What are you currently reading? [Archive]

Typical Michael

10-01-2008, 07:56 AM

Vandabo

10-01-2008, 08:06 AM

I'm about halfway through A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking.

I started it once and never got through it, but that was back in high school. This time I'm in it to win it.

It's fascinating by the way. Theoretical physics and astronomy/cosmology are amazing fields. The stuff just blows my mind, but I keep reading more.

OrigamiPanther

10-01-2008, 08:32 AM

Just finished reading Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch (http://www.amazon.com/Red-Seas-Under-Skies/dp/0553588958/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222869957&sr=1-1). A fairly new author to the fantasy/fiction world and this is his second outting. Personally, I'm loving it so far. A great blend of Ocean's Eleven style capers with a Charles Dickens type world and some great humor. The first book was Lies of Locke Lamora (http://www.amazon.com/Lies-Locke-Lamora-Scott-Lynch/dp/055358894X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222870218&sr=8-1).

Right now I'm reading Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (http://www.amazon.com/Cryptonomicon-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0380788624/ref=ed_oe_p). Not a quick read but I'm enjoying it.

ADDGirl

10-01-2008, 08:33 AM

Currently reading: Untamed~ PC Cast and Kristen Cast, Beautiful Bodies~ Laura Shaine Cunningham, and The Sacrifice~ Lynne Ewing. Also am starting to read The 19th Wife~ David Ebershoff.

Fubl

10-01-2008, 08:52 AM

currently reading the Republic commando series for star wars. Then im not sure.

TheFlyingOrc

10-01-2008, 08:52 AM

This thread. I am such a douchebag.

LordDon

10-01-2008, 09:19 AM

Widgetcraft

10-01-2008, 09:22 AM

I've got a copy of Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson, which I keep telling myself I should read... I think I'll start on that now.

shunoshi

10-01-2008, 10:57 AM

Currently reading False Gods by Graham McNeill, the 2nd book of the Horus Heresy. I'll probably keep reading Warhammer 40K books until hell freezes over and Martin releases Dance of Dragons.

PathMaster

10-01-2008, 10:58 AM

In Defense of Food, Pollan.

Sandman

10-01-2008, 12:52 PM

Since it's October now I'm going to start reading Dracula...no clue how many times I've read it but I always open it up this time of year. My favorite book.

Mdot

10-01-2008, 01:15 PM

Never Send Flowers, a James Bond book. I picked it up at a used book store in Tallahassee...when I went up there, I bought something like 15 books, because my bff works at Barnes and Noble up there and gets a discount, plus there are lots of used book stores, and even a Goodwill Bookstore. I went a little nuts, and am chipping away at that pile.

Interesting. I thought they made a movie of every existing Bond novel. Is it written by Fleming or by a different author?

As for me, I just ordered the complete collection of Sherlock Holmes. Don't know why, but I had an urge to read it, so I'm looking forward to that.

pomeroy

10-01-2008, 01:17 PM

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

What?

EWolfmanD

10-01-2008, 02:11 PM

Shadowmage952

10-01-2008, 04:01 PM

Just getting into Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. I'm digging it so far and it certainly has the flair for descriptions and jargon that most of his books have, but it melds really well with what the story is trying to do so far. In contrast to what EWolfmanD just said about Anathem (which I haven't read yet), I would say this is a little easier reading than some of his other novel, though the first 50 pages felt cryptic with how the story was developing.

Vandabo

10-01-2008, 04:45 PM

I'm starting Anathem by Neal Stephenson, but I haven't had the time to get more than a few pages into it so far. Hopefully I can spend some time reading it tonight. So far it seems like it's going to take even more effort to read than most of his books since most of the words so far are things he made up and I have no idea what the hell anyone is talking about. Should be fun though. :)

Today's xkcd (http://xkcd.com/483/):

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/fiction_rule_of_thumb.png

Roll over text ends with: "I'm looking at you, Anathem."

I should pick this up, being as I loved A Clockwork Orange, which was practically written in another language.

Sandman

10-01-2008, 04:47 PM

Today's xkcd (http://xkcd.com/483/):

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/fiction_rule_of_thumb.png

Roll over text ends with: "I'm looking at you, Anathem."

I should pick this up, being as I loved A Clockwork Orange, which was practically written in another language.

By that diagram Dune sucks.....and that is just not true.

violent

10-01-2008, 04:48 PM

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

What?

Harry is such a little bitch in that one.

Every night before going to bed I read a chapter of the Hellbound Heart. Fantastic.

pomeroy

10-01-2008, 05:00 PM

Harry is such a little bitch in that one.

