what are you reading

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Ok, so what are you reading?

Me, I am finishing up Bayart- The State in Africa- Politics of the Belly- translated from the French. School work.

I am also reading Brian Hopkins' novella El Dios del Meurto- which won the Stoker prize for best horror fiction- long form.

Other reads on the shelf-

Robert Stone- the Flag at Sunrise- about political shennagins in a Latin American country.

Lovecraft- the Mountains of Madness

also for school, Thomas Calleghy- The State-Society Struggle- Zaire in Comparative Perspective- probably best case study in political science ever- and it's Weber.
Also Michael Mann- Sources of Social Power vol 1.

Finally, if I get to it-
Hartley- the Zanzibar Chest
Brown- the Davinci Code- (to see what the hype is).
Dashell Hammett - Red Harvest
 
Just finished:
-Kafka, the Trial (The Process?)
Great mind-teaser, makes you think about what it means, and no two persons will probably ever agree on it. I noticed that someone called it the literary version of the ink-blot tests somewhere. Good book.

-A History of Philosophy:
Good short summary of philosophical history.

Reading: Dostoevsky, The Idiot
Brilliant. I'd read Crime and Punishment before, but this book has really showed me Dostoevsky's greatness. I'm going to re-read Crime and Punishment as well.

Going to read:
Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
Checkov, Selected Stories
De Toqueville, Democracy in America
Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment
 
Im in the middle of A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn.

I plan on hitting The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, rereading a couple chapters of Plan of Attack by Bob Woodward and revisiting some scifi classics I havent read in a while (like Haldeman's Forever War).
 
"Louis Riel" by Chester Brown (comic novel) and "The Road to Los Angeles" by John Fante (only in bed, almost finished).

Bwah.
 
I'm juggling a few books right now.

Stupid White Men, by Michael Moore

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, by Hunter S. Thompson

The Complete Jack the Ripper, by Donald Rumbelow - I bought this after taking London's "Ripper Walk" which was guided by the author and leading authority on the subject. He autographed the book, as well.

Touching...From A Distance - Ian Curtis and Joy Division, by Deborah Curtis, the subject's widow.

Also, I'm re-reading the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series in anticipation of the new movie.
 
Stephen King - "Desperation" and "Enforcers"

H.P. Lovecraft - "Reanimator and other stories" (other stories including "Dunwich horror", "Call of Cthulhu" etc. - a great collection)
 
Down to the Sea by William Forstchen, which isn't anywhere as good as the rest of his series

The Age of Voltair by the Durants (becuase I can)

and I've been looking skeptically at Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield, but I'm not sure if I'll continue reading it.

Edit: The Things they carried is very good. My husband had to get a copy for school and I've been enjoying it ever since. Well, I think enjoy isn't the right word, but its worth reading for sure.
 
I'm reading "the Universe in a Nut Shell" aka a brief history of time for dummies" by Stephen Hawking. This book is more easier to read and have pictures showing how a certain concept can be applied in the real world. Interesting but outdated since recently Stephen said he changed his opinion about the black holes.
 
Wolves Of The Calla by Stephen King

Re-read "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand as soon as I finish with the above.
 
right now, i'm reading Crime and punishment, by Dostoievski

Planning on reading Asimov's Foundation trilogy as soon as i get money to buy it.

And waiting for "the restaurant at the end of the galaxy" (?) to be released here (Frikkin jungle)
 
Lovecraft - bunch of short stories

Adam Smith - The Weath of Nations

Raymond Chandler - everything he wrote, once again.

Lots of people reading Lovecraft this summer.... this doesn't bode well......

Edit: Malk, how is that Joy Division book?
 
Lovecrafts works just kick so much ass. I have pretty much finished up all his works including Dunwich Terror, Mountains Of Madness, Museum Of Horrors, Call Of Cthulu and they have never dissappointed me.

Fear the rise of R'lyeh.
 
Montez said:
Edit: Malk, how is that Joy Division book?
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Excellent. It's definitely one of the most interesting books I've ever read. But I really like Joy Division and Ian Curtis has always interested me. Such a sad story, y'know. There's some really harsh stuff in there...especially the part where the author (his wife) finds him dead in a noose in the kitchen.[/b]
 
Ratty said:
Stephen King - "Desperation" and "Enforcers"

H.P. Lovecraft - "Reanimator and other stories" (other stories including "Dunwich horror", "Call of Cthulhu" etc. - a great collection)
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Hey Ratty-

You did see the link with the Lovecraft stories on-line, right? I printed up at the Mountains of Madness and Shadow over Innsmouth to read. Creepy stuff.

Kind of in a Cthulhu mood.

Montez- have you read Hammett?
 
Yeah, I've read "The Maltese Falcon", "Red Harvest", and "The Dain Curse" - excellent stories. I like Chandler more, partly because all his novels feature the same character, but they're both great writers. I'm going try to pick up "The Thin Man" and some other of his novels soon, glad you reminded me to look for them.
 
I wrote a 10 page vampire story for a creative writing course in high school, and my teacher said it reminded him of Hammett.

No fucking clue why.
 
Got a few books in the works:

- Steven King - Desperation
- Talisman
- Wolves of the Calla

What I have coming up:

- Song of Susannah
- Black House
- Foundation series
- Dark Tower, once it's release next month. I've got the artists' edition coming, so I'll get it about two weeks before everyone else.
 
I really liked Desperation. I think it's one of King's best.

Didn't make it through The Talisman.
 
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