what book are you reading

[and3w]

Just finished 'Sick Puppy' by carl Hiasson :D :cool: :D :D :D

Started 'Jack's life' by Patrick McGilligan (Unauthorised bio of Jack Nickolson)

[badpauly]

Gave up on 120 Days of Sodom, started Come Hither by Dr Gloria G. Brame

[besieger]

im reading the great old "A Brief History of Time" by the talking wheelchair

[Moga2]

Raymond E. Feist : King of Foxes

next will be either Homers Iliad, or Dan Simmons Ilium, which is a futuristic take on the Iliad.

[teknomad]

Just started:
The Endorphin Effect, by William Bloom. No impressions yet.
The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood. Good so far.

Recently finished:
Wolves of the Calla, Stephen King. IMO Dark Tower is his best work, and this book is worst of the series so far. He's trying to emulate Heinlein & failing miserably. Hope 6 & 7 pick it up.

Foucalt's Pendlum, Umberto Eco. Weird and with many tedious spots, but overall recommended.

Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, Tom Robbins. Good, but Skinny Legs And All was better.

Confessions of a Crap Artist, Phillip K. Dick. Brilliant as usual.

The Ecstasy Club, Douglas Rushkoff. Light but good.

For you Stephen R. Donaldson fans, tried the Gap Series? SF as opposed to fantasy, and really good shit. He also wrote a series of detective novels pseudonymed as Reed Stephens, all titles starting with "The man who...." eg The Man Who Killed His Brother. Not up to his usual standard I feel, but still good.

Enough from a n00b.

[BlueBoy]

Got given Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. Starting tomorrow. :)

One less item to have on my Amazon Wishlist.

[and3w]

Originally posted by BlueBoy
Got given Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. Starting tomorrow. :)

One less item to have on my Amazon Wishlist.

Anything by Neal Stephenson is fukin' cool..I love cryptonomicon & Zodiac (his first)
Have not read Quicksilver yet.. *drools in anticipation*

[BlueBoy]

Originally posted by and3w
Anything by Neal Stephenson is fukin' cool..I love cryptonomicon & Zodiac (his first)
Have not read Quicksilver yet.. *drools in anticipation*
I'm pretty sure Snow Crash was his first.

I think we need a Neal Stephenson appreciation thread.

[and3w]

Originally posted by BlueBoy
I'm pretty sure Snow Crash was his first.

I think we need a Neal Stephenson appreciation thread.

Seconded, thirded & passed :D
Zodiak (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553573861/qid%3D1074177034/sr%3D1-3/ref%3Dsr%5F1%5F18%5F3/701-0099534-7318738)
"From Amazon.com
Believe it or not, some readers find Zodiac even more fun than Neal Stephenson's defining 1990s cyberpunk novel, Snow Crash. Zodiac is set in Boston, and hero Sangamon Taylor (S. T.) ironically describes his hilarious exploits in the first person. S. T. is a modern superhero, a self-proclaimed Toxic Spiderman. With stealth, spunk, and the backing of GEE (a non-profit environmental group) as his weapons, S. T. chases down the bad guys with James Bond-like Zen.
Cruising Boston Harbor with lab tests and scuba gear, S. T. rides in with the ecosystem cavalry on his 40-horsepower Zodiac raft. His job of tracking down poisonous runoff and embarrassing the powerful corporations who caused them becomes more sticky than usual; run-ins with a gang of satanic rock fans, a deranged geneticist, and a mysterious PCB contamination that may or may not be man-made--plus a falling-out with his competent ("I adore stress") girlfriend--all complicate his mission.

Stephenson/S. T.'s irreverent, facetious, esprit-filled voice make this near-future tale a joy to read. "

More ecopunk than cyberpunk..also, if you like it, try 'the monkey wrench gang' by Edward Abbey..
"Amazon.com
Ed Abbey called The Monkey Wrench Gang, his 1975 novel, a "comic extravaganza." Some readers have remarked that the book is more a comic book than a real novel, and it's true that reading this incendiary call to protect the American wilderness requires more than a little of the old willing suspension of disbelief. The story centers on Vietnam veteran George Washington Hayduke III, who returns to the desert to find his beloved canyons and rivers threatened by industrial development. On a rafting trip down the Colorado River, Hayduke joins forces with feminist saboteur Bonnie Abbzug, wilderness guide Seldom Seen Smith, and billboard torcher Doc Sarvis, M.D., and together they wander off to wage war on the big yellow machines, on dam builders and road builders and strip miners. As they do, his characters voice Abbey's concerns about wilderness preservation ("Hell of a place to lose a cow," Smith thinks to himself while roaming through the canyonlands of southern Utah. "Hell of a place to lose your heart. Hell of a place... to lose. Period"). Moving from one improbable situation to the next, packing more adventure into the space of a few weeks than most real people do in a lifetime, the motley gang puts fear into the hearts of their enemies, laughing all the while. It's comic, yes, and required reading for anyone who has come to love the desert. --Gregory McNamee"
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
here (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060956445/102-6951566-3359353?v=glance)

[Rafterman]

I just finished reading The Confusion and it was pretty damn cool. It has a metric fuckload of different characters to try to keep track of, but other than that it was a really good read.

Not as good as Cryptonomicon though I don't think. That would have to be my favourite book of all time. I've just started reading it again to see how some of the parts from Quicksilver and The Confusion tie in.

[Deimos]

I recently finished If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino and I have just started The Meaning of Everything - The Story of The Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester.

I]If on a winter's night a traveler[/I] is really good. It is beautifully written fiction that presents some very interesting ideas that can be taken away and toyed with on their own. The language used is very luscious and the versatile narrative changes between first, second and third person effectively throughout the novel creating interest even in itself. I would say that this book is good piece of fiction for someone who likes non-fiction (being a lover of non-fiction myself) but could be equally enjoyed by an avid reader of fiction, particularly one who has become somewhat cynical of the genre.

[Deimos]

Originally posted by Rafterman
Not as good as Cryptonomicon though I don't think. That would have to be my favourite book of all time.

Ooh, cool! I got that for my birthday! It just jumped to the top of my "read this next" list.

[reaperman]

Finished the Vampire Chronicles (should have stopped after Merrick).

