What are you currently reading?

[IronMaxipad]

Books, magazines, etc..

Just finished reading The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted Chiang
http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266499760l/223379.jpg
Great fucking short story.

Reading Snow Crash next imo.
http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320544000l/830.jpg

[leemajors]

Mystery by Peter Straub.

[Bender]

Tourist Season, Carl Hiaason. Not one of his best.

Also, the Complete works of HP Lovecraft...

[BlackSwordsMan]

I want to start book 2 on game of thrones

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Valis. Getting pretty interesting towards the middle. Was really quite slow towards the beginning, but all of Dick's ideas are becoming clearer.

http://www.philipkdick.com/images-smallcovers/cov-valis-v-200.jpg

[sonnytris]

" The Drop" by Michael Connelly and just finished "The Fifth Witness " by Connelly also and both are great murder mystery books. He only writes a book a year and can't wiat for it

[leemajors]

Valis. Getting pretty interesting towards the middle. Was really quite slow towards the beginning, but all of Dick's ideas are becoming clearer.

http://www.philipkdick.com/images-smallcovers/cov-valis-v-200.jpg

:tu the later ones are out there, and awesome.

[ggoose25]

rereading great expectations

[Leetonidas]

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[The Reckoning]

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:lmao

[cantthinkofanything]

One of the most entertaining books I've read lately.

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[leemajors]

:lmao

ordinarily I would scoff, but Bear is actually a respected sci-fi author so who knows.

[The_Worlds_finest]

The Stand...awesome

[it's me]

"Misquoting Jesus" by NT Scholar historian Dr Bart Ehrman.

[dirk4mvp]

Goosebumps. Some all time classics in the series tbh like Monster Blood and The Barking Ghost.

[stretch]

Goosebumps. Some all time classics in the series tbh like Monster Blood and The Barking Ghost.

pretty queer tbh

[admiralsnackbar]

Just started Le Fanu's "Uncle Silas."


middlemarch
Easily one of the 5 best novels I've ever read.

[The Reckoning]

this thread

[cantthinkofanything]

Your mom's buttcrack.

[manufan10]

http://www.ronclarkacademy.com/media/ecommerce/upload/smallessential55.JPG

[manufan10]

^ Reading that for class.

[dirk4mvp]

pretty queer tbh

I'm rubber, you're glue. Whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you. :convertib

[manufan10]

http://images.betterworldbooks.com/020/The-Necessary-Shakespeare-Bevington-David-9780205652167.jpg

Also reading all of Shakespeare's work.

[Leetonidas]

:lmao

Read them all, gotta finish the story

[Summers]

The Ten Students You'll Meet in Your Classroom: Classroom Management Tips for Middle and High School Teachers by Vickie Gill

About to read:

Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland? by Pasi Sahlberg

The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education by Diane Ravitch

A Framework for Understanding Poverty by Ruby Payne

Just finished (and highly recommend):

Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King

All We Know of Heaven by Remy Rougeau

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

I also have set aside Dracula and Frankenstein, because, embarrassingly, I've never read either.

[Winehole23]

http://www.worldcat.org/title/book-of-counsel-the-popol-vuh-of-the-quiche-maya-of-guatemala/oclc/658606

[Capt Bringdown]

http://www.worldcat.org/title/book-of-counsel-the-popol-vuh-of-the-quiche-maya-of-guatemala/oclc/658606

Consider myself lucky to have taken a class from Linda Schele (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Schele) at UT. A peak college experience.

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1624506314800&id=a467428e2dafdc9826bb2d9b2d192637
Not a Civil War buff, and as such this is the first book about the war that I've read. Lives up to the reviews and them some. Outstanding.

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=1622063056796&id=2422097a1d0587a74eb58c8030579913
Couldn't put it down. An extremely fun read. King's back!

[Winehole23]

Consider myself lucky to have taken a class from Linda Schele (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Schele) at UT. A peak college experience.How cool. Buddy of mine still goes to the Maya Meetings here in Austin.

[The Reckoning]

dracula good

frankenstein kind of rambling and suck


what not a jane eyre fan?

the sequel to dracula, dead and loving it, is fantastic.

[mrsmaalox]

My recreational reading has really taken a nose drive the past few months; I've read a couple of good books on bereavement. I've been trying to help my dad deal with the sudden death of my mom in October----he's had a real hard time. But I was having this same conversation with a friend who is a heavy reader last week, and he said, "Oh man, you need to read something light and trashy next!" So on Saturday I opened up a box of history books he sent, and right on top, with a note that said "Read This First" was:

http://www.redrocker.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/news_full/images/news/sammy_hagar.red_book_cover.jpg


So I'll let you guys know how it is :lol

[Condemned 2 HelLA]

http://books.google.com/books?id=O_u1QwAACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&l=220

My attention span has gone to shit in recent years.
Curse you, Adult Swim!!

[MannyIsGod]

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TBH I wish I had time to read for fun.

[The Reckoning]

i hated that calculus book. if i remember correctly, it was the one with the violin on front...

fuck that book. it assumes you know too much.

