What book is everyone reading at the moment?

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Underemployed said:
Interesting that for a so-called forum for skeptics, magical fantasy is very popular!
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I've often thought the same thing. I know a lot of fantasy and sci-fi authors who are rather skeptical. Hell, you can't look past Asimov for evidence there.

I think it has something to do with the ability to think creatively but still appreciate the boundaries between speculation and truth.

Athon
 
"Dune, Battle of Corrin" by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

If you like the "Dune" universe, you'll probably like the prequels. Entertaining reading with all the Dune elements sans the protracted political manuvering of the sequels to the original.
 
Just finished rereading Confessions of Lady Nijo, a memoir of a women who was the lover of Emperor Gofukakusa in 13th-century Japan. Scholars figure the book was not popular in its day because it painted a very human picture of a 'divine' Emperor so knowledge of its existance was lost until a copy was discovered in 1940 in the Imperial Library. It is a great read and provides detailed look at the life of a court woman in Japan.
 
Just finished 1491 by Mann. A very interesting book about the Americas before Columbus. I highly recommend this book, it puts a great deal into perspective...like the vast civilizations that existed on this content when London and Paris were just dirty villages...
 
I am in the middle of Johnathan Strange & Mr Norell. I have seen it advertised as "Harry Potter for Grown-ups" but beyond the fact that it is about magicians in England it doesn't really have much in common with Harry Potter at all. It's a great book, the title characters are interersting and the author fits in a lot of interesting back story. I really reccomend it.
 
Nyarlathotep said:
I am in the middle of Johnathan Strange & Mr Norell. I have seen it advertised as "Harry Potter for Grown-ups" but beyond the fact that it is about magicians in England it doesn't really have much in common with Harry Potter at all. It's a great book, the title characters are interersting and the author fits in a lot of interesting back story. I really reccomend it.
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A very interesting read...talk about creation of a parallel world...I read it, enjoyed much of it and would like to see more. It isn't Harry Potter for grown-ups, however, it is much more thouroughly conceived, IMO.
 
Just finished up the Waking Up Screaming Lovecraft collection.

Currently working through The Confusion by Stephenson. I dunno what it is about the Baroque Cycle. I love Stephenson's books, and these are no exception. I finished Cryptonomicon in three days. I'm on my third month of this one. It took four for the previous in the series.
 
Snow Crash because somebody on this forum recommended it.

Psychology of the Psychic because it's been a while.

1776 because it's recommended and available to me.

13 Steps to Mentalism because it's been a very long while.

Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age because becaus.

Supplying War: Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton again because because.

The Face of Battle, for the fourth time, because everyone should.
 
Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach for school

Programming in Assembler for school

Computer Architechture for school
 
Currently, Cooking with Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by you-know-who.

Recently, My Ántonia by Willa Cather and Where Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean.
 
athon said:
Da Vinci Code would happen to be one of the worst pieces of drivel I have ever read. I can't rant enough about how bad it is!!

It is formulaic in a bad way, self-indulgent garbage that is poorly written and overly clever. It contains more info-dumping than you can poke a stick at, and is packed to the gills with intellectual masturbation.

I am just glad Tom Hanks is playing the lead in the movie version of it. Because that will be two reasons to not go see it!

Athon
(if you want a good conspiracy theory novel, read Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco)
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I know this is a bit late for a post, but I absolutely agree with everything Athon says, with the exception of the Tom Hanks Comment, and, with the exception of the Tom Hanks comment, believe that he may have been reading my mind. Nice try Athon, now get out of my head!
 
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