What book is everyone reading at the moment?

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A Soldier of the Great War, by Mark Helperin.

So what's it to ya? Look, it was one dollar from the seriously-disregarded-and-dogeared remainder pile at the undergrad libe. I wanted something fat and thick to last me until I go on vacation. I mustn't break into the vacation book-bag! I musn't!

It's fat, it's thick, but it carries you along. He's a good stylist for a windbag.
 
Primal Ancestor

Primal Ancestor; I know the author. It’s hard science fiction published by a Christian publishing company; that in itself is a contradiction to the norm of this universe. Sometimes the Great Storyteller - you know, the one that works in mysterious ways - has a bizarre sense of humor. Of course, anyone that has ever seen a platypus knows that.

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Primal Ancestor; I know the author. It’s hard science fiction published by a Christian publishing company; that in itself is a contradiction to the norm of this universe. Sometimes the Great Storyteller - you know, the one that works in mysterious ways - has a bizarre sense of humor. Of course, anyone that has ever seen a platypus knows that.
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In three posts you've plugged this book twice. (I guess you couldn't find a way to plug it in the Welcome thread.... although your name is sort of a giveaway.)

Tate's only unique in that they call themselves Christian to differentiate themselves from the other vanity press outfits.

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The Forgotten Man by Amity Schlaes. An absolutely spendid history of the Great Depression. Rather than making any pejorative statements about the principals, she let's their words and deeds speak for themselves, e.g. Drew Pearson's despicable antisemitism..
 
Just started William Gibson's new one, Spook Country. Very good so far; three disparate groups of people somehow intertwined with each other with a background in Cuban/Russian intelligence.
 
Just finishing up Last Exit to Brooklyn - it's near the top of my 'most powerful and moving' books list (if I had such a list).

Finishing up Daniel Handler's Adverbs next.
 
Just started a book on CD, for my commute, The Good Guy by Dean Koonts, so far so good reminds me of a Raymond Chandler thriller.
 
I can't make it through the rest of the Dune prequels/sequels. They are just so gOD-awful. I can't read through two pages without falling asleep. I'm going to have to send these off to Half Price Books and move on to my next book which is... <sorts through piles> ...whatever I just pulled out of storage in 14 banker boxes. I'd rather read a dictionary than these abortions.

To any fans of Frank Herbert's original series of Dune books who were considering anything written by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson, spare yourself the disappointment. These two are hacks. Remember Herbert's wonderful series the way it originally ended: With a universe of endless possibilities.
 
We got the first one of the Dune prequels by mistake from the Sci-Fi book club. Thought I'd give it a go. Absolutely dreadful....
 
Just finished "Avalon" by Anya Seton (about 40 years old) -- it was very good, but not really about what you usually associate with Avalon stories...

Just about to start "Survivor" by Tabitha King.

Not really doing much heavy lifting here!
 
Remarkable Mathematicians from Euler to von Neumann by Ioan James. It's fascinating to me how much political wrangling and personal infighting is involved in mathematical careers.
 
As usual, everything I ordered from the library arrived at once. I started William Gibson's new one, Spook Country. Very good so far, set in contemporary times and dealing with odd goings-on about virtual art, ex-Cuban intelligence types, and perhaps a bit of terrorism.

I also got Stephen Pinker's new one on language, hope I can get 'em read in the two weeks as they are both in demand.
 
The Basque History of the World, by Mark Kurlansky. It's journalism, not scholarship, but it summarizes a ton of history at reasonable length. I could wish his style was less choppy; John McPhee should have written his books for him.
 
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