what are you reading?

Post by **Jedburgh** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:18 pm 0

Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver. Excellent stuff so far.

Mr_Flashpants · Post by **Mr_Flashpants** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:24 pm 0

/Comes in right at the end to kill the thread as usual.

I'm reading The Remains of the Day at the moment, and jolly good it is too. Prior to that I read The Prestige, and jolly good that was too (although the ending is a bit rushed/confusing).

I went through a phase recently where I read all the Fleming Bond books in succession - if you haven't read Bond I highly recommend them.

the2bears · Post by **the2bears** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:26 pm 0

Murakami's Kafka on the Shore. Really enjoying it so far, one of his better novels I think.

Bill

rowan · Post by **rowan** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:32 pm 0

"Impossible Journeys" by Matthew Lyons.
Quite interesting, about journeys that people made that are impossible for
various reasons - maybe the destination was made up by the cartographers,
maybe a place has since been submerged etc.

May try that Murakami, I've only read Wind Up Bird and I thought it was
fantastic for several reasons.

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:06 pm 0

Two books I read recently are:

Pushing Ice. Alastair Reynolds. His best yet. Really fucking amazing.

Accelerando. Charles Stross. Available for free off the guys website if you dont want to fork out for dead trees.

You know a book is going to be ultra technical when almost the first thing that happens is slashdot gets mentioned. Mainly about technological development into and through the singularity.

And if you want to do more research on that books topics then reading The Singularity Is Near - Ray Kurzweil. So technical it makes your eyes bleed and almost 1/3 of the book is the references.

Kelloggs · Post by **Kelloggs** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:45 pm 0

CCNA Self-Study: INTRO. Followed by, no doubt, CCNA Self-Study: ICND.

I need a life.

laptoplover · Post by **laptoplover** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:56 pm 0

Marian Keyes' Anybody out there?

Managed to pick it up as an airport release at the weekend. So far it's living up to her usual standards, though the familiar characters aren't so fimiliar any more as they have grown up and overcome their previous problems some what...

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:04 pm 0

Lavondyss by Robert Holdstock (the 'sequel' to Mythago Wood).

Wonderful book that I must have read at least half a dozen times over the past few years.

Hard to describe it really and do it the justice that it so richly deserves, but a few short reviews can be found at Amazon.

galaxis · Post by **galaxis** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:57 am 0

After he was mentioned here somewhere, I'm currently reading Jasper Fforde's "The Eyre Affair", and besides that a few pages of "Secrets and Lies" by Bruce Schneier every week. Probably need something new tomorrow

ThetaReactor · Post by **ThetaReactor** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:08 am 0

Richard Feynman - The Pleasure of Finding Things Out.

nyarla · Post by **nyarla** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:49 am 0

rowan wrote:"Impossible Journeys" by Matthew Lyons.
Quite interesting, about journeys that people made that are impossible for
various reasons - maybe the destination was made up by the cartographers,
maybe a place has since been submerged etc.

May try that Murakami, I've only read Wind Up Bird and I thought it was
fantastic for several reasons.

That Impossible Journeys sounds cool.
I've only read Dance Dance Dance by Murakami, and loved it. Keep meaning to find more of his stuff...

I've now read books 2-4 of Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next Series - utterly awesome.

Now reading Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series - comedy/crime.. Read the first seven books over the last 3 days :O

the2bears · Post by **the2bears** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 7:01 am 0

rowan wrote:May try that Murakami, I've only read Wind Up Bird and I thought it was fantastic for several reasons.

Since you liked Wind Up Bird... I'll give you a guarantee on Kafka on the Shore. I'm half-way through it and it's going from really good to even better.

Bill

Saint Sandy · Post by **Saint Sandy** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:03 am 0

kalmar · Post by **kalmar** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:40 am 0

Just finished Kafka on the Shore (very good), now reading The Dead Heart (OK so far)

grue · Post by **grue** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:44 pm 0

In about 5 minutes I'll begin Steven Erikson's "The Bonehunters" after a 2-year long wait!

Bless!