerbauertraurigkeit
American Gods, Anansi Boys, and Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
monicakes
oh yeah neil gaiman is also super cool! thanks!!
mauerbauertraurigkeit
No worries m8. I also really enjoyed the magicians series by Lev Grossman!
arialbold
China Mieville, bas lag series (perdido street station, the scar, iron council). His other stuff is good too.
thepenisblack
System Error: MOON.dll is missing
lewstherin69
Midkemia novels by Raymond E Fiest
randomwcuman
Error on The Truman Show
BryanBarns
"The Magicians Trilogy" by Lev Grossman
wulfansur
Yeeeessssss
JessaNub
The Book of Amber - Roger Zelzany
insane677
The Dark Tower - Stephen King, and/or The Dresden Files - Jim Butcher.
OoohDeLallyGollyWhatADay
Also Jim Butcher's "Codex Alera" series or his latest series (there's only 1 book so far) "Cinder Spires."
TRAGICSANDWICH
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
monicakes
read it, but you get updoots for excellent taste!
Piornet
"We apologize for the inconvenience."
andyskeels
"Oh well, that's alright. ."
Gastranome
The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks
SandshoesAndaScrewdriver
Favorite series of all time. Yezzss
TheDiscoFairy
Loved those ones but The Lightbringer series is amazing and probably better. Can't wait for the final book!
Moralitea
I'd rate them equally but that's no insult at all. Love them.
IAlwaysFavoriteFood
The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson
starrydance
I was thinking about this series during the drive home from the holidays, and considering rereading. You have convinced me! <3
TemporalTim
Yes.
SandshoesAndaScrewdriver
Or even the way of kings by Brandon Sanderson. Brandon Sanderson, Patrick rothfuss and even Joe abercrombie
IAlwaysFavoriteFood
+1 for rothfuss too
xinarinvortex
i can not up vote this enough times, favorite book series to this day, although mistborn and stormlight archive might over take it
IAlwaysFavoriteFood
I agree, sanderson is a fantastic author, and I'm so happy they got him to finish off the series
YojimboIsMyMaster
Stormlight archive is so good! +1
AintNoPartyLikeAnOscarWildeParty
YES. These are my thoughts exactly. Especially if he does a true trilogy of trilogies (+ Alloy of Law) for mistborn.
ArandomDane
Malazan Book of the Fallen
BatmanAndCradleRobin
Series comes with required Wikipedia look ups
choppedkiwi
Took me about half the first book to understand wtf was going on, after that it was easily one of the best series of all time
goandneverdarkenmytowelsagain
The Cyberiad by Stanisław Lem.
monicakes
nice! read solaris last year and i loved it. the people i gave the book as a present though didnt really :/
sedros
Mistborn series - Brandon Sanderson
ChosenMosin
Haven't finished it but it's good. Too bad I spoiled it for myself though :(
killermenpl
Dad got the whole trylogy for xmass. I'm going to re-read it all as soon as he's done
DukeOfTea
Just got into his stuff with steelheart, what does imgur recommend to read next?
InfinitusEquitas
Jim Butcher, Codex Alera.
leveler
My favorite book series ever.
pooplols
This guy. Fuck the rest (although all good) but you need to read this immediately @op
SandshoesAndaScrewdriver
Brandon Sanderson way of kings was realllllly good as well
AintNoPartyLikeAnOscarWildeParty
I am so so excited for the Stormlight Archives. The first two books were some of the best fantasy I have ever read.
IsuckAsthis
Also The Stormlight Archive, Sanderson does battles so well and even though there are only 2 out so far still my favourite fantasy series.
kwin01s
Way of kings/words of radiance are my favorites though.
TheDiscoFairy
Just finished rereading these. I love them so much
TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsTheBabyAteMyDingo
He's writing a new one you know.
TheDiscoFairy
Awesome sauce
TheDiscoFairy
Awesome sauce
TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsTheBabyAteMyDingo
Follow him on face twitter, talks about it all the time.
TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsTheBabyAteMyDingo
*or
TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsTheBabyAteMyDingo
I may have fucked up a wee bit, looks like it's all done: http://imgur.com/SK6FClK
starrydance
If you like Brander Sanderson, consider trying the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher!
starrydance
Grrr, Typo. *glares at it and tries to stretch R into an N*
starrydance
Grrr, Typo. *glares at it and tries to stretch R into an N*
Telkesh
Highly recommend both. Sanderson is my favourite author and the Dresden files is my favourite series.
starrydance
Ive met them both <3
Atalung
Slaughterhouse Five and Mother Night by Vonnegut
monicakes
i liked slaughterhouse five but the cat's cradle didn't do it for me. but now i might give old kurt another chance :) thanks!
Atalung
Mother Night involves the man in Slaughterhouse five that was working to make an American German division, it's really good