What are you Reading

[widowmaker]

Of late I have been making my way through the LOTR. However now nearing the end I am at a loss as to what might interest me to read next. So what is everyone else reading these days?

[Micki!]

widowmaker said:
So what is everyone else reading these days?



The forums... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Doppelgofer]

its sad but i don't have the patience to read a book....i WILL read a novel one day though

[Dave-ros]

World War: In the Balance by Harry Turtledove. It's the story of Earth during WWII being invaded by giant lizards from another planet, the catch being that their weapons technology is only that of the 1990s on Earth, and they're inexperienced warriors who were expecting humanity to fight with swords and can't understand how things could have changed so much in only 800 years...

I can't understand anyone who doesn't read books, unless they're really, really busy or something http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif Give a hoot, read a book! Or something http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Geir]

I'm reading a kid's book that everyone reads and I am reading an adult book that nobody bothers trying to finish

[widowmaker]

cheater388 said:
I'm reading a kid's book that everyone reads and I am reading an adult book that nobody bothers trying to finish



Is this a riddle or what?
Titles man, give me Titles!

[Imfamous]

Re-reading The Hobbit http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Deth]

Dragonlance: Dragons of Autum Twilight


I have read it before, and I plan to read it many times.

[widowmaker]

Daniel Wilson said:
Dragonlance: Dragons of Autum Twilight


I have read it before, and I plan to read it many times.



Funny I own one Dragonlance novel and that would be it. lol

[Zztx]

I hardly do any reading. Ender's Game was the last book I read all the way through; before that, All Quiet on the Western Front. Both of them were great.

Counting COMIC books on the other hand...
I own Hsu & Chan: Too Much Adventure!, borrowed JTHM: Director's Cut (so THAT'S what all the fuss is about :P), and have ordered the Squee! collection.
Life is good. Kinda.

[Geir]

widowmaker said:

cheater388 said:
I'm reading a kid's book that everyone reads and I am reading an adult book that nobody bothers trying to finish



Is this a riddle or what?
Titles man, give me Titles!



the fifth book of harry potter and "war and piece".

[Steve]

I'm reading a book on American history. Pretty interesting http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[GodBlitZor]

I dont read anymore, but I will make suggestions - (I read in pretty high levels)

Man of the Hour - Peter Blauner
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0446605417/104-2334988-1079126?v=glance

The Enchanted Forest Chronicles - Patricia Wrede
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0152050523/104-2334988-1079126?v=glance

The Pit Dragon Trilogy - Jane Yolen
Part 1 - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/det...079126?v=glance (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0152008667/qid=/sr=/ref=cm_lm_asin/104-2334988-1079126?v=glance)
Part 2 - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/det...079126?v=glance (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0152008659/qid=/sr=/ref=cm_lm_asin/104-2334988-1079126?v=glance)
Part 3 - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/det...079126?v=glance (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0152051287/qid=/sr=/ref=cm_lm_asin/104-2334988-1079126?v=glance)

All of them are supreme. I remember staying up really late(like 6:00) just reading. I cant do that anymore, my mood totally mucks up reading and I only read when I have to for school. I can rarely find a good book, but these rock. I want to turn The Pit Dragon Trilogy into a book. It'd rock so hard! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tinyted.gif

[The Baskinator]

Harry Harrison's Bill the Galactic Hero. Almost done with it.

[Deth]

The later books are a little more mature in the writing, as in it's not like reading a character sheet. The first books made me feel like I was playing DnD. (But of course I love DND, so it's not that bad.)


Edit: oops, i ment to qoute widowmaker

[avatar_58]

I need to read the damned driver's handbook so I can go take my test.... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/redface.gif

[I-Ninja]

The Transall Saga, by Gary Paulson, quite a bit different than what he writes most of the time

[Nessus]

Final Flight By Nelson Demille, it's about the shooting down of TWA flight 800 off the coast of long island in 1996.

[Taril]

The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S.Lewis

[Balgias]

Ive been reading these forums recently of course, But last book i read was blade runner 2. Yes, it was a Very Gooood follow up to where the blade runner movie followed at, i forgot the name of the author tho...

[Dr.Dude]

Just been re-reading The War of the Worlds.

[biXen]

The history of nearly everything. Audiobook, can't be arsed to strain my eyes anymore than I already do http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Synti]

Reading two books at the same time at the moment.

Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind. Very interesting book going way beyond just the music and the silly masks. Really looking at the links to the ancient norse mythology, satanism, paganism and paradigms of black metal. No wonder it has won all those awards.

Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Well, it certainly takes some time to get sucked into this one. Everything is described down to the finest detail all the time and it can be a bit frustrating to read. But who can resist an adventure in the sea!? Yaarrr!!

And just finished reading 2001: Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke, Laughable Loves by Milan Kundera and The Incredible and Sad Tales short story collection by Gabriel García Márquez.

[Beelze]

I'm currently reading "Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy."

[FireFly]

I'm currently making my way through:

The Order of Things by Michel Foucault.

[Pansa]

i just hurried through potter (what was it? 6 ? )

now im going for "Tom holt - In your dreams"

damn i need a new Robert Rankin or Pratchett fix ...

dont usually like Holt very much xept for the summing up of the nibelungen saga in "wir hatten sie irgendwie grösser erwartet" (we expected you to be bigger...)

but i think ill reread some of the Rankin novels soon.
got to reread "nostradamus ate my hamster.."
If you like FFF (far fetched fiction) its the right place to be ..
Or try "armagedon : the musical" its great. b`ware tis briish though

[Zztx]

Got the Squee! collection yesterday, along with I Feel Sick #1. Busted through both of 'em right quick, I did.

[Destroyer]

this thread. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[StarBegotten]

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

[Destroyer]

i dont know but reading story books kinda seems like a waste of time to me. if I want a story I go watch a movie. I only read textbooks.

[motionblur]

The last thing I read was a comic book: "Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things" (Vol.1).
Pretty cool - read it straight through in one hour or so...
The downside to comic books is that you finish them way faster than 'real' books, though.

[StarBegotten]

Hmmmm, its just that I find that books give you more depth and subtlety than most films and can more easily explore ideas that are unreachable in film alone.

But then they are very different mediums, direct comparisons aren’t really helpful.