Now re-reading the Alexander series.

[Glompbot]

Faerie Tale by Raymond E Feist

[Sutter]

I am reading NOTHING! and it's giving me fits! ARRRGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I needs books dammit!!!!!!


:swear:

[Moga2]

Faerie Tale by Raymond E Feist

I love that book, like everything by Raymond E Feist.

Still reading the Iliad and the Ilium, damn work stoping me from reading much.

[and3w]

Just started one of your own cultural works:
Thomas Keneally - Bettanys Book
No spoilers, please, I am really enjoying it so far :)

[Ic3]

It's probably been mentioned, but I just finished reading the Elenium and Tamuli...again...

I think i've read the series now about 5 times, while I've read the Belgariad/Mallorean about 8 or 9 times!

[Icky_Thoomp]

Reading "Blue Highways" by William Least-Heat Moon. Its a travel book about his wanderings around America, using the paths less travelled.

[Feryl]

Currently reading "The Full Montezuma" by Peter Moore. Having previously read his books "No Shitting In The Toilet" and "The Wrong Way Home", I'm finding this one slightly less... insane, shall we say - but still pretty funny.

[Scythe]

"An Esssay Concerning Human Understanding", by John Locke

I really need to get out more. :grr:

[polite]

'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'
by Hunter S Thompson.
I've read it before but it's one of those Books that just sticks.Wildly insane.

[durus]

reading the Third book in the Sten series for about the third or fourth time.
Recently read "The way of the Wolf" and "The path of the Cat" which is a new series. They were quite good and fairly original I recomend them. Will post proper titles and author when i get home.

[Glompbot]

magician by raymond e feist

I *really* need to buy more books...

[BlueBoy]

Originally posted by BlueBoy
Got given Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. Starting tomorrow. :)

I hit the halfway mark yesterday.
Great read. :)

[Serpent_Girl]

im not reading anything as i read too fast and ive run out of books to read and i have read the same old books over and over again and its really boring and i cant afford any more. i admit i am obsessed with fantasy books (no not that way) LoL

[Feryl]

Originally posted by Sapia
magician by raymond e feist

I *really* need to buy more books... Have you read the Empire series by Feist and Janny Wurts? I LOVED them. And if you read them after reading the first three in the Magician series, they're even better.

[Glompbot]

I've read (and own) magician, silvertorn, darkness at sethanon, prince of the blood, the kings buccaneer

Daughter of the empire, servant, mistress... etc

Shadow of a dark queen, rise of a merchant prince... and i've got to buy rage of a demon king so I can then read that and shards of a broken crown (which i bought accidentally thinking i already had the third book)

I'm yet to read any others after those though...

I have read farie tale though.

[edit] oh, and i've read all three versions of magician... including the original, the abridged, and the revised abridged version

[XAJIM]

Currently browsing Journey to the West (Monkey) translated by Jenner. Ol monkey magic was one crazy simian.

[hazza]

When the bough breaks by jonathan kellerman


first in the alex delaware series of novels written in 1985 (woah)

[LisaJ]

Originally posted by hazza
When the bough breaks by jonathan kellerman


first in the alex delaware series of novels written in 1985 (woah)

Always wanted to read Jonathan Kellerman...

once you read it, give it a score out of 5..

cheers :)

[NastyButler]

I've just finished reading The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. I've heard that there are two sequals, does anyone here think that I should read them? Are they up to the high standard of the first book?

edit: Just to make it clearer for those who think I'm being slack the original was written in the 70's and both of the sequals were made in the 90's. I just don't want to spoil the original with sub-standard money-making cash-ins.

[lectrotext]

David Sedaris Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

[zerothru7]

Clive Barker - Coldheart Canyon

Its pretty good so far .....

[Sutter]

Originally posted by NastyButler
I've just finished reading The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. I've heard that there are two sequals, does anyone here think that I should read them? Are they up to the high standard of the first book?


NO. Don't read them. They are bad. Keep the memory of the first book clean.;)

[Bostonmess]

Originally posted by LisaJ
Always wanted to read Jonathan Kellerman...

once you read it, give it a score out of 5..

cheers :)

I've read it, the subject matter is a bit hard going. I like the Delaware books though. When the Bough Breaks is probably the last one I'd read again.

I like the Patterson books, that's the ones with Alex Cross in, as played by Morgan Freedman in Kiss the girls and Along came a Spider. I also like the Lyncoln Rhyme books by Jeffrey Deaver, you may have seen the movie, the Bone Collector.

Seem to be right into the detective stuff these days.

[Bostonmess]

Originally posted by Feryl
Have you read the Empire series by Feist and Janny Wurts? I LOVED them. And if you read them after reading the first three in the Magician series, they're even better.

Didn't like 'em, couldn't get into 'em. I loved Magician etc though. Couldn't get into Faerie Tale either.

Favourite character = Calis. :)

[troubadour]

I am currently reading "The Histories" by Herodotus.

It's actually pretty good for something almost two-and-a-half thousand years old.

[NastyButler]

Originally posted by Sutter
NO. Don't read them. They are bad. Keep the memory of the first book clean.;)

Thanks for the advice mate, I'll give 'em a miss.:)

[Megabyte]

Originally posted by troubadour
I am currently reading "The Histories" by Herodotus.

It's actually pretty good for something almost two-and-a-half thousand years old.

I have to read through that for Extension History. Also reading Suetonius and Tacitus in Ancient History.

Herodotus is a little to 'pro-Athens' for me. Too much bias. Then again, that was the style of the time.

[Bostonmess]

I'm reading the Preacher comics.

[Freuds_Cat]

Currently reading The Chalon Heads by Barry Maitland.
Brilliantly high quality writting for a kind of English pulp fiction (of the original Elmore Leonard meaning not the hollywood movie kind).

I believe the author lives in Newcastle NSW and is a proffessor of Architecture.

Im about halfway through it atm. Can thoroghly recommend it 8/10

[davery]

Originally posted by BlueBoy
Got given Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. Starting tomorrow.

Originally posted by BlueBoy
I hit the halfway mark yesterday.
Great read. :)
About 40 pages from the end of "Confusion" (the sequel to "Quicksilver") - great books ! :cool:

Interesting links to his 20th century story - "Cryptonomicon" (ie. Enoch Root, beginnings of IT philosophy, the gold, etc).

