» Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:12 pm
Time for the next reading thread. 
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1502784-what-books-are-you-reading-4/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1482535-what-books-are-you-reading-3/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1472256-what-books-are-you-reading-2/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1466290-what-books-are-you-reading/
Keep those titles coming!
» Fri Dec 05, 2014 3:39 pm
» Fri Dec 05, 2014 2:35 pm
Just finished Inside of a Dog by Horowitz and starting the Dark Tower; The Gunslinger by King
» Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:12 pm
Julian by Gore Vidal
» Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:55 pm
» Fri Dec 05, 2014 8:44 pm
» Fri Dec 05, 2014 10:15 am
Make sure you don't miss The Stand (the uncut version) and It. They're long novels, but they're just about his best writing.
ETA - do yourself a favor and skip The Tommyknockers, The Regulators and Desperation. Every author is capable of delivering a steaming turd every once in a while, and these three are really smelly ones. 
» Fri Dec 05, 2014 11:53 am
I've got The Silmarillion at the top of my to read list - I just need to go out and get it.
» Sat Dec 06, 2014 1:08 am
At 0433 this morning I finished my second reading of Roland Gelatt's "The Fabulous Phonograph, 1877-1977". My first read had to have occurred sometime between 1977 (the date of my copy's publication) and the early/mid 1980s, when I began writing completion dates on inside covers.
As to the book itself, it's just what you'd expect; a history of phonographic records and playback equipment from their beginnings up through the mid 1970s, when the LP was king of the hill and seemingly unassailable. It was an enjoyable, easy read but not, I feel, of much appeal to those without a special interest in this field of study.
I had read just over 100 pages in Stephan Donaldson's "Against All Things Ending" before switching over. I hope to finish the Donaldson by year's end, but it's a struggle. Not sure if I'll return to it now or instead start in on any of several recently acquired books.
» Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:38 am