Though having just said that http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif Slaughterhouse Five was considered unfilmable but was made pretty successfully into one by George Hill. Still I think the film does miss some of the nuances of the book.

To each there own. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Is anyone else looking forward to the film treatment of Scanner Darkly btw?

[Pansa]

well , reading the start of "in your dreams " i had the fealing that i should know the characters already (though my brother didnt) and allas, its a sequel , so i bought "the portable door" also by Tom Holt..

one of the best books ever !!!11elven...

one of the things that made me laugh out was a sequence , where the two mainprotagonists try to figure out what their company DOES , and the female second lead wonders wether they actualy are
"into mineral rights aswell as minerals"
and the maincharakter wonders
"whether minerals have rights, i cant see a reason why they shouldnt , though i havent seen any mineral rights activists in the streets lately" http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

btw , has anyone seen the "everything's illuminated " trailer on apple?

i read the book and was flabergasted at the reviews of it which quoted the book to be "extremly funny"..
and it looks like they will try to spin the movie that way ..
(note , i didnt think the book was meant to be "funny" in a comical way , the only "funny" thing in it , is the way the ucrainian lead uses wrong or invented words speaking english..
(the look of the flic looks great though , and "that hobbit guy" seems to choose quiet "special" roles lately(i know his name , couldnt bother to look up the spelling though http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif )

[Duckman]

I just finished reading The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood, and I am now re-reading all of my Guy Vanderhaeghe books, because he is awesome.

[Mongorian]

Just finished reading One flew over the cuckoo's nest and am gonna give Requiem for a dream a try.

[cladinshadows]

widowmaker said:
Of late I have been making my way through the LOTR. However now nearing the end I am at a loss as to what might interest me to read next. So what is everyone else reading these days?



I love LOTR lol...

I'm reading Light in August, by William Faulkner, and I'll be delving into The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne next.

The racism in Light In August bothers me, but what else do I expect being that it's time period is just after the civil war in the south.


StarBegotten said:
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut.



Excellent book!


Dr.Dude said:
Just been re-reading The War of the Worlds.



I just purchased that, so I can't wait to try it.

[Dave-ros]

Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov. It's a shame the religion thread got locked, there's an interesting quote I could have included from the segment in Mycogen... http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Ivan]

Before going to Bulgaria, I said that I bought Angels and Demons (by Dan Brown, author of the best-seller The Da Vinci Code) recommanded to me by Killerbyte (Where is he?). I loved it, and I almost finished it all while I was in the plane, it was really good. If you have any other suggestions man, just PM me! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Before going to Bulgaria, we ordered Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on amazon.com and we received it on July 16th, in a box with huge letters on it: PLEASE DO NOT DELIVER BEFORE JULY 16!. I started reading it, I'm reading the second chapter right now. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[supermeerkat]

Just finished "The Inner Circle" by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn, and just started "The problems of philosophy" by Bertrand Russel.

Both excellent reads.

[Kevin's girl]

Right now I'm reading "A Land Remembered" for my english class. It was slow going at first, but it gets a little more interesting with each passing chapter. I'm on like, chapter 14 or something like that. So far it's not the best book I've ever read, but it's not the worst either. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Ecmaster76]

The Prince and The Discourses, by Niccolo Machiavelli.

I just started the third (and final I believe) book of the discourses, just about done. Some of it can be dry but a lot of his thoughts about the behavior of sovereigns and/or republics both influenced (directly or indirectly) the creation of the US constitution and also provide insight into the current state of affairs in the United States.

Although the changes in culture and technology have somewhat limited the application of his material, people really aren't too much different these days so I have managed to get a lot of good brain food out it.

[ZuljinRaynor]

Just finished the Doom Book (1) and Love Hina Volume 5.

[Jeff]

All-In-One A+ Certification Exam Guide 5th Edition: Chapter 3 (Microprocessors).

[Nacho]

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordan

[Jeff]

All-In-One A+ Certification Exam Guide 5th Edition: Chapters 4-5 (RAM; BIOS & CMOS).

[RugerMK1]

We've got the interweb and people still read printed books? Amazing!

[thefly]

Started reading (again) book six of the Wheel of Time. Was about a 1/4 of the way when I stopped, now about 1/2 done.

[Tedski]

Best get your skates on then, as in another month book 11 is out! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Lain]

lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Just finished "The Virgin Suicides" last week.
Then, i plan to read Middlesex and The Rules of attraction.

[Qtipie]

"kamikaze kaito jeanne" by arina tanemura.

should be reading schoolbooks instead, though.

[Ivan]

Le Dernier Jour D'un Condamné - Victor Hugo

Finish it (100Pages) for Tuesday. I'm at Page 70. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

It isn't that bad, and I'm reading it for my French Class.

[Jeff]

All-In-One A+ Certification Exam Guide chapters 6-10.

[cladinshadows]

Admittedly nothing right now...but I want to start in on Invisible Man by Ellison soon here.

[Jeff]

All-In-One A+ Certification Exam Guide: chapters 18-22.

[Ivan]

Perfume by Patrick Suskind.

When the teacher passed this book in class, I knew I had seen it before somewhere. Then when I began reading it, it just was so obvious. Kurt inspired himself from this book to write the song off In Utero called Scentless Apprentice. His lyrics really match well the book story and the book is really good. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/love.gif

[Geir]

I'm reading a book called "Animal-speak" by Ted Andrews and I don't know why I'm hooked on this book.

[Rider]

I'm reading 2 books ATM

Roland Topor, A fairy like you don't meet 'em everyday (dutch book, translated the title)
H.P. Lovecraft, Scary stories (I have a dutch version, the title is bound to be off)

[Taril]

New Jedi Order:"Traitor" by Matthew Stover

[thefly]

Book seven in the Wheel of Time series: [u]A Crown of Swords</u>

[shiranui]

"A Year in the <font color="blue">M</font><font color="white">er</font><font color="red">de</font>" - Stephen Clarke

[cladinshadows]

Going to start reading "The Trial" by Franz Kafka

[Jeff]

All-In-One A+ Certification chapters 12-14. Understanding Windows, the command prompt, and Windows 9x/ME.

[Geir]

Vampire Hunter D - volume one

This guy put science and fantasy in one book, and even made sense with it!

