What book is everyone reading at the moment?

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Nyarlathotep said:
I just started Soiled Doves: A History of Prostitution in the Early West. It's really research for a book I am trying to write myself, but it is an interesting book in its own right.
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[Insert lewd joke about 'researching' prostitution]








:blush: Sorry.
 
I just ordered "Man who mistook his wife for a hat" by Dr. Oliver Sacks on a recomendation from Merc. If I like it, everything's ok. If not, I'm coming for you Merc....:p
 
Just dug out "Harlan Ellison's Watching" for a re-reading. A book I heartily recommend for all cinema-lovers.
 
orphia nay said:
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:blush: Sorry.
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I live in Nevada, if I wanted to do THAT kind of research, it would require all of a 15 minute drive and a a decent available balance on my credit card.

Oh, And a suit of armor to protect me from the wrath of Chani.

But no matter. the book is really interesting and a look at a side of the old west that is only hinted at (badly) in cowboy movies and generally ignored in serious histories.
 
Nyarlathotep said:
I live in Nevada, if I wanted to do THAT kind of research, it would require all of a 15 minute drive and a a decent available balance on my credit card.

Oh, And a suit of armor to protect me from the wrath of Chani.

But no matter. the book is really interesting and a look at a side of the old west that is only hinted at (badly) in cowboy movies and generally ignored in serious histories.
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The apology was for Chani too. :)

IIRC John Steinbeck's East of Eden was interesting with regards the brothel, but did they really use that much laudanum?

Is your book fiction or non-fiction?
 
Right now I am reading Babes in Boyland .... those who are paying tuition to Dartmouth take note. Okay, it is very amusing, and I checked it out because the author started college the same time I did (except I was a few months younger, I went to a state university, I majored in engineering and I graduated in five years because I got a 6 month engineerig co-op job... and changed majors from mechanical to aerospace engr.).
 
I'm reading the diary of Victor Klempere, a Jewish Holocaust survivor. He was a professor whose just barely managed to survive, thanks mostly to the fact that his wife was Aryan. There are three volumes -- "I Shall Bear Witness", "To The Bitter End", and "A Lesser Evil". I'm on the last volume, which covers the post-war years in Communist East Germany.

Absolutely fascinating, and extremely recommended.
 
Defining the World-The Extraordinary Story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary by Henry Hitchings. Much better than the Professor and the Madman.
 
Anyone ever read anything by Haruki Murakami? I just finished "Kafka on the Shore" and was very impressed.
 
Reading:
'A user's guide to the brain' by John Ratey
Book 3 in 'worldwar' 'Upsetting the balance' by HarryTurtledove
The Battle of Kursk (in swedish, can't remember the authors at the moment)
Re-reading:
Book 1 of 'the song of ice and fire' 'Game of Thrones' by George RR Martin

Less frequent:
Art of war
the Bible
the Koran (swedish translation, works wonders when I need to sleep)
Malcom X


/Curnir
Weak agnostic
 
The autobiography of Rik Mayal. Its really funny, ive also got on order the latest version of Richard Dawkins The Selfish Gene. Looking forward to that one ^_^
 
I just finished "Man who mistook his wife for a hat" by Oliver Sacks. Really neat.

So, I currently have "The Confusion" (book 2 in the Baroque Cycle) by Neal Stephenson.

I have on order "Right Hand, Left Hand" which will reportedly be in mid-March.
 
"After Elizabeth" -- An interesting examination of the transition from Elizabeth I to James I/VI.

Also, just finished "The Lost Painting" by the guy who wrote "A Civil Action" -- it is a facinating detective story about the art world and a lost Caravaggio that turned up in an Irish Jesuit Chapter house about 10 years ago after being missing for about 200 years. A really fun read.
 
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I'm reading "Wolves of the Calla". Not a big Stephen King fan, mind, but I do like the Dark Tower books. So far. They're all out, but I'm waiting for the small paperbacks to come out; it makes things easier for me. "Wolves" just came out in paperback.
 
I'm just starting Fast Food Nation. Will post a quick review here when I finish it.
 
Jon. said:
I'm just starting Fast Food Nation. Will post a quick review here when I finish it.
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I've read it. I liked it. I've forgotten too much of it to post any in-depth review, so I'll leave it up to you. :)
 
Wicked
Demon-Haunted World
Cosmos

GAMP4 (boring computer validation book for work)
 
I loved all the Oliver Sacks books - there was one really compelling story in "An Anthropologist on Mars" about someone who obtains Krishna Consciousness and it turns out to be...well, I'll let you read it for yourself. Great stuff.

Currently on my bedside table:
The Borderlands Of Science by Michael Shermer
Full Catastrophe Living by John Kabat-Zinn (perscribed by my doctor after my recent heart attack)
How To Set Up A Home Workshop by Reader's Digest (I think that's what its called)
Batman: The Dark Night Returns by Frank Miller
 
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