OMG Reading

[jetpack_monkey]

So. I'm reading again. Like voraciously devouring literature instead of thumbing through non-fiction. You can thank the girl I'm seeing as I pretty much got the third degree for not having read Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game." My whole "but he's an asshole" argument was tossed out the window pretty soundly.

This book is So. Awesome. And freakin' hard to put down. I was staggering around like a zombie this morning because I lost track of time reading last night. I should be through the whole thing either tonight or tomorrow.

Spurred on by this development, I went to Borders again last night to grab some more Major Sci-Fi Classics that I'd missed -- "Neuromancer" by William Gibson, "Foundation" by Isaac Asimov, and "Speaker for the Dead" by Card. I also replaced by tattered, well-read copy of "Lord of the Flies" while I was at it. Also grabbed a copy of Card's "Empire," based on a recommendation from the girl I'm dating.

I'm rather pleased by this, really.

Comments

[anomilygrace.livejournal.com]

Please tell me you've read Snowcrash or The Diamond Age by Stephenson at least!

Ender's Game is one of my favourite books ever - my dad put it in my hands when I was about 12 as an antidote to all the crap McCaffrey books I was reading. Speaker for the Dead is pretty good too, but Ender's Game is flat out the best (and the others are all pretty much downhill).

[qkellie.livejournal.com]

EEE! Snowcrash!!!!!

[anomilygrace.livejournal.com]

Stephenson and his inability to properly write an ending drive me nuts, but Snowcrash is SUCH a fabulous book!

[qkellie.livejournal.com]

Snowcrash is just fun as little character studies and to see the technology. I don't even remember liking the plot, but I LOVED the ride that book takes the reader on! :)

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

I haven't. I picked up Snow Crash when I bought Ender's, but I've been informed in no uncertain terms that I am not to read it until I've read some earlier cyberpunk so that I can appreciate what Stephenson was doing better.

[anomilygrace.livejournal.com]

I can see the logic in that viewpoint! Though I found that skipping over most earlier cyberpunk saved both my sanity and the book's binding from being hurled across the room as I generally am not a huge fan.