What are you reading?

[Optimus Funk]

I figured it was about time we had one of these, for those of us that read good.
Once finished say how it went down.

Just started...
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Drop City by T.C. Boyle

[raublekick]

So far this summer I have read

Buddhism: Plain and Simple
The Dharma Bums
Tao Teh Ching
The Dhammapada

the list of books I want to read is
On the Road
The Politics of Ecstasy
Siddhartha

[GT2000]

I still never finished the Art of Deception..but, I bought a paperback of The Art of Intrusion to take on my trip, gotta have something to read on those 15 hour flights or however long itll take..

[thecreeper]

i really the philly inquirer today.

i hope to start something mildly more interesting soon.

[johnny]

currently re-reading a few of my favourite sherlock holmes short stories. the last two books i read were: animal farm, and the navigator of new york.

when i get out to a library or come across a cheapo used book store next, i'm thinking i'd like to try reading "the histories" by herodotus. it may very well go over my head, but it seemed interesting when i was looking at it in a book store a few days ago. or maybe i'll get a tale of two cities, 'cause i might want to read that too.

[Liss]

currently re-reading a few of my favourite sherlock holmes short stories.

I just reread the hound of the baskervilles. good call, homie. haha, get it?

[testtubebaby]

downloaded a bunch of audio books recently...

A Scanner Darkly
Coraline
Brave New World (already read in paper form before)
Neuromancer
Nothing's Sacred
The Catcher in the Rye (already read in paper form before)
A Long Way Down
Fight Club (already read in paper form before)
Choke

[johnny]

I just reread the hound of the baskervilles. good call, homie. haha, get it?
groan!

[raublekick]

I figured it was about time we had one of these, for those of us that read good.
Once finished say how it went down.

Just started...
http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/images/drop_city.gif

Drop City by T.C. Boyle


Thanks for letting me borrow this. Can't wait to dig in.

I just finished The Cosmic Connection by Carl Sagan. Amazing, amazing book.

Before that I read Politics of Ecstacy by Timothy Leary, which is really great, but man, that guys hopes and dreams pretty much went down the crapper :(

[Stormy]

I'm waltzing through the Harry Potter collection right now, though I recently read (for the first time, no less) Frank Herbert's Dune. I really enjoyed it, and am thinking of reading the two sequels despite contending reports (or precautions).

I've a list for winter break, but I doubt I'll make it through:
http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm/content_id.27312

Neuromancer
I thought of adding this to my list, but realized I didn't have the time. Gaiman's Coraline is a great read, though. Who narrated the audio? I might have to snag that from you.

[Stormy]

So, I'm nearly done with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and I think I'm not the only person whose wanted to through the book across the room every time Umbridge enters the text. FUCKIN' TIT OF A BITCH.

[Liss]

I just finished Chuck Klosterman's Killing Yourself to Live. I'm reading Hairstyles of the Damned today, by Joe Meno. I've been balancing like 4 books at a time lately.

[Optimus Funk]

I just finished Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. I have to say I was blow away, upon finishing it I finally watched the movie by Miyazaki. I loved, LOVED the book. The movies is most definitely in my top ten as well. I can't put to words how this movie makes you feel it is pure and true escapism not in a bad way either. The world it creates is unlike any other I have ever read, seen, thought, and imagined. Her vision is so prolific, and I hardly meet someone who knows who the hell I am talking about(when I talk about Jones). I mean she was so inspiring she wrote a story that a Japanese director(world renown) translated it from English to Japanese just to direct it in his own vision. It is a story of true beauty, majesty, love and war, that can be related in today's more then bleak world in so many ways. I am so thrilled to read the sequel of this novel. I say this to stormy you want to have a good time and forget the world for a bit, rent this movie, or read the novel(I prefer the novel then book but thats just me). Fuck I always get a little down after finishing a novel, cause its over, I really just want to pick up the sequel but it always takes a little to get back into the feel cause the writer has a new outlook, whether it be more callus or open-minded regardless it is different and the feeling of that first book can never be mimicked. Oh well I as always remain optimistic and can't wait to dive into Castle in the Sky.

((I know it is a "children's book", but I have read the harry potter books as well, this is comparable. I do like Jones stories better in truth, but they are suitable for adults and children. I always like light reading during the summer anyway, so :P ))

[Stormy]

Man. Actually reading through this thread, I realized I recognize a lot of the authors you guys are reading, and I feel dumb that I didn't realize I knew of them when I first read through the posts. I have a book by the author (T.C. Boyle) in the original post called "A Friend of the Earth." I bought it on discount years ago at B&N. And Liss read something by Chuck Klosterman. I just realized that is my recent ex's favorite author. He had his first girlfriend read one of his books, and a couple of days later she broke up with him. :p


Right now I'm reading these:
James Gibson's "The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception (http://www.amazon.com/Ecological-Approach-Visual-Perception/dp/0898599598/ref=sr_1_2/104-0420056-7913546?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181866178&sr=8-2)
Terry Pratchett's "The Colour of Magic" (http://www.amazon.com/Color-Magic-Discworld-Novel-Novels/dp/0060855924/ref=sr_1_1/104-0420056-7913546?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181866273&sr=1-1)
Jose Saramago's "All the Names" (http://www.amazon.com/All-Names-Jose-Saramago/dp/0156010593/ref=sr_1_1/104-0420056-7913546?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181866325&sr=1-1)

[raublekick]

I am trying to read too many things right now...

I've been reading Asimov's Foundation series (The Foundation Trilogy) for months now. It's so great, but I barely have time to really read it. It's set well into the future when we have a Galactic Empire, but one that is on the brink of destruction according to the world's greatest psychohistorian. The whole series jumps ahead into the future, but each section is about one obstacle that the Foundation must tackle (named Seldon Crises, after Hari Seldon, the psychohistorian). The obstacles are all social and political in nature, and must be tackled so that the Foundation can survive the crumbling Empire in peace. The solutions are always won via clever thinking, and it's a great departure from the stereotypical space war scenario that much of science fiction is based on.


Other than that, it's just technical books on .NET, AJAX, and JavaScript... woooo