What Are You Reading, Again?

[Birdjaguar]

The Kite Runner
I'll finish it tonight. Excellent fiction.

 

[Huang]

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

I am almost finished with it-- one more chapter to go--and so far the book has been excellent. The stream of conscience writing style takes time to get used to, but once you do, you will realize the beauty of it. If the book did not have footnotes, it would be unreadable for me, I having not read the Bible before and not being an Irishman. The book references many elements of Christianity and Irish history and has also sparked my interest in both. The twenty page sermon was certainly the most riveting part; the descriptions of hell and the theological discussions scared the hell out of me until I realized my suspension and the priest's suspension of logic. I think that it is a must read for anyone who knows the English language.

 

[The Last Conformist]

Democracy and its Critics by Robert A. Dahl.

 

[Lockesdonkey]

I just finished Singularity Sky by Charles Stross. Excellent book. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION FOREVER!

I'm starting The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. I've only just started, but the first few chapters are compelling and my dad says he loved it, and generally speaking, I have the same tastes as him. So I hope I'll like it.

 

[Lozzy_Ozzy]

Just finished Waylander, i'm now into King Beyond The Gate and hopefully soon i'm gonna read Akira again .

 

[~Corsair#01~]

The War With Hannibal, by Livy
At the rate of about a page per day...

 

[CivCube]

The Last Continent, by Terry Pratchett.

 

[Joeb WK]

Coming Up for Air- George Orwell

 

[privatehudson]

The Last Continent, by Terry Pratchett.

Excellent book

I've been kind of reading mad in the last fortnight (for me anyway) and finished

It Never Snows in September - Robert Kershaw
Wee Free Men, Carpe Jugulum, Lords and Ladies, Monstorous Regiment, Witches Abroad and Maskerade - Terry Pratchett
Mythnomers and Impervections and Mything Link inc - Robert Asprin

 

[thetrooper]

Travels with My Aunt (1969) by Graham Greene. Unfortunately I'll have to read the Norwegian translation.

 

[nonconformist]

Stalingrad by Antony Beevor.

 

[newfangle]

I'm now reading a very boring book on boundary value problems and Fourier series. Kill me. Please.

 

[punkbass2000]

Just finished "Universe on a T-Shirt" and "SlaughterHouse Five". Not sure what's next, maybe the Qu'ran.

 

[CivCube]

Excellent book

I've been kind of reading mad in the last fortnight (for me anyway) and finished

It Never Snows in September - Robert Kershaw
Wee Free Men, Carpe Jugulum, Lords and Ladies, Monstorous Regiment, Witches Abroad and Maskerade - Terry Pratchett
Mythnomers and Impervections and Mything Link inc - Robert Asprin

Ahhh, yes. I've just started Carpe Jugulum as well.

 

[steviejay]

Stalingrad by Antony Beevor.

I read that last summer, thoroughly enjoyable. Could you tell me if his other book, Berlin, is worth a read?

 

[nonconformist]

I read that last summer, thoroughly enjoyable. Could you tell me if his other book, Berlin, is worth a read?

I started Berlin, but didn't finish. I thought it was less interesting than stalingrad (albeit having dropped stlaingrad at about chapter 5 last time).

 

[Mario Feldberg]

Classic Stoa texts (Zenon, Seneca, Marc Aurel, etc.)
Nicomachean Ethic by Aristotle

 

[Richard Cribb]

Q by Luther Blissett.
Marvellous stuff, can't recommend it enough.

 

[Scuffer]

Soldiers of Salamis, Javier Cercas

 

[Cilpot]

I recently read "Red Storm Rising" by Tom Clancy, my first Clancy book. It was very entertaining.