[Simon Charles]

Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man.

[ZuljinRaynor]

Prey - Michael Crichton

[Fat John]

ZuljinRaynor said:
Prey - Michael Crichton



I read that too. What do you think?

[ZuljinRaynor]

I think its a great book. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Fat John]

True dat.

[Jeff]

All-In-One A+ Certification exam guide: chapter 16.

Windows NT Workstation, 2000 Professional, and XP Home/Professional.

[Wamplet]

Rejoice!

For I have finally read HAMSTAR IN TEH HOLLAY.

\o


I read it while the power was out from the hurricane last week. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/redface.gif

[widowmaker]

I just finished reading Star Wars: The Dark Nest.
Some new book trilogy.
And now to find something else to read. Hmmm.

[Ivan]

Wamplet said:
Rejoice!

For I have finally read HAMSTAR IN TEH HOLLAY.

\o


I read it while the power was out from the hurricane last week. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/redface.gif



HOLY SHIT! I missed that! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

Okay now time to change your avatar, it's official, IM me on MSN we'll get the hunt started.

As for me, I'm still reading Parfume, and I gotta read around 80 pages for tomorrow, because I have a mini-test on it tomorrow! http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

[Phait]

Time to ressurrect this thread.

Today I bought:
The Collected Tales And Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679600078/002-1091551-8317622?v=glance&n=283155) - hardcover, 1026 pages.

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/6657/067960007801aa240sclzzzzzzz8uo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[JackpotDen]

Mongorian said:
Just finished reading One flew over the cuckoo's nest and am gonna give Requiem for a dream a try.



One flew over the cuckoo's nest is a good read, I haven't seen the film yet.

http://img347.imageshack.us/img347/462/chopperden20gl.jpg

[Mr_Biggun]

Peter Scholl-Latour - "Weltmacht im Treibsand" ("Superpower in Quicksand")

Brief description (http://www.germany-info.org/relaunch/info/publications/week/2004/040709/politics2.html)


Very interesting read.

[Soothsayer]

Just finished reading Jarhead by Anthony Swofford which my brother gave to me for my birthday. It's alright, but not my style of writing. Interesting to see how the movie is gonna turn out.

[Marty]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1903254310.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[Ivan]

http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P/0671027387.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Ivan]

Les Mouches - Jean-Paul Sartre

[K T Ong]

http://unp.unl.edu/PressBookJackets/0-8032-9298-8.jpg

[rsmedts]

http://www.electricinca.com/56/images/snowcrash.jpg

And I'm almost through. Most fun I ever had reading cyberpunk.

[Vivi]

I'll have to check it out. I love cyberpunk novels.

[Kronx]

I finished Zelazny's 10 Amber books, The Wrinkle in Time books, and The Phantom Tollbooth. I read Stephen King's Cell, and that spurred me on to read the Dark Tower series. I'm on Drawing of the Three.

Of all of those books, The Phantom Tollbooth was my favorite. I've always loved it when folk screw with the English language.

[Dave-ros]

Blimey, this thread's been bumped up quite a way http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

I'm on the verge of finishing Dune, which has been good, and a lot easier to understand than the movie was when I was about 8 http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/redface.gif (for some reason there was a Dune colouring/puzzle book for kids at the time -- WTF?! What next, Dawn of the Dead Play-Doh?!?!?)

Now, leaving aside the movie being edited down from a much better version into a form that Frank Herbert himself disowned, would I be okay borrowing my housemate's copy of the movie, or would it spoil stuff that happens in the future books (like Messiah of Dune), which I also want to read?

[Simon Charles]

The book of illusions, by Paul Auster.

[jazgour]

StarBegotten said:
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut.


I read this twice, let me know if you figure out wtf its about.

[jazgour]

Ivan said:
http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P/0671027387.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg


Good book!

[jazgour]

Its mid-semester, all I read now is text books. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[thefly]

I was bored, so I read halfway through Dune.

[Ivan]

L'étranger from Albert Camus.

Won some Litterature Nobel prize. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Eigio]

http://www.mormonmemorabilia.com/images/Merchandise/Books/Genealogical/Roots.jpg


I have been reading this book on and off for about two years or so. It's an excellent book so far - I think Alex Haley has a knack at creating that black, southern style of converstation (at least considering the context that the book is set in, anyway).

[Eigio]

Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man.



Hah! I remember reading that book sophmore year of high school. It seems like Bradbury sure like to write about Martian exploration...

[Da-Masta]

Started Life of Pi by Yann Martel this past summer but never got around to finishing it.

I just recently picked it up again. Pretty good fiction.

[Joe Siegler]

Just picked this up today. While I have a pile of books to read, I'm going to hit this one this weekend.

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060854995.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[thefly]

Started reading "Dune" again.

[Chimera]

currently rereading the Dark Tower series, on number 4 - wizard & glass

Just out of interest, anyone ever read and of the Transmetropolitan series?

[Dave-ros]

The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov. Ah, so this is the first story featuring the Spacers I read about in Foundation and Earth! Not to mention the first appearance of the famous R. Daneel Olivaw...

[Simon Charles]

The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov. Ah, so this is the first story featuring the Spacers I read about in Foundation and Earth! Not to mention the first appearance of the famous R. Daneel Olivaw...

Yes, and what an awesome book it is! Glad to hear you're enjoying it! Asimov sure was a master of his craft.

I'm currently reading book #2 of the 4-part Ender series by Orson Scott Card. Speaker for the dead proves to be quite different from Ender's game but I like it just as much. Ender has grown much inbetween books and it's nice to see him as the man he's become.

[Chimera]

Transmetropolitan - back on the street
Was a recommendation from somebody on another board... I love it :D

[Deth]

Reading Dracula for the second time. First time a read it was 2 years ago, and I have been looking for it at my schools library, and finaly found it at the public library.

[Joe Siegler]

I just got finished reading this (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060854995/).

[Zztx]

Finished "V for Vendetta," starting...

http://www.chuckscomics.com/pics/tps/watchmen.jpg

[Simon Charles]

Finished The Book of Illusions and Speaker for the Dead. I'm now starting Brooklin Follies by Paul Auster. Then it's gonna be part 3 of the Ender cycle.

