Ole' Vern @ 23/3/2017 15:13

Any recommendations?

Some fun reads:
-Lunatics by dave barry. It's just ridiculously funny.
-John dies at the end. It's weird and hilarious
-Science fair Another OTT humor setup by barry.
-literally everything written by Carl Hiaasen. Anything goes with this guy.
-chris Moore's books make the supernatural funny from vampires to aliens.
-Terry Pratchett does satire while still telling a great story with his discworld series.
-Neil Gaiman incorporates humor and various dead religions in story form. Not pure comedy, but very funny

vladykins @ 25/3/2017 9:53

Ape- Did you ever get a chance to read through the Sandman comics?

NO. I DL'ed one, and kind of forgot about it.

vladykins @ 27/3/2017 13:54

Well, basically everything you described for Gaiman (which I'm assuming you read American Gods and potentially Good Omens) applies to The Sandman comics. Dead religions still alive but struggling without worshipers, Hell left open for all the cursed and demons to escape, and above it all Gaiman's pantheon of the Endless: Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Despair, Desire, and Delirium. The whole story begins with an Aleister Crowley-type character who tries to capture Death and catches Dream instead.

Yeah I think I've read all of Gaiman's novels. I need to find the comic book in my library and try it out.

The thought processes of the characters are pretty crucial to the book and that rarely translates well. It may still be a decent show, especially for those who haven't read the book.

vladykins @ 31/3/2017 7:47

Ape- Do you have a daughter? If so, if you want to make your wife cry, get a copy of Gaiman's "Blueberry Girl". It's a poem he wrote for Tori Amos when she had a baby girl, then later Charles Vess did art for it. https://www.amazon.com/Blueberry-Girl-Neil-Gaiman/dp/0060838108

She started college in the fall. It would probably make me cry, too.

Is the Law series as dry and drawn out as the game of thrones stuff became?

Yeah.

wikeyb9m3bek @ 23/10/2017 9:57

I started reading The Expanse series recently after getting into the show Based on the first few chapters of Leviathan Wakes, I thought it was going to be one of those rare instances in which the show is actually better than the book. But it improves. Dialog is kind of cheesy at times though. I'm about halfway through the second book, Caliban's War. Its an easy read, which is nice, cause I've read a lot of heavy shit recently; The Gulag Archipelago Volume 1, The History of The Ottoman Empire, and The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray There was also Das Kapital, which I barely understood, and The Communist Manifesto, which came with a free dead spider, pictured below THANKS Communism Thinking of picking up Discworld series at some point..

wikeyb9m3bek @ 23/10/2017 9:57

I started reading The Expanse series recently after getting into the show Based on the first few chapters of Leviathan Wakes, I thought it was going to be one of those rare instances in which the show is actually better than the book. But it improves. Dialog is kind of cheesy at times though. I'm about halfway through the second book, Caliban's War. Its an easy read, which is nice, cause I've read a lot of heavy shit recently; The Gulag Archipelago Volume 1, The History of The Ottoman Empire, and The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray There was also Das Kapital, which I barely understood, and The Communist Manifesto, which came with a free dead spider, pictured below THANKS Communism Thinking of picking up Discworld series at some point..

THe discworld series is a lot of fun. I definitely recommend it.

Finished the dragon tattoo series. There's a sixth book coming, but the 5th was a little disappointing. Kind of disjointed and rushed, so not sure if I'll do book 6.

Currently reading the shadow agent/cloak series by Johnathan Moeller.

They are short, fast books. Not great, but not bad, either.

@wikey
Did you ever try any of the discworld books?

I would recommend doing 2 or 3 at a time, then reading something else. They are written to be read in any order, so the backstory stuff that ties them together gets repetitive.

Christian @ 23/10/2017 15:59

I kept reading, waiting for the explanation about the spider. lol

I thought maybe he was reading the David Wong series.

I let my phone read to me while I commute.