Every night before going to bed I read a chapter of the Hellbound Heart. Fantastic.

I was surprised he hadn't freaked out a couple books ago, to be honest.

violent

10-01-2008, 05:05 PM

I was surprised he hadn't freaked out a couple books ago, to be honest.

I ate a lot of crow when it came to those books. I used to trash talk them until I started reading them. Genuinely fun books and Order is a really good one too. It's where things start getting serious but damn, Harry incessantly crying about everything. Less Harry, more Sirius.

EWolfmanD

10-01-2008, 05:12 PM

Today's xkcd (http://xkcd.com/483/):

Roll over text ends with: "I'm looking at you, Anathem."

I should pick this up, being as I loved A Clockwork Orange, which was practically written in another language.

Yeah, I saw that. :D

I've also seen a lot of people say that Anathem is an exception to that and that it's worth the effort, so hopefully I'll agree with those people and not the xkcd guy, although I'm curious what he didn't like about it exactly. The fake words could be enough though because so far I seriously have no idea what anyone means by what they say and I'm just hoping I'll figure it out before too long. All of Stephenson's other books are some of my favorites, so I'm expecting to enjoy it.

Typical Michael

10-01-2008, 08:53 PM

Interesting. I thought they made a movie of every existing Bond novel. Is it written by Fleming or by a different author?

Its by a different author..not sure how I feel about it. I like it when I have books that make me not want to stop reading it. This book is just what I do in the bathroom.

astranoir

10-02-2008, 08:48 AM

My boyfriend got me The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman yesterday, so I am reading through that. I am also working on The Dispossessed by Ursula LeGuinn for a class. I am enjoying both so far.

EWolfmanD

10-02-2008, 10:22 AM

My boyfriend got me The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman yesterday, so I am reading through that. I am also working on The Dispossessed by Ursula LeGuinn for a class. I am enjoying both so far.

I got an email from Amazon yesterday that my pre-order of The Graveyard Book had shipped. I had forgotten that it was even coming out now, so that was a pleasant surprise. I'm a huge Neil Gaiman fan, so I'll probably switch to reading that as soon as it arrives. Glad to hear that you're enjoying it so far.

Bad Buddha

10-02-2008, 11:08 AM

STILL reading Wuthering Heights.

If only I could zip through it and get it over. But the language is so archaic and bent, it requires you to study it to get anything out of what's going on.

Oh damn! Now my ears are bleeding!

TheKeck

10-02-2008, 11:09 AM

This is different from the what did you recently finish thread, right? It looks AWFULLY similar. Anyway, I'm still reading the Icewind Dale trilogy. :)

TheKeck

10-02-2008, 11:11 AM

Soap

10-02-2008, 11:21 AM

I'm reading the Hollows series, specifically A Fistful of Charms (http://www.kimharrison.net/A_Fistful_of_Charms.htm). It's like Anita Blake only good. It's not just a harlequin romance novel with bat window dressing.

Oh C'mon, I'm sure the "detailed" descriptions of Jenks and Kisten made you all warm and fuzzy inside. I'm actually finishing up A Fistful of Charms (read the other 3 books within the past 2 weeks). A very good series, if you are a fan of Harry Dresden then the Hollows series will be a good match for you. I'll be hitting up the audio books next.

Crittias

10-02-2008, 11:36 AM

This is different from the what did you recently finish thread, right? It looks AWFULLY similar.It is similar. Mine was first (8:48AM yesterday vs. 1:39PM). That said, I'm happy for one or the other to die on the vine. I just wanna know what people are reading!

BetterOffZED

10-02-2008, 12:31 PM

Casca book #10 by Barry Sadler.

Generation ABXY

10-02-2008, 02:01 PM

I'm trying to read Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. And, by trying, I mean I opened it once and it has now become a case study for the collection of dust on classic literature.

cassiusregicide

10-02-2008, 07:50 PM

Just finished the Bonehunters and started Reaper's Gale by Steven Erikson

Clark

10-03-2008, 06:24 AM

Dragons of Autumn Twilight for about the 5th time.

Crittias

10-03-2008, 09:50 AM

Dragons of Autumn Twilight for about the 5th time.Wow, is it really that good?

Young Al Capone

10-03-2008, 09:59 AM

Just getting into Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson.

I really liked a lot of the ideas in this one, but didn't end up liking the story. Though I must say, the mouse army was brilliant! You will see when you get there.

I've got a copy of Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson, which I keep telling myself I should read... I think I'll start on that now.