[Wooloomooloo]

Operating Systems: Design and Implementation, by Andrew S. Tanenbaum. :o

[0marTheZealot]

Just finished reading The Blind Mirror by Christopher Pike. I loved every minute of it. I started reading it around 12am and didn't stop until I was done; it was that engrossing. I'm a huge Christopher Pike fan!

[JackpotDen]

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0007204493.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I feel a powerful lust for watching the film again. I already finished this, re reading cool bits. Next will be "Lord of the flies"

[Zztx]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0812575717.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[widowmaker]

Recently finished the Star Wars: Dark Nest Trilogy by Troy Denning
http://images.chapters.indigo.ca/covers/books/304/0345463048_s.jpg
http://images.chapters.indigo.ca/covers/books/303/034546303X_s.jpg
http://images.chapters.indigo.ca/covers/books/305/0345463056_s.jpg
Just finished Homeland and Exile by R.A. Salvatore and am now onto Sojourn. They are bundled as the Dark Elf Trilogy.
http://images.chapters.indigo.ca/covers/books/588/0786915889_s.jpg

[Ivan]

http://www.livres-bq.com/Couvertures/souliers.jpg

Boring.

[Phait]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394716965/qid=1148415692/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-3545217-0900047?s=books&v=glance&n=283155

I hate books that say more than they need to, to convey something. It's very hard for me to remember what the last paragraph I read was about.

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/197/039471696501lzzzzzzz5iq.jpg

[Zztx]

http://img1.imageshack.us/img1/6476/039914390401lzzzzzzz2tc.jpg

http://img1.imageshack.us/img1/6143/037570213x9ml.jpg

Also, The Complete Short Stories of Mark Twain

[Phait]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1573228834/qid=1152240493/sr=11-1/ref=sr_11_1/102-6248436-5947368?n=283155

http://giotto.ibs.it/aj/834/1573228834.jpg

[Zztx]

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/5992/038549251001lzzzzzzz7jc.jpg

-and-

http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/5862/03454189218ed.jpg

Great and great.

[Locnor]

History of Hell (something like that). (I figure that I will find out which "religion" has the most lenient version of hell and then I will convert to that belief system).

[MeatWagon]

I'm about half way through book ten of the wheel of time series, cross roads of twilight, then I'll move on to the prequel, New Spring.

Anybody read the wasp factory? I highly recommend it!

[Mongorian]

Green Suede Shoes - An Irish American Odyssey.

[Gatinater]

I would read if I could stop skimming. Besides I prefer the books with the pictures, because a picture says a thousand words, according to a film commercial or maybe some philosopher, I'm not sure. In other words the picture books are quicker. I think I might have the A.A.D.D. Or I'm careless. Or I say I'm careless because I'm in denial of A.A.D.D. Possibly suffering from accelerated bordom syndrome, a condition I just made up, I mean I don't think it exists.

I stay away from pop-up books though, because erecting things arouse me, sexually.

[Ivan]

A driver's manual. o/

[Nessus]

Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, and Jarhead and Morlas and Dogma By Albert Pike. One of these days I'll finnish a book before starting another one.

[Phait]

An Introduction to the Buddha and His Teachings

http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Buddha-His-Teachings/dp/0760706360/ref=sr_11_1/002-5055709-6992006?ie=UTF8

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7374/80a8124128a0f78ef0fd4010aa240lvl0.jpg (http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Buddha-His-Teachings/dp/0760706360/ref=sr_11_1/002-5055709-6992006?ie=UTF8)

[Ivan]

The Prince - Machiavel
Animal Farm - Orwell
L'Odyssé - Homer
The Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald

[MAT]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375706852.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

About to finish. Exceptionally rich in content but a little bit boring.

[Phayzon]

This thread

Halo: The Flood. Fall of Reach explained quite a bit, and The Flood is filling in the huge unknown parts of the story in Halo1. Pretty interesting book. :)

[hiob]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0552152609.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1134585317_.jpg
can´t get enough of Pratchett´s humour

[Nessus]

The Prince - Machiavelli


I'm halfway through that right now but I got sidetracked with other stuff I need to return to it, it's reall good stuff. All the others you listed are on my "to read" list.

One good lesson in that book is the observation that outside powers almost never seek to take over territories all on thier own, they are almost always invited in by the oprressed aristocracy of a state. When the wealthy of a country or terrirtory feel they are getting a bum deal under the present ruler they conspire to bring in a dictator.

[Ivan]

I'm halfway through that right now but I got sidetracked with other stuff I need to return to it, it's reall good stuff. All the others you listed are on my "to read" list.

One good lesson in that book is the observation that outside powers almost never seek to take over territories all on thier own, they are almost always invited in by the oprressed aristocracy of a state. When the wealthy of a country or terrirtory feel they are getting a bum deal under the present ruler they conspire to bring in a dictator.

The book is awesome. It basically teaches you how to gain power, keep it and lose it. I'm almost done, but the school books have priority. :(

You can read French or you intend to read l'Odyssée in English?

[Nessus]

I read everything in english.

Actually I am collecting all of the signifigant writings of all the geniuses through history. I have the Greeks, Romans, Davinci, Tesla, Einstein, Darwin, all of the American Founding Fathers, tons of stuff, over 300 documents going back thousands of years, all original source material not essays about the men but thier original words. If you want I'll give you a link to it. ( If I can remember that free upload site)

[Ivan]

I read everything in english.

Actually I am collecting all of the signifigant writings of all the geniuses through history. I have the Greeks, Romans, Davinci, Tesla, Einstein, Darwin, all of the American Founding Fathers, tons of stuff, over 300 documents going back thousands of years, all original source material not essays about the men but thier original words. If you want I'll give you a link to it. ( If I can remember that free upload site)

http://rapidshare.de/ ?

[Bludd]

Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton. It is pretty good.

[Hudson]

Re-reading Shakespeare's MacBeth.. soon afterwards moving on to "The Merchant of Venice"

Also, since i'm a fanatic.. The Complete Calvin & Hobbes:

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0740748475.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1115466691_.jpg

[Good ol' Scotty]

Just finished different seasons by Stephen King, going on to Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz. Only ever read Thriller/Horror really my dads got some space trilogy by Asimov up in the loft heard he's supposed to be amazing.

