Whats everyone reading(for pleasure) nowadays?

[Russell Jones]

I just finished the "His Dark Materials" trilogy. I don't normally do children's books but they were a quick read and pretty cool stories. I've got Ulysses sitting on my bedside table but I keep procrastinating. I'll probably make a start on it this weekend - never before has starting a book filled me with such apprehension.

[Mark_Wallace]

*ack!* But at least there's a solid reason for it. Trainspotting was worse, with that awful phonetic representation of the Scots accent -- if a character is Scottish, tell me, and I'll add the accent myself, ta very much.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

[Dan Neely]

Warp Speed[^] by Travis Taylor. Yes it is; I've read it before. It features an Alcubierre Warp Drive, and I'm (among other things) looking to see if it has a description from the outside. Someone asked about it a few days ago; and I'm guessing someone with relevant PHDs can probably make a better guess about what it looks like than a bunch of random programmers. :laugh:

3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

[Snowman58]

One Second After by William R. Forstchen[^] A post apocalypse look at what would happen to society if all our silicon turned back to sand following an EMP event.

Melting Away www.deals-house.com www.innovative--concepts.com

[CKnig]

Both are a good read (and every book by N.S. BTW). Anathem was a great but sadly N.S. almost evertime tend to mess up the end - it just feels wrong. But I guess you know what I'm saying - after all Neverwhere's end is somewhat unsadisfactory too (well the poor fellow is neither the hero nor get's the girl - w.t.f.? ;P )

[Gary Wheeler]

Persuader[^] by Lee Child; one of his 'Jack Reacher' novels. I'm enjoying it thus far. Normally I read science fiction for fun (John Scalzi, Joe Haldeman, and Alan Dean Foster are some of my favorites). I've got a friend I trade books with, and he's been trying to get me to branch out a bit.

Software Zen: delete this;

[eslsys]

Last Night in Twisted River - John Irving [^]

[eslsys]

Whats the End of Food like, its on my list of potential next reads?

[SimonRigby]

Finshed The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson Half way through Skin Privilege - Karin Slaughter Next will be Lord of the Flies - William Golding

The only thing unpredictable about me is just how predictable I'm going to be.

[Mark Denson]

M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman. Very reminiscent of Ray Bradbury's early works.

[Media2r]

Re-reading The Third Twin by Ken Follett. Very good book if you like science (and quite a bit of pseudo-science) oriented suspense stories. With that in mind I also recommend Dean R. Koontz. //L

[coding4ever]

I read the following on a daily basis: Panda Bear Panda Bear What Do you See[^] Peeka Who[^] Is Your Mama a Llama?[] I have an 18 month old what can I say? :-D

[Shelby Robertson]

Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:

Unpaid overtime is slavery.

Trollslayer wrote:

Meetings - where minutes are taken and hours are lost.

[Vic Rauch]

same kind of different as me. "A modern-day slave, an international art dealer, and the unlikely woman who bound them together"

[Alan Burkhart]

I enjoy the novels by Doug Preston and Lincoln Child. Their style is sort of a blend of Dean Koontz and Michael Crichton. Try "Blasphemy", "Still Life With Crows" and (especially) "The Ice Limit." Great stuff. http://www.prestonchild.com/[^]

[Alan Burkhart]

Koontz is among the best, imo. "The Good Guy" and "The Husband" are my favs among his more recent works, but the two-volume saga of Christopher Snow ("Fear Nothing" and "Seize the Night") remains my all-time favorite Koontz novels. Creepy stuff and great characters.

[Alan Burkhart]

God created man. Man created religion. (just my opinion) It's interesting, if occasionally horrifying, to read an unbiased account of the life of Muhammad (Islam's prophet). Suffice it to say he led a colorful life. There are a number of books and websites published by scholarly ex-Muslims on the subject.

[GStrad]

I'm on book ten of the wheel of time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Wheel\_of\_Time I had to take after the first seven books and read some other stuff, but now plan to continue to the end. Worth a read for sure, but can get a bit hard going. during the break I re-read the Earthsea Quartet (Ursula K LeGuin) and the Shannara trilogy (Terry Brooks) both real classics and easy to read.

[vaghelabhavesh]

Well me, usually a posts like "Why .... sucks" :-)

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail! Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person. - Chanakya

[fglenn]

A good book if you scan past Ayn Rand's soap-box speeches. However D'anconia's (sp?) speech about "What is money?" ought to be carved in stone for all to see.

Fletcher Glenn