What Are You Reading?

[XOMuffintop]

Here is what I am currently reading. In the last few months I have read The Road (McCarthy), No Country for Old Men (McCarthy), Bad Luck and Trouble (Lee Child), American Tabloid (for like the 5th time. Jame Ellroy), Ender's Game (Card).

Graphic Novel: V for Vendetta Aside from my monthly pulls, I try and read a GN once a month to fill some of the gaps in my reading and decided to read this now since I am far away enough from the movie to read it on its own merits. I really like it. Moore is one of my favorite writers of any medium and I am kind pissed at myself for not reading this sooner. Reall good, subversive stuff.

Novel: The Stand by King. I read this novel when I was in high school and decided to re-read it after watching a little of the mini-series on Sci Fi last month. Forgot how good it really was and can appreciate a lot more of the novel now that I am 28 as opposed to the 15 year old kid who read it originally.

[stereosforgeeks]

I am reading Neuromancer at the moment, but will soon be starting Blindness for BotM.

Neuromancer is one of my favorite books of all time. I jus finished reading Gibson's newest book and love how he has gone from Sci Fi punk kid to literary lion (with one or two almost lame books in between).

Welcome to the zone XOMuffintop. You can introduce yourself here.

As for Neuromancer, it's my first Gibson book. Ive also, got Burning Chrome sitting on a shelf waiting to be read as well. Any other suggestions would be great.

[Keepcoolbutcare]

Ive also, got Burning Chrome sitting on a shelf waiting to be read as well. Any other suggestions would be great.

i love next book in the Sprawl Trilogy, COUNT ZERO. Third was pretty good as well.

I'd stay away from the Bridge Trilogy, but the middle book, IDORU, maybe his best work...and no worries, you don't have to read the first or the third in that series to appreciate it.

as for the "now" Trilogy, I preferred PATTERN RECOGNITION over SPOOK COUNTRY.

BURNING CHROME is one tight collection...while I love Abel Ferrara, I can't believe how much I loathed his adaptation of NEW ROSE HOTEL...man had Dafoe and Walken and Argento (she was a tad miscast though), and he fucked that up something fierce.

[Keepcoolbutcare]

Here is what I am currently reading. In the last few months I have read The Road (McCarthy), No Country for Old Men (McCarthy)

if you liked those, I heartily recommend BLOOD MERIDIAN.

still my favorite book of his.

[stereosforgeeks]

Ive also, got Burning Chrome sitting on a shelf waiting to be read as well. Any other suggestions would be great.

i love next book in the Sprawl Trilogy, COUNT ZERO. Third was pretty good as well.

I'd stay away from the Bridge Trilogy, but the middle book, IDORU, maybe his best work...and no worries, you don't have to read the first or the third in that series to appreciate it.

as for the "now" Trilogy, I preferred PATTERN RECOGNITION over SPOOK COUNTRY.

BURNING CHROME is one tight collection...while I love Abel Ferrara, I can't believe how much I loathed his adaptation of NEW ROSE HOTEL...man had Dafoe and Walken and Argento (she was a tad miscast though), and he fucked that up something fierce.

Thanks for the info KC... I'll have to check out Ferrara's New Rose Hotel after I read to story to see just how wrong it went.

[minstrel]

I'm reading bits and pieces of Will Durant's "The Story of Civilization". I picked up a copy of the whole set off Ebay for cheap recently.

[caruso_stalker217]

I... can't read.

[travis-dane]

I... can't read.

Fuck man!
I saw that you posted here and wanted to "wiseass" you with a "You can read?" line.....

[Petri]

I'm ready House. I've enjoyed both Peretti's and Dekker's previous books but this one is pretty boring.

[caruso_stalker217]

I... can't read.

Fuck man!
I saw that you posted here and wanted to "wiseass" you with a "You can read?" line.....

Yeah, I pulled kind of a preemptive strike on your ass.

