What are you reading?

[WS_Jack_III]

Banging my head against The Road. Has the author never heard of punctuation? It's like a wall of fucking text.

It's odd isn's it. I love it though.

[Ted Dansons Wig]

Cant remember if this was recommended previously here but...

The Book of Paul - Richard Long.

great/ / twisted as fuck horror read.

Dead cheap for Kindle as well if thats anyones bag

[windy_miller]

I got a copy of "What If?" by Randall Munroe (of xkcd fame) for Christmas. If you've never heard of him, he writes a very geeky web comic, but in this book he answers absurd hypothetical questions using scientific reasoning. Questions like, "Could you use downward facing machine guns as a jetpack?", and "If everyone stayed away from each other for 2 weeks, could we eradicate the common cold?"

Even if you have no interest in science its a great book, and very funny.

Also got two China Mieville books (King Rat and Kraken) which I am looking forward to getting stuck into.

[viberunner]

On book three of Asimov's Foundation Trilogy back when it was a trilogy (he added sequels and prequels many years later). It's a good yarn made even better by the fact it's all so anachronistic: everyone smokes, no computers (it was started before the microcomputer was invented), and ATOMIC power is the most advanced power in the universe. Then a MUTANT turns up. Still great though.

On that front as I'm moving into a place with a TV I've been downloading on to my Kindle. 250 meg of books. Lots of Asimov, some other sci-fi, Stross, Gibson, Doc Smith; some Gore Vidal; lots of historical epics (especially ancient Greece, some ancient Rome). A range of highbrow classics from the Gutenberg site.

Probably more than I'll ever get through...

[windy_miller]

On book three of Asimov's Foundation Trilogy back when it was a trilogy (he added sequels and prequels many years later). It's a good yarn made even better by the fact it's all so anachronistic: everyone smokes, no computers (it was started before the microcomputer was invented), and ATOMIC power is the most advanced power in the universe. Then a MUTANT turns up. Still great though.

On that front as I'm moving into a place with a TV I've been downloading on to my Kindle. 250 meg of books. Lots of Asimov, some other sci-fi, Stross, Gibson, Doc Smith; some Gore Vidal; lots of historical epics (especially ancient Greece, some ancient Rome). A range of highbrow classics from the Gutenberg site.

Probably more than I'll ever get through...

I started reading Foundation once but couldn't get into it. I will give it another go at some point. I heard it was being made into a TV series.

http://io9.com/hbo-will-make-asimovs-foundation-with-interstellars-jon-1657018306

[Spindles]

I noticed this morning that 'The Bees' was on a banner ad now it's out in paperback. I read it when it came out initially and it is a really interesting book, well worth a read (particularly if you purchase it by clicking on the link).

[kaosmark2]

RIP Terry Pratchett.

[jump]

RIP Terry Pratchett.

Ah Fuck!

[fred quimby]

RIP Terry Pratchett.

Buzzfeed has some of his quotes

http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/discworld-quotes-about-life-the-universe-and-everything?bftw&utm_term=4ldqpgm#.qeKAaMw0px

"Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened."

[MrZigster]

Proper upset here

[feral chile]

Me too

[Ted Dansons Wig]

Not a lover of his work - but proper respect for the work he did publicizing the impact of Altzheimers. Awful disease.

[MrZigster]

I'm sure he used to have his own thread on here. Seems to have gone.

[kaosmark2]

I'm sure he used to have his own thread on here. Seems to have gone.

Same. I was searching for -it but it didn't appear.

[TheGayTent]

Not a lover of his work - but proper respect for the work he did publicizing the impact of Altzheimers. Awful disease.

This.

Also thought the way he dealt with his Alzheimers was quite courageous

[Amy Lawn]

HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.

Thank you, Terry, thank you so much.

[Spindles]

Got up to this news last night before work, was genuinely gutted. I've got home this morning and realised there's hardly a corner of my house where you wouldn't chance across one of his books lying around (I should tidy up!). He will be sorely missed but leaves a much loved body of work that people will return to and discover for generations.

[mr_bizarre]

Currently reading 'Seven Years in Tibet'. it's a mad adventure! I would definitely recommend it!

Going to read 'Mr Nice' next, the Howard Mark book

[WS_Jack_III]

Started rearing The Colour Of Magic due to the recent news and the fact I've never read a Discworld novel.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

“Thank you for sending me a copy of your book. I'll waste no time reading it.”
― Moses Hadas

[Katster]

Baby led weaning by Gill Radley. Lol.

[kaosmark2]

Did a fair bit of reading on holiday. Star maker really stood out as a remarkable work of imagination, although the communist agenda prevalent through parts of it felt both dated and slightly awkward.

[dayandnight]

In this moment I'm reading Nachtstücke by E. T. A. Hoffmann.

[CanWeRest]

Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.

[Winslow Leach]

In this moment I'm reading Nachtstücke by E. T. A. Hoffmann.

Der Sandmann is fantastically creepy.

I'm still about 400 pages from the end of Bolano's 2666 but my work keeps getting in the way, 1000 page novels don't really lend themselves to dipping in and out.