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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: DividedQuantum] * 2
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I just ordered the box set of dark towers I'll add it to my collection of yet to read books.


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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: JonBongGroovy] * 2
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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn


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In another thread I got the idea to re-read one of my all time favorite fantasy novels. I'll post what I did there here about why it's so great:

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clark is an incredible british-steeped fantasy novel that focuses on an alternate history where Magick once existed as a real thing and historical figures (like Charlemane) used it in their conquests, but for some reason all Magick has faded from use.

Flash to 1800s England, Nobody knows how to use magick anymore. People join magical historical societies and buy magical spell books as an exercise in academic rigor, not because they or anyone else will ever cast a spell.

Until one day a Mr Norell shows up and says you gentlemen have it wrong, magic did not disappear, you illiterates just have no clue how to utilize such complex theorums. They ask him to prove it and he sets up a demonstration. To their astonishment, he did indeed successfully cast a magic spell. Egads!

This makes the news, and soon word comes of a rival magician named Johnathan Strange who is claiming to do much more incredible feats by performing magic that is quite unrespectable, according to Mr Norrell. No gentleman would perform such spells for cheap parlor tricks! Magic is meant to be the domain of the wise and studied!

Mr Norell sets out to prove he is the greatest magician, by performing the most difficult of all incantations: a resurrection. But this is dark magic, and Mr Norell gets much more than he bargained for when he makes the attempt.

This book is written with brilliantly poetic prose, and the author utilizes a technique that transforms the book itself into one of those dusty magical history tomes Mr Norell is so obsessed with by covering her pages in extensive foot notes and references. This gives the effect that the events being discussed are real history, an effect further amplified by the fact they use historical figures like Napoleon and Wellington.

There was also a not terrible BBC series adaptation you can watch too if you are merely curious but dont think youd have time to read a 800+ page book. Was a pretty decent swing at the concept, although the unique nature of how the book is written means you really must experience it! :smile:


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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: QuantumZ00] * 1
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Yeah I loved Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - amazing book, such a unique concept and so well done :smile:

The author's other novel, Piranesi, is also amazing - another very creative and original fantasy book, I highly recommend it too


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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: deff] * 1
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Holy shit she wrote another novel!? I was wondering that for ages because it did not seem she was so prolific as a writer.

I'm ordering that right now, thank you!

Edit: fuck me it's free with my Spotify Premium account. Same goes for anyone else with Spotify Premium, lots of free audio books including this one. It's an audiobook version and i prefer physical books but fuck it I'll take it!


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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: QuantumZ00] * 1
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Yeah those are her only two novels as far as I know, she definitely achieves quality over quantity :laugh: I hear she is working on a third book at the moment but I don't know much about it, I'll definitely be front of the line to order it whenever she releases it :sun:


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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: deff] * 1
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Can confirm Piranesi is rad as fuck so far.


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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: QuantumZ00] * 1
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Looking at a couple of poetry books that came my way: Fire Index by Bethany Breitland; and Stones of Time by Mark Olynyk

next up: The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K. Dick


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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: JonBongGroovy]
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JonBongGroovy said:
I just ordered the box set of dark towers I'll add it to my collection of yet to read books.


Honestly the only thing of Kings worth reading that he’s published since he kicked opiates.


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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: SARAtonin] * 1
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Damn audiobooks are such a different experience to reading with paper and ink. I even got a Barnes & Nobles Nook e-ink reader and while it improves the situation still not like reading it yourself with a hardcover or paperback. Piranesi was only 7 hours when read out loud by the voice actor, finished it at my desk at work. 3 out of 4 stars, most excellent. A few minor quibbles with how it ended.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I'm starting to read the second book in the Broken Empire trilogy: Prince of Thorns, King of Thorns and Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence. So im reading King of Thorns.

If you enjoyed Game of Thrones and like a more hard scrabble high fantasy read, then this is another one for you. Lots of sex and blood, deaths of main characters, and a very intriguing twist on the fantasy genre (which you'll only understand once you finish the first book and makes it very much its own thing too not just a cool GoT knock off.)

⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 out of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️


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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: QuantumZ00] * 1
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Piranesi was barely novel length, I wish it had been longer and more developed bc that was a little cool world there. Perelandra by CS Lewis is another cool world. Reading this one finally and  it’s become clear Lewis really is a genius. It’s the 2nd book of his space opera but stands alone nicely.

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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: mt cleverest] * 2
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'A Language Older Than Words' by Derrick Jensen.

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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: wabbey] * 1
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The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images by Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism :sun:

it's a big and beautiful book exploring quite a wide range of symbols and their many layers of meaning from myth and culture, I'm excited to read through it :laugh:


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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: deff] * 3
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The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins. This one had over 3 million reviews on goodreads, I'm excited for it.


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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: JonBongGroovy] * 3
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Insomnia by Stephen King


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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: DividedQuantum] * 3
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I just bought that book!


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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: JonBongGroovy] * 2
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The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality by Andy Clark

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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: Crazy_Horse] * 1
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Haven't finished the King yet, but mid-stream got a jones for some Vonnegut, so I slipped in Hocus Pocus. One of his best, imo. So good.


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Re: What book are you currently reading? [Re: DividedQuantum] * 2
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The Shadow by James Patterson


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