So, what are you reading right now?

[bassdrum]

Just finished Watchmen, starting into Scott Pilgrim. During the course of the summer, I'm planning on getting through 'The Information', a book about information theory which is intriguing but also incredibly dense and difficult to truly settle into (it's fascinating, but you can only read about the invention of the dictionary or the advent of the transistor for so long), and then I intend to finally get around to reading 'Crime and Punishment' like I've meant to do for a while now. When I'm done with that, I'll launch into whatever book(s) I've been assigned to read for the summer. Once I get through all of those, I'll probably be mostly through to the other side of the summer and will be picking up whichever books have been assigned for coursework, plus whatever else I feel like getting to.

 

[King Toasty]

The Hobbit, 'cause I'm cool like that. Then I'mma re-read the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

 

[Kiefer13]

The last thing I read was Ender's Game, but that was a while ago. Good book though.

I'm currently trying to decide which of the few books that I have but that I haven't read yet to start on. The choice is:

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Dune by Frank Herbert
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Robots And Empire by Isaac Asimov
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
The Wasp Factory by Ian Banks

Any suggestions on where to start, oh Escapist?

 

[zelda2fanboy]

2030 by Albert Brooks. I'm almost half done, but it's taking forever because he keeps introducing characters and jumping around. I only really care about one or two of them, and those plots get buried under the six or so other stories going on. And it's really a bummer, too (as in we have no future and we're screwed). It's disorienting, but not necessarily bad. Just a chore at times.

 

[Nulmas]

Just finished reading Ubik today.

I'll probably read some Computer Graphics notes next. Got an exam coming up

 

[maninahat]

I'm trying to read "The Bible". The entire fucking thing. On my Ipod. I'm not kidding.

Which version?

 

[busterkeatonrules]

The last book of the Millennium trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest.

Probably one of the best series of books I've ever read. It's a damn shame that it's the author's first, and last series. The poor man died before he even saw his books on shelves.

One of the best and orignial heroines in modern literature.

Samus Aran should have had the personality of Lisbeth Salander, not that thing in Other M.

Lisbeth Salander was actually the author's idea of what a grown-up Pippi Longstocking might have been like. You'd likely never spot the similarities unless they were pointed out, though.

On topic: I'm currently reading the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. These books detail the insanely funny adventures of Stephanie who, in a moment of financial desperation, has landed a job as a bounty hunter. (Her previous job involved buying cheap-ass underwear for a bargain store.) She always gets the weirdest cases, which tend to clash hilariously with her chaotic personal life.

 

[Navvan]

The last thing I read was Ender's Game, but that was a while ago. Good book though.

I'm currently trying to decide which of the few books that I have but that I haven't read yet to start on. The choice is:

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Dune by Frank Herbert
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Robots And Empire by Isaac Asimov
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
The Wasp Factory by Ian Banks

Any suggestions on where to start, oh Escapist?

Dune is an old favorite of mine I would recommend that.

 

[maninahat]

I'm trying to read "The Bible". The entire fucking thing. On my Ipod. I'm not kidding.

Which version?

I'm not sure,but it's got The Old Testament and The New Testament,if that helps.

Not really. Most people find the King James Edition to be the best to read for its old timey language. Personally, I like the Douay-Rheims.

 

[lovest harding]

Neil Gaiman's American Gods.

I love it to death, but I can't seem to finish it. xD
Crazy moments that are fantastic. I'm actually going to read now. Thanks!

 

[XIII's Number XIV]

The Peaceful Warrior, by Dan Millman. Interesting book. Saw my dad reading it one day and decided that I would read it later on, so I did.

 

[General Vagueness]

the post I'm typing

I am reading Children of the Mind (the forth book in the Ender Quartet) for the 5th time since I was 11ish

I've been trying to remember what that was called for like two weeks now ._.

 

[Greatjusticeman]

I'm reading The Waste Lands - the third book in Stephen King's, The Dark Tower, series.

Really enthralled. Can definitely see the vast improvement in his writing as you go from book 1 to book 3 of them.

 

[easternflame]

A song of ice and fire. Book 1, a Game of Thrones. Me like!
It's very very good! Not only the story but the way it's written

 

[Bluffy]

Im reading "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas

 

[Dr. wonderful]

My mom and I just got done Game of thrones.
Astro City is next and Clash of kings? ***** please, here we come.

 

[smearyllama]

Just finished "Thud!" earlier this afternoon. Gonna pick up "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and some other stuff at the ribylar tomorrow.

 

[countrysteaksauce]

I'm reading The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich Hayek

I've got his The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism up next.

After that it'll probably be the God Delusion by Dawkins.

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

I've just read the Mass effect novels, and before that I read all the books in ender ?serie?

And currently I do not have anything to read =(

Any suggestions?

There you go [http://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Adventures-Kavalier-Clay/dp/0312282990]. I am finding Chabon to be a master with words. That book was my introduction to him and it is amazing.

 

[Radek1994]

Well...it's summer so nothing.