khfreek

I'd rather own a personal rocket ship then get the point any day

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Janszoon

Deathworld—Harry Harrison (1960)
I like me some good pulpy sci-fi and this really fit the bill. Harrison was one of my favorite writers when I was in junior high but I hadn't read anything by him in years. I have to say his writing still holds up, even as an adult. His books tend to be lighthearted, humorous and endlessly entertaining, often with some hilariously blunt social commentary, and all of that was definitely true of Deathworld. I loved every minute of it and could barely put it down.

On a side note, I looked up his Wikipedia page because I was reading this book and was saddened to see he died this past summer. He was in his late 80s, a prolific author, an artist and had lived all over the world so it's hard to feel sad for a life so well lived, but I was still bummed to hear he was gone.

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A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man

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Hitch

Mesmerizing. Just spell bound. Wondering why it took this long to know of this man's life. Add in a bottle of Wine or Brandy and I don't think I'm aware of the real world.

katsy

Ernest Hemingway The Short Stories

One of my favorite authors--so simple and to the point. I have never read anyone that can use so few words and descriptions and yet still tell a story so well.

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Split the Lark-- and you'll find the Music - Emily Dickinson

Cuthbert

The Hobbit. I'm ashamed to say I'm struggling a little bit even though it's a children's book. The sheer number of locations and directions in it is quite confusing and difficult to follow although the language is quite simple.

midnight rain

Game of Thrones

It'll be the first book I've read since required reading in high school. Quite the achievement

Sansa Stark

Welcome to the fandom!

midnight rain

It's damn good I'm about halfway through and the lore he's built up is vivid

How are the rest of the books?

Sansa Stark

Since I am currently on my fourth or fifth reread, I would say pretty ****ing amazing. His lore IS truly fantastic, especially when you start to read the wiki on Westeros.org

I don't recommend that unless you've finished ALL the books however. A Clash of Kings, the next one is pretty good, but once you get to a Storm of Swords, **** starts to get real. I actually finished it again this morning. His female characters are the best I've read in any series, all of them are bad asses.

So I'm going to start this next

ThePhanastasio

Damn Diane Rehm and her making me want to read things while I drive to work. I already read Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton because of her (and actually loved it) and have The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz in waiting.

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