So, what are you reading right now?
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Definitely! I'm only to Part Two of American Gods and it's already one of my favorites.Nulmas said:Great book indeed.lovest harding said:
Don't forget to read Anansi Boys afterwards
The Breath of God By Harry Turtledove
The Kingdom Under The waves by Stephen Hunt
Shadowrun:The Terminus Experiment by Johnathan E. Bond and Jak Koke
The Kingdom Under The waves by Stephen Hunt
Shadowrun:The Terminus Experiment by Johnathan E. Bond and Jak Koke
It really is. Except for the fact I actually got a little sick when reading some of the more gruesome parts.Dr. Danger said:
Right now, I'm reading and highlighting the Elements of Style, a grammar and writing book by E.B White and his old college professor. It's mainly stuff I know already, but it's still and interesting read.
And I just finished I, Robot by Asimov. It was OK, but I guess I was a bit too stupid for it. His explanations are very detailed but simple, but it still took me a few skims to actually get what he was saying. Also, I felt half of the stories in the book were very formulaic. The other half were absolutely fantastic, though.
I just bought "the devils" by Dostoyevsky. He can be dull at times, but his subjects are what really makes his work worth reading.Lord Mountbatten Reborn said:
I am currently reading Hegel's "phenomenology of spirit", which is a rather extensive (although not entirely developed) philosophical method which the German philosopher is so known for.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phenomenology_of_Spirit (excuse the wiki link, i just felt i should give a quick background on it)
"science and literature" by Aldous Huxley is what i'm reading as my "light read". It's an interesting work, but logically flawed.
Whenever I'm not reading any of these, I'm most likely to be reading Zizek's "how to read Lacan", Marx's "capital" (the penguin classics version with an introduction by Ernest Mandel), or "the Foucault reader".
I am currently reading the Mass Effect books. And I'm also reading the Walking Dead graphic novels.
I just finished the first portion of 'The Atrocity Archives' by Charles Stross, and I highly recommend it. It consists of two novellas, 'The Atrocity Archives' and 'The Concrete Jungle'.
The tagline is 'Saving the world is Bob Howard's job. You would not believe how many meetings are involved.' Wikipedia describes it as: 'Lovecraftian spy thrillers involving a secret history of the 20th century; they are not set in Lovecraft's universe. Horror elements such as the Nazis using higher mathematics to open "gates" to other dimensions are combined with humorous elements satirizing bureaucracy. The protagonist of both stories is a computer expert named Bob Howard forced to work for a secret British intelligence organization called "The Laundry".'
If you like Lovecraftian monsters, nerds, and magic, pick this up right now. What are you doing still reading this thread? Go get the book!
The tagline is 'Saving the world is Bob Howard's job. You would not believe how many meetings are involved.' Wikipedia describes it as: 'Lovecraftian spy thrillers involving a secret history of the 20th century; they are not set in Lovecraft's universe. Horror elements such as the Nazis using higher mathematics to open "gates" to other dimensions are combined with humorous elements satirizing bureaucracy. The protagonist of both stories is a computer expert named Bob Howard forced to work for a secret British intelligence organization called "The Laundry".'
If you like Lovecraftian monsters, nerds, and magic, pick this up right now. What are you doing still reading this thread? Go get the book!
I'm reading My Man Jeeves again, I just finished a collection of short stories by China Miéville the standouts of which were Familiar and The Tain. I have been meaning to get a copy of The City and the City and these stories reinforces that desire. I don't read for stories, I read for the writing, stories you can get anywhere. A good book is all about the prose for me. It is the reason I can't stomach Dan Brown and J. K. Rowling.
Have you read Cryptonomicon? It was published before the Baroque Cycle but is chronologically much later. It makes a nice post-script, once you have finished Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World of course.Electric Alpaca said:
Have they re-published with a different title? I could have sworn when I read it it was called Schindler's Ark.Extragorey said:
I'm reading two different books at the same time: Hardcore, and A Really Incovenient Truth.
The former is science fiction while the latter is nonfiction.
The former is science fiction while the latter is nonfiction.
Reading the whole Myron Bolitair series by Harlan Coben.
Great books. Suspenseful and quite funny.
Great books. Suspenseful and quite funny.
Ravenor Omnibus. Not exactly high litterature, but I'm trying to saturate myself in 40k fluff before I run a Rogue Trader game.
Also reading Database System Concepts for exams. A horrible, horrible read. Or rather, parts are good, but they come with oceans of that classic US-learningbook longwindedness.
Also reading Database System Concepts for exams. A horrible, horrible read. Or rather, parts are good, but they come with oceans of that classic US-learningbook longwindedness.
I AM reading this post. (I'm sure this joke has already been said).
I have been reading the Blackest Night saga of the Green Lantern books. I wish I could find them all at the library and in order, but I can't, it seems. But the ones I got were good. (Yellow Lantern Scarecrow ftw!)
I have been reading the Blackest Night saga of the Green Lantern books. I wish I could find them all at the library and in order, but I can't, it seems. But the ones I got were good. (Yellow Lantern Scarecrow ftw!)