[MannyIsGod]

I hate the physics book more, tbh. It pretty much skips 539843048 steps when deriving shit because it assumes you're just going to do it all in your head or just KNOW. The Calc book is fine, but mainly because I access it as an ebook and it has a bunch of supplemental video walkthroughs. Also, youtube is fairly amazing when you need help with any derivation as someone has put up a video walking you through the steps.

The good thing about the Calc book is that one book has gotten me through everything until DiffEQ.

[The Reckoning]

yeah it's a pretty thick book and lasts a few semesters. i did it the hard way and tried to figure it all out from the book alone. didn't work so hot, especially since my prof was from russia and my TA from china...and i didnt take cal in high school (big mistake).

i do remember my girlfriend knew anything and everything about cal but when it came to physics, she was having nightmares. apparently, one day it just clicked for her though and she started making As instead of bombing every test. that's what i hear from most people taking physics.

[MannyIsGod]

I would fail hard as hell if I tried to teach myself calc from the book. Physics and Calc account for a third of my class load but over 75% of the work load including time spent going to prof office hours/group study etc etc. I can pretty much never show up to a GIS, Env Sci, or Climate class and still make an A but if I miss one Physics/Calc lecture I feel I'm WAY behind. I do have good prof/instructors for each one (although my calc TA is from India he's actually pretty good at explaining things clearly) and I've made sure to stick with them each semester.

I admire people for whom this comes easily because its a lot of work for me to get it sometimes.

[The Reckoning]

biggest problem for me in cal is that everything was explained through regular variables and then it assumes you automatically know how to apply it to trig.

one session my TA said "i know how to do the problem but i dont know how to explain it in english. ill get back to you in a week." only problem was that the homework was due the next day...that was the last time i went to a TA session :lol and i nearly gave up on cal all together.

i was taking other classes i enjoyed more like astronomy, economics and partying, so it was really hard to get pumped up about having to open the cal book and put so much time into it. i figured it out eventually though.

[MannyIsGod]

biggest problem for me in cal is that everything was explained through regular variables and then it assumes you automatically know how to apply it to trig.

one session my TA said "i know how to do the problem but i dont know how to explain it in english. ill get back to you in a week." only problem was that the homework was due the next day...that was the last time i went to a TA session :lol and i nearly gave up on cal all together.

i was taking other classes i enjoyed more like astronomy, economics and partying, so it was really hard to get pumped up about having to open the cal book and put so much time into it. i figured it out eventually though.

LOL. That's fucking amazing.

[z0sa]

The Stand...awesome

I am reading the "original" uncut/extended edition.. amazing shit tbh

[Venti Quattro]

http://sandwichbag.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/original-copy-of-mein-kampf.jpg

http://www.blog.dannygagne.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/51lby-3DZkL.jpg

[Venti Quattro]

Just finished reading these:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_E1f2P0HD_-Y/TAH3eApvDlI/AAAAAAAAB20/Km86XCHIBzo/s1600/the-bro-code.jpg

http://www.barneystinson.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Barney-Stinson-The-Playbook.jpg

[PakiDan]

I just finished:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51vTQSkTUlL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg

A good read. One of King's best IMO... I love how he worked in IT in the Derry chapters... BEEP BEEP JOHNNY.

[Venti Quattro]

Does anyone have an e-book of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich and A World at Arms? Tried downloads but their copies suck.

[vander]

I just finished:

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A good read. One of King's best IMO... I love how he worked in IT in the Derry chapters... BEEP BEEP JOHNNY.

that and Sadie were the only good things in the book, actual story was shit IMO

[baseline bum]

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TBH I wish I had time to read for fun.

These would have been better for the first two tbh

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[Reck]

The Dexter novels. Good stuff.

[baseline bum]

I would fail hard as hell if I tried to teach myself calc from the book.

Seriously though, calc books just suck. That Apostol one I posted above is the only freshman calc book I have ever read and not hated. I hear Spivak's Calc book is good too, but I never have read it (his Calculus on Manifolds text is incredible).

[FuzzyLumpkins]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/11/Being_and_Nothingess.jpg/200px-Being_and_Nothingess.jpg

[IWantsACuatro]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/11/Being_and_Nothingess.jpg/200px-Being_and_Nothingess.jpg


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[FuzzyLumpkins]

lol personal endeavor

[IronMaxipad]

http://i.imgur.com/rGXwo.jpg

[leemajors]

http://covers.openlibrary.org/w/id/524355-L.jpg

[leemajors]

The Dexter novels. Good stuff.

ehh they went to total shit after the 2nd. Dude had a great idea but he is just not that good a writer.

[quentin_compson]

T. Dreiser: An American Tragedy

[Venti Quattro]

http://i.imgur.com/K1dlc.jpg

[Goran Dragic]

http://ralphmetzner77.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/web_debt.jpg?w=468

[DeadlyDynasty]

T. Dreiser: An American Tragedy

:tu

[2Blonde]

Does anyone have an e-book of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich and A World at Arms? Tried downloads but their copies suck.

No, but I have downloaded "In the Garden of Beasts: Love Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin" by Erik Larson onto my Nook. I am going to read it as soon as I finish my current book, "Disembodied Bones" by C.L. Bevill

[CubanMustGo]

http://i.imgur.com/rGXwo.jpg

Not one of their best, but better than the crappy sequel ("Escape from Hell").