[locust]

I just finished Atlas Shrugged.

Now it's back to The Confusion.

[and3w]

Nothing new then :D
Ayn Rand = pukes (IMHO) :D

reading Esau by Phillip Kerr
Just finished "The Owners Guide to Chihuahua's"

[NastyButler]

I just finished reading Neuromancer by William Gibson. Pretty good book, punk sci-fi.

[Glompbot]

The hollow chocolate bunnies of the apocalypse by robert rankin

Its kinda meh... hard to get into.... half way through the book now and i'm starting to like it a lot more

[BlueBoy]

I finally finished Quicksilver!

Now on to badpauly's suggested book 'Snatched'.

[polite]

Collected Stories-Peter Carey.
Read 'American Dreams' for an insight to the present.:)

[Fitty]

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead... awesome.

[polite]

Originally posted by Fitty
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead... awesome.
Tom Stoppard.
That's a trivial pursuit question:D

[johny_roberts]

Hey does listening to books on tape count? I have a fucking shit commute and started listen to books on tape. Fucking brilliant but I wonder if it counts in this thread.........

[Fitty]

Originally posted by polite
Tom Stoppard.
That's a trivial pursuit question:D

Really? That's actually pretty funny. Have you read it, or just know it from TP?

[polite]

Originally posted by Fitty
Really? That's actually pretty funny. Have you read it, or just know it from TP?
No. I'm not pretentious.:)

[NastyButler]

Originally posted by johny_roberts
Hey does listening to books on tape count? I have a fucking shit commute and started listen to books on tape. Fucking brilliant but I wonder if it counts in this thread......... I think it should since you still have to concentrate on the book.

[Fitty]

Originally posted by polite
No. I'm not pretentious.:)

Do you suggest only pretentious people read stoppard?

[polite]

Originally posted by Fitty
Do you suggest only pretentious people read stoppard?
Of course not.
I'm thinking you have missed the point.

[Glompbot]

Originally posted by johny_roberts
Hey does listening to books on tape count? I have a fucking shit commute and started listen to books on tape. Fucking brilliant but I wonder if it counts in this thread.........

I'd say yes... I listened to Pride and prejudice on books on tape...

You still get the proper story... unlike a movie version of a book.

[johny_roberts]

Well since NastyButler and Sapia said it was not bad form I am listening to a book by James Dickey. Not a book I would normally pick but its called To the White Sea. Quite interesting actually just different. But then it did get my imagination running rampant again which is why I love books.

[BlueBoy]

Originally posted by BlueBoy
Now on to badpauly's suggested book 'Snatched'.
Started reading Snatched today.
40 pages in and I already hate this country more. :cool:

[BtrFly]

currently i am reading Bryce Courenay - Matthew Flinders Cat. Much more upbeat than Jessica, which i wholy (sp?) found depressing.

[NastyButler]

Just finished reading Dune for the first time in about 6-7 years. Makes so much more sense now...

[Thyrd]

The Call of Cthulhu

[Ic3]

This month's FHM!

[ShadowNemesis]

DARK ANGEL - Virginia Andrews

[OK Computer]

Marx and Engels: The Communist Manifesto.
&
Orwell: The Clergeyman's daughter.

[NastyButler]

Just finished Dune Messiah.

[Pagey]

I am currently reading "kakoda" by Peter FitzSimons. Quite a good read on Australia's involve in PNG during WWII.

Has anyone else read/reading this book and have any thoughts about it? I am quite interested in your opinions of Fitzy's unique writing talent.

[NastyButler]

Also finished Children of Dune and God Emperor of Dune. Not sure if I should read the rest as I was told that God Emperor is the last good one in the series. Agree anyone?

[and3w]

Just finished 'Nine Lives' (autobiography of Goldie) good book
and Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen (as always very, very funny, if you don't know him, get and read!...'Stormy Weather' or 'Native Tongue')

Starting: 'The Cold Six-Thousand' by James Elroy (again!..quite superb paranoid/punk/JFK/Martin Luther King assassination story...think of the Illuminati trilogy written in the gutter)!
And Neil Gaimans 'Neverwhere'...by the author of the 'Sandman' and 'Black Orchid' series of graphic novels. I have found all his novels to be on a par with his graphic novels..even the one written with Terry Pratchett (who's books I dislike intensely) I enjoyed.

[polite]

I'm re-reading "Age and Guile beat youth, innocence and a bad haircut" by P.J.O'Rourke.
I'll make a start on "Parliament of Whores" after that.I love smart cynics. :)

[and3w]

I'm re-reading "Age and Guile beat youth, innocence and a bad haircut" by P.J.O'Rourke.
I'll make a start on "Parliament of Whores" after that.I love smart cynics. :)

I felt really let down by "Age & Guile" etc. I know it is all juvenile stuff but some of it is just dire, the car reports are about the best bit of it, I thought, and thats not saying much!
I've not long finished "Love all the people: Letters, Lyrics, Routines" by Bill Hicks. Now there is a good book of early stuff by a cynic to die for..although it is a bit repetitive it is still a) funny and b) interesting to see how his routines developed over a period of time. Recommended if you haven't read it.

PS: I do like P.J. ; what was the book he wrote about going on holiday to places like Beirut or Cambodia? Now THAT was funny! :D :D :D

[locust]

I just finished Atlas Shrugged.

Now it's back to The Confusion.

That was the plan. Instead I read Michael Crichton's Timeline (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345417623/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_1/002-7712296-0346452),
Heinlein's Starship Troopers (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0441783589/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_1/002-7712296-0346452), David Brin's The Uplift War (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553279718/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_2/002-7712296-0346452), and Michael Crichton's Travels (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060509058/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_1/002-7712296-0346452) .

Now it's back to The Confusion. Really.

[Peach]

Just finished 'Wired' the biography of John Belushi, by Bob Woodward. Heartily, recommend. Could do with a big line now.....

[Nodbugger]

I just finished Pegasus Bridge- June 6, 1944 - Steven E Ambrose.

And I will start on Republic of Fear- Samir al-Khalil.

