Thread: What are you currently reading?

Here we can list the books that we are currently indulging in, and maybe write a little somthing about them.

I recently started to reread The Lord of The Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. I am reading Part I now The Fellowship Of The Ring and am enjoying it very much. I've always been a nerd about the fairytale creatures, light and dark. I love to smoke and then delve off into the world of elves, orcs, and wizards and just drift away.

I am also reading Anarchy, State, And Utopia by Robert Nozick.
I enjoy reading about theories about what could be, the challenges, and obstacles that would be involved and just overall the learning experience a book like this gives me. i'm very interested in Anarchy and such. This book is full intelligent inquiries and mind opening conclusions. A good read for anyone interested in politics.

What are you reading?

"Lord of the Rings" eh... Never heard of it



Right now I'm reading "The Shadow Rising", 4th book in the Wheel of Time series, by Robert Jordan. I'm absolutely in love with it.

I started reading, "My Son Jimi", by James A. Hendrix, as told by Jas Olbrecht. It's the third book, in a row, in which I've read about Hendrix, so I'm taking it slow.

I am about 30 pages away from finishing a book called "Prometheus Rising" By Robert Anton Wilson. Very interesting book, it seems to be making very interesting connecetions to every other philosophy and psychology/sociology books and ideas I am currently dabbeling in. I reccomend it to everyone.

Next, if I can find time between all the books I am assigned to read, I am interested in reading "The Poor Man's James Bond" by Kurt Saxon. It touches on some really interesting topics, such as the best way to murder and wrek havoc.

Cannabis: A History. im liking it alot, although theres so many names, and dates to keep up with.

This.

Originally Posted by McLeodGanja

This.

Here, I'll give you "rep" to increase your reading material.

I'm bout to start reading The Road by cormac mccarthy. Just picked it up yesterday night. It looks pretty promising.

The Dream Cycle of H.P. Lovecraft

Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs

Here, I'll give you "rep" to increase your reading material.

Thanks! I'm a bit of a blank canvas at times.

Read all of the LOTR a while back and recently finished The Hobbit.
I thought the Hobbit was actually alot better than the LOTR.
Well worth a read if you haven't already, and acts as a cool 'prequel' - for those who read the LOTR's first - anyway.

Currently reading Honor: A History
really interesting book, the american spelling is driving me nuts though, lol

Aldo leafing through Heart of Darkness by Jospeh Conrad when on the move, have yet to get into properly yet

Use Of Weapons - Iain M. Banks

Pretty violent Sci fi.

[QUOTE=40oz;1803293]I am about 30 pages away from finishing a book called "Prometheus Rising" By Robert Anton Wilson. Very interesting book, it seems to be making very interesting connecetions to every other philosophy and psychology/sociology books and ideas I am currently dabbeling in. I reccomend it to everyone.

RAW is a great author, and such a good book! I recommend
"Opening of the Way" by Isha Schwaller de Lubicz. Pretty eye
opening.

Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics Fourth Edition

C++ For Dummies.

It's 7 books in one that teach computer programming. The first book is the absolute beginner's stuff, then they get gradually more complex until it reaches the most advanced stuff.


I plan to develop Skynet myself, but this time make sure it serves me and only me.

Originally Posted by McLeodGanja

Who by?

Stan Gibilisco.

Originally Posted by Gandalf_The_Grey

C++ For Dummies.

It's 7 books in one that teach computer programming. The first book is the absolute beginner's stuff, then they get gradually more complex until it reaches the most advanced stuff.


I plan to develop Skynet myself, but this time make sure it serves me and only me.

I'll build it and you can program it!

I promise not to put any bugs that might hand control to me

current reads, non -fiction bios only

'Out of The Dust', Karen Hesse author, subject, 'The Dust Bowl 1934'

'The God Squad' Paddy Doyle author, subject, abusive nuns

bolshy great yarblockos to thee and thine!,yours truly is currently rereading a clockwork orange,a bolshy read if ever there was one!

Shoes were for Sundays, by Molly Weir, about life as a child being brought up in the Glasgow tenements in the early part of the 20th century, as I read this book I am beginning to appreciate some of the things my Gran used to tell us about when we were kids.

Cheers

NCM

Ultimate X-Men Volume 1. It's damned well drawn.

Banewreaker by Jacqueline Carey.

Other than Tolkien and George R R Martin, I don't go in much for fantasy. But I saw this book recommended by Martin on his website, so I gave it a chance. It's pretty good!

It is a very similar story to LOTR; however, it is told from the point of view of the other side. There are a lot of analogous characters and certain analogous plot elements to what you have in LOTR. There is a Gandalf-like wizard-type character organizing a quest to destroy a powerful being that everyone in the world considers evil. But it is told from the point of view of those on the side of the "evil" one, although they don't consider themselves to be evil. The main character would be roughly analogous to the LOTR Witch King. So in this book you are rooting for the freakin' Witch King! In a way you end up hoping they can find and kill Frodo! Ha ha! It's actually really cool. The story stands in it's own right, so you don't have to read it as a twisted take on LOTR, but it is kind of fun if you know that story.

One of the things about LOTR is that people are pretty much unambiguously good or bad. The only time there is an internal struggle within a character about good or evil, it has to do with a good person struggling with the corrupting influence of the outside evil of the ring. This is a bit more of a modern story in that it gets into the ambiguous nature of good and evil --- it's hard to say who is right and who is wrong. The villain of one side is the hero of the other, and they might have their own doubts about their own righteousness. It's a pretty good book for the fantasy genre, I think.

Carlos Castaneda - The Fire From Within.
(Its pretty trippy... mainly when stoned)

"The Post American World" by Fareed Zakaria. Saw him on the Daily Show and liked what he had to say. Not as good as The World is Flat or the any other global econ book... more general, less specific examples.

The World is Flat is a very good read too if youre into globalization and all that. Talks about how the US is getting left behind in math and science and cites less graduating engineers/mathematicians and the fact that we no longer dominate world math/science contests... Friedman also does a Weds/Sunday op-ed column in the times if you like his stuff.

DrSpiggity

Originally Posted by DrSpoof

"The Post American World" by Fareed Zakaria. Saw him on the Daily Show and liked what he had to say.

Fareed Zakaria has a new weekly show that is about to start on CNN.