[Venti Quattro]

No, but I have downloaded "In the Garden of Beasts: Love Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin" by Erik Larson onto my Nook. I am going to read it as soon as I finish my current book, "Disembodied Bones" by C.L. Bevill
No need for an e-book. I found a copy at Amazon. I also bought A World at Arms. Two monster reads and 2,500 pages worth of WWII reading in two books. :tu

[Venti Quattro]

http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173191066l/255016.jpg

[SnakeBoy]

I admire people for whom this comes easily because its a lot of work for me to get it sometimes.

I could never teach myself from the book either but it came easy to me as long as I attended the lectures. Unfortunately, attendance was always hard for me.

[MannyIsGod]

I'm on the last semester with that Calc book this summer. Its all vector shit so far that I could have used two semesters ago when I started Mechanics. Since I know this shit already, its been easy so far. I suppose that will change at some point.

All in all it got much easier after learning intergration methods (by parts, partial fractions etc etc).

Anyway, I have had time to start reading for pleasure again. Just finished this:

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[baseline bum]

You don't read calc for pleasure? :depressed

[baseline bum]

I didn't study nearly enough physics in school (and am needing to brush up on what I did), so I have been reading and doing problems from these lately.

http://www.uscibooks.com/taycm.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180117618l/1000528.jpg http://images.betterworldbooks.com/007/Electricity-and-Magnetism-Vol-II-Purcell-Edward-M-9780070049086.jpg

The Taylor book is really spectacular.

[MannyIsGod]

You don't read calc for pleasure? :depressed

I really do find it beautiful and amazing but GOD NO. :lol

[baseline bum]

I really do find it beautiful and amazing but GOD NO. :lol

If you ever feel in a sadistic mood, check this one out from the library

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TENTSCSWL._SL500_AA300_.jpg (http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Mathematical-Analysis-Third-Edition/dp/007054235X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1339394432&sr=8-1)

[Libri]

You don't read calc for pleasure? :depressed

I wish I had the Spivak book, tbh.

[baseline bum]

^ It's not hard to find online in .pdf or .djvu format.

[Reck]

Darkly Dreaming Dexter.

But I stalled out on that book.

[Avante]

Actually a magazine...The Great Running Backs.

[I. Hustle]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YaLiSLLrtec/TOkGNi5OVXI/AAAAAAAAAGg/yiv9a8KEsYs/s1600/34084.jpg

[Jimcs50]

The Gate House

Nelson DeMille

[Venti Quattro]

I scored this book:

http://i47.tinypic.com/2mcsopf.jpg

[leemajors]

I just finished 11/22/63, and I was a little disappointed in the rather rushed ending. Tying it to the Dark Tower would have been nice, or even just fleshing out the card men a little bit. Good overall, but denouement was underwhelming. I wouldn't have minded a few hundred more pages just to find out more about the Card Men. Three stars.

[leemajors]

Just finished this, loved it:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dc/LordofLight%28Zelazny%29.jpg

On to this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/TheLatheOfHeaven%281stEd%29.jpg

Got about 20 books to read from this one, which was a neat little book:

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[sonnytris]

Michael Connelly
'The Drop" he is the greatest police mystery writer and only puts out one book a year and had some make into movies but not the same

[desflood]

Rereading "Aztec" by Gary Jennings. Evan recommended it before he left and I'm glad he did. It's a long and occasionally difficult read (a few parts are extremely graphic) but an excellent book.

[IronMaxipad]

Reading this next:

http://i.imgur.com/h9ste.jpg

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13453029-wool-omnibus-edition

[MannyIsGod]

Gonna work my way backwards from 100 to 1 on this list and read the ones I haven't read yet.

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books

[ploto]

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[leemajors]

Lathe of Heaven was awesome, incredible book. Reading The Child Thief by Brom, a dark retelling of Peter Pan. Pretty damn good 40 pages in:

http://thebooksmugglers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/The-Child-Thief.jpg

[leemajors]

Gonna work my way backwards from 100 to 1 on this list and read the ones I haven't read yet.

http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books

I can't believe it ranks Starship Troopers above The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.

[TIMMYtoZO]

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/si/2009/baseball/mlb/01/26/torre.verducci/joe-torre-cover-inside.jpg


Fantastic book, but it was really fucked up what they did to Torre.

[alamo50]

This.

[IronMaxipad]

Reading this next:

http://i.imgur.com/h9ste.jpg

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13453029-wool-omnibus-edition

This was pretty damn great. One of the best post-apocalyptic books i've read.

If you have a kindle pick this shit up it's only 5.99 for all five volumes
http://www.amazon.com/Wool-Omnibus-Edition-ebook/dp/B0071XO8RA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341392345&sr=8-1&keywords=wool

Ridley Scott might be directing a movie about this. His production company just bought the rights. :hungry:

[leemajors]

This was pretty damn great. One of the best post-apocalyptic books i've read.

If you have a kindle pick this shit up it's only 5.99 for all five volumes
http://www.amazon.com/Wool-Omnibus-Edition-ebook/dp/B0071XO8RA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341392345&sr=8-1&keywords=wool

Ridley Scott might be directing a movie about this. His production company just bought the rights. :hungry:

Sweet I am gonna check that out. I'm reading this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/88/TheLeftHandOfDarkness1stEd.jpg

This was highly recommended, reading it next:

http://www.patrickrothfuss.com/images/page/cover_277.jpg

I'd highly recommend the Child Thief.

