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cincyreds 03-10-2005 06:12 PM

OT: I am reading Ender's Game...what are you currently reading?
 
I started on Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card this week and am almost finished with it.

What are you guys reading?

lcjjdnh 03-10-2005 06:17 PM

I'm reading John Irving's The World According to Garp, about halfway through it right now.

Honolulu_Blue 03-10-2005 06:22 PM

Wolves of Calla. Trying to finnish this damned series that I started, oh, 18 years ago or so...

yabanci 03-10-2005 06:26 PM

Dostoevsky, Demons.

terpkristin 03-10-2005 06:27 PM

Hmmm Ender's Game is on my list "to read." I just last night finished Dan Simmons' Hyperion (disappointment!) and am now onto Gregory Benford's Timescape.

/tk

MJ4H 03-10-2005 06:35 PM

Super System 2, Doyle Brunson and company.

DeToxRox 03-10-2005 06:35 PM

"When's Jesus Bringing the Porkchops" by Carlin

Library book, it's a lot of old stand up with new stuff, still enjoyable.

Glengoyne 03-10-2005 06:36 PM

Angels and Demons -- Dan Brown

What can I say? I'm a sheep.


Edit: I should add that it's a good thing I'm not in York County.

sabotai 03-10-2005 06:37 PM

Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Weis and Hickman

bosshogg23 03-10-2005 06:45 PM

I am re-reading Bo Knows Bo by Bo Jackson. My 2nd favorite sports book of all time behind only Ball Four.

Next I am planning on reading Disney War by James B. Stewart.

Sharpieman 03-10-2005 07:00 PM

Islam-A short history by Karen Armstrong, almost to the end. Then I'll start God's Politics : Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It, by Jim Wallis.

Draft Dodger 03-10-2005 07:21 PM

just finished reading William Diehl's Eureka, which was excellent. Currently reading Greg Iles' Mortal Fear which is "ok" so far.

speaking of...anyone read any of Ian Fleming's Bond books? been thinking about reading one or two, but I have a feeling I wont really like it.

Draft Dodger 03-10-2005 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glengoyne
Angels and Demons -- Dan Brown

What can I say? I'm a sheep.


I don't quite get the backlash against Dan Brown. DaVinci Code was a fine book, and, maybe your far enough in to agree, Angels and Demons is even better. Seems to me that there are a LOT worse books out there for people to nitpick about.

I. J. Reilly 03-10-2005 07:30 PM

Just finished Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. Excellant book.
Starting Cosmopolis by Don Delillo.

DeToxRox 03-10-2005 07:32 PM

I agree with Angels and Demons being a better read then the Da Vinci Code.

PilotMan 03-10-2005 07:33 PM

The Sorceress of Darshiva - Eddings
How Soccer Explains the world.
Creative Negotiating

Pyser 03-10-2005 07:37 PM

a restaurant at the end of the universe

judicial clerk 03-10-2005 07:43 PM

A confederacy of Dunces.

Neon_Chaos 03-10-2005 07:46 PM

King Of Torts by John Grisham

Airhog 03-10-2005 07:52 PM

Just Finished Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

Bad-example 03-10-2005 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by terpkristin
I just last night finished Dan Simmons' Hyperion (disappointment!)


I was disappointed by the ending in Hyperion but felt the sequel, Fall of Hyperion, brought the first book into focus. Those 2 books are quite unlike anything else I have ever read. If you are willing I would recommend you give the 2nd book a try.

gstelmack 03-10-2005 08:26 PM

"A Man Called Intrepid"

Neon_Chaos 03-10-2005 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeToxRoxDVHStyle
I agree with Angels and Demons being a better read then the Da Vinci Code.


I agree with his agreement. :)

DeToxRox 03-10-2005 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neon_Chaos
I agree with his agreement. :)


Uh oh. It's lookin' like we're rollin' three deep. Time for people to recgonize.

INDalltheway 03-10-2005 08:34 PM

Drive, Larry Bird. I have learned he is pretty much a moron. Just to let everyone know, not everyone from Indiana is that dumb. :D

DeToxRox 03-10-2005 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by INDalltheway
Drive, Larry Bird. I have learned he is pretty much a moron. Just to let everyone know, not everyone from Indiana is that dumb. :D


lmao.

It reminds me of that episode of Cheers with Kevin McHale, where McHale tells Woody about how Bird keeps making fun of Hanover (Woody's hometown. In the show, Woody's home town and Birds [French Lick] hate each other) and it was just brilliant how they portrayed them.

clintl 03-10-2005 08:50 PM

Kim Stanley Robinson's Forty Signs of Rain.

ntndeacon 03-10-2005 10:18 PM

Hot and Sweaty Rex by Eric Garcia (3rd in the series).
About to start The Dirty Dozen in the next day or so.

ntndeacon 03-10-2005 10:21 PM

By the Way Ender's game Is a WONDERFUL book. If you haven't read it. GO now to your nearest bookstore and pick it up.

bbor 03-10-2005 10:35 PM

Angels and demons rawks....much better than Da Vinci code...i am trying to get through Deception point by Brown now...not so good.

Tigercat 03-10-2005 10:55 PM

I am starting the Wheel of Time series tonight based in part to some recommendations I saw on this board. I actually should be reading a book for my thesis(on the socialization of teachers) right now, but all work related books and no play books make Kevin a something something.

Coffee Warlord 03-10-2005 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tigercat
I am starting the Wheel of Time series tonight based in part to some recommendations I saw on this board. I actually should be reading a book for my thesis(on the socialization of teachers) right now, but all work related books and no play books make Kevin a something something.


