Reading List for August
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Read in June
The Flight of the Eisenstein (Horus Heresy) - James Swallow
Cosmicosmos - Italo Calvino (Nonbelieving Literati)
Currently Reading
A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons - Robert Saplosky
Coming Up Next
The Flight of Peter Fromm - Martin Gardner (Nonbelieving Literati)
Shadow Play (Shadowmarch Vol. II) - Tad Williams
The Android's Dream - John Scalzi
The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science - Natalie Angier
Fulgrim (The Horus Heresy) - Graham McNeill
Monday, August 4, 2008 at 12:39:00 AM CDT
You read Warhammer 40K novels?
Monday, August 4, 2008 at 6:50:00 AM CDT
Yes. I play the Dawn of War series too. Have you read them? Some writers are better than others, but overall I find them entertaining. And I enjoy the conflict between science and reason and religion.
Monday, August 4, 2008 at 7:39:00 PM CDT
No Zimmer? I'm telling you - "Parasite Rex".
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 5:12:00 AM CDT
I never quite like the fiction, particularly when it was written by the same guys that wrote the rulebooks for the tabletop miniatures game. I may have to read one or to on you recommendation :)
In the future there is only war. Purge the Heretic!
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 6:33:00 AM CDT
Evo: You know, there are other authors out there. You should read Saplosky. As I've been reading through The Primate's Memoir I've constantly had the thought that this book would be perfect for you.
Sean Start with Horus Rising. They actually hire out to a stable of writers and Dan Abnett is probably the best.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 2:30:00 PM CDT
Sean:
Read Dan Abnett, really anything by him has more than exceeded my expectations.
The Eisenhorn trilogy is exceptional, and was written all in the first person! It's truly well written.
O.G...Just another reason you rock!
I love the evolution of the "emperor belief" system outlined in the Horus Heresy. wonderfully indicitive of how irrational belief lurks in the corners of human minds waiting for the opportunity to fill gaps in reason.
-Q