What are you reading now?

Sonic Samurai · 29-Sep-2004, 00:44

I go through books like most people go through toilet rolls. No, I don't use them to wipe my arse, I just read a lot. I wondered if anyone read as avidly as me ...

Having just finished Black Hawk Down by Marc Bowden, I thought I'd follow it up with In The Company Of Heroes by Mike Durant, the pilot of Super Six Four, one of the choppers that went down near Bakara Market, Mogadishu, 1993 (as represented in Black Hawk Down). Durant was captured after a failed attempt to recover and protect him by some Delta snipers, and suffered horrendous complications from his injuries, despite being treated fairly well as a prisoner of the Habr Gidr.

Durant's writing style, despite being aided by an author (whose name escapes me momentarily) is upbeat and superficial, making the book easy reading but difficult to fathom emotionally. It's evident that Durant is scarred by what happened and found it difficult to write about but the prose is still disjointed, distanced and oddly cinematic in approach.

Having said that, it IS a first hand account of the events portrayed in BHD, so if you have a military history interest, pick it up.

Martigan · 29-Sep-2004, 01:02

Naked Empire - Terry Goodkind (or trickery.net if I go off the thread title)

Hotel2Tango · 29-Sep-2004, 01:12

Reading the 'Song Of Ice And Fire', swords and sorcery series by George RR Martin at the moment. Loads of fun.

Also trying to wade through a load of books my Grandad thinks I ought to read. Including 'The Feathered Onion', which is about evolution and panspermia stuff. And 'Utopia', by Thomas Moore, one of King Henry the something's advisors.

Lord Fondlemaid · 29-Sep-2004, 01:15

Jennifer Government by Max Barry (2nd read - fabulous book)

Hotel2Tango · 29-Sep-2004, 01:30

Read the first chapter of Jennifer Gov on the nation states site. It was pretty cool. Clever idea.

Martigan · 29-Sep-2004, 01:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hotel2Tango

Reading the 'Song Of Ice And Fire', swords and sorcery series by George RR Martin at the moment. Loads of fun.

Yep read it, and the following one etc, but it sort of got a bit lost by the third book to me

blurr · 29-Sep-2004, 01:57

Enduring Love by Ian McEwan

hAiNeSy · 29-Sep-2004, 02:24

omg you have to read this:

blurr · 29-Sep-2004, 08:15

funnily enough the book I've started reading... has just been released in the (US) cinemas!

enduring love

looks like a British film, but haven't seen any signs of it here... I'm hoping they haven't hashed it up

GroovYF · 29-Sep-2004, 08:46

Just finished "Holy Land, Unholy War" by Anton La Guardia (about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict)

And have now just started "Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier Of Peace". A bigoraphy of the assassinated Israeli PM I read a few years ago (and recently bought.)

funkeh · 29-Sep-2004, 09:05

Have just bought these:

So am reading this atm:

GroovYF · 29-Sep-2004, 09:07

Nice one. I love the sound of Tablas

Sonic Samurai · 29-Sep-2004, 09:09

in the morning?

Q-Target · 29-Sep-2004, 15:51

STILL reading that feckin Bill Bryson book...sends me to sleep after about 3 pages hence the slow progress...yet it is very interesting...perhaps I should read it before midnight?

venger · 29-Sep-2004, 15:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martigan

Naked Empire - Terry Goodkind (or trickery.net if I go off the thread title)

What do you think of that book so far? How do you rate the other books in the series?

aerin245 · 29-Sep-2004, 15:57

Reading LOTR (for what must be the 90th time- damn those theses) Guards!Guards! and four tomes of knowledge cunningly described as D&D Handbooks, as well as my flatmates Riftwar Saga and his W'itch quintet thingy.

I have to have lots of books on the go cos I read like no-one's business. Get mocked regularly because of it, too.

venger · 29-Sep-2004, 15:59

[quote="funkeh"]Have just bought these:

My friend plays the Tabla as he is doing a PhD in Silete (sorry for spelling) music and spends time out in India. It is amazing to watch him play as his hands defy physics with the speed they move.

