Whats was the last book you read

[gazcbm]

...or currently reading.

Last Book: George Orwell - 1984
Current: Philip Pullman - Good Man Jesus Scoundrel Christ

Looking for something good to read next

 

[Justin]

the watchtower and the Commodore book you lent me, currently re-reading the whole of the Sherlock Holmes collection

 

[chiark]

Newton and the counterfeiter. Not bad at all, particularly if you've read the Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson.

Fiction: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Utterly superb.

Now reading: Folklore of Discworld

 

[Tomse]

Arctic Drift by Clive Cussler

 

[SaviorX]

"Football, It's a Funny Old Game by Kevin Keegan" and
"The Junior Encyclopedia of Space".....

no, actually just been watching the entire run of Red Dwarf

 

[HonestFlames]

Total! Amiga Assembler by Paul Overaa is the last book I actually read from.

As for fiction, I've got the whole Wheel of Time collection on audiobook, which I'm within the last 10 chapters of finishing. Just passing the time before Iain M. Banks and Peter F. Hamilton release their next novels.

 

[gazcbm]

Wow theres plenty of interesting books to go off there! decision decisions.

 

[easypreacher]

Being a bit of a butterfly brain, i usually have 3 or 4 books on the go at the same time time. Currently i'm reading: "Matter" by Iain Banks, "The Terror" by Dan Simmons, "The System of the World" (last book in the Baroque cycle - highly, highly recommended) by Neal Stephenson, and "Vacuum Flowers" by Michael Swanwick.
If its recommendations you're after, i would say...anything by Dan Simmons (both his Horror and SF), anything by Neal Stephenson ( oh, and if you plan on getting the Baroque Cycle i would recommend that you read "Cryptonomicon" as well) and if you want massive, hard science, modern space opera you cant go far wrong with the "Nights Dawn" trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton. Right, i'm off to the library .

 

[AmiNeo]

Scourcery - Terry Pratchett

 

[StrontiumDog]

/prefers audio books as too busy reading forums to read real ones lol

 

[AmiNeo]

Being a bit of a butterfly brain, i usually have 3 or 4 books on the go at the same time time. Currently i'm reading: "Matter" by Iain Banks, "The Terror" by Dan Simmons, "The System of the World" (last book in the Baroque cycle - highly, highly recommended) by Neal Stephenson, and "Vacuum Flowers" by Michael Swanwick.
If its recommendations you're after, i would say...anything by Dan Simmons (both his Horror and SF), anything by Neal Stephenson ( oh, and if you plan on getting the Baroque Cycle i would recommend that you read "Cryptonomicon" as well) and if you want massive, hard science, modern space opera you cant go far wrong with the "Nights Dawn" trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton. Right, i'm off to the library .

Not only does he use Brian as his avatar but it seems he may actually be Brian! lol

 

[jujasi]

Highly recommended is Body Rides by Richard Laymon,

Currently reading The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury,

 

[AmiNeo]

Highly recommended is Body Rides by Richard Laymon,

Currently reading The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury,

I've read The Last Templar, it's one of the best books i've read in a long time. Enjoyed it as much if not more than Dan Browns recent hits.

 

[chiark]

Dan Browns recent hits.

I think that's an anagram, isn't it?

 

[AmiNeo]

Care to solve it?

 

[arnljot]

Managing Projects with GNU Make
and
An Introduction to GCC

 

[AmiNeo]

Dawn retires B.Stonch ... eh i dunno lol

 

[Megatron-UK]

Last complete book was "The Man in the High Castle" - P. K. Dick, released in the Gollancz Sci Fi Masterworks collection (73 titles released so far [I have them all, but haven't read them all yet]; all reprints of SF classics - Dune, Rama, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Forever War, I am Legend, etc).

Currently reading The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy (on part 3 at the moment, but never got round to reading any of it before, it's really quite funny!).

 

[SkydivinGirl]

Last Book Read: The Wheel of Time - Lord of Chaos

Currently Reading: The Crystal Shard - Book 1 of the Icewind Dale Trilogy

 

[Megatron-UK]

Being a bit of a butterfly brain, i usually have 3 or 4 books on the go at the same time time. Currently i'm reading: "Matter" by Iain Banks, "The Terror" by Dan Simmons, "The System of the World" (last book in the Baroque cycle - highly, highly recommended) by Neal Stephenson, and "Vacuum Flowers" by Michael Swanwick.
If its recommendations you're after, i would say...anything by Dan Simmons (both his Horror and SF), anything by Neal Stephenson ( oh, and if you plan on getting the Baroque Cycle i would recommend that you read "Cryptonomicon" as well) and if you want massive, hard science, modern space opera you cant go far wrong with the "Nights Dawn" trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton. Right, i'm off to the library .

Not only does he use Brian as his avatar but it seems he may actually be Brian! lol

I can second Dan Simmons; the Hyperion series (I think originally released as 4 books, but collected into two weight tomes; 'The Hyperion Omnibus' and 'The Endymion Omnibus') is very good, and the Ilium and Olympos books are an unusual, but great, blend of classical (Homers Odyssey) and SF.

Peter F Hamilton does *big* space opera. Great stuff if you like that sort of thing (I do), his Void saga series is also worth reading.