What book is everyone reading at the moment?

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A post apolyptic series by S.M.Stirling just finished the 5th book. It took months before Kindle had the all of the series available. They had all of that series except book 1 for months. If anyone enjoys sci-fi and wants a really good read try: In Her Name by Michael R. Hicks.
 
A Storm of Swords - George R. R. Martin...for the second time


still waiting for A Dance With Dragons
 
Just finished reading Xenocide by Orson Scott Card and just started Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinein, but I also read Terry Pratchett's Discworld series and Stephen R. Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever on a regular basis.
 
Domain Driven Design by Eric Evans.

Not exactly a page turner. The last time I tried to read where I left off, I ended having to go back half a chapter. I'm actually making negative progress.
 
Anvil of Stars - Greg Bear. The sequel to Forge of God, which I have just completed.

Pure_Argent said:
Just finished reading Xenocide by Orson Scott Card and just started Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinein, but I also read Terry Pratchett's Discworld series and Stephen R. Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever on a regular basis.
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Ahh, another Thomas Covenant fan. Can be quite hard going at times I find, and I do get the feeling that the most recent set is padded with more detail than absolutely necessary. I mean, do we really need an entire chapter devoted to how it feels to be chewed up and spit out by a caesure? *

Speaking of Xenocide, Ender's Game was the book that first got me into reading science fiction on a regular basis. Long time since I read that one.

* I had the feeling I was repeating myself. And I find I have mentioned the same gripe earlier in this very thread. :rolleyes:
 
Molecular Systematics of Fishes (Kocher and Stepien).

It is every bit as exciting as it sounds...

Interestingly, I was considering buying a copy (the one I am reading is from the library) - then I went to Amazon and had a look at the price...

-shudder-
 
I'm reading Making Money by Terry Pratchett. It's sort of a follow on to Going Postal, both are about Moist von Lipwig. I will say, though, my favourite character has to be Gaspode the Wonder Dog.
 
Thoomas Hardy an' tha'

The Mayor of Casterbridge. Somebody should write a history of dialect in English literature. I'm guessing it starts with Shakespeare.

Oh aye, us maks mooch o' Maister Hardy, so us does. 'A skrivens on't, thet Wussex matter 'n sich, tel all we kin see't 'n smell't 'n hear on't too.

Well, dammit, it is clear and vivid, and for all the wordy words the plot moves fast. I just wish he'd known enough to hint at the dialect, like Faulkner, instead of shoveling it onto the page. Yuss, us most times kin finger oot wha' volk be a sayin', but oh Lard 'tis hard workin' -- MAKE ME STOP!
 
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World by Tony Horwitz

History meets a Kerouc like trek across North America. He writes about the history of the discovery of North America, from the landing of the Vikings in Nova Scotia (~1000AD) to the Spanish Conquistadors who trekked from Florida to California. He then traces these routes in real life describing the landscape and interviewing the locals.
 
I finished Stephanie Meyer's Twilight just to see what the fuss was about. Didn't get the big deal, so now I started on the vastly superior 'Neverwhere' by Neil Gaiman.
 
'Intervention' by Julien May, it's a prequel/sequel to 'The Saga of the Exiles' which I recently re-read. I don't normally read a lot of fantasy, but I've always enjoyed the series.

Just read and really enjoyed Bill Bryson's new book on Shakespear, to my great surprise I should admit.:D
 
Fear of Knowledge: Against relativism and constructivism - Paul Boghossian

Excelent book, short yet dense. I bit technical on philosophy but even non-philosophers can follow just fine.
 
P.J. Denyer said:
Just read and really enjoyed Bill Bryson's new book on Shakespear, to my great surprise I should admit.:D
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Why were you surprised, I wonder? :)
I very much enjoyed it too.

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My three readers (Mon, Wed, Fri) are reading 'Bad Science' by Ben Goldacre, 'The Book of Sequels' by Jasper Fforde, and 'Don't Know Much About Geography' Kenneth O. Davis.
 
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'Intervention' by Julien May, it's a prequel/sequel to 'The Saga of the Exiles' which I recently re-read. I don't normally read a lot of fantasy, but I've always enjoyed the series.
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God only knows why, but on first read, my brain interpreted "May" as "Cleary"!
 
Magnifico2.0 said:
Rereading Dune, and White Plague by Frank Herbert.
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I've been doing the same, inspired by the Dune thread. I'm halfway through the original Dune Chronicles, and am taking a break with an anthology of Frank Herbert short stories (The Book of Frank Herbert), after which I'll be moving to White Plague, The Green Brain, The Dosadai Experiment, and Godmakers before taking a look at Eye and then finishing out the (Frank Herbert) Dune Chronicles. Then I'll probably leaf through the reast of my Frank Herbert collection and see if anything calls out to me for another read.

I've forgotten how much of a fanboy I am. :)
 
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