[Venti Quattro]

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[GoodOdor]

Sweet I am gonna check that out. I'm reading this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/88/TheLeftHandOfDarkness1stEd.jpg

This was highly recommended, reading it next:

http://www.patrickrothfuss.com/images/page/cover_277.jpg

I'd highly recommend the Child Thief.

The name of the wind was definitely an awesome book(not so high on the sequel though).

If you liked it, try this one:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Warded-Man-Peter-Brett/dp/0345503805

[leemajors]

The name of the wind was definitely an awesome book(not so high on the sequel though).

If you liked it, try this one:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Warded-Man-Peter-Brett/dp/0345503805

Read that one a year or two ago, liked it

[Libri]

http://i.imgur.com/K1dlc.jpg

I recommend Ordinary Men by Christopher Browning.

[IronMaxipad]

Starting the Mistborn series.

http://i.imgur.com/rOJm9.jpg

[DJ Mbenga]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xwj9f1GkL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

[leemajors]

Name of the Wind is the best fantasy novel I have read in years, better than anything in Song of Ice and Fire. Hope the next book holds up half as well. Currently reading this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/97/Guns_of_avalon.jpg

[IronMaxipad]

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[leemajors]

I just finished Alloy of Law a few weeks ago, liked the Mistborn stuff a lot.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS4g88PjMEkQSpWlquZhGFDIDMIXhFVR FJ5Zk8KPEFCSsAcQP32tfFVYZ3J

Think I'm reading this next:

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[DarkReign]

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[Frank Dux]

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[RandomGuy]

[rise and fall of the third reich]



Gawd was that a monster. Slogged my way through it almost two decades ago, damned if I can remember much from it now.

[cantthinkofanything]

I'm actually about halfway through The Terror. Really great book with interesting setting. Not like anything else I've read. My first time with Dan Simmons.




Think I'm reading this next:

http://wanderingamericantravelblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/the-terror-755117.jpg

[LakasRool4eva]

gonna finish it before i see tha movie.............................sooooooo good though....................

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[RandomGuy]

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http://www.amazon.com/The-Medical-Malpractice-Myth-Baker/dp/0226036480

[RandomGuy]

That and just finished this one:

http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/03-SlammersCD/SlammersCD/Ranks%20of%20Bronze/index.htm

(free online book, sci-fi about a roman legion taken from Africa and used as a shock army by aliens after being transported around the galaxy by alien merchant trading guilds)

[DarkReign]

That and just finished this one:

http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/03-SlammersCD/SlammersCD/Ranks%20of%20Bronze/index.htm

(free online book, sci-fi about a roman legion taken from Africa and used as a shock army by aliens after being transported around the galaxy by alien merchant trading guilds)

Just got done reading that. Pretty good for a quick, light read.

[RandomGuy]

Just got done reading that. Pretty good for a quick, light read.

It was interesting. The follow up short stories were kind of fun too. Drake and Weber are good at that kind of thing.

Baenebooks.com has another fascinating book, "1632", about what would happen if a small town in the US got plopped down in Germany during the Protestant Reformation. The ideas and ideals, both scientific and social/economic (i.e. democracy, and corporations) were interesting things to play with. He has a couple of sequels as well.

If you like military sci-fi, Drake is a good author, whose Hammers Slammers series from the 1980's were some of my introduction in to military science/tactics. Hammers Slammers was a high-tech mercenary unit of heavy futuristic armor.

Weber, for his part did a long-running successful series based on a young space navy officer, Honor Harrington, and her rise through the ranks. The first in that series is "On Basilisk Station", also free at http://www.baenebooks.com/c-1-free-library.aspx

Wonderful library of older sci-fi. Gives you the first in a lot of series for free, so you can see if you like it enough to spend money buying the follow ups to see what happens next.

I think you would get a kick out of the overall story arc of the Harrington series. Take that for what it is worth. It is one of the few sci-fi series where I will plunk down cash for new hardbacks. He does blather on a bit about technical stuff occasionally, but the overall storytelling more than compensates for this minor short-coming, IMO.

[symple19]

Hmmm, thought there was another book thread I had posted in before. Oh well

Waiting on this series after my Dad gets done reading them

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS5OA-MM9dYl3QpC7Wq53-TJUJtB4jfNru2ODzu2b0g8HW9-2a2rMURU4geUw

Recently finished this:

http://lalibreriadelbalcon.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/acid-dreams.jpg

Last fiction I read:

http://www.audiobooksonline.com/media/ss_size1/Damage-John-Lescroart-unabridged-Brilliance-Audio-books.jpg

[leemajors]

I'm actually about halfway through The Terror. Really great book with interesting setting. Not like anything else I've read. My first time with Dan Simmons.

About 250 pages in, and this book is great. It has a monster but I am more fearful of some of the realistic dangers so far :lol

[IronMaxipad]

Dan Simmons is great. i highly recommend checking out Hyperion if you guys haven't already.

[leemajors]

Dan Simmons is great. i highly recommend checking out Hyperion if you guys haven't already.

