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If this is a repost, I don't care. So, what are you currently reading while not posting or playing games?

Me? I'm enjoying the Satanic Bible.
 
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, Orwell's 1984, and (ya'll should love this) John O'Neil's Unfit for Command. I also read Ubersite frequently.
 
I'm currently reading Song of Susanna, book #6 of the Dark Tower series. I'm enjoying it so far. Also, I'm reading The Inferno of Dante whenever I need to take a break from King. Both are amazing books. I recommend both!

For school, I just finished reading Grendel, a book telling the story of Beowulf from the monster's PoV, and I must say, It is an AMAZING book! I reccomend that over the other two.
 
[quote name='The Gifuto']Currently reading Tai-Pan by James Clavell.[/QUOTE]

Clavell's great. I liked Shogun most.
 
[quote name='Tiphireth']Clavell's great. I liked Shogun most.[/QUOTE]

Shogun was good, but it was a loooong fucking book. I ended up zoning for the ending.
 
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It has all five of the books in the series. I keep reading this on and off. I think I'm on Life, Universe, and Everything right now.

Currently looking into getting Da Vinci Code and awaiting for Half-Blood Prince.
 
Right now? Nothing. Don't have time right now because of the whole "last week of high school" thing.

Two choices for my next book, though. The first Dirk Gently novel is one of them, and one I've wanted to read for ages. I'm leaning a bit more towards The Lonely Bones, though, because I've been told over and over again that I'd like it. Best to read it and find out myself, I guess...
 
I just started reading Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" in school, and the last book I read out of school was "Mostly Harmless", from the Hitchhiker's Guide Trilogy, about a month ago.

[quote name='tyecko']Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas[/QUOTE]

Has anyone seen the movie with Johnny Depp, and if so, was it any good?

[quote name='Over easy']

Currently looking into getting Da Vinci Code and awaiting for Half-Blood Prince.[/QUOTE]

Me too.
 
[quote name='SneakyPenguin']Shogun was good, but it was a loooong fucking book. I ended up zoning for the ending.[/QUOTE]

Eh. A day, at most. It did start to drag, I'll tell you that. I also read it in ninth grade. It was contest between me and this Battletech fellow to finish it first.
 
Im partway through the ultimate hitchihkers guide as well, and i'm also reading "the man who mistook his wife for a hat," an account of all the weirdest clinical patients this shrink had.
 
Just the required books for my classes for now, which is a book about Level Design, Game Design Perspectives, and some argument book for English.
 
Finishing up the Earth Sea trilogy now. Not as good as I expected, but not a bad read. I also recently finished Issac Assimov's Foundation trilogy and really liked it a lot.
 
The Birth of the Queen: Sodomy and the Emergence of Gender Equality in Modern Culture, 1660-1750 by Randolph Trumbach, if you need a copy let me know....
 
[quote name='sblymnlcrymnl']Nothing at the moment. Read the Battle Royale novel a couple weeks back though.[/QUOTE]

That is definateyly my favorite book of all time. I finished it about a week or two ago, and it was so incredibly good.
 
I just went to the library today and checked out Phantom by Susan Kay. This is the 2nd time I'm reading this book. First time, I read this book many years ago. But recently got interested in it again because I just saw Phantom of Opera movie on DVD.
 
[quote name='Mr Unoriginal']Finishing up the Earth Sea trilogy now. Not as good as I expected, but not a bad read. I also recently finished Issac Assimov's Foundation trilogy and really liked it a lot.[/QUOTE]
The Foundation books are great. Plan on reading the extended trilogy books?

Now I want to re-read those. And I want to re-read the seven books of Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series.
 
[quote name='Tiphireth']Great book.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, it's my 3rd bible.

The 2nd is Tao of Jeet Kun Do by Bruce Lee and the 1st is "Star Wars: The Essential Chronology" by I don't know who.
 
[quote name='WhipSmartBanky']The Foundation books are great. Plan on reading the extended trilogy books?

Now I want to re-read those. And I want to re-read the seven books of Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I was at a local book store just yesterday and saw book 5 and 6, I had no idea there were more. Once I find part 4 I'll start on the extended triology. Does it follow the first directly, or just focus on the same theme?
 