[Zztx]

I'm not much for reading, but I've really gotten hooked on Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. lately - I've read Slaughterhouse-five, Cat's Cradle, and now I'm into this:

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n0/n1362.jpg

So it goes. :)

[tvc 15]

Just finished
http://www.temp.sfbok.se/kat/img/3534.jpg

Half way through
http://bluepyramid.org/ia/siaslrh.jpg

Very awesome.

[Kronx]

I've been catching up on my fantasy seriesessses.

Martin - Feast of Crows
Jordan - Knife of Dreams
Salvatore - The Lone Drow (Though, since Drizzt is a ranger, I keep thinking, the Lone Ranger).

I highly recommend Martinez's 'In the Company of Ogres' and 'Gil's All Fright Diner'. Don't worry about that Douglas Adams comparison on the front. The humor is nothing like Adams' at all.

[Nessus]

Just finished
http://www.temp.sfbok.se/kat/img/3534.jpg

Half way through
http://bluepyramid.org/ia/siaslrh.jpg

Very awesome.

Strager in a Strange Land is a classic, been a long time since I read that. I also loved Heinlen's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.

[Micki!]

Re-reading Shakespeare's MacBeth.. soon afterwards moving on to "The Merchant of Venice"

Also, since i'm a fanatic.. The Complete Calvin & Hobbes:

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0740748475.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_V1115466691_.jpg

That's awesome..! :love:

[FrozeN91]

I don't read books, I don't think I have the patience.. :p

[Phait]

Also, since i'm a fanatic.. The Complete Calvin & Hobbes:


One day I shall get that for me and my mom, we love C&H :D

Got this from Amazon today:

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/5470/159228260101aa240sclzzzda2.jpg (http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1592288227/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-5536059-8382258#reader-link)

[hiob]

Stan Nicholls Orcs: First Blood Trilogy
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/441/orcsomnibusbd4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
I like it. :)

[Ajaxx]

http://www.badlit.com/wp-images/gunslinger.jpg

I'm almost at the end of The Gunslinger. I've been meaning to get into The Dark Tower for years and finally got around to it.

I'll probably pick up The Drawing of The Three next week.

I'm also reading:

http://www.stallonezone.com/z040306walking_dead_big.gif

[jimBoss]

Just finished Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card. I noticed there was a whole bunch of other books in this series. The next one is 'Speaker for the Dead, I think. Are they any good?

I'm currently reading 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' by Phillip K. Dick.

[tvc 15]

I'm currently reading 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' by Phillip K. Dick.
That was my first PKD, nothing special but it's good. I'd recommend Valis, Dr. Bloodmoney, Flow My Tears The Policeman Said and especially Ubik.

I'm almost at the end of The Gunslinger. I've been meaning to get into The Dark Tower for years and finally got around to it.

I'll probably pick up The Drawing of The Three next week.

The Dark Tower had quite a few moments I had to force myself to read through. I think Drawing of the Three is the worst of the series, but it only gets better afterwards. It was worth my time anyway.

This reminds me that I'm also half done with

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e139/robbyh123/nat/thestand.png

[Zztx]

Just finished Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card. I noticed there was a whole bunch of other books in this series. The next one is 'Speaker for the Dead, I think. Are they any good?
I haven't read the next book in the Ender series, but do try to take a look at "Ender's Shadow" - it parallels "Ender's Game" from Bean's perspective.

[Vyse]

Ok, here goes.

Just finished reading the Ghost Rider film novelization before I saw the film itself on Friday. Needless to say, the book was better.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f275/GOLDIRON/ghost-rider-poster-395.jpg

Now I'm finishing up a book called Webmage, which has been fantastic so far.

http://www.eternalnight.co.uk/books/m/mcculloughkelly/webmage.jpg

Since I'm almost done with that one, here's the next book I started reading, which has also been fantastic.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0786854456.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Zztx]

"IT'S ALIVE!!"

Currently finishing up:
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/7682/220pxtellitcoverif6.jpg

I was disappointed when I saw that nobody on my Facebook network had Baldwin or this work in their favorite books. His prose... god, it's good.

As for lighter reading, I've busted through the three currently available volumes of Canadian comic series Scott Pilgrim.
http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/7607/193266408401lzzzzzzzia5.jpg

Quite a contrast, going from James Baldwin to this. :p
It's a bit on the teeny-bopper side, but hell, I like it. It's part romantic comedy, part videogame, and it's as entertaining to read as it is to look at. The premise? Scott must defeat his girlfriend's seven evil ex-boyfriends.
And he's in a band called "Sex Bob-omb." Awesome.

[Amakou]

http://www.booksamillion.com/bam/covers/1/59/554/021/1595540210.jpg

First book of "The Circle" trilogy, very interesting concept and well done.

~Amakou~

[thefly]

The books I read last month:


Motherless Brooklyn
Carter Beats the Devil
Under the Skin

[Phait]

Eye of the Viper: Making of An F-16 Pilot

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5268/511b3fvdwzlbo2204203200rk4.jpg (http://www.amazon.com/Eye-Viper-Making-F-16-Pilot/dp/1592288227/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-9056682-4651019?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1186122296&sr=8-1)

[Thief]

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51F60HS496L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU15_AA240_SH20_.jpg

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RzGhTZJGL._AA240_.jpg

[Dave-ros]

I'm reading through the Dune prequel trilogy... I hope no die-hard fans are gonna scream "non-canonical!" at me :p

[Nessus]

I'm reading through the Dune prequel trilogy... I hope no die-hard fans are gonna scream "non-canonical!" at me :p

I'm reading the new Harry Potter. I only ever read the second one but I wanted to read the last one just to see how it all wrapped up. It's been an effort avoiding spoilers especially online. I'm still only 100 pages or so in, I keep telling myself I'm going to teat myself off the computer earlier and read it but that's easier said then done.

[Kalki]

Deathworld

[hiob]

"Small Gods" by Terry Pratchett
Before that I read "American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis, sick stuff.

[Zztx]

Just finished reading what is the absolute best graphic novel I've ever read.

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/2976/blanketszo3.jpg

Look it up, for god's sake.