That book is brilliant, much like Count Zero and Nueromancer (best book in the history of the universe) before it. The Sprawl series is definitely my favorite series of books.

As for myself, I just finished rereading Watchmen and am fixing to start The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlien.

I tried to start Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix for like the third time and I just cannot get into it. I don't know what happened, but when I decided to take a break from the series to read The Stand I came back and just do not care what happens.

Bad Buddha

10-03-2008, 10:01 AM

AAAaaaarrgggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

Young Al Capone

10-03-2008, 10:09 AM

AAAaaaarrgggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

So I take it you are still enjoying Wuthering Heights?

Raen

10-03-2008, 10:14 AM

Bad Buddha

10-03-2008, 10:15 AM

So I take it you are still enjoying Wuthering Heights?

<twitch...twitch...>

UWCrash

10-03-2008, 10:24 AM

By that diagram Dune sucks.....and that is just not true.

The graph is charting the "probability the book sucks" not the crappiness of the book. It still leaves room for the occasional diamond in the rough.

And I'm reading Brisingr by Christopher Paolini. For some reason my mom force Eragon on me when it hit the bestseller list. Not awesome books, but good enough to finish.

TheEpicOfTyler

10-03-2008, 12:51 PM

For school...
Essentials of International Relations by Karen A. Mingst
Inside Islam
Highway 61: Heart of the Delta by Randall Norris

For leisure...
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman

EWolfmanD

10-03-2008, 12:53 PM

The Confusion. Second book in Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle. It isn't as good as Quiksilver (the first book) or the Cryptonomicon (a book in the same universe sort of) but it's still a good read, and I want to finish the whole Cycle so slowly chugging my way through it.

The Baroque Cycle sits on my bookshelf siently mocking me. I've started Quicksilver twice, but haven't gotten far into it either time. It's not because I didn't enjoy it, either. It's because I know it'll take me at least a month of reading probably, and that's if I just concentrate on reading. Then I think about how many other things I could do instead, and I just put off reading the books once again.

Cryptinomicon is one of my favorite books, so I definitely need to read them at some point. But even that took me forever to read. I really don't want a month to just disappear on me. I should probably just start reading a chapter a day or a certain number of pages and accept that it will take me forever to finish that way. Sadly, if I had just done that from the start I would surely be done by now.

Spigot

10-03-2008, 02:33 PM

The Baroque Cycle sits on my bookshelf siently mocking me. I've started Quicksilver twice, but haven't gotten far into it either time. It's not because I didn't enjoy it, either. Heh. I hear ya. I have the whole set in hardcover and have only read a tiny bit of Quicksilver. I get the same feeling from it that I do whenever I look at my Oblivion + expansion discs. I know it's a great experience but I just can't justify the timesink it will be.

Sigh.

I'm currently working my way through the Deathgate Cycle. I'm on Book 5 now. If only I didn't keep stopping to read comics and graphic novels all the time... Sigh.

I did just read the latest Mass Effect novel. I quite like the ME universe and both the first novel and this one really help flesh it out.

EWolfmanD

10-03-2008, 03:06 PM

I did just read the latest Mass Effect novel. I quite like the ME universe and both the first novel and this one really help flesh it out.

I need to check those out too. Speaking of finding time, I still need to finish my second playthrough of Mass Effect and I had planned on playing a third time to be able to use all the characters, but I have too many games that I haven't even played through once yet. Maybe I can at least read the books to hold me over until the next game comes out, or maybe it'll even make me play the first again.

Spigot

10-03-2008, 03:10 PM

...but I have too many games that I haven't even played through once yet...I hear ya. That's one of the reasons I traded in Too Human once I'd beaten it. I just have too many games begging for a first playthrough, let alone a second/third/fourth.

The first book does a good job of setting up Saren and the whole ME universe and the second one is a nice epilogue to the events of ME (it focuses mainly on the Cerberus organization).

VerseD

10-03-2008, 03:15 PM

I just finished Hemingway's To Have and Have Not, which wasn't bad, and Neil Gaiman's Stardust, which wasn't as good as the movie. Now I'm reading one of Glen Cook's Black Company books, The Silver Spike. Initially I avoided it because it doesn't follow Croaker and the gang, but now I'm getting as involved as I ever did with them. I just really dig his down to earth style.

anakin876

10-03-2008, 03:28 PM

currently reading the Republic commando series for star wars. Then im not sure.

Man - Karen Traviss is doing an excellent job with her Republic Commando series. Her other sci-fi series, regarding the Wess'har wars (starts with City of Pearl) is great as well.

