What are you reading?

[rlb9682]

A Confederacy Of Dunces. by John Kennedy Toole

I've read this before but it's one of my favorites and still makes me laugh

[Dirk Hofman]

"Stranger in a Strange Land" by Heinlein. I used the word "grok" at work and a co-worker looked at me with a knowing smile and asked if I'd read it. Never heard of it. I guess the term is/was just part of the venacular. So I'm reading it.

Pretty good to start, getting a bit long and slow in the middle.

[Mr. Paul]

Just finished Bill Bryson's bestseller "The Short History of Nearly Everything." Fascinating attempt at translating the science of the beginnings of the universe, our planet and it's life forms into something readable. It does not go "light" on the science though. Reviews of the book suggest that it would make a fantastic textbook, one that actually engages the reader.

Right before that was "Without Getting Killed or Caught" ... fascinating book that my wife and I really enjoyed.

Also, for years John Steinbeck was the only author that inspired me to try to read every one of their books. Then I read Barbara Kingsolver's "Prodigal Summer" and that set me off on a quest. She is a terrific writer.

[rlb9682]

Originally Posted by Dirk Hofman

"Stranger in a Strange Land" by Heinlein. I used the word "grok" at work and a co-worker looked at me with a knowing smile and asked if I'd read it. Never heard of it. I guess the term is/was just part of the venacular. So I'm reading it.

Pretty good to start, getting a bit long and slow in the middle.

You can't go wrong with Heinlein I'm always amazed at concepts and stories he came up with at the time he wrote those books.

[Dirk Hofman]

Originally Posted by rlb9682

You can't go wrong with Heinlein I'm always amazed at concepts and stories he came up with at the time he wrote those books.

I shall look into more titles by him after this. Thanks!

[Mycroft]

Originally Posted by Dirk Hofman

I shall look into more titles by him after this. Thanks!

I remain quite fond of "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" and "Time Enough For
Love." "Revolt in 2100" might be a bit timely.

[Mycroft]

Currently reading "The Plantagenets" by Dan Jones. I've been on a medieval streak recently, reading books about the Vikings, The Normans in France and Sicily, The Norman Conquest, Henry I and Richard the Lionheart, and now this. Still have books on William Marshall, the Wars of The Roses and the Magna Carta on deck, but I think I need a break so first I plan to divert to another era and read "White Trash: the 400-year untold history of class in America" by Nancy Isenberg.

Although I just put Absurd Lip Fuzzes "D-Day Through German Eyes" on my Amazon list.

TW

[Earwitness]

Originally Posted by rlb9682

A Confederacy Of Dunces. by John Kennedy Toole

I've read this before but it's one of my favorites and still makes me laugh

That is a great book. Genius.

[Dirk Hofman]

Originally Posted by Mycroft

I remain quite fond of "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" and "Time Enough For
Love." "Revolt in 2100" might be a bit timely.

Right on, thanks!

[nacluth]

Originally Posted by Mycroft

I remain quite fond of "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress"...

This seems like one of those long con literary jokes that has been brewing for a couple thousand posts.

[Don Lampson]

Most recently: Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, & White Trash 400 years of Class in America... Nancy Issenberg. Guess I wanted to get in touch with my roots?

Between the two, I read "Venomous" by Christie Wilcox, which were case studies of poor scudders who'd been juiced by some of the most deadly critters on earth! It told all the godawful, excruciating details of what exactly happens after one is bitten, or stung by those creatures... Gawd! It made my skin crawl, just thinking about such a misfortune... What a booger ugly nightmare!

Don

[Inyo]

I just finished reading the final proofs of the print book I wrote and subsequently published online called, In Search Of Vanished Ages--Field Trips To Fossil Localities In California, Nevada, And Utah.

It eventually ran to 95,703 words--pretty much equivalent to a medium-sized 380 page hard cover book of nonfiction. Including the 60 color photographs with captions (on-site images and pictures of representative fossils from each field trip locality), the print book format goes to 254 pages.

[fretfile100]

The Deptford Trilogy br Robertson Davies. A Canadian master!

[BrunoBlack]

About halfway through. Interesting and well written.

[Bob Womack]

On the bedside table:



Bob