[polite]

Holidays in Hell.
That was it.


(this was a reply to And3w's post.)

[and3w]

Holidays in Hell.
That was it.


(this was a reply to And3w's post.)
Yeah...very very funny :-)

[druid]

Warplanes and Fighters of World War II
Vares - Kolmastoista Yö

[Androssi]

I've just started "Dude, Where's my Country?" Don't think i need to mention the author!

[polite]

Warplanes and Fighters of World War II
Vares - Kolmastoista Yö

So you know who Clive Caldwell is.

[druid]

I've just started "Dude, Where's my Country?" Don't think i need to mention the author!

Ashton Kutcher?

[LeoFlare]

Im currently reading Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn.

[NastyButler]

Starting the original Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe).

[svvampy]

Been working through the Hornblower series by C.S.Forester, I'm up to book eight - The Commodore. I'm also in the middle of 'A scanner darkly' by Phillip K Dick which is enjoyable.

[HAL]

The Alchemy of Culture by Richard Rudgley

[abelgold]

Hee hee hee Phil Dick..

You wanna Phil Dick?

I'm working my way thru the highly addictive "Da Vinci Code" by Tom Brown and also tackling "Shogun" by Clavell on the side. I've got Mccullochs "First Man in Rome" on the sidelines waiting to interchange in..anyelse read this series? I've heard good reports.

[ShadowNemesis]

The Taking by Dean Koontz

[Ic3]

The Mallorean - David Eddings

[Javaira]

Billy - Dr Pamela Stephenson
Falls the Shadow - Sharon Pennman

[Shez]

At the moment i am reading Joe Cinque's Consolation by Helen Garner.
So far really good read.
True story about this guys death and how his girlfriend went about to kill him, but it tells all about the court and her trials and goes into her personality issues.
I'm likin it alot so far :)

[polite]

The Bible by God.
it is pretty hard to believe so it goes.

[svvampy]

Hee hee hee Phil Dick..

You wanna Phil Dick?

I'm working my way thru the highly addictive "Da Vinci Code" by Tom Brown and also tackling "Shogun" by Clavell on the side. I've got Mccullochs "First Man in Rome" on the sidelines waiting to interchange in..anyelse read this series? I've heard good reports.
I found the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown an interesting read, but it is very similar to his other books and a bit stupid in places. Dave Barry had a good parody of the generic Brown tale a couple of weeks ago.

[BtrFly]

I found the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown an interesting read, but it is very similar to his other books and a bit stupid in places. Dave Barry had a good parody of the generic Brown tale a couple of weeks ago.
i just cant put down Dan Browns Deception point. I am LOVING IT!!!! Mind you it is the first book of his i have read... so i dont know about generic plots or anything...

[Serpent_Girl]

Im reading "This day all gods die" by Stephe Donaldson (Part of The Gap series)

[RedMaN]

I just stumbled upon Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson at this little shitty book stall for $10... bargain I say :banana: Started reading it immediately on the way home, instantly hooked...

[Fitty]

Malcom X's autobiography. Good read - even though I'm not usually one for autobiographies.

[Enos]

I just stumbled upon Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson at this little shitty book stall for $10... bargain I say :banana: Started reading it immediately on the way home, instantly hooked...

Stephenson is the man. If you haven't already read it, Cryptonomicon is the shiznit.

At the moment I'm reading Kinky Friedman - More Kinky Friedman

[RedMaN]

Stephenson is the man. If you haven't already read it, Cryptonomicon is the shiznit.
Thanks for the tip.... haven't read it yet but have heard a lot about it... I'll keep my eyes out for a copy. Still read Snow Crash all the time... I just can't get enough of that book :D

[and3w]

Malcom X's autobiography. Good read - even though I'm not usually one for autobiographies.

If you are interested in that kind of stuff I reccomend anything by Eldridge Cleaver, esp the one where he writes a critique of Ronald Regan, when he was gov of California...very funny and still very pertinent to this day,

Am reading 'London - A Novel' by Edward Rutherfurd. OK, interesting historically but a bit frothy. I like it though; his 'Russka' is good to.

[Fitty]

The curious incident of the dog in the night time. awesome book.

[SOC]

The curious incident of the dog in the night time. awesome book.

I read that last month - brilliant book, very smart and moving. I'm currently re-reading the latest Harry Potter novel.

Has anyone else read any of the Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich? They're a series of humorous crime stories, with the main character (Plum) being a not-very-good bounty hunter. They're excellent - I'm up to book 6 now (the first five are: One For the Money, Two For the Dough, Three to Get Deadly, Four to Score, High Five) ... the next one to read is Hot Six.

For more on Evanovich and her books go to: http://www.evanovich.com/

[Peach]

The curious incident of the dog in the night time. awesome book.

Useless fact No. 43 - I live in Swindon! :)

oh, I'm reading 'Rebecca' by Daphne du Maurier.

[NastyButler]

Finished reading Robinson Crusoe a while ago but I forgot to update. Going to re-read the Charm School by Neslon de Mille.

Im reading "This day all gods die" by Stephe Donaldson (Part of The Gap series)Love that series. I tried buying them but they all have a fagged up CGI 'generic stuff in space' cover now instead of the faces.


Useless fact No. 43 - I live in Swindon! :)

oh, I'm reading 'Rebecca' by Daphne du Maurier.
Another great book.

[Salted_Chipmunk]

Im currently reading - If Chins Could Kill, Confessions of a B Actor, by none other than the man Bruce Campbell himself.

Its a fairly light read, but entertaining nonetheless. Gives a nice background look on how Evil Dead came about. I recommend it to all.

Next on the list is my Real Ultimate Power book, by Robert Hambuger.

Yes its the website in a 190 page book.

Yes it kicks arse. Im popping a massive boner and wailing on a swet axe as i speak.

[druid]

The Bible by God.
it is pretty hard to believe so it goes.

I heard it's a bit preachy too.

[Benwah]

Eon by Greg Bear

[Sutter]

Eon by Greg Bear

One of my favorites. :D

He's a great read.....except now he's found god. So, don't read any of his newer stuff, stick to the oldies.

[Nuisance Value]

One of my favorites. :D

He's a great read.....except now he's found god. So, don't read any of his newer stuff, stick to the oldies.