[ShakeItBaby]

I just got a Sony Reader from the U.S. so I will be reading:

[Gary Oldman from "Leon" voice]
EEEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYT TTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHIIIIINNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG!
[/Gary Oldman from "Leon" voice]

[hellchicken]

I'm also reading:

http://www.stallonezone.com/z040306walking_dead_big.gif

Just read that, too. Nice book. I think I'll start following that title.


I'm also reading:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1a/100Bulletsbackground4.jpg

and

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/WeCover.jpg

[Bludd]

I just finished The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds. Now I just need to read all the preceding novels. :D

[FireFly]

The Prefect takes place prior to the other novels, though.

I've just finished Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds.

[Batchelor]

I generally read older stuff.

Recently finished:

The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer - Excellent (If somewhat disputed) account of the Eastern front in WW2, from the perspective of a French soldier serving in the German army

The Colditz Story by P.R Reid - Story of the men who worked to escape from the German P.O.W camp, known as Colditz. Also during WW2.

Chickenhawk by Robert Mason - An army helicopter pilots experiences during Vietnam.


In Progress:
The Road Back by Erich Maria Remarque - "Sequel" to All Quiet on the Western Front

Force Recon by Bruce H. Norton - Recollections of a special forces team member, who was involved in recon missions during Vietnam.

[Tang Lung]

I just finished American Psycho. It's the first novel I've ever read through fully in fact, and I love it. I just love the progression it takes as he goes more and more deluded.

[Kevin Wolff]

I've been catching up on my fantasy seriesessses.

Martin - Feast of Crows
Feast for Crows. ;)

I'm reading A Storm of Swords right now. I've already ruined most of the plot twists for myself via the internet and skimming through the FoC appendix. :(

[Simon Charles]

Children of the Mind (part 4 of Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card).

[thefly]

I bought the Complete Far Side collection today. It weighs about 20 lbs. :insomnia:
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/8928/6349b340dca0e66049b5101fe1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Towelie2k4]

Finished Dearly Devoted Dexter this morning after borrowing it from the library yesterday. Good stuff, was so gripping that you couldn't help but read the whole thing through in one sitting.

Also, The Adventures of Dr. McNinja Issues 1-3 (http://www.drmcninja.com/bookstore.html) arrived in the mail today. :love:

[Zztx]

Why let a good thing die?

Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/4774/41ux2gxh6ltu8.jpg
(not this cover)

I have to bust through this book and make a brief summary/analysis on it by Monday, 2 PM, for Creative Writing class. No late work accepted.

At least I have to cram a good book.

[peoplessi]

http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/images/cover/0306811014.gif

Heinz Guderian - Panzer Leader

[Brick_Sledge]

I am reading Ulysses by James Joyce.

[Dave-ros]

Is that the Italian translation of Oddyseum by Homer? :hhg:

I've finished the Prelude to Dune trilogy and am now on the Legends of Dune trilogy, which is even more of a prequel series -- dealing with the time of the Butlerian Jihad against the thinking machines. Hmm, so the Atreides family started out as... ooh no, better not spoil it! :o

[Bludd]

I'm reading Alastair Reynolds right now, just finished Chasm City and starting Redemption Ark next.

[Kennerado]

The Driver by Alex Roy

[Halcyon]

Thomas Weisser amd Yuko Mihara Weisser - Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia
http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/2140/000011bhp2.jpg
The book contains some interesting information on various Japanese movies, but overall the writing style is much too subjective for my taste.

[Thief]

Finally got around to the Robot Series of Isaac Asimov. I read I, Robot awhile back...about half way through Caves of Steel.

Should I have started with the Foundation series?

[Kalki]

I'm reading I, Robot now. Never finished it before. Did read Bicentennial Man. Very touching story.

[Dave-ros]

The Foundation series occurs later chronologically... but he didn't write his books in anything remotely resembling order! I'd say, read the Robot/Empire stories, then go to Foundation and read from there, and THEN go on to Prelude to Foundation etc. There's stuff in the later Foundation novels that refers back to the Robot/Empire series, e.g. the Spacers, that I just didn't get until I read those later... or, you could just read 'em in the order Asimov wrote 'em ;)

[Thief]

The Foundation series occurs later chronologically... but he didn't write his books in anything remotely resembling order! I'd say, read the Robot/Empire stories, then go to Foundation and read from there, and THEN go on to Prelude to Foundation etc. There's stuff in the later Foundation novels that refers back to the Robot/Empire series, e.g. the Spacers, that I just didn't get until I read those later... or, you could just read 'em in the order Asimov wrote 'em ;)

I'm reading them in the order they're printed on the inside of the cover of any of his paperbacks, which would've made Prelude to Foundation the first one I would read after finishing The Robots of Dawn. Glad I didn't make that mistake! So you suggest reading Prelude last (which would be after Forward The Foundation)?

[Dave-ros]

No, Prelude then Forward, as they're part of the same cycle, but read them after the other five Foundation novels! And read those after the stories set earlier -- there's stuff in Foundation and Earth that makes no sense unless you know about the earlier phase of human civilisation... though it's still good ;)

[ZuljinRaynor]

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy.

[thefly]

The Road

[Rider]

I've taken up the Animorph series. I used to have a few of those when I was younger (around 15 years old) and funnily enough, 6 years later... I'm enjoying them again :)

Back then I only read a few of 'em, but a friend of mine has the entire series, so I guess now I'll figure out how the story unwinds entirely!

Secretly, that's kinda exciting :D

[Fjallraven]

Stieg Larsson - Män som hatar kvinnor

[mon2908]

Bought a Book with short stories.

Have read now

The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft
The Return of the Sorcerer by Clark Ashton Smith
Ubbo-Sathla by Clark Ashton Smith

The Black Stone by Robert E. Howard will be next.

[Dave-ros]

Cthulhu Mythos FTW -- what's the book called? And where in the bookshop can this kind of anthology be found? I've never seen one under "Horror", just King and Koontz :tinyted:

[Phait]

David Morrell - First Blood (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0446364401/ref=s9_asin_title_1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1G30Y388D8692ZWFP937&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=278240301&pf_rd_i=507846)

Half-done within a couple days.