I will definitely check all his books out as long as the ending to this one is good!

[mojorizen7]

http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/101570000/101572847.jpg Bought this hardbound version of the 3 stories at Barnes n Noble a couple weeks back.
Its been about 25 years since i've read Martian Chronicles and Illustrated Man.

[leemajors]

http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/101570000/101572847.jpg Bought this hardbound version of the 3 stories at Barnes n Noble a couple weeks back.
Its been about 25 years since i've read Martian Chronicles and Illustrated Man.

I have almost all of his books/story collections, love all of them.

[leemajors]

IronMaxipad, I just finished Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, it was excellent.

[Agloco]

http://lghttp.12749.nexcesscdn.net/80612D/magento/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/T/h/The_Brothers_%20Karamazov_large.jpg

Very cool selection DR,

I happen to be reading this one right now:

http://distantwindow.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/crimeandpunishment.jpg

I'll most likely follow up with:

http://sonyasolo.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/the-idiot-with-bookmark-by-fyodor-m.jpg

[symple19]

http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/97/80/55/31/03/9780553103540_500X500.jpg

[Avante]

Hooked on Lee Childs "Jack Reacher" novels, now it's...61 HOURS. Already read six of the series.

[AussieFanKurt]

http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347907073l/35816.jpg

[IronMaxipad]

IronMaxipad (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=17679), I just finished Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson, it was excellent.
:tu

[Frank Dux]

Not McMurty's best by any means, but still fun and a very quick read compared to his other stuff.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZoxV0dzTkH0/TWpcsEosrbI/AAAAAAAABLE/pK4jjjhQRnE/s1600/billy.jpg

[sonnytris]

Michael Connelly 'The Black Box'

[leemajors]

Reading King of Thorns, sequel to Prince of Thorns:

http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1322539112l/12891107.jpg

[mrsmaalox]

http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/dearie%20julia.jpg

I love Julia Child, but this biography is probably the most hyperbolic one I've read. I have learned a few things I didn't know about her though.

[CubanMustGo]

http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347907073l/35816.jpg

So sorry. Clarke's writing in this series goes downhill badly as it progresses, and 3001 is basically a novella padded with chapters from the previous books.

As for me:

http://ethanrussell.com/americanstory/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/team20of20rivals.jpg

[AussieFanKurt]

So sorry. Clarke's writing in this series goes downhill badly as it progresses, and 3001 is basically a novella padded with chapters from the previous books.

Oh really :( man that is so disappointing. I loved 2001 and 2010 so much, I was so glad there was two more

[Nbadan]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51oilbx6-UL.jpg

[Mark919]

Spurstalk

[IronMaxipad]

Haven't read anything in about a month i'm about to start this leemajors :toast


http://www.orbitbooks.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/LeviathanWakes1-300x458.jpg

[leemajors]

Haven't read anything in about a month i'm about to start this leemajors :toast


http://www.orbitbooks.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/LeviathanWakes1-300x458.jpg

:tu, i'm 150 pages into the second. Roomate finally read Ender's Game and loved it.

[IronMaxipad]

Humble Bundle's 2nd ebook bundle is out.

https://www.humblebundle.com/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aPsc0BDcJs

[TeyshaBlue]

Haven't read anything in about a month i'm about to start this leemajors :toast


http://www.orbitbooks.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/LeviathanWakes1-300x458.jpg

Saw that on Kindle the other day. The reviews kinda waved me off. What say ye?

[IronMaxipad]

Saw that on Kindle the other day. The reviews kinda waved me off. What say ye?
Well I just started reading it, I'll let you know when i'm done. :lol

Might want to ask leemajors

[TeyshaBlue]

I want that book report on my desk by Monday, young man!

[leemajors]

I liked it a lot, very quick reading. Almost done with the second, and have been very entertained by both. Only complaint so far is being 7th in line atm for the library hold on the third.

[TeyshaBlue]

Thx. I'll give it a spin after I finish my current read. :toast

[Suspect]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4t6kaaNsC1qjp2sfo1_500.jpg

[leemajors]

IronMaxipad started Hyperion, just finished Abbadon's gate of Expanse series. Good stuff.

[The Franchise]

Full Dark No Stars by Stephen King.

[Bender]

I tried reading a couple of Stephen King's later books, but they sucked.

[The Reckoning]

so much damn social theory that ill never be able to read anything ever again

[Leetonidas]

http://covers.openlibrary.org/w/id/524355-L.jpg

You seem to be into sci-fi. What books would you suggest for someone looking to find a really interesting and expansive sci-fi universe?

also I don't care if anyone scoffs but currently re-reading:

http://darrenshalofansite.weebly.com/uploads/6/9/4/2/69421/8185146.jpg

tbh Eric Nylund is a great writer and imo Halo books are extremely entertaining. lot more story there than in the games

[leemajors]

You seem to be into sci-fi. What books would you suggest for someone looking to find a really interesting and expansive sci-fi universe?

also I don't care if anyone scoffs but currently re-reading:

http://darrenshalofansite.weebly.com/uploads/6/9/4/2/69421/8185146.jpg

tbh Eric Nylund is a great writer and imo Halo books are extremely entertaining. lot more story there than in the games

Leviathan Wakes is a good one to start on.