Dead Lines was pretty good.

[polite]

Goodbye Darkness- by William Manchester.

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[Benwah]

One of my favorites. :D

He's a great read.....except now he's found god. So, don't read any of his newer stuff, stick to the oldies.

Roger that! thanks for the tip, I must admit I'm enjoying it, it's a bit cheesy, but still pretty well written. SPACEROCK! heh!

[Enos]

Just finished Enders Game by Orson Scott Card. Very cool...

[MaJeztik]

Michael Crichton - Prey **$3 at the train station :D**

i just finished "the art of deception by Kevin Mitnick"

[starfuxor]

Robert Ludlum - The Paris Option

[BtrFly]

Jeffery Deaver - Twisted
its a collection of short stories, and though fairly generic, still pretty cool :)

[SOC]

I'm still rereading Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix (OK, OK, it's a big book!)

[Glompbot]

And I'm finally onto the third book in the series
Mistress of the empire

[SOC]

And I'm finally onto the third book in the series
Mistress of the empire

???I thought the third book was called Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban??? :confused:

[Glompbot]

I meant third book of MY series :D

which is the empire series by raymond e feist and janny wurts

[jefah]

I'm reading Michael Marshall Smith again. This time its What You Make It.

[SOC]

I meant third book of MY series :D

which is the empire series by raymond e feist and janny wurts

OK, you're forgiven! :)

I'm up to book six in the Janet Evanovich series I'm reading. I managed to find books eight and nine in a second-hand shop on Saturday (got both for £1!) but need to read six and seven first ... so I'll keep hunting for them.

[LisaJ]

Just finished Patricia Cornwell's new book Trace, was ok, but her earlier stuff is better...

[lostreality]

John Grisham - The Summons, just picked it up though.

just finished John Grisham's a Time To Kill, excellent indeed.

They are both my mum's books though.

[diggy]

Dan Brown's Angels and Demons
it's the prequel to Da Vinci Code
interesting writer

[spurr]

Sex & Money - Mark Daipin

Autobiographical type thing by a journalist who has spent a large portion of his career at lad mags like Ralph, The Picture, etc, etc. I'm only a handful of chapters in but it is shaping up OK.

[and3w]

千と千尋の神隠し hayao miyazaki

Translation? Synopsis/ Any comments?

Re-reading 'Hiroshima' by John Hersey (1st westerner to go into the city and write a book detailing the day of the bomb from 6 ordinary peoples point of view (Pub 1946)..Very good.

Also 'Undaunted Courage' by Stephen. E. Ambrose (who also wrote original book of "Band of Brothers") Interesting History of Capt. Meriwether Lewis, who first set out to properly explore America's land west of the Mississippi after being requested by Thomas Jefferson. Great Adventure story, all the better for being true.

[Merudo]

Just very recently finished reading Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising.

Good book, except at times it feels like you're reading an oddly written documentary... it potters along a bit in places but I guess it was an alright book. Note - NEVER read e-books on a PDA. When you get up to page 2,600 + it starts to get a bit frustrating... :P

[Something Fast]

Perdurabo (A biography of Aleister Crowley. Can't remember who it's by though. It's really well written, and seemingly really well researched as well.)

[hazza]

James Clavell - Shogun

[gooey]

Dopeland - John Birmingham

The guy who wrote "He died with a felafel in his hand" goes on a pot smoking tour of australia

[label]

In search of Fatima - Gharda Karmi

[excalibur]

Fall of the reach - Eric Nylund. It's the book that bunjee commissiond as a prequel to the Halo game. There is another called "The Flood" but I haven't started that yet, it's next in the series.

[svvampy]

Dan Brown's Angels and Demons
it's the prequel to Da Vinci Code
interesting writer
I found his works excruciatingly samey. Dave Barry wrote a good parody of his writing 'style'.

[HAL]

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood by Eric Burdon

Pretty neat insight into rock history, and of course Eric's life.

[juss0]

At Risk by Stella Rimington. She used to be Head of the MI5. Its a thriller about terrorism in the UK.

Slow at the start but getting better

[Ic3]

Michael Moore - Dude, Where's My Country?

[FritzTheCat]

Finished Frederick Forsyth's Avenger and Matthew Reily's Scarecrow a couple of weeks ago.

I've yet to start on "The Da Vinci Code" (sp?) though that will be the next book I read.

[and3w]

The Bible - Kimg James version, of course

[Talken]

A mix of Johnny The Homicidal Maniac (Collection) and The ethical guide to hacking

[Afta Image]

Deception Point - Dan Brown (this is his fourth book I have read)....

Though if you want to try one of his, go for The Davinci Code (or maybe angels and demons).

[badpauly]

Hardcore - Linda Williams

A look at the hardcore movie industry from a feminist viewpoint. Bloody interesting read.

And a bunch of other books that I am skipping between.

[badpauly]

I'm reading Michael Marshall Smith again. This time its What You Make It.
Ahhh... A bunch of short-stories that all make you feel like they are actually the same story, just looked at differently.

That book really started to shit me.

[Wolfette13]

American Politics, Criminal Law, Criminal Justice, Corrections (for homework)

The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck (for fun).

[s3raph]

I rather dislike these threads that turn into 60 page lists of random stuff that noone will ever read.

[MadSkunkBurna']

Dark Tower VII - The Dark Tower by Stephen King

[Something Fast]

Diary of a Drug Fiend - Aleister Crowley
Survivor - Chuck Palanhiuk

[s3raph]

Machiavelli - The Prince

[StygiaN]

Tom Robbins - Still Life with Woodpecker

Random and wierd is it!

[Hired Goon]

Ashes of Vietnam by Stuart Rintoul. It tells the stories of Aussie soldiers in Vietnam. Frightening stuff. Also, I'm reading George RR Martin book two in preparation for the new one coming out. And finally, I bought Shaun Micallef's "Smithereens", which is a bit hit and miss, so I'm taking that in small doses.

[BlueBoy]

Timeline by Michael Crichton.

Next up is 'You Wouldn't be Dead for Quids' by Robert Barrett.

