What are People Reading?

[PLAYER57832]

His Majesty's Dragon

I am rather picky about what I read.

clearly not

(in fairness, have never heard of it, but, I bet if bing-dot-com'ed it I'd find it had something to do with dragons and orcs and an unassuming, yet precocious, young boy from a frontier hamlet who saves the kingdom and gets to bone a princess as a reward)

Seems you might be wrong...

http://wzus1.ask.com/r?t=a&d=us&s=a&c=e ... y's_Dragon

[Army of GOD]

I have been reading Tragedy and Hope since 2005

Sounds like me. I started War and Peace a year and a half ago and didn't have enough time to finish it. So it's like the limbo right now.

Started reading a Treatise of Human Nature, but I had to stop because the college semester ended and I had to give the library their book back.

I have a lot of books I WANT to read (Crime and Punishment, Dune, Slaughterhouse-Five, and a bunch others), but laziness and a lack of resources have stopped me.

[muy_thaiguy]

His Majesty's Dragon

I am rather picky about what I read.

clearly not

(in fairness, have never heard of it, but, I bet if bing-dot-com'ed it I'd find it had something to do with dragons and orcs and an unassuming, yet precocious, young boy from a frontier hamlet who saves the kingdom and gets to bone a princess as a reward)

Actually, no. Think Napoleonic Wars, except with dragons. Alternate history is what it is.

[Army of GOD]

TNT reminded me, I wanna read War of the Worlds too.

[saxitoxin]

His Majesty's Dragon

I am rather picky about what I read.

clearly not

(in fairness, have never heard of it, but, I bet if bing-dot-com'ed it I'd find it had something to do with dragons and orcs and an unassuming, yet precocious, young boy from a frontier hamlet who saves the kingdom and gets to bone a princess as a reward)

Seems you might be wrong...

http://wzus1.ask.com/r?t=a&d=us&s=a&c=e ... y's_Dragon

hush now

there's a good girl

- Uncle S.

[jay_a2j]

Just finished:



Next on my list:

[Phatscotty]

I have been reading Tragedy and Hope since 2005

Sounds like me. I started War and Peace a year and a half ago and didn't have enough time to finish it. So it's like the limbo right now.

Started reading a Treatise of Human Nature, but I had to stop because the college semester ended and I had to give the library their book back.

I have a lot of books I WANT to read (Crime and Punishment, Dune, Slaughterhouse-Five, and a bunch others), but laziness and a lack of resources have stopped me.

sirens of titan was really good

[Woodruff]

I just finished "Ringworld" by Larry Niven. Yeah, I know...I can't believe I hadn't read it either.

[AAFitz]

Well a couple weeks ago I figured Id give audiobooks a try at work. I cant always listen to them, but sometimes I can, and when I do its for 10-12 hours straight. I simply regret the many years I have not been doing this.

So far I put down:
Innocent, Scott Turrow..the followup to presumed innocent, which I liked, especially after really loving the first one.

State of fear, Mike Crichton...which I was hesitant, but enjoyed well enough, though it really was a little too focused on the preaching.

Eaters of the dead, Mike Crichton...interesting enough, and sadly the last book of Mikes that I hadnt read.

Prisoner of Birth, Jeff Archer...essentially a remake of the count of monte cristo. Mostly interesting to hear trials in brittish courts.

Bear and the dragon, Tom Clancy...starting today...last of the Jack Ryan books for me. Hope its good, though with Jack in it, it wont matter. Ill like it anyways.

This is starting to get expensive however, at $20-$30 a book. Luckily a couple of those were gifts, but Im not sure Ill be able to afford this indefinitely. Im going to need a more economical solution than Itunes I think.

I know listening isnt the same as reading, but I havent had time to read for nearly ten years, but its great to enjoy a book now, especially since I can put it away in two or three days. However, being immersed in a story so continuously is odd. When the book ends, there is definitely an odd numbness that occurs, probably half because of silence for the first time in days I suspect.

[Baron Von PWN]

So I finished John Ringo's Last centurion, it was fun when he was actually doing some story telling however half the book is a tea party style rant/wet dream which was pretty annoying if I want political commentary I'll check out the poli-sci section not Sci-fi.

Now I'm a couple hundred pages into "The decline and fall of the British Empire 1781-1997" by Piers Brendon. I quite like it!

[darvlay]

Just started Blood's a Rover by James Ellroy, the final part of his Underworld USA trilogy.

I have read the first two parts, American Tabloid and The Cold Six Thousand, twice. Needless to say but I am super stoked to finally be able to read the conclusion to this incredible series. I have waited many years.

[Frito Bandito]

Just finished reading the English classic "Beau Geste", writing style was so different than modern lit (written circa 1920). Finally know where Fort Zinderneuf of Snoopy fame came from.

[Woodruff]

I'm currently reading "To Your Scattered Bodies Go" by Philip Jose Farmer. It's quite interesting so far...and quite odd.

[King Doctor]

I just finished "Ringworld" by Larry Niven. Yeah, I know...I can't believe I hadn't read it either.

Any good?


Always fancied giving it a try...

[InkL0sed]

I just finished "Ringworld" by Larry Niven. Yeah, I know...I can't believe I hadn't read it either.

Any good?


Always fancied giving it a try...

I find it sad that you can only communicate with your other self on an online forum. Seek help.

[Woodruff]

I just finished "Ringworld" by Larry Niven. Yeah, I know...I can't believe I hadn't read it either.

Any good?
Always fancied giving it a try...

VERY good up until just at the very end, which I found disappointing. Though I must admit that most of the reason I found it disappointing also set up the sequels (which I have not yet read)...so I guess it's not all bad.

I just finished "Ringworld" by Larry Niven. Yeah, I know...I can't believe I hadn't read it either.

Any good?
Always fancied giving it a try...

I find it sad that you can only communicate with your other self on an online forum. Seek help.

I find it sad that you still believe we're the same individual.

[targetman377]

John Adams

http://www.amazon.com/John-Adams-ebook/dp/B000FC0QHA

[Fasces]

Edward Bulwer-Lyttons "Vril: the Power of the Coming Race"
Pretty good science-fiction for a book written in the 1870s

[thegreekdog]

Just finished the Nightwatch series by Sergei Lukyanenko. Outstanding.

Currently reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss... not as good as I was expecting.

[Lord and Master]

Recently finished "Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell" and highly recommend to all & sundry; perhaps a bit quirky for some tastes but frankly it's superb so give it a go. Purely fiction, comical, slightly "alternate reality" (but only slightly) type fare, most engaging and the footnotes are fantastic

Constantly re-read Pratchett's Discworld novels, Stephenson's Barock Trilogy, Jordan's Wheel Of Time series and any classic SF.

[the.killing.44]

Bear and the dragon, Tom Clancy...starting today...last of the Jack Ryan books for me. Hope its good, though with Jack in it, it wont matter. Ill like it anyways.

Tom Clancy, f*ck yeah.

[Phatscotty]

[thegreekdog]

Bear and the dragon, Tom Clancy...starting today...last of the Jack Ryan books for me. Hope its good, though with Jack in it, it wont matter. Ill like it anyways.

Tom Clancy, f*ck yeah.

Red Storm Rising... awesome.

[john9blue]

You can't go wrong with Discworld novels.

[SEAsportsfan]

I'm reading The Evolution of God by Robert Wright, and next up is Sometimes A Great Notion by a personal favorite, Ken Kesey.