What are you currently reading?

[Adumbros]

Rodman was underrated for sure. Glad to see you mention Robertson. I don't think anyone will ever be quite as good as the Big O. When someone else puts up career numbers that average a triple-double, only then should the conversation of greatest player ever be revisited. There have been better pure shooters, better pure defensive players, better pure rebounders, but there has never been anyone who could come close to putting the total game together night after night, year after year the way Robertson did.

indeed. Oscar is truly my favorite player, even though he never played a minute for my fave team (Boston). I would have a hard time with best pure shooter...maybe Reggie Miller comes to mind. That motherfucker was a beast with the ball in his hands, and the more it mattered, the deadlier he was. yes, I would take Miller over Larry Legend, as astounding as that may sound.

Best pure defensive player: Wilt Chamberlain. No one else has ever come close to leading the league in both steals and blocks.

Best pure rebounder: even more than Rodman, Bill Russell. Ol' B-Russ went toe-to-toe with Wilt, who was at least 5 inches taller, and constantly dominated him, usually outrebounding him by 20 caroms or more.

I like the way you debate. Most "fans" have little if any education beyond the first game they ever witnessed, and also want to base their arguments on who did the most (i.e., the argument for Jordan or Kobe as best scorer) or the most often (i.e. Stockton for best point guard...but let's be realistic, when situations are tailor-made specifically for a player, then his stock plummets in my books).

You would make an interesting co-anchor on a sports-talk show, altho i highly doubt ESPN would ever take notice of either of us.

[Jean]

guys... did you get Daghain's subtle hint? this is a What are you currently reading? thread.

[educatedlady]

I'm re-reading Dracula because I just got a copy of it that has a bunch of critical essays included. Even when I'm not in school I geek out over critical essays. lol.

[Adumbros]

also reading Thinner, which is the book that most proves my affection for Brice and my ability to put others before self. I found a paperback 1st edition of the book in a mom-and-pop store for !!!!89cents!!!! several years back, and immediately thought of him, and sent it to him for his b-day.

[Brice]

also reading Thinner, which is the book that most proves my affection for Brice and my ability to put others before self. I found a paperback 1st edition of the book in a mom-and-pop store for !!!!89cents!!!! several years back, and immediately thought of him, and sent it to him for his b-day.

Wasn't it you the First of The Running Man came from?


I am reading Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon... among several others I've already listed.

[Adumbros]

also reading Thinner, which is the book that most proves my affection for Brice and my ability to put others before self. I found a paperback 1st edition of the book in a mom-and-pop store for !!!!89cents!!!! several years back, and immediately thought of him, and sent it to him for his b-day.

Wasn't it you the First of The Running Man came from?


I am reading Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon... among several others I've already listed.

could be. i know i got you the first of Thinner. altho admittedly i haven't had much time for treasure-hunting these last few years. however, i plan to renew my packratting habits very soon. in fact, i found something that i intend to get two copies of if at all possible: 1st edition signed hardcover of Carrie.

next project after It and Thinner will probably be to find a copy of Rage. been a good long while since i read that.

[Heather19]

I myself am 700 pages into It, having just witnessed The Apocalyptic Rockfight.

My favorite. I get excited whenever I hear someone's reading it. Is this your first time, or have you previously read it?

[Daghain]

Just finished The Listeners and Other Poems by Walter de la Mare and am starting Collected Poems by Philip Larkin. I only get a 1/2 hour lunch, so I find it easier to keep a poetry book around to kill time - I have more time at home to read books. This explains my weird parallel reading habits - poetry at work and brain candy at home.

[Adumbros]

I myself am 700 pages into It, having just witnessed The Apocalyptic Rockfight.

My favorite. I get excited whenever I hear someone's reading it. Is this your first time, or have you previously read it?

No verily...In fact, every time I read it, I keep expecting Stan to haul off and pop Richie in the fuckin mouth for some of his rather tasteless (even by Trashmouth standards) Jewish cracks.

[Ruthful]

Too many books to enumerate here, but here are a few of them,

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, by Mary Roach

The Case Against Immigration, by Michael Krikorian

Yours, Jack, which is basically a condensed version of a collection of letters penned by C.S. Lewis.

Lust, Caution, by Eileen Chang

I'm also rereading The Bell Jar.

[Tiffany]

Re-reading Everything's Eventual.

I read LSofE when I first got it about a month ago and felt sort of soothed at being reunited with Roland (even if only for a short time).

I forgot how creepy "The Man in the Black Suit" was. I'm now in the middle of "Everything's Eventual."


Prior to this, I finished The Coma by Alex Garland. I picked it up because I really enjoyed The Beach. Wish I could say the same for the other.

[Adumbros]

ready to start on Thinner, finally, having completed the near-Biblical tome that is It.

[Ka-tet]

The Dark Tower V: Do i even need to say the title of this book?...

[Jean]

The Dark Tower V: Do i even need to say the title of this book?...

say it! say it! it's my favorite of them all, I love to see it mentioned no matter how often!

[Ka-tet]

WOLVES OF THE CALLA!!!!

177 pages in two days, and thats just at breaks in college >.<

[Adumbros]

Even though i can't call it my fave, i did think that it was overall the best. yes, granted, song of susannah was nonstop action. but the story in WOTC was INCREDIBLE. for once in the set, King had actually introduced characters outside the ka-tet that were more than just subtle, wet paper imitations of a cast, and the work he did with those characters was outstanding.

[Jean]

WOLVES OF THE CALLA!!!!

177 pages in two days, and thats just at breaks in college >.<

[frankybeans]

check out the amazon kindle. digital book. its cool stuff. you can download entire books for 1 dollar

[Adumbros]

i'm actually on the shelf for His Dark Materials trilogy once i finish Thinner. (for those not in the know, the movie The Golden Compass was based off of HDM Volume I: Northern Lights.)

[leaveittobeezer]

just got done reading Watchmen & all i can say is...wow

btw frankybeans i bought the kindle in June & i gotta say i love it. most books are more than a dollar but they're a helluva lot cheaper than if you would buy' em at borders

[fernandito]

just got done reading Watchmen & all i can say is...wow

Excellent!

Are you a comics/GN fan in general, or did you pick it up after watching the movie trailer?

[Unfound One]

Yay, another Watchmen fan.
I need to read it again (a couple times) before the film.

Currently Reading: Man Gone Down by Michael Thomas

[Sol]

Currently re-reading/buying Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis and Darrick Robertson.

I love this comic series! ^_^

[leaveittobeezer]

I used to collect comics ages ago, & just recently began collecting again.
Started with the DT adaptations, then i picked up Watchmen after seeing the trailer. One book that I never got around to reading years ago was the Sandman. Picked up the first 3 series (Preludes & Nocturnes, The Doll's House, & Dream Country) & devoured them. I've always loved Neil Gaiman but never bothered to read Sandman before now. Soooooooo good!

[Adumbros]

i used to collect comics myself; i never re-started because the modern shit just isn't anywhere near as good. the last comic i remember buying was X-Men:Omega, and though i reveled highly in the Age of Apocalypse series, even then the quality of comic books was in serious decline. I haven't been able to pick anything up since, and it's sad, because when i did collect, i had shit you wouldn't believe; i.e. Uncanny X-Men #1, Amazing Fantasy #15, Incredible Hulk #180, Amazing Spiderman #345, Secret Wars #8/Web of Spiderman #18/Amazing Spiderman #300, etc. etc. but once the concept fell from grace, i couldn't even bring myself to keep any of those; alas, the only comics i currently own at all are the Age of Apocalype set and its four-book predecessor, Legion Quest.

shame.