books What was the last book you read?

[Celtore 2,770]

Sherlock Holmes, the Hound of the Baskerville's. I picked it up on a whim in my college's library and it had me hooked. I have every intention of reading everything else in the series when I find the time.

[ShadowPirateX 600]

Transformers: Exodus (surprise, surprise). The prequel novel Transformers: War for Cybertron, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron and Transformers: Prime.

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I haven't read a book in 8 years...I can't remember what it was.

[Sonic Shimmer 4,135]

The last book I read was A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick.

 

I'm now reading The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham.

[TenorSounds 832]

I started re-reading the Redwall series, finished Redwall last week and am reading Mossflower right now

[Midnight Gaze 131]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. I'm on book three now, and it only took me a week to finish the first two.

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,162]

Finished "The Last Command" last night; thereby finishing the last book of the Thrawn trilogy. What can excellent end to what was an excellent trilogy.

 

I salute you, admiral. *Salute.*

[Derplight Sperkle 1,016]

I read the novelization of Marvel's Civil War, can't wait to read the actual comic version

[LZRD WZRD 1,929]

Brave New World (for school). Interesting and clever book, but an absolute bore to get through.

[cuteycindyhoney 13,322]

Sherlock Holmes, the Hound of the Baskerville's. I picked it up on a whim in my college's library and it had me hooked. I have every intention of reading everything else in the series when I find the time.

The Holmes stories are well worth the read. The first one I ever read was "The Redheaded League". My father talked me into reading it, and I loved it! 

 

The last book I read was A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick.

 

I'm now reading The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham.

"The Day of the Triffids" is one of my favorite books. I think it's John Wyndham's best work. One of his early books, "The Planet Plane" aka "The Space Machine" aka "Stowaway to Mars" was dreadful though. The story was interesting, but the 1935 book was so astoundingly sexist it was very hard to make myself finish it.

[SCS 7,537]

The last book I read in full was Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. I don't recommend it for people under 17 as it is a very graphic and disturbing book, but it's graphic and disturbing for a reason due to its subject matter. It wasn't exactly a fun read, but it was quite thought-provoking and I'm glad I took the time to read it. It is a satirical work, but I didn't actually find it funny aside from a few lines here and there due to the overbearing horror and negativity of the subject matter in question. 
 
I would definitely recommend it to everyone over 17 who's planning to go into the military, or otherwise wants to learn more about war and violence. You shouldn't necessarily allow it to discourage you from joining the military, but it could help provoke thought-processes that you really need to go through before making that decision. In essence, the book gives a raw, unadulterated and unglorified look into the reality of war.
 
 
I am currently reading The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. It consists of three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. It details Dante's fictional journey through the three major realms of the afterlife as viewed by Christians in the Medieval Ages: Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Subsequently, Inferno is about as fire-and-brimstone as you can get, yet features an interesting twist of sorts at the end.
 
I finished Inferno a week or two ago and have been reading through Purgatorio. I'm actually enjoying the latter more thus far: it features a wide array of beautiful and intriguing things. Inferno was interesting but was rather graphic and focused heavily on punishment and wrongdoing.

Saying this work is challenging would be an understatement. Dante's writing is beautiful, but I'll probably have to reread his Comedy multiple times over the course of many years to fully understand and appreciate it. He also uses a tremendous amount of expansive epic similes that, while beautiful, can sometimes make it difficult for me to follow what exactly is being said.

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The last one I read was "Star Wars" Dark Force Rising," which is book two of the Thrawn trilogy. Currently in the middle of the third book.

 

God, I love this villain.

This.  He's easily my favorite villain in the Star Wars universe.  When I heard that Disney was going to make new Star Wars films, I was hoping that this would be the story arc they would use.  Maybe they will???

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,162]

This.  He's easily my favorite villain in the Star Wars universe.  When I heard that Disney was going to make new Star Wars films, I was hoping that this would be the story arc they would use.  Maybe they will???

 

Highly doubtful. I believe Abrams will want to use his own creativity and not be bound by any of the novels, comics, & games that make up the expanded universe; if you will.

 

It's 50/50 good & bad. As much as I would LOVE to see him on the big screen, Thrawn has so far been awesome in the novels and games I've seen him in. It'd be a shame if he was some how ruined in a film.

[Jeric 46,871]

The last book I read in full was Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. I don't recommend it for people under 17 as it is a very graphic and disturbing book, but it's graphic and disturbing for a reason due to its subject matter. It wasn't exactly a fun read, but it was quite thought-provoking and I'm glad I took the time to read it. It is a satirical work, but I didn't actually find it funny aside from a few lines here and there due to the overbearing horror and negativity of the subject matter in question.

 

I'll put my thoughts about Vonnegut in a later post (I've quoted him on MLP Forums before) but for now I will link these videos discussing Slaughterhouse-Five.

 

 

 

Unlike some of his literary analysis, I disagree with him on a few points which I'll go into in depth on later (as I can't find a pure Vonnegut thread on here.

 

 

 

Saying this work is challenging would be an understatement. Dante's writing is beautiful, but I'll probably have to reread his Comedy multiple times over the course of many years to fully understand and appreciate it. He also uses a tremendous amount of expansive epic similes that, while beautiful, can sometimes make it difficult for me to follow what exactly is being said.

 

I still haven't fully unraveled it. Very few works of literature are functional time capsules like The Divine Comedy. Chaucer may be the only one that comes close, but there is specificity in DC that doesn't exist in the general political and social commentary you find in Canterbury Tales. If you tell me next that you are planning to read Heinlein ... my mind will explode.

[Sonic Shimmer 4,135]

The last book I read was The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham.

 

I'm now reading The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov.

[ThatOneComrade 1,091]

Of Mice and Men by John Stienbeck

[MLPFanatic34 3,238]

The last book I read was Dr. Sleep by Stephen King, and I'm currently reading a book by Holly Black called The Darkest Part of The Forest which is a fantasy book.

[Jeric 46,871]

Wow, I forgot I followed this thread.

 

I just finished Judy Blumes new book, In the Unlikely Event

 

Four Rarity's out of five

 

     

[Celtore 2,770]

I've recently been rereading some older books from my childhood, namely the MacDonald hall series by Gordon Korman. They're still pretty funny, especially the earlier ones in the series like Beware the Fish.