What Are You Reading, Again?

[Dragonlord]

Erikson is a real treat! I bought the first one just on Amazon recommendations, then bought all the others right away and devoured them - recommended to all fantasy fans!

What's the 'Mars trilogy'? Don't know that one - are you still talking about Robin Hobb?

 

[Turner]

Robin Hobb never did a Mars Trilogy. My guess is he's referring to the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars, Green Mars, & Blue Mars.

 

[steviejay]

Just finsihed reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis. Took me about an hour lol. Found it in a charity shop for 50p so just bought it for nostalgia value as I adored the Narnia trilogy when I was younger.

Now re-reading The Origins of the Second World War by AJP Taylor because I read it for my history course a while ago and I've just gotten it back off my girlfriend who used it for her course.

 

[TrailblazingScot]

I am reading COCHRANE - BRITANNIA'S SEA WOLF by Donald Thomas.

I've wanted for a long time to read about this Scottish Naval Hero and to be honest I'm on a rollercoster ride, from amazement at his achievement to absolute detestation of all those corrupt people in the establishment that prevented him from achieving more.

I am certain to be reading alot more books about this particular gentleman and I'm sure to relate some of what I learn to fellow civfanatics in the History Forum.

I'm also reading "Peace Kills - Americas fun new Imperialism" by P J O'Rouke which is less fun that "Holidays in Hell", but far more relevant. I like his humour and his view on World Politics

Having completed these I'm deep into 'The Pity of War' by Niall Ferguson which is a superb read about commonly held misconceptions as regarding WW1 and its causes. Top notch stuff

 

[ummmm........]

I'm currently reading:

The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes which I've got to say is not nearly as good as I remember from when I was a kid;

The Grapes of Wrath, again. It's amazing how much better a book is when you're not reading it for school;

Basic Wiring puts me right to sleep.

 

[Fetus4188]

I just finished State of Fear by Micheal Crichton and am beginning Flyboys by James Bradley.

 

[Warman17]

Hamlet- guess

 

[DexterJ]

Frankin Delano Roosevelt: champion of freedom by Conrad Black which was excellent. well written and well sourced history.

 

[oagersnap]

I'm reading: The Murder Room by P.D.James

 

[MCdread]

I'm reading "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler" by Italo Calvino. I just returned from the bookstore where I bought books by James Joyce and Erich Maria Remarque, which will follow next.

 

[Babbler]

I have finished The Triumph of Evolution and the Failure of Creationism by Niles Eldredge, just time for the flurry of Creation/Evolution threads as of late. Right now, I reading Welcome to the Genome by Rob DeSalle and Michael Yudell and and What Remains to be Discovered by John Maddox.

 

[ummmm........]

I'm reading "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler" by Italo Calvino. I just returned from the bookstore where I bought books by James Joyce and Erich Maria Remarque, which will follow next.

Which Joyce?

 

[MCdread]

Which Joyce?

"A portrait of the artist as a young man"

 

[ummmm........]

"A portrait of the artist as a young man"

Also a classic, but I had hoped you were stepping up to Ulysses.

 

[MCdread]

Also a classic, but I had hoped you were stepping up to Ulysses.

Well, I still don't know what to do about Ulysses. I read a part of it 3 or 4 years ago, but it was a translation, and the literature fanatic father of a friend of mine told me that the one I was reading wasn't the best out there, and after a while I gave it up (probably because I was busy with some university project) and never picked it again. I fear that the particularities of that book will be too hard for my knowledge of the english language to read it in the original, so basicaly I'm still preparing myself for it.

 

[ummmm........]

Hey, don't feel bad. I've read it twice and seen the movie, and I've still got no clue what's going on.

 

[Aphex_Twin]

I have a funny booklet called "The failure of Evolution" that preaches Creationism from a Muslim perspective. These things are hard to come by, but I'll share it in a thread if anyone's interested

 

[~Corsair#01~]

I'm ordering History of Rome from Its Foundation: The War with Hannibal Bks.21-30 tomorrow! It'll take bloody weeks to arrive though. My parents are too paranoid to use Amazon. :/

 

[fe3333au]

Just re-reading Douglas Adams' - 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - a trilogy in four parts'. Since the tale originating as a radio play, the writing is witty and a delight to read.

BTW It was recently voted IIRC the 4th most popular book in an Australian poll.

 

[superisis]

Currently I'm reading Joseph Conrad's The N*gger of the 'Narcissus'

it's quite good so far.

Edit: I can't type the entire title due to censorship, but I think you understand what it is supposed to say.