What do You read?

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Helga

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being inspired by the controversary discussed \"WHOOP! GEEKS WIN BIG\" thread I would like to know: What do You read?

Myself I have currently my bookmark in page 172 of Dianna Wynne Jones \"Howl\'s Moving Castle\" where Sophie is to pose as Howl\'s mother.

Yes, I know that\'s a childrens book, thank You very much, I do a 10 hour workday as a department manager and anything that gets me off reality is welcome.
 
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dauber22

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Well, based on time spent and by pure volume, the primary thing I read is \"CMON Forums\" lol :bouncy: lol

Other than that, my tasts in reading matter are rather, um, ecclectic as they are in almost everything. I just finished \"Years of Rice ans Salt\" and alternate history story based on teh idea of the Plague having wiped out 98% of Europe in the 12th century. Not a bad story.

I just started, \"Higher Superstitions\", a non-fiction book about the clash between Science and the Academic Left in the US.

Waiting in the wings are \"The mists of Avalon\" and/or a Robert Ludlum novel.
 
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Beelzebrush

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At the moment Hawks Moor by Peter Ackroyd - it meanders a little but so far a reasonable read.

I\'m currently wading through Mr. Pratchet\'s back catalogue... I put off reading these for years, but now I can\'t for the life of me think why... they\'re cool :p
 
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TwelveMilesOut

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Howl\'s Moving Castle was my favorite book for a very long time. Eventually it was dethroned by The Wild Blue And The Gray, but I\'ve read each of these no less than ten times.

Right now I\'m running through Discworld, and I\'m up to Reaper Man. I seem to weave between Fantasy and Alternate History, on deck is the next section of Turtledove\'s American Empire cycle....I don\'t remember the title.
 
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finn17

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God, that\'s so hard...

I can\'t move in my house for books so....to choose would be impossible.....But I will try...

Terry Pratchet is fantastic, easy to read and a delight.

Julian May. Her Many Coloured Land series is great.

Stephen Donaldson. Better than Tolkien IMO/

Philip Pullman, \'His Dark Materials\' series is a MUST!!!

Frank Herbert. A pure genius. And the film IS good! But only if you have read the book:D

Marion Zimmer Bradley. Get your finger out Dauber:D

Marquis de Sade. Only for the strong of stomach and heart. I wouldn\'t say he is good however...

Mark Haddon. This will be new to most people, but he has just written a marvellous book called \'The Curious Incident of the Dog and the Night-Time\' It is written fromthe perspective of a young man with Asperger\'s Syndrome (High-functioning autism) and is a real eye opener. It isn\'t hard going at all, I read it in an afternoon and was enchanted.

Dilbert, VIZ, Garfield, 2000AD, Sandman, Preacher, Rackham catalogues, old GW catalogues, porn:D
 
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Calavera

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Err.. on my nightstand i have Journey to the Centre of the earth by Verne, Skavenslayer by William King and Warhammer codices/army books/catalouges along with White Dwarf.

I mostly read sci-fi and fantasy.. Hitchhikers guide and LOTR being my faves :)
 
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kittykat23uk

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I read anything by Robert Rankin who is a very cool guy! We spent an evening in my local pub after a book signing and talk that he was doing. It was a wonderful night. You can find his books in the sci-fi section and he writes what he calls \"far-fetched fiction\". The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse is one of his best and I also really enjoyed the Fandom of the Operator, The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag and Snuff Fiction too.

My other favorite author is Peter David, who has written a number of Star Trek novels including the Star Trek: New Frontier series. These books are very funny and exciting, there is a good continuing plot throughout the books, but each story arch also has a good amount of conclusion, bfore moving onto the next one. The crew are all great characters and there is a good mix of new characters and some lesser know ones from Next Gen. (such as Dr Selar, Robin Lefler and Elizabeth Shelby) Both these authors have a very similar style of writing and a good (and very british) sense of humour. :D Well worth a read!

Regards

Kat
 
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Sand Rat

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Right now I\'m reading CS Foster, Thomas Harris, O\'Brian, Adams, Adams, Drake, Howard, Jordan, Pratchett, Auel, Twain, and about 40 others -
 
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Rab

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Ooh a favourite authors thread.

SF
China Mieville
Neil Stephenson
Iain M Banks
Richard Morgan
Alastair Reynolds
Neal Asher
James Lovegrove
Michael Marshall Smith
Jeff Noon

Fiction
Christopher Brookmyre
Carl Hiassen
James Ellroy
Iain Banks

Non-Fiction
Bill Bryson
Pete McCarthy
Tim Moore
Nick Hornby
Douglas Lindsay
P.J. O\'Rourke
Dave Barry

and many more...

Right now I\'m re-reading \"The Scar\" by China Mieville.

Rab.
 
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supervike

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well ok...

