What's everyone reading?

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ResidentAlien

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What's everyone reading/ planning to read in the near future?

I just finished Arthur Clarke's Songs of Distant Earth the other day. Now I'm halfway through Wells' The Time Machine.

I just bought:

Crash by J.G. Ballard which I'll probably start tonight if I finish Time Machine.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Arthur Clarke Again)
Childhood's End (More Clarke)

I've also been off-and-on reading this fantastic text book called The Story of Film by Mark Cousins. Nice juicy coffee table-***-academic book chronicling 100 years of innovation within world cinema told in a narrative fashion. Loving it.

And on top of that... I've been reading A LOT of R Crumb comics recently. Big Ass Comics, Bible of Filth, various Fritz the Cat comics (though I most adored Fritz Bugs Out which was adapted into a feature film simply titled "Fritz the Cat"), etc. (y)
 
Attila the Professor

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I tell myself that Crime and Punishment might be next, but really, that's a big endeavor for during the school year. I probably can polish off the rest of the Complete Chekhov (Three Sisters and a bunch of earlier, lesser works) in far less time. Stoppard's Coast of Utopia might make the cut soon enough too.

(Yeah, I've got a Russia thing going on.)
 
Kingsley

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Attila the Professor said:
I tell myself that Crime and Punishment might be next
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Crime and Punishment is great!!
I'm in a reading hiatus, I should do something about it...
 
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Kingsley said:
Crime and Punishment is great!!
I'm in a reading hiatus, I should do something about it...
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Yeah, I'm just starting to bring myself out of a rather long reading hiatus. Unfortunately with all these classes... that's all gonna go to hell real quick for me.
 
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I'm reading Stonewall Jackson's Book of Maxims now.

On my list, I have:
Robert E. Lee on Leadership
Intelligence in War by John Keegan
1491 by Charles Mann
Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
Geronimo: His Story by Geronimo
 
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Well, what have you been reading, mister?

I just finished Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon, and a reread of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Now I'm on House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (reread), The Undertaking by Thomas Lynch, and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (reread).
 
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metalinvader said:
I'm currently re-reading "Mind over matters" by Mike Nelson (of MST3k fame) when I'm at the gym.
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Oh how is it? He's written a few books, and I've always wanted to try one but never managed to pick one up.
 
metalinvader

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|ZiR| said:
Oh how is it? He's written a few books, and I've always wanted to try one but never managed to pick one up.
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I've only read two of his books,Mega Movie Cheese and Mind over Matters,But both are freakin' hillarious.Both books have some major laugh out loud moments.They are really worth picking up.
 
Hawkeye

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Currently reading "The Complete Sherlock Holmes" again. Next to Indy, he's my favorite fictional character. :D
 
LostArk

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Just finished reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip K. Dick for the 2nd time and I still love it and the movie it loosely spawned.

Other than that, I haven't read much this year:

The Godfather by Mario Puzo.
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Romeo and Juliet (school)

And a book for Spanish class.
 
Violet

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I've been reading "Young Bond: Silverfin". Totally awesome book! I'm so getting the next one in the series.
 
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"Reading" Labyrinths by Jorge Borges. "Reading" because I picked it up a few weeks ago, read the first two stories... and haven't picked it up again. I can't commit to anything. Meh.
 
mutt willams

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im reading tempest by Troy Denning, its the third part of a Star Wars series called legacy of the force. its very exiting! i love it, have any of you guys read it?
 
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Finally picked up the first book in Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series, and it's pretty enjoyable! For my zoology geek moments, I'm also reading "Dolphin Societies," a collection of scientific papers on wild dolphin behavior. :)
 
Indy_Chic

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mutt willams said:
im reading tempest by Troy Denning, its the third part of a Star Wars series called legacy of the force. its very exiting! i love it, have any of you guys read it?
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Yep! I have and I loved the book! At the moment I am reading Legacy of the Force: Revelation by Karen Traviss. (y)
 
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