D33 · 29-Sep-2004, 16:04

I'm currently reading, the forums.

It's a novel written by many different people. Sometimes it gets good and sometimes it's utterly dire. There's a few twists like faked deaths and it has some really horrifc moments too.

Some pages come with pictures, some don't.

Generally it's a good read.

aerin245 · 29-Sep-2004, 16:05

But..... you read slower than a dormouse on Valium so the forums are probably too quick for you.

moron · 29-Sep-2004, 16:06

Just read some of the other books by the da vinci code guy - distinctly average, quick to read though... and jennifer government also - great book.

Currently working through John Simpson's "The Wars Against Saddam: Taking the Hard Road to Baghdad" - charting the path of iraq through from the baath coup to the current situation, an interesting read.

Hotel2Tango · 29-Sep-2004, 17:26

D33 you are the 3rd person so far in this thread to make that 'joke'. So you clearly are not reading these forums.

D33 · 29-Sep-2004, 18:11

Can't see anyone else making the joke or at least not making it as clear as the post I made it in.

And stop being so anal, it's so dire :/

Q-Target · 29-Sep-2004, 18:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by D33

Can't see anyone else making the joke or at least not making it as clear as the post I made it in.

And stop being so anal, it's so dire :/

If you think anal is dire then you're doing it all wrong

GroovYF · 29-Sep-2004, 18:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Q-Target

Quote:

Originally Posted by D33

Can't see anyone else making the joke or at least not making it as clear as the post I made it in.

And stop being so anal, it's so dire :/

If you think anal is dire then you're doing it all wrong

Quoted for posterity! Though not for blackmail as that would be useless

D33 · 29-Sep-2004, 18:16

YUO DISGUST MEH

Rhadix · 29-Sep-2004, 20:08

The Machine Crucade (2nd book in the Legends of Dune trilogy) by Brian Herbert. Quite decent it is too

Valheru_- · 29-Sep-2004, 20:29

ahh i read that the last year. the next part of the dune legends has been out a few weeks i think its calle the battle for corrin. Its part of a 3 for the price of 2 deal at waterstones. But i iant found another 2 books i want to buy in order for me to buy it. But its got 3 pounds off if you buy it from borders.

DoZ · 29-Sep-2004, 20:30

Zecharia Sitchin - The Cosmic Code
Maurice Cotterell - The Supergods
Jenny Randles - Abduction

mr_o · 29-Sep-2004, 20:32

clive cussler - trojan odyssey

Brain_Murders · 29-Sep-2004, 20:34

Not long finished "Without Remorse" by Tom Clancy.

Ongoing book is "Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish". I read it on the toilet so I only get a couple of pages read at a time and the first is usually one that I read the last time.

Voy a penetrar tu culo con mi pene!

It's a good book if you want to learn spanish as it takes a vastly different approach to all the others (which I find is much better) but you have to be carefull as its angled more towards the south-american spanish speakers than the continental ones.

Mrs Murders says that I'm not so much learning Spanish as abusing it

In between toilet and computer sessions, I am just starting on "Red Rabbit" by Tom Clancy.

29-Sep-2004, 00:44	#1
Sonic Samurai free bandwidth? Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 6,967	What are you reading now? I go through books like most people go through toilet rolls. No, I don't use them to wipe my arse, I just read a lot. I wondered if anyone read as avidly as me ... Having just finished Black Hawk Down by Marc Bowden, I thought I'd follow it up with In The Company Of Heroes by Mike Durant, the pilot of Super Six Four, one of the choppers that went down near Bakara Market, Mogadishu, 1993 (as represented in Black Hawk Down). Durant was captured after a failed attempt to recover and protect him by some Delta snipers, and suffered horrendous complications from his injuries, despite being treated fairly well as a prisoner of the Habr Gidr. Durant's writing style, despite being aided by an author (whose name escapes me momentarily) is upbeat and superficial, making the book easy reading but difficult to fathom emotionally. It's evident that Durant is scarred by what happened and found it difficult to write about but the prose is still disjointed, distanced and oddly cinematic in approach. Having said that, it IS a first hand account of the events portrayed in BHD, so if you have a military history interest, pick it up.