In truth, I haven't read anything new in quite a while. The next book I will be reading is the new edition of SEAGALOGY. So I think I need to start reading shit again.

[caruso_stalker217]

Actually, the most recent book I read was BLAZE by King/Bachman. I thought it was pretty good until it fizzled out in the end.

[Brendan M.]

Currently reading:


Its been a long time since I read the book after I had already seen the movie based on it.

[Maui]

Here is what I am currently reading. In the last few months I have read The Road (McCarthy), No Country for Old Men (McCarthy), Bad Luck and Trouble (Lee Child), American Tabloid (for like the 5th time. Jame Ellroy), Ender's Game (Card).

Also another McCarthy recommendation, "The Border Trilogy". Regarded as his finest work by the literary community.

[magicmonkey]

Ive also, got Burning Chrome sitting on a shelf waiting to be read as well. Any other suggestions would be great.

i love next book in the Sprawl Trilogy, COUNT ZERO. Third was pretty good as well.

I'd stay away from the Bridge Trilogy, but the middle book, IDORU, maybe his best work...and no worries, you don't have to read the first or the third in that series to appreciate it.

as for the "now" Trilogy, I preferred PATTERN RECOGNITION over SPOOK COUNTRY.

BURNING CHROME is one tight collection...while I love Abel Ferrara, I can't believe how much I loathed his adaptation of NEW ROSE HOTEL...man had Dafoe and Walken and Argento (she was a tad miscast though), and he fucked that up something fierce.

Thanks for the info KC... I'll have to check out Ferrara's New Rose Hotel after I read to story to see just how wrong it went.

Ha, spare yourself the pain, unless you like what ultimately amounts to a crazy old man vanity piece.

[XOMuffintop]

I am reading Neuromancer at the moment, but will soon be starting Blindness for BotM.

Neuromancer is one of my favorite books of all time. I jus finished reading Gibson's newest book and love how he has gone from Sci Fi punk kid to literary lion (with one or two almost lame books in between).

Welcome to the zone XOMuffintop. You can introduce yourself here.

As for Neuromancer, it's my first Gibson book. Ive also, got Burning Chrome sitting on a shelf waiting to be read as well. Any other suggestions would be great.

Thanks for the welcome. I am glad to be here and have already made my intros on the board.

[XOMuffintop]

Here is what I am currently reading. In the last few months I have read The Road (McCarthy), No Country for Old Men (McCarthy)

if you liked those, I heartily recommend BLOOD MERIDIAN.

still my favorite book of his.

Yeah, Blood Meridian is in my pile right now but I needed to take a break from McCarthy. Something about his writing really affects me. After reading NCFOM and The Road back to back, I noticed that I have become a little depressed. I will be going back and reading it soon though.

[Keepcoolbutcare]

After reading NCFOM and The Road back to back, I noticed that I have become a little depressed. I will be going back and reading it soon though.

heh, good idea.

'cuz BLOOD MERIDIAN will slam that "little" depression into full on manic melancholy...

[bluebottle]

man, as depressing as mcarthy's stuff is - i read the easter parade by richard yates yesterday...

holy shit... that book made me want to kill myself.

check it out!

[stereosforgeeks]

man, as depressing as mcarthy's stuff is - i read the easter parade by richard yates yesterday...

holy shit... that book made me want to kill myself.

check it out!

In a bathtub with a straight razor... or a bottle of bleach by your side?

[bluebottle]

m an, as depressing as mcarthy's stuff is - i read the easter parade by richard yates yesterday...

holy shit... that book made me want to kill myself.

check it out!

In a bathtub with a straight razor... or a bottle of bleach by your side?

long rope in the shed.

[TonyWilson]

I'm reading Donna Tartt's A Secret History, great so far but I'm struggiling to understand why it's considered a modern classic.

Also reading a collection of short stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, now these really are fantastic, each story is such a pleasure to read - from stream of consciousness to magic realism the stories are all wonderfully lush and evocative self contained universes. Seriously amazing stuff.

