What are you reading?

Pixelated Penguin · 02-12-2010, 01:41 PM

I've just finished Screening History by Gore Vidal and White Teeth by Zadie Smith.
Now I'm reading The Pleasure of Finding Things Out by Richard Feynman.

How about you?

t3hDarkness · 02-12-2010, 02:51 PM

Just finished
"jPod" by Douglas Copeland (Like Dilbert with Drugs and Slave Traders)
Just started
"Outback Stars" by Sandra McDonald (SciFi based on Australian Culture)

The $1 bin is an awesome place to find books.

I REALLY HATE POKEMON! · 02-12-2010, 03:37 PM

As soon as I can get a hold of it, I'll be reading "Death Note: L Change the World".

**Valigarmander** · 02-12-2010, 04:41 PM

Sun-Tzu's The Art of War and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

ZeldaGirl · 02-12-2010, 04:54 PM

^I'm reading Frederick Douglass later this semester.

Just finished:
Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 - Karl Marx
The Ego and the Id - Sigmund Freud
Robinson Crusoe (again) - Daniel Defoe
Gulliver's Travels (again) - Jonathan Swift

I'm starting Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Samuel Johnson's The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia.

I REALLY HATE POKEMON! · 02-12-2010, 05:06 PM

Wow, after looking at the other reads everybody has, my taste in literature seems to be the equivalent of believing candy is a great choice for dinner.

***CaptHayfever*** · 02-12-2010, 05:57 PM

Not counting textbooks because they're boring & awful.

I'm about a third of the way through More Information Than You Require ~John Hodgman
I just finished The Graveyard Book ~Neil Gaiman

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

ZeldaGirl · 02-12-2010, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by I REALLY HATE POKEMON!

Wow, after looking at the other reads everybody has, my taste in literature seems to be the equivalent of believing candy is a great choice for dinner.

Don't feel bad. That's all for school and classes. Not that it's not all fascinating, because I enjoyed reading them, but some I wouldn't have read if I didn't have to (I'm looking at YOU, Freud...). Though, Gulliver's Travels is something I've read before, and is one of my favorite books ever.

Panfan · 02-12-2010, 08:36 PM

I borrowed my friend's Blackest Night reading material. NOVELS ARE FOR WUSSES.

(oh and also thinking about rereading I Am America (And So Can You))

ZeldaGirl · 02-12-2010, 08:45 PM

^do ittttt

chibimod3 · 02-12-2010, 09:49 PM

Finished the Founding by Dan Abnett
Now reading The Chronicles of Black Company by Glen Cook

Luigiman7 · 02-12-2010, 09:53 PM

Romeo and Juliet.

:|

ZeldaGirl · 02-19-2010, 01:27 AM

Finished Invisible Man and Rasselas, now in the middle of The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Letters from an American Farmer by Crevecoeur.

Pixelated Penguin · 04-05-2010, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by ZeldaGirl

I'm starting Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Samuel Johnson's The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia.

I've read the latter (for my Junior year philosophy course). 'twas fairly good.

Well, I've just read Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card. Both are decent, even though the characters are incredibly unrealistic, and Speaker for the Dead wasn't nearly as philosophical as everyone told me it was.

Also read Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman, for school. It's a bunch of short stories about universes with different laws of time than ours. Some are deep or poignant, but it gets repetitive. It's a lot like an Italo Calvino story collection.

Also finished: Mort by Terry Pratchett. Of the three Discworld books I've read, I think it's my favorite - Small Gods is also great. Discworld, for the unenlightened, is sort of like a fantasy version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - a parody of fantasy fiction tropes that still manages to sustain a captivating/suspenseful narrative.

Now I'm reading Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder.

Still haven't finished that Feynman book - probably because much of its material is the same as his first memoir, Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman, which I've read (and recommend).

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 04-05-2010, 06:23 AM

Recently got done with a re-read of Lynn Flewelling's Tamír Triad, then The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway (READ IT READ IT READ IT DO IT SUCH A GOOD BOOK <3333333).

I was going to have another stab at Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, or some George RR Martin, Song of Ice and Fire. It's actually a little frustrating to want to dedicate myself to a series longer than a trilogy at the moment, though. I don't have enough hours in the day to do everything I want.

Eh, if all else fails, I might go pick up Robin Hobb's latest, The Dragon Keeper, first book for the Rain Wild Chronicles. Book two is set for a May release, I believe. But then I'd be waiting around for book three to come out, and that will be aaaaaages away.

CuccoLady · 04-05-2010, 02:18 PM

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Also finished: Mort by Terry Pratchett. Of the three Discworld books I've read, I think it's my favorite - Small Gods is also great. Discworld, for the unenlightened, is sort of like a fantasy version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - a parody of fantasy fiction tropes that still manages to sustain a captivating/suspenseful narrative.

You HAVE to read the Night Watch series. The characters are the best, the plotlines are the most interesting, and it's just the most awesome of all of his Discworld novels, imo.

