What have you been reading?

#21

This thread. Nah just kidding, I haven’t read any of the posts.

Seriously though, recently finished a book called First Blitz. It’s a historical book, describing the German plan to raze London to the ground with newfound air power in World War One. It was a pretty interesting book, starting with the token German aircraft dropping 3kg bombs in 1915 to the enormous Giant bombers unloading 1000kg bombs towards the end of the war. It was also quite amazing how ill-prepared England was for German air offensives and how the city of London narrowly avoided destruction by fire by only a few hours.

#22

Just finished reading In the Dark of the Night.

It’s a novel by John Saul, really enjoyed reading it. Instilled a good sense of fear into me.

Then again I’m easily frightened so for others it may not be as frightening. :stuck_out_tongue:

#23

I am reading Weapons Grade: How Modern Warfare Gave Birth to our High-Tech World by David Hambling. The book covers how a lot of technology we use or work with regularly was derived from military technology or things that were developed through defense research. I don’t really like his style of writing, but it is an interesting read, and I picked the book up for a few bucks so I can’t really complain.

I also recently finished re-reading The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe. If you are interested in flight, space, or space flight, I would highly recommend it.

#24

Things like the INTERWEB?

#25

I just finished ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margret Atwood. It was pretty interesting, basically about a crazed subdivision of Christianity that’s taken over the U.S and is trying to settle in a new regime based on specific gender roles and polygamy (all this while a war is going on).
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid’s_Tale

Now I’m reading ‘The Shining’ by Stephan King and ‘Shadow of the Wind’ by Carlos Ruiz Zafon at the same time. This is because I read the Shining halfway through back in July, but I lost the book at the airport, started reading other books, and then only bothered to buy another copy on Friday.

It’s a really messy reading process :frowning:

#26

I’m currently reading Dan Brown’s latest novel called The Lost Symbol. All I will say is that it involves the Freemasons and I have relatives in that secret society so it has definite interest for me seeing that my relatives have high Masonic degrees within the Scottish Rite.

#27

Did you ever read Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy Ram?

#28

Im currently reading,Turn right at lands end- a travel biog by John Merril about a guy who walked around the coast of Britain. Next up is Dark Omen by Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaimen, and then an account of Gengis Kharn.

#29

I am reading “The Witcher” (Polish “Wiedzmin”) by Andrzej Sapkowski.A fantasy book where a group of people now as witchers are hired for jobs like:killing witches,monsters and solving magic mysteries,I wont say more incase anyone is reading or would like to read.

#30

The Shining was awesome, tied for my favorite Stephan King book with The Stand. I loved reading about how the Jack was going insane :smiley: .

#31

Have just finshed The Selfish Gene by Dawkins aka Darwins Rottwieler :slight_smile: , just about to start it again to try and get my head round it a little more. Interesting reading when applied to the “natural world” but us highly evolved primates are going to mess up the natural order of things methinks… Memes ftw :smiley:

#32

Just about to finish off The Light Fantastic the second book of Terry Pratchett’s magnificent Discworld series. I’ve read quite a few of them, and I have to say, so far, I’ve preferred his earlier books. My favourite so far however is Theif of Time.

The next Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy book, And another thing… is set to be released in exactly 3 weeks time, 30 years after the original book in the series was released.

#33

Uggh, HitchHiker’s written by anyone but Douglas Adams? Do not want. Thief of Time is great, my own favourite would probably be Feet of Clay. Personally I think Pratchett’s most recent ones are all sublime and he’s at the top of his game, particularly with the Tiffany Aching Discworld books. How long the Alzheimer’s allows that to continue is the question. :frowning:

#34

Dearly Devoted Dexter. Very good book. I’d watch the TV show but I don’t have ShoTime=(

#35

I’ve been thinking of reading the Hitch-Hikers books, though I want to finish a couple more Discworld books first.

#36

It’s sad that the civilain world is almost completely depended on militaries for protection and to advance technologically and economically. Do you know just how damn much Lockheed Martin makes a year?

Right now I’m reading Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War by Mark Bowden. Somehow it isn’t heartbreaking and gory enough to deter me from reading Killing Pablo

#37

I’m reading a book called: ‘Structures: or why things don’t fall down’ by J.E. Gordon. It’s a very interesting novel in which a desperate scientist called ‘Robert Hooke’ battles to get his theory of something called ‘Elasticity’ (which i must say the author fleshed out into something quite believable) to the status of a world recognised application in the world of engineering. A truly gripping, emotional rollercoaster so far.


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#38

Currently reading Confessor, the last book in Terry Goodkinds enormous Sword of Truth series. It’s really good… definitely nothing groundbreaking, but great for what it is.

You mean you haven’t read them? :fffuuu:

#39

“The Queen of the damned” (I think the english name is like that) from Anne Rice.

Actually, I think “The vampire Lestat” was better.

#40

:retard:
I had actually never heard of it until the movie came out. And the trailer for the movie didn’t really look interesting to me so…

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