What are you reading?
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Pretty much the same. Wrote an essay on him on how much smarter and less of a pussy he was than everyone else.Tips_of_Fingers said:
Currently im reading under the black flag an intersting read about real life piraets as well as those in popular fiction.
I've had to read "How the Other Half Lives" by Jacob Riis for a Literature class I'm taking. But I do read other things when I get a spare moment
Here's a list:
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Allan Quatermain by Henry Rider Haggard
Starship Troopers by Rovert Heinlein
Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard (These are the short stories that spawned the movies and this book proves the rule that the books are always better)
The Art of War (I re-read this all the time)
The Food of the Gods by H.G. Wells
Excluding the Art of War, all of these books are works of fiction. The majority of them are easy to get into but I'll have to give special mention to the Conan stories because it is probably the best at quickly scooping the reader into the story.
Also, the Art of War is just damn interesting and even useful in a "self-help" kind of way. You'll understand once you've read it.
Here's a list:
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Allan Quatermain by Henry Rider Haggard
Starship Troopers by Rovert Heinlein
Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard (These are the short stories that spawned the movies and this book proves the rule that the books are always better)
The Art of War (I re-read this all the time)
The Food of the Gods by H.G. Wells
Excluding the Art of War, all of these books are works of fiction. The majority of them are easy to get into but I'll have to give special mention to the Conan stories because it is probably the best at quickly scooping the reader into the story.
Also, the Art of War is just damn interesting and even useful in a "self-help" kind of way. You'll understand once you've read it.
I'm currently reading Little Star by John Ajvide Lindqvist, i've almost finished it and as his books have been so far, its been great.
I'm currently swamped with required reading for my classes. All my lit classes this semester are American Lit from the 1830's and the 1930's. If you're into the Jazz Age and want to check out something that's still incredibly relevant, we just finished Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis.
I've actually been fighting the urge to re-read the Harry Potter series! I read it ever Thanksgiving/Christmas break without fail.
I have been reading the Sherlock Holmes books. So far I have finished "A Study in Scarlet", and "The Sign of Four". I've also read a few of the short stories in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". I'm really enjoying them.
Schroedingers Cat, The Trick Top Hat by Robert A. Wilson and Murakamis Hard boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
I read extracts from that last year for a module I took at uni. It was really interesting when read alongside the other stuff we had to study. What's the literature class you're taking?Vern5 said:
As usual, I have three books going at the same time, so none of them will be finished any time soon..
The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins, a short story collection by our loveable racist, HP Lovecraft, and The Study of Instinct by Niko Tinbergen.
The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins, a short story collection by our loveable racist, HP Lovecraft, and The Study of Instinct by Niko Tinbergen.
Im currently about 20 pages into the "Flight of the Eisenstein" by James Swallow. Part of the Warhammer 40k Horus Heresey Series.
I've been enjoying it so far but in order to fully appreciate it, I'd imagine you would need to read the previous books in the series.
I've been enjoying it so far but in order to fully appreciate it, I'd imagine you would need to read the previous books in the series.
Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring. I have about 50 or so pages or something stupid like that, and I enjoyed the film so I though I would compare the book to the film, as it is quite to each other...