What are you reading?

[Strange]

Now I'm waiting for Maiden to release their Starman Jones and The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress albums, loong overdue.

Then there's Anthrax's full blown obsession with Stephen King.

And regarding the Ultimate Revenge, thanks for reminding me of that. The interview segments are hilarious. And Venom's stage set looked like the satanic version of a masonic lodge.

[WREKage-Paul]

I've been published before, BTW. In this book:
http://www.amazon.com/Elric-Tales-White ... pg__header

I'll be glad to autograph copies if you want to DEcrease the value of it.

is that some kind of role playing game? My boyfriend has been writing and editing a shitton of stuff/ fluff for a game called Darkage.

Nope, it's an anthology of stories based on the character Elric of Melnibone...depending on who you ask, the first (or second) true anti-hero in sword-and-sorcery fiction.

Funny you mention RPGs, though. I was listed as an editor and playtester for a D20-based RPG......
.....but since I never actually playtested it (I don't think it's actually playable) and my edits weren't used (the sourcebook reads as if it was edited by a 7th-grader), I deny any connection to it. Except for some of the funny character quotes placed in it.

So, DON'T buy this: http://www.amazon.com/Wraeththu-Enchant ... 218&sr=1-1

EDIT: I'm surprised that it's actually "in stock" and "sold by Amazon.com." It's pretty damned scarce on this side of the Atlantic.

[sleyja]

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy - brutal stuff

[Knucklehead]

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy - brutal stuff

I finished The Road a couple of months back and just started All The Pretty Horses.

It was the movie "No Country For Old Men" that first caused me to really check him out.

[sleyja]

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy - brutal stuff

I finished The Road a couple of months back and just started All The Pretty Horses.

It was the movie "No Country For Old Men" that first caused me to really check him out.

I read both of those. Loved em' both, but I'm tellin' ya, Blood Meridian is Goddamn brutal. Just about done with it. It's heavy stuff. The best thing I've read in a long time.

[symphony of destruction]

Sound of the Beast
"The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal"

-Ian Christe

Definitely worth checking out.

[symphony of destruction]

Sound of the Beast
"The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal"

-Ian Christe

Definitely worth checking out.

[Holiday Rambler]

Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic

[V03GTLIN]

I'll second Blood Meridan. But my fave McCarthy is Suttree, seconded by Child of God.

BM is like Melville wrote Book of Revelations, spaghetti Western style, with Saigon like atrocities thrown in for good measure.

[sleyja]

my fave McCarthy is Suttree, seconded by Child of God.

Cool. Haven't read those two. I'll check em' out.

[WREKage-Paul]

S.M. Stirling, Dies the Fire

[badcarburetor]

A Visit from the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan

A series of lightly interconnected short stories that vaguely (and I do mean vaguely) rotate around the late 70s San Francisco punk scene. The writing is simply brilliant. Each of the ten or so characters so far have quite distinct voices. I'm about 80% of the way through and I have no idea if it will all tie up in the end. I'll definitely check out some other stuff by Egan after finishing this.

[Diana]

I got my free copy of the book, and I maintained a perfect poker face. I'm really proud of myself.

The Adventures of Little Sprout

Hilariously, someone in Indiana claims to have a used copy for sale already.

[badcarburetor]

So, did you make it through that inspirational read, yet? Was that a vanity press or a real deal publisher?


I have just started No Angel: My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels by Jay Dobyns and some ringer/ghost writer type.

This is frequently told story of a dude who went deep undercover with the Hells Angels and went just to the edge of being patched in. This version is the man's story himself (along with the ringer), but is at least the third published telling of his adventure. He's also frequently on those shows like Outlaw Bikers and Gangland bragging about all the money and resources he wasted in the name of "law enforcement" and how little he actually accomplished in terms of charges that stuck.

I love OMG stories and have read tons of them. Have read the previous versions of this story I know that it is a particularly engaging, but, ultimately, a rat is still a rat.

Before that I ran thorough Die Hard Mod by Charlie McQuaker. It's really more of a novella at about 120 pages. It's the story of a Belfast lad still living the mod life as best he can manage in the 2000s. He gets into some trouble and takes off to Brighton where the story takes on elements of Quadrophenia. All ends well. A fun, pulpy read for about an hour. Recommended if you have any interst in that culture, but not if you don't.

[Diana]

So, did you make it through that inspirational read, yet? Was that a vanity press or a real deal publisher?

Oh, I read it. But I waited until she left. It's very similar to those activity books they give you in Sunday School where you learn the moral du jour and then do some related activity. The other lapsed Catholics in the room know what I'm talking about. The publisher is one of those deals where you order like 50 at a time and they run them off as ordered.

I'm still reading this Darkness horror collection because the servers are buzzing and I keep falling asleep. My job is hard.