[Bender]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KF2YM8DBL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg

[leemajors]

Just finished Hyperion, really good shit.

[cantthinkofanything]

I tried reading a couple of Stephen King's later books, but they sucked.

This. Not sure if it was just me getting older or his writing getting worse. Or a combination. I still say the best Stephen King book you can purchase is Different Seasons.

[leemajors]

This. Not sure if it was just me getting older or his writing getting worse. Or a combination. I still say the best Stephen King book you can purchase is Different Seasons.

Wizard and Glass for me.

[cantthinkofanything]

Wizard and Glass for me.

I still regret not working through that series. I got about halfway through the Gunslinger and then real life happened and I never finished it. I have the hardest time starting a book over again after I've read some of it. But always think about getting back to DT.

[leemajors]

You seem to be into sci-fi. What books would you suggest for someone looking to find a really interesting and expansive sci-fi universe?

also I don't care if anyone scoffs but currently re-reading:

http://darrenshalofansite.weebly.com/uploads/6/9/4/2/69421/8185146.jpg

tbh Eric Nylund is a great writer and imo Halo books are extremely entertaining. lot more story there than in the games

I dunno what I was thinking, but Ender's Game is fantastic sci-fi. That should have been my first rec :lol

[IronMaxipad]

IronMaxipad (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=17679) started Hyperion, just finished Abbadon's gate of Expanse series. Good stuff.
:tu

I haven't been able to read anything this past month. I did finish Leviathan Wakes and The Name of the Wind, both were fantastic. I have the rest of the Expanse series on my kindle, i'll probably get started on that soon. Also need to finish off Hugh Howey's Silo Saga, 3rd book just came out few weeks ago. :hungry:

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Sauces by James Peterson

[leemajors]

Anyone else read(ing) Prince of Nothing trilogy by R. Scott Bakker? pretty good shit.

[Spur|n|Austin]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D-kg5DEgsn4/T3NdIfhawaI/AAAAAAAAGkk/46XafZ5xR7A/s1600/elegant-universe.jpg

[leemajors]

Read this last week, great fantasy:

http://bks2.books.google.com/books?id=8vv-XGDQKR4C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&imgtk=AFLRE72q07UzjyZ3Btn6l2nHRuAnlZIie-xLV82qLEur0RQ0c-lsltUw8zDETt6msEfxoYnFb5iW9hzi4KDhMDE71XLt_u3Mvw72 K55YgjXEvBMBszpE4mRwyvjYntPqwMKEvoiSrrUd

[RD2191]

http://theosophical.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/the-darwin-myth.jpg

[cantthinkofanything]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BAiqWrzuL._SL160_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-dp,TopRight,12,-18_SH30_OU01_AA160_.jpg

[cantthinkofanything]

But for realsies...here's what I'm reading...it's pretty damn good so far...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61lrCdT5rGL._AA160_.jpg

[IronMaxipad]

But for realsies...here's what I'm reading...it's pretty damn good so far...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61lrCdT5rGL._AA160_.jpg

Fuck yea. Awesome book.

[IronMaxipad]

March 4th :hungry:

http://i.imgur.com/JKaxSVv.jpg

[leemajors]

March 4th :hungry:

http://i.imgur.com/JKaxSVv.jpg

:tu thx for heads up, really liked how the first ended

[DeadlyDynasty]

Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes (2007). Eye-opening, and lots of things in this book are like eureka moments in the medical field for me.

[Rogue]

reading my nigga Heinz Guderian's Panzer Leader

[vander]

Tai-Pan by James Clavell never mind

[.G.]

https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1374029580l/910226.jpg

Next on the list is R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz' "The Temple of Man"
http://c374011.r11.cf1.rackcdn.com/9780892810215.jpg

[leemajors]

Kenzie and Gennaro series by Dennis Lehane, and I just picked up Words of Radiance. Also on the Kindle bandwagon now.

[leemajors]

March 4th :hungry:

http://i.imgur.com/JKaxSVv.jpg

Just finished! Fucking badass!

[DD]

Disinformation

[xmas1997]

Anyone else read(ing) Prince of Nothing trilogy by R. Scott Bakker? pretty good shit.

No, what's it about?
Impatiently waiting for the next Thrones book.

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Rise Again: Below Zero by Ben Tripp.

I like zombies :lol

[xmas1997]

Just finished! Fucking badass!

This looks really good on the outside.
What was the first book?
And is the third out yet?

[leemajors]

This looks really good on the outside.
What was the first book?
And is the third out yet?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stormlight_Archive

[xmas1997]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stormlight_Archive

Thanks, you're not so bad after all.

[xmas1997]

I did read the whole Wheel of Time series that Sanderson had to finish for Jordon. It was an excellent series.

[Leetonidas]

This book is a trip so far

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ED0m4tnNFUM/UP80yHRExFI/AAAAAAAACxM/I2yCxLiGcXY/s1600/adams.hitchfive.cov.gif

[xmas1997]

This book is a trip so far

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ED0m4tnNFUM/UP80yHRExFI/AAAAAAAACxM/I2yCxLiGcXY/s1600/adams.hitchfive.cov.gif

You got that right. The first book is by far the best IMHO.
Unfortunately by the time you get to the later books (4 & 5) in the series it starts to get a little monotonous.