29-Sep-2004, 01:02	#2
Martigan topicophiliac Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Here Posts: 2,100	Naked Empire - Terry Goodkind (or trickery.net if I go off the thread title) __________________ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jmcmenamin/martsig2.jpg

29-Sep-2004, 01:12	#3
Hotel2Tango my post count gets me dates Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 4,056	Reading the 'Song Of Ice And Fire', swords and sorcery series by George RR Martin at the moment. Loads of fun. Also trying to wade through a load of books my Grandad thinks I ought to read. Including 'The Feathered Onion', which is about evolution and panspermia stuff. And 'Utopia', by Thomas Moore, one of King Henry the something's advisors. __________________ Dismantle Mars! Keep it Peel. Hotel2Tango, [o]Weaver, Jome Finky [o]Kryptic Korps, #[o]Korps

29-Sep-2004, 01:15	#4
Lord Fondlemaid Colossal Pervert Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 4,693	Jennifer Government by Max Barry (2nd read - fabulous book) __________________ Trickery's leading Internet Groomer. "Who, or why, or which, or what... is the Akond of Swat?" www.djdanbooth.com

29-Sep-2004, 01:30	#5
Hotel2Tango my post count gets me dates Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 4,056	Read the first chapter of Jennifer Gov on the nation states site. It was pretty cool. Clever idea. __________________ Dismantle Mars! Keep it Peel. Hotel2Tango, [o]Weaver, Jome Finky [o]Kryptic Korps, #[o]Korps

29-Sep-2004, 01:57	#7
blurr fashion victim Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 18,457	Enduring Love by Ian McEwan __________________ + myembers

29-Sep-2004, 02:24	#8
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29-Sep-2004, 08:15	#9
blurr fashion victim Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 18,457	funnily enough the book I've started reading... has just been released in the (US) cinemas! enduring love looks like a British film, but haven't seen any signs of it here... I'm hoping they haven't hashed it up __________________ + myembers

29-Sep-2004, 08:46	#10
GroovYF Octave Doctor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Halifax Posts: 22,312	Just finished "Holy Land, Unholy War" by Anton La Guardia (about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict) And have now just started "Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier Of Peace". A bigoraphy of the assassinated Israeli PM I read a few years ago (and recently bought.) __________________ photoblog

29-Sep-2004, 09:05	#11
funkeh Knerps for moisture... Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: iliveinfrance.com Posts: 9,475	Have just bought these: So am reading this atm: __________________ Niqqa Plz

29-Sep-2004, 09:07	#12
GroovYF Octave Doctor Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Halifax Posts: 22,312	Nice one. I love the sound of Tablas __________________ photoblog

29-Sep-2004, 09:09	#13
Sonic Samurai free bandwidth? Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 6,967	in the morning?

29-Sep-2004, 15:51	#14
Q-Target he'll hoof you in the works Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Brighton Posts: 35,856	STILL reading that feckin Bill Bryson book...sends me to sleep after about 3 pages hence the slow progress...yet it is very interesting...perhaps I should read it before midnight? __________________ Making people say "oh fuck off" at their monitor since 1973 (before monitors were invented) twitter Huffington Post Comedy Blog Animangle Zoo Other Photoshop stuff Facebook Animangles Page

29-Sep-2004, 15:57	#16
aerin245 forum hax Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: GB: Somewhere. Not entirely sure where... Posts: 443	Reading LOTR (for what must be the 90th time- damn those theses) Guards!Guards! and four tomes of knowledge cunningly described as D&D Handbooks, as well as my flatmates Riftwar Saga and his W'itch quintet thingy. I have to have lots of books on the go cos I read like no-one's business. Get mocked regularly because of it, too. __________________ I'm still not sure where I put my brain....

