Starting the Harry Potter books, good stuff so far (I really liked the movies).

I like books.

Uh, I guess I should be more specific, huh?

I like pretty much everything Neil Gaiman has written; I'm re-reading the entirety of The Sandman atm, and I'm doing American Gods as part of my Eng. Lit. coursework.

I'm also technically reading Paradise Lost. I've read the first two Books, and it's on my shelf with a bookmark in. I do intend to read the rest, and I've enjoyed it thoroughly so far.

I like my SF, too, especially Peter F. Hamilton's stuff, partly because of his rounded-off endings, but mostly because of the ZOMBIES and SATANISM and LESBIANS and all this stuff. (equally, I enjoy Raymond E. Feist's zombie-related works)

Uhmm, uhm...I'm reading Halting State right now (multiple books on the go is normal for me), and it's basically about WoW-of-the-future. It's pretty cool.

When I'm tired or ill, 's books are pretty good.

And Diana Wynne Jones is awesome. The actual, non-Miyazaki story of Howl's Moving Castle is PRETTY GOOD.
Mainly because the black doorknob actually leads to WALES.
And I like Wales.

It's where the castle that I'm going to own when I'm a grown-up is.

I just finished Shadow Divers for what is probably the 8th time. Still super awesome, and even if you only have a passing interest in shipwrecks, I urge you to read it.

[quote="HeartOfMadness"]I finished Michael Chabon's Wonder Boys a few days ago. I liked Kavalier & Clay more, but this was a hell of a good book.

I have this kind of weird reaction whenever I read Chabon's stuff; it makes me really want to write, but it also makes me realize that I will never, ever be that good.

Just started the Yiddish Policemen's Union audiobook. He writes a good mystery, too.

[quote="gutter"](equally, I enjoy Raymond E. Feist's zombie-related works)

I was a big fan of his Riftwar books up to Rage of a Demon King. He does zombie books now?

I guess I started reading Heir to the Empire.

[quote="Dreg"][quote="HeartOfMadness"]I finished Michael Chabon's Wonder Boys a few days ago. I liked Kavalier & Clay more, but this was a hell of a good book.

I have this kind of weird reaction whenever I read Chabon's stuff; it makes me really want to write, but it also makes me realize that I will never, ever be that good.

Just started the Yiddish Policemen's Union audiobook. He writes a good mystery, too.
At this point, I'd be willing to assume sight unseen that anything the dude's written is worth reading.

[quote="Dreg"][quote="gutter"](equally, I enjoy Raymond E. Feist's zombie-related works)

I was a big fan of his Riftwar books up to Rage of a Demon King. He does zombie books now?

The Riftwar books have zombie elf assassins.

Ubu Roi

Pre ordered the new Michael Crichton book. it's about pirates.

Michael Chricton is never more dangerous than when he's dead.

Barry Lyga's new book is out, so more teen angst and obscure comic book references I unashamedly enjoy.

Finished It today. It was good, but i don't think they really need to have

I got about a week till i get the new Stephen King book, so in the mean time i just picked up a copy of Richard III.

Reading John Irving's A Widow for One Year. It's the first Irving book I've read and it's really good so far. I hear good things about A Prayer for Owen Meany and Cider House Rules, I may read those next if i like this book enough.

[quote="Rhoe"]A friend lent me the complete Orwell collection, which I'm working through. Animal Farm was okay and stuff, but I went straight onto 1984 and it just seems like he's jumping animal farm a few years into the future. I suppose it was insightful and all that back in the 40's.

I KNEW I should have grabbed his copy of Doors of Perception instead. Anyone read?
Wasn't Doors of Perception Aldous Huxley?

[quote="Rhoe"][quote="HeartOfMadness"][quote="Rhoe"]A friend lent me the complete Orwell collection, which I'm working through. Animal Farm was okay and stuff, but I went straight onto 1984 and it just seems like he's jumping animal farm a few years into the future. I suppose it was insightful and all that back in the 40's.

I KNEW I should have grabbed his copy of Doors of Perception instead. Anyone read?
Wasn't Doors of Perception Aldous Huxley?

Yeah it is, that's why I should have grabbed it instead of the complete orwell.
Ah; "his" meaning the friend's, not Orwell's. Gotcha.

I am getting Principia Mathematica, hopefully it will be a good read :P

[quote="Rhoe"]Animal Farm was okay and stuff, but I went straight onto 1984 and it just seems like he's jumping animal farm a few years into the future.Well, yeah. Animal Farm is about establishing a totalitarian government, 1984 is about perpetuating one.

My New Years resolution is to finally read the copy of Journey to the West I started a few years ago. I'm just about 10 chapters into the first book (4 books, each containing 25 chapters). The one thing I'm wondering is how does it take them 16 years to get from China to India when the Sun Wu-kong (The Monkey King) is capable of jumping 108,000 miles in a single jump? Why didn't he just grab Hsüan-tsang and jump to India, grab the scriptures and jump back to China?

Finished Snow Crash about a week ago. I kind of wish I read it 15 years ago. I started working on Born to Run, and it's amazing. I never would have thought that reading about people running could be exciting.

Reading Diamond Age. Still a fan of Stephenson.

[quote="The Joel"]Still a fan of Stephenson.

I want to like Stephenson, I really do. I only got about 100 pages into Snow Crash before i stopped reading it. I got all the way through Anathem, which should have been one of the greatest Scifi books since 2001, but it really started to drag during the last fourth of the book, to the point I almost stopped reading it. From the two of his I've read I have the opinion that he has great idea's but the execution tends to be flawed. What books of his should I check out?

I liked it well enough, and I can definitely see how it bsically propheisized huge swaths of technological and sociological developments. I'm just saying it would have been more mind-blowing 15 years ago.

[quote="kaazuwulf"]After reading this post i looked up some of his works and ended up starting Europe Central. It is amazing. I think i may have to check out Rising Up and Rising Down when I'm done with this book.
I took Europe Central with me to Europe. It was a fun read. I LOVED the Shostakovich chapter. It made my bitter little heart sing. I understood where he was coming from, minus the musical genius end of things. Elena Konstantinova! Ah, how beautiful it all looks through the rose lenses of novelization.

If nothing else, it's the only novel I've ever read that cites sources. I'm glad you like what you've seen so far!

[quote="kaazuwulf"]Just started Ulysses by James Joyce.

The companion is your friend. There are some genuinely enjoyable sections but sometimes it is just hard to read.

I'm currently reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and I'm enjoying that a lot. Interesting characters and just something about the way Jules Verne writes that seems to make the story interesting even when the plot is moving slowly.

Also reading The Picture of Dorian Gray but kind of bored by it. It's too easy to forget whose talking because the author doesn't make it clear sometimes and everyone in a conversation seams to always be saying how Dorian Gray is the most handsome person to have ever lived so whose talking doesn't even matter too much.