I have recently become addicted to the Warhammer novels, especially the adventures of Felix and Gotrek. They are not too deep, and just perfect for light reading.

The DaVinci Code was something I also read, for a change of pace, it was a nice little thriller.

Now, i am smack in the middle of the \"Coming of Conan\" which is a compilation of the Robert E. Howard works without the intrusive editing that was done.

I have to admit that I love the writing, but it is a bit of a struggle to stay with it. Some of the language (being written in the thirties) I have to reread passages to make sense of it.

OH and I read tons of magazines...

No wonder I cannot get any painting done.
 
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airhead

Coffin Dodger / Keymaster
Currently?

mostly mags (dragon, dungeon, florida sportsman, fly fisher) comic books (new Conan series, new Swamp Thing series plus a few others)

John, Hebrews & Genesis in various studies.

Favs:
Clancy
Hitch-hikers Guide was fun, need to pick it up again.
The Conan thing also sounds interesting.
 
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Wren

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I just bought a bunch of new books, and am trying to decide which to start with after my friend visiting from out of town goes back home. I\'ll probably start with the new Guy Gavriel Kay, I\'m surprised no one\'s mentioned him yet. Great fantasy/alternate history author, but I\'ll have to make sure I\'m stocked up on tissues, he\'s not afraid to get the reader emotionally attached to a character who does not have the happiest of fates.
 
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Nailpainter2003

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TOO MANY TO LIST!

Like finn, it cost me a small fortune to ship all my books to my new home from New Mexico….I have an extensive library. A beautiful collection of art and art history books, literature, poetry, medical, philosophy, metaphysics, world history, science, psychology, music and last, but not least, the forensic aspects of murder.

I prefer factual, rather than fiction, but also love: Stephen King and Dean Koontz
My absolute favorite will always be (in no particular order):
Geoffrey Chaucer
Elizabeth Barrett-Browning
John Keats
Shakespeare
Leonardo da Vinci
Emily Dickinson
Henry David Thoreau
Edgar Allan Poe
Friedrich Nietzsche
There are simply too many to list and not enough hours in the day to take it all in!
P.S. Ditto, supervike....and I wonder why it takes me soooo long to paint one, tiny miniature!!;)
 
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Dragonsreach

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Staff member
Currently:
Work Related
Windows 2000 Professional
Windows 2000 Server
TCP/IP

Fiction
Current reading = Ash: A mythical History by Mary Gentle (bloody hard going and very sexually explicit, which I don\'t find very entertaining! Mind you she did write Grunts!)
Favourite Writers list = Ursula K LeGuin
Vonda N McIntyre
Dan Abnett
David Brin
Gary Kilworth
Mercedes Lackey
Charlotte Bronte
Jules Verne
Mark Twain

Graphic Novels
Any Batman I can get my hands on.
(plus a few others)

Magazines
White Dwarf
Harbinger
(used to subscribe to both Dragon & Dungeon but when WoTC were taken over they cancelled my subscription)
Digital Photography
Occasionally Good Wodworking
and when I can find it: Heavy Metal

And this is by no means an exaustive list add everything KittyKat23Uk said about Star Trek novels.
 
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alexgrunt

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My selection...

any Pratchett... (lately the 2 volumes of \"the science of the Discworld\")

G.J.Arnaud \"la Compagnie des Glaces\" (The Ice Company), one of the biggest SF saga with 91 books so far... (After the explosion of the Moon, the Earth is frozen in a perpetual nuclear winter. There\'s no life outside the rail companies, but someone starts asking questions...)

More conventional / serious:
Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Umberto Eco...

Comics:
The Simpsons, Batman... But have to buy\'em in French (my GF doesn\'t speak English):(
 
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Greymane

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Currently dabbling with

Mr Nice - Howard Marks - I love the Tafia comments
The complete Griselda - Oliver Dickinson
Only fowards- Michael Marshall Smith (again)
Generation X- Douglas Coupland.

I have books in boxes from when I moved into my current house in 1998 every so often I open one to find New old Stock and some that I never remeber buying.
 
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Flashman14

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Comics:
*Any Judge Dredd or any Garth Ennis (best villains ever - Just a Pilgrim is phenomonal)
*Viz! YEAH!! Can\'t get enough of that one

Fiction:

*Deep in the grip of George MacDonald Fraser. I\'ve read most of the nonfiction and all the Flashman stuff ages ago but recently I found the MacAuslan novels and they are fantastic.

* On deck are a 5 book fiction series by V.A. Stuart about the Indian Mutiny.

*Otherwise I love classic masters of comedy: Dickens, Twain, now Christopher Buckley. I also love Steinbeck as he reminds me of California ....<sniff> Though he\'s not so funny ...

Non Fiction:

*Bloody Crucible of Courage by Nosworthy - a just published and terrific treatise on Amer Civil War tactics.

Otherwise books written by functional libertarians, free marketers and globalisers ...
 
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