What are you currently reading?

[OchrisO]

When did you read Farenheit?

I don't know if you're referring to me or Jean, but I read it about 2 years ago.

[Orson Scott Card's Ender series.
Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick(most anything by him, really)
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
1984 by George Orwell
Frank Herbert's Dune series (not an Earth sort of situation, but certainly a lot of religious and political commentary and what excesses of either can lead to throughout)
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein

Brave New World was awful, but 1984 is one of my favorites. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was a good one, though it was definitely more "hard" sci-fi than the sci-fi I usually like/read.

Time seems to be proving Huxley right, though.

I'm pretty sure this has been posted somewhere on here before, but it is still pretty interesting.
Infographic behind the spoiler because it is big:

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[OchrisO]

Orson Scott Card's Ender series.
Do Android Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick(most anything by him, really)
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
1984 by George Orwell
Frank Herbert's Dune series (not an Earth sort of situation, but certainly a lot of religious and political commentary and what excesses of either can lead to throughout)
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein

I've read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". Really liked that one. A nice quick read, too.

Top of the list though has gotta be Dune, I've heard a lot of good things about that. The reasons you've given certainly help, too.

I really can't recommend Dune and the first few sequels enough.

[Ricky]

I enjoyed the ideas and concepts in Brave New World, but it felt like Huxley was using those ideas and plot to further get across his own political opinions/viewpoints. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, but I usually prefer story to take presidence.

[TwistedNadine]

I actually keep a speadsheet of all the stories, including my personal rating (1 to 4 stars) and a brief plot synopsis so I can keep track of what I've read over the years!

Although thats a great idea I dont think I will get quite that detailed. But I think I may start keeping track of which anthology Ive read. Been a few times now that Ive purchased one I already had and already read, and found some on my shelf Ive never read and thought I had.

[Mattrick]

Fernando would be happy to know I'm 280 pages into Desperation since I started the book last night. At the part where

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Entragian takes Ellie into the mine

I'll be very curious to read The Regulators when I find a copy of it...won't read it till I find the hardcover though so it could be awhile. I've actually never read a Bachman book before, but I doubt there is too much difference in the styles anyways.

[divemaster]

I'll be very curious to read The Regulators when I find a copy of it...won't read it till I find the hardcover though so it could be awhile. I've actually never read a Bachman book before, but I doubt there is too much difference in the styles anyways.

Mattrick, I beg you...read any of the other Bachman books first. The Regulators is not only the worst of the Bachman books but may be the worst thing King has ever written. It is nothing like Desperation, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

In my opinion.

[Mattrick]

I don't know much about the regulators aside from it's like a parallel universe with the same characters or something like that. Sounds intriguing but yeah, Desperation always begged me to read it more (and I heard Desperation should be read first, as aparently The Regulators is more complete that way).


For the first time in a month I have NO IDEA WTF I'M GOING TO READ NEXT!!!! My gut is leaning towards 'Cat's Cradle' by Vonnegut, but I may want to wait to read more Vonnegut. That's the problem with having twenty unread books on your couch.

[Ricky]

I think The Running Man might be my favorite Bachman book.

[WeDealInLead]

I don't know much about the regulators aside from it's like a parallel universe with the same characters or something like that. Sounds intriguing but yeah, Desperation always begged me to read it more (and I heard Desperation should be read first, as aparently The Regulators is more complete that way).


For the first time in a month I have NO IDEA WTF I'M GOING TO READ NEXT!!!! My gut is leaning towards 'Cat's Cradle' by Vonnegut, but I may want to wait to read more Vonnegut. That's the problem with having twenty unread books on your couch.

Try around 200 books in a TBR pile and you'll see my dilemma.

[Mattrick]

Well I have tons of books in on my 'to read list' and I get new books every week, the books at the top of my list get pushed back due to new purchases then those get pushed back, so it gets aggravating at times. Then I've got the books my friend has as well he's telling me to read, then the books my friend coming back from Korea in a few weeks will be recommending me lol

[jhanic]

I'll be very curious to read The Regulators when I find a copy of it...won't read it till I find the hardcover though so it could be awhile. I've actually never read a Bachman book before, but I doubt there is too much difference in the styles anyways.

