| Author | Message | ||
     Cityxslicker |
Spin off from the You are not Unique thread - both commencement speeches are fully encouraging us to read, and critically. So what is on your current list that you are actually reading ? and a bit about it. Oblomov's Dream - Ivan Goncharov, 1859; a story about a 'serene' valley where nothing extraordinary happens, everyone is equal, all strife is gone, everything is delegated to avoid unpleasantness - anybody that ever leaves - NEVER returns. A bit of an allegory parallel to The Cave. Master and Margarita - Michael Bulgakov, 1937; a writer/novelist is in prison for his works on Christian History; A great satire on Stalin's Soviet Union. Of special interest is when the Devil shows up to town as a magician and promises everyone new houses, elegant fashions, cars, thick wads of currency - all for agreeing to give over their current meager holdings to him... all the new 'riches' turn to be counterfit, mirages and pure black magic hookum. The Dead Souls - Nikolai Gogol, 1842; A grand explanation of identity fraud to gain more power, money, land, political favor by lying about how many serfs are on the estate, and how the cemetaries were used to pad accounts - a telling insight for any current election or Medicare/Social Security Fraud. Why Russian Lit Matters; It is an older society than ours - it has had many problems, and well documented them, sometimes at the fate of death of the author. And as THIS administration is all about Marx, Lenin, Mao, Che, etc ; it is more than instructive to read what has happened and understand the history of the damage it created, and what we are heading towards .... So what are you READING ?!?! | ||
| Damnut |
This forum??   | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Frederick Forsyth - The Negotiator. Usual thriller stuff, tune out reading. Rowland White - Storm front. True story about the RAF & SAS in the mid-east. Great reading, as are all his books, highly recommended. Ursula K LeGuinn - The Wind's Twelve Quarters. (again) Classic scifi & fantasy short story compilation. Absolutely excellent. | ||
| Aesquire |
Re-reading the Honor Harrington Series by David Weber. Next Book out soon. Classic hard SF military... based on Lord Nelson's life.... Horatio Hornblower...IN SPACE!! He even works out the ship drives so the Dreadnoughts fire broadsides.... Great stuff, start with "On Basilisk Station". John Ringo's Maple Syrup War trilogy, Starts with "Live Free Or Die". Alien First contact, subsequent conflict, hilarity ensues.... based on the unwritten early days of "Shlock Mercenary" http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ online Comic. ( start at beginning... and it will take time. Daily strip for 12 years! ) Great stuff set in near future, big ideas, big projects... closest thing to Rocketpunk I've found. Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Series. Basically Regency novels set in the far future. I've bought about 6 copies of "Cordelias Honor" ( "Shards Of Honor" and "Barrayar" combined )and given them away. Mostly to women who had no taste for SF. Dialog so well written you find yourself reading aloud. Heinlein. 'Nuff said. Re-reading some Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451 ( a book burned by a librarian because it was so depressing and subversive.... Go figure! ) through the Illustrated Man... Any Author that can get your heart racing with a short sory about sneakers.... "The Sound Of Summer Running"...... I always have a book or 3 going. I read at lunch. Read in the Man Cave with a smoke. Almost always have a book in the car for drive through dining, and one in the tank bag... in case I have to wait for something.... Speaking of which... time to ride.... | ||
| Darth_villar |
Just finished the Cryptonomicon. Pretty good book about crytology/crytanalsys. Goes back and for between WWII and current day characters (related by blood). Somewhat slow going on occasion, but very cool. Recently read all the Tales of Fire and Ice books (Game of Thrones, etc), VERY slow writing style, which is annoying at times, but so far I have enjoyed it. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Re-reading some Ray Bradbury Sad to note that he passed away this week, 91 years though, a good innings. | ||
| Daggar |
Re-reading the Wheel of Time series. | ||
| Brumbear |
Halo evolutions essential tales of the Halo universe | ||
| Hootowl |
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates. | ||
| Boltrider |
Just finished Under the Banner of Heaven, up next is Born to Run. | ||
| Boltrider |
