What is currently on your Night Stand/ What are you reading?

bossebass · Post by **bossebass** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 6:54 pm

I'm currently reading Really the Blues by Mezz Mezzrow, and when I finnish I think I'll start on Fat City by Leonard Gardner.

Superenigmatix · Post by **Superenigmatix** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:46 pm

MidasKnight wrote:
sammy wrote:Another Pratchett today, Feet of Clay...
I've hired two private investigators and 3 psychics to find humor/enjoyment in the writings of Prachett. So far, my money has yielded no results.

Try hiring PI's with IQ's over 80, and as far as using pyschics - well it's no wonder you aren't getting any results there

sE

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 2:57 pm

hehe, actually, I was just trying to get your goat with that one sE. We know each other's opinions on Pratchett, we just don't understand each other's opinion on Pratchett.

I'm plenty smart enough to get what he's saying, I just don't think it's funny.

Post by **Ghost** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 7:49 pm

Unfinished Tales by J.R.R. Tolkien

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sammy · Post by **sammy** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 1:40 am

From a buick 8 - stephen king. I fancied something different, and when I do I usually pick up a King.

mrdude · Post by **mrdude** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 11:26 pm

Somehow I forgot about this thread, I finished my last book a while back(the Discovery of heaven by Harry Mulisch). Here's a review if your interested. Anyhow I am on to the Second book in the sword of truth series. Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind. So far slow going, but its a intersting enough that I haven't quit yet.

Lazarus71 · Post by **Lazarus71** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 8:21 pm

I am reading Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub. It is a sequal to The Talisman, though I don't know how they call it that since it only has a couple characters form the first book and nothing to do with the first story.

Oneiros · Post by **Oneiros** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 4:03 pm

I've a small hill of new scifi books waiting their turn beside my overstuffed bookcase, and just yesterday I bought four more. I recently finished Walter Jon Williams' Praxis, and Scott Westerfeld's Risen Empire, both worthy space opera pulp titles, although they both ended abruptly. I got the sequel to Praxis in a hurry, and have to track down the one to Risen Empire as well. Next in line are John C. Wright's Golden Age and Richard K. Morgan's Altered Carbon, for which I'm the happy owner of both their sequels. I'm patiently waiting for the still distant sequel to Dan Simmons' Ilium, and the newly published sequel to Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver (have to get that in a hurry before I forget the labyrinthine plot). Oh, I've also got Jack McDevitt's Chindi; I hope this one has no sequel, for a change!

agapi · Post by **agapi** » Sat May 01, 2004 1:56 am

Hello from Greece

Iam reading Steven Pressfield ,Tides of War ,historical fiction .It was great . I have read from this author The Amazon /Gates of Fire also historical fiction and War of art a research about creativity inside us

JamiJo · Post by **JamiJo** » Sat May 01, 2004 10:14 am

Currently about half-way through A Game of Thrones. I love the way it's structured so far - and the characters are so damn addictive. I also just picked up a new romance, Laura Kinsale's Shadowheart - more because my friends are listed in the acknowlegements, but... it looks like it should be a good read. I've read a few others of hers, and while I'm not the biggest romance fan, I enjoyed them. I'm also reading The Way of the Shaman as research for my novel in progress.

Also on my TBR shelf - T.H. White's The Once and Future King, A. Attanasio's The Dragon and the Unicorn, and Necromancer (but I don't remember who that's by).

--jj

Oneiros · Post by **Oneiros** » Sat May 01, 2004 5:57 pm

agapi wrote:Hello from Greece

Iam reading Steven Pressfield ,Tides of War ,historical fiction .It was great . I have read from this author The Amazon /Gates of Fire also historical fiction and War of art a research about creativity inside us

Γειά σου Αγάπη

Gates of Fire was an extremely powerful and evocative novel; reading it last summer left me feeling numb for a week, and I made up my mind to visit Sparta as soon as possible (which shouldn't be too hard, as I'm Greek, and living in Greece). Not that I'd find anything there even vaguely reminiscent of the Spartans' past glory (souvenir shops galore, more likely), but the geography that bred the apex of ancient Greece's honor is still there. I was told the view from Taygetos is magnificent.

