Currently reading

Evil Phil

Consider Phlebas - Iain M. Banks (da Man)

The Handbook of Climbing - Alan Fyffe & Iain Peters

C# Essentials - An O'Reilly book

nesf

Some warhammer codeii and such.

Rereading "Sourcery" by Terry Pratchet. (It's a nice bedtime read )

Da Bounca

re-reading : Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy in 5 parts.

reading: return of the jedi pop-up book

Mr.Applepie

Originally posted by Da Bounca
reading: return of the jedi pop-up book

I had that book its a classic!

Asuka

Rereading all the discworld novels atm.

Next in queue is (yet another) rereading of LOTR.

A

bonkey

Just finished : LOTR (again, still quite underwhelmed by the book)

About to start : Memories of Ice by Steven Erikson (as soon as i can lay my hands on a copy)

jc

Manach

Band of Brothers- Steven Ambrose, book of tv-series

The Grand Design - John Marco, 2/3 fantasy novel

Storming HEaven - Dale Brown, technothriller

Static

Switching between these books constantly:


The emperor's new mind (penrose)
Compilers- principles, techniques and tools (aho,sehi,ullman)
The dilbert principle (adams)
Applied cryptography (schneier)

I also have several gary larson books. I know they're more comic strips, but they make for a good break between reading the heavier material 8)

DeadBankClerk

For fun:

• The Universe In A Nutshell - Stephen Hawking
• Joystick Nation - JC Herz ("How vidoegames gobbled our money, won our hearts and rewired our minds")

For fun too (but a bit college orientated) :

• Core C++: A Software Engineering Approach. - Victor Shtern
• Essential Mathematics For Computer Graphics, Fast - John Vince
• Computer Graphics Using OpenGL - FS Hill, Jr.
• OpenGL Reference Manual, Third Edition - Dave Shreiner

Victor

Personally, I've been a media junkie for the last few months, all TV channels on, boards.ie, Irish Times, ireland.com, Air Forces Monthly, Warships, An Cosaintoir, Magill, Phoenix, B&F, ananova.com, theonion.com, HULL ... whatever, then I get bored and pick up something else.

Originally posted by Manach
Storming HEaven - Dale Brown, technothriller

I've read it, it's OK, not as good as (early) Clancy.

CH

re-reading : Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy in 5 parts.

classic stuff.

was in class the other day and someone asked what the meaning of life was, about 5 of us answered in unision "42"... one of those "ah, you read it too" moments

Baz_

boards.ie

Lenny

lol baz

Lies of Silence - Brian Moore
Doing it for the leaving

MarcusGarvey

Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain
The Illumintus Triology - Robert Anton Wilson
Foucaults Pendulum - Umberto Eco

Lined up to be read:
Iain M Banks - Look to Winward
Mark J. Danielewski - House of Leaves
George R.R. Martin - Fire and Ice Triology Book II
William S. Burroughs - Naked Lunch
Thomas Pynchon - Gravitys Rainbow
Jack Kerouac - On the Road
Joseph Heller - Something Happened
John Katzenbach - Harts War

Slydice

book 4 of the belgariad

DrunkLeprachaun

Finished a while ago: Norhtern Lights by Philip Pullman(excelent book btw).
Now reading: That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis.
About to read: This month's PC Gamer.

socs

Currently getting through

Art of Memory - forget the author

Diary of Samuel Pepys - S. Pepys, obviously

After that, I have Moby Dick to get through.

And here comes Christmas where I am sure to get more...

Slydice

Book 5 of the belgariad *shock*

Slydice

Its a 5 book series, described as

"a magnificent epic set against a history of seven thousand years of the struggles of Gods and Kings and men - of strange lands and events - of fate and a prophecy that must be fullfilled"

It's really very good, I bought book one about a month and a half ago, about 2 days later I went into the bookstore and bought the remaining 4, book 1 got me hooked really fast.

Figment

Just finished 'American Gods' by Neil Gaiman.
Brilliant, brialliant stuff.
Think about a few old gods going on a road trip across the states and you get a bit of an idea about the book

Headline publishers think so much of it they will also offer you your money back if by some freeky chance you dont like it.

