What are you reading?

[The Southern Dictators]

W000 ! A thread about books

I am "currently reading" the Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus...in color !

[Sociobiology]

The science of liberty by Tim ferris
the textbook of disorders and injuries of the musculoskeletal system
Robinson Crusoe, because I never read it.

[Sociobiology]

-Jingo by Terry Pratchett
-The Finnish Defense Forces: Then and Now
-Artemis Fowl: Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer
-Paladin, which I'm writing.

pratchett! woohoo!!
my favorite author

[Londim]

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick.

[Lackadaisical2]

I'm reading a few books at the moment (well, listening to one, and reading the others).

Trying out Prelude to Foundation by Asimov, as well as the first book of Terry Goodkind's the The Sword of Truth series; Wizards First Rule. I'm also in the middle of Plato's Republic (slow going on that one lately). I recently finished The Blade Itself, first part of a trilogy by Joe Abercrombie, I'll be starting the second book soon, my dad already got it for me.

I find the reading of Wizards First Rule to be more than a little annoying, but not a fault of the book itself. As far as the writing itself would go, I dislike the protagonist, Richard, at times for being such a goody, and overall a bit of a dolt, despite him supposedly being smart. The other characters, however, are more interesting and tolerable. Its a typical high fantasy novel, searching for some artifact to prevent Evil McBadguy from killing everyone.

I just started Prelude to Foundation yesterday, so I'm only 70 pages or so in, seems interesting enough, but requires more than a little bit of suspension of disbelief in how trusting the main character is of a newly met journalist. I've never read any Asimov before, so I've high hopes yet. Asimov's reputation I'm sure precedes him,s o theres little need to mention the genre here.

The Republic, being a bit of philosophy I suppose is a bit dry for me, and I think, many of the notions are scientifically outdated, along with the characterization of humanity as being horribly misunderstood, making the original point of the work rather irrelevant, but I suppose theres a nugget of wisdom here or there, if you cna stand to follow along with a quite long progression to what would at first have seemed like a simple question. NOt really my cup of tea. Been prone to reading the words without thinking them over enough here, leading to me getting little out of some sections.

The one I recommend most is the book I recently finished, The Blade Itself, apparently its over 500 pages, but I read it in under a week. Its published by Pyr, I recommend picking up a copy, not just because my Dad works there. Its another Fantasy novel, but the characters relationships, and personal development is excellent. They aren't just 2-D. It also has a bit of mystery- who are the 'real' bad guys? Theres a few obvious ones, but also a lot of political intrigue and cloak and dagger goings on.

[Lackadaisical2]

Robinson Crusoe, because I never read it.

I loved that book as a kid, and I think it influenced my romantic ideals about living what some people call 'off the grid'. Self sufficiency really.

How do you like it so far?

[Sociobiology]

Robinson Crusoe, because I never read it.

I loved that book as a kid, and I think it influenced my romantic ideals about living what some people call 'off the grid'. Self sufficiency really.

How do you like it so far?

get back to later still in the intro.
just finished moby dick again so RC in on my desk but haven't sat down to it yet.

[Dakini]

I'm re-reading The Return of the King as part of my overall re-reading of the Lord of the Rings since I only read it once and it was quite a few years ago. Then I plan on reading The Last Ring-Bearer which is supposed to be the story told from Sauron's perspective (English translation available here).

I'm also reading Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, though I'm on a bit of a break because it's a bit dense and my French isn't as good as it probably used to be.

And I'm also reading The Origin and Evolution of Planetary Nebulae by Kwok, Stellar Structure and Evolution by Kippenhahn and Weigert, Principles of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis by Clayton and probably some others here and there that I haven't poked at for a while.

[The Archregimancy]

W000 ! A thread about books

I am "currently reading" the Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus...in color !

Southern Dictators, you're gaining quite the track record in gratuitous gravedigging - please take a look at the rules as regards gravedigs. I mean, November 2009? Really?