What're you reading these days?

Fifthfiend · 10-03-2006, 06:01 PM

For recommendations, discussions, and generalized chit-chat. Fiction and non-fiction welcome.

If it becomes too much about any particular topic, I might split that out into another thread or something.

Just finished reading the Atrocity Archives. I felt kind of conned, I was promised Dilbert meets Cthulhu, then a hundred pages in it suddenly turns into Tom Clancy meets Cthulhu. And I mean, fuck Tom Clancy.

Naw I mean it was okay, for Tom Clancy meets Cthulhu, but I would've much prefered the other direction.

**Satan's Onion** · 10-03-2006, 07:16 PM

I'm working my way through Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything--really engagingly written nonfiction about what we know about various aspects of the Universe, and how we came to know it. Bryson really is very good at making these sorts of subjects not only lucid and easy to follow but downright entertaining. Eventually I also want to buckle down and get into Brian Greene's The Fabric of the Cosmos--I've started that book I dunno how many times, but I never have finished it (shame on me, I know), so all I remember from it are the various Simpsons analogies :p ...

Azisien · 10-03-2006, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Satan's Onion

Eventually I also want to buckle down and get into Brian Greene's The Fabric of the Cosmos--I've started that book I dunno how many times, but I never have finished it (shame on me, I know), so all I remember from it are the various Simpsons analogies :p ...

It really is quite a neat book, though I enjoyed The Elegant Universe more. The draw of Fabric was that, if you've come out of EU knowing about M Theory and such, you get to spend the whole book giggling about the speculations and expectations of TOP TOP TOP of the line physics. Very cool.

Tiako · 10-03-2006, 07:26 PM

I am reading Colleen McCoullogh's The Grass Crown. A very good book for Roman history buffs about the later career of Marius and Sulla, Mithridates, and the Social war. Really, if you are familiar with any of those, you will probably like her books a great deal. Or, if you are just interested in how people lived back the you will like it. But some familiarity is recommended (By familiarity, I mean "Do you know who Gaius Julius Caesar is?).

Muffin Mage · 10-04-2006, 12:18 AM

At the moment, I'm sitting on part of Cicero's De Oratione and all of Erasmus of Rotterdam's Praise of Folly in favor of freakin' Redemption of Althalus.

I fail at life.

gurusloth · 10-04-2006, 01:40 AM

Just finished Greg Rucka's A Gentleman's Game, now I'm starting R.A. Salvatore's Spearwielder's Tale trilogy, compiled.

Toast · 10-04-2006, 06:45 AM

I just finished Thud by Terry Pratchett and the Pliocene Exile saga by Julian May. I'm going to be starting next on some Robert A. Heinlein that sounded interesting and Jane Lindskold's Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls.

DavidG · 10-04-2006, 07:36 AM

At the moment, The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan and Earth, Air, Fire and Custard by Tom Holt.

My attention span is erratic at best, so I tend to usually have two or three "current" books at any time.

Tiako · 10-04-2006, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Muffin Mage

At the moment, I'm sitting on part of Cicero's De Oratione and all of Erasmus of Rotterdam's Praise of Folly in favor of freakin' Redemption of Althalus.

I fail at life.

Don't feel bad. In addition to historical fiction, I am also reading Voltaire and Machiavelli.

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 10-04-2006, 12:31 PM

The Dark Tower... again!!
Yes, I am quite mad.

10-03-2006, 06:01 PM	#1
Fifthfiend for all seasons Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 19,409	What're you reading these days? For recommendations, discussions, and generalized chit-chat. Fiction and non-fiction welcome. If it becomes too much about any particular topic, I might split that out into another thread or something. Just finished reading the Atrocity Archives. I felt kind of conned, I was promised Dilbert meets Cthulhu, then a hundred pages in it suddenly turns into Tom Clancy meets Cthulhu. And I mean, fuck Tom Clancy. Naw I mean it was okay, for Tom Clancy meets Cthulhu, but I would've much prefered the other direction. __________________ check out my buttspresso

10-03-2006, 07:16 PM	#2
Satan's Onion Swing You Sinners! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: 4th Street Posts: 2,666	I'm working my way through Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything--really engagingly written nonfiction about what we know about various aspects of the Universe, and how we came to know it. Bryson really is very good at making these sorts of subjects not only lucid and easy to follow but downright entertaining. Eventually I also want to buckle down and get into Brian Greene's The Fabric of the Cosmos--I've started that book I dunno how many times, but I never have finished it (shame on me, I know), so all I remember from it are the various Simpsons analogies :p ... __________________ Good evening, ladies. Please enter and be tained .

10-03-2006, 07:26 PM	#4
Tiako FREEEEDOOOOM! Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 286	I am reading Colleen McCoullogh's The Grass Crown. A very good book for Roman history buffs about the later career of Marius and Sulla, Mithridates, and the Social war. Really, if you are familiar with any of those, you will probably like her books a great deal. Or, if you are just interested in how people lived back the you will like it. But some familiarity is recommended (By familiarity, I mean "Do you know who Gaius Julius Caesar is?). __________________ Red Mage: Every time there's an invasion by monster warlords, or an end of the world, they look for people like us. Black Mage: Well, not like us. Red Mage: Granted. Thief: Obviously.

10-04-2006, 01:40 AM	#6
gurusloth Master of muthafu�%in' invisibility Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 1,224	Just finished Greg Rucka's A Gentleman's Game, now I'm starting R.A. Salvatore's Spearwielder's Tale trilogy, compiled. __________________ Mashirosen: I personally will not rest until I have turned NPF into ___________I"My Little Pony Collector's E-Snuggle Social Club - No Boys Allowed"

10-04-2006, 06:45 AM	#7
Toast Existential Toast Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 440	I just finished Thud by Terry Pratchett and the Pliocene Exile saga by Julian May. I'm going to be starting next on some Robert A. Heinlein that sounded interesting and Jane Lindskold's Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls. __________________ “How dare you! How dare you stand there acting like your brand of suffering is worse than anybody else’s. Well, I guess that’s the only way you can justify treating the rest of us like dirt.” ~ Major Margaret Houlihan (Mash) “If we’re going to be damned, let’s be damned for what we really are.” ~ Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: The Next Generation)

10-04-2006, 07:36 AM	#8
DavidG Troopa Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 41	At the moment, The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan and Earth, Air, Fire and Custard by Tom Holt. My attention span is erratic at best, so I tend to usually have two or three "current" books at any time. __________________ "If all else fails use fire." - Some villager in Zelda 2. You know it's good advice.