To the rest, I can't recommend this novel strongly enough; if Braveheart left you breathless, you'll find this heart-wrenching. And pay no heed to the critics berating Pressfield for "americanising" the Spartans; that's mainly due to his modern dialogue style and slang, but I don't believe even for a second that people (especially soldiers) in ancient times were more formal in their everyday speech than we are.

Tides is an excellent book, and it's Spartans are as Greek as humanly possible. Only more so (about a hundred times more

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sammy · Post by **sammy** » Sun May 02, 2004 2:57 pm

Just finished 'Sharpe's Devil' by Bernard Cornwell, and I'm about to start on 'The Soprano Sorceress' by L.E. Modesitt Jr... I've heard so much from and about him here on this site, I thought i'd better give him a try

Post by **clong** » Mon May 03, 2004 8:58 am

I am about three-quarters through One Hundred Years of Solitude, and still waiting to get excited about it. On the shelf are Steven Erikson's House of Chains, The Long Run and Last Dancer by Daniel Keys Moran and D.R. Evans' Palindor (ranked #32, #35, and#15 respectively at the will-it-ever-be-updated-again? Internet Top 100 SF/Fantasy List site http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/6113/top100.html which includes a nice plug for IBList), Bloodstorm by Heather Gladney (ranked #4 at this very fine Sci-Fi Fantasy site http://www.eigenspace.net/reality/main.html ), and Iain M. Banks' Use of Weapons.

Post by **Darb** » Mon May 03, 2004 11:59 am

Just finished "Good Omens" by Neil Gaiman, and will soon be moving on to "American Gods".

I'll try to post a review as time permits.

mrdude · Post by **mrdude** » Wed May 05, 2004 9:03 am

I finnally finished Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind. I will write a review sometime tonight and post it. I am now reading Stranger in a stange land by Robert A Heinline

Post by **Darb** » Wed May 05, 2004 9:09 am

Stranger was one of the great literary touchstones of the 1960's ... enjoy it, waterbrother.

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Wed May 05, 2004 9:43 am

I read about half of Stranger in a Strange Land but I was way too young to appreciate it I think. I've been meaning to try again but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

I remember thinking it was so cool to have grass inside the house. I also thought it was funny that he called them 'grasses.'

Now I'll go grok about why I listen to metal while doing Project Engineer and Project Manager work.

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Wed May 05, 2004 9:59 am

Stranger is brilliant!
I read my first Heinlein book about a year ago, and I've been hooked since. Stranger is one of the best, but so far I've enjoyed all his others too.

Post by **Darb** » Wed May 05, 2004 10:02 am

"Stranger" was the most thought provoking and emotionally moving (for me), "Time Enough for Love" was the most ambitious and sweeping, and "Number of the Beast" was the most fast-paced and entertaining.

p.s. We have a Heinlein sub-forum over in the WAM area, if anyone would like to share water on this further

Post by **Ghost** » Wed May 05, 2004 12:49 pm

I just finished (reread) Methuselah's Children, maybe I need pull â€œTime Enough for Loveâ€

mrdude · Post by **mrdude** » Wed May 05, 2004 6:55 pm

Ok so here is that review on Stone of tears I said I would write. I know a few people that will dissagree with my opinion. Oh yes, controversal review. oooooo.

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Thu May 06, 2004 5:17 pm

oh man, don't take my thunder. I'm the book basher around here!!

Post by **Darb** » Thu May 06, 2004 5:20 pm

Thunder isn't all he took. Check out all the buttons he's got on the bottom of his posts.

He's got us outnumbered 8 to 3

mrdude · Post by **mrdude** » Thu May 06, 2004 5:39 pm

Brad_H wrote:Thunder isn't all he took. Check out all the buttons he's got on the bottom of his posts.

He's got us outnumbered 8 to 3

Yes I am the button master. (it helps when you use Gaim or trillian)

Kidta · Post by **Kidta** » Thu May 06, 2004 7:49 pm

im in the middle of a few books ...

at school: The Great Gatsby

and at home: Faith of the Fallen bk7 Sword of Truth Series by Terrygoodkind
Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien

and yea i think thats it for books now series' are a different story

im crazy

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