What book is everyone reading at the moment?

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I just polished off a biography of Carl Sagan by Keay Davidson. I was close to tears when he described Anne Druyan's recollections of Sagan's final days. Biographies are interesting, but I find it sad that the protagonist always dies :(

On to Reconstruction in Philosophy by John Dewey.
 
I just finished Asimov's, The Currents of Space and started I, Robot. I have a bunch of Asimov in the queue right now, then it's back to Sagan (Pale Blue Dot) and Shermer (Why People Believe Weird Things).
 
Barbarians by Terry Jones and another person whose name i cannot recall.
 
Citizens by Simon Schaama (history, French revolution)

Just finished a quick read of some Eric Flint sci-fi short stories.
 
The Iron Dragon's Daughter by Michael Swanwick.

An interesting take on the old idea of changelings. In this, a child is stolen away to the world of Faerie, and a changeling left behind. (the changeling is percieved by the parents as hopelessly retarded)

But Faerie is nothing like most fantasy versions. The world of Elves, Trolls, fanciful creatures and magic has evolved along with the human world, and is as high-tech as our own. Dragons are cybernetic "stealth fighters", with potent AI and magically-enhanced stealth technology.
The Elves, ruling all, have TV, shopping malls, and of course, warfare.

The principal, Jane, works as indentured labor in a dragon factory; until a dragon speaks to her.

This is my second read of this book, and it's as good the second time through.
 
"Variation in Morphology of Teeth: Anthropologic and Forensic Aspects" by Taylor.

Lacks information on dragon, elf, and changeling dentitions but is otherwise quite valuable.
 
Just finished "Dark of the Moon" by Philip Temple (basically "Watership Down" with keas, great stuff :) )

Now reading individual stories from Avram Davidson's "The Other Nineteenth Century" on a one-per-night-before-going-to-sleep basis, and "Gödel, Escher, Bach" in longer leisure periods.
 
Unpopular Essays by Bertrand Russell

I just can't recommend Russell enough. He's just... indescribably cool.
 
I'm actually on a Randi stint right now. Just finished Flim-Flam! and heading into Mask of Nostradamus. His writing style is as inexplicably amiable as his stage talks are. So dry, yet so sly. :D

He's gopt a bit of a mean-streak, too. "Rowing without both oars in the water." Nice!
 
Angels Of Death; Inside the Biker Gangs' Crime Empire, by Julian Sher & William Marsden

It deals with the Hells Angels literal takeover of the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Europe, with a very intriguing look at the undercover operations a few VERY brave Feds did, the Angels constant battle with other biker gangs, and info on The Great Nordic War.

Not light reading!!
 
Private Yankee Doodle: being a narrative of some of the adventures, dangers, and sufferings of a Revolutionary soldier. by Joseph Plumb Martin.
 
The Official Vegas Video 3.0 User Manual. Yes, it's old software. I couldn't afford to buy it myself, but my boss gave me his unused copy and I got it re-registered to me. Someday I'll have $200 to upgrade to the latest version, possibly $300 to bundle Sony's DVD-authoring software with it. In the meantime, even this old version has plenty of power and features for my purposes.
 
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