What's going in the first half of August 2014?

I'm feeling bad about this blog as I am too busy to update it as much as I would love to. Just very briefly:

Read:

I'm reading Dune 3 "Kinder des Wüstenplaneten". I really began to enjoy Frank Herbert's Dune series. It introduces a deep, aristocratic sci-fi universe with the story focussed on what is happening on Dune, the desert planet Arrakis. Paul "Usul Muad'dib" Atreides got the throne as emperor of the known galaxy, leading the Fremen into a jihad, a holy war to conquer the universe. He's not particularly happy about his role as messiah and the billions of dead that result from the conquest, but he has incredibly powers to foresee the future. At the end of book two he's done. Blindly he walks into the desert and vanishes. Book three sees the introduction of his daughter and son: Leto III and Ghanima. Alia and Lady Jessica are also back and there's a conspiracy going on as usal. I highly recommend the Dune series. A sci-fi classic (from the 1960s and 1970s) one should have read.

I bought also some new books at the flea market, among them my first Terry Pratchet novel. Will upload some pics ASAP.

Watch:

I watched several movies in recent times. Among them:

Wacken 3D

- This was nostalgic for me as I was a constant visitor to the world's largest heavy metal festival from 2004 to 2009. Gladly I'll be able to return to the W:O:A next year. Running Wild has already been confirmed.

X-Men: Days of the future Past

- As much as I love Marvel, I'm not too much into X-Men and couldn't recognize every sidekick character. Nonetheless an enjoyable movie with a brilliant Michael Fassbender as Magneto.

Looking forward to see The Expendables 3 and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy in the cinema later this month!

Game:

I'm playing a lot of Magic: The Gathering these days, be it as trading card game in real life or on my 360 as Magic 2013 (has been free game of the month some short while ago). Also I began playing Dead Space 3 as I purchased it for cheap 16 Euro new at the loca GameStop). I consider Dead Space 1 and 2 as the best survival horror games of this past gen and as far superior as Resident Evil (every game RE5 onwards has been rather mediocre unless probably the 3DS one with Jill on the ship which I still have here unplayed). With Dead Space 3 I was less optimistic as the demo couldn't convince me too much. But having it played now I can see it's quality, a great beginning, then the necromorph outbreak at the lunar station and now Isaac's back in business in space as I yesterday reached Chapter 4. I'll be excited to continue!

Damn, I guess I'm a lot into sci-fi at the moment.