[The Baskinator]

Currently:

William Langland, "Piers Plowman" (trans. E. Talbot Donaldson)
Táin Bó Cúailnge (trans. Thomas Kinsella)
Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Hope Leslie

[thefly]

World War Z by Max Brooks

[Zztx]

The End of Faith, Sam Harris (http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/3093/the2520end2520of2520faiej3.jpg)

I checked this and three other books out from the library, and I didn't even get very far in this one. Now that the semester's started, I'll never get this read.

[Bludd]

Almost done with Renegade Mage, the last book in the Soldier's Son trilogy by Robin Hobb.

[hiob]

I need a new book desperatly. I am currently reading "The Social Construction of Gender" (Lorber, Judith) for one of my Uni courses. Let's just say, I don't enjoy it very much.

[Talos]

http://www.jackharper.org/images/BOOKFORUM/TheStand.jpg

[Fjallraven]

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/2881/coveren3.gif

Hannibal Rising.

[Chimera]

wow. This has reappeared form the depths of time...
Since stuff kicked off at work, I've found myself reading less and less. Slightly worrying.

However, I got a fantastic book the other week from Pengwern's in Shrewsbury. It's the Shropshire cake & ale trail.

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/02/ciu/99/7d/7c82f96642a0c60b493f4110._AA240_.L.jpg

Good stuff, went out today fully intending to follow one of the walking routes and stop at a pub.
Managed to miss out the whole walking thing and just do cakes and ale. And very nice sunday lunch.

I've a whole stack of books to read for work, most of them very dry and all of them about SQL Server 2005. snore

[Pansa]

Walter Moers : Der Schrecksenmeister http://www.amazon.de/Schrecksenmeister-Ein-kulinarisches-Letterkerl-Hildegunst-Mythenmetz/dp/3492049370/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=gateway&qid=1201535743&sr=8-1

well its a german author ^^ has quite a strange way of creating a fictional fable continent which is a mixture of fairytale storytelling with very strange creatures and rules ^^

some of these have been translated but i couldnt possibly vouch for the quality of the english versions (if its any indication with american/english books i strongly prefer the untranslated ones over german translations which usually arent as good).

but the best ones (my taste) has been translated :
http://www.amazon.com/Rumo-Miraculous-Adventures-Walter-Moers/dp/1585679364/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201535706&sr=8-3

one of the twists is that apart from the first book all books state that Moers didnt write them, but is only the translater of a briliant author living in zamonia ^^

[thefly]

Almost done with Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami. One of the best books I've ever read.

[Zztx]

Got this from my brother the same day I watched the wonderful movie:
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/1275/51qgrznejqlid7.jpg

:D

[Ruger]

I saw The Mist a few months ago so I'm re-reading Stephen King's Skeleton Crew. My paperback of that is disintegrating. :(

Also started on Robert Pirsig's Lila for the second time.

No new books lately though.

[hiob]

Just started "The Plague" by Albert Camus.

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2842/theplaguefgkv0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[evanazzo]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cc/SCCM.jpg/200px-SCCM.jpg

and

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0b/Haloonyxcover.jpg/200px-Haloonyxcover.jpg

[SonnyBonds]

I just read a little bit of the "Myst Reader" which is a compilation of all three Myst novels.. over 900 pages total, doubt I'll ever get through it all :insomnia:

[Nessus]

Various writings of Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Lincoln, Washington etc. HBO's John Adams got me back into them. Ohh and Jim Cramer's, Confessions of a Street Addict and Hunter Thompson's Hells Angels.

[mon2908]

Cthulhu Mythos FTW -- what's the book called? And where in the bookshop can this kind of anthology be found? I've never seen one under "Horror", just King and Koontz :tinyted:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/034542204X/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link

The German Title of this book is 'Hüter der Pforten'

[Bludd]

I started reading Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen series, I'm on book three right now "Memories of Ice".

The series is pretty good, though it starts off kinda slowly. It really picks up halfway in the first book and the second book is pretty awesome. Third book looks to be good too, though I've just started it.

[Taril]

Anne Rice - The Vampire Chronicles Collection Volume 1

[Thief]

I like to alternate between Asimov (SF) and McNab (Military Thriller-ish).
I just finished Asimov's 'Nemesis' and am now starting McNab's 'Deep Black' (7th book in the Nick Stone series). I plan on beginning Asimov's 'Empire' series next.

[Zztx]

You like it, you love it, you want some more of it - the "What are you Reading" thread, bumped once again.

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8573/2566555gw4.th.jpg (http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/8573/2566555gw4.jpg)
Armageddon in Retrospect, a collection of writings on war & peace by the late, great Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

[thefly]

Mickey Mantle's autobiography.

[motionblur]

finally started reading Stephen King's "It"

[Ruger]

Currently working on:

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/1831/8fee7220eca06d00e750601sp2.jpg

Always been a big Punisher fan, so The Executioner novels are of interest to me as the obvious predecessor to the character. Haven't been able to find any of the old mafia wars books, so I'm reading this one where he's fighting international terrorists and arms smugglers. Cheesy but fun I'd say. A real blast of Reagan-era cold war paranoia.

Just finished:

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/2508/41zd4kcknxlfb8.jpg

Slaughterhouse Five didn't make much of an impression on me, but I loved the film Mother Night with Nick Nolte so much, I decided to give Vonnegut another chance. This was pretty good, but the movie was outstanding. I don't usually find myself saying things like that, and it feels weird to be going against the consensus on Vonnegut, but there it is. Or so it goes if you prefer. ;)

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2237/067174672301lzzzzzzzxj3.jpg

Not as good as I remembered, but perhaps it doesn't help to have watched some Douglas Adams' scripted Doctor Who episodes between now and the first time I read it. Really quite depressing to learn how he recycled most of the plot and characters from his old Doctor Who episodes.

[Thief]

Starting Isaac Asimov's Empire series.
I finished Pebble In The Sky last week, which was quite good, but I wish the characters were carried over into the rest of the series. Arvardan, Pola, Shekt and of course Shwartz were all well established characters.

[timothy2]

El eternauta, A MUST READ.

[Wamplet]

Steampunk Magazine, issue 1 \o

[Zztx]

...and yet again, I bump the thread with a Vonnegut book.

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater or Pearls Before Swine
http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/6571/038533347101lzzzzzzzyc0.th.jpg (http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/6571/038533347101lzzzzzzzyc0.jpg)

Also just read through the '68 play (later, the '70 film), The Boys in the Band. Basically, it's about the most awkward birthday party ever.

