what are you reading?

[funkalicious101]

Midnight's Children.

I'm only page 20 or so. So far it has been really... something... it has definitely been some sort of adjective...

Is it like this the whole way through?

 

[yellofury]

Insomnia by Stephen King

 

[invisiman]

Just finished these ones recently too:

 

[Holy War]

Just finished these ones recently too:

Ive got to finish Dune (book 1). Ive been reading it for over a month now but havent had a chance to put a dent in it and finish it at all. I have to get it done because I really do enjoy it.

 

[yellofury]

I made it to God Emperor of Dune
that series is crazy
worth the read

 

[Cabazon]

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh.

It's good, but I'm having troubles with the heavily-written Scottish dialect.

 

[Deluge Of Sound]

I made it to God Emperor of Dune
that series is crazy
worth the read

In my opinion, you only need the Trilogy (Dune, Messiah, & Children)

That's actually the exact same edition as the one I've got laying around my house... which begs the question, why do most new editions of books (specifically fantasy/sci fi/horror) get awful covers? Did all the cool publishing house people die out?

 

[Thor]

I downloaded his complete works for a buck on Kindle, I have been reading it for over a week and I'm still only at 8% which is "The Grand Inquisitor" It's kinda boring at points but the philosophical conversations are excellent, very insightful, and I'm assuming the whole book is really just a sounding board for those ideas.

At the time I had a week to read it, we had to read
Dostoevsky's complete works for that course and I was
carrying 3 other senior level courses at the same time.

One has to wonder how big it was in the original Russian, which generally takes more typespace to say things than in English.

That's a scary thought.

 

[stratovani]

I'm currently reading "The New American Militarism" by Andrew Bacevich. An interesting book so far, explaining America's fascination with all things military and how it came to be this way. A political book but not entirely political, also a lot of history in it.

 

[Bongolation]

Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh.

I believe Irvine Welsh is a writer of genuine genius, but he's done better that this, his most famous book.

It's good, but I'm having troubles with the heavily-written Scottish dialect.

Don't feel bad. Working-Class Urban Scots is alleged to be the most impenetrable native dialect in the entire English language, never mind its routine inclusion of old Scots-Gaelic terms.

[I've tried for over a half-hour to compose a representative Scots sentence without violating the TB rules banning threats and obscenities...boot cud nae be doon, laddie!]

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[crucislancer]

I'm currently reading "The New American Militarism" by Andrew Bacevich. An interesting book so far, explaining America's fascination with all things military and how it came to be this way. A political book but not entirely political, also a lot of history in it.

Now that sounds like a fascinating book. I think I'll pick that one up at the library if they have it.

I just started on The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.

 

[JansenW]

I just started Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. I downloaded this public domain ebook through the Project Gutenberg website which has over 30,000 public domain books available for free download.

Examples of what is available:

Anna Karenina
Art of War
Moby Dick
Ulysses
Les Misérables
etc...

They even have some human read audio books.

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[Ben Lesser]

I am also reading this right now, having just finished Dune Messiah. I will probably read the others as well, just for a sense of total completion.

 

[hbarcat]

Just finished this:

This biography is amazing - I couldn't stop reading.

 

[rosanne]

I just started Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy. I downloaded this public domain ebook through the Project Gutenberg website which has over 30,000 public domain books available for free download.

They even have some human read audio books.

Here's their link... [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

Thanks for the link!

 

[Lazylion]

I made it to God Emperor of Dune
that series is crazy
worth the read

Want to try a series that's a real challenge?
I just started Knife Of Dreams, book #11 in the Wheel Of Time series by the late Robert Jordan. A sprawling epic to beat all sprawling epics! Each book is about the size of Dune, or bigger! 600, 700 pages, that's a big paperback! Knife Of Dreams is over 830 pages, not counting the glossary!

If you start now, book #13 will probably be done by the time you're up to that point, two years from now if you're a quick reader. (Another writer is finishing the series with 3 books. Yes, it will take 3 books to wrap it all up! Did I mention it was sprawling?)

"Let the Dragon ride again upon the winds of Time." I love that stuff!

 

[ryco]

The People of The Dalles: The Indians of Wascopam Mission
Robert Boyd

 

[Number27]

ploughing through michael crichton's works... right now i'm reading

 

[SonofJud]

Ubik, by Phillip K Dick

 

[Brad Maestas]

Forgotten New York by Kevin Walsh.

Been following the website for several years and saw the hardcover on sale. Now I will have no shortage of places to explore!