[Ribbons]

Also reading a collection of short stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, now these really are fantastic, each story is such a pleasure to read - from stream of consciousness to magic realism the stories are all wonderfully lush and evocative self contained universes. Seriously amazing stuff.

I'm finishing another magical realist book right now, House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. It's been compared to a watered-down version of Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude and I can definitely see why (it chronicles several generations of one family and the history of a pastoral South American village), but I'm still digging it a lot.

[TonyWilson]

Also reading a collection of short stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, now these really are fantastic, each story is such a pleasure to read - from stream of consciousness to magic realism the stories are all wonderfully lush and evocative self contained universes. Seriously amazing stuff.

I'm finishing another magical realist book right now, House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. It's been compared to a watered-down version of Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude and I can definitely see why, but I'm still digging it a lot.

That sounds pretty interesting, Ribbons. I read One Hundred Years of Solitude last year and was floored by it since then I have been reading Luis Borges short stories and the aforementioned Marquez collection.

I might give Allende a go though because I've got The Magus waiting for me at the moment and it's looking rather daunting.

[Maui]

That sounds pretty interesting, Ribbons. I read One Hundred Years of Solitude last year and was floored by it since then

If you enjoyed Solitude, give Love in the Time of Cholera a shot. One of my favourites.

[Carolian]

I'm reading Donna Tartt's A Secret History, great so far but I'm struggiling to understand why it's considered a modern classic.

I actually didn't know it was. That may have helped, because I just stumbled across it in Borderes one day, thought it sounded interesting, and picked it up. I thought it was fantastic as a whole; very literate, to a degree that a lot of people I've talked to find it a bit pretentious. I didn't, but I can understand the opposite.

Oh, topic? Still working on Shannara, still enjoying it so far.

[stereosforgeeks]

I finished Nerumancer this morning and am starting Blindness for the June Book of the Month Club.

[RogueScribner]

I just got two books from Amazon:

The Complete Making of Indiana Jones

and

Superman vs. Hollywood

I can't wait to read them both (but Superman is first)!!!

[RogueScribner]

I finished reading Supeman vs. Hollywood, a book that recounts the trials and tribulations (and successes) Superman faced to maintain a media presence outside of comic books since his inception. It covers everything from the radio drama, movie serials, animated shorts, all the television series (live action and animated), and, of course, the movies. Some of the stuff towards the end will be well known to many here (since some of it recounts some stuff that happened here at AICN), but there's a wealth of new and interesting information in this book. It's not gossipy. The author interviewed and researched many people and provides citations for everything at the end of the book. Even if you're not a Superman fan, I think anyone with a modicum of interest in how Hollywood works (against itself) will be fascinated by this tale. I'm amazed at some of the tactics Paramount and Warner Bros. used to grab control of this property away from other people. I'm also surprised by some comments of the actors/producers/writers involved. Not everything is as rose-colored as it may seem.

It's a great read!

8/10

[hackett]

not reading, sort of watching something that was made for something i will be reading?

(if that makes any sesne).

Robin cook's new book, Foreign Body, has a webseries prequel out ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a0tpu7GB7c

Ah, the uses of the internets....

[yorrick brown]

stephen kings ON WRITING.

[hackett]

stephen kings ON WRITING.

I read it before high school... isn't their a chapter where he states :

There are two things that you need to have to be a great writer 1) a pencil 2) a fucked up childhood.

[travis-dane]

DEVIL MAY CARE

The NEW James Bond book,by Sebastian Faulks writing as IAN FLEMING.....
It's set after Scaramanga's death and the killing of Bond's wife,a good read so far....

[yorrick brown]

stephen kings ON WRITING.

I read it before high school... isn't their a chapter where he states :

There are two things that you need to have to be a great writer 1) a pencil 2) a fucked up childhood.

hee hee,pretty much and "the editor is always right.'