I'm finishing up book 5 of the Wess'har books (Judge) then moving on to book 3 of the Republic Commando series. Great stuff!

Young Al Capone - I loved the Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Heinlein did a great job of depicting a revolution - and also creates some really interesting characters. He did tie the characters from that novel back into his Future History novels - if you enjoy sci-fi and humor check out "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls" after you finish The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.

Shadowmage952 - I enjoyed Diamond Age - some really interesting takes on alternative future tech, with an interesting story too.

Young Al Capone

10-13-2008, 10:52 AM

Young Al Capone - I loved the Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Heinlein did a great job of depicting a revolution - and also creates some really interesting characters. He did tie the characters from that novel back into his Future History novels - if you enjoy sci-fi and humor check out "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls" after you finish The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.

I finally started it this weekend, and I am really enjoying it so far. Can be a little tough to read though, with the way those loonies talk.

Bad Buddha

10-13-2008, 11:43 AM

Currently re-reading Neil Gaiman's "Fragile Things".

I just finished a compilation of stories by Richard Matheson of "I Am Legend" fame. It had The Incredible Shrinking Man, Nightmare At 20,000 Feet and Duel.

The Incredible Shrinking Man had quite a bit of anger and sexual tension that I don't remember being fully explored in the 1957 science fiction film.

Had visions of a young Shatner in my head as I was reading Nightmare At 20,000 Feet!

Duel was quite short and it's surprising that Matheson and Spielburg could stretch that out into a TV-movie.

The rest of the stories were very entertaining and totally twisted! Good times!

Spigot

10-13-2008, 02:14 PM

I just wanted to recommend Scott Westerfield's amazing The Risen Empire and The Killing Of Worlds duology if you are interested in amazing hard-science fiction and some great space battles. The political angles are also pretty great. I just wish there was a third book!

Gwinny

10-13-2008, 03:18 PM

Little Dorrit by Dickens and Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence, both for class. I'm between leisure books at the moment, I meant to start Regeneration but only got a chapter or so in.

muddi900

10-16-2008, 02:59 PM

I restarted Underworld by Don Delilo. I was half-way through when I lost my copy during travel. I don't remeber anything about the plot, except I really enjoyed it.

pomeroy

10-16-2008, 04:10 PM

I just finished Twilight.

What a piece of crap. How that's become a publishing phenomenon is beyond me.

Spigot

10-16-2008, 09:25 PM

I just finished Twilight.

What a piece of crap. How that's become a publishing phenomenon is beyond me.
I'd never even heard about that series until just before the latest book came out. The fact it was being compared to Harry Potter in terms of popularity came out of the blue to me... and I'm someone who usually has my ear pretty close to the ground when it comes to genre fiction.

*shrug*

I just want more Rothfuss books. The Name Of The Wind 2: Electric Chinook... WHERE IS IT?!

Scaryfaced

10-16-2008, 09:40 PM

That book is brilliant, much like Count Zero and Nueromancer (best book in the history of the universe) before it.

I'll probably loose nerd cred for this, but I disliked Neuromancer. It started strong, I liked the early action and a few of the settings were interesting, but it just lost me somewhere along the way. I'm normally a big fan of Sci fi, but I couldn't hang. I forced myself to finish it, but the ending did nothing for me.

I'm currently just starting The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey, as recommended by a crazy environmentalist friend of mine. If the life of the author is any indication, this should be a pretty damned entertaining read. Also finishing up Come On People by Bill Cosby, which as a white person, I'm not at liberty to discuss at this time :rolleyes:
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Cit Phil Cit

10-16-2008, 10:01 PM

IR reading the Count of Monte Cristo. I stopped reading Moby Dick; on the second last page before the epilogue. I have no explanation for stopping - I still don't know what happens and there is less that a page and half left. Very .. cool?

Bad Buddha

10-17-2008, 08:57 AM

Just finished "Fragile Things" by Neil Gaiman (This guy is fucked up!) ;). The short story with Shadow got me in the mood to re-read American Gods.

However; I just picked up a copy of "Kolchak: The Night Stalker Chronicles" a collection of 26 short stories based on the TV movies starring Darren McGavin. It's fairly fun so far. Not terribly deep or thought-provoking, but it's entertaining.

Bad Buddha

10-17-2008, 08:59 AM

I stopped reading Moby Dick; on the second last page before the epilogue. I have no explanation for stopping - I still don't know what happens and there is less that a page and half left. Very .. cool?

