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Post by barabbas on Jan 8, 2017 23:57:00 GMT -6
Share on this thread what you're currently reading and any recommendations you may have.
I'm currently reading some H.P. Lovecraft stories. I hadn't read too much of him previously. Seems to be much loved by the metal community; tons of references all over the place. I started reading him, in part, because I wondered if one of the Cthulhu stories written by Robert E. Howard (called "the Black Stone") was the inspiration for The Slave Eye's track "Black Stone Idol." Looking at the lyrics for that song, I realized the song was about something else entirely.
I'm enjoying Lovecraft so far. Not my typical genre, I guess.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2017 7:58:15 GMT -6
Unless I'm mistaken, this is what Black Stone Idol refers to. I'm not much of a reader. That's probably something I should change.
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Post by Deepfriar on Jan 9, 2017 8:10:34 GMT -6
Yes, that is what Black Stone Idol is talking about. I thought I had posted that on the Slave Eye topic a long time ago. Maybe I meant to and never did.
Anyway, I'm not reading much right now except the Bible. Been playing a lot of video games lately though lol.
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Post by barabbas on Jan 9, 2017 10:25:47 GMT -6
Yes, CW's link is what I think the song is talking about. I may have just missed your post DeepFriar.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2017 6:25:47 GMT -6
Started recently in Unfinished Tales by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2017 15:58:34 GMT -6
I started reading Malazan book of the fallen by Steven Ericson and it is very epic... if you know music project Caladan Brood you know what I mean :-)
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Post by Thomas Eversole on Jan 15, 2017 16:19:59 GMT -6
Bunch of nerds in this thread. LOL I'm just kidding!!!! I haven't read "a book" since... well, when I was in darkness and in jail. That "reading escape" still makes me feel like I'm in a cell, after all these years. If its any consolation, I'd like to be "A New Pair of Glasses" by Chuck C. (apparently its a good story about finding God with the moral of the story "Everything I went looking for, I went looking with.")
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Post by _ on Jan 26, 2017 22:33:02 GMT -6
I started reading Malazan book of the fallen by Steven Ericson and it is very epic... if you know music project Caladan Brood you know what I mean :-) I looked for the first book at my local library but it was checked out. Are you enjoying the series? I'm still deciding what to dig into. I suppose I'm mostly reading The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien. I was going to read my favorite book, The Name Of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. The writing is excellent. Check out the six paragraph prologue called "A Silence Of Three Parts." Oh hey, look at that, I included it in this post for your convenience ( source from Amazon). I might instead read Within The Ancient Forest by Paramaecium's Andrew Tompkins, which is also great. Attachments:
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Post by S on Jan 27, 2017 15:39:48 GMT -6
The Kaaba houses the black stone. It's not a fantasy track. -S
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2017 2:37:53 GMT -6
I looked for the first book at my local library but it was checked out. Are you enjoying the series? I'm still deciding what to dig into. I suppose I'm mostly reading The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien. I was going to read my favorite book, The Name Of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Well I am enjoying it as muvh as I can. But I had to stop reading now after third one because of my university final exams. But if you start reading malazan book of the fallen I reccoment to start with number 1 then 3 and after the second because the 2 and the 3 are in the same time but on different continents and 3 is directly continuing the story from 1. I think it is more than 2000 pages by now and it is becoming incredibly more difficult reading. But very satisfying in all ways - literal, storytelling, dramatic, fantasy, mindtwisting... so I higly recommend. About the Tolkien we could everyone speak for hours I guess. I love the trilogy of LOTR but for me the number one is Silmarillion where Tolkien shows Eru as one God who created middleearth and this symbolic of bible is very nice. The name of the wind is long time on my list to read. But I started malaz so who knows when this time will come. Haha still more than 5k pages to read. I started also the witcher series by andrzej sapkowski. Great and easy reading if you know the games.
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Post by barabbas on Feb 18, 2017 10:51:16 GMT -6
I just finished Wheel of Time 12: The Gathering Storm, and started 13: Towers of Midnight. I can't really recommend the series per se, but I have to finish it now that I'm this far!
