The Book Thread: What are you reading?

[Psycho Punch]

I couldn't find a book thread so let's start one! 

I'm reading Icon by Frederick Forsyth right now, I'm at the beginning of chapter 4. I like Forsyth's books because they're pretty well researched most of the time, and the stories written on top of the real facts are really convincing. Not to mention they're all quality thrillers. I've read before Avenger, The Negotiator and a book with short stories which I forgot the name right now.

[bob]

ive been reading the rise and fall of sega.  been progressing very slow as i find very little time to read.  i like it though.

[JoshTurboTrollX]

Currently reading - A Difficulty with Dwarves.  http://www.amazon.com/Difficulty-Dwarves-Craig-Shaw-Gardner/dp/0441147798

Enjoying what I've gotten through so far (50 ish pages in) reminds me of a slightly tamer Xanth novel much in the light of a Robert Aspirin 'Myth' book.

"If Monty Python wrote books"

[NecroPhile]

I'm between books right now, but the last one I read was Joyland by Stephen King.

[wildfruit]

im quite lazy so i prefer audiobooks. the last one i listened to was foundation trilogy asimov

[roflmao]

Enjoying what I've gotten through so far (50 ish pages in) reminds me of a slightly tamer Xanth novel much in the light of a Robert Aspirin 'Myth' book.

Ha, I just started re-reading the Myth books.  I'm about 4 chapters into the first one, "Another Fine Myth." I'm also just about finished with Robert Heinlein's "I Will Fear No Evil." It not one of my favorites of his, but it's an interesting read.

[NecroPhile]

I'm about half way through Frank Herbert's Godmakers right now. 

[ToyMachine78]

Who has time for reading? You all should be obeying .

[NecroPhile]

Most of my reading time is while I'm eating.  No cheeto crumbs on my controllers, dammit!

[ultrageranium]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zendegi

[Psycho Punch]

I'm on chapter eight and I'm having a blast with Icon. Too bad I don't have much free time to read it.

[TheClash603]

http://www.amazon.com/Big-Damn-City-Frank-Miller/dp/1616552379/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407366439&sr=8-1&keywords=sin+city+big+damn

I just bought Big Damn Sin City because I only read 3 of the 7 books before now (maybe 4...) and it seemed like a good deal for a 1,500 page hardcover book.  The thing is massive and almost hard to read because it is so big, but it is also high quality binding and pages.  I am almost done with the first book which is a classic I have read before, but I am really looking forward to getting into stuff I never read.

[jeffhlewis]

Just finished Rise and Fall of Sega, and moving on to Ray Kurzweil's The Age of Spiritual Machines. Also looking to read American Gods at some point.

[Dicer]

Reading?

About to start Song of Ice and Fire blah blah blah on audio book.

[SuperPlay]

Just about to finish Dodger by Terry Pratchett

http://www.terrypratchett.co.uk/index.php/us/books/dodger

[Medic_wheat]

Looking to read a new steven king book. 


But which one from the 2012 and up?

[NecroPhile]

The aforementioned Joyland was enjoyable and a pretty quick read, or try Wind Through the Keyhole if you've read the other Dark Tower books and want a little more.  I'm waiting for 'em on paperback, so I've not yet read Dr. Sleep or Mr. Mercedes and can't recommend 'em one way or the other.

[Medic_wheat]

The aforementioned Joyland was enjoyable and a pretty quick read, or try Wind Through the Keyhole if you've read the other Dark Tower books and want a little more.  I'm waiting for 'em on paperback, so I've not yet read Dr. Sleep or Mr. Mercedes and can't recommend 'em one way or the other.

I just finished Dr. Sleep......


Nully remindes me of the zombie "steam"/Shinning eaters......


He want's my steam!

SKEET SKEET!

[MrFlutterPie]

I just finished Girl Interrupted and am working on The Bell Jar with a side helping of Animal Farm. 

[roflmao]

I finished the Heinlein and Aspirin books and am now reading the second book in the "Bio of a Space Tyrant" series by Piers Anthony.  Pretty good stuff so far and nothing like his Xanth or Incarnations of Immortality books.  Much darker and grittier.

[majors]

Console Wars, getting ready for the movie release. Definitely an easy read...I do have disagreements with some of the "facts", but still a fun read. Brings be back to the early 90's.

PS: Totally no obey mentioned at all. Book focuses on Tom Kalinske's start with Sega and the Genesis vs SNES era.

Finish edit: Okay, so Console Wars mentions NEC twice, but never the PCE/TG-16. Just as an "other" console manufacturer.

