MEME: What Book Are You Reading Right Now?
By John DeNardo |
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 at
2:06 pm
There might not always be time for a long, thoughful post…but there’s always time for a quick Meme!
I’m in the middle of reading Sly Mongoose by Tobias S. Buckell. Space zombies! Very cool.
What book are you reading right now?
Tell us.
Now!
UPDATE: And how are you enjoying it so far?
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Nano Comes to Clifford Falls: And Other Stories
Nancy Kress
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge.
The Dreaming Void by Peter F. Hamilton.
The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson. I’m really liking it, but halfway through and I feel like I’ve read almost three books already.
Sergei Lukyanenko – Spectrum.
I am reading the last book from the “Prince of Nothing” series from Scott Bakker. : The Thousand-Fold Thought.
Sun of Suns by Karl Schroeder. Just started.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (more specifically I’m in the middle of The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle).
Just finished Singularity’s Ring by Paul Melko. Remarkably good for a first novel. Powerful concept, unusual characters, spectacular settings, but sloppy plotting and sometimes stilted dialog.
Now reading The Jack Vance Treasury.
Coffin County by Gary Braunbeck
Just finished “The Child Garden” by Geoff Ryman — good, idea-packed, but I feel like it’s aimed at someone *much* smarter than I am.
About to start “Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 2″ ed. Jonathan Strahan.
Nightwatch by Sergei Lukyanenko. Absolutely love it.
“Veritas”.
A Christian suspense novel.
Just finished E.E. Knight’s “Valentine’s Rising” – book 4 of the Vampire Earth series.
The Battle of Dorking by George Chesney from 1871
Well written, insightful short story.
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Every time I think it’s getting a little bit boring, there is another hint at bigger things to come. I’m totally hooked.
I just finished “Consider Phlebas” and thought it was very good. It dragged in parts but overall it was an exciting space opera with a great protagonist, Horza the Changer.
I am currently reading “Nazism and War” which is a disturbing examination of Germany’s construction of their war machine in the 1930′s. It looks at the military and ideological aspects of the process.
World War Z
An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks
Currently reading “Odd Hours” from Dean Koontz. So far (80 pgs) it’s good. Just getting to the meat of the story now.
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Chabon and The View from the Seventh Layer by Brockmeier–(“The Lady with the Pet Tribble” makes my inner Trekkie go “Sqweee!”)
The Algebraist, by Iain M. Banks
I readed about 100 pages and I’m impressed.
Dan Simmon’s The Terror and Paolo Bacigalupi’s Pump Six and Other Stories. Enjoying both but I’m stalling on the former…
LAST AND FIRST MEN by Olaf Stapledon. Mindblowing…and first published in 1930!
Marseguro by Edward Willett.
I’m only about 40 pages into it, so I can’t say whether I like it a lot or whether it’s just okay. It’s interesting, but I think with a book like this it is too early to tell.
Sly Mongoose is in my library right now, actually. I’m planning to read that in a couple weeks…except my review pile keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger. I just got six more books today…not that I’m complaining.
Trouble and her Friends by Melissa Scott – Someone recommended this book to me because my nick is Trouble and I’m thinking she’s way more Trouble than I am (I’m jealous).
Reading Neuromancer by William Gibson
Listening to Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson
Alright, I know I’m a little behind but I’m totally enjoying On Basilisk Station by David Weber. What makes it extra sweet is that it’s a free e-book from that one site and I’m reading it on the train during my commute…
Reading:
The Dark Light-Years – Brian Aldiss
Lyonesse: The Green Pearl – Jack Vance
Endless Night – Richard Laymon
Current issue of Weird Tales.
Listening:
Uglies – Scott Westerfeld
Mirrored Heavens by David J. Williams. I’m enjoying its three points of view in the developing story.
“Prince of Dogs” by Kate Elliott, which so far is better than book 1 of the series.
The first pages of Pretties, by Scott Westerfeld.
What, you couldn’t ask when I actually opened up Alanya to Alanya, by L. Timmel Duchamp so I could come off as original? Like, next week sometime?
The Prefect, by Alastair Reynolds.
Pretty good setup so far, but I’m only 60 pages in.
Almost done with Red Prophet, second in the Alvin Maker series by Orson Scott Card.
