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Been reading quite a bit recently.
Edward Bunker, who was a long term convict turned author, currently reading The Animal Factory, insightful look on San Quentin prison.
His other books are are in a similar vein, but compelling.
Time for a bit of pretension. 8)
Having not read anything other than Cycling Weekly and STW for quite some time, I've dived back in with "Histoire de la Philosophie Byzantine", which I found, unread, in a used bookshop in Belgium. I am genuinely quite excited by it.
Rereading Kim Stanley Robinson's "Blue Mars", the best science fiction novel ever written (tm). If/when we ever colonise another world everyone involved should read this first. The trilogy can be a bit plodding but it's always building something- and generally gives the impression that this all already happened and Robinson was there 😆
Currently got 2 books on the go, i like to have one that's light hearted and easy to digest and one that ****s with my mind and necessitates re-reading page after page till i think i understand/absorb it with any comprehension, which is proving difficult with this book as it spans the entirety of human evolution.
[url= http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28248418-the-cyclist-who-went-out-in-the-cold ]The Cyclist who went out in the cold - Adventures along the Iron Curtain trail by Tim Moore[/url]
[url= http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12116875-lone-survivors?from_search=true ]Lone Survivors - How we came to be the only humans on earth by Chris Stringer[/url]
I'm reading "The search for anti-gravity." I thought it would be dull but I can't put it down.
I am reading 'Do Androids dream of electric sheep' by Philip K Dick. So far I am really enjoying it - quite different to Bladerunner with some similarities of course. I am going through a bit of a Philip K Dick phase - what a great writer!
"The Year: Reawakening the legend of cycling's hardest endurance record" by David Barter (of this parish).
It's excellent, his/your best yet.
"Morning Star" by Pierce Brown.
Third part of the "Red Rising" trilogy.
Andrés Neuman's [i]Traveller of the Century[/i]. I like fiction about getting lost, just a few pages in it's clear this guy can really write, it's a 600 pager but very readable.
Are we nearly there yet by Ben Hatch, husband and wife with their two kids travelling around Britain whilst writing a travel guide.
Highly amusing.
another Dick lover here
The Preserving Machine & other stories
Phillip K Dick short stories, including 'We Can Remember It for You Wholesale' which total recall was based on (loosely it turns out)
Wodehouse - Code of the Woosters
The Marches by Rory Stewart
Jonathan Swift biography by John Stubbs.
Had a look at the Red Rising trilogy.
Looks like my kind of book, will give it a read after I have finished the current book, always seem to fail when trying to read two books at once.
Just finished 'slaying the Badger' and loved Richard moores style so much went right into 'in Search of robert miller' equally as nicely written.
Just read John Lawtons Inspector Troy novels, found them very enjoyable. They are WW2 and Cold War spy/crime.
Having been too young at the time i have just picked up irvine welsh trainspotting short stories book for tomorrow's plane journey.
another Dick lover here
Me too, but on the reading side I've just read Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (aka JK Rowling) and it was very good (kicking myself over whodunnit). 😀
Next on the list is "Everything that Remains" written by Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus. I've been getting into minimalism a bit of late due to the maddening clutter in my house.
'Shop Class As Soulcraft - An Inquiry Into The Value Of Work' by Matthew B. Crawford.
Big ups to the aforementioned Richard Moore and JK Rowling, loved Silkworm. Just chuckling my way through Surely You're Joking Mr Feynman - he was a dude. 🙂
The Edward Bunker (Mr pink)books are indeed excellent,
I'm reading the velveteen rabbit.
Just finished Animal Factory, sure gives an insight into life as a convict inside San Quentin.
I've recently finished Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and a compendium of short stories badged up Total Recall by Philip K Dick. Really enjoyed his work. The Man in the High Castle is another.
Currently on John Le Carre - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Liked the film so thought I'd try the book for a bit of extra depth on the plot and characters.
