what are you reading?

[Mat]

Still on a zombie trip, I'm currently reading David Moody's second "Autumn" book, The City.
Good stuff, if a little bleak, but as with all truly successful zombie media, the focus is on human interaction rather than the monsters themselves.

Reading this in between Dune books.
Finished the third book, Children of Dune recently and I've got God Emperor, Heretics and Chapter House lined up for when I finish The City, although I also have a Palahniuk waiting in the wings along with another zombie novel.

And it's good to see World War Z getting more loving HGFB.
That and Dead Rising along with The Walking Dead were responsible for re-igniting my interest in all things zombie, which has quickly turned into an obsession.
I'm anxious to see what Brad Pitt's company manages to do with World War Z. Call me barmy, but I think Holly Hunter would be perfect as the pilot who crashed in the swamp.

[benedictw]

Just finished Terry Pratchetts 'Making Money' - not bad, not quite as good as Going Postal though.

[HippyDave]

Just finishing up re-reading Arthur C Clarke's Rama II, as since ACC's much-lamented demise, I'm working my way through his back catalogue. Garden Of Rama will follow shortly, after a break for something non-Clarkey (Earth Odyssey by Mark Hertsgaard, in this case).

[Istar]

"Inversions" by Iain M. Banks.

Oh, and "Banker" by Dick Francis when I'm hanging out the front door having a smoke.

[piku]

My year 10 student reports for my form. When not reading these amusing epics of witty wordplay (I've seen five ways to describe students as 'lazy sods' without actually writing those words) I'm reading the Red Dwarf book. Rimmer has just moved in with his new bunkmate.

[Saint Sandy]

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Reading this now, so far so good.

[Devlin]

Me reading? it's almost a miracle :p

but i'm reading 'The Bloody Road to Death' by Sven Hassel.

Must say it's quite interesting to read Can't say I can comment on whether it's good or not because i'm not even halfway through yet.

[F-ZeroOne]

Is "The Bloody Road to Death" [1] the actual title or some sort of composite creation to sum up the guys output...?!

[1] BUT I SAID I WANTED CHIPPINGS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE...

[Devlin]

Is "The Bloody Road to Death" [1] the actual title or some sort of composite creation to sum up the guys output...?!

[1] BUT I SAID I WANTED CHIPPINGS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE...

It's the actual title. here's a pic of the cover.

[zip accident]

Me reading? it's almost a miracle :p

but i'm reading 'The Bloody Road to Death' by Sven Hassel.

Must say it's quite interesting to read Can't say I can comment on whether it's good or not because i'm not even halfway through yet.

His later (2nd onwards) books turned into comedy-horror, as someone said, they glorify war. "Legion of the damned", his first, is good though.

[Saint Sandy]

Trawler by Redmond O'Hanlon



A great read so far, very informative and funny to boot.

I look forward to reading his other travel / adventure books.

[benedictw]

Reading 'Halting State' at the moment, killing myself with laughter, mainly - its very funny.

[Viscount Charles]

Just started Richard Morgan's Black Man. It won't be as good as his Takeshi Kovacs novels (like Altered Carbon), but I'm hoping that it will be better than Market Forces.

Halfway through now, and it's a LOT better than Market Forces, and pretty much on a par with Altered Carbon/Woken Furies (I thought that the 1st and 3rd Kovacs novels were better than the middle one).

I started on, but parted company with, the WH40k "Horus Heresy" saga about book 5 - when the story started to drift, and the writing was distinctly third-rate. The first two books were the only readable ones. And only "readable" in the sense of being written for 14-year olds (but that's OK - I'm 14 at heart).

I'm clearly going to have to buy another copy of World War Z, as someone wandered off with mine

Can't take Sven Hassel remotely seriously ever since being exposed to "Peter Rabbit - Tank Killer" back in the late 80s:
http://www.strategypage.com/humor/artic ... 691721.asp

[SimonB]

Don't think this has been posted here before, but too lazy to check!

Excel version of the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list so you can keep track if that's your thing.

Somewhat surprised to see I've only read 27 of them, but then I tend to stay away from the real world in my fiction.

http://johnandsheena.co.uk/books/?page_id=42

[F-ZeroOne]

The "Rough Guide to the Universe", by John Scalzi. Yes, that John Scalzi.