[News] What are you currently reading?

I'm reading Dragonlance: Dragons of Winter Night. I'm about half way through it. It's not that difficult of a read, I just get real busy with stuff. It's a pretty good fantasy novel that's based around Dungeons and Dragons so if you're into that kind of thing, you'll enjoy this book.

This book is the second one out of a trilogy.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I finished the Dragonlance trilogy awhile ago.


I'm in the middle of Shantarum which is a book about an escaped Australian thief who was convicted for armed robbery and sentenced to ten years in prison. He fled to India where he started integrating himself in the seedy underbelly of the world there by getting involved with mob. Eventually he gets recaptured sometime down the line and returns to India to start up free health clinics. It's a really well written book and I recommend everyone to read it.

I'm also reading Corrupted Science which talks about the instances that science is attacked by various governments and religious fundamentalists and how fraudulent scientists plagiarize each other or fudge numbers to receive grants or recognition or something else. Very interesting read.

How ya doing, buddy?

I finished the Road awhile ago by Cormac McCarthy. It was an interesting read up until the end where it felt like the author had enough of the book and just decided to end it. I kind of wish there was more character development between the father and son. Overall he did a good job describing the environment but I feel the book is over hyped.

I'm currently reading The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America by David Hajdu. It gives an interesting insight and history on comic strips and comic books. Comics have pretty much been attacked since their inception. If it wasn't for their supposed corruption of youth then it was because they were regarded as a lower art form. Sounds pretty familiar doesn't it? There are many parallels between comic books and video games in this regard. The are attacked by politicians and religious groups for supposedly causing violence among the youth. Hajdu does a fine job describing the incidents providing facts and adding spice through some creative adjectives. A good read.

I also picked up several graphic novels a week or two ago and I've yet to read them yet.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I'm currently reading through Watchmen. Quite a fantastic graphic novel. I recently finished V for Vendetta. Though I'm probably going to reread that since I took several long breaks from it for some reason.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Morrigan

Hyperion, by Dan Simmons. Weirdly laid out (the sharing of stories by the pilgrims remind me of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales) for a modern book, but it's well-written and interesting, I'm liking it so far. Those Bikura sure were creepy.

I'm about two-thirds through the book and loving it. He does a fantastic job making each character unique by changing his own writing style. I'd have to say that poet was my favorite to read through so far, though Sol's tale is very touching. After that one I'll read the sequel.


Prior to that book I finished up Flash Forward by Robert J. Sawyer. Really good book that postulates are we bound by fate or do we have control of our destiny? The science behind the book is really good and made me curious about some of the theories brought up in the book. Flash Forward is being adapted into a TV show but instead of people seeing their futures 21 years ahead, it's only six months. And all the characters have changed. About the only thing that is the same is the basic plot.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Finished Hyperion. Really good, though the ending was a little abrupt. Highly recommend if you're looking for a new science fiction book to read. Now I'm going to start the Fall of Hyperion, which is obviously the continuation of the Hyperion Cantos.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by guyinrubbersuit

Finished Hyperion. Really good, though the ending was a little abrupt. Highly recommend if you're looking for a new science fiction book to read. Now I'm going to start the Fall of Hyperion, which is obviously the continuation of the Hyperion Cantos.

Ha! Finished that book long ago. Great read still, though the ending seemed to have a bit of a deus ex machina going on.

I think I read the Commonwealth Saga which is comprised of two books: Pandora's Star and Judas Unchained, by Peter F. Hamilton. Good space opera with a ton of parallel storylines that can get a bit confusing. After that I believe I read JPod by Douglas Coupland. It was good until the half way point then it just got utterly ridiculous and had some major deus ex going on.

Replay by Ken Grimwood was next and I really enjoyed that book. Jeff Wintson suffers a heart attack but is then thrust back about 20 years into his own past forced to relive it all over again.

I'm currently reading the Falcon and the Snowman by Robert Lindsey. A true story about two childhood friends who end up selling American secrets to the Russians. Really good so far.

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