Currently re-reading [i]Snow Crash[/i], just bought a dead tree copy of [i]Grief Is The Thing With Wings[/i], got God knows how many other books, both dead tree and ebook, mostly the latter, to read after, runs into a hundred or more.
Currently on John Le Carre - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Liked the film so thought I'd try the book for a bit of extra depth on the plot and characters.
Watch the BBC series, one of the best pieces of TV ever - film stood no chance alongside.
The Deluge - The Great War and the Remaking of Global Order by Adam Tooze.
Last book I finish recently was RV Jones' Most Secret War. Borrowed off a colleague at work. Enjoyed it.
Currently reading Ghost Trails by Jill Homer.
John Scalzi The Collapsing Empire. SF. Yesterday finished the exodus trilogy Andreas Cristianson I am a SF geek 😳 - read around 4 novels a week plus dozens of shorts.
got a real passion for pulp / golden age shorts
Northwind - ( or somebody else want to make a claim? ) I am going to have to get rid of the collection of SF in a couple of years. Want half a tonne of classic SF novels / collections?
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Magnificent.
tjagain - MemberNorthwind - ( or somebody else want to make a claim? ) I am going to have to get rid of the collection of SF in a couple of years. Want half a tonne of classic SF novels / collections?
Love to but I have no space. I know i have no soul but, ebooks ftw.
Come on - it includes a full set of lensman!
Harry's Game, for the second time.
in Search of robert miller
My copy going free in the burgh.
Currently reading Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kirkov
Next I've got Leviathan Wakes by James Corey (1st book of The Expanse collection)
Shirley - Emily Bronte
A proper Yorkshire book
Just finished The Race Against The Stasi by Herbie Sykes. Very interesting read for cycling and cold war fans alike.
Currently reading Bloodline by Conn Iggulden, third in the War of the Roses books. Not a period I'm particularly interested in but he is a very good historical fiction writer and I've enjoyed all his previous stuff.
Currently going through 'Commando Dad' as a preparation for upcoming (hopefully) parenthood in October.
I've not got anything other than technical papers and books on the go otherwise (which is rare for me). I really should change that and get something good downloaded.
I'm also feeling very bad about taking two huge boxes of books to the charity shop. I hate getting rid of books, but these were relatively cheap paperbacks and had to be part of the decluttering work. I made a point of keeping the Fighting Fantasy books. Those are too good to recycle.
Battle of the Atlantic - Jonathan Dimbleby.
A surprisingly difficult book to put down. My father served in the Royal Navy (39-46) & for over two years he served on destroyers covering convoy protection duties.
Just started Surface Matter by Ian M Banks, and just finished The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
P.G. Wodehouse-Jeeves and Wooster
Jeeves and Wooster are a comedy series of novels all worth reading
funniest i have read
The Cartel,all about the drugs war, follow up to Power of the Dog, both excellent.
On pre-order John McGuiness, Michael Dunlop & Freddy Spencer books, bit of a motorbike theme!
A couple of mentions up there to the Silkworm by Robert Galbraith. The bloke on the front cover is me. My daughter is the illustrator and asked me to pose a few shots. I think she must have photoshopped me slimmer.
Bit annoyed that nobody got my anti-gravity gag though.
P.G. Wodehouse-Jeeves and Wooster
I go back to them about every other year, and still laugh like a hyena reading them. Comic deliciousness.
Finished Addlands by Tom Bullough at the weekend. Supremely well written about life on the edges set in the Welsh Borders ("Addlands" is local dialect for the headlands of the fields).
About to start The Djinn in the Skull by Samantha Herron.
The Future History of The Arctic by Charles Emmerson. Really compelling and I've learned a lot even though only half way thru. For instance I now know how Canada came to be and that the US purchased Alaska for $7.2m from Russia. At the time it seems both US citizens and Russians each thought they had been robbed.
On book ten of ten of Bernard Cornwall's 'Last Kingdom' series. Taken nearly a year to read the lot, back to back.
No; I'v not seen the TV programme, nor will I.