Reading Charles Stross "Halting state".
Finishing "Pushing Ice" by Alastair Reynolds. Good read.
I read Pushing Ice about six months back. Good stuff. I have read so much junk over the years that it all seems to run together. I have become picky so I make myself take a chance every now and then. That book was one of them and I was pleasantly surprised.
I am sitting here re-reading "A Clockwork Orange" (1962) by Anthony Burgess.
"We were all feeling a bit shagged and fagged and fashed, it being a night of no small expenditure," said Alex.
I need a good fantasy read, but I am pretty picky. Anybody have any suggestions on some good, quality stuff?http://www.amazon.com/Blade-Itself-First-Law-Book/dp/159102594X
A trilogy, all published :)
http://www.amazon.com/Lies-Locke-Lamora-Scott-Lynch/dp/055358894X/ref=sr_1_ 1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217265690&sr=1-1
rogues in action!
Hey thanks! Those both look interesting.
I am sitting here re-reading "A Clockwork Orange" .
"We were all feeling a bit shagged and f!@ged and fashed, it being a night of no small expenditure," said Alex.
A masterpiece. One of my treasured volumes. In our study we have seven or eight bookshelves crammed with books; mostly guilty pleasures and old pulp I can barely stand any longer. One shelf is reserved for the masters, and this is one of them.
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A masterpiece. One of my treasured volumes. In our study we have seven or eight bookshelves crammed with books; mostly guilty pleasures and old pulp I can barely stand any longer. One shelf is reserved for the masters, and this is one of them.I am sitting here re-reading "A Clockwork Orange" .
"We were all feeling a bit shagged and f!@ged and fashed, it being a night of no small expenditure," said Alex.
Double sweet. "A Clockwork Orange" is my all-time favorite book (sorry, Henry- it beats "Get In The Van" by a few "HOLY SHIT" moments). I've read it ... pfft... a lot of times. There was a point during my high school career when I could quote whole paragraphs. I still remember most of the Nadsat.
Just starting "Castaways in Time" by Robert Adams.
I have had this book for a long, long, long time, but for some reason just opened it.
I didn't even know there where X-Files books until tonight.
I found "The X-Files: Whirlwind" tonight at the used bookstore. I'm reading it now.
Darkly, Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. The show is great and this is a pure, no holds barred pleasure.
Dinosaur Canyon by um, somebody? Can't find the book right now. Predictable in some ways, fun in others. There are good characters and some pretty neat science. There's a hint of a sci-fi novel in here, especially at the end. I wouldn't go out of my way to read this author again, but I wouldn't turn one of his books down.
My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D.
Imagine a brain scientist watching her own stroke happen? That's what this book is about. It's really surprising and amazing. It also has lots of tips for helping someone having a stroke, and especially for the long recovery afterward. I was fascinated, especially by the perspective she gained after the event. I learned about about brain biochemistry from it, which was also fascinating.
The Mammy by Brendan O'Connell
This is #1 of the trilogy. (I read #3 earlier.) He has apparently written a fourth. Funny, sad, improbable yet so real, I heartily recommend O'Connell. He has a gift of writing that conveys so much in so few words. I particularly enjoy the swift strokes of his narrative in this world of overly long novels.* The family is like many of my own poor Irish relatives (and American descendants of Ireland particularly) that I could relate. It was still different - I grew up on Cape Cod and not Dublin. I loved the sense of family in this novel. It was most heartening.
Finished "Old man's war" by John Scalzi. Starship trooper-like fun!
Reading "Archaeology and language, the puzzle of indo-european origins" , by Colin Renfrew. Interesting and has maps!
Just got "The Last Defender of Camelot" by Roger Zelazny.
I picked up the 1980 printing at the used bookstore for $2.50. That price seems about right.
Almuric
Chronicles of the Black Company, the three book collected edition. I like it so far.
Chronicles of the Black Company, the three book collected edition. I like it so far.
I love that series.
Right now I'm re-reading Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson. It is book seven in the Malazan series and I need a refresher before book eight comes out.
I found something called "The Radon File" by Denise Vetola.
Picked it up for $1.50.
"Tau Zero" by Poul Anderson
I figured that "right now" everyone would be reading the PathfinderRPG beta. :D
GameNight by Johnny Nexus, now
"Social Studies: The Best of The Globe and Mail's Daily Miscellany of Information" by Michael Kesterton.
I'm not reading fiction right now.
The Audacity of Hope, Barack Obama.
The Assault on Reason, Al Gore.
Not to start a political debate, but I initially misread that as "I'm reading fiction right now"!
Fiddlers by Ed McBain. After just plowing through, "In the Name of Rome" (a fantastic book by the way), it's like a pleasurable comic book. A nice, easy read.
"American Nerd", by Benjamin Nugent
Finished The Traveler by John Twelve Hawkes and am now moving on to The Forever War by Joe Haldeman.
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Just started in on Terry Pratchett's Discworld series. I'm sure it's allready been mentioned in this thread, but it's new for me. finished "The Colour of Magic" yesterday and i'm going to read "Equal Rites" while I wait for my FLGS to get "The Light Fantastic" in (Yes, my FLGS doubleas as a fantasy/Sci-Fi bookstore, and yes, they carry Planet Stories).
Depending how long it takes them, I may re-read "Ender's Game" in the Interum.
By the time I finish these three I will have had the time to stop in back home so I can retrieve my copy of the Anubis Murders which I ordered.
Finished , "The Ghost Brigades",by John Scalzi the sequel to "Old Man's War." Good stuff.
Finished "Archaeology and Language", Colin Renfrew. The reason Indo-european speaking people "dominates" europe - agriculture. (in my homebrew I'll be sticking with mass migration, developments in weapon-technology, the taming of mastodonts and magic:)
Finished The Traveler by John Twelve Hawkes and am now moving on to The Forever War by Joe Haldeman.
The sequal to The Traveller is out now as well brian. The Dark River.
I just started "The Gunslinger" by Stephen King.
I didn't even know the Dark Tower series existed until a few weeks ago.
Just started reading Dragonlance Chronicles again (my third time - haven't read it since college), and We Have Always Lived In the Castle.
I just finished The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks, and have just started reading Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms by Alistair Moffat.
I just started "The Gunslinger" by Stephen King.
I didn't even know the Dark Tower series existed until a few weeks ago.
I am starting book II, "The Drawing of the Three".
The Gunslinger rocked!
I am currently reading some fiction (not all that ussual for me these days): In Fury Born by David Weber, pretty good if you like tough chick space-marine type sci-fi; and, JLA: Exterminators by Christopher Golden. It feels strange to be reading about the Justice League in prose form, but the story is pretty intersting so far.
Finished Chronicles of the Black Company. Loved it. I'm taking a break before Book of the South, though. Also read Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. It was okay. Trying to figure out what to read next on my daily commute.
The Ipcress file by Len Deighton- spy vs. spy :)
The Lost Art by Simon Morden
Johnathon Strange and Mr. Norrel
I'm not sure that I like it.
Finished The Forever War (great book!) and I've decided to read The Secret of Sinharat quickly before our next book club selection, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin.