Now Reading Thread

[erik]

Echoes - The Complete History of Pink Floyd, by Glenn Povey. Very interesting and complete, from the beginning right up to the Live 8 reunion gig. Just got it, this lavish tome is now available for a mere € 13,95!

Also: J.R.R. Tolkien - The Children of Húrin. Beautiful, there's definitely another film in there. But Peter Jackson should first and has promised to do The Hobbit of course!

[Iggy]

I've been reading Dear Boy the life and times of Keith Moon. He would have been fantastic to know but I guess he would have shortened your life expectancy by about 50 years.

[Steve Jones]

Dean Koontz - Seize the Night

[PH]

I actually bought three books while being in England:

- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- both The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- The Hound Of The Baskervilles and The Valley Of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

At the moment (not really) I'm reading Treasure Island and I'm enjoying it.

Ah, and I also bought a book called The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: The Trilogy Of Four, consisting of:

- The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
- The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe
- Life, The Universe And everything
- So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish

So I actually actually bought four books altogether.
And actually actually actually, they are nine.

So, the rest of my spare time is now scheduled.


-Paco

[Steve Jones]

The latest Dean Koontz - Relentless.

An excellent read, if a little whacky in concept.  I finished it in the early hours of this morning, in one of those 'gotta get to the end' moments that a good tale engenders.  I'm very bleary eyed this morning

[maddox]

I visited Camp Westenbork last week and there i bought several books about WWII and about the concentration/extermination camps.

Not a light read, but i like to read about it.

Strange, really: the visit really impressed me and i like to read about it. 
Sounds odd when you think of it.

[erik]

Ah, and I also bought a book called The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: The Trilogy Of Four [...]

Excellent choice Paco! Great read that makes you laugh a lot!

[Iggy]

I actually bought three books while being in England:

- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- both The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- The Hound Of The Baskervilles and The Valley Of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

At the moment (not really) I'm reading Treasure Island and I'm enjoying it.

Ah, and I also bought a book called The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: The Trilogy Of Four, consisting of:

- The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
- The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe
- Life, The Universe And everything
- So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish

So I actually actually bought four books altogether.
And actually actually actually, they are nine.

So, the rest of my spare time is now scheduled.


-Paco

Now you have to buy the fifth instalment .

just finished The Time Travellers wife by  Audrey Niffenegger

It's just been made into a film which fills me full of dread as it could be great or terrible depending on the American film makers mentality. (apologies American cousins but after Titanic and The Beach  )

[Nicky007]

- Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- both The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- The Hound Of The Baskervilles and The Valley Of Fear by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

I read all those stories when I was your age, Paxi - well, actually I was younger, but that was probably cause I grew up in the English-language culture area - and I thoroughly enjoyed them.

Enjoy such adventure stories as much as you can now ... cause at my age I can't any longer just read with enjoyment like that 

Echoes - The Complete History of Pink Floyd, by Glenn Povey.

Yup, I too have been readin a lot about Floyd recently, mainly Nick Mason's fabulous book. Quite an epic tale 

Nicky.

[maddox]

Zalmen Gradowski - Sonderkommando In The Gas-chambers.

Not a light read i can tell you. 

[The Butterfly Man]

I finally read the Arena biography 'The Salt And The Sand' today. It was a nice read.

Tom

[maddox]

I finally read the Arena biography 'The Salt And The Sand' today. It was a nice read.

Tom

Then you're a tat bit further than i am. 

[PH]

Well, after somewhat less than a month, I finally finished Treasure Island and I enjoyed it very much.
Indeed Nicky, it's a children's book, but it's still essential reading.
I have a lot of catch up to do. (Never really liked reading)

Just a few moments ago I started (again) reading John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress: From This World To That Which Is To Come. Which is essential christian literature.
As a christian myself, it inspires me a lot.

[Steve Jones]

Currently re-reading 'Winged Victory' by V. M. Yeates for about the hundredth time

A classic tale of WW1 air warfare.

[Steve Jones]

Yesterday I read The Last Fighting Tommy, the book about the life of recently deceased Harry Patch.  An engrossing read, which is why I polished it off in one day

Now I'm reading Kitchener's Last Volunteer, about the also recently deceased Henry Allingham.  It's not gripping me in the way that the Harry Patch volume did, but I'm still enjoying it.

[Draco chimera]

Reading Foundation's Friends, just after I finished Prelude to Foundation.

[Nicky007]

Just found out what Polari is:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari

Guess Jonesy, Iggy and Matt already knew it.

Nicky.

[Iggy]

Just found out what Polari is:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polari

Guess Jonesy, Iggy and Matt already knew it.

Nicky.

Ha bloody ha. 

[PH]

Reading The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy now.
Whoa, what fun!

Also, I started reading George Orwell's Animal Farm.
I've heard it is interesting.

[Steve Jones]

Guess Jonesy, Iggy and Matt already knew it.

I'd never heard of it.  But now I know, perhaps I'll better understand what you're burbling on about most of the time


Dean Koontz - Forever Odd

[erik]

NR Joseph Heller - Catch 22 and George Friedman - The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century

[The Butterfly Man]

I'm reading The Kiterunner. Great book!

Tom

[Manatee]

I'd never heard of it.  But now I know, perhaps I'll better understand what you're burbling on about most of the time

If you do, I'd be most grateful if you'd provide me with a translation.   

NR Joseph Heller - Catch 22 and George Friedman - The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century

Catch 22 is a classic.  I think you have to be in a bit of a crazy mood yourself to fully appreciate it.

I just re-read M*A*S*H for about the 20th time.  It's the book the film and TV series were based on, but it's much more biting than the series, which got a little overly warm and fuzzy for my tastes as it wore on.  I'm might try my hand at some more Jane Austen soon.  I was quite impressed with Pride and Prejudice, especially since most novels from that era bore me to tears.

[Steve Jones]

I just re-read M*A*S*H for about the 20th time.

Finestkind

[Manatee]

Finestkind

Truly you a prince among men, Steve.  I'm proud to be your fictional alter ego.