I’m a huge OSC fan, but I’d never tried any of the Alvin Maker books until this month. Then, there were two Alvin Maker stories in his new short story collection Keeper of Dreams, and they were great! I thought to myself, “Oh! THAT’S what these are about? Cool!” I already owned the first three, so I’ve been munching my way through them contentedly. What a fascinating builder of worlds!
(WARNING: You may find yourself talking like Tom Sawyer after reading these books. His narrator’s voice is so charming and well delivered, I find myself thinking in it as I go about my day.)
SLY MONGOOSE – read it. It’s great. Review forthcoming as soon as John gets off his keister and finishes it.
A FIRE UPON THE DEEP – great book, especially the galactic scale settings.
THE DREAMING VOID – pretty good, although I started enjoying the ‘dream’ sequences more than the space opera ones.
BONEHUNTERS – I gave up on the fifth book.
SUN OF SUNS – Another great book.
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES – I’ve read and re-read the omnibus version of these stories a couple of times. Always good.
SINGULARITY’S RING – A decent first novel, although I’m not sure it’s as good as all the praise says it is.
CONSIDER PHLEBAS – The book that hooked me on Banks. USE OF WEAPONS is still the best of the Culture novels though.
THE ALGEBRAIST – I remember liking this one pretty well, but it’s been awhile since I read. In fact, it’s on the bookshelf right by my PC so I’ve been re-reading it as I wait for various game loading screens to finish.
TROUBLE AND HER FRIENDS – Yes, I actually read this book waaaaay back when. I remember thinking it wasn’t too bad, but it’s fuzzy.
NEUROMANCER – Gibson has a way with words…
SNOWCRASH – What can I say. One of my favorite books eva.
I’m currently reading THE COURT OF THE AIR and it certainly has a very intriguing steampunk setting, filled with secret societies and hidden motivations. Then I’ll be reading MIRRORED HEAVENS or RAVENOR RETURNS.
Finishing Blood Rites by Jim Butcher and starting Lord of the Isles by David Drake
well, i’ve just finished The Last Colony by John Scalzi. great read. not as good as Old Man’s War but better than Ghost Brigades. i’ve just started When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger. only 20 pages in but i can already tell it’s going to be good.
The Alchemist by Paoulo Coelho, which is so short I already finished it. I liked it, but think it’s flawed in some subtle ways that have to do with writing fantasy as reality (which I won’t explain here).
The Alchemist by Paoulo Coelho, which is so short I already finished it. I liked it, but think it’s flawed in some subtle ways that have to do with writing fantasy as reality (which I won’t explain here).
Oh, and I guess I’m in the middle of Einstein by Walter Isaacson right now, which I didn’t think of immediately as I’m listening to it as an audio book. I’m liking it, but already know too much about Einstein and his life/work so parts of it have dragged.
Just finished some Non fiction: THE CODE BOOK (Simon Singh).
Now reading the fourth and final book in Gregory Keyes Age of Unreason series, THE SHADOWS OF GOD. It’s working as a perfectly servicable last book for the series thus far.
Reading The Charnel Prince, by Gregory Keyes.
So far, enjoyable read.
Catching up on some Realms of Fantasy mags, though I did just finish Sly Mongoose a few days ago. It was a good, fact-paced read.
Non-SF right now:
Audio = The Postman Always Rings Twice
Hardcopy = just finished The Moving Target
I just finished The Golden Compass. I thought it was pretty good, but towards the end, Pullman style started to break down. Now I’m reading “Margarets” by Sherry S. Tepper. I’m almost 200 pages in, but still have not found the plotline yet, though if feels like I’m getting close. It’s well written enought to keep me going, though.
Just finished Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank and finally getting around to Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan.
Mirrorshades edited by Bruce Sterling – Fantastic!
This Day All Gods Die, the fifth and final novel in the Gap Cycle by Stephen R. Donaldson. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed (and reviewed!) all of the books in this series.
Making my way through Against The Day by Thomas Pynchon, which is great so far, but I need a break. Starting The Somnambulist by Jonathan Barnes tonight.
Nostromo by Joseph Conrad. Finding it a bit dull.
“Fragile things” by Neil Gaiman, superb short stories!a must-read for everybody!i really recommend!
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon
The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket
I’m enjoying both, but the Snicket is clearly the much lighter of the two.
Mike Brotherton’s Spider Star, and I’m definitely enjoying it.
Wow, the most replies I’ve seen here yet.
What is the What by Dave Eggers. Liking it, but needed to break it up with The Road by Cormac McCarthy, which I’m also enjoying.