[Dave-ros]

I'm now over half-way through Stephen King's Dark Tower septology :D

[Kalki]

^ I really should get into that. I was just reading about Dark Tower on wikipedia.

[Wellenreiter]

Go for it, it's fantastic. I'm reading it for the second time now.

[alexgk]

A couple of books about Osho's learnings

And John Katzenbach's The Traveler

[Bludd]

Steven Erikson's series turned out to be very good. I am now on book six. :D

[Buzzer]

Just finished book 5 of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series. Can't wait untill they reprint part 6 & 7 here in Belgium.

Before that i read "Duma" by Stephen King.

[Scream]

I'm about 40 pages into Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath", a classic I'd never gotten around to reading until now. I love his descriptive writing style. He really puts you in the setting he's describing.

[peoplessi]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WOyPm3jfL._SS500_.jpg

[Nessus]

Robert Heinlen, The Number of the Beast. It's a time travel story about 2 horny couples going to different worlds in a time machine, I only just started it.

[Zztx]

Finally, finally, finally reading 1984 by George Orwell.

Damn, I'm culturally illiterate.

[Thief]

Finished the second book in Asimov's 'Empire' series - The Stars, Like Dust.
Going to start The Currents of Space tomorrow.

[Zztx]

Halfway through The Road, by Cormac McCarthy (All the Pretty Horses; No Country For Old Men). Really liking it - haven't read this fervently in a long time.

Contrary to popular belief, post-apocalyptic America sucks.

[Bit-Cloud]

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[Taril]

JK Rowling - The Tales of Beedle the Bard

[Llama Gibbz]

Killer Of Giants 5:41 261 kbps (VBR) Ozzy Osbourne The Ultimate Sin 1986

[jimbob]

reading a book about the dutch' horrible english :D so recognisable :D

the title is 'i always get my sin'

lets see if i can find a good example

Dont understand me wrong
If we go through like this, there wil be no signage of the contract

[hiob]

I've recently purchased "H.P. Lovecraft: Tales" from the Library of America, which is a rather good collection of his work. Currently I'm reading 'The Case of Charles Dexter Ward'.

[Beelze]

Recently finished this:

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'Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed', by Jared Diamond

Next, I will get back to reading this:

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'The Ages of Gaia', by James Lovelock

[Zztx]

There is a student who sits in the community college's media lounge ever day. He's been listening to a Star Wars novel audiobook on his laptop, very loudly, no headphones.

It's freaking terrible.

I want to stab him.

[Montykoro!]

Fahrenheit 451...

[Phait]

I'm considering re-reading Masters of Doom, and I'm thinking of trading it.

[Thief]

I just finished Isaac Asimov's Foundation. Going to alternate between the Foundation books and Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen series. Been eyeing it for awhile now, finally bought Gardens of the Moon today.

[someguy2435]

A Briefer History of Time by Stephen Hawking.
Just finished I Hate Your Guts by Jim Norton.

[Taril]

Currently reading "World War Z" by Max Brooks

[Wamplet]

Extraordinary Engines

[Micki!]

H.P. Lovecrafts "At the Mountain of Madness"

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I haven't read much, but there is ALOT of technical talk and certain terms used, but other than those being a bit confusing at times, it's great, i like it...

It's teh danish translation though, i think it's very accurate though, they certainly didn't leave out anything of the loads of technical talk

[Kalki]

Wheel of Time - The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan

[hiob]

H.P. Lovecrafts "At the Mountain of Madness"

I haven't read much, but there is ALOT of technical talk and certain terms used, but other than those being a bit confusing at times, it's great, i like it...

It's teh danish translation though, i think it's very accurate though, they certainly didn't leave out anything of the loads of technical talk

Just reading the same actually, but in english. It does get a bit confusing sometimes, but the technical talk makes the characters all the more believable.

[Micki!]

It does get a bit confusing sometimes, but the technical talk makes the characters all the more believable.

I agree, it definitely helps adding depth to the whole story...

[Bludd]

I recently finished Toll the Hounds, the latest book in the Malazan series.

Now I'm reading Bruce Sterling's Schismatrix. Oh and it's pronounced skiz-mat'-rix with a short a according to the author.

[Dr.Dude]

Just started The Dark Tower Book 7: The Dark Tower last night and I'm already a few chapters into it.

After devouring all six books before it and loving all of them (except for maybe Wizard and Glass, eh), I've gotta say it was pretty intimidating finally cracking this one open.

[Malgon]

I started reading The Dark Tower series early last week, and managed to finish the first one in 3 days. I thought it was a very good read, and I'm glad I took the gamble and bought the second one as well. I'm currently about a third of the way into the second novel, which is turning out to be very interesting. Great stuff. :)

P.s. I have to say that I picked a good place to start with Stephen King's work. :cool:

[peoplessi]

Mass Effect: Revelation, a prequel to the game.

[Malgon]

^Any good?

Btw, your avatar rocks man. :cool:

[evanazzo]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ptYSDyJ%2BL._SL500_AA240_.jpg I'm enjoying it

[Nimoy]

The Agnostic Reader by S.T. Joshi

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Not quite what I expected, but its interesting. A good read if one is an agnostic, or interested in agnosticism.

[peoplessi]

^Any good?

Btw, your avatar rocks man. :cool:

It's good, starts bit slowly, but gains momentum further you read. Too bad it is very short in my opinion :) If you were a fan of the game, this is a good read. It shows another side, of course, what the game didn't include. Also, it's so cheap that I can't see any reason not to buy it if you are a fan :) Drew Karpyshyn is a very good writer.

Thanks! :)

[Wamplet]

Steampunk

[Malgon]

It's good, starts bit slowly, but gains momentum further you read. Too bad it is very short in my opinion :) If you were a fan of the game, this is a good read. It shows another side, of course, what the game didn't include. Also, it's so cheap that I can't see any reason not to buy it if you are a fan :) Drew Karpyshyn is a very good writer.

Thanks! :)

I might have to give it a read sometime then. :)

I'm currently still reading The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three and it has been really enjoyable so far. It has a good flow to it, and is just interesting the whole way through. Good stuff. :)