Pugwash

just finished atonment by Ian McEwan, moved onto true history of the Kelly gang by Peter Carey.

also reading the penguin history of the world for an essay thing for school.

Discworld on the way

all of which are transitioned by PC Gamer :P

eclectichoney

Just finished I know this much is true by wally lamb - well worth a read although the ending is a bit disappointing, and iv started The Plague by Camus.
Lined up next is Steppenwolf by Hesse.

DadaKopf

Steppenwolf is one of the best books ever written! I try to make everyone read it - that and The Outsider by Camus.

MarcusGarvey

The Outsider is a good book. Fairly short. Good ending.

GoneShootin

1 : Band of Brothers
2 : Java, 3rd Edition
3 : The Clone

Chowmein

Just Finished: The Last Hero (Terry Pratchett) and all the other books in the discworld erm....... whats the word for series 27 books long?
About to start:Notdamus Ate my Hamster ( Robert Rankin)
Then for a little light reading: Psyhology (John P. Dworetzky)
C.T.Y.I thing

GoneShootin

whats the word for series 27 books long?

anthology ?

DadaKopf

Originally posted by Static


The emperor's new mind (Penrose)

Cool! Let me know how that goes, will you? What's the general jist of it?

Also, someone was reading some Douglas A. Hofstadter book, The Golden Braid or someting like that. How was that? I saw it in a bookshop and it looked readable but overwhelming.

LURCH

currently reading the rincewind saga - Terry Pratchett (sourcery, eric and interesting times)
next on the list would be lord of the rings when i get it (i know im ashamed that i havnt read it)

Bard

I'm currently reading Howard Marks' "Mr. Nice"...

and I'm reading it SLO-O-O-O-O-O-OWLY... !

(I get very little free time that I'm actually awake for)

--

seems like a pretty good book so far!

eclectichoney

yes have to agree on the outsider - read it a couple of years back, so i might revisit it for a quick reread, though I usually never do - there's too many good books i still haven't read that i never have the patience/time to reread books lol. It's the best Camus I've read (mind you i've only read a few )

happy new year

Mythago

Just finished "Pillars of Creation" by Terry Goodkind..... not bad.........

Going to toss a coin between starting "The Emperor's New Mind" or " Turing and the Universal Machine"

Typedef

:cool: Iain M Banks :cool:
Just finished: Neuromancer by William Gibson as ebook.
Just picking up: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov.
Oh and if you people want ebooks like Neuromancer and/or others
http://gnutella.wego.com/go/wego.index

dragonkin

I have also just finished Neuromancer by Willaim Gibson (Xmas pressie) next on the list is "The Masterharper of Pern" by Anne McCaffrey (the great).

I'll have to read Neuromancer again tho because I read it thinking too much about the hype behind it, which stopped me really getting into the book. But it was amazing how many tradenames have their origins in that book.. Microsoft, BlackIce defender etc etc. A true piece of history.

Typedef how do you read whole books of the computer screen?? or did you print the whole thing out ?

DK

Samson

Originally posted by Typedef
:cool: Iain M Banks :cool:
Just finished: Neuromancer by William Gibson as ebook.
Just picking up: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov.
Oh and if you people want ebooks like Neuromancer and/or others
http://gnutella.wego.com/go/wego.index

This is what I got when I clicked on that link:

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You clicked a link to a WeGo.com charter group which could not be correctly determined. This problem could be caused by an incorrect link or if you are using an older version of the Netscape or Microsoft browsers.

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MarcusGarvey

I have Neuromancer on mp3, read by Gibson himself. Wouldn't actually recommend it. Very annoying voice.

Forget making this into a film even if Chris Cunningham directs, they should make Neuromancer into a Manga/Anime

Typedef

Originally posted by Samson


This is what I got when I clicked on that link:

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oops
www.gnotella.com

dragonkin
hmm You probably won't believe but, I have also read 1984 in this format wierd huh? Also in FreeBSD and Slackware-Linux I used some editors called kate,glimmer and gedit to read most of the above I guess, but for the last chapter of Neuromancer I said fsck it why not really get into character....
so I opened up 3 virtual terminals and did not start the X-Windows interface, but instead used a command line editor called jed to read the last chapter while playing my music via mpg123, all without anykind of gui in the m$ window$ sense of it, I dunno the words just seemed to demand no less also this dos like interface is cool in linux because I can get colour in my command line as well as having 1024x768 resolution, so I really felt like an uber-tech(because I was (evil cackel)), so it was kind of cool, I really zenned out know what I mean? I told you , you wouldn't believe me didn't I?