29-Sep-2004, 15:59	#17
venger will post for food Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,371	[quote="funkeh"]Have just bought these: My friend plays the Tabla as he is doing a PhD in Silete (sorry for spelling) music and spends time out in India. It is amazing to watch him play as his hands defy physics with the speed they move. __________________ It fits, the god damn thing fits! #RaG

29-Sep-2004, 16:04	#18
D33 teh fux? Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Exeter, UK Posts: 9,407	I'm currently reading, the forums. It's a novel written by many different people. Sometimes it gets good and sometimes it's utterly dire. There's a few twists like faked deaths and it has some really horrifc moments too. Some pages come with pictures, some don't. Generally it's a good read.

29-Sep-2004, 16:05	#19
aerin245 forum hax Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: GB: Somewhere. Not entirely sure where... Posts: 443	But..... you read slower than a dormouse on Valium so the forums are probably too quick for you. __________________ I'm still not sure where I put my brain....

29-Sep-2004, 16:06	#20
moron founder of the +1 forum Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,654	Just read some of the other books by the da vinci code guy - distinctly average, quick to read though... and jennifer government also - great book. Currently working through John Simpson's "The Wars Against Saddam: Taking the Hard Road to Baghdad" - charting the path of iraq through from the baath coup to the current situation, an interesting read.

29-Sep-2004, 17:26	#21
Hotel2Tango my post count gets me dates Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 4,056	D33 you are the 3rd person so far in this thread to make that 'joke'. So you clearly are not reading these forums. __________________ Dismantle Mars! Keep it Peel. Hotel2Tango, [o]Weaver, Jome Finky [o]Kryptic Korps, #[o]Korps

29-Sep-2004, 18:11	#22
D33 teh fux? Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Exeter, UK Posts: 9,407	Can't see anyone else making the joke or at least not making it as clear as the post I made it in. And stop being so anal, it's so dire :/

29-Sep-2004, 18:16	#25
D33 teh fux? Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Exeter, UK Posts: 9,407	YUO DISGUST MEH

29-Sep-2004, 20:08	#26
Rhadix troll Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 398	The Machine Crucade (2nd book in the Legends of Dune trilogy) by Brian Herbert. Quite decent it is too

29-Sep-2004, 20:29	#27
Valheru_- Post from time to time Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: land of balti Posts: 1,437	ahh i read that the last year. the next part of the dune legends has been out a few weeks i think its calle the battle for corrin. Its part of a 3 for the price of 2 deal at waterstones. But i iant found another 2 books i want to buy in order for me to buy it. But its got 3 pounds off if you buy it from borders. __________________ "Good answer, but it's not right" A misquote by some bloke

29-Sep-2004, 20:30	#28
DoZ my other post is a smiley Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bristol Posts: 1,799	Zecharia Sitchin - The Cosmic Code Maurice Cotterell - The Supergods Jenny Randles - Abduction __________________ www.doz.me.uk

29-Sep-2004, 20:32	#29
mr_o empty minds post alike Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 9,076	clive cussler - trojan odyssey __________________ As the ancient Tibetan philosphy states, 'Don't start none -- won't be none!.'" - Jake Jense

29-Sep-2004, 20:34	#30
Brain_Murders my other post is a smiley Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Same Planet, Different World Posts: 1,756	Not long finished "Without Remorse" by Tom Clancy. Ongoing book is "Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish". I read it on the toilet so I only get a couple of pages read at a time and the first is usually one that I read the last time. Voy a penetrar tu culo con mi pene! It's a good book if you want to learn spanish as it takes a vastly different approach to all the others (which I find is much better) but you have to be carefull as its angled more towards the south-american spanish speakers than the continental ones. Mrs Murders says that I'm not so much learning Spanish as abusing it In between toilet and computer sessions, I am just starting on "Red Rabbit" by Tom Clancy. __________________ Bugger.