What are you reading?

[DBT]

The Martian by Andy Weir

Astronaut accidentally left behind on Mars. Fights to survive until the next mission comes along.

Not great literature, and too technical for my puny brain, but I just kept reading it because I wanted to know what happened.

I thought that it was the technical content that made the book interesting, the physics of survival in the harsh Martian environment.

 

[bigfield]

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli.

Worth reading if you would like a different perspective on the success and failure of governments.

That is, of course, if you are not already Machiavellian...muahahahahahaaaa...

 

[Daioh]

Currently reading Blood Cross by Faith Hunter, and so far it is a solid tale with Shapeshifters, Witches and Vampires in a modern setting

 

[CJW]

Plowing my way through the complete works of HP Lovecraft - In the midst of the "The Mountains of Madness" right now. Got a handful of stories left to go.

 

[Draconis]

Just finished the "Empire Trilogy" by Raymond E Feist and Janny Wurts.

Patchily good but otherwise quite a slog to read, to the point of being overlong. As for the main character - oh, does she ever make a mistake? There's quite a bit of political maneuvering here, but it's no rival for Game of Thrones. Cersei would eat her for breakfast.

 

[gmbteach]

I have been wanting to share this with you all for some time..

I am reading..................





This thread.

 

[arnoldo]

The Man in the High Castle by PKD.

 

[bradw]

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

 

[arnoldo]

Clockwork Angels by Kevin J. Anderson.

 

[Wiploc]

The Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion.

We're reading it aloud, and laughing a lot.

 

[Kharakov]

The Whipping Star, by Frank Herbert.

"A dazzling NEW book from the author of 'Dune'" ... It was a Nel edition, sold in New Zealand for $1.35 to one B. Nash, probably about 42 years ago.

 

[bradw]

Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson

 

[Underseer]

The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails

http://www.amazon.com/The-Christian-Delusion-Faith-Fails/dp/1616141689/

Only on the second chapter right now. It purports to be a bit more academic than the usual atheist book, and the authors are mostly academics, but it's clearly intended for mass consumption. The book goes into the sort of details a lot of other atheists books don't cover: such as the reason religion exists in the first place, and it addresses a lot of specific arguments used by Christians (particularly evangelicals).

 

[Horatio Parker]

Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson

I'm a Jim Thompson fan. Fun stuff. The Kill Off is a favorite. Have not seen the movie.

 

[spikepipsqueak]

Walked into the library and there was Maddaddam, directly in front of me.

 

[arnoldo]

Destination Void, by Frank Herbert.

 

[DBT]

Finished Tales of Old Japan (1871) - Lord Redesdale. Interesting descriptions of ceremony, culture and psychology.

Starting Appaloosa- Robert B. Parker. (Watched the video recently)

 

[James Brown]

Starting Appaloosa- Robert B. Parker. (Watched the video recently)

Good book. I don't normally read Westerns, but I really enjoyed Parker's.

 

[DBT]

Starting Appaloosa- Robert B. Parker. (Watched the video recently)

Good book. I don't normally read Westerns, but I really enjoyed Parker's.

I'd recommend the movie as well, it was well done.

 

[bigfield]

The Big Sleep​ by Raymond Chandler