What are you reading?

[Dr-Sock]

Pig by Roahl Dahl, his classic dark humor in short stories for adults. Never read something so disturbingly funny. Easy pick up and put down book and it won't disappoint.

Shame I'm stuck reading my course book "Cambridge manuals in Zooarchaeology" .... kill me now.

 

[Gatx]

Just finished "The Windup Girl" by Paolo Bacigalupi. It's a fascinating vision of the future that for once, isn't space opera or cyberpunk, so it's a pretty unique read.

Currently reading "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman.

Planning to read "Mogworld," that book that Yahtzee wrote and advertised like 20 times as being available for preorder from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk.

 

[Vigormortis]

Currently working my way through a bevy of books I purchased from Borders. (before it closed) They had everything in the store at 75% off. So...for a mere pittance, I bought dozens of books. Entire series, hard-covers, etc.

At present, I'm reading some of the collected works of Vernor Vinge. The book I'm currently on is called A Fire Upon the Deep. It's quite an interesting sci-fi action thriller.

Once I'm through his novels, I plan to go on to reading the last few novels written by Michael Chrichton. Including the one I'm most excited about, Prey. After those I'm moving on to the collected works of Phillip K. Dick. Most famous for his short stories that have been used as the basis of many science fiction films, including Blade Runner, Total Recall, A Scanner Darkly, Minority Report, Next, Paycheck, and most recently The Adjustment Bureau.

 

[Ekonk]

I am currently reading Game of Thrones and my Kafka collection.

 

[Bloedhoest]

Hogfather by Terry Prattchet.

 

[Sonicron]

How is that comedy!?... Oh, right!!

Not sure I understand the intention behind this post. :\
If you really doubt my statement, just pick up a copy and read it. You'll laugh your pants off.

 

[dalek sec]

"Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium" (Warhammer 40.000)
Sandy Mitchell
Sci-Fi Military Comedy

The adventures of Ciaphas Cain (written in the first-person perspective, as an autobiography) are the only pieces of Black Library sci-fi literature with a comedic element, and I love them; basically, the protagonist is a lazy, cowardly officer who keeps stumbling into the most horrific of battle scenarios, escaping/surviving by the skin of his teeth in ways that make him look like a bonafide hero.
"Defender of the Imperium" is the second omnibus in the series, spanning novels 4-6, so if you want to give the series a try I suggest picking up the first omnibus, "Hero of the Imperium".

You sir have great taste, the Ciaphas Cain series is what got me into the stories of the 40K universe. The humor is great, the fight scene's are awesome and it just kills me how much of a slacker he can be when he isn't fighting for his life. His aide is a total slob but will follow Cain's (and pretty much anyone else's) order's with the same reponse as if Cain asked Jurgen to get him a cup of tea, no matter how risky or insane they are. Even Inquisitor Vail has a sense of humor with her sometimes snarky comments at the bottom of the pages.

As for me right now I'm busy working on reading "The Founding" omnibus which contains the first three stories in Dan Abnett's "Gaunts Ghost's" series which takes place in the Sabbat Worlds during the Cursade by the same name.

 

[The Big Boss]

The Dark Tower IV; Wolves of the Calla

 

[Blackmagic1515]

Currently I'm reading The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson. I enjoyed his Mistborn series so I picked up this one but it's taking me a little while to get through.

After that I'm not sure what I'll read. Something from my overflowing 'to-be-read' shelves.

 

[Sonicron]

You sir have great taste, the Ciaphas Cain series is what got me into the stories of the 40K universe. The humor is great, the fight scene's are awesome and it just kills me how much of a slacker he can be when he isn't fighting for his life. His aide is a total slob but will follow Cain's (and pretty much anyone else's) order's with the same reponse as if Cain asked Jurgen to get him a cup of tea, no matter how risky or insane they are. Even Inquisitor Vail has a sense of humor with her sometimes snarky comments at the bottom of the pages.

As for me right now I'm busy working on reading "The Founding" omnibus which contains the first three stories in Dan Abnett's "Gaunts Ghost's" series which takes place in the Sabbat Worlds during the Cursade by the same name.