Just do yourself a favor and like...stop after book 6. :)

Shucker 03-10-2005 11:47 PM

Never have been much of a reader until the last year or so. Currently I am on Wizard and Glass by Stephen King. Book 4 of the Dark Tower Series, on my way to Wolves of Calla someday.

I started to read DaVinci Code. Then a friend of mine suggested I read Angels and Demons first. I really enjoyed it, but the striking similarity in which they brgin is almost too much.

DaVinci Code is on my nightstand and will be next after Wizard and Glass.

Eilim 03-11-2005 12:21 AM

Reading the Conan series of short stories as originally published in Weird Tales at the moment... not the bastardized "L Sprague de Camp" versions.

SackAttack 03-11-2005 12:47 AM

I finished reading American Gods last week. I'm sort of plodding along listening to the Dark Tower audiobooks (finished actually reading them late last year). When I'm done with that, I'll be starting on a new sci-fi series from Kevin J. Anderson.

SlapBone 03-11-2005 12:49 AM

I'm re-reading "The Space Trilogy" by C.S. Lewis

"The Punic Wars" by Adrian Goldsworthy

"Jesus Among Other gods" by Ravi Zacharias

Abe Sargent 03-11-2005 01:04 AM

Orsan Scott Card is writing Ultimate Iron Man for Marvel.

-Anxiety

ISiddiqui 03-11-2005 01:29 AM

Law school books ;).

Otherwise, I'm going through "Soccer Yearbook 2004/5" by David Goldblatt, and I have "How Soccer Explains the World" by Franklin Foer. I have "The Dante Club" by Matthew Pearl, "The Years of Salt and Rice" by Kim Stanley Robinson, and "What If: 2" still to read.

Oh yes, I'm also reading "The Simpsons and Philosophy" at the moment.

andy m 03-11-2005 03:10 AM

i am reading 'the english dane', which is about some guy from denmark in the 19th century who had a very eventful life. before the age of 30 he had sailed to america, africa and australia, and 'liberated' iceland from its danish oppresors, then been thrown on a prison ship for violating british parole by leaving the country. after he was released from prison he became a spy for the british government and visited spain and france.

thats as far as i've got.

also reading 'kafka on the shore' by haruki murakami. not his best work but still good.

in the pipeline: mcsweeney's #15. looks beautiful.

Northwood_DK 03-11-2005 05:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MattJones4Heisman
Super System 2, Doyle Brunson and company.


I have read the first Super system. Is it worth also getting the second or is it just the same.

I have just started on “
Bringing Down the House: How Six Students Took Vegas for Millions”

Breeze 03-11-2005 05:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neon_Chaos
King Of Torts by John Grisham



Awful. A Faustian tale that made me feel like a needed a bath when I finished.

Breeze 03-11-2005 05:55 AM

I just finished Crieghton's Prey. Entertaining, easy read.

Raiders Army 03-11-2005 07:15 AM

Have A Nice Day by Mick Foley.

lighthousekeeper 03-11-2005 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cincyreds
I started on Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card this week and am almost finished with it.

What are you guys reading?



I'm reading OT: I am reading Ender's Game...what are you currently reading? by Cincyreds

mhass 03-11-2005 08:20 AM

Not to start an argument, but DaVinci Code was awful IMO. All that contrived suspense drove me nuts. Dave Barry did an excellent parody a while back.

I'm reading Promised Land by Robert Parker and the Bible, by God.

terpkristin 03-11-2005 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coffee Warlord
Just do yourself a favor and like...stop after book 6. :)


I dunno, I enjoyed book 7...after that, 8 was difficult to get through, 9 I couldn't finish, and though I own 10, I haven't even read the first page. Some friends have told me that book 10 is better than the others, one day when I feel like picking up the series again, I'll probably find a summary for each of books 1-9 to remind me where I left off and then try 10.

Of course, if George RR Martin ever finishes A Feast For Crows, I'll drop everything and pick THAT series back up.

/tk

Lathum 03-11-2005 08:56 AM

I am currently re-reading all of the Harry Potter books in anticipation of The Half Blood Prince. Only 4 more months !

terpkristin 03-11-2005 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bad-example
I was disappointed by the ending in Hyperion but felt the sequel, Fall of Hyperion, brought the first book into focus. Those 2 books are quite unlike anything else I have ever read. If you are willing I would recommend you give the 2nd book a try.


I agree, the ending in Hyperion left MUCH to be desired. As I wrote in my blog (link in sig...feel free to go there and click on some of the "Ads by Gooogle" so I get a few pennies, please...I'm unemployed and every little bit helps), I'm sure that Fall of Hyperion adds a lot to the Hyperion experience and finishes the story...I just couldn't figure out how Hyperion, on its own, won the Hugo Award.

/tk

Coffee Warlord 03-11-2005 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by terpkristin
I dunno, I enjoyed book 7...after that, 8 was difficult to get through, 9 I couldn't finish, and though I own 10, I haven't even read the first page. Some friends have told me that book 10 is better than the others, one day when I feel like picking up the series again, I'll probably find a summary for each of books 1-9 to remind me where I left off and then try 10.

Of course, if George RR Martin ever finishes A Feast For Crows, I'll drop everything and pick THAT series back up.


*cough* Book 10, if I remember it right, (that's Xroads of Twilight, isn't it), is the WORST one. By far. As my biggest complaint with the later books of the series is the fact that absolutely nothing happens, this one is the epitome of Nothing Happening.

Nothing. Happens. Literally. None of the zillion more things he did in book 9 were dealt with, many were not even mentioned. There was resolution to absolutely nothing.

And I concur on Martin's next book.

Warhammer 03-11-2005 11:28 AM

Just finished The Silmarillion and am starting my yearly reading of The Lord of the Rings.


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