What are you reading at the moment?

legspin · Post by **legspin** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 2:20 am

Just finished a biography of Bill Hicks 'American Scream' by Cynthia True.
To paraphrase the man himself
Why is Bill Hicks dead and not Noel Edmonds?

Just about to start Nostradamus's Prophesies to see if he got it right this time about the next bishop of Rome

the PLA · Post by **the PLA** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 4:11 am

I just finished Cooper's The Last Of The Mohicans earlier today. Fantastic book!!! It's miles away from the movie & WAY better. I highly recommend it if you have any interest in that period of history or the peoples who were here before the 'Americans'.

I found it a bit of a hard read in spots though because of some of the language used since it was written in 1826, but it was well worth the effort.

stargurl · Post by **stargurl** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 4:32 am

Last week I read Blankets by Craig Thompson (graphic novel, I really enjoyed it) and Amanda Bright @ Home by Danielle Crittenden (meh, not really worth it).

Up next:
The Promise of Happiness - Justin Cartwright (novel)
Paul has a Summer Job - Michel Rabagliati (graphic novel)
Field Study - Rachel Seiffert (short stories)
Good-bye, Chunky Rice - Craig Thompson (graphic novel)

It's a good thing I work in a public library... free access to books!

Timbob · Post by **Timbob** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 1:33 pm

i'm reading this now:

in dutch this time

altho i read a lot of books in english too.

anyway, can't really tell you anything about it yet, as i just started.. it's supposed to be a great book

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:49 pm

Right at this moment I'm reading this thread...

Just finished 'Snow Crash' by Neal Stephenson (for the umpteenth time) and am about to start 'The Diamond Age' by the same author.

Funky Dung · Post by **Funky Dung** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:49 am

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I'm currently reading Michel de Montaigne's 'Essays'. He's a 16th Century French aristocrat who wrote loads of rambling stuff down about anything and everything – his life, his philosophical beliefs, cannibals, people not wearing trousers, bits of food getting stuck in his moustache... everything. The word "essay" is actually derived from him writing these pieces.

He's great. Very witty, very incisive, and very progressive thinking for the 16th Century.

Funky Dung

Dollydagger · Post by **Dollydagger** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:39 am

I am still reading Salam Pax - Baghdad Blog. Good job it's short diary entries so I can just dip in & out as I never seem to get the time to properly read these days

Anyway, bloody good book, it's by a young Iraqi who just started doing a web log of his life up to and around the invasion of Iraq. His posts are thoughtful & intelligent, yet he is like any regular young guy into music and going out but with this huge thing looming in his life, that obviously ends up changing things.
Recommended.

memly · Post by **memly** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:09 pm

Dollydagger wrote:I am still reading Salam Pax - Baghdad Blog. Good job it's short diary entries so I can just dip in & out as I never seem to get the time to properly read these days

Cool. I have the One Dot Zero DVD with this on it.
"punchy, hard-hitting and direct, graphic web promo for salam pax’s book of his blog [media-savvy iraqi net-addict started a web log and accidentally became the world's most famous web-diarist]. intro more than pack a graphic punch to match the emotional and loaded charge of pax’s missives. commissioned by screenbase for canongate books with music from salam's idol, warps very own aphex twin"

Nice DVD by the way
http://www.onedotzero.com/track.php?id=57&dvd=4

I have just finished reading "Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix" again

Just about at the right intellectual level for me!
Gonna start on the "The Da Vinci Code" straight after tho

little twin star · Post by **little twin star** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:20 pm

glamour magazine

Dollydagger · Post by **Dollydagger** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:29 pm

What about Heat?! I've missed out on all that trivia since you've gone

Pooka · Post by **Pooka** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:32 pm

Oh that would be why she wants me to bring over magazines later on in the week then!
She's asked the right person!
However, my magazine reading has taken a back bench at the moment as I have just finished 2 Dan Brown books, one being Demons and Angels which scarily is about a election of a new Pope.

I read quickly so I've always got a stash of books on the go.

tcb2000 · Post by **tcb2000** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:39 pm

Just finished 'Snow Crash' by Neal Stephenson (for the umpteenth time) and am about to start 'The Diamond Age' by the same author

The Diamond Age is probably my second favourite* book ever! Such a clever and imaginative plot, and back when it came out 10 years ago seemed pretty far in the future but technology is moving on! (same thing as with Snow Crash I suppose...).

Now reading : not a lot, I'm in a magazine phase...got no decent books to read at the moment. Though I've got a load of Ken MacLeod books that my mate Del swears are brilliant so I might get stuck into those.

Rich

*Favourite book ever is 'The Crow Road' by Iain Banks.

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:16 pm

I started reading 'The Diamond Age' when it was published, but for some reason I gave up. I love Neal Stephenson's style and he's very similar (but not as good) to William Gibson, who will always be my favourite author.

Karnorjax · Post by **Karnorjax** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 8:49 am

The moviegoers companion..

Fab little book of movie facts and trivia..

Hexaphim · Post by **Hexaphim** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:48 am

I'm reading A Clash of Kings, book two in the A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin, again.

Amazingly fantastic series, recommended to anyone who enjoys fantasy.

www.loopzorbital.com

What are you reading at the moment?

What are you reading at the moment?

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