[quote name='SneakyPenguin']That is definateyly my favorite book of all time. I finished it about a week or two ago, and it was so incredibly good.[/QUOTE]

Here's my initial post-BR post:

[quote name='sblymnlcrymnl']Before I forget, I finished reading the Battle Royale novel yesterday. Mitsuko's still at the top of the list but Shinji's stock shot up and damn near knocked her off the perch. Kiriyama is pretty awesome but at the same time not very interesting. Fave Kiriyama moment was actually the mention the he mastered the violin and threw it in the trash, if you can believe that.[/QUOTE]

Actual post is here, not that it matters.
 
[quote name='jaykrue']Yeah, it's my 3rd bible.

The 2nd is Tao of Jeet Kun Do by Bruce Lee and the 1st is "Star Wars: The Essential Chronology" by I don't know who.[/QUOTE]

My bibles are Fight Club (OT) and Survivor (NT). :lol:
 
I'm currently reading The Eye of the World, the first book in The Wheel of Time series. I started it awhile ago and couldn't get past the fifth chapter, due to Jordan's tendency to describe things to EVERY last detail. However, now that I've gotten further, it's actually pretty damn good. Can't wait to go read more tomorrow at work.
 
[quote name='Mr Unoriginal']Yeah I was at a local book store just yesterday and saw book 5 and 6, I had no idea there were more. Once I find part 4 I'll start on the extended triology. Does it follow the first directly, or just focus on the same theme?[/QUOTE]
I haven't read the non-Asimov ones (considered the "Second Trilogy"), but the ordering is a bit tricky, which is why I want to re-read them. This should help, if you're interested.

http://www.asimovonline.com/asimov_FAQ.html#series
 
Stephen King: Wolves of the Calla
Anthony Bourdain: Kitchen Confidential
Timothy Jon Curry, Kent Schwirian, and Rachel Woldorff: High Stakes: Big Time Sports and Downtown Development
Andrew Heath and Joseph Potter: Nation of Rebels: Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture

Nothing like leisure reading,

myke.
 
im not reading anything right now, but im considering reading that book grendel someone mentioned earlier. i should reread beowulf to refresh my memory of what happened.
 
I should finish up Fire Watch by Connie Willis either tonight or tomorrow morning. It's a collection of 12 short stories by her, including one really disturbing, fucked up one.

I think I'll be starting The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams after that.
 
[quote name='sblymnlcrymnl']My bibles are Fight Club (OT) and Survivor (NT). :lol:[/QUOTE]

I've read all pahlaniuk's fiction novels other than the newest one (haunted), he's gotta be my favorite author.
 
[quote name='weimerwanger']I've read all pahlaniuk's fiction novels other than the newest one (haunted), he's gotta be my favorite author.[/QUOTE]

Same here. I own everything he's written except the new one. And I have an autographed copy of Stranger Than Fiction, which I haven't even read yet. :lol:
 
Every month I read GI and EGM, next month won't have to worry about GI though. As for an actual book, I just read Great Expectations. Think I'm gonna take the summer off as far as reading goes, except in text games of course.
 
My subscribed magazines are Soldier of Fortune, Newtype and OXM. I like Edge and a few other mags too.
 
[quote name='weimerwanger']I've read all pahlaniuk's fiction novels other than the newest one (haunted), he's gotta be my favorite author.[/QUOTE]

Save yourself some disappointment and don't read Haunted. It's just not all that good. And I love Chuck, even his non-fiction.

Anywasy, I'm currently reading Heart of Redness by Zakes Mda. He's a South African writer who visited my school eariler this year. As a bonus, he signed my copy!
 
[quote name='Tromack']Right now? Nothing.
I have just finished:
Dune (for the 10,000th time)
Neuromancer
Shadow and Claw[/QUOTE]

:applause: Dune and neuromancer, damn fine books.
 
ive moved on to Sex, Gender, and Sexual Identity in Modern Culture: Male Sodomy and Female Prostitution in Enlightenment London by Randolph Trumbach
 
Right now I'm reading 'Star Wars and Philosophy'. I picked up the Battle Royale novel a couple of days ago so I'll probably be starting that sometime soon.
 
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