[Royce]

  I also enjoy going down the rabbit hole with speculative authors such as Graham Hancock and Zecharia Sitchin (while keeping my bucket of salt nearby for hearty pinches, or even scoops, as needed).

Lol,I am also guilty of reading these speculative but interesting authors Have you read Hancocks novels?,have been wondering if I should read them or not.

[Madness]

Let my brain rot.

Lol - If that is your intent, perhaps, you should frequent a forum less expansive than this .

I have finished Toll the Hounds and am now reading Dust of Dreams.

How has that slog been, Meyna?

I also enjoy going down the rabbit hole with speculative authors such as Graham Hancock and Zecharia Sitchin (while keeping my bucket of salt nearby for hearty pinches, or even scoops, as needed).

Lol,I am also guilty of reading these speculative but interesting authors Have you read Hancocks novels?,have been wondering if I should read them or not.

Lmao - oh, you guys. You're all over my teenage love of conspiracy and mystery right now (Sitchin requires a Sorcerer's weight in salt). Read Hancock, Royce. Then read Robert Bauval. And, of course, von Daniken to round it out.

As for me, there are a couple I'm working on (as per usg) but Why Teach? - Mark Edmundson is the one I am reading quickest at the moment.

[Royce]

Lmao - oh, you guys. You're all over my teenage love of conspiracy and mystery right now (Sitchin requires a Sorcerer's weight in salt). Read Hancock, Royce. Then read Robert Bauval. And, of course, von Daniken to round it out.

Lol,a friend of mine is literally throwing this stuff at me Manley P Hall,Aleister Crowley,Michael Tsarion.....the list goes on and on I do not think words can describe the amount of salt needed reading these guys,but it is fun though.

[Madness]

Lol - Tsarion is right there with Sheldrake . David Wilcock. David Icke. This stuff is taking me back. All inspiring fodder for writing fiction, if nothing else.

[Meyna]

I have finished Toll the Hounds and am now reading Dust of Dreams.

How has that slog been, Meyna?

It picks back up towards the end of Midnight Tides, though, beware; it heads back to Letheras for most of Reaper's Gale. I regret nothing, though. I am surprisingly sensitive to the many times the characters wax poetic about history. That he is very good at crafting such exposition is not surprising, given that Erikson is an archaeologist/anthropologist in addition to being a writer.

[Somnambulist]

  I also enjoy going down the rabbit hole with speculative authors such as Graham Hancock and Zecharia Sitchin (while keeping my bucket of salt nearby for hearty pinches, or even scoops, as needed).

Lol,I am also guilty of reading these speculative but interesting authors Have you read Hancocks novels?,have been wondering if I should read them or not.

Definitely read some (if you have a friend that can lend you the books, even better, so you don't have to buy them).  I personally preferred Fingerprints of the Gods and Underworld, but I guess it depends on your particular taste for conspiracy.

[Royce]

Tsarion is right there with Sheldrake

Well I am not so sure about that though.I guess you are referring to his rather crazy talks? I know he was in that bunch of "this is what will happen in 2012" group along with Icke,Wilcock,Pinchbeck and so on,but if you read "disciples of the mysterium" he explores different and more interesting topics(IMO).He attacks collectivism(and every other ism) and tries to show you that they are all cul de sacs.He clearly favors tao and the philosophies of Ayn Rand etc.I would actually recommend this to everyone interested in collectivism vs individualism.

Definitely read some (if you have a friend that can lend you the books, even better, so you don't have to buy them).  I personally preferred Fingerprints of the Gods and Underworld, but I guess it depends on your particular taste for conspiracy.

Yeah,I have been wondering about those two,and I will read FOG soon Do you know he has written fiction? I wonder if they are any good(Entangled,War God) He is a very creative and inspiring guy

[Madness]

The Republic of Thieves - Scott Lynch

Finally!

[Royce]

Red seas under red skies,Scott Lynch.
The shadow of the torturer,Gene Wolfe.
Wisdom of insecurity,Alan Watts.
Grendel,John Gardner.

[Davias]

After so many books about the punic wars and roman history, I finally read "The Grim Company" by Luke Scull.

[Madness]

Lots and lots of Niccolo Machiavelli... heaps, if you will.

[Davias]

Niccolo Machiavelli... interesting, Madness.
I've only read a few passages in "The Prince" some years ago.
Can you recommend some of his works? Has it a little insight about the timeframe, in which he lived?

[Madness]

He is a prolific writer, Davias. And yes, he offers plenty of commentary on his times and ancient Rome, which he held in the highest regard (often unfairly over his contemporaries). I'm doing a seminar course on him right now that requires a 3h presentation .

The Art of War (I'm not sure he'd have known of Sun Tzu's title)
The Discourses

And while everyone should read the The Tercets on Fortune, his plays were pretty awesome.

The Prince the go-to suggestion, obviously.

[Davias]

Thanks, Madness. I have added him to my reading list, which is already too long 

[Royce]

The tell tale brain, Ramachandran. Simply stunning.

The dragons path, Daniel Abraham. So far so good.