The Book Thread

[silentstriker]

Just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy.




Wow. I cannot recommend this enough. I hate judging books so close to completion, as the best books are those that stay with you, but right now this book is about as good as any I've ever read.

On an unrelated note, I'm coming up on a major milestone in terms of the # of books I now have (I average 1-2 a week, depending on the size and how much time I have to read), so I can't wait for that .

 

[Anna]

Robert Harris - Imperium. If you like Roman history & a well written story, then this is the one for you.

Re-read Northern Lights last week; just love it. Am rather annoyed that they re-named the film & dumbed it down for the Americans

 

[Athlai]

Robert Harris - Imperium. If you like Roman history & a well written story, then this is the one for you.

Re-read Northern Lights last week; just love it. Am rather annoyed that they re-named the film & dumbed it down for the Americans

Could have at least called it something more relevant eh?

 

[Anna]

Could have at least called it something more relevant eh?

But it's not a golden compass - It's an alethiometer and it's made of brass, not gold!

 

[Matteh]

'Golden' doesn't necessarily mean it has to be made of gold.

 

[Anna]

I know I just don't like the fact they've changed the title, tis all.

 

[Athlai]

But it's not a golden compass - It's an alethiometer and it's made of brass, not gold!

That was my point, Golden Compass is hardly an apt title.

 

[silentstriker]

Started Moonseed by Baxter, let's see how that is.

 

[Matteh]

Give a definition of Alethiometer using 5 words in alphabetical order.

 

[silentstriker]

Give a definition of Alethiometer using 5 words in alphabetical order.

Hmm, can't think of a way to combine truth and device into words who are in close proximity to each other alphabetically....maybe Lies Machine Not something?

 

[Athlai]

Why should it be named after the alethiometer anyway? Seems like they are only doing it to make all the titles matching in that they are about key objects. Subtle Knife, Amber Spyglass (though will this be subject to change?). Frankly I won't be that fussed as long as it has 'His Dark Materials Trilogy:' somewhere in the title, though I did like the Northern Lights name.

 

[Anna]

Why should it be named after the alethiometer anyway? Seems like they are only doing it to make all the titles matching in that they are about key objects. Subtle Knife, Amber Spyglass (though will this be subject to change?). Frankly I won't be that fussed as long as it has 'His Dark Materials Trilogy:' somewhere in the title, though I did like the Northern Lights name.

I wasn't saying it should be named after that; I'm just saying that I think they should've kept the original title, tis all.

 

[Matteh]

Northern Lights > The other two as a title. Don't care much for it though.

 

[Athlai]

I wasn't saying it should be named after that; I'm just saying that I think they should've kept the original title, tis all.

Northern Lights > The other two as a title. Don't care much for it though.

Agreed, was the gunnest title.

 

[sledger]

i read apparently the reason it was changed from northern lights was because too many americans didnt actually know what the northern lights were!! if thats true then its just pathetic....

anyway, I just finished reading the eye of the world by Robert Jordan, pretty decent fare so far tbh, got through 800+ pages in about 2 weeks so must have enjoyed it.

 

[Burgey]

Bill Bryson - A Short History of Nearly Everything. Not a bad idiot's guide to science.

 

[cpr]

i read apparently the reason it was changed from northern lights was because too many americans didnt actually know what the northern lights were!! if thats true then its just pathetic....

I see that and raise you this

 

[James90]

I tried to read A Tale of Two Cities this afternoon. Got eight pages in then fell asleep for a good four hours. No joke. I won't give up on it though.

 

[Matteh]

Started Stalingrad by Antony Beevor. Can't remember if i've ever finished it so figured it was worth another go.

 

[Burgey]

I tried to read A Tale of Two Cities this afternoon. Got eight pages in then fell asleep for a good four hours. No joke. I won't give up on it though.

Don't give up mate. It will be a far, far better thing that you do, than you have ever done.

And it was a far, far better rest that you went to, than you have ever known. ...