Whats everyone reading now or read lately

[volcaniclastic]

Re: Whats everyone reading now or read lately

Also, name of the wind and a wise man's fear by Patrick Rothfuss

Good choice there, bud! I can't WAIT for the third one to come out.

[Medusa]

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Picked up my two new books on hold from the library. Best in Horror vol 2 and an awesome graphic novel of Thomas Ligotti short stories. On hold for me is an actual thick book called Weapon X. Yes, they write big ass X-men novels. No pictures. Just good 'ol stories. Can't wait!

[Chris the Bold]

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The Religion of the Etruscans

This sounds interesting! Was etruscan society in the Mediterranean area? like Italy-ish?

[monsno_leedra]

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This sounds interesting! Was etruscan society in the Mediterranean area? like Italy-ish?

Yep they pre-date the Roman's and even the Greek settlements in Southern Italy. Yet their social and cultural system so complex and complete a lot of it became the backbone for Roman beliefs.

From the book

The standard chronology of the periods of Etruscan cultureis as follows:
Iron Age/Villanovan—1000/900–750/700 bce
Orientalizing—750/700–600 bce
Archaic—600–475/450 bce
‘‘Classical’’—475/450–300 bce
Hellenistic—300 bce–first century bce

[Rick]

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The Road to Hel by H. R. Ellis Davidson. Very dry academic work about after-life beliefs and funerary customs of Teutonic peoples from the Neolithic through the Viking Age. Fascinating stuff. Available as a free legal download at www.heathengods.com .

[Unus Mundus]

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I'm currently reading a couple of books:

Old Irish Tales- A text concerning the more "folksy" and lesser known Irish mythos

Gods and Fighting Men- A book containing various collected myths from Irish literature and oral tradition, especially those concerning the deities and heroes, including one of my favorite heroes Cu' Chulainn!

Gotta love that Ulster Cycle. ^-^

[Riothamus12]

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I'm currently reading a couple of books:

Old Irish Tales- A text concerning the more "folksy" and lesser known Irish mythos

Gods and Fighting Men- A book containing various collected myths from Irish literature and oral tradition, especially those concerning the deities and heroes, including one of my favorite heroes Cu' Chulainn!

Gotta love that Ulster Cycle. ^-^

Amen, hallelujah, and peanut butter to that.

Now presently reading The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

[DanieMarie]

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I'm reading a book called Hothouse Flowers/The Orchid House (it had different titles in the UK and US). I'm reading it in German and I'm almost done. It started out as an interesting and gripping story about a pianist grieving over her dead child and husband and the aristocratic family her grandparents worked for (it jumps back to the past). Now that I'm almost done, it's turned into a soap opera on paper. Her husband wasn't really dead, she's the grandchild of the lord of the house who had an affair in post-war Thailand, her sister is adopted....etc. I'm kind of loving it haha. I'd never put up with such an over-the-top plot in English!

[EndlessCravings]

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I'm reading Devil of the Highlands.

[Immersion]

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I'm reading several books at the moment. Right now the two worth mentioning are "Be Different," which is about the author's experiences with Asperger's. More than half done with it and it's awesome. The other book is "On Violence," by Hannah Arendt which is an intellectual look on the relationship between power and violence. Also excellent but a bit more abstract than what I had in mind.

[Optimistic discord]

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I'm reading papers on, neurological conditions,spinal surgery and general anaesthesia.

Last book I read for fun was "The Worm Ouroboros" by Eddison. (not counting things I read to Winter )

[B. de Corbin]

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Last book I read for fun was "The Worm Ouroboros" by Eddison. (not counting things I read to Winter )

Fantastic book!

One of my all time favorites, but it can be a difficult read...

[iflewoverthecuckoosnest]

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"Being With Dying" by Roshi Joan Haliflax and "Boundaries of the Soul: The Practice of Jung's Psychology" by June Singer.

[Jinx]

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I'm reading "The Mark" it's the seventh book in The Left Behind series. A very good series thus far.

[Ouranos Ouroboros]

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I'm re-reading an old friend: Of Men and Monsters by William Tenn.