I actually meant is the Witcher book series ended? Unless you knew that in which case I'm a bit confused, although I'm not sure if I haven't actually confused myself lol.
I dunno! I just started reading it. I thoroughly enjoyed the Netflix series (mainly because I'd give my left leg to say hello to Henry Cavill), so I thought I'd read the books. Sorry for the confusion! I think we're on the same page now.
'Prey' by Michael Crichtion. Its about a man who was a programmer for artificial intelagence programs. A company buys on of the programs called PREDPREY. It is a preditor/prey program. The program is used in a new nanotechnological hardware that sends millions of little cameras into peoples bloodstream to see whats wrong with them. The program go's haywire and starts attacking people. Thats all the farther i have gotten but its a good thriller. I love it.
I have picked up Eragon, the (in)famous 'New Hope but with Dragons' book. Not very far into it yet, so I can't say much at this point. But people seem to like it, and hey dragons are cool.
Finished the first Expanse book, Leviathon Wakes. Pretty good actually, good writing and enjoyable characters - the tv series isn't too far away. Now into the first short story called The Butcher of Anderson Station. Sort of fill in for one of the events in the book.
I don't know...I couldn't get more than two or three chapters into the first one. And that was after I'd read Twilight because my then 12-year old daughter wanted to be able to discuss it with me. I thought Paolini made Meyer look like James Joyce by comparison.
The first one isn't that great but if I remember the series picks up a little bit after that. I still wouldn't recommend them to anyone.
Im on a "death" run at the moment. Picked up the audiobook for "Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs: big questions from tiny mortals about death" (i'd started it a while back and never finished it...checked out the audiobook on Saturday and binged it from start to finish). It was awesome! Now im readering "Smoke Gets In Your Eye: and other lessons from the crematory" by the same author. She's a mortician and all of her books are (spoiler alert) about death. She actually narrates the audiobooks, and her sense of humor is dark but super funny. I do not feel guilty about laughing about her description of the 70something year old dead guy who was her "first experience" and "more awkward than losing your virginity" ("Wasnt sure if Byron was a "he"(a person) or an "it" (a body), but it seemed like i should at least know his name for this most intimate of procedures")
what Murakami are you reading? I got more than halfway through "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" (and was really enjoying it) before i reluctantly put it down. Still on my nightstand.
I just read Norwegian Wood for school but wasn't crazy about it. It's good but not what I expected. Since reading it a few weeks ago, some big Murakami fans I've talked to also didn't care much for it so I figured I would keep exploring. I had previously read a couple of short stories by him before reading Norwegian Wood and dug those so I decided to check out a short story collection next, which is Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman. I'm half-way done. His short stories are really interesting.
I'm in the middle of (a LOT of books, but) Outer Dark right now. man is that one bleak. I finished The Road a decade ago and I still can't get that one out of my head.
^ Don't get yourself stuck in the Dipple gentle-homo. Call me if you need help, I'll bust in with a Crawler and get you out. I LOVE Andre Norton!
Both those are pretty good, but I prefer The Road. Outer Dark just gets progressively harder to read because of its bleak nature, but it is short. His first novel I think. I like McCarthy, but in small doses.
Just finished the Second Child by John Saul. Very dark, first book of his to read. Liked it will probably read more.
The Knight by the late, great Gene Wolfe. As expected, the plot is... convoluted, to say the last. Everything is convoluted. Time, space, causality, it's all a bit wobbly, off-kilter. And I love it. Wolfe has real skill at creating a sense of mystery and wonder. This is Fantasy at its most fantastical. When I'm done with this I plan to dive straight into the sequel, The Wizard, which I've already bought.
I've got a copy on my bookshelf waiting to be read. Hardback, no less. Picked it up for less than a buck at a thrift store. Maybe I'll start it after I finish the two books I'm currently reading — The King of Thorns by Lawrence, & Bloodstone by Karl Edward Wagner.
The Book of the New Sun was my introduction to Wolfe, and stands as one of my favorite works of literature, period. As for The Fifth Head of Cerberus, haven't had the pleasure yet. After the Knight and Wizard duology, I plan to read Litany of the Long Sun and Epiphany of the Long Sun, which have been sitting idly on my shelf for a shamefully long time. After that, if I haven't had my fill of Wolfe for the time being, I'll definitely check out Cerberus. How's that Broken Empire trilogy treating you?
I read that one a long time ago. Extremely dark, grim stuff. I remember really liking some things about it, but ultimately it didn't leave that great of an impression.