what are you reading right now?

[Ophiuchus]

Russell Brands My Booky Wook

I'm so glad I didn't have to be the first to say that. That's about all I'm reading, unless you count a few horribly dull psychology textbooks.

I heard that he wrote a book, and I couldn't imagine it being anything more than insipid garbage. Is it any good at all?

It's really quite entertaining as far as autobiographies go, but I think it's fair to say that it won't convert you if you're not already a fan.

You should probably steer clear if you don't like the way he talks because he writes in pretty much the same way, I guess because he's talking about himself... I find myself reading it in his voice, although that's probably because I'm also from Essex so my accent is obviously pretty similar to his.

 

[theklng]

This thread

Done before, see: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/18.78106.965912

Now, I am also technically still reading 'Mostly Harmless' by Douglas Adams, but it's such slow going that I'm not sure I'll ever bring myself to finish it (for anyone who doesn't know, the 'Hitchhiker's Guide' series starts out very good, but deteriorates a bit towards the last books).

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh don't I look the fool.

Anyway as a serious answer, I'm reading the autobiography of former formula 1 comentater (spelling?) Murray Walker.

you look the fool anyway, since you didn't read the OP, just the thread title. sigh.

 

[Xaryn Mar]

At the moment I'm reading a scientific paper called "Low Mass Star Formation in the Taurus-Auriga Clouds." Otherwise it is a collection of H.P. Lovecraft stories called "The Loved Dead".

 

[dukethepcdr]

Right now, I'm reading Seamus Haney's translation of Beowulf. I love it that he puts the old english text on one page and his translation on the facing page. It's fun to read through the old english version and compare it to the translation. I've also found clips of people reading the old english version online. It sounds really neat. I've read other translations before, but I'm enjoying the way that Haney writes his so that it reads fairly easily while still retaining that epic poem style.

Another version I have is "retold" by Nicky Raven. It is written in prose style and is told from the perspective of Wiglaf as if he were telling you the tale of Beowulf himself around a campfire. It's also illustrated with lots of beautiful paintings by John Howe. It follows the original poem a heck of a lot better than the screenplay for the Beowulf animated movie did that's for sure. I don't usually like it when someone re-writes a classic book, but this one is an exception.

 

[Serious_Stalin]

"World War Z" Preparing myself for the inevitable future.
I just finished the "Sandman" series by Neil Gaiman. I'm sorry that its finished because it was awesome, all good things must come to an end though.

 

[Hyper-space]

Dark Tower series - Stephen King
the Stand - also Stephen King
Twenty Thousand leagues under the sea - Jules Verne

 

[Azhrarn-101]

Matter by Ian M. Bank (and 2 more of his Culture novels waiting once I'm done)
Great sci-fi tbh.

 

[merf1350]

I'm reading waaayyy toooo much right now.

Currently, Star Wars: Coruscant Nights 2

Recently: Empress (I believe it's the GodKing trilogy)
The Farseer Assassin trilogy by Robin Hobb
First book of her Liveship trilogy.

On deck: Star Wars Millenium Falcon
The other 2 books of the Liveship trilogy (Hobb)
The Tawny Man Trilogy (also Hobb Farseer, Liveship, Tawny Man make up the complete saga within that world)
and the Riven Kindom, book 2 of GodKing.

So yeah, wayyy too much I'll probably finish all that by the end of next year, assuming I don't have too many other star wars, or the next Noble Dead(Dhampir) book.

 

[Leodiensian]

Oh boy. Literature student here, so reading a lot of things at the moment, both for pleasure and for essays. What can I think of off the top of my head...?

Zombie CSU: Forensics of the Living Dead by Johnathan Mayberry
Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You by Marcus Chown
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Le Morte D'Arthur by Sir Thomas Mallory
Piers Ploughman by William Langland
The Other Boat by E.M Forster

 

[Chechosaurus]

I just finshed Going Postal by Terry Pratchet and it was bloody excellent. It is so bizarre and he some how makes the postal service seem like the most interesting thing ever concievable. The characters are fantastic and although there is a slight love interest, it's actually an enjoyable one rather than all that soppy or "badass" shit you get in alot of books and movies. It's really well written and very funny and most definatly worth a read.

