What are you reading?

BigSlideHimself · Post by **BigSlideHimself** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:35 am

It's Friday night, so of course we're all at home alone reading our books, what have you got? I just picked up:

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 1:29 am

Earlier this week I read Star Trek Voyager: Homecoming and The Farther Shore, and Ive got Deep Space 9: Abyss that I'm thinking about reading. Both books take place after their respective series. The Deep Space 9 books are particularly entertaining.

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 3:39 am

Dracula

roid · Post by **roid** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 3:48 am

Tale of 2 cities. by that guy, who's dead and writes books.

Gammaray · Post by **Gammaray** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 5:44 am

If he's dead I don't think he writes anymore roid.

I don't think I have anything worth reading at the moment. The last one I read though, was "Phantoms" by Dean Koontz

roid · Post by **roid** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 5:59 am

yeah his stuff has really gone downhill since.

Robo · Post by **Robo** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:02 am

Dune

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 6:03 am

SWANK!

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 7:07 am

Linux Administration Handboook with a side order of Cisco CCNA

t-pilot · Post by **t-pilot** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:00 am

Star Trek: Ashes of Eden

Stryker · Post by **Stryker** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:17 am

Robinson Crusoe, full unedited original edition. They Capitalize all the Nouns and Miscillaneous Words in This kind of Book.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:38 am

A Salty Piece of Land by Jimmy Buffett

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 12:57 pm

Peter F Hamilton: Pandora's Star
Jasper Fforde: Lost in a good book.

Think the Ender series lost it about 3 books ago. The first one was excellent.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 1:13 pm

I'm going to start re-reading the first two books in the Wheel of Time series so that I can read the third and fourth, which I received at Christmas. I'm not a really huge fan of Robert Jordan's writing, but I do want to find out how he manages to drag his storyline out through 11 massive books.

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 1:44 pm

Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

dissent · Post by **dissent** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:04 pm

"Against the Gods" by Peter L. Bernstein
"Hardtack and Coffee" by John Billings
"A World lit only by Fire" by William Manchester

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 3:36 pm

"Adaptive Speciation" edited by Dieckmann, Doebeli, Metz, and Tautz.

"The Gospel according to Matthew" by Matthew

"The DescentBB" hosted by Sickone

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 4:26 pm

Reading? Heh, I'm too busy writing one

Skyalmian · Post by **Skyalmian** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 4:33 pm

"Twelve", by Me
"Bartimaeus Trilogy: Golem's Eye", by Jonathan Stroud

Perediablo · Post by **Perediablo** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 4:53 pm

"For Whom The Bell Tolls" by Hemmingway

and

"Words Of The Dragon: Bruce Lee" by John Little

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 4:56 pm

Ender's Shadow is a great book.

Here's what I'm reading though,

Samuel Dravis · Post by **Samuel Dravis** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:05 pm

I just read On A Pale Horse and Naked Empire. Right now, a Javascript book.

whuppinboy · Post by **whuppinboy** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:16 pm

sojourn by r.a. salvatore
chainfire by terry goodkind
khai of kehm by brian lumley
ansi 837ia1 by wpc

Verran · Post by **Verran** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:51 pm

Recently finished The Two Swords by R.A. Salvatore.

They need to make movies out of his novels, dammit.

BigSlideHimself · Post by **BigSlideHimself** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 10:17 pm

Verran, I'm really curious about those books. I've seen them everywhere and I always try to pick up a vibe from them by reading the blurb or a couple of pages, but I'm still pretty clueless. Can you clue me in on the appeal and overall story?

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 10:31 pm

The Last Juror by John Grisham

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 10:33 pm

Broken Time by Maggy Thomas

Vander · Post by **Vander** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 10:34 pm

Attack Poodles! by James Wolcott.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 10:52 pm

ST DS9: Unity (the last of the "eighth season" novels)

This one has definitely gotten my attention with the return of a certain parasite from early TNG era.

Verran · Post by **Verran** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:14 pm

BigSlideHimself wrote:Verran, I'm really curious about those books. I've seen them everywhere and I always try to pick up a vibe from them by reading the blurb or a couple of pages, but I'm still pretty clueless. Can you clue me in on the appeal and overall story?

Sure thing BigSlide! The series is mostly about a dark elf named Drizzt Do'Urden. If you don't know D&D/Forgotten Realms, dark elves are an evil race of elves. Drizzt ends up being an affectionate / compassionate character, far from the norm of his evil race. The story is about how he is able to survive (primarily due to his fighting skills), overcome the enmity of his race, and how he finds much-needed companions along the way.

Many recommend reading in this order:

* Realms of Magic (Anthology) - Guenhwyvar (Short story)

* Dragon Magazine #152 - The First Notch (Short Story)

The Dark Elf Trilogy
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* Homeland (a favorite)
* Exile (a favorite)
* Sojourn (a favorite)

* Realms of Infamy (Anthology) - The Third Level

The Icewind Dale Trilogy
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* The Crystal Shard (a favorite)
* Streams of Silver (a favorite)
* The Halfling's Gem (a favorite)

Legacy of the Drow
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* The Legacy (a favorite)
* Realms of Valor (Anthology) - Dark Mirror
* Starless Night (a favorite)
* Siege of Darkness (I hated this one)

The Cleric Quintet
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(These books DO NOT have Drizzt in them, but the characters appear in later Drizzt books in cameo appearances)
* Canticle (a favorite)
* In Sylvan Shadows
* Night Masks
* The Fallen Fortress
* The Chaos Curse (a favorite)

The Highwayman
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* The Dowry (Short Story)

Passage to Dawn
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* Paths of Darkness (I hated this one)
* The Silent Blade
* The Spine of the World (I hated this one)
* Servant of the Shard
* Sea of Swords (a favorite)

* Realms of Shadow (Anthology) - That Curious Sword

* Best of the Realms (Anthology) - Empty Joys

The Hunter's Blades Trilogy
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* The Thousand Orcs
* The Lone Drow
* The Two Swords (a favorite)

Defender · Post by **Defender** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:45 am

Last thing I read?
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War instruction manual.

Next book will probably Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (due out July 15th, 2005).u

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 2:53 am

huh? you guys read on fridays?

last friday night was "Pirate Night." We bought a shitload of rum, watched pirate movies, talked like pirates, and lit ourselves on fire.

No joke. I have a first degree burn on my knuckle.

t-pilot · Post by **t-pilot** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 3:41 am

After this book, I'm gonna re-read "ST: The Return" and "ST: Avenger". It's a triolgy, all written by Shatner.

Zoop! · Post by **Zoop!** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 6:21 am

Intermediate Accounting: Volume I

KompresZor · Post by **KompresZor** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 7:42 am

The Descent Bulletin Board by A. Geek
<3

Flatlander · Post by **Flatlander** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 8:35 am

Just started Dune: The Battle of Corrin.

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 10:27 am

Stephen King-The gunslinger ....but i can't get into it yet.

aldel · Post by **aldel** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 11:23 am

Refiner's Fire, the first novel by Mark Helprin. He wasn't quite in the Winter's Tale zone yet but was pretty good already. Better than his later books, I think.

Ooh, Winter's Tale. Being in a blizzard makes me want to reread that again.

I just got Hackers and Painters, which looks brilliant. Some of the essays in it are also online at the same site.

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 2:07 pm

The Eye of The World by Robert Jordan
This is a re-read.

Fusion pimp · Post by **Fusion pimp** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 4:27 pm

Bias- Bernard Goldberg.
Let Freedom ring- Sean Hannity.
Gunsmithing: Rifles- Patrick Sweeney
Gunsmithing: Pistols & Revolvers-Patrick Sweeney

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