Also read a bit of Culture Making by Andy Crouch. Here's a nice quotation that is apt for the context of this board: "The only way to change culture is to make more of it."
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Post by Charles on Feb 26, 2017 1:37:46 GMT -6
I am a huge book nerd. I started reading Dragonlance when I was still a kid and never looked back. I have read most everything from Dragonlance. I am such a nerd for that that I even got a tattoo of "Est Sularus oth Mithas" on my chest. It is in the language of the Solamnic Knights that means, "My honor is my life."
I have read the entire Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind, the whole Shannara series by Terry Brooks, and so many many more.
Currently I am not reading a book because I haven't decided what to read next. There are new releases from each Terry Goodkind and Terry Brooks. I just haven't decided what to start first.
The last book I read was "Questions Christians Hope No One Will Ask. It is an apologetics book. I used that book as a basis for the small group class that I taught at my church on the last round.
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Post by drawnsword on Feb 26, 2017 3:10:41 GMT -6
I read a lot. Currently reading, The Torch of the Testimony by John W Kennedy. Traces the 2000 year history of those Christian groups that have remained outside of formalized religion down through the ages. A stirring, passionate and sometimes heart rending story of suffering for the centrality of Christ within the Church. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1964.
Last reads; The Well-Played Life ; why pleasing God doesn't have to be hard work by Leonard Sweet Inspiring and encouraging read.
Drifter vol.1 Out of the Night (graphic novel) sci-fi, excellent painted art style and mysterious story Authentic Relationships by Wayne and Clay Jacobsen Unchurching: Christianity Without Churchianity --Richard Jacobson Bandersnatch: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings Jesus Speaks: Learning to Recognize and Respond to the Lord's Voice by Frank Viola and Leonard Sweet
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Post by Ghoul on Feb 27, 2017 4:02:58 GMT -6
Just finished Nergal's Confessions of a heretic. Good read. Not as profane as I thought it would be.
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Post by exo on Feb 27, 2017 7:22:26 GMT -6
This is where I cheat and say my "now reading" is this thread.......
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Post by barabbas on Mar 1, 2017 0:18:00 GMT -6
The last book I read was "Questions Christians Hope No One Will Ask. It is an apologetics book. I used that book as a basis for the small group class that I taught at my church on the last round. This sounds really interesting. What did you think of it? Did it work well for your class? Do you think it would work for a teenager?
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Post by Charles on Mar 1, 2017 23:01:47 GMT -6
The last book I read was "Questions Christians Hope No One Will Ask. It is an apologetics book. I used that book as a basis for the small group class that I taught at my church on the last round. This sounds really interesting. What did you think of it? Did it work well for your class? Do you think it would work for a teenager? It did work really well. It is well written and organized in such a way that makes it practical and easy to apply. Yes, I would recommend it for a teenager; the reason why is that in todays world, there are a multitude of traps and distractions all competing for a person's attention, especially teenagers. With all these competing philosophies, false truths, opposing value systems, and doubts constantly being blasted to humanity, it helps to hear the other side. To hear about solid scientific and philosophical evidences that make plain and clear the well-grounded reason behind our faith in the God of the Holy Bible. It gets you thinking about how to reconcile (with others and yourself) some challenging topics like: How can you believe in a God you cannot see, touch, or hear? These questions are stated from a skeptics point of view, then answered in depth from solid reason and faith points of view.
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Post by barabbas on Mar 2, 2017 0:08:04 GMT -6
This sounds really interesting. What did you think of it? Did it work well for your class? Do you think it would work for a teenager? It did work really well. It is well written and organized in such a way that makes it practical and easy to apply. Yes, I would recommend it for a teenager; the reason why is that in todays world, there are a multitude of traps and distractions all competing for a person's attention, especially teenagers. With all these competing philosophies, false truths, opposing value systems, and doubts constantly being blasted to humanity, it helps to hear the other side. To hear about solid scientific and philosophical evidences that make plain and clear the well-grounded reason behind our faith in the God of the Holy Bible. It gets you thinking about how to reconcile (with others and yourself) some challenging topics like: How can you believe in a God you cannot see, touch, or hear? These questions are stated from a skeptics point of view, then answered in depth from solid reason and faith points of view. That's fantastic! Thanks so much for this feedback. There are some young people in our church who have been going through materials like this, but they need another book. I'll recommend this one to them. Thanks again for your input!
