what are you reading?

[HailCorduroy]

Anathem by Neil Stpehenson, and loving it.

I just started Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson last night.

 

[Unrepresented]

Recently finished:

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About to start:

 

[Bongolation]

Pretty fanciful, but entertaining, sort of:

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[LiquidMidnight]

The Philosophy of Economics: An Anthology, Second Ed., editted by Daniel M Hausman

Enlightened Leadership: Getting to the Heart of Change, Ed Oakley and Doug Krug

I just finished Capitalism by Peter Saunders.

 

[Bob Lee (QSC)]

I'm currently reading Champlain's Dream by David Hackett Fischer.

Most recently I read The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle.

 

[crucislancer]

It's "beer and pretzels" sci-fi, but I'm enjoying it.

 

[Bongolation]

 

[Chebass88]

I just fnished:

Soldier of the Queen - Bernard O'Mahoney (a story of an English soldier of Irish descent deployed to Northern Ireland during the time of the Hunger Strikers. His decriptions of his early childhood are eye-opening, and contribute well to his love of violence.

In the Heart of the Sea (The tragedy of the Essex) - Nathaniel Philbrick - a story of the whaleship Essex, a ship that was rammed by a whale and sank, after which the crew survived in the whaleboats on the open sea for ~80+ days (including cannibalism - pretty neat).

Working my way through Starting Strength (Rippetoe) to perfect my deadlift & squat.

ian

 

[Bongolation]

 

[Bongolation]

This is also on its way. Sort of an entertaining premise:

 

[Bongolation]

Ooh! And these are on their way!:

and...

 

[Bongolation]

As soon as I'm done here, I'm going to pick up this silly thing:

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The stories and characters are sappy, but the writing is very beautiful and evocative.

 

[Thor]

Ooh! And these are on their way!:

and...

If you haven't read the other two, Stetttin Station and Zoo Station, you should read those first. I just finished all 3
and they were great. I also read Spies of Warsaw, that was
great as well. Spies of the Balkans is next.

If you liked those, you will really like the Berlin Noir trilogy
by Philip Kerr. The author has written 3 or 4 sequels, but
start with those. Excellent books.

 

[Lazylion]

I'm currently working on a 2-year backlog of Analog sci-fi magazines. When not goofing off on TB, that is!

 

[Bob Lee (QSC)]

Ooh! And these are on their way!:

and...

Those seem pretty cool. I'm going to add them to my list.

 

[Bongolation]

Those seem pretty cool. I'm going to add them to my list.

Downing is a shameless Furst-wannabee, but he's not bad.

Lucarelli is in the same vein, supposedly. The book hasn't arrived yet, so I haven't read it.

 

[jongor]

 

[rayzak]

Atlas Shrigged by Ayn Rand

 

[MEKer]

I have over 5000 books in my personal library----all subjects. But right now, reading for the probably 10th time over the years, the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind--I'm just starting The Pillars of Creation (8th book).

 

[Bongolation]

I also read Spies of Warsaw, that was
great as well. Spies of the Balkans is next.

Furst has written many other books in the same vein.

He does not have serially-recurring protagonists (though there are secondary recurring characters), so there's no advantage in reading them as a series.

The main attraction Furst's stuff hold for me is that there is usually no ridiculous action nor heroic, improbable endings. It's a far more adult reflection of real life.

If you liked those, you will really like the Berlin Noir trilogy
by Philip Kerr. The author has written 3 or 4 sequels, but
start with those. Excellent books.

They're OK. There's someone else who writes very much like Kerr and in the same period, but I can't place who it is at the moment. Joseph Kanon is also good.