Seek medical help.

Young Al Capone

10-17-2008, 09:00 AM

I'll probably loose nerd cred for this, but I disliked Neuromancer. It started strong, I liked the early action and a few of the settings were interesting, but it just lost me somewhere along the way. I'm normally a big fan of Sci fi, but I couldn't hang. I forced myself to finish it, but the ending did nothing for me.

You definitely lose Young cred.

I only kid, I know a lot of people who thought the book was obtuse and difficult to read, and just generally didn't enjoy it. As wrong as those people are, they are entitled to their opinions.

Kidding, again. I really shouldn't have to do this, but on the internet you never really know...

Typical Michael

10-17-2008, 09:05 AM

All I have been reading lately is junk for my Latin American History class, which is just really depressing, at best.

Spigot

10-17-2008, 03:27 PM

Scaryfaced

10-17-2008, 03:48 PM

I wonder how much of one's appreciation for Neuromancer is based on when they read it. If you read it back in the day, it was groundbreaking. Now that there have been so many riffs on its overall premise, it's one of those things that just seems clich?, even though it was the very thing that started the clich?.

I'm pretty sure that has alot to do with my dislike of the novel. Having only read it a year ago, it was too easy to compare it with other modern media and novelia. As the book came to a close, it started to read like some sort of quasi spiritual version of Hackers, which threw the whole ending off for me. It's a horribly comparison, but I think it kept me from enjoying it fully. I also found random bits of it a little too rediculous for my tastes. Not a bad read and I'm glad i finished it, but it just didn't grab me.
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Thanasimos

10-17-2008, 08:34 PM

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Dave

10-18-2008, 02:00 AM

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill.

So far, it's VERY good. I'd already recommend it, and I'm only half-way through it.

Generation ABXY

10-18-2008, 12:54 PM

I've given up on Robinson Crusoe, and moved onto something that is already proving to be a smoother, more interesting read: A Study in Scarlet.

Rakael

10-18-2008, 07:25 PM

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill.

So far, it's VERY good. I'd already recommend it, and I'm only half-way through it.

I got about 3/4 of the way through that book and put it down. Sad thing is, I was LOVING the story too. Now that I think about it, I probably put it down around the time my son was born or shortly thereafter. If that isn't the real reason, I am damn sure going to use it as my excuse for not finishing what was a really good book.

I just realized that it has been a little while since I got into a good book. With my seven month old boy and family time, house work, and paycheck work I rarely have time to even get in a bit of gaming, much less get into a deep novel. Still, I haven't ever gone this long without at least some pulp fiction to pass the time. I do believe it is time for a trip to the bookstore on my next day off.

Maybe I can get a few recommendations here. I am getting a bit burnt on the sci-fi and fantasy genres. I am actually very interested in reading some cerebral horror/suspense novels. I don't mind blood and gore, but I don't want that to be what everything is based around, and I want something that will keep me on edge and turning the pages to see what happens next. Anyone know of a few good novels like that?

Rogue_hunter

10-18-2008, 07:55 PM

I just finished a compilation of stories by Richard Matheson of "I Am Legend" fame. It had The Incredible Shrinking Man, Nightmare At 20,000 Feet and Duel.

The Incredible Shrinking Man had quite a bit of anger and sexual tension that I don't remember being fully explored in the 1957 science fiction film.

Had visions of a young Shatner in my head as I was reading Nightmare At 20,000 Feet!

Duel was quite short and it's surprising that Matheson and Spielburg could stretch that out into a TV-movie.

The rest of the stories were very entertaining and totally twisted! Good times!

I read a different compilation with I Am Legend, so I didn't read those stories. Luckily I bought it before the movie came out, and before they were only selling the movie branded copy, so I don't have Will Smith ruining my book like he did for I, Robot.

Prey was excellent. And I had read the book before Thanksgiving, so I saw that same story (as well as many others) in The Twilight Zone marathon.
Dance of the Dead was turned into an episode for Masters of Horror. Tobe Hooper directed, and Robert Englund was "The M.C.", quite good.

I wonder how much of one's appreciation for Neuromancer is based on when they read it. If you read it back in the day, it was groundbreaking. Now that there have been so many riffs on its overall premise, it's one of those things that just seems cliché, even though it was the very thing that started the cliché.

I read it just a few years ago, but damn, if it wasn't better than all the wannabes and ripoffs. I think it's still groundbreaking to this day.

Reverant

10-18-2008, 09:34 PM

Out of the Silent Planet, by C.S. Lewis. I love this guy.

pomeroy

10-18-2008, 09:45 PM

Right now I'm reading "Good Omens".

