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

mrdude · Post by **mrdude** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:44 am

I have decided, shocking as it may seem, to give up my venture into Johnathan Stange and Mr. Norrel. I simply have found the book drastically boring and have alread ventured 130 pages inward. Instead I have started Mort by Terry Pratchett, 4th in the discworld series. It is already a wonderus improvment, but I expected as much.

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 2:20 am

Mr. Modesitt - The Death of Chaos

Fiachra · Post by **Fiachra** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 9:09 am

I'm currently reading "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera. At the moment I'm about half way through.

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 11:15 am

Reading 'Vanity Fair' by W.M Thackeray right now. The new movie adaption is coming out soon, and I thought I'd refresh my memory of the story before going to see it.

Hunter B · Post by **Hunter B** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 1:05 pm

I just finished Ecolitan Prime and now I'm reading Gravity Dreams. Both books are by L.E. Modesitt.

MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:05 pm

I left Death of Chaos inaccessible a few nights ago so I started Dean Koontz - The Voice of the Night. So far, unimpressive.

Aunflin · Post by **Aunflin** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:27 pm

MK: You "left Death of Chaos inaccessible"...what is that supposed to mean?

Whatever it was supposed to mean...I really liked that book...and its the logical continuation of The Magic of Recluce...so I don't know why it would be "inaccessible"...

Hunter B · Post by **Hunter B** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 3:24 pm

Aunflin wrote:MK: You "left Death of Chaos inaccessible"...what is that supposed to mean?

Whatever it was supposed to mean...I really liked that book...and its the logical continuation of The Magic of Recluce...so I don't know why it would be "inaccessible"...

Ditto. Death of Chaos rocks!

Aunflin · Post by **Aunflin** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 3:27 pm

Thanks thought I was going insane there for a bit...

Which actually couldn't be far from wrong sometimes...

Superenigmatix · Post by **Superenigmatix** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 5:42 pm

I think he means he put it somewhere he can't get to - not that the book is dull.

I once left Neuromance by William Gibson in the Albert Hall when I was 20 pages from the end - not being able to afford to rebuy the book for 20 pages I had to wait until I found it 2nd hand about a year later to finish it!

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MidasKnight · Post by **MidasKnight** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 10:10 pm

Yes, I left it at work and I wasn't going to go to work when I was already butt naked and ready for my bedtime reading session.

I know, I know, TMI.

mrdude · Post by **mrdude** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 11:46 pm

Well I finished Mort. I wrote a review on it that everyone should obviously read! What to read next?

Post by **Darb** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 11:07 am

I'm halfway through Joseph Campbell's "Sake & Satori: Asian Journals, Vol 2". Great book, if you like high-brow reading (philology and comparative religion/culture)

Aunflin · Post by **Aunflin** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 12:36 pm

MidasKnight wrote:Yes, I left it at work and I wasn't going to go to work when I was already butt naked and ready for my bedtime reading session.

I know, I know, TMI.

Superenigmatix · Post by **Superenigmatix** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:26 pm

Way TMI

Post by **Ghost** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 8:31 am

Just finished (for 2nd time) Job, A Comedy of Justice by the Grand Master â€“ R.A. Heinlein

Post by **Darb** » Tue Jul 27, 2004 9:59 am

Ghost - I read that on my honeymoon, while I was laid up with a serious lower back injury (no lie). How cosmically appropriate is that ?

Post by **Ghost** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:49 pm

Just finished Deryni Checkmate by Katherine Kurtz.

/me have had a lot of free time this week for reading

.

stevejack · Post by **stevejack** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 12:43 am

Has anyone read Anne Bishop?
Nice cuddly characters that you can care about.
Can hardly wait until "Going Postal" by Terry Paratchett is released.
Reading outside the genre, try "In the Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco.
I really like the way it shows how it was Ok to waste women so the "sanctity" of the church was saved. That wasn`t the main point,however, that is the chord it struck for me.

Fiachra · Post by **Fiachra** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 4:22 am

I finished the Kundera novel and have now started on "Requiem For a Dream" by Hubert Selby, very depressing book...

mrdude · Post by **mrdude** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 8:08 am

Fiachra wrote:I finished the Kundera novel and have now started on "Requiem For a Dream" by Hubert Selby, very depressing book...

Very depressing movie as well, but very well done!

Fiachra · Post by **Fiachra** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 8:41 am

Yes, actually it was the movie that got me to the idea to read the book.

Selby co-wrote the script, and although I'm only a few pages into the book every single scene so far was in the movie, too.

The movie obviously is a very accurate adaptation.

mrdude · Post by **mrdude** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 8:39 pm

Now reading the Princess Bride by William Goldman

Post by **laurie** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 1:09 am

sammy wrote:Reading 'Vanity Fair' by W.M Thackeray right now. The new movie adaption is coming out soon, and I thought I'd refresh my memory of the story before going to see it.

Me too - Becky's a hoot, ain't she?

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 5:15 am

lauriehonors wrote:
sammy wrote:Reading 'Vanity Fair' by W.M Thackeray right now. The new movie adaption is coming out soon, and I thought I'd refresh my memory of the story before going to see it.
Me too - Becky's a hoot, ain't she?

She sure is! Jos is so very funny too... Last time I read this was about 10 years ago, and I'd forgotten how terribly funny it was.
Can't wait for the movie to be released!