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Post by tolencual on Mar 8, 2017 8:06:41 GMT -6
Been reading a lot of Forgotten Realms, trying to catch up on the Drizzt Do'Urden storyline. I'm almost halfway through Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf.
I re-read the Name of the Wind last year, so when I finish reading these books, I can re-read The Wise Man's Fear, thended finally get around to reading The Slow Regard of Silent Things, which I bought when it came out, but never read.
If I can fund the time lol
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Post by _ on Mar 18, 2017 15:01:38 GMT -6
This is the character that got me into fantasy. This is my favorite book. It's so good. The Slow Regard of Silent Things I did not enjoy this book and I only got around to trudging through halfish of it. If I can fund the time lol Not sure if you meant "find" or "fund" but they both work! I recently finished Farmer Giles of Ham and Smith of Wootton Major, a few of J.R.R. Tolkien's short stories.
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Post by tolencual on Mar 18, 2017 16:19:33 GMT -6
This is the character that got me into fantasy. This is my favorite book. It's so good. The Slow Regard of Silent Things I did not enjoy this book and I only got around to trudging through halfish of it. If I can fund the time lol Not sure if you meant "find" or "fund" but they both work! I recently finished Farmer Giles of Ham and Smith of Wootton Major, a few of J.R.R. Tolkien's short stories. Yeah I meant find, lol I should probably read more Tolkien at some point. I actually just finishes the Companions Codex and just started reading the Homecoming trilogy. Good so far!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2017 16:33:28 GMT -6
Reading several books simultaneously, with minimal, yet gradual success:
-The Gnostic Bible -"Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult" by Dayal Patterson -The Urantia Book (In French) -"In the Light of Truth: Book II"" by Abd-Ru-Shin
Recently finished: -The Mystical Life of Jesus (An AMORC book) -"Dianetics" by L. Ron Hubbard (a re-reading)
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Post by _ on Mar 19, 2017 12:22:41 GMT -6
Reading several books simultaneously, with minimal, yet gradual success Classic.
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Post by barabbas on Mar 25, 2017 18:23:17 GMT -6
Today is Tolkien Reading Day! It's March 25 because that's date of the main event in The Lord of the Rings (without providing any spoilers! The link includes the spoiler.)
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Post by _ on Mar 26, 2017 20:45:25 GMT -6
I started reading Tim Keller's "Walking with God through Pain and Suffering" today. I've found it excellent so far.
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Post by Kerrick on Mar 26, 2017 20:55:22 GMT -6
I haven't read that one, but my wife and I read through his book The Meaning Of Marriage and it was really fantastic. Keller is an extremely wise man.
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Post by _ on Mar 26, 2017 21:05:28 GMT -6
That's awesome that you read through that with your wife. I read it a few years ago as I was considering the projection of a relationship I was in. As you wrote, Keller is an extremely wise man.
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Post by tolencual on Apr 8, 2017 9:30:25 GMT -6
About a quarter of the way through Maestro. Can't believe I'll almost be done with the Drizzt series!
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Post by _ on Apr 25, 2017 22:18:56 GMT -6
Tolkien fans, should I read the Simi-lala or Unfinished Tales first? I haven't read either before.
Also I was just reading The Problem Of Pain by C.S. Lewis whilst listening to some dsbm (Wintercult, as it were) this morning. They paired well.
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Post by tolencual on Apr 27, 2017 7:11:27 GMT -6
Almost done with Hero!
I think after this I'll take a break from fantasy reading, as this will be my 11th fantasy book that I've finished in the last 6 months, and that's just from reading mostly during my lunch breaks.
I might read some motivational or Christian books. My wife got me "The Measure of a Man" by Gene Getz a couple years ago. I might as well give that a read.
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