*What book are you reading? (part 2)

[twentythreedom]

I am reading "The Source Field Investigations" by David Wilcock. It's brilliant.

 

[renegadechicken]

I'm reading One People ...again...by Guy Kennaway.

Pretty good book about a place called Cousin's Cove in Jamaica

 

[BoatieBird]

I've finished The Grapes of Wrath which was beautiful, moving, and inspiring.
Now I'm on The Brimstone Wedding by Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell), she's one of my favourite authors and after reading something as good as The Grapes I had to read something I knew I would enjoy.

 

[Mephitic]

Bright Lights, Big City ~ Jay McInerney - I found it slow and I nearly quit about a 3rd of the way through it, alough it got better and the scene involving a drug fueled late night office raid, a ferret and a drunk editor cracked me up.

I've just finished Dorothy Alison's ~ Bastard of out of Carolina, at times it was rather difficult to read, but an excellent book, couldnt put it down.

Half way through 'Carolyn Jessop's ~ Escape'. Jessop’s life and her eventual escape from the evil clutches of the FLDS. Really, really wierd stuff & fuck the FLDS, bunch of pervy ol fuckers.

 

[ringo]

I'm reading One People ...again...by Guy Kennaway.

Pretty good book about a place called Cousin's Cove in Jamaica

Very enjoyable book, reckon I could read that again if I ever get another holiday.

 

[marty21]

Bright Lights, Big City ~ Jay McInerney - I found it slow and I nearly quit about a 3rd of the way through it, alough it got better and the scene involving a drug fueled late night office raid, a ferret and a drunk editor cracked me up.

I bought that when it came out ! Haven't read it in years - i think I have signed copy from going to see the author at a signing session

 

[andy2002]

Vampires by John Steakley: The novel that the film John carpenter's Vampires was based on. The cliched bad-ass dialogue grates a bit but I'm enjoying this - proper nasty bastard vampires too.

 

[sojourner]

Room, by Emma Donoghue - interesting so far

 

[Bajie]

A book about Sir Richard Burton, that great Victorian adventurer, linguist, monumental racist and all round nutter.

 

[rubbershoes]

I'm still on Decline and fall of the Roman empire. I'm half way through and the western empire has declined and fallen.

Don't think I'll bother with the rest yet. I'l save it for another decade

 

[wemakeyousoundb]

make room make room by Harry Harrison which was turned into Soylent Green for the big screen.
Only 4 chapters in and it's already different from the movie so all good.

 

[Belushi]

I'm not going to read it, but I'm in the study at my Mothers house and picked a copy of the Girls Companion (Blackie and Son Limited, London and Glasgow 1961 ) on the front page of which my 9 year old Mum has carefully written her name and address

 

[xenon]

I'm still on Decline and fall of the Roman empire. I'm half way through and the western empire has declined and fallen.

Don't think I'll bother with the rest yet. I'l save it for another decade

Ha. Me to. Well, I've read volume 1. A bit into volume 2. It's all about the Christiains now.

 

[pseudonarcissus]

The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles.

Surprised to find myself rather gripped by it.

I've just enjoyed it a lot, too. I didn't know what to expect, having come to it via references by Isherwood.

 

[DotCommunist]

Just finished Stross's latest Atrocity Archives one, Apocalypse Index. Quite funny if becoming a little familiar in the conclusions. Good face off between senior Laundry and the Black Chamber management

 

[ringo]

Reggae Going International 1967-1976: The Bunny "Striker" Lee Story - Noel Hawks & Jah Floyd

Hotly anticipated biography of one of reggae's most important and colourful figures. We've arranged with Jah Floyd of the Jamaican Recordings label for he and Bunny Lee to come to my house on September 5th to be interviewed on my radio show

 

[frogwoman]

"The retreat from class" by Ellen Meiksins Wood. It's a bit hard going and difficult to understand in places and I think I'll have to re-read bits of it but it's very interesting.

 

[xenon]

Just finished Stross's latest Atrocity Archives one, Apocalypse Index. Quite funny if becoming a little familiar in the conclusions. Good face off between senior Laundry and the Black Chamber management

It's Apocalypse Codex.

I've not read much of the stuff he pastiches in that series, so recently read an HP Lovecraft collection. Enjoyable. But he does go on and on and on, about the weird kingdoms of whatsit and the monsters there in. The Randolf Carter stories.

Not sure what to read next. Need something else shortish and fun to go along side Decline and Fall which I'm picking through.

 

[Mephitic]

Choose to lose: The 7 day carb cycle. ~ load of bollocks.

 

[fractionMan]

I'm reading "God Bless You Mr Rosewater" by Kurt Vonnegut

It's bloody great so far

 

[DotCommunist]

Onto Alistair Reynolds 'Blue Remembered Earth'

heard poor feedback on this one from others but I'm enjoying it so far- although one critic had it right about the africa setting not feeling particularly african. 1 heard of elephants does not an african setting make

 

[nogojones]

Primo Levi - The Wrench

 

[JimW]

Just started this Russian re-write of LoTR from an Orc's perspective: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer
Fan translation due to rights issues (but free e-book) but still pretty good so far, and must be about Sovietsvs West at some level:

For example, Barad-dûr, Sauron's citadel, is described in chapter 2 as
...that amazing city of alchemists and poets, mechanics and astronomers, philosophers and physicians, the heart of the only civilization in Middle-earth to bet on rational knowledge and bravely pitch its barely adolescent technology against ancient magic. The shining tower of the Barad-dûr citadel rose over the plains of Mordor almost as high as Orodruin like a monument to Man – free Man who had politely but firmly declined the guardianship of the Dwellers on High and started living by his own reason. It was a challenge to the bone-headed aggressive West, which was still picking lice in its log ‘castles’ to the monotonous chanting of scalds extolling the wonders of never-existing Númenor.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

"A Dirty Distant War" - by E.M. Nathanson, a kind of sequel to the Dirty Dozen. It's a bit hard going tbh but I don't want to give up on it

 

[DotCommunist]

Just started this Russian re-write of LoTR from an Orc's perspective: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ringbearer
Fan translation due to rights issues (but free e-book) but still pretty good so far, and must be about Sovietsvs West at some level:

oh this I have to read- gotta link to the epub?

 

[JimW]

oh this I have to read- gotta link to the epub?

It's first external link on that wiki page. Right up your street! From what I've read so far would bet the author was in the Red Army for a while, has squaddie talk that seems realistic.

 

[pengaleng]

I'm reading a story about someone who was someone's mate then they got a sniff of skirt and ended up totally ignoring everyone around them and it turns out they was just bullshitting and lying when it turned out their mate actually needed someone to talk to and they were in a well bad way and the first person was just a selfish self absorbed cunt who subsequently had no mates left cus they'd cunted them all off for a bit of vag.

 

[Orang Utan]

I smell subtext

 

[imposs1904]

I'm reading a story about someone who was someone's mate then they got a sniff of skirt and ended up totally ignoring everyone around them and it turns out they was just bullshitting and lying when it turned out their mate actually needed someone to talk to and they were in a well bad way and the first person was just a selfish self absorbed cunt who subsequently had no mates left cus they'd cunted them all off for a bit of vag.

I think I read that Irvine Welsh short story.

 

[flypanam]

Mike Davis - Planet of Slums