What books are you reading?

[slowhand]

Last night I just finished the first installment of Dylan's autobiography, 'Chronicles, Vol. 1'. 2 more volumes to come. Of course I'll be long dead and gone if they take as long as the first to come out.

[KingMeatyHand]

Originally Posted by IHT

yep, trying to use up all my GI Bill money before it goes away in the summer of '96.

Cool, how's that time machine working out for ya?

[drc]

Recently started rereading On the Road by Jack Kerouac. If I get this sudden urge to hitchhike to the next SoCal herf, you guys will know why.

[Quixote]

I usually have a couple going at once. Right now:

The Devil in the White City by Eric Larson (Non-fiction about the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition)

Re-reading Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman

and

Uncle John's SLIGHTLY IRREGULAR Bathroom Reader



-Quixote

[Commander Quan]

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Duglas Adams

[Roger Miller"]

Originally Posted by optimus.rhyme

Phillip K. Dick "Blade Runner" The best least known Sci-fi writer ever.

WTF, did they re-release that, under the title "Blade Runner"!!!?? If so, that REALLY sucks. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" is the title of the book.

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Currently reading "The Collected Poems" of Elizabeth Bishop, and "The Good Scociety" by Walter Lippman.

Just finished a small tract, "Planet of Slums" by Mike Davis. In which he provides commentary and insight regarding the reams of facts found in the UN-Habitat, "The Challenge of the Slums: Global Report on Human Settlements"

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[SilvrBck]

Shogun. Classic book.

SB

[Roger Miller"]

Originally Posted by SilvrBck

Shogun. Classic book.

SB

Oooh, yes. I really liked King Rat and Tai Pan too. Tai Pan, maybe better.

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[motortown]

"Hemingway on Hunting" by Ernest Hemingway

"Fork it Over" by Alan Richman

"The Broker" by John Grisham

So far, all excellant reads!

[jimmy]

i just finished striptease by Carl Hiaasen. funny, pretty good book.

more gooder was the 'prey' series by john sanford. recently finished the last book in that series. excellent series about a cop in the midwest always hunting down serial killers and other scum.

jimmy

[LeafHog]

Originally Posted by AAlmeter

Almost done with "How to Talk to A Liberal..." by Ann Coulter

And until spring I have the pleasure of spending time with:

Materials for Civil and Construction Engineers
Probability Concepts in Engineering Planning and Design
Construction Management
Advanced Structral Analysis for Engineers
Fluid Mechanics
Plus some fun ASTM, AASHTO, and ASCE manuals

Aahhh, yes! I myself am working thru the 2004 Manual of Concrete Practice and my back issues of Concrete International. Not joking.

[TheSmokingHiker]

Originally Posted by Commander Quan

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Duglas Adams

Douglas Adams is the man. One of my all time favorites. Did you know taht they are making a movie?

Right now I am rereading Walden and Civil disobedience by Thoreau. Always a good read.

I am also reading Requiem for a dream but I forget the name of the Author. This book is very disturbing, much like the movie.

[IHT]

Originally Posted by KingMeatyHand

Cool, how's that time machine working out for ya?

crap... thanks for pointing that out..

[RcktS4]

Cool - Philip K Dick references! Horrendously underrated/underread. The Valis trilogy are some of my all-time favorite page-turners. - I agree it is annoying that they put androids back out as Blade Runner, but I bet it helped sales!

On the nightstand/reading table right now:

Prague by can't-remember-his-name - Great first novel
I Am That - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Beyond Belief - Elaine Pagels

[WillyGT]

Insomnia - Stephen King