Victor

I read 'Black Hawk Down' (paperback, 500 pages, £8.30) last week over a period of 36 hours ... difficult to put down. The movie is out in 2 weeks. Must see.

Kolodny

Against a Dark Background- Iain Banks (excellent so far). Just finished Vurt - Jeff Noon.

Slydice

I'm currently attempting to read The Vision by Dante at weekends, it's strong stuff though.

Evil Phil

Moving on to round 2 ...

Just finished Player of Games - Iain M. Banks

Just started The Thin Red Line - James Jones

Still struggeling thru C# Essentials - ? (poorly written book)

And flicking through various travel books as usual.

D-Generate

All the Batman graphic novels.
At the moment Batman: No Man's Land 5

Victor

Endgame in Ireland - based on the documentary series.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/newsnightreview/features/feature_film_endgame.shtml

joev

Just Read:
Fatherland - Robert Harris (cracking)
Enigma - Robert Harris
Smoke and Mirrors - Niel Gaiman
Fever Pitch - Nick Hornby

Currently Reading:
Archangel - Robert Harris
Onion Girl - Charles De Lint
Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer
Beowulf - (Seamus Heaney Translation.)
Dark Light - Ken MacLeod
(Ok, so I read too many books concurrently )

Most of the above would go onto my recommended reading list

joev.

Trojan

Currently reading:

[*] sf/f

Wheel of Time series - Jordan. I'm on #7 at the moment, not bad since end November, 6,500 pages down, hopefully as many to come
Look to Windward - Iain M Bankes - not far enough in to make a full recommendation, but it is pretty good stuff so far (typically).

[*] tech

Solaris Security - Gregory
eXtreme Programming - Beck (try again)
The Pragmatic Programmer (easy reading, 2nd time: a great book)


[*] some alternative stuff

I'm currently reading or just finished:

some Carlos Castenada (on book #3)
some Paulo Cuelho (The Valkyries, The Alchemist, The Fifth Mountain) (lot of christian religious tripe in there but I like some of his ideas)

Al.

bonkey

Just finished : Memories of Ice - Steven Erikson
Just Started : The Magicians Nephew - C.S. Lewis

To be followed by the other 6 books of the Narnia Chronicles, cause I forgot how good they are

jc

Derek Bell

Originally posted by dragonkin
I have also just finished Neuromancer by Willaim Gibson (Xmas pressie) next on the list is "The Masterharper of Pern" by Anne McCaffrey (the great).

I'll have to read Neuromancer again tho because I read it thinking too much about the hype behind it, which stopped me really getting into the book. But it was amazing how many tradenames have their origins in that book.. Microsoft, BlackIce defender etc etc. A true piece of history.

Typedef how do you read whole books of the computer screen?? or did you print the whole thing out ?

DK

I'm afraid that the Microsoft trademark didn't originate with Neuromancer - it was used from about the time Bill Gates founded the company back in the 70's IIRC.

Derek Bell

Just finished Resurrection Men by Ian Rankin. Pretty good writer - sets most of his crime novels in or near Edinburgh.

havok*

Currently Reading:

Iain M Banks - Look to windward (3/4 way through, its probobly his best sf novel to date)

just after starting Naomi Klein - No Logo

mike65

Currently dipping into Easy Riders-Raging Bulls by
Peter Biskind the scurrullous ney true story of 70s' Hollywood.

Also lined up P J O Rourke All the Trouble in the World
and Carl Hassens' Double Whammy.

Mike.

Victor

Originally posted by havok*
just after starting Naomi Klein - No Logo

Yeah, I bought that during the week with "The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century Speeches" Edited by Brian McArthur (Penguin €16.10 STG£9.99 ISBN 0-14-028500-8)