[pgardn]

Tai-Pan by James Clavell never mind

Never mind...

Shogun was better but impressive choice.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Reading Dante atm then will try some Swift.

[vander]

Never mind...

Shogun was better but impressive choice.

yeah, read it because Shogun was great and King Rat was darn good. Tai-Pan was pretty good, and Noble House is looking like another step down, but still above average IMO

[xmas1997]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stormlight_Archive

Both were really good.
But now have to wait again.
Next series I read will already have been finished.

[leemajors]

Both were really good.
But now have to wait again.
Next series I read will already have been finished.

He has another trilogy out, Mistborn. Churns the Stormlight stuff out pretty quick tho, i bet we see the next in 2016

[xmas1997]

He has another trilogy out, Mistborn. Churns the Stormlight stuff out pretty quick tho, i bet we see the next in 2016

I just got it, but heard it wasn't as good.
Hope you're right about that timetable.
I hate waiting for good series.

[IronMaxipad]

The expected publication date for book 3 is actually 2015. Not too bad. Though i wouldn't be surprised if it gets pushed back.

[xmas1997]

The expected publication date for book 3 is actually 2015. Not too bad. Though i wouldn't be surprised if it gets pushed back.

That would be damn fast.

[SnakeBoy]

Just started. Seemed like a fitting topic...

http://jacketupload.macmillanusa.com/jackets/high_res/jpgs/9780765360588.jpg

[cantthinkofanything]

I just finished Daemon and it's sequel, Freedom by Daniel Suarez.
These are the first two books I've read from him. Kind of like Michale Crichton.
Starting on Influx which looks pretty good.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51obAoVSEqL._SY344_PJlook-inside-v2,TopRight,1,0_SH20_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

Looking forward to Afterparty by Daryl Gregory. Really liked his first three books.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41JRGzkMHLL._SY344_PJlook-inside-v2,TopRight,1,0_SH20_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

[baseline bum]

These episodes of cosmos lately are getting me interested in relativity. Just started this one:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4135JPY7A3L._SY300_.jpg (http://www.amazon.com/Spacetime-Geometry-Introduction-General-Relativity/dp/0805387323)

[Asshole]

Books, magazines, etc..

Just finished reading The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate by Ted Chiang
http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266499760l/223379.jpg
Great fucking short story.

Reading Snow Crash next imo.
http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320544000l/830.jpg

Do you have any thoughts about these books or is this just like posting a picture of your latest shit in the toilet?

[leemajors]

But for realsies...here's what I'm reading...it's pretty damn good so far...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61lrCdT5rGL._AA160_.jpg

Just started this after finishing The Stainless Steel Rat, which although shirt was a very fun quick read.

[leemajors]

But for realsies...here's what I'm reading...it's pretty damn good so far...

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61lrCdT5rGL._AA160_.jpg

Just started this after finishing The Stainless Steel Rat, which although shirt was a very fun quick read.

[cantthinkofanything]

Just started this after finishing The Stainless Steel Rat, which although shirt was a very fun quick read.

you should like it. that reminds me that I need to move on to Shift. Can't remember why I didn't read immediately after

[leemajors]

you should like it. that reminds me that I need to move on to Shift. Can't remember why I didn't read immediately after

I liked the first part, then the second one :wow

[cantthinkofanything]

I liked the first part, then the second one :wow

sorry..the second part of Wool or are you already on Shift?

[leemajors]

sorry..the second part of Wool or are you already on Shift?

second part of wool, i'll probably be on shift in a day or two

[leemajors]

Started Shift yesterday, pretty good so far. Wool was great.

[xmas1997]

Started Shift yesterday, pretty good so far. Wool was great.

I'll go to Amazon to see what the reviewers say about it.

[leemajors]

sorry..the second part of Wool or are you already on Shift?

Finished all of Silo and Sand, good stuff. Sand wasn't at the level of the entire Silo series but still good.

[The Gemini Method]

The Fault in our Stars :cry

[leemajors]

cantthinkofanything IronMaxipad almost done with this, pretty good if you want to check:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ajCe0LMeL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

[cantthinkofanything]

cantthinkofanything (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=19499) IronMaxipad (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=17679) almost done with this, pretty good if you want to check:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ajCe0LMeL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

man...for some reason, I have a problem getting involved in any series lately. Even though, I loved Wool, I never started the next book.

[DD]

Running with Scissors

[Buddy Mignon]

The White Scourge

[leemajors]

cantthinkofanything You read any Dennis Lehane? Just got into him recently, really good stuff. Just finished Mystic River, it was excellent. Never seen the movie tho

[RandomGuy]

An awful lot of news.

Volunteered for the Good Judgment Project, and have been having to stretch and learn as much as possible about current events, even more so than normal.

[cantthinkofanything]

cantthinkofanything (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=19499) You read any Dennis Lehane? Just got into him recently, really good stuff. Just finished Mystic River, it was excellent. Never seen the movie tho

no...have not. thanks for the recommendation. I've been looking for something new to me. think I'll check him out. I saw Mystic River but it's been so long ago, I don't think it'll mess up my reading it.