 

[Reaperman Wompa]

I just finshed Going Postal by Terry Pratchet and it was bloody excellent. It is so bizarre and he some how makes the postal service seem like the most interesting thing ever concievable. The characters are fantastic and although there is a slight love interest, it's actually an enjoyable one rather than all that soppy or "badass" shit you get in alot of books and movies. It's really well written and very funny and most definatly worth a read.

http://www.sfreviews.net/pratchett_making_money.html

Enjoy, if anything that one is better.

 

[Vortigar]

Currently reading three things.
The Invisibles, almost done now, raw insanity as packaged by Grant Morrison.
Myst: The Book of Atrus, The Book of Ti'Ana was great, hope this matches it.
Gen13 nabbed the entire vol.2 run plus some extras from a comics store that's closing down, mindless fun.

Huzzah to people up there saying:
Fables
American Gods & Coraline (or Sandman or Black Orchid)
Belgariand (I really liked the two Belgarath history books the best of what I've read from Eddings btw)

 

[tikiwargod]

I recently finished 'Fight Club' by Chuck Palahniuk and it is an amazing book, if you haven't seen the movie yet read the book first, it is so gripping and enthraling, if you read the book first it's much better and it makes both the book and movie better. Just to point it out, fight club is not about the club, it's about a love story and human nature. The writing style is something I haven't seen in many books and it will forever be one of my favorite books because it approaches the story differently. It's also told in first person narrative and second person narrative(it's hard to explain but it becomes evident as you read on, the narrator puts you in his place by telling the story as though you were part of his mind).

I'm also reading 'Clear and Present Danger' by Tom Clancy, a good book but it's kind of slow to start, i'm also going to start reading '1984' soon

 

[exocel]

house of leaves and the stand.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

Holy crap, I inspired another thread? That's a first.



Anyways I'm reading the Repairman Jack novels right now, and they are awesome. And yes, I know that the story in Bloodline is kind of gross after you find out what it's about,

(Seriously, don't click this if you don't want to be kind of grossed out, or if you are planning on reading it, since doing so will pretty much ruin the story completely for you.)

Spoiler

since it involves a dad that has one of his two sons go out and find this woman, rape her, and when her baby grows up to be of legal age, the other son gets her pregnant so when she has her baby it's blood will be full of oDNA, causing it to become some sort of super baby, and when it grows up, will bring about the destruction of mankind.

But anyways, it's still a very good series.

Holy Hell Bloodlines was dark as hell, I'm excited for the next one though.

Repairman Jack, Jack Reacher and Sigma Force are my guilty pleasure reads.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

A charming little mystery called "Three Bags Full [http://www.amazon.com/Three-Bags-Full-Sheep-Detective/dp/0767927052/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227628565&sr=8-1]." The detectives in it are sheep trying to figure out who murdered their shepherd.

Have you ever had a chance to read Jasper Fforde? His "Thursday Next" books are clever, but his "Jack Spratt" mysteries are even better, a spin on the Hard Boiled Private Eye in a world of Nursary Ryhme characters, in the first one he's trying to solve the murder of Humpty Dumpty, really funny.

 

[Frigori Laecasein]

I'm reading, in fits and starts, Henry Miller's book on his travels throughout Greece, The Colossus of Maroussi. It's gorgeous and intoxicating, but I've been too busy to get completely under its spell.

 

[wgreer25]

With the flood of good movies that have been done based on graphic novels, I have been reading the source material. Plus my wife is a comic buff. So I have recently read 300, Watchmen, The Killing Joke, Arkam Asylum, etc...

They are good reads and usually quick reads so you can pump a bunch out quickly. Other than that I am in the 4th book of the Dune series - God Emporer of Dune. I don't like it near as much as the first 3 so I am finding it hard to get through.

 

[nimrandir]

As far as fiction goes, I am somewhere in the middle of Dragonlance Chronicles, and the time draws near for my routine sweep through Tolkien.

Honestly, though, the book I read most frequently these days is A Radical Approach to Lebesgue's Theory of Integration by David Bressoud. I will refrain from expounding on graduate-level mathematics here, but feel free to ask about it.

 

[hagaya]

What am I reading? "Guards, Guards!" by Terry Pratchett. Its a good book and a good series. Discworld, pretty much about what it sounds like. Deep, though.
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