What book are you currently reading?

[LogicNProportion]

200 Battles That Changed the World.

Very good reference book which picks awesome battles, all the way from the beginning of time, til 2003's Operation: Iraqi Freedom. The analysis of each battle is filled with unbiased facts, fun tidbits of trivia, tactical summaries of equipment, and 'step-by-step' diagrams on maps, of how each battle progressed.

Having a ton of fun with it.

 

[Omikron009]

Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks. It's awesome.

 

[Will of One]

It by Stephen King. So far it's pretty good, but I'm still not anywhere near done or even halfway.

 

[Chromatic Aberration]

"The Scar" by China Miéville

I'am about in the middle and so far its a great novel, not as good as its predecessor ("Perdido Street Station") though. I still love how varied, believable and interesting he keeps building his world...

 

[mirror's edgy]

The Lovecraft Collection. I must admit I'm reading it because I got the Call of Cthulu game on the Steam sale.

 

[Artheval_Pe]

Currently, I am reading Capitalisme, désir et servitude by Frédéric Lordon.
It is a bit of a mix of philosophy, sociology and economics and it is incredibly interesting.

 

[Druss the Legend]

The Divine Comedy by Dante Aligheri(?)
I'm somewhere in Purgatory atm.

Which translation?

English. I would like to read it in its original language, but I'm to lazy to learn a new language.

 

[Daedalus1942]

Children of Dune- Frank Herbert, Isaac Asimov's Science fiction magazine, Skullduggery Pleasant: The Faceless ones - Derek Landy, A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess, Still life - Richard Stubbs and the Quantum thief by Hannu Rajaniemi.
I love skullduggery pleasant. i know it's aimed at young adults but the writing style is just so damn interesting.
-Tabs<3-

 

[Daedalus1942]

It by Stephen King. So far it's pretty good, but I'm still not anywhere near done or even halfway.

Yes, that is a massive book. Over 1200 pages if I remember rightly so.
Probably one of his best, but it will take you a whole to finish it.
Enjoying it so far?
-Tabs<3-

 

[LarenzoAOG]

Atlus shrugged, but I've kind of been distracted from it so haven't been making much progress. I need a shorter, less drawn out and slow book to read.

I'm reading We the Living, its also by Ayn Rand and about 700 pages shorter, very good book.

 

[Daedalus1942]

The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov.
As with every other book by him it is amazing.

I've been looking to get into Asimov but I can''t find a good place to start.
I've been reading some issues of his old sci-fi magazine and the little short stories of his I've quite liked.
Is the foundation series a good place to start or is there another more accessible place to start? I quite like his writing, but i haven't read much of it annd I don't want to buy foundation if I won't understand it, possibly due to previous works references or something else.
-Tabs<3-

 

[Daedalus1942]

"The God Delusion" Interesting stuff, I must say.

ah, Richard dawkins. He's got a newer one out too.
-Tabs<3-

 

[AnthonTheSkabot]

Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour.

 

[LarenzoAOG]

Hello Escapees, Just wondering what books you guys and girls are reading right now?

I finished off the third Horus Heresy book the other day and decided to take a break from it, so I picked up The Road and am totally loving it, depressing but awesome at the same time.

Roadside Picnic by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky.

I've only really started reading it in the last day or so, but so far I'm engrossed.

Where'd you buy it? I've been looking for it in a few bookstores and can't kind it, and I don't like buying books online because I don't know what shape they'll be in when they get to me.

 

[CopperBoom]

Packing for Mars by Mary Roach.

This is like the board version of this...
http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4722574-jaylando

 

[Hosker]

I recently finished The Hobbit. Was going to move on to the Lord of the rings. It's more sitting on the shelf then me reading it though.

It was sitting on my bookshelf for about 7 years before I read it, and I regret not doing so sooner. Just don't be put off by the first two chapters, and don't expect it to be like The Hobbit; it is very different in both writing style and tone. I love it, although a lot of people here would say otherwise...

 

[Josufu]

"The Way of Shadows" by Brent Weeks

 

[Fridge]

Hello Escapees, Just wondering what books you guys and girls are reading right now?

I finished off the third Horus Heresy book the other day and decided to take a break from it, so I picked up The Road and am totally loving it, depressing but awesome at the same time.

Roadside Picnic by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky.

I've only really started reading it in the last day or so, but so far I'm engrossed.

Where'd you buy it? I've been looking for it in a few bookstores and can't kind it, and I don't like buying books online because I don't know what shape they'll be in when they get to me.

I didn't my girlfriend got it me for Christmas. But she ordered it from our local bookstore apparently less than £10

 

[Domou]

"John Dies At the End" by David Wong. Hilarious and brilliant. Also, "The Brothers Karamazov" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.