Literature! Don't be ashamed, I know you read.
 

Well, what're('ve) you currently(finished) reading?

I just finished House of Leaves (Pretty much an acid trip, but on paper), and am waiting for Only Revolutions and The Brothers Karamazov to arrive in the mail.

So, show me whatch'you read.

Currently reading: The Devils by Dostoevsky

The last two books I've read, Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky and War and Peace by Tolstoy.

Edit: My brain is elsewhere tonight.

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....hreadid=178860

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This is, uh...version 2.

What if we didn't want an upgrade?

Sadly I think that the last book I read was when I posted about it in that thread...

David Brin's uplift Saga, and World War Z, again.

Currently reading Heart of Darkness.

Sadly, I hardly have time to read anything but school related books lately.

Nah, how about we merge it in with the old to avoid binlike results?

Nineteen Eighty Four.


And it scared the crap out of me.

Great book. It's scary to think that it could happen and how you can see parts of it creeping into today's society.

Robert Anson Heinlein. Louis L'Amour (not too intellectual on that one) and Dune. Not Frank Herbert, just Dune. the only book I am currently reading is the Bible, in light of that, I havent been reading much at all

therese raquin... god I hate symbolist literature.

Voltaire's Candide...


In the original French!!!

Been reading a lot of Iain M Banks's sci-fi stuff, which has kinda gotten me into sci-fi in general (which I'm not usually that interested in). I've read all of the Culture novels, along with a couple more, and I'm currently working on Against A Dark Background. I've got an itching to read Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash after this.
What's scarier is that it was written in 1948 and it's hardly dated at all; the issues it deals with and the overall setting still feel relevant.

Currently, I'm reading Inventing the Internet. Not really "literature", but I need to for a class. Other than that, I've been re-reading The Kite Runner but that's been indefinitely deferred.

Freakonomics!

Unnecessary exclamation points are cool!

I've started reading the Shannara series by Terry Brooks after I found out that they were somewhat related to the Demon series which I really loved.

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Eragon and it's sequel Eldest. I can't wait for the 3rd book!

Perelandra by C.S. Lewis

just finished Out of the Silent Planet by him as well, its about a man's trip to a planet of unfallen (in the biblical sense) creatures, pretty interesting story.

Before that An Army of Davids by blogger Glenn Reynolds and before that The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Now it's time for Brave New World, which should unsettle you with fear.

I read both those books in a week recently. I much prefered 1984 as the way ABNW was written in the first half of the book is really offputting.

I know I have posted links before, but however, I figure I will add my list of books that I have read recently.

Finished Reading:
Neil Gaiman

• American Gods
• Anansi Boys

A mess load of comic books which include: Y: the last man, The Walking Dead, and Invincible

Currently Reading:
Neil Gaiman

• Neverwhere (based on the BBC mini-series of the same name)
• Stardust (I started reading it, yet got lost in it. Need to finish)

Various Authors - Difficult Questions about Videogames (Link ... it looks like since the book is out of print, it will be hard to acquire. But I am happy cause I got it for free)

-Duane

I liked the style in ABNW. It was quite interesting.

I think it would have been better if I hadn't just read 1984 which is written so beautifully, the words just flow and fit so perfectly.

I just found that ABNW didn't flow too well in places and I had to re-read sentances too often to decypher it. Not that it's a bad book at all though.

Yeah. I think in a lot of places it was intentionally written that way, though (which is what I thought you were talking about). It creates quite a good uncomfortable atmosphere when it's subtle/obvious. There's a middle ground where it just ends up being hard to read though.

I've been reading some Tom Clancy tripe. Acts of war. It's entertaining enough.

Textbooks. :\

stephen kings "the stand"

Stephen Kings "It"
Stephen Kings "Cell" -Finished
Chuck Palaniuks "Haunted"
Various Textbooks
ect.

Also, I can't believe someone else read American Gods (AND Neverwhere!), they are awesome books, Neil Gaiman is a great writer.

Drop the King, read this. I heard that, in particular, "haunted" is a good read :up:

How was it? I'm not a King fan, but I've been drawn to this book.

Well, I am half-way through Neverwhere, and it is very good so far, however, I haven't had the time to read it ever since Thanksgiving because I have been working two jobs to pay for credit card bills. But I agree that Gaiman is an awesome writer! There are a couple of his books that I want to read, but I am waiting until christmas to see if I get them (I requested the Ultimate Sandman Vol. 1 in its hard-bound glory). Also, I have to ask if you have read Anansi Boys, seeing as you didn't mention it. It, in my opinion, is as good as American Gods, if not better than, only because it is just a fun read.

Ditto on that one as well!

-Duane

whats this new reading thing then :wacko: :P

Text Book::- Biography of Geoffrey Chaucer.:cry:

It is better than most of Kings recent stuff, but definately not his best...Good read though, finished it in about a week.

As for Haunted---Not that awesome although some of the stories are, well, interesting.

Gaiman has a large volume of work, I have yet to (but need to) read the Sandman series and Anansi Boys? Never heard of it, but will def. look for it.
Die-hard King Fans will read him until he dies, I'm afraid, even though he's a self-appointed hack, he's still a really good writer.