The books are: Guards! Guards!, Men At Arms, Feet of Clay, Jingo, The Fifth Elephant, Night Watch, and Thud!.

They get increasingly awesome with each book. I highly recommend them.

---

I'm currently in the midst of reading the Merlin's Lost Years series. They're very good, but the author needs to stop spamming the phrase 'in a flash'.

***Booyakasha*** · 04-05-2010, 02:37 PM

Just finished 'Dawn of the Dreadfuls', the prequel to 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'. It was a fun, jaunty read. Haven't started anything else yet.

ZeldaGirl · 04-05-2010, 02:40 PM

^Oooh, I loved P&P&Z. I'll need to pick that up!

t3hDarkness · 04-06-2010, 01:02 AM

Just finished 'The Geographer's Library' by Jon Fasman.

Found a Copy of 'The Diamond Age' by Neal Stephenson. Its from the author of 'Snow Crash', if anybody remembers that one.

First few chapters seem pretty good. Looks like this book was written as an actual novel rather than just the outline for a comic book.

Luigiman7 · 04-06-2010, 09:17 PM

Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins.

ees good mang

02-12-2010, 01:41 PM	#1
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02-12-2010, 02:51 PM	#2
t3hDarkness Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I weep oily black tears of joy. Gender: Posts: 7,590 Thanks: 119 Thanked 418 Times in 306 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Just finished "jPod" by Douglas Copeland (Like Dilbert with Drugs and Slave Traders) Just started "Outback Stars" by Sandra McDonald (SciFi based on Australian Culture) The $1 bin is an awesome place to find books.

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02-12-2010, 04:54 PM	#5
ZeldaGirl Awesome member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 15,896 Thanks: 1,130 Thanked 1,919 Times in 1,046 Posts	^I'm reading Frederick Douglass later this semester. Just finished: Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 - Karl Marx The Ego and the Id - Sigmund Freud Robinson Crusoe (again) - Daniel Defoe Gulliver's Travels (again) - Jonathan Swift I'm starting Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Samuel Johnson's The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia.

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I REALLY HATE POKEMON! Goku lives on the Sun Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: California, U.S.A Gender: Posts: 12,717 Thanks: 1,334 Thanked 275 Times in 234 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Wow, after looking at the other reads everybody has, my taste in literature seems to be the equivalent of believing candy is a great choice for dinner.

02-12-2010, 05:57 PM	#7
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,659 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	Not counting textbooks because they're boring & awful. I'm about a third of the way through More Information Than You Require ~John Hodgman I just finished The Graveyard Book ~Neil Gaiman And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

02-12-2010, 08:36 PM	#9
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ZeldaGirl Awesome member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 15,896 Thanks: 1,130 Thanked 1,919 Times in 1,046 Posts	^do ittttt

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chibimod3 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The bottom of a Dr. Pepper bottle Gender: Posts: 497 Thanks: 52 Thanked 18 Times in 16 Posts	Finished the Founding by Dan Abnett Now reading The Chronicles of Black Company by Glen Cook

02-19-2010, 01:27 AM	#13
ZeldaGirl Awesome member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 15,896 Thanks: 1,130 Thanked 1,919 Times in 1,046 Posts	Finished Invisible Man and Rasselas, now in the middle of The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Letters from an American Farmer by Crevecoeur.

04-05-2010, 06:23 AM	#15
*Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds* Admin "mine.. not yours. NO. MINE." Epic Ladynerd Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Forteresse de Valois Gender: Posts: 28,503 Thanks: 1,658 Thanked 1,820 Times in 1,042 Posts	Recently got done with a re-read of Lynn Flewelling's Tamír Triad, then The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway (READ IT READ IT READ IT DO IT SUCH A GOOD BOOK <3333333). I was going to have another stab at Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, or some George RR Martin, Song of Ice and Fire. It's actually a little frustrating to want to dedicate myself to a series longer than a trilogy at the moment, though. I don't have enough hours in the day to do everything I want. Eh, if all else fails, I might go pick up Robin Hobb's latest, The Dragon Keeper, first book for the Rain Wild Chronicles. Book two is set for a May release, I believe. But then I'd be waiting around for book three to come out, and that will be aaaaaages away.

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ZeldaGirl Awesome member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 15,896 Thanks: 1,130 Thanked 1,919 Times in 1,046 Posts	^Oooh, I loved P&P&Z. I'll need to pick that up!

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t3hDarkness Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: I weep oily black tears of joy. Gender: Posts: 7,590 Thanks: 119 Thanked 418 Times in 306 Posts Blog Entries: 5	Just finished 'The Geographer's Library' by Jon Fasman. Found a Copy of 'The Diamond Age' by Neal Stephenson. Its from the author of 'Snow Crash', if anybody remembers that one. First few chapters seem pretty good. Looks like this book was written as an actual novel rather than just the outline for a comic book.