[esteban]

There is a book thread (a superior one!), but I'll bite...I'm reading kiddie stories whilst my 10 year old is reading Divergent-Allegiance-Whatever.

A Stranger Came Upon A Shore — Mollie Hunter
(Random book from local library, totally fun, also, the only fiction I've ever read about the Shetland Islands). MY VERDICT: I enjoyed it, so I am recommending it for 10 year old girls.


Nancy Drew — Mystery of the Broken Locket
(Totally fun, and it has MUSIC PIRACY SUBPLOT! Three year old twins suffering child abuse as they are pressured to be circus performers! A haunted lake! A rising pop star whose career is about to go GLOBAL! You can't go wrong.)

Hardy Boys ("Casefiles #43") — Strategic Moves
(The COLD WAR GHOST haunts a Glasnost world in this 1990 reboot. Cliched, but OK thus far.)

Clearly, I am not reading the pinnacles of literature.

[NightWolve]

Yeah, I vote to revive the previous book thread.

[NecroPhile]

There is a book thread (a superior one!), but I'll bite...I'm reading kiddie stories whilst my 10 year old is reading Divergent-Allegiance-Whatever.

I started reading through those just a couple days ago.  I'm wishing I hadn't.

[ToyMachine78]

About to restart the Icewind Dale Trilogy. I have several Drizzt books I need to get to. I need more time. I have a backlog of games, backlog of books....*sigh* .... I need to stop buying shit.

[NightWolve]

https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=16535.0

Hm, in looking up the old thread, I was reminded it was about books you should read before you die, so I guess this is different enough in logging anything members have been reading. Dunno if esteban was thinking of this thread too, but that's the only one I knew of but I remembered it different.

Well, I saw Divergent very recently, does that count ? ;) I was never much into reading books, it's hard for me to do as I hate it... I listed some of what I have managed to read in nully's linked thread though.

[VenomMacbeth]

Got a couple old books about Edgar Cayce as a gift, so I think I'll have to read through There Is A River one more time...

[PunkCryborg]

I am not much of a book reader. I have a copy of Neuromancer though that I'd really like to find time to sit down with. I love cyberpunk themes and this is where it all started.

[Medic_wheat]

In 2003-04 I use to work at my home towns library as a book shelfer. Easy job and I honestly spent more time reading then anything. But also shelfing the sci fi and comics section made it hard to resist.

I remmeber reading some sort of ocult book about a guy whoch seemed to be in a. Series almost love craftian inspired.  It was something where he worked for a warlock or some sort of mysticalnmagical powerfull person and him being the hero was nariating his adventures looking for some lost and all powerfull book that the villan was rumored to have.

Long story short he had to keep his real name and real birth year as that knowledge holds great power in an enemies hand. He defets the bad guy finds the book only to learn it was a fake.

It was kind of short but in a compilation of other short stories involving the same guy.

I never have been able to remember much more then that but have been very interested in finding what it was or even the authors name. Any change my rambelings make seanse to someone who may know the author or book I had been reading?

[Galder]

Neuromancer -the author was a prophet

[PunkCryborg]

Neuromancer -the author was a prophet

Closest Ive read to his books were some Phillip K Dick books which I really liked

[Psycho Punch]

I finished Icon, and I just bought The Kill List by Forsyth. I really can't get enough of his books.

[roflmao]

The Drizzt books are awesome!

I just finished listening to "The Legend of Drizzt: The Collected Stories" via Audible.com's free deal.  It was a really good listen and made me want to read more of the books.  I have the original trilogy but it seems the lore has developed beyond those books.

Still physically reading the second Space Tyrant book by Piers Anthony.  And I started some Star Wars book where Han is married with kids, but I don't remember the name of it off the top of my head and it's not handy.

[esteban]

About to restart the Icewind Dale Trilogy. I have several Drizzt books I need to get to. I need more time. I have a backlog of games, backlog of books....*sigh* .... I need to stop buying shit.

Good stuff. I read those years ago, of course...20+...

My friend basically modeled his character (D&D) after Drizzst.

Well, the stories were fun and I soon didn't care that my friend's character was a carbon-copy of Drizzst.

[esteban]

You guys suck!

Time for an update.

I haven't seen Blade Runner for 20+ years and I'm going to watch it SOON.

BUT, I wanted to finish reading Dick's "Do Androids..."

Well, I finally finished the classic that I started reading in the 80's...I can't believe it took me this long. It's been on my "to do" list for decades:

 

Now I am going to watch the film. From what I remember, the film definitely makes some changes (for the better) and both film and novel stand on their own ground.

