What are you currently reading?

[TerryE]

These early Michael Slade books are some of the creepiest I ever read. Nothing like them!!
The story behind these authors (don't know if you're familiar with them..not him) is really interesting.

Highest recommendation!!

I just read up on this on wikipedia. It sounds just like my senior term paper, only that was about Isaac Asimov. We had a great teacher who told us a term paper was required by state law, but he wasn't going to make us do research. We could invent the whole thing as long as it was in the proper format, with footnotes, and a bibliography. Mine was about the fact that Isaac Asimov was the "Association of Scientists, Inventors, Mathematicians, and Other Vocations", a conglomeration of experts from many disciplines that got together to write. It's really the only explanation for how prolific he was, and in so many areas.

[frik51]

Awesome, Terry. I love Asimov indeed his diversity is amazing.
And he didn't stumble often.

sk

[Teriw]

I just got through the first 100 pages of Lisey's Story. I am having trouble with this one. Not sure why. Pushing through...

[Teriw]

Got right into liseys story at work tonight. Hope I can keep that pace up.read most of masques when I got home as well. Can't get comfy anymore so I'm leaving the last two stories for later..popsy and another. Still not a fan over graphics though. Its just not the same.still a beautiful book to add to my collection. So happy I have it.

[frik51]

Change of mind. First up:



One of the lesser Simmons novels, going by the Amazon reviews. But that seems te be mainly because of Mr. Simmons' (anti American??) political views.
I'm not really sure, but I I'll find out soon enough.

sk

Political nonsense....xenophobic......pure silliness of every rightwing clichée out there.......repulsive political prosletyzing....uncritically hostile attitude to Islam.....etc, etc, etc.
Many readers (got this from Amazon.com) hate Flashback, mainly because of the fact they confuse fiction and reality. Flashback is a dystopean novel, scary as hell, but fiction. Simmons is describing possibilities here, not reality. He's not predicting the future, but painting a scary portrait of what kind of future could lie ahead...
I really liked this book. It's a detective story/murder mystery in a near-future (dystopean) setting. It's over the top, but intentionally so.

Five stars from me!!

And now, on to either Under the Dome, The Mailman or The Dropper...
Or maybe a couple of magazines lying around for weeks already....

sk

[th3l0rd]

I've read only one book written by Simmons... and I liked it a lot I've some other in my TBR list
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[frik51]

Yes, Summer of Night is a great read.
Which one(s) is/are on your TBR list?
Just curious.

sk

[th3l0rd]

Yes, Summer of Night is a great read.
Which one(s) is/are on your TBR list?
Just curious.

sk

I've already bought danse macabre and a winter haunting, but probably I'll get other books as well

[Teriw]

Political nonsense....xenophobic......pure silliness of every rightwing clichée out there.......repulsive political prosletyzing....uncritically hostile attitude to Islam.....etc, etc, etc.
Many readers (got this from Amazon.com) hate Flashback, mainly because of the fact they confuse fiction and reality. Flashback is a dystopean novel, scary as hell, but fiction. Simmons is describing possibilities here, not reality. He's not predicting the future, but painting a scary portrait of what kind of future could lie ahead...
I really liked this book. It's a detective story/murder mystery in a near-future (dystopean) setting. It's over the top, but intentionally so.

Five stars from me!!

And now, on to either Under the Dome, The Mailman or The Dropper...
Or maybe a couple of magazines lying around for weeks already....

sk

UTD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RJK1981]

Have started reading both The Haunting of Hill House and King's TWTTK. Have also recently read the first story in Clegg's Wild Things

[frik51]

UTD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Too late - this is what I'm reading at the moment:



(And not the e-book)

sk

[srboone]

Outstanding choice, Siep! I've only listened to the audio book, but I'm getting ready to read it soon, myself. A tremendous story.

[frik51]

I'm almost halfways and enjoying it tremendously!

sk

[Joe315]

Just finished The Sentinel by Jeremy Bishop. Pretty zombie book. He wrote a another zombie book called Torment that I read a year ago or so, that i thought was pretty good as well.

Not sure yet what's next.

[srboone]

Finished Railsea by China Mieville. A sort of homage to/parody of Moby Dick. Full of far left-wing claptrap, but what can you expect from a vocal member of Britain's Socialist Worker's Party. Still his books are imaginative, exquisitely detailed, and linguistically adventurous (he like to make up words--tho the roots can be found in any dictionary; ex, "ferronaval"). I just wish he wouldn't stop his narrative to tell us that he knows how good he is. This is a book for adults as well as young adults, but he treats the reader as a child sometimes. Make no mistake tho, this is a grand tale and he tells it very well.

Spoiler!

A dry thought from a dry brain in a dry month...

Spoiler!

Language represents a society in which it is used. He uses "&" instead of "and", explaining that it is a convention in the land of the railsea as it represents the circular nature of the railsea. Another interesting aspect of his language is that his characters talk in terms of what they can't do: ex., his least unuseful skill. He never explains this convention, but I assume that the anti-capitalistic society he created focuses on people's shortcomings rather than their strengths.

In a quandry about what's next; either The Dropper, Needful Things (a reread), or The Backwoods. I'll think about it while at work.