Which book are you reading now? Volume XIV

[Kyriakos]

I am trying to read Solaris. We shall see if I make it. I didn't like how the introduction was like SNES Pilotwings.

 

[EnglishEdward]

I have just finished reading

The Last Theorem

a collaboration by

Arthur C Clarke

and

Frederik Pohl.

 

[Birdjaguar]

I have just finished reading

The Last Theorem

a collaboration by

Arthur C Clarke

and

Frederik Pohl.

And.....
You having read it is useful, but perhaps you have an opinion?

 

[EnglishEdward]

It is in essence an old style science fiction book

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Theorem

Both the authors were old men and knew that they were at the end
of their lives and the book has a strange gentle grandfatherly style.

The characters are a little one dimensional but the story was uplifting.

 

[Birdjaguar]

I just finished "Snow" by John Banville. Excellent mystery set in 1950s Ireland. I'm not a huge mystery fan, but this one kept me going to the end and was well written.

Next up: "Fifth Season" by NK Jemisin. A Hugo winner and first of a trilogy.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Damn, I have already read this book and the two following. They were great. I knew by the end of the first chapter.

 

[sendos]

I borrowed 3 library books 2 weeks ago. They're all about Trump:

1. Newt Gingrich's Trump's America;
2. Rick Wilson's Everything Trump Touches Dies; and
3. John Bolton's The Room Where It Happened.

One sucks up to Trump. The other two rip into him. Great read so far.

 

[Takhisis]

‘Fortune's favorite’ by Colleen McCullough, a second-hand paperback and a not-that-good translation but at about 2 USian dollars it'd be cheap at double the price.

 

[Kyriakos]

Rendezvous with Rama.
It is very simply written. Even simpler than Childhood's End.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Quantitative Biological and Clinical Mass Spectrometry: An Introduction by Anthony Mallet is a short overview of MS apparatus, methods, analyses, and applications mostly concerning the life sciences. Appendices contain resources such as a glossary, statistical methods, and useful links.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Lonely Planet guide: East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi

 

[Paul in Saudi]

I am happy to report I am reading an historical novel. I probably only read three or four novels a year. I am enjoying An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris (I like a few of his other works) it is about the Dreyfus affair. I am learning a lot, and rather painlessly.

 

[EnglishEdward]

I have just finished reading:

The Hundred Years War

by

Desmond Seward

Sadly it only took me a week.


I will sum it up as follows;

The French speaking ruler(s) of England had a quarrel with the French speaking ruler(s) of France,
and a lot of other people got involved. Some ended up rich, most ended up prematurely dead..

Well organised English archers beat up the French, but well organised French cannon beat up the English.

There was a strange girl called Joan of Arc.

At the end of the war, the rulers of England spoke English.

Hurrah!

 

[EgonSpengler]

I am happy to report I am reading an historical novel. I probably only read three or four novels a year. I am enjoying An Officer and a Spy by Robert Harris (I like a few of his other works) it is about the Dreyfus affair. I am learning a lot, and rather painlessly.

I'm also a fan of Harris' books. I think I read four of his first 5-6, but then I kind of lost track of him. I went to look up An Officer and a Spy just now and was surprised to see how prolific he's been, just in the last decade or so.

 

[Kyriakos]

I started reading The Whale (aka Moby Dick).

 

[sendos]

I borrowed 3 library books 2 weeks ago. They're all about Trump:

1. Newt Gingrich's Trump's America;
2. Rick Wilson's Everything Trump Touches Dies; and
3. John Bolton's The Room Where It Happened.

One sucks up to Trump. The other two rip into him. Great read so far.

I have finished these books. I had to rush to finish reading John Bolton's book because it was due and someone else put a hold on the book.

If you ever want to understand how erratic Trump was as President, definitely read John Bolton's book.

I have now borrowed 2 more books:

1. Joby Warrick's Red Line (about Syira); and
2. Hannah Lucinda Smith's Erdogan's Rising.

These should be good books for me to read.

 

[Samson]

If you ever want to understand how erratic Trump was as President, definitely read John Bolton's book.

Yeah, but you also have to read about how Bolton is an inerrant superman, which I could not take much of.

 

[sendos]

Yeah, but you also have to read about how Bolton is an inerrant superman, which I could not take much of.

He doesn't boast about himself that much.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I'm #63 on the wait list in my library system for a copy of The Queen's Gambit.

 

[Arakhor]

So, clearly you should order Magician's Gambit, instead, which is the third book of the Belgariad.