ALSO: I read the guide for TurboPoser!

BOTTOM LINE: Grab a TurboPoser and read some Dick today. 

[Otaking]

Just started the third book in the Area 51 series by Bob Mayer.
Been excellent so far, kind of like X Files meets Indiana Jones.

I might reread Ready Player One again next, it's one of the best books I ever read, highly recommended.

[pulstar]

You guys suck!

Time for an update.

I haven't seen Blade Runner for 20+ years and I'm going to watch it SOON.

BUT, I wanted to finish reading Dick's "Do Androids..."

Well, I finally finished the classic that I started reading in the 80's...I can't believe it took me this long. It's been on my "to do" list for decades:

 

Now I am going to watch the film. From what I remember, the film definitely makes some changes (for the better) and both film and novel stand on their own ground.

ALSO: I read the guide for TurboPoser!

BOTTOM LINE: Grab a TurboPoser and read some Dick today. 

Excellent book and film. I like to look at the film as 'Inspired by Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' rather than the film version of the book. Like you say, each feels different from the other, but I do prefer the book.

At the moment I'm reading Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami. Stunning like all of his other works.

[esteban]

I started reading Murakami's Wind-Up Bird years ago. I should finish it. I hope I can still find the damn book.

[roflmao]

I recently started listening to the audio version of Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons" during my work commute.  I've been a Freemason for a little under a year and never got around to seeing the movie version of this, but it's been a really good listen.  Lots of Freemason tidbits thrown in. I can't wait to finish it to see how the movie compares.

Also I am reading the third Humphrey book to my son.

[Psycho Punch]

Bump!

I've read the following books:

The Dogs of War
The Odessa File (Forsyth)
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury)
The Puppet Masters (Heinlein)
Childhood's End (Clarke)

I love using my imagination to "view" the scenes described on books, so you can imagine how much fun it was to read Childhood's End. As far as I'm concerned this is the best book ever written , I really need to get more into Science Fiction if the books are as good as Clarke's novel.

I'm now reading Fist of God (yes Forsyth again). I still like Forsyth but his books feel so pedestrian after reading Childhood's End...

[roflmao]

Bump!

I've read the following books:

The Dogs of War
The Odessa File (Forsyth)
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. *****)
fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury)
The Puppet Masters (Heinlein)
Childhood's End (Clarke)

I love using my imagination to "view" the scenes described on books, so you can imagine how much fun it was to read Childhood's End. As far as I'm concerned this is the best book ever written , I really need to get more into Science Fiction if the books are as good as Clarke's novel.

I'm now reading Fist of God (yes Forsyth again). I still like Forsyth but his books feel so pedestrian after reading Childhood's End...

Nice! I recently re-read Farenheit 451 and then followed it up with Bradbury's A Pleasure to Burn.

I recently re-read Ender's Game and I think it might have been better the second time around.

I'm currently near the end of Statesman, the fifth (and final) book in the Bio of a Space Tyrant series by Piers Anthony. The series started strong, but this book is really dragging...

[esteban]

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (Cathy O'Neil)

Don't be turned off—this is a very easy for the layperson and a very quick read.

However, the thesis is impossible to ignore and all of the case studies she covers are intriguing ( I was already familiar with most of them).

Like most of you, I have had read scattered articles/papers over the years about this issue (and shrugged my shoulders in despair), but this is my first extended read on how nearly all aspects of our lives are quantified, categorized and evaluated via proprietary/opaque algorithms/criteria. Each chapter could easily warrant a dedicated book of its own, so you will likely find yourself reading-up on some topics (health insurance, in particular).

I wish the subtitle wasn't overly-sensational, but then nobody would even bother reading the book...so chalk it up to the marketing needed to get noticed.

Bump!

I've read the following books:

The Dogs of War
The Odessa File (Forsyth)
The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury)
The Puppet Masters (Heinlein)
Childhood's End (Clarke)

I love using my imagination to "view" the scenes described on books, so you can imagine how much fun it was to read Childhood's End. As far as I'm concerned this is the best book ever written , I really need to get more into Science Fiction if the books are as good as Clarke's novel.

I'm now reading Fist of God (yes Forsyth again). I still like Forsyth but his books feel so pedestrian after reading Childhood's End...

I have the Puppet Masters softcover sitting on a shelf for years... Or is it a book on cassette? I can't remember. I gotta dust it off and read the damn thing already.

BUT I HAVE DOZENS OF OTHER BOOKS ahead in the queue.

Decisions, decisions.

[Bloufo]

A Pictorial History of Westerns