What are you reading right now?

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Well, I am always reading a few things at a time. I have a pile here next to me for when I finish the XMarks posts. On top is the current issue of This Old House. My wife and I both love to renovate old houses (although none of ours are ever as old as the ones the TOH crew tackles) and enjoy the magazine. Then I have some classic SF and some vintage and classic SF. The classic SF is Robert Heinlein's Podkayne of Mars. Why? becuase it is a good story and I am currently reading the original UK paperback which has a cover that would be considered racy (and certainly reveals race! which is integral to the story, but not correct according to the book) today. The VINTAGE SF is a copy of Tom Corbett and the Robot Rocket, by Cary Rockwell with technical assistance by William Ley. Very vintage SF from the 50's. I enjoyed them when I was growing up (my Dad passed them on to me) and they are still well written stories today, if you ignore some of the science that has become outdated.

And Bubba, I am a big fan of McCaffry's. Not the Dragonrider books, never got into those, but her Pegasus series, including the Rowan series, is awesome.

I suppose I should read something more substantial and educational, but by the time the work day is over, the kids are in bed and I have finished up everything else, I just want some mindless entertainment.

[Rob Wright]

Pulled out my old Jack Williamson books after hearing of his death today

The Legion of Space books are so much fun and one one of my prized posessions is a copy ofhis novel Demon Moon autographed by him.

Also reading:

The Dune Encyclopedia
V For Vendetta-Alan Moore & David Loyd
V For Vendetta:From Script to Screen-Wachoski and McTeigue
Love Actually screenplay-Richard Curtis
Wintersmith -Terry Pratchett
The Legion of Space series-Jack Williamson
The End Vol 13 A Series of Unfortunate Events-Lemony Snickett
The Black Douglas': Lordship and Warfare in Medieval Scotland 1300-1455
Grendel:War Child-Matt Wagner


Also writing on a continuing story DARKNESS DESCENDING and draft 2A of my screen play HELLS BELLS.

Rob

[raindog]

Panache wrote....raindog,

Have you seen Herminator's avatar?

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/member.php?u=1376

Aiiieeeeee! Panache!! Chthulu lives!!

Nice selection of books Rob


Jeff.

[Kilted_John]

Ya guys are probably gonna laugh, but the most read books I have, are the Volvo 240 service manual binder set... The official "Greenbooks" for those of us who own Volvos. ;-)

Otherwise, it's usually a photography book of some sort... Gonna have to pick up a manual for Mac OS X in the next couple days... Just recently went to a modern OS and am planning to do the switch beginning tomorrow.

-J

[davedove]

I just finished "1776", a historical novel about the American campaigning of that year.

I just started "My American Journey" an autobiography by Colin Powell.

I will read about anything, but my tastes normally run to science fiction and fantasy.

And KCW, I really enjoyed the Pegasus series, as well as the Rowan (and family) books.

[GMan]

After finishing The Shadow of the Wind (as mentioned earlier in the thread), am now reading The Barn at the End of the Road by Mary Rose O'Reilly

[Jerry]

I just started re-reading Jean M Auel's Earth's Children series (about a third of the way through Clan of The Cave Bear). And, this morning, I ordered a copy of Robert A Heinlein's Time Enough for Love, from Powell's Books I might check back later to see of they have a copy of Eragon too.

[millar]

Feeling very retro I am re-reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence. It is a great book about life and thought. Also on the night stand is William Carlos Williams collected poems, Magic Mountain and Chi Running.

[andyfg]

At the moment (changes weekly):

Iris Murdoch, Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals
Iris Murdoch, The Sea the Sea
Grace Jantzen, Becoming Divine
Shirley Toulson, The Celtic Year

Interesting, all women writers.

[Rob Wright]

Aiiieeeeee! Panache!! Chthulu lives!!

Nice selection of books Rob


Jeff.

I want to see Chthulu take on the flying Sphaghetti Monster

Raindog I have a huge library largely put together by scouring the used bookstore to find the older stuff. Somewhere I have a massive box of the old Ace doubles, lots of John brunner and others fun reads. I also enjoy Robert E. Howards work been buying the limited runs of his work published by Wanderstar Press.

Rob