What is your current read?
 

For all of you that are recreational readers or forced by the educational system to read:

What book are you currently reading at the time being? And do you like it? Post a link to the book on amazon even... :) Note: This is not a favorite books thread.

For all of you punks that are not currently reading anything:

Get a frikin' library card! :hang: No Excuse!




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I'm currently reading "Hideyoshi" - a biography of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a figure in Japanese feudal history who did a lot to create the federal system of Japan, (not to mention unifying the feudal provinces) ... as a thrilling epic of diplomacy and war, its most enjoyable.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...429690-4401631

reading nothing at the moment.

however, i just finished reading "this side of paradise" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

basically, its about a guy named Amory, and follows him through his childhood.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...182681-7427023

since i am away from my huge bookshelf at home, I am not reading anything right now. I think I will be diving into some long tom clancy novels when I get back home.

A factual book called "In Search of England", by Michael Wood. He's exploring the lesser known parts of English history, and discusses the Saxon period, and the concepts of Britain and England. I've only read a few pages so far, but it is already interesting.

The Sunday Times called it "Provoking and thoroughly satisfying"; so I bought it. If the Times gives a book a good review, that's enough reason for me.
Link...

I am reading "The Art of Assembly", on 80x86 processors Assembly language. Various authors.

I'm reading thought as a system by David Bohm about how the mind is not all we think it is and how we might learn to get around it's limitations and reflex conditioning. It's a transcript of a weekend of seminars he conducted in 1990 (I think)

I also started reading Manufacturing Concent by Noam Chomsky but I haven't read it in a while because I have too much work on and it is pretty heavy reading. It's about the mass media and how they work together with governments to report on things in a way that the Government wants So it can go about it's dirty deeds with public concent.

Right now I'm skimming through the Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy, a book on the history of Swords, and will soon be re-reading Dune for the 6th time. I love that series!!

I'm currently reading Physiology (Berne & Levy)... Very interesting... I'm up to chapter 36... w00t :D

(just so you know, I'm not reading this for fun, but more because I have to...)

I'm reading Stephen King's new short story collection: Everything's Eventual. Very good, so far. I'm also reading The Twilight Zone, a collection of stories from...well, guess.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...920566-3327367

Reading rocks.

I am currently reading The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkein. I was determined to finish each book before the movie based on them is out in theatres.

I am also reading (an on going process) Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos by H. P. Lovecraft and Others.

I'm reading a Dutch book by a famous Dutch TV-guy (sports presenter), which is pretty cool.

I just finished American Psycho though... dang, that book was sick! But interesting too. I'm going to watch the DVD soon, that'll be fun. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...685843-0270839

BTW I love reading... I like all the books I've read so far about the Chinese revolution, especially by Lulu Wang.. man, those are absolutely great! (Lulu Wang = Dutch author, but her books are translated in English too). I'm sorry, I know this isn't about your favourite book, but well, I need to read all the time so I had to tell ya'll.

I'm reading a pint-sized copy of the Tao te Jing translated by John Wu which I recently picked up at the bookstore. Interesting to note all the variations in text in the different editions that are floating around...

I'm also reading various articles I find on the net about Windows API functions. I'm a boring person.


ps. I assume your copy of The Divine Comedy arrived by now?

me is reading "nice girls do"by dr.irene kassorla.
very deep book!its a guide to sensual fulfillment that woman have been waiting for all their lives-and that men would be wise to investigate!!!!!!!!!!!

The Tao of Muhammad Ali by Davis Miller, when I'm done with this I'll be heading to the library to look for a good adventure story by Robert Ludlum or Tom Clancy.

What was that about again??? I think I've read it...

The Stranger By Albert Camus
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller
Watchmen(graphic novel) by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
The Gap into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die by Stephan Donaldson (recreational)

as well as bits and pieces of others stuff. I just finished Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson as well.

Personally i think i have too much reading right now. Praise be given that we finish in three weeks.

i'm going to read the newest Terry Brooks, Isle Witch, then await the new new one... :)

I'm reading Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson again.

i'm readin the same book that i read like a million times "Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace" by Michele Slatalla & Joshua Quittner

Well I'm not reading it at the moment but I really recommend you read: YOU CAN'T TELL THE PEOPLE - GEORGINA BRUNI.

It is an amazing bbok and has really opened my eyes up to the possibilty of UFO's. the sheer evidence and lack of bullshit astonished me! I'm not a keen reader but this book really amazed me!

At the moment I am reading books on Phsychology :)

I'm reading Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park again for the umpteenth time now. :)

Michael Crichton is just about all I read out of school; he r00lz.

At the moment I am reading The Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett.

Yes, i'm through it ^^

Excellent. Now, time for RM the Remarkable to work his charm...


/me rubs his temples...

You.... liked it...?


*audience cheers*

at he moment I'm reading "race car vichle dynamics" , by Doug and Bill Milliken.
can find it here http://www.sae.org

since English isn't my mothertongue and the book is several inches-thick, is quite a hard read though.

Well, I really don't enjoy reading, but in my spare time, I look at C++ for dummies. :) I would be reading a bit more complex C++ manuel, but I am just starting to learn C++ (switching from basic). I suppose that doesn't count as a book, but oh well.

I'm being forced(;) ) by my Advanced English teacher to read Their Eyes Were Watching God http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...034696-7186502

Right now I'm reading The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene. It's a book about how superstring theory reconciles the differences between Einstein's relativity theories and quantuum physics.

When I finish this I am going to start House Of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.

Hey Bilbo, have you read Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman? Gaiman is one of my favorite authors. His work on a the graphic novel series The Sandman inspired my name here.

just got done with the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald, nad now am reading the electronics handbood by Forrest Mims III.

Yeah, i have read all of Pratchetts works, including his collaborations. One of my favourites of his was The Carpet People.

Tomorrow I will be reading the Bjork biography :)

i'm reading manifold: origin, by Stepehn Baxter
and i LOVE it

and bilbo, must say, up until the bjork thing, i loved your taste in reading
good omens is among one of my favourite books of all time, along w/ anything else by either terry pratchett, or neil gaiman

right now I am reading The offical Winamp Forums. Maybe you've heard of it if you havn't then you should ask an administrator to deactivate your account.

Yes it was pleasant. I enjoyed the part where he is in the top area of hell fraternizing with his fellow poets and writers ;)

Re: What is your current read?
 

I need to get a library card here, but I don't know the german phrase for "check out a book". I've been planning on trying to get a card today, though. I need to check out a few (English) CS books.

I'm also reading The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrup and I just finished reading several SF books, including Lord of Light by Roger Zelazney.

Dont you have one of those little pocket translator electronic doo-hickeys? The Japanese exchange students at my college all carry them.

Yeah, but "check out" isn't listed. I suppose I could just say "borrow".

I plan to go to the library whenever I finish filing my Internet need for the day.

Re: Re: What is your current read?
 

i love that book
i've been reading it off and on for about a year and a half now, and it's amazing
someday this summer i'm going to start over and read it all the way through w/in a reasonable amount of time

I'm reading "A second helping of Chick Soup for the soul".

Inspirational reading.

You have to read that book at least twice to catch everything.

Zelazney was brilliant. He loved Philip K. Dick's works, and the ones I've read were great, I'll agree, but Zelazney way overshadows Dick.

A lot of his out-of-print books (along with those of several other SF authors, including Dick and Alfred Bester) are being reprinted again. I recently bought a several of them.

I just finished Confessions Of A Crap Artist by Phillip K. Dick. Not really Sci-Fi but it was great.