Mattrick, I beg you...read any of the other Bachman books first. The Regulators is not only the worst of the Bachman books but may be the worst thing King has ever written. It is nothing like Desperation, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

In my opinion.

Divemaster, I just don't agree. I thoroughly enjoyed The Regulators.

The Bachman style and the King style are very different.

John

[Brice]

I now have more than 250 books in my to read pile(s).

:thumsup: to The dark Descent and Stories. Great anthologies and I read a LOT of horror anthologies.

Skarlet-Thomas Emson

[Jean]

I'll be very curious to read The Regulators when I find a copy of it...won't read it till I find the hardcover though so it could be awhile. I've actually never read a Bachman book before, but I doubt there is too much difference in the styles anyways.

Mattrick, I beg you...read any of the other Bachman books first. The Regulators is not only the worst of the Bachman books but may be the worst thing King has ever written. It is nothing like Desperation, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

In my opinion.

in bears' too

[TwistedNadine]

I think The Running Man might be my favorite Bachman book.

The Long Walk for me

[Dan]

I think The Running Man might be my favorite Bachman book.

The Long Walk for me

Yes, this!

[Robert Fulman]

I just finished reading "One Who Walked Alone" by Novalyne Price Ellis, who was Robert E. Howard's girlfriend in the 1930s before he died. The book was interesting, if a bit repetitive (he was an interesting man, but it seems like he had a limited range of things he liked to talk about). My wife and I also just watched the movie based on the book, called "The Whole Wide World" starring Vincent D'Onofrio and Renee Zellweger. It was a good adaptation of the book.

[Odetta]

Just finished A Clash of Kings... deciding whether I should go straight into the next one or read something else for a break!

[Ruthful]

And yes, my copy looks almost exactly like that one.

[WeDealInLead]

Larry Niven - A-hole in Space

Wait...

Spoiler:

A Hole in Space

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

I have too many books going, cant seem to finish any of them:
1.Nightmares and Dreamscapes - on " The House on Maple Street"
2.Lovecraft fiction Volume 4 - about halfway through
3. The Old Testament - on the book of Esther
4. Metallica - Some Kind of Monster - about halfway
5. Social Forces: The Great "They" in the Sky - about halfway
6. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - almost done
7. On the Origin of Species - about halfway.
8. We Were Soldiers Once, and Young. - just started.
9. The God Delusion - just started.

I've never had this many books going at once, not really my style. Just received a whole bunch of books in electronic format and cant resist the urge to start others before I finish the one I'm on. Guess I'll be finishing a bunch all at once.

[neosatus]

I have too many books going, cant seem to finish any of them:
1.Nightmares and Dreamscapes - on " The House on Maple Street"
2.Lovecraft fiction Volume 4 - about halfway through
3. The Old Testament - on the book of Esther
4. Metallica - Some Kind of Monster - about halfway
5. Social Forces: The Great "They" in the Sky - about halfway
6. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - almost done
7. On the Origin of Species - about halfway.
8. We Were Soldiers Once, and Young. - just started.
9. The God Delusion - just started.

I've never had this many books going at once, not really my style. Just received a whole bunch of books in electronic format and cant resist the urge to start others before I finish the one I'm on. Guess I'll be finishing a bunch all at once.

Wow, how do you read so many books at once? I'd have a hard tome remembering where I left off if I did that, I think. That would be cool to be able to manage though.

God Delusion is a great book. I learned a lot more from Selfish Gene, but both were excellent.


I'm reading:

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Well two are short story collections (N&D, Lovecraft) one is a collection of non-related essays (Social Forces) The bible is sufficiently divided. Couple are non-fiction. Only real fiction novels I have going are HGTTG (which i am almost done with) and We Were Young which I just started.

[Brice]

That is actually how I normally read. In fact it might explain why I'm reading so little this year. I've been reading one or two at a time. Normally I'd have anywhere from ten to twenty books going at once. When I get stuck on one (or more) I'll just start another and go back to the others. So are you reading the entire bible?

[thegunslinger41]

Just finished A Clash of Kings... deciding whether I should go straight into the next one or read something else for a break!

You must take a break and move onto something else for a while....the books are good but it's quite exhausting.

[fernandito]

..Normally I'd have anywhere from ten to twenty books going at once. When I get stuck on one (or more) ..