what are you reading right now?

[DonPauliani]

I, my dear literary friend, am still stuck in St. Augustine's (abridged) City of God, the Icelandic Njal's Saga and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.

But as contemporary works go, you just can't beat that one line from the interview of Miller on the choice of Willy Loman's name: "it seemed to me the name of a terrified man screaming into the dark for help that will never come."

Oooh.... now I have to play Gears of War to take the edge off.

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

Rereading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. I'm also reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe for English. Plan on reading Children of Hurin by Tolkein/Christopher Tolkein next.

things fall apart is really depressing.

 

[PersianLlama]

Rereading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. I'm also reading Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe for English. Plan on reading Children of Hurin by Tolkein/Christopher Tolkein next.

things fall apart is really depressing.

I find it extremely boring...were at the part when

Spoiler

Ikemefuna is killed by Okonkwo

It still doesn't interest me.

 

[Nickson]

So right now I'm working on Captain Duncan Grinnell-Milne's "The Wind in the Wires". If you're a fan of World War One aviation like I, you'll have heard of this.

It's pretty much the war memoirs of a British ace. The trouble with it is it's not very technical in that it reads pretty much like a novel. Not very detailed at all, but pretty entertaining.

 

[Jobz]

At the moment I'm reading King Dork by Frank Portman, and once I finish it I'm finally going to get around to reading 1984 by George Orwell.

After that I'll probably end up reading through the Hitchhiker's Guide series again, or possibly start Douglas Adams' detective series the name of which currently eludes my memory.

 

[gamebrain89]

I'm pretty sure this has been done before. But that won't stop me from dropping the Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. Go read it. Now.

Is that Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars? I read the first one when I was in Slovenia with my grandparents, (English section of the public library, and a friends library card, Yay!). I enjoyed it, it was rather long, but interesting.

Right now I am reading Sphere by Micheal Chrichton, Very interesting book. Afterwards, I will probably hit up the Library for the first time in months and see whats new.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

I'm pretty sure this has been done before. But that won't stop me from dropping the Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. Go read it. Now.

Is that Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars? I read the first one when I was in Slovenia with my grandparents, (English section of the public library, and a friends library card, Yay!). I enjoyed it, it was rather long, but interesting.

Right now I am reading Sphere by Micheal Chrichton, Very interesting book. Afterwards, I will probably hit up the Library for the first time in months and see whats new.

Yes, yes it is.

 

[Deschamps]

My cousin is going to lend me Watchmen by Allan Moore when he finishes reading it (again)
I read V for Vendetta, and I really liked it. The movie was really good too, but of course the book is still better.

 

[gamebrain89]

I'm pretty sure this has been done before. But that won't stop me from dropping the Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson. Go read it. Now.

Is that Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars? I read the first one when I was in Slovenia with my grandparents, (English section of the public library, and a friends library card, Yay!). I enjoyed it, it was rather long, but interesting.

Right now I am reading Sphere by Micheal Chrichton, Very interesting book. Afterwards, I will probably hit up the Library for the first time in months and see whats new.

Yes, yes it is.

Unfortunately, the stupid Library here at home doesn't have them, and I missed requesting them before they spent their new book money, and I hate ordering books off the internet ( the stupid post office always FUBAR's my books, and there is no book store here), so I most likely won't get to read them till next year.

 

[Pigeon_Grenade]

When will Jesus Bring the Pork chops? ~ George Carlin~

 

[PatientGrasshopper]

I'm reading this web page right now.

My thoughts exactly

 

[Logan Westbrook]

(An opening post, trimmed away)

Are you allergic to capital letters or something?

Anyway, back on topic, I'm currently re-reading Frankenstein, although I'm finding my interest in it to be waning. It's a good book, but I think I'm going off 19th century gothic horror. (Not a sentence I thought I'd be writing any time soon)

 

[PersianLlama]

(An opening post, trimmed away)

Are you allergic to capital letters or something?

Anyway, back on topic, I'm currently re-reading Frankenstein, although I'm finding my interest in it to be waning. It's a good book, but I think I'm going off 19th century gothic horror. (Not a sentence I thought I'd be writing any time soon)

Yay!(For re-reading Frankenstein) I'm finding myself more interested, mostly because the first time I read it was in 8th grade. Not quite a good choice for someone at that age.

 

[TheIceface]

Razing Hell: Los Angeles A really cool book, so far. One of my favorite parts is the title. Also the comparison between Los Angeles and Hell, showing how the main character considers the city to be hell, yet later on looking over a real physical location called "The Rim Of The World" into "The Inferno" which just happens to be Los Angeles, literally on fire. Also the play on the word "razing" as in "To burn a city/castle to the ground" in the context of "Raising Hell", also meaning "Burning down the city that the main character considered hell".

Geez, just thinking of the title gives me a headache. Its a conundrum wrapped in an enigma rolled up and fried in riddle sauce. Just think how good the book will be when I get around to finishing writing the last 5 chapters.

 

[the monopoly guy]

SOS SOS SOS SOS SOS SOS SOS (Sorry I didn't have time to create a new post):

Take 2 pills of stop spamming and shuttup.

I want to read Atlas Shrugged (yes, I know it's long), but my friend told me The Fountain Head is better.

 

[Mr. Payne]

Dan Simmons Hyperion series. Absolutely enthralling and the ONLY place where you will find mention of accurate ways to warp time. Everyone knows warping time is fun. MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

 

[Avatar Roku]

One book I Recomend alot is "Shades Children" from Gareth Nix an exelent book that kept me so intrested I hardly stoped reading even after I got Red-Eye.

I second that. Great book. Try the Abhorsen trilogy; same author.

Anyway, I'm reading "The Jungle" for school, and the Honor Harrington series for myself.

 

[COR 2000]

This thread.

As for an actual book, it's the Iliad, by Homer.

 

[Canadianwookie]

Stranger in a Strange Land again, and the Eye of the World Cycle.