So, what are you reading right now?

[Soviet Heavy]

I'm reading "Night Watch" by Terry Pratchett. Please don't kill me, because it's the first City Watch tale I've read. Other than it I've only read the Rincewind books.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

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?

Tough call between Foundation and Starship Troopers. Both are fantastic books. Starship Troopers is a standalone, so it might be quicker, because once you get into Foundation, you need to keep reading the sequels.

 

[Nickompoop]

I'm readingThe Summoner by Gail Z. Martin

It's decent, though certainly wouldn't be considered literature. It seems like Martin's trying too hard to come up with funky fantasy character names. It's actually quite similar to Stephen King's The Eyes of the Dragon in that there's a prince, who's been framed for the death of the king. The king's death was actually caused by an evil, immortal magician who wants the prince's brother to rule instead of the prince. The prince has to prove his innocence while his brother and the magician fuck the kingdom in the ass with a giant pike.

Yeah, so The Summoner is not the most original book in the world...

 

[MrTub]

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.

I must say.. The title of the book kinda suggest that it is a book made for kids =)

But it seems to be pretty interesting so I will read it.
Thank you!

 

[FriedRicer]

Finished GauntlGrym...reading Dragonlance trilogy book....

Off topic:I wanna make a D&D game but i only have C++ exp.Anywhere to start?

 

[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.

I must say.. The title of the book kinda suggest that it is a book made for kids =)

But it seems to be pretty interesting so I will read it.
Thank you!

Your welcome. Oh, it handles very mature themes. They are intertwined in a story that partially documents the Golden Age of comics. Won awards and has things that nerds will appreciate.

 

[pwned123456]

the sword of truth series terry goodkind is a genius

 

[Dr. Danger]

I'm currently reading American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis.

It's proving to be better than the film.

 

[eclipsed_chemistry]

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

Oh my gosh, I just starting reading the Ender series this summer and I'm already on Xenocide and loving it. Have you read the "Shadow of the..." series?

 

[newguy77]

The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. I'm on Grave Peril right now and loving the books. Also some of the Discworld books. Just finished Hogfather.

 

[pwned123456]

I'm reading "Night Watch" by Terry Pratchett. Please don't kill me, because it's the first City Watch tale I've read. Other than it I've only read the Rincewind books.

quote wiat how many city watch books are there i liked the first and the second was good but there are more!

 

[Shockolate]

Dragonslayer of the Gotrek and Felix Warhammer series.

My brother owns all the way up to Elfslayer, and I'm re-reading them all because I recently found an online version of Shamanslayer (the next in the series which I haven't read and he's too lazy to get) and I hope to find one for Zombieslayer (which comes after Shamanslayer, which we don't have either) as well.

 

[epialesofaergia]

Simultaneously: Ulysses, The Problem with Philosophy, Republic, and a book of T.S. Eliot poems.

 

[gamefreakbsp]

Mockingjay, the final book in the Hunger Games trilogy. I like it.

 

[artanis_neravar]

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

Oh my gosh, I just starting reading the Ender series this summer and I'm already on Xenocide and loving it. Have you read the "Shadow of the..." series?

The first 4 (not sure if there are more our yet or not) and I read Ender in Exile. I have loved all of them.

 

[Vandenberg1]

Just got done with the Prose Edda. Norse scripture of the beginning of the world and other tales written by Snorri so his people wouldn't forget their pagan tales duringthe 12th century.

Rightttt nowww A History Atlas of the Celts. From Iron Age middle Europe to Buddicas Rebellion against Rome, too Scottish brigades in WW1 to colinizing America and today. Great stufff!

 

[Ailia]

Re-reading The Hobbit to deal with my excitement for the movie.

 

[Brian Murray]

Looking for Alaska.



(SPOILERS!!!!!# Alaska dies #!!!!!SRELIOPS)

 

[Shakomaru]

The Last Continent, By Terry Pratchett.
Diary of Rincewind:
"Probably Tuesday: Hot, flies. Dinner: honey ants. Attacked by honey ants. fell into waterhole.
Wednesday, with any luck: hot, flies. Dinner: Either bush raisins or kangaroo droppings. Chased by hunters, don't know why. Fell into waterhole.
Thursday (could be): hot, flies. Dinner: Blue-tongued lizard. Savaged by blue-tongued lizard. Chased by different hunters. Fell off cliff, bounced into tree, pissed on by small gray incontinent teddy bear, landed in a waterhole.
Friday: hot, flies. Dinner: some kind of roots which tasted like sick. This saved time.
Saturday: hotter than yesterday, extra flies. V. thirsty
Sunday: hot. Delirious with thirst and flies. Nothing but nothing as far as the eye can see, with bushes in it. Decided to die, collapsed, fell down sand dune into waterhole."

 

[Dashartha]

Right now I've just about finished "Rubicon - The Triumphy and Tradgedy of the Roman Republic."

After watching the HBO/BBC miniseries "Rome" and playing a couple of Roman themed city builders, I decided it might be worth learning some actuall Roman history.
For anyone wanting to learn a bit about Rome, particularly about Roman culture and the rise (and fall) of Caeser, this is a really good book. It's very easy to pick up and read and little to no prior knowledge is required. The author (Tom Holland) constructs an easy to follow narrative that touches on history, culture and the personalities and excentrisities of some of the major figures like Caeser, Pompey and Sulla. It's a book I'd recomend to anyone with even the slightest interest in history.

Rubicon is one of my favourite books (and the way Rome treats crossing the Rubicon was a stroke of genius) I love the little barbs he includes every once in a while; places where his personality really shines through.

2666 by Roberto Bolano, possibly the most bibliophilic book I've ever read.
Atlas Shrugged (prequel to bioshock, but in the mountains... No.)
The Fall of the West, the demise of the Western Roman Empire
The Black Swan (about black swan events, not the movie)
An Introduction to Game Theory
China Inc.
Deng Xiaoping and the Cultural Revolution
rereading:
Theucidides, History of the Peloponnesian War
Ibn Kahldun, An Arab Philosophy of History
And Von Clausewitz, On War

I also play at least two hours of games every day. I don't sleep much, and I think my book bag is giving me scoliosis...
Salaam