What book are you currently reading?

**A Man** · August 23, 2015, 08:36 PM

Curious to see where the terms "Carcosa" and "The Yellow King" came from after watching True Detective, I have found this. Interesting short horrorish stories.

**Abdülmecid I** · August 31, 2015, 05:50 AM

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Hilarious, definitely recommended. The revelation about how the ghost repeatedly repainted the blood stain was probably the funniest part.

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A bit old, but still very interesting. The author focuses on the numerous Eclessiastical Synods in Spain, during the Visigothic times: Their decisions, the influence of the royal court, their antisemitism, the impact of the Visigoths' conversion to catholicism and the relations between German and Roman bishops. Definitely recommended, especially if you are interested in eclessiastical history.

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Horrible. The ignorance of the historian regarding the period marked by Mithridates' reign is apparent and the fact that a large part of the book (mainly the first chapters dedicated to Mithridates' childhood) looks more like a fairy tale than a history study doesn't make it better either. Also, some glaring historical mistakes, like Attalus III being the successor of Eumenes II and that the name Tryphon is jewish (actually, it's greek, coming from the word "truphe"), which are unacceptable for a Stadford University professor.

**DaniCatBurger** · September 03, 2015, 12:12 PM

Steven Pinker, The Language Instinct

quite old but full of puns & quite funny

**Finn** · September 04, 2015, 08:14 AM

Book nine of the Malazan series.

**Big War Bird** · September 06, 2015, 08:39 AM

**Antiokhos Euergetes** · September 09, 2015, 04:37 PM

The Emperor Maurice and his Historian
Theophylact Simocatta on Persian and Balkan Warfare
Theophylact Simocatta, the last historian of classical antiquity, has in the past deterred investigators by the idiosyncrasies of his style. Through examination of Theophylact's narrative, and collation with other available evidence, Dr Whitby has unpicked the obscurities, biases, and errors to clear the way for a more accurate appreciation of the events of the reign of Emperor Maurice (582-602).
Great book book about a great Roman emperor and one of the last classical historians

**Big War Bird** · September 27, 2015, 09:53 AM

**Wulfburk** · September 27, 2015, 11:59 AM

Really liking it. Its all about the british perspective. And deals mostly after Trafalgar.

**Ybbon** · September 28, 2015, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by Finn

Book nine of the Malazan series.

I have had that on my kindle for a few years now, its a struggle. Deadhouse Gates was so good, that the series has really dragged since then. The problem is that the longer it takes to read, the more I will need to go back a bit to remind myself what happened.

**Antiokhos Euergetes** · October 09, 2015, 10:13 AM

"Witnesses to a World Crisis
Historians and Histories of the Middle East in the Seventh Century"

A groundbreaking study of the period when the final struggles between the empires of Rome and Persia, and then the explosion of Islamic warriors, transformed the political and religious world
Unlike other histories of early Islam, makes systematic use of the non-Islamic as well as the Islamic sources.
James Howard-Johnston provides a sweeping and highly readable account of probably the most dramatic single episode in world history - the emergence of a new religion (Islam), the destruction of two established great powers (Roman and Iranian), and the creation of a new world empire by the Arabs, all in the space of not much more than a generation (610-52 AD). Warfare looms large, especially where operations can be followed in some detail, as in Iraq 636-40, in Egypt 641-2 and in the long-drawn out battle for the Mediterranean (649-98). As the first history of the formative phase of Islam to be grounded in the important non-Islamic as well as Islamic sources Witnesses to a World Crisis is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand Islam as a religion and political force, the modern Middle East, and the jihadist impulse, which is as evident today as it was in the seventh century
http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199208593.do

In conjuction with this amongst others

Late Antiquity: Eastern Perspectives
In the past four decades since the field of late antique studies began to gather real momentum, scholars have debated the place of early Islam within the late antique world, particularly in relation to the issue of where and when 'Late Antiquity' ends.

**Gertrudius** · October 09, 2015, 11:09 AM

**geyserik** · October 24, 2015, 03:10 PM

**Big War Bird** · October 30, 2015, 08:13 AM

**Wulfburk** · October 31, 2015, 10:25 AM

Just finished it. Crimson Fists are definitely my favorite chapter and the book was really great. Gonna start the Horus Heresy series next. (been delaying it quite a while since its just so many books)

**DaniCatBurger** · November 16, 2015, 08:18 AM

This one has been written quite nicely.

**Finn** · November 16, 2015, 06:44 PM

Originally Posted by Ybbon

I have had that on my kindle for a few years now, its a struggle. Deadhouse Gates was so good, that the series has really dragged since then. The problem is that the longer it takes to read, the more I will need to go back a bit to remind myself what happened.

Yeah, I have ran into the issue of not remembering all the characters and plot lines myself over the course of the series, but I still think it's a series well worth finishing......anyway started the 10th and final book a couple of days ago.