[Griffin]

right Now im reading:
Storm Of Swords by George R.R. Martin
Hitler's Scientists: Science, War, And the Devil's Advocate by John Cromwell
Flags Of Our Fathers by James Bradley
I Just Finished Rereading the Wheel of Time Saga by Robert Jordan and just finished The Game of Thrones and The clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin

[travisty08]

Originally Posted by Wedge_

Definitely finish it, there are still plenty of good bits.


Yeah, Accelerando wasn't his best, Singularity Sky and Iron Sunrise were both better I think.


Yes, yes, and yes Dan Simmons' Hyperion/Endymion books are great, and the Ilium/Olympos pair are pretty good too. Neal Stephenson is one of my favourite authors, I enjoyed his Baroque trilogy even though it was historical fiction and not sci-fi. Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon etc are all great. As for Gibson, I've read Neuromancer, and have a couple of his other books that I just haven't gotten around to reading yet.

awesome, you read all the same shit i do

Originally Posted by smirnoff

My introduction to Neal Stephenson was Cryptonomicon. I enjoyed it enough I guess, but I'm not sure it was the best book to start off with as far as Stephenson goes. I've only just started the Baroque Cycle trilogy, but it's a pretty daunting task, I just hope it's rewarding. If I finish it by this time next year I'll be doing well. Maybe I'll just go get Snowcrash before I go any further, as a primer of sorts.

cryptonomicon is one of my favorite non-scifi(sort of) books, but it's definitely difficult to get into. i would recommend stephenson's 'the diamond age' as an introduction to his writing just because it doesn't have some of the more complicated elements that his other books have.

[Cr@cKpiPe tE@sEr noOb!]

Just finished "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote a couple of days ago. Reeeeeeeeeeally good writing. I read through it like butter because his writing just flows and you understand everything the first time through.



Then I went to Barnes & Noble to pick up "Music for Chameleons" by Captoe also. It's been recommended by two people. But neither of the BN's had it. So I ordered it online on Saturday and am waiting for it. I get sad on my lunch breaks cuz I dont have a book to read.

[Jackalope]

oh yeah I forgot in cold blood...I read that one inbetween illuminatus! and Schrodinger's cat.

I didn't like it as much it just wasn't a compelling read for me.

[Wedge_]

Originally Posted by travisty08

awesome, you read all the same shit i do

Sounds like it

Edit: have you read the various Dune books? The 6 that Frank Herbert wrote are amazing, but his son and Kevin J Anderson (worst sci-fi writer ever IMO) have made a real mess of the others.

[Griffin]

The original 6 Dune books are some of my favorites and dune is one of the best books i have ever read..

[Scooby]

Originally Posted by mistawiskas

"Slaughter House Five" by Vaunegut Jr. It was interesting enough....kinda weird though.

I like slaugheterhouse five. It's a good book. Reading it that young would have had no impact on me though

[bigwill51534]

I haven't read anything in quite some time, but I used to read plenty... To begin with, I really recommend the book Will, by G. Gordan Liddy. It is a very good book, about the guy who was directly involved with the Watergate Scandal (autobiography). It was a very interesting book, and well worth the time to read.

I also recommend all of the Left Behind Series. I enjoyed every book up to the 6th or 7th one. They are quick reading, but very entertaining. You just have to be sure that you are reading them as a fictional book, with just some biblical meaning. They are still just a person's opinion on how the end of world will happen. Very interesting, and entertaining.

I also really enjoy all John Grisham books. I have quite a few of them, and have really had a good time reading them. All are focused on lawyer stories, or on the defendant or prosecuter in court trials. They are really intersting.

Just a thought.... I don't know if you are interested in any of the genres above, but I figured I would help if I could.

~Will Courtier~

[Wedge_]

Originally Posted by Griffin

The original 6 Dune books are some of my favorites and dune is one of the best books i have ever read..

Have you read any of the prequels or the new Hunters of Dune? Penny Arcade expressed my feelings about them quite nicely: Penny Arcade! - Honesty Time

[Griffin]

I have read them and they definetly were very much below the originals.

[tex]

i read the first gunslinger, been meaning to pick up the others. i normally hate king, but those were good.

i have a shitload of vonnegut, just finished the one thats the collection w/ short stories and speeches and shit (crampers, wontafalloons or something like that)

besides that, i'm still slowly going thru a history of mathematics (huge fucking book) whenever I have time to read. If you are into math at all (and have a good background), pick it up. really interesting shit. its by ivan somebody

[El_Presidente_Pufferfish]

yay for the end of the semester?

for a more fun read, i plan on picking up the last book of the rogue/wraith squadron series next time i go home, forgot to bring it

[jake]

Down But Not Out - A survival manual for Canadian military pilots who are downed in the wilderness.
The Devil and Miss Prym - Paulo Coelho
Guns, Germs, and Steel - Jared Diamond
The Night Trilogy - Elie Wiesel
The Beginnings of English Society - Dorothy Whitelock
Secrets of Shamanism - Jose Stevens & Lena S. Stevens

All the books on my nightstand currently.

[XEN]

Current books:

My Tank is Fight! - excellent so far
Democracy in America - insanely accurate for being written in the mid 1800s
Crime and Punishment - gotta love those russians
Hocus Pocus - vonnegut, so it is good

[tex]

Originally Posted by XEN

My Tank is Fight! - excellent so far

I want that so bad

[smirnoff]

Originally Posted by superman

"7 Types of Ambiguity" by William Empson

Interesting. But just reading the reviews on amazon. It seems like this book would go waaaaaaay over my head. I know so little about writing, literature, and poetry. Would you say an average person could enjoy a book like this?

[smirnoff]

Originally Posted by Jackalope

Stranger in a Strange Land

Definately got this one on my 'to read' list. I'm really looking forward to it.