[Hit And Rum]

"The Difference Engine"

Just finished "The Leader"

[ersatz]

Difference Engine was good, if a bit too focused on the detail at the expense of story.

currently reading Beyond Lies The Wub, having previously read his other four books of shorts as well as Flow My Tears The Policeman Said and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. God, I'm a Dickhead.

[Kez]

I'm reading 2

A E-Book on Ninja Tactics, and one on Samurai

[MaJeztik]

Im reading "Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give it away... the stories behind every song".

[repeat]

The subnetting chapter from Win2k server - tcp/ip core guide (http://www.booktopia.com.au/featuredbook1.asp?StoreUrl=booktopia&bookid=1572318058&db=au)

[lostreality]

leslie waller - mafia wars

[HAL]

Timeline by Michael Crichton.

Next up is 'You Wouldn't be Dead for Quids' by Robert Barrett.
Robert G Barrett, lovely selection sir!


Currently addicted to:
Aldous Huxley - After Many a Summer Dies the Swan

[Glompbot]

Lonely Dead by Michael Marhsall.

[nique]

gibson's pattern recognition- like an old friend. need to get a new book for the weekend tho. hate it when a book lets u down and u feel compelled to read on hoping it will improve. should be mandated that authors who contribute to the crap be set alight.

[druckfugged]

Life of Pi by Yann Martel
almost disappears up its own arse in the first seventy five pages but then the ship sinks; one of the best stories ever told.

[Afro88]

"Crazy Diamond: Syd Barret and the dawn of Pink Floyd" by Mike Watkinson

Awesome book. I don't know how much of the story is actually true, but it's a really good read. Very tragic though...

[Thyraeus]

Midnight in Sicily. by Peter Robb
About the history of the Mafia and its impact on Italy....a facinating read - quite political...but necessarily so.

[fastfood]

Nuremburg by Airey Neave.

Crazy stuff, this is the book by the guy who served them their indictments when they were locked up after the war.
Those Nazis were a bunch of frinkin loons, and thats is *apart* from being amoral psycopaths.

[fastfood]

Also just finished "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon.

A good read, writen from the point of view of a Autistic 15 year old.

[rosamund]

'Pegasus Bridge' by Stephen E. Ambrose.

Don't tar me with the Noddy brush, please, it's about British Paratroopers.

[and3w]

Nuremburg by Airey Neave.

Crazy stuff, this is the book by the guy who served them their indictments when they were locked up after the war.
Those Nazis were a bunch of frinkin loons, and thats is *apart* from being amoral psycopaths.

Try Lord Liverpools account of the trials. I think he was the head prosecuter, at least on the british side. A informative book.

[Glompbot]

I just finished reading Lonely Dead by Michael Marshall... MUCH better than straw men.

[annie]

The Fourth Queen - Debbie Taylor

its set in the 1700's, about the harem of the emperor of Morocco... rather good, sex and intrigue :D

[Glompbot]

The Fourth Queen - Debbie Taylor

its set in the 1700's, about the harem of the emperor of Morocco... rather good, sex and intrigue :D

Sounds interesting, available at normal bookstores, or is it harder to find than that?

I am currently reading a book a girl at work insisted I read... its horribly trashy... Its called

The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank

[HAL]

Point Counter Point by Aldous Huxley

[annie]

Sounds interesting, available at normal bookstores, or is it harder to find than that?

I am currently reading a book a girl at work insisted I read... its horribly trashy... Its called

The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank

yup, normal bookstores ( i got mine from Borders i think)
it's fiction based on history, in case you got the impression it was something informative. it's still good imho.

[Merudo]

Just read a book called "Across the Nightingale Floor"

by Lian Hearn.


Real good book... Liked it a lot. Now i've got to get the next one which continues the story on.

[Enos]

Iain M Banks - The Algebraist

mmmm... new Banks *drools*

[and3w]

Iain M Banks - The Algebraist

mmmm... new Banks *drools*

Seconded & Passed

[Glompbot]

yup, normal bookstores ( i got mine from Borders i think)
it's fiction based on history, in case you got the impression it was something informative. it's still good imho.


Oh, no. I like fiction based on history :D

[fastfood]

Currently reading 'Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them' by Al Franken.

Very funny, and lots of shit that makes me think 'how the fuck do they get away with this?'. Make's me glad we have the media we do in Oz.

[gertie]

Finished Popcorn by Elton recently myself. Was fairly enjoyable. ...

popcorn was a good book, although i got a little pissed off at the unmistakeable parallels to oliver stones natural born killers, but i've gotta say that high society is probably eltons best by far!

ATM i'm reading "London Irish punk life and music... shane MacGowan" by Joe Merrick, about the wonderful life of Shane MacGowan and the Pogues

[Deimos]

Currently reading 'Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them' by Al Franken.

Very funny, and lots of shit that makes me think 'how the fuck do they get away with this?'. Make's me glad we have the media we do in Oz.
What? As in NewsCorp?

[fastfood]

What? As in NewsCorp?

Not specifically, but generally.

I used to watch 'media watch' pretty much every week in Oz, and the stuff they pulled people up on on that show isn't even close to the stuff they get away with in the states.

There seems to be more accountability in Australia. (IMO)

[sagit]

Books of Blood compendium #1 - Clive Barker

[Hired Goon]

Books of Blood compendium #1 - Clive Barker

Clive Barker is a freak - in a good way :). Ever read The Great and Secret Show? Now that is one fucked up book.

Right now I'm reading George RR Martin - A storm of swords (again). Although I need to read something no fantasy so I think I'll buy another book tomorrow. Probably a non-fiction book...

[StudMuffin]

Shadow of a Dark Queen - Raymond E. Feist again.

That man is the undesbuted king of fantasy, gotta say Magician is his best though.

[annie]

i just finished a book called 'The Bride Stripped Bare', by an Anonymous author.
its about the secret life of a married woman. i found it so good, rather erotic too.

i'm also now reading 'And De Fun Don't Done' by Robert G Barret. oh so fucking funny! anyone else a fan of Les Nortons escapades?

[BlueBoy]

i'm also now reading 'And De Fun Don't Done' by Robert G Barret. oh so fucking funny! anyone else a fan of Les Nortons escapades?
Hell yes!
I went to the parent's place on the weekend and picked up every book after reading the first one.