It's funny and all...but I can't say it's the bestest book ever or anything.

Spigot

10-18-2008, 10:25 PM

I am actually very interested in reading some cerebral horror/suspense novels. I don't mind blood and gore, but I don't want that to be what everything is based around, and I want something that will keep me on edge and turning the pages to see what happens next. Anyone know of a few good novels like that?I actually really enjoyed Brian Keene's City Of The Dead/The Rising books. They're a very unique take on zombies.

I hear you re: not getting into books post kids. I used to devour at least one novel a week. Since we had the kids, it takes me a good 2-3 weeks to read what I used to read in a couple of days. I think the reason I've jumped on the comic/manga/graphic novel train so hard is that I CAN read one or several comics in a day and so I feel like I'm at least jamming something into my brain.

That's why it's always a good idea to have a book or two in the washroom. You're usually (and I stress the word usually) able to have a minute or two of uninterrupted time to read in there. Unless your kids are old enough to work a door handle. Then you're screwed.

Lint of Death

10-18-2008, 10:26 PM

I'm reading Self Made Man by Norah Vincent. It is a true story: she, a lesbian, disguises herself as a man for a year and a half and attempts to blend in. She joins a casual/competitive bowling team, goes to strip clubs and even tries to date other women! It's so weird, and surprisingly insightful.

Spigot

10-18-2008, 10:29 PM

Pale Ale

10-18-2008, 10:44 PM

Right now I'm reading "Good Omens".

It's funny and all...but I can't say it's the bestest book ever or anything.

I found it be like a dish with two ingredents you love. You take a big honkin' bite and then realize you don't like it, at all. Then you have to finish the plate.

Though to be honest I'm particularly sure I like Gaiman. So since he he racks up honorable mentions every time I read one of these types of threads, as a general question, should I him another chance?

It's kinda goofy question I'm sure but I finished my last book, Bank's Use of Weapons, and was wonder if I should pull American Gods out of the middle my to read pile.

Slack3r78

10-18-2008, 10:48 PM

I haven't had much time to read lately. I've been carrying World War Z around in my backpack for about two months now. I'm about 80% through it, with about half the book read at the bar the night I bought it.

I've also been carrying around a copy of HST's The Rum Diaries to start on whenever I finally finish WWZ. I may take a crack at that now, actually.

KamaItachi

10-18-2008, 10:56 PM

I'm snailing my way through Black man/13 by Richard Morgan. It's just not as detectivey as Altered Carbon, or as full-onactioney as Woken Furies, so I'm having a hard time getting in to it. As usual Morgan builds a fantastically realised world, and fillsit with great hard science fiction.

It just seems to lack the compelling reading factor of his other work.

Generation ABXY

10-19-2008, 12:29 AM

Lint of Death

10-19-2008, 01:22 AM

Er, why exactly?

"Why" in what sense?

Crittias

10-19-2008, 08:18 AM

It just seems to lack the compelling reading factor of his other work.QFT. He just misses the mark on 13. Which is unfortunate, as Altered Carbon is pure gold.

Generation ABXY

10-19-2008, 12:42 PM

"Why" in what sense?

Oh, sorry. Why would someone dress up and pretend to be a man? I mean, just to see if they could? Shits and giggles? Or was the ultimate goal this book, a college paper or something else like that?

Just seems like an odd way to spend a year and a half.

Lint of Death

10-19-2008, 01:47 PM

Oh, sorry. Why would someone dress up and pretend to be a man? I mean, just to see if they could? Shits and giggles? Or was the ultimate goal this book, a college paper or something else like that?

Just seems like an odd way to spend a year and a half.

No denying that, hah. She explains her reasons in the book, from which my impression was that she was trying to figure out a topic for a book and remembered one night in ages past when a 'drag king' she had known convinced her to dress in drag with her and go out on the town. The insight she got by noticing how men looked at her differently just because they believed her to be a man was enough to make her want to go further and see if she couldn't learn more about the difference of living as a man.

Generation ABXY

10-19-2008, 03:20 PM

No denying that, hah. She explains her reasons in the book, from which my impression was that she was trying to figure out a topic for a book and remembered one night in ages past when a 'drag king' she had known convinced her to dress in drag with her and go out on the town. The insight she got by noticing how men looked at her differently just because they believed her to be a man was enough to make her want to go further and see if she couldn't learn more about the difference of living as a man.

Ah, I see...well, as much as I can hope to, at any rate. :p