I think you'd like this one. Good crime noir with a pretty unique storyline

http://www.amazon.com/The-Ghosts-Belfast-Soho-Crime/dp/1616952415/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1409924405&sr=8-1&keywords=ghosts+of+belfast

[leemajors]

no...have not. thanks for the recommendation. I've been looking for something new to me. think I'll check him out. I saw Mystic River but it's been so long ago, I don't think it'll mess up my reading it.

I think you'd like this one. Good crime noir with a pretty unique storyline

http://www.amazon.com/The-Ghosts-Belfast-Soho-Crime/dp/1616952415/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1409924405&sr=8-1&keywords=ghosts+of+belfast

:tu

[leemajors]

I liked it, thanks! I think there is a second one out. Rereading Salem's Lot, has to have been 20 years since I read it last.

[Trill Clinton]

just picked up the 7 habits of highly successful people.

[leemajors]

Read Revival by King, enjoyed it but not sure how I felt about the ending. I guess I wanted it to relate to the Dark Tower too much. Also read Bruno's The Iceman, also good.

[Thread]

I watched the film "The Road"....then I read the novel. Now, I have hit the jackpot as I am listening to the unabridged audio book. I'm closing in on the end, and I will hate to see it come to a close. It's been a rare treat and advise anyone to partake of this title in this venue.

[ezau]

Currently listening to 'Escape from Camp 14', and it makes me wonder how many Koreans have to perish before the global community takes action. Off topic, when I was University student over a decade ago, a friend of mine came across a couple of exchange students from South Korea who asked him if he could 'tour' them around the campus. He asked them where they're from, and they told him they're from Korea. Not knowing any better, my friend asked them 'Which Korea? North or South? The other Korean guy fell silent and looked at my friend in utter disbelief. :lol

[Venti Quattro]

Currently listening to 'Escape from Camp 14', and it makes me wonder how many Koreans have to perish before the global community takes action. Off topic, when I was University student over a decade ago, a friend of mine came across a couple of exchange students from South Korea who asked him if he could 'tour' them around the campus. He asked them where they're from, and they told him they're from Korea. Not knowing any better, my friend asked them 'Which Korea? North or South? The other Korean guy fell silent and looked at my friend in utter disbelief. :lol

I gotta pick this book up.

Also,

:lmao :lmao your friend

[Venti Quattro]

Currently listening to 'Escape from Camp 14'

After you read that, go and pick up Dear Leader by Jang Jin-Sung. It's about a North Korean officer who defected to North Korea. Compelling read

[ezau]

I gotta pick this book up.

Also,

:lmao :lmao your friend



My friend isn't really the best guy to ask when it comes to geopolitical stuff. Also, I still remind him about this incident every once in a while.:lol

[ezau]

After you read that, go and pick up Dear Leader by Jang Jin-Sung. It's about a North Korean officer who defected to North Korea. Compelling read

Thanks, Venti. I'll check it out. :toast

[leemajors]

I watched the film "The Road"....then I read the novel. Now, I have hit the jackpot as I am listening to the unabridged audio book. I'm closing in on the end, and I will hate to see it come to a close. It's been a rare treat and advise anyone to partake of this title in this venue.

Check out Blood Meridian, I read the print but it would lend itself well to audio. Probably unfilmable though

[spurraider21]

I watched the film "The Road"....then I read the novel. Now, I have hit the jackpot as I am listening to the unabridged audio book. I'm closing in on the end, and I will hate to see it come to a close. It's been a rare treat and advise anyone to partake of this title in this venue.
read the book a few years back, never caught the flick. is it worth watching?

[DMC]

The Notebook


Nah.. I don't read.

[Thread]

read the book a few years back, never caught the flick. is it worth watching?

No. It's garbage and a cobbling together of different parts of the book. It would have to be a mini-series in order to do it any manner of justice.

[leemajors]

Reading Fairy Tale by King, about 1/5 through and like it.

[SpursforSix]

I don't normally chase the books of the year but on a recommendation, I started, Where the Crawdads Sing. I'm about 20% through and it's pretty damn good. I assume it picks up as to the plot but the writing is amazing.

[Spurminator]

Just finished Project Hail Mary. Promising concept but honestly just found it irritating after a while. Didn't work as well as The Martian. 5/10.

[InRareForm]

The silent patient

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

just picked up the 7 habits of highly successful people.

Updates?

[Trill Clinton]

Updates?

I've been promoted several times since this post and started a successful small business. I didn't finish reading the book tho.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

I've been promoted several times since this post and started a successful small business. I didn't finish reading the book tho.

you hiring?








koriwhat probably needs work

[Trill Clinton]

you hiring?








koriwhat probably needs work

:lol

[koriwhat]

you hiring?

koriwhat probably needs work

You're here 24/7 bud.. I bet your parents wish you'd get out of the house and get a job yourself you fucking mooch. :tu

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

You're here 24/7 bud.. I bet your parents wish you'd get out of the house and get a job yourself you fucking mooch. :tu

i'm 11 years old, where would i go?

[Monostradamus]

Just finished American Kingpin. I despise the cliche title of the book, but I find the entire Silk Road/Dread Pirate Roberts story fascinating. It was interesting seeing way more of the law enforcement side of things, and just how messy and disorganized it is.