[DDMAN26]

Some Y the Last Man and Fables trades

[pajarerominn]

now I'm reading a book I love,I read it years ago...Leon Tolstoi's Resurrection.Really great book from one of the greatest classics

[Wolfpack]

Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader by James Luceno

[hackett]

DEVIL MAY CARE

The NEW James Bond book,by Sebastian Faulks writing as IAN FLEMING.....
It's set after Scaramanga's death and the killing of Bond's wife,a good read so far....

I've never read a Bond book, would this be a novel i could jump into without knowing much backstory?

[caruso_stalker217]

Well, I was on my lunch break a couple days ago and I got bored so I went and bought THE LONESOME GODS by Louis L'Amour so I could read it during my lunch hour and not be bored and this is the only book of his aside from SACKETT'S LAND that I actually find interesting and it seems pretty good so far. So way to go, Louis L'Amour.

[Ribbons]

DEVIL MAY CARE

The NEW James Bond book,by Sebastian Faulks writing as IAN FLEMING.....
It's set after Scaramanga's death and the killing of Bond's wife,a good read so far....

I've never read a Bond book, would this be a novel i could jump into without knowing much backstory?

Does anybody else think there's something slightly manipulative/messed up/messed upulative about someone writing AS Ian Fleming? It's sort of like that one author who wrote a book as Charlotte Bronte a few years ago...

[tapehead]

DEVIL MAY CARE

The NEW James Bond book,by Sebastian Faulks writing as IAN FLEMING.....
It's set after Scaramanga's death and the killing of Bond's wife,a good read so far....

I've never read a Bond book, would this be a novel i could jump into without knowing much backstory?

Does anybody else think there's something slightly manipulative/messed up/messed upulative about someone writing AS Ian Fleming? It's sort of like that one author who wrote a book as Charlotte Bronte a few years ago...

...or the Godfather novels written after Mario Puzo's death, or the 'Gone With the Wind' sequel.

I suppose it's a matter of act when a writer's proerty becomes a literary franchise, but that's no reason for us to accept or like it.

[hackett]

The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero

[DerLanghaarige]

My copy of Seagalogy finally arrived in the mail today

[RogueScribner]

I just finished reading The Complete Making of Indiana Jones this morning. It starts off as a great read as it goes in depth about the origin of the character and then the development and making of Raiders. It's still a good read as it moves on to behind the scenes of Doom (and further supports the idea that the filmmakers made the film they wanted to make but were offput by the reaction to the finished film which is why they lightened things up in TLC). However, those two sections account for perhaps 2/3 of the book. The last third, covering the making of Last Crusade and Crystal Skull was decidedly less interesting to read. TLC got the short shrift in coverage: this section is largely a picture book with very little in depth coverage of the development and shooting of the movie. It read more like a wikipedia summary and really paled in comparison to the previous sections of the book. i thought it had more to say about the various script incarnations than about the movie itself. The final section covering KotCS was better, but it ends oddly since the movie hadn't been released at the time of the book's publishing. So while all the other sections discuss the reception of the film, this one just ends on some quotes about "doing this for the audience."

Overall, it's a very good book and it's really worth it just for the Raiders section alone. Any fan of Indiana Jones should read this book!

[Wolfpack]

The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan.

[Peven]

was just given "The Good Fairies of New York" by Martin Millar, with an intro by Neil Gaiman, today. anyone read it? is it worth the read?

[The Vicar]

The Victors by Stephen Ambrose.

[Lord Voldemoo]

The Victors by Stephen Ambrose.

Let me know what you think. Despite all of the allegations of plagarism, etc., I still really enjoy Ambrose's writing most of the time...

[BuckyO'harre]

The Iniate Brother by Sean Russell.

[Worst Part's Almost Over]

Currently, I'm only re-reading books that I already own. Big shop next week for titles I'm after.

Jingo by Terry Pratchett
If On A Winter's Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carre

[Maui]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carre

Ever read "The Little Drummer Girl", WPAO? It's very good.