What book are you currently reading?

[Mandalore_15]

Transition by Iain Banks. About halfway through. Not quite groundbreaking, but a good modern sci-fi. Quite dark as well. I'd recommend it to people in the mood for something a bit different from the usual space-opera trash.

 

[Grimbold]

Thus spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche.
I've read more enjoyable pieces of literature.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

If you're into 1940s hard boiled private detectives then I suggest you read Raymond Chandler's Phillip Marlowe books. They're pretty damn good. He describes everything perfectly making it really easy to imagine the surroundings and what's going on. The story is also quite deep. As Marlowe goes on he uncovers more and more and it builds up quite nicely. Mind you, that's just from The Big Sleep.

Now to read The Prince by Machiavelli.

 

[The DSM]

Necronomicon and A Clash of Kings.

Hard to juggle two 800+ page books, but thye are so good I dont care.

 

[Rockchimp69]

The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov.
As with every other book by him it is amazing.

I've been looking to get into Asimov but I can''t find a good place to start.
I've been reading some issues of his old sci-fi magazine and the little short stories of his I've quite liked.
Is the foundation series a good place to start or is there another more accessible place to start? I quite like his writing, but i haven't read much of it annd I don't want to buy foundation if I won't understand it, possibly due to previous works references or something else.
-Tabs<3-

I haven't got round to reading foundation yet as I'm still reading the robot trilogy. But the best place to start for me was the short stories, they're the easiest to get into and have some amazing ideas. It's still worth reading the novels though. Hope I could help

 

[Vkmies]

"The God Delusion" Interesting stuff, I must say.

ah, Richard dawkins. He's got a newer one out too.
-Tabs<3-

"The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution"? Looks pretty good, And it is translated in finnish too! I guess I'll check it out later. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Dexiro]

The Light Fantastic :3 It's pretty good so far, probably the most fun I've had reading.

 

[Foobula]

Halo:Evolutions.
And the Bible, of course.

 

[Someonetookmyname]

I just finished reading 'Hogfather' by Terry Pratchett, one of my favourite authors.

I am reading 'March to the stars', by David Weber and John Ringo now. Its scary how much i suddenly like SF.

 

[Druss the Legend]

The Divine Comedy by Dante Aligheri(?)
I'm somewhere in Purgatory atm.

Which translation?

English. I would like to read it in its original language, but I'm to lazy to learn a new language.

You're kidding, right? I meant who did the translation. Hopefully it's not the Carlyle-Okey-Wicksteed. Not that it's bad, it's just a bit dry.

Ah, right, i misunderstood. My apologies.

Henry W. Longfellow.

 

[rubinigosa]

Im reading mostly harmless by Douglas Adams

 

[Noyes33]

I am reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfus. My Brother recommended it to me and it is very good so far!!

 

[flim.geek.chic]

The Acornia seris and an old favorite.

 

[Blitzwarp]

"The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest" by Stieg Larsson. I read the other two Millennium books last week, and I'm utterly hooked. :]

 

[Papadam]

Im reading Metro 2033 (loving it) and a wiered swedish sci-fi called: Excuse me, Your soul just died (my translation)

 

[Trivun]

I was in my second readthrough of the Twilight series a while back, but stuff distracted me from continuing after rereading New Moon, and I have exams and stuff at the moment, so I probably won't reread Eclipse for a while yet. Also, I'm almost finished rereading a book called The Curse On The Chosen, part of the Three Worlds Cycle by Ian Irvine, but again have stopped for a while because of stuff distracting me from being able to have tiome to just sit and read. I have several months worth of NME Magazine to catch up on, that I bought and haven't yet read, and I'm two thrids of the way through another reread of the Scott Pilgrim series, again on hold for the above reasons. The last book I actually finished was Halo: Evolutions - Volume 1, just before Christmas, then Doctor Halsey's Journal from the Halo: Reach limited edition (read it on the train home for Christmas).

So yeah, several books and series that I'm halfway through but haven't actually gotten around to finishing. And all rereads, no less. I'm sure as hell not buying any new books in the near future, that's for certain...

 

[Sorafrosty]

"Mansfield Park" and "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen. Captivating, those...

 

[Hubbe]

"The Way of Shadows" by Brent Weeks.

Gonna read the whole trilogy... Loving it so far.

 

[Quaxar]

The Bartimaeus-trilogy's prequel (The Ring of Solomon) by Jonathan Stroud.

 

[Jon Shannow]

Ravenheart by David Gemmell, i've read it before but i'm re-reading it