Well, I read pretty much everything out of the Black Library (the 40k stuff, anyway), so it was inevitable that I'd come across this delightfully rogueish hero at some point. As I understand, the 4th novel in the series (which I'm reading at the moment) is chronologically the first, so in many aspects Cain is still finding his sea legs in this one. Fun!

As for the Gaunt's Ghosts series, I have them on my shelf, but I haven't had the time to read them yet; also, I'm not much of an Imperial Guard fan, but these novels are supposed to be really damn good, so I'm looking forward to the experience.

 

[Wintermoot]

Count Zero by William Gibson I own the entire sprawl trilogy

 

[laggyteabag]

Your post...

OT: Im currently reading the 2nd book in the "A song of Ice and Fire" series

 

[Eggbert]

Just finished 'I shall wear midnight' by Terry Pratchett, currently reading 'American Gods' by Neil Gaiman. Next on the list is either 'House of Leaves' by mark danielewski or 'The gospel of the FSM' by Bobby Henderson.

I also follow Raymond E Feists' books.

House of Leaves should not be missed. It is excellent.

Don't know right now, recently finished Small Gods, but I'm probably picking something up later today.

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

So as i've been potentially structuring a review type thing in which i discuss books i have read, i had the idea to ask this forum..What books if any are you fine people reading?

List title, author and genre and maybe i'll look them and give them a read if they interest me.

To answer the topic question i am currently reading book number 2, (as i've already finished number 1) in Brent Weeks' Night Angel Trilogy and am enjoying it thoroughly.

You my friend have great tast in books. I have read the night angel trillogy about 15 times.

OT: I am currently making my way through the Dresden Files for about the 30th time. I am currently on Proven Guility which I think is about number 7 I cannot remember of the top of my head.

Yes this is a great series. After this is done, I'm planning on reading the complete collection of H.P Lovecraft.

 

[Jakub324]

Game of Thrones by George RR Martin (I think)

 

[KarmaTheAlligator]

I'm gonna start A Game of Thrones soon, what did you think of them?

I liked them, they have a good pace and it was refreshing reading about a new world. Also, they kept me interested enough that I read all 4 books back to back in about a week. Just a piece of advice, don't get attached to anyone.

 

[SckizoBoy]

Not sure I understand the intention behind this post. :\
If you really doubt my statement, just pick up a copy and read it. You'll laugh your pants off.

Oh, I know... I skimmed through the first page (viewing Esc on one's phone is not the easiest task) saw a few WH40K titles and when I saw one subtitled with 'sci-fi comedy' a part of me went 'WTF?!', but upon 'Ciaphas Cain'... yeah, he's a right barrel of laughs. He has an amusingly innate ability to find trouble!

 

[Julianking93]

Currently reading Neil Gaiman's Stardust since I am only just now getting round to touching the damn thing since I bought it 2 years ago >.>
Though, my big read that I'm most excited for is Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy which I got last week. I'm saving that for my upcoming 12 hour flight. Hopefully I'll have finished it by then. If not, then I'll know I'm officially the world's slowest reader. >.>

 

[Byere]

Just finished J.V Jones' The Barbed Coil. It was, like nearly all books I read, of the fantasy/sci-fi genre ("swords and sorcery" would describe it best).
It was alright, but nowhere near as enthralling as the rest of her books. (Still waiting on "Endlords", the supposedly final book in her Sword of Shadows series)

Just started "Best Served Cold" by Joe Abercrombie. Only a few pages in, but if it's anything like his other books (the "First Law" trilogy), it'll be good.

If you're looking for suggestions of this genre, I definitely suggest David & Leigh Eddings (in particular, "The Redemption of Althalus") along with Douglas Niles (The Icewall Trilogy... and for nostalgic feel "The Rod of Seven Parts")

 

[Knusper]

The Unification of Italy by Lucy Riall. I'm reading it because it's what I'm studying for A-level history. It's moderately interesting, but not the best book on the subject I have.