NO WAY Doktor! That's the one of the FOUR GREAT CHINESE CLASSICS that I haven't read! Is it good? I've really wanted to get ahold of a copy for a while, but finances have been bleak.

Have you read OUTLAWS OF THE MARSH, ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS, or JOURNEY TO THE WEST / MONKEY? They're the others and each is pretty fantastic (plus they've each inspired pretty fantastic videogames also).

Are there any games based on Dream of the Red Chamber, or is it too much FAMILY POLITICS or whatever to translate to pressing buttons?


PS: Oh yeah, book I'm reading at the moment is EUROPE: 1815 - 1960. While I'm enthralled by most historical periods, the nineteenth century is time which I've pretty much only skimmed over in my reading. It's been pretty fantastic so far, especially as it's separated into almost article style/length sections on each of the major events, revolutions/political changes, and international policies of each decade. I'ma read some fiction again soon, but I have to reward myself with a history book every so often lest I burn all my books in a fit of rage.

I've read Outlaws of the Marsh and I read like 300 pages of Journey to the West.  I own all four classics.  I really like the Foreign Language Press versions they're cool. 

Dream of Red Mansions (lol it has like 5 different titles) so far is really good.  It can get a little confusing because they keep switching between the two mansions and different characters and stuff, but I like how they describe everyday life back then.  Like culture, religion, and stuff like that.

Journey to the West is really cool too because if you didn't know it's based on a real story.  Xuanzang was a real monk who really travelled to the West (India) for scriptures and a biography was actually written about him.  This book is a fictional account with so much mythological aspects.

After reading Dream of Red Chamber I plan on finishing Journey to the West and then starting Romance of the Three Kingdoms.  I loved the video game series and Dynasty Warriors.

I am reading uh TOO MANY BOOKS AT ONCE atm.  I'm reading The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer (as in Twin Peaks) and Journey to the West.  Also as of today I am reading The Great American Novel by Keith Malley and I have never laughed so hard at a book in my life.

moby dick and volume 3 of capital

I just finished Embassytown by China Mieville, it was pretty fantastic [pun ][/pun] and definitely the best book of his that I've read so far. I really like his stuff for being huge tangled masses of ideas but I thought there was a level of focus here and a slowly building tension that really brought it home. I'd definitely recommend it if anyone wants a good scifi book that's more focused on imagination and neat ideas than uh starwars stuff.

You gotta read Carrie and Christine first, work your way up to The Stand because it is awesome. Don't wanna SK-peak too early.

I've not read Insomnia but I'm told on good authority that it's also awesome.

The last novels I read were:
The Quantum Thief
The War of the Rull

Enjoyed both thoroughly. The former will make your head explode a bit at first but once you understand how the characters are communicating it will all make sense. The latter is a good psychological survival and one of the fruits of my I-will-buy-shitto-sci-fi-from-oxfam phase that I've been going through for about a year now.

Just started A Clash of Kings after finishing up A Game of Thrones. Loving it so far since it just feels like I'm continuing the first book which really grabbed me at the last hundred or so pages.

Wow, this thread is still alive.