[Natfu]

"You wouldn't be dead for quids" is the best of the bunch though. Also, "Davo's little something" is quite good though it's not a Les Norton book.

[RaZ]

I have just finished reading the necroscope & vampire world series of books from Brain Lumley and have started to re-read "A taste of blood wine" by Freda Warrington which has two books to follow it and link up as well.

The series from Brian Lumley has been the best set of books I have read in an age. They are dark, erotic, with love storys and morbid ones and the theory of mental powers :) I would recommend them to anyone. All to do with vampires of course... and maybe close to what the real thing could be.

The book I am re-reading "A taste of blood wine" is also a vampire book. The story follows a mortal human and a vampire whom fall in love. of course the only problem with that is the women is mortal :p though out the 3 books that cover this story the mortal ends up becoming a vampire to have a never ending love. However there are some dark twists in all of this :) great book that is very erotic... probly a little dark but not too much ;) in these set of books the vampires greatest pleasure is feeding while at highten sexual pleasure and the way its described makes it very intresting :banana:

[Fitty]

Schindler's Ark - very good.

[Glompbot]

Yesterday I started reading, and just now I finished...

Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

[annie]

I have just finished reading the necroscope & vampire world series of books from Brain Lumley and have started to re-read "A taste of blood wine" by Freda Warrington which has two books to follow it and link up as well.



I do believe i am going to have to investigate these books.. available anywhere i hope?

[and3w]

Schindler's Ark - very good.

Thank fuck someone round here isn't reading fantasy books :fag: ..rep for you my human

[RaZ]

I do believe i am going to have to investigate these books.. available anywhere i hope?

the only place that I know that stocks these is Galaxy Book store on York St in the CBD :) my fav shop in the world !! hehehe

The freda books have only just come back in to print, the first you can get easy but I think you'l be waiting for the rest. The Brian Lumley ones will be there along with the vampire world ones... both of his series that I mentioned are like one big story :) I love his writing !! if you can't find one let me know ;)

[Buffy]

Ever read The Great and Secret Show? Now that is one fucked up book.



certainly is! I liked Imagica better, and I've read it several times as testament to that fact :p

[Merudo]

Nightmares and Dreamscapes, by Stephen King.

Man there are some fucked up parts in this.

On the whole though, one of those books which you read on the train ride to work, and you get there and think "awww.. there already? :/ "

[dredz]

China: An Introduction
Lucian W. Pye
monkey balls! apparently,by the end of the Ming dynasty (1368-1643 A.D.) there were over nine thousand concubines in the Forbidden City, and during the Qing dynasty (1644-1912A.D.) over twelve thousand....all of these were for the Emperor (of the respective dynasties)....heh, just goes to show you that Snoop Dogg ain't got shit.

[Cpt Jellybean]

Lionel Davidson: A Long Way To Shiloh

[Moga2]

just finished Exiles Return by Mr Raymond E. Feist

[Lina]

Juuuust finished Pattern Recognition, William Gibson (for the second time). Started A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson this morning on the tram. I managed to land a backwards facing seat, though, and it gave me a headache just as I finished reading the introduction. Curse you backward seats!

[Glompbot]

I finished wee free men by terry pratchett.. again.

I'm going to start the discworld books from the beginning... which means regular trips to the bookshop.

[Buffy]

Just picked up the new Iain M Banks book, The Algebraist, its pretty good so far and I always enjoy his sci fi stuff, one of the better writers IMO.
I also spied a new Clive Barker in Galaxy bookstore and was tempted to get both, but couldn't afford it. Next pay :cool:

[Sutter]

Lina: While I loved Bills other books, I found SHONE rather annoying. Don't take everything he's says for fact, he messes up a fair few things, some of which are unforgivable.

PS. go to the events area :)

[BtrFly]

Currently i am reading Escardy Gap, by Peter Crowther and James Lovegrove. Its really a bizarre little book, but its quite readable :) Its only a cheap little book, but meh :D

I really am enjoying it. Train rides would be much more dull without it! :D

[StygiaN]

Yesterday I started "My Legendary Girlfriend" by Mike Gayle (cheers to SOC for that). It's actually pretty good ;)

[HAL]

"The Invisible Landscape - Mind, Hallucinogens and the I Ching" by Terence Mckenna

http://deoxy.org/audio/twhy.au

[jefah]

the eyre affair - Jasper Fforde

[annie]

Northern Lights by Philip Pullman again

has anyone heard rumours about a 'His Dark Materials' movie?

[druckfugged]

The Fall Of Constantinople by Stephen Runciman.Couldn't possibly recommend it to anybody however, although I haven't gotten to the good bit yet

[druckfugged]

Just picked up the new Iain M Banks book, The Algebraist, its pretty good so far and I always enjoy his sci fi stuff, one of the better writers IMO.
I also spied a new Clive Barker in Galaxy bookstore and was tempted to get both, but couldn't afford it. Next pay :cool:

Excession is one of my all time favourite books. Ever.

[Guest.]

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Only read the first couple of pages, seems like its going to be a bit heavy going but seems to be one of those books you 'should read'.

[hazza]

still reading james clavells shogun, i dunno how long its gonna take me to finish all the books

[and3w]

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Only read the first couple of pages, seems like its going to be a bit heavy going but seems to be one of those books you 'should read'.

It's not heavy going when you get into it, it's a real page-turner, honest! As I recall, the book changes sort of "character" about 1/3 to 1/2 way through, because he started to write it as a novel and then became skint, sold the part he had written to a magazine and then wrote the rest as monthly chapters (which, I guess had to end the chapter with a hook of some sort so people bought next months magazine!)
Iain M Bank's book has been bought for me for Christmas so I am getting incredibly frustrated reading about others who have / are reading it! :p
Marcus Pyle's China book I also enjoyed.
Have just finished 'Timbuktu' by Paul Auster; also recommended, the story of a dog and his man, who happens to be a spaced out, drugfukt, schizophrenic homeless poet, all told from the dog's point of view. Funny & touching.

