Now Reading Thread

[Iggy]

I have just purchased Classic Rock does Prog and will probably read it later

[Steve Jones]

I have just purchased Classic Rock does Prog and will probably read it later

Streuth, you're obviously not feeling the credit crunch!  Personally I decided 8 quid for a magazine was a bit greedy.

[Iggy]

Streuth, you're obviously not feeling the credit crunch!  Personally I decided 8 quid for a magazine was a bit greedy.

Yep I agree it is a bit greedy and I have to say I wasn't really paying attention when I bought it and hadn't checked the price out. 

[Steve Jones]

I wasn't really paying attention when I bought it and hadn't checked the price out. 

Fortunately I'd seen plenty of adverse comment on the Marillion forum, so wasn't caught out.  Each to their own, of course, but to me that's 8 quid better spent on CDs

[Iggy]

Fortunately I'd seen plenty of adverse comment on the Marillion forum, so wasn't caught out.  Each to their own, of course, but to me that's 8 quid better spent on CDs

It probably didn't help that I had been drinking all afternoon in the Pillars of Hercules. 

[Steve Jones]

It probably didn't help that I had been drinking all afternoon in the Pillars of Hercules. 

Good thinking.  8 quid better spent on B-E-E-R

[Iggy]

Good thinking.  8 quid better spent on B-E-E-R

It's all relative £6 for 2 Broadsides (Adnam's).

[Steve Jones]

Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

As I've had a stomach bug for a few days that I can't seem to shift (perhaps I'm not eating enough muffins?) it's now time to site on the relaxing armchair in my office and have a nice read.  It'll make a nice change from the other place I've been sitting a lot, plus it catches the sun on a nice day like today.  I'll probably doze off, even with The Mars Volta playing...

[Iggy]

Philip K Dick - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

As I've had a stomach bug for a few days that I can't seem to shift (perhaps I'm not eating enough muffins?) it's now time to site on the relaxing armchair in my office and have a nice read.  It'll make a nice change from the other place I've been sitting a lot, plus it catches the sun on a nice day like today.  I'll probably doze off, even with The Mars Volta playing...

I've always meant to read that. It's the one that Blade Runner    was based on isn't it?

[Steve Jones]

I've always meant to read that. It's the one that Blade Runner    was based on isn't it?

Indeed.  Bladerunner is one of my all-time fave films (even got a copy on blu-ray now!) but the book is hugely different.  There's overlap in the concept and a couple of characters, but if you've seen the film it's not going to spoil the book.  Worth checking out ASAP, I'd say.

[Steve Jones]

Stephen Baxter - Time.

Re-reading this one, and enjoying it so far.  Funny thing was, when I re-read 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' yesterday I remembered nothing about it.  Not one single thing.  I think that's the first time that has happened to me in my entire life!

[Iggy]

Fortunately I'd seen plenty of adverse comment on the Marillion forum, so wasn't caught out.  Each to their own, of course, but to me that's 8 quid better spent on CDs

There is an interesting article about Dream Theater in it though.

[Manatee]

Stephen Baxter - Time.

Re-reading this one, and enjoying it so far.  Funny thing was, when I re-read 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep' yesterday I remembered nothing about it.  Not one single thing.  I think that's the first time that has happened to me in my entire life!

As I mentioned before, that seems to happen all the time when I reread an Asimov book (which I haven't done in a long time, so it's even more likely now).

Now reading (and will still be reading for several more months as it's extremely dense and requires thought about almost every page): Douglas Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach.  I bought this years ago and pretty much skimmed it except for the 'fun' parts.  This time I decided to give my brain a workout and really take in all the logic/math/philosophy in there.  I generally read just a few pages per night.  At the same time, I'll continue to read fluff fiction, which is more my usual fare.

[Draco chimera]

The Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton.

[maddox]

The Andromeas Strain, Michael Crichton.

Oooh, a classic!

[keyboardistmatt]

This forum.

[Draco chimera]

Foundation, Isaac Asimov.

I guess, it will take a very long time before I finish the whole saga. 
I borrow the books from my father, but some are missing here. This is our Foundation collection :

Foundation
Foundation and Empire
Second Foundation
Foundation's Edge
Prelude To Foundation
Foundation's Friends (Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg)
Forward the Foundation
Foundation's Fear (after Asimov, Gregory Benford)
Psychohistorical Crisis, I (after Asimov, Donald Kingsbury)
Psychohistorical Crisis, II (after Asimov, Donald Kingsbury)


There are many other books about the foundation's universe, these ones are only the main part.
Earth and Foundation is missing as you can see, we didn't find it. It's somewhere in the house....

[Steve Jones]

Foundation
Foundation and Empire
Second Foundation

Oh man, I love those books - the first 3 in particular.  I felt things tailed off as the 'trilogy' was expanded, but what an awesome read!  Way back when I was a kid my mother bought me the original trilogy as a boxed set for Christmas.  I'd never read any Sci-Fi before and was utterly bowled over.

I can still remember the smell of those books, and the Chris Foss artwork that joined up if you put the three books together. Respect!

[Iggy]

Oh man, I love those books - the first 3 in particular.  I felt things tailed off as the 'trilogy' was expanded, but what an awesome read!  Way back when I was a kid my mother bought me the original trilogy as a boxed set for Christmas.  I'd never read any Sci-Fi before and was utterly bowled over.

I can still remember the smell of those books, and the Chris Foss artwork that joined up if you put the three books together. Respect!

Good grief I never realised. I just had to get them out.

By the way my Foundation trilogy cost the grand sum of £1.50  when my brother bought them, real value for money. Obviously I accidentally forgot to pack them for him when he emigrated to Australia 25 years ago. 

[Steve Jones]

George Orwell's 1984.  I've not read this since I was at school

I'm actually reading the online version which can be found at:
http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/index.html

[PH]

George Orwell's 1984.  I've not read this since I was at school

I'm actually reading the online version which can be found at:
http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/index.html

Ah yes, really good one, that one.

[maddox]

Tom Clancy's Op Center, Balance Of Power.

This is the second time i read it. Don't know why i picked this one since its the fifth book in the Op-center series.
Great to read though. I wish Tom would write a new Op-center episode since its been seven years since the last one.

[The Butterfly Man]

I wish Tom would write a new Op-center episode since its been seven years since the last one.

Okay, okay I guess you're right and it's about time I write a new episode...



Tom

[PH]

Okay, okay I guess you're right and it's about time I write a new episode...



Tom

[maddox]

I'm reading this.