What book(s) are you reading right now?

[SlitheryDee]

Zoe's Tale. The fourth book in John Scalzi's "Old Man's War" series.

http://www.amazon.com/Zoes-Tale-John...s=zoe%27s+tale

 

[ElFenix]

about done with a memory of light. getting near the end and have still not reached the denouement. seems like not much will be left over to really tie everything up.

 

[marvdmartian]

Work: Dale Brown novel (don't remember name)
Bed: Alan Dean Foster's "Quofum" (a Humanx Commonwealth novel)
Bathroom: Piers Anthony's Xanth 31 novel, "Air Apparent" (I'm trying to catch up on the Xanth series)

 

[PowerEngineer]

Bowl of Heaven -- Benford/Niven (just realized it's a two-book series with no date for the second book, Shipstar, yet )

Thw White War -- Mark Thompson

 

[xanis]

A Deepness in the Sky by Verner Vinge. I don't read a whole lot of sci-fi, but this book is excellent.

 

[Scotteq]

"Nothing to Envy" by Barbara Demick

Strongly recommended.

 

[Pheran]

I'm currently reading the last of Jack L Chalker's Well World novels, Ghost of the Well of Souls. It's the sequel to The Sea is Full of Stars, and it took the series in a totally different direction by leaving out Mavra Chang and Nathan Brazil.

I really like Chalker, though his themes do get a little repetitive after reading enough of his stuff. I highly recommend the Soul Rider (Flux & Anchor) series if you haven't read it already.

 

[Pheran]

Bathroom: Piers Anthony's Xanth 31 novel, "Air Apparent" (I'm trying to catch up on the Xanth series)

I can't imagine why anyone would want to read that many Xanth novels. The first 6 are really good, but it really goes downhill/gets old after that. I think I quit after 10 or so.

 

[waggy]

Just started reading Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson

I loved this series. one of my favorite ever.

 

[Pheran]

A Deepness in the Sky by Verner Vinge. I don't read a whole lot of sci-fi, but this book is excellent.

Did you read the first book, A Fire Upon the Deep? IMHO it's one of the best SF novels ever written.

 

[RPD]

The second book in the Expanse, Caliban’s War. I really like the way this guy writes.
http://www.danielabraham.com/books-2/the-expanse/

 

[MikeyLSU]

rereading song of ice and fire

 

[Kadarin]

I really like Chalker, though his themes do get a little repetitive after reading enough of his stuff. I highly recommend the Soul Rider (Flux & Anchor) series if you haven't read it already.

Yep, read those, though it's been a long time (decades?). I should read them again...

My favorite series by him, oddly enough, is the Changewinds trilogy. It starts out extremely weak, but once it gets rolling, it really gets rolling and has some great ideas.

 

[Kadarin]

Did you read the first book, A Fire Upon the Deep? IMHO it's one of the best SF novels ever written.

Agreed. Vernor Vinge is a strong author; his Across Realtime story is great too.

 

[Pheran]

I loved this series. one of my favorite ever.

Same here. I'm pretty excited that the final book of the Last Chronicles will be released in October. I haven't read any of them yet, but I will definitely do it then. Donaldson is in my top 5 authors list and has never let me down.

 

[Pheran]

My favorite series by him, oddly enough, is the Changewinds trilogy. It starts out extremely weak, but once it gets rolling, it really gets rolling and has some great ideas.

I read those but I can't remember anything. I guess I should reread. I also really like his Rings of the Master series.

 

[Pheran]

The second book in the Expanse, Caliban’s War. I really like the way this guy writes.
http://www.danielabraham.com/books-2/the-expanse/

I have Leviathan Wakes on my Kindle but haven't gotten to it yet. Too much to read!

 

[Pheran]

Finished reading Captain Vorpatril's Alliance, now starting the Domination (Draka) trilogy by SM Stirling. This starts as an alternate history novel in World War 2, where an empire based out of South Africa has become a world power alongside the US and Germany.

Starts as alternate history but ends as SF - pretty cool. Also, the fact that much of the story is from the point of view of Domination characters, even though their society is monstrous, creates an interesting tension. Definitely recommended. Also read the 4th book, Drakon.

Now starting Little Brother by Cory Doctorow.

 

[lxskllr]

The UNIX-HATERS Handbook.

 

[IronWing]

Letter to a King: A Peruvian Chief's Account of Life Under the Incas and Under Spanish Rule - Huaman Poma

It's part Inca history, part Inca mythology, and part travelog around colonial Peru circa 1600.

 

[Pheran]

Now starting Little Brother by Cory Doctorow.

I couldn't put this down. It's a great piece of fiction that's all about the erosion of our civil liberties in the age of "The War on Terror." It was so powerful I was walking around angry just because what was happening in the novel was frighteningly plausible, when it shouldn't have been. It's not perfect - there are a few too many layman's explanations of technology, but READ IT!

I just bought the new sequel from this year, Homeland.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

last night i read "the secret history of the american empire" by john perkins, the guy who wrote confessions of an economic hit man. the night before i read "some girls" about an american chick who was a whore in a brunei prince's harem. normally i dont read crap like that but i found it in the lounge and once i start something i usually finish it. tonight ill probably read a book i bought this morning called "broken markets," i didnt look at it that closely cuz i was in a hurry when i selected it, so im not endorsing it. tomorrow night ill read maeve binchys last book, a week in winter

 

[techie81]

Grapes of Wrath

 

[nickbits]

Hobbit then lotr

 

[clamum]

Just about done with The Korean War (Stanley Sandler). Ok book, nothing special.

I'm thinking about reading one of Colin Powell's books next ("It Worked for Me" or "My American Journey").