Under the Banner of Heaven is about Mormonism. It's a mixture of Mormonism's historical beginnings coupled with more contemporary stories (some quite tragic) from the '80s, 90s, and early 2000s. A very good book. Born to Run is about ultra-marathoners, but also about the Tarahumara Indians that live in a remote section of Mexico. The Indians haven't evolved like some other societies, and part of that is seen through their running, sometimes for up to 50 or 100 miles at a time while chasing food, all the while avoiding common runners' injuries. The running they do isn't completely barefoot as they wear these thin, moccasin-like shoes, but it's pretty darn close. The tribe has some very old (90-years-old) members that keep up with the chase just fine and are living proof that you can turn back the clock. The book concludes with an interesting race: a team of America's best ultra-runners against some members of the tribe in the Copper Canyons of Mexico. My money's on the tribe, but I haven't gotten that far yet. (Message edited by boltrider on June 10, 2012) | ||
| D_adams |
http://adriansundeaddiary.com/pt/September-21/blog .htm From what I've read so far, it's damn good for zombie type stuff. Looks like 272 entries into a journal or blog. Certainly entertaining anyway. | ||
| Moxnix |
Just finished Understanding the Times, Vol. 1, c. 2005. Now it's The Red Man In America, G. Lindquist, c. 1923. | ||
| Pwnzor |
... the writing on the wall. | ||
| Slaughter |
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Hemingway (e-book) Just finished Tchiakovski - Anthony Holden Re-reading occasional story from David A. Brooks' Foresthill | ||
| 46champ |
The Lost Fleet: beyond the frontier Invincible. Jack Campbell Science Fiction he wrights best space ship battles I have read. Shattered Sword Jon Parshall and Anthony Tully The battle of Midway from the Japanese side. It will answer most of the questions you may have ever had for why the Japanese did what they did before and during the battle. | ||
| Starwolve |
So far this tour, I have read: The Heart and the Fist, Flyboys, The Girl w/ the Dragon Tattoo Series, Born to Run, World War Z, A Princess of Mars (John Carter of Mars), Dune, Stranger in a Strange Land, The Princess Bride, Starship Troopers, Enders Game, Hunger Games Trilogy, The Virginian, The Eye of the World, The Postmortal, A Song of Fire and Ice Series... (All 5 of them), License to Pawn, The Dome, Atonement, and The Stand. I've got a few more Heinlein lined up on the Kindle, as well as the rest of the Dune series. I'll be keeping an eye on this post to get a few more ideas, though. | ||
| Ustorque |
2000 S3 Service manual.....rivetting! | ||
| Chauly |
Ustorque-- Are you working on your ignition plate? :-) It's more fun to read than rivet... | ||
| Hootowl |
"Enders Game" Great book. There are two more in the series, as well several other spin-offs about his brother, Bean, and the other students after the war. | ||
| Drkside79 |
Pandora Anne Rice | ||
| Kyrocket |
 This daddy stuff is hard sometimes. Need to read everything I can get my hands on and then some although most of it is OJT. | ||
| Nukeblue |
read "patriots" some time ago. EAGERLY waiting for this one to come out september! http://www.amazon.com/Founders-A-Novel-Coming-Coll apse/dp/143917282X | ||
| Richardbiker |
Far and Away by Neil Peart. Stories from his blog about music and motorcycles. | ||
| Cityxslicker |
Still muddling through 'Atlas Shrugged' but I will leave those comments to the other thread. There are some old favorites here, and several that I have never broached - that are now on my list 'to read' Thanks. | ||
| Well_ridden |
A Very Good Neighbor_Dead End, sequel to A Very Good Man. Zombies just seem to be in right now !  A break from reality.... Read more since I got a Kindle? | ||
| Moxnix |
A riddle sent from a friend in Liberia: The Riddle... A man has a dream that a he is being chased by a lion. So then he climbs up a tree. Once he is up the tree he realizes there is a snake there with him! The snake starts running behind him with the intention of biting him with its deadly poison. So then the man ties a rope on a branch and starts to let himself down from the tree. Then the man looks down and below him is an alligator waiting for him in the river below! The man looks back up and sees a rat at the top of the rope chewing on it! So the question is what must the man do in order to escape? [scroll down for answer] V V V V V V Wake up. | ||
| 86129squids |
Hoot- I loved Ender's Game and the sequels- Card is a heck of a writer. Somehow I think his Mormon background gives it all a very nice depth. I used to be a used sci-fi novel junkie- we've got several great used bookstores around here- I got on a kick trying to find female sci-fi authors... Sheri Tepper has a slew of great books, and there's one by a different female author called "Primary Inversion"- read that one at least twice. Sadly, I've gotten away from reading good books- might try to add them to the boat outings someday. Great thread BTW | ||
| Sekalilgai |
Currently enjoying "Nothing in reserve" from Jack Lewis. Got acquainted with his writing from occasional pieces in Motorcyclist Magazine. Good stuff http://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Reserve-true-stories -stories/dp/1935878026 http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/1_1_11021/contributor_jack_lewis.html (Message edited by sekalilgai on June 12, 2012) | ||
| Damnut |
Just finished Under the Banner of Heaven Great book!! Read it a few years ago and everyone I give it to loves it. |
