Music & Books
Music
Just recently, I picked up playing the classical guitar again, and I try to practise at least once per week.
Some of the most beautiful pieces are from Villa Lobos, Tarrega and Albeniz.
As you already guessed I have a weak spot for guitarmusic, classical as well as pop.
In popmusic some of my favourite bands/artists are:
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Sisters of Mercy, Garbage, David Bowie, REM, Prodigy, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Madonna, Moby, and lounge music.
Books
Reading is something I grew up with. My mother used to show me picturebooks in the library when I was only a small child, unable to read. Nowadays the love for the written word and books is still there. Also, bacause of my history background, I am espcially interested in very old manuscripts. At the university I attended a course in palaeograghy: that is the art of deciphering old (e.g. medieval) manuscripts.
Here is a list of books I really enjoyed (you can see it as a top 10, in no particular order).
- Hyperion-series/Dan Simmons
- The dark Tower-series/Stephen King
- Elric of Melniboné/Michael Moorcock
- The Mists of Avalon/Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Finn Mac Cool/Morgan Llywelyn
- Hawkmoon/Michael Moorcock
- The Talisman/Stephen King & Peter Straub
- Neverwhere/Neil Gaiman
- Otherland (part 1-4)/Tad Williams
- Vampire Chronicles/Anne Rice (esp. The Witching Hour)
Book reviews
I used to make a bookreview every month, but it took too much of my time. So I won't review
any more, but the ones I wrote are still available.
| Title |
Author |
Misc. |
| 'Dream Park/The Voodoo Game' |
Larry Niven en Steven Barnes |
London Pan Books, 1991 |
| 'Otherland' |
Tad Williams |
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| 'Neverwhere' |
Neil Gaiman |
New York, AvonBooks, 1997 |
| 'My Soul to Keep' |
Tananarive Due |
New York, Harper Collins, 1997 |
| 'Lady of Avalon' |
Marion Zimmer Bradey |
London, Penguin Books, 1998 |
| 'Hogfather' |
Terry Pratchett |
London, Victor Gollancz, 1991 |
| 'Imajica' |
Clive Barker |
London, Harper Collins, 1996 |
| 'Close to the Bone' |
Mark Morris |
London, Piatkus, 1995 |
| 'Wizard and Glass' |
Stephen King |
New York, Penguin group, 1997 |
| 'Wish You Were Here' |
Lesley Grant-Adamson |
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1995 |
| 'The Magician's Tale' |
David Hunt |
London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1997 |
| 'Havock Junction' |
Joe Donnelly |
London, Century, 1995 |
| 'The Rise of Endymion' |
Dan Simmons |
London, Headline Book Publishing, 1997 |
| 'Sleeping Beauties' |
Mavis Cheek |
London, Faber&Faber, 1996 |
| 'Feet of Clay' |
Terry Pratchett |
London, 1996 |
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| 'Backwards' |
Rob Grant |
London, Viking, 1996 |
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| 'The Revenge of the Rose' |
Michael Moorcock |
London, Orion, 1991 |
| 'Outside the Rules' |
Dylan Jones |
London, Century, 1994 |
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