I have just started Carl Hiasson's 'Skinny Dip' - as usual seems superb; and have nearly finished 'Accordion Crimes' by E. Annie Proulx - an oddity I came across in a 'remaindered books' box in the book shop near me and which I have found absolutely wonderful, an interconnected series of stories with an accordion theme running through them. Interesting historically & musically too. A lot of it is short stories depicting immigrants to the USA over the past 2 centuries which I thought it depicts well and humanely. (But still with the accordion in there ;) ) If you see it, grab it; you'll know a lot more about accordions then! :D

[NightLightness]

I reckon ppl with multiple personality disorder read more than one book at a time.
reading 2 books at once is fun i do it when i can't decide which i prefer most

[StudMuffin]

Andy Riley - The Book of Bunny Suicides

[Sutter]

Andy Riley - The Book of Bunny Suicides

I don't think you're the only one. Seems to be the Christmas gift for that hard-to-buy-for male in the family. ;)

[StudMuffin]

I got Return of the Bunny Suicides as well, some of them are pretty damn funny

[dozer]

crime and punishment is great, ive been reading it for ages.

i got ursula le guin - changing planes which seems interesting.

[Something Fast]

Number 9 Dream

[ShinymetalASS]

David Drake's Lord of the Isles Series.... because Katherine Kerr takes so freakin long to put out another book... and still waiting on next eddings... and next kate forsyth... and there's only so many times one can read a pratchett before one forgets the way physics _really_ works... (tongue firmly in cheek)...

[Feryl]

Russia: A Complete History

[bronco]

War & Peace: Leo Tolstoy

The reading is just as heavy as the book... and thats saying something.
Interesting though.

[Lujan]

The Golden Torc - Julian May

[reykjavik]

War & Peace: Leo Tolstoy

The reading is just as heavy as the book... and thats saying something.
Interesting though.

I should be picking up a copy of that hopefully. Any thoughts on it so far?

[Enos]

Currently reading Stephen Baxter - Exultant

[Sutter]

The last quarter of all Stephan Baxter books are depresing, I don't like him anymore.

I'm reading:
Imajica - That gay writer, the one what did Weaveworld and Sado-Masicists-From-Hell. That guy

[Enos]

Nothing wrong with a depressing ending, more like life ;)

(And Weaveworld etc is Clive Barker)

[NightLightness]

at the moment i am engrossed in the second book of the livship traders written by robbin hobb if any of you are fantasy fans this is a great series of 3 trilogies....... one of my faviorate authors and each book is as cativating as the last.......hopefully one day i will be telling you all to grab a copy of my book but first i need to finish it.......soon to many thoughts in my head at the moment

[mr_russy]

at the moment im reading The Godfather.

[Munchkin]

About halfway through The Redemption of Althalus

3/4 way through Crime and Punishment, and

occasionally the Dilbert book ' The Joy of Work ' .

[jammin]

I'm reading "Incompetence" by Rob Grant. It's really rather amusing.

[Glompbot]

I'm not reading anything.

[annie]

I'm about to start reading the 3rd book in the View From the Mirror series by Ian Irvine... such a brilliant set of books, i'm completely hooked, and this is the second time around!

[Hairyman]

Past Mortem by Ben Elton

[reykjavik]

I'm reading "Incompetence" by Rob Grant. It's really rather amusing.

For some reason I thought that said "Impotence" by Hugh Grant.

[Enos]

I'm reading "Incompetence" by Rob Grant. It's really rather amusing.

Is that Rob Grant of Red Dwarf fame?

[s3raph]

I am just reading the Dune trilogies. I've never read them before so I figured I'd better read this icon of science-fiction.

[reykjavik]

I'm currently perusing my Iceland lonely planet guide.

Just wondering, does anybody else here have 1 or more guides on places they're keen to visit/have visited? I've also got a Hiking in Alaska edition is quite interesting.

[krogmor]

The Terry Brooks Jerle Shanarra trilogy -- just started the Morgwawr, or however you spell his damned name.

Probably go for Dune books after (only read the original Dune).

[HAL]

Carl Gustav Jung's "Flying Saucers: A modern myth of things seen in the sky"

[polite]

I'm reading Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre and it's OK thus far.
I was reading Great Expectations by Charles Dickens but it wasn't what I'd hoped for so I stopped :)

[stevecai]

I am reading John Grisham's book called "king of torts". I am about 1/8 the way through but i haven't read more of it for couple of days.

[Sparhawk]

A Discworld 3-in-1 of Mort, Reaper Man and Soul Music. Currently 1/3 into Reaper Man.

[sneagelman]

The Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant. A very interesting read. Grant is an energetic writer, and his prose is most accessible. A wonderful way to learn more about the Civil War, through the guy who ran a lot of it. :pir8dan:

[BlueBoy]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman (again).
Still one of the best books I've read.

[ShinymetalASS]

The Freakin Da Vinci Code. Because everyone else was doing it and I just wanted to be popular.

[StygiaN]

Some dean Koontz book but I got bored of it. Shame because he has written some absolute pearlers. Can anybody say Watchers?

[Hired Goon]

Some dean Koontz book but I got bored of it. Shame because he has written some absolute pearlers. Can anybody say Watchers?

I've never read Dean Koontz - only know him as the guy next to Stephen King in the book shop.

I just finished reading the George RR Martin series again, I've been very slow, and have started on The War of the Flowers by Tad Williams. I didn't mind his Otherland series, so I hope it's good.

Apart from that, I'm due for a trip back to Borders...

[Glompbot]

I haven't read anything since before christmas except the World of Warcraft manual.

[StygiaN]

If you get bored goon check out Watchers. I remember reading it when I was in year 8 or something and then magically came across it again like 8 years later. V.Cool.

[Sparhawk]

Just finished Angels and Demons.

[Serpent_Girl]

I'm reading Monstrous Regiment No, 28 in the Discworld series, by Terry Pratchett. I'm in love with Discworld!! :D:D

I tried reading the Da Vinci Code, but it was boring and a load of crap anyway, so I stopped.

[Manshoon]

Currently reading Hogfather by Terry Pratchett....working my way back thru the Discworld series.

[Sparhawk]

To continue a theme, just finished Soul Music by Pratchett (4 fried rats and some coke. Hilarious). Now I don't know what to read. I think I need some more DW books :)