What Are You Reading, Again?

[Stefan Haertel]

"The Ring" by Koji Suzuki

 

[Fetus4188]

Hornet Flight by Ken Follet

 

[Yuri2356]

Mario Puzzo's The Godfather
Followed by Frank Herbert's God Emporer of Dune
After that, who knows?

 

[Godwynn]

The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand

 

[newfangle]

Good choice Godwynn.

I'm currently reading Heretics of Dune (book 5 of 6 in the Dune series).

 

[DS_Legionary]

I have to read the Scarlet Letter for school right now. But on my own time I'm reading Mutiny on the H.M.S. Bounty.

 

[Ian Beale]

Margaret Thatcher: The Downing Street Years

A pretty decent book.

 

[Godwynn]

Good choice Godwynn.

Yes it is. I have already read Atlas Shrugged and Anthem. The ARI is offering $10,000 in an essay contest about The Fountainhead for 11th and 12th graders. The book for for 9th and 10th graders, Anthem. For college students, Atlas Shrugged. Just my luck.

 

[YNCS]

Why anyone thinks that Ayn Rand is a decent author is beyond me. She's a hack writer, her philosophy stinks, and her political followers are idiots. For instance, if anyone honestly believes that the hero of The Fountainhead, Howard Roark, would have been found 'not guilty' at his trial, then you must be even dumber than most libertarians.

BTW, if any libertarians want to argue your silly politics with me, I'm more than willing to do so.

 

[Cheetah]

Hm, guess I should read something of Ayn Rand then, if it is upsetting enough for such a post.

Right now I'm reading Plato's Republic, and then I'll start on 'The History' of Herodotus, or maybe the Da Vinci code.

I also got some old Mesopotamian myths to read through. One of them is called 'Adamu and the Food of Life'. It's about Adamu, the son of the god Ea, and his visit to heaven where Ea warns him not to eat or drink anything... sounds familiar?

I also finished Machiavelli's 'The Prince', which I highly recommend to everybody.

 

[citizen001]

John Marsden's Tomorrow when the war began series.

 

[Ginger_Ale]

Another Ludlum book (when I posted in this thread in July I was reading one too). It came out in October, called The Lazarus Vendetta. It's terrific...realistic fiction is most appealing to me, unlike scifi or fantasy.

 

[El Duderino]

Country of Origin, by Don Lee. Not a spectacular novel, but it's alright.

 

[Joseph2413]

I'm reading A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking, and The Posessed by Dostoevsky.

Godwyn, the fountainhead is good, and i love Rand's writing, but if you' consider yourself a libertarian i'd definitely read some of the more reasonable libertarian thinkers. Try Ludwig von Mises or Robert Nozick for a start. Objectivism is crackpot philosophy, and Rand's not exactly the brightest philosopher or economist. YNCS, I'll take ya up on that offer!

 

[hawai_74]

Dune - Herbert

 

[Plexus]

Eat the Rich - PJ O'Rourke (again)

 

[steviejay]

Reading "The Bear and Dragon" by Tom Clancy, again, cause I think its awesome. I'm also reading "The Course Of German History" by A.J.P. Taylor just for flavour

 

[A'AbarachAmadan]

The Cleric Quntet by R.A. Salvatore
I'm a fan of Drizzt and wanted to read more of his works.

American Soldier by General Tommy Franks
After being in OEF and OIF I wanted to read about the man who led us all.

 

[mrtn]

I'm rereading Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman for the umpteenth time.

 

[Godwynn]

Why anyone thinks that Ayn Rand is a decent author is beyond me. She's a hack writer, her philosophy stinks, and her political followers are idiots. For instance, if anyone honestly believes that the hero of The Fountainhead, Howard Roark, would have been found 'not guilty' at his trial, then you must be even dumber than most libertarians.

Thanks for ruining the end of the story.