fiver

Just finished reading "In the Wake of the Plague : The Black Death and the World It Made" ... fairly average disertation

Currently reading "Founding Brothers" by Joseph Ellis...this is a much more readable and interesting book about several events that occurred during the so called revolutionary generation that shaped the path America was to follow such as the duel between hamilton and burr , or the great compromise over where the US capitol would reside.

Also re-reading Michael Ende's "The Neverending Story"

Michael

swamptours

Floating Dragon. Not bad but not one of Straub's best. Probably read Heretics of Dune next.

Shawn

I'll probably start Red Rabbit by Clancy pretty soon.

Bean-si

Empire Falls by Richard Russo.

Snapperhead

Just finished Empire Falls by Richard Russo as well. Amazing fiction (maybe that is why it got the Pulitzer)

Yet to finish the famous (infamous) ATLAS SHRUGGED by Ayn Rand. Felt like I had to read for all the hype. Will finish the remaining 300 pages or so soon..I hope (Its tough to digest 1000 pages)

Just started LITTLE GREEN MEN by: Christopher Buckley

and THE LAST SAMURAI

LBPound

Gene Hackman's novel. Well, I'm trying to, anyway. After reading about six books in four weeks, I'm losing interest in my oldfound hobby.

GeoffK

The Land of Laughs - Jonathan Carroll

Just finished - Caress of Twilight by Laurel K Hamilton

Mutley Hyde

I just finished reading Robert McCammon's "Swan Song" and am now halfway through Thomas Pynchon's "The Crying of Lot 49".

Cornfed

Just finished Mutiny on the Globe.

Just started Into the Wild.

smokedragon

Finished

Right To Life, by, Jack Ketchum. Disturbing. Not as disturbing as The Girl Next Door, by the same author. That's one of the most disturbing novels I have ever read.

Also finished reading Watchmen, by, Alan Moore, with art by Dave Gibbons. Absolutely ****ing incredible. There is so much more to this TPB than meets the eyes. I will definitely re-read it, just to see what I have missed.

Just received The Return Of The Monster, by Bruce Jones, with art by John Romita Jr. This is what I will be reading next. I haven't read The Incredible Hulk in a while so I will be interested to see what has happened to the Big Guy.

Also got Road To Perdition, by, Max Allen Collins, with art by Richard Piers Rayner. Saw the movie, had to have to GN .

Got a few comics as well(The Ultimates #3,4,5).

Heh, my wife asked me "when are you going to grow up?"

Judging by some of the comics coming out today, hopefully NEVER

Mutley Hyde

Well, I finished The Crying of Lot 49 last night. Uhhh, it was good, but I guess it kinda went over my head, because it just didn't hit quite like I thought it would, with all the literary praise heaped on it. I read it because my dad has beamed on it for years, so I finally gave it a shot. Lots of unfolding layers of narrative that I just didn't have the attention span to stick with. Same problem I had with Moby Dick to a degree. I guess I'm destined to be a fiction reader, and not a literature reader.

Speaking of fiction, I started Neil Gaiman's "Neverwhere" this morning. Looks like it's gonna be a winner; just on the first chapter, and a guy's already made a tasty treat out of a sewer rat, munching on his head... mmmmm.

silentbob007

I'm working on Clancy's Red Rabbit after having finished Ludlum's Bourne Identity, Bourne Supremecy, and Bourne Ultimatum last week.

sexy_overlord

Umm.... this thread?

hawk

i'm reading long strange trip by dennis mcnally...very interesting if you're into the grateful dead

Josh-da-man

I haven't read Right to Life yet, but I can highly recommend The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum.

Easily one of the most disturbing "horror" novels I've ever read. There's not a hint of the supernatural, and the kids are so clueless and cruel that you can actually see something like this happening. (Actually the novel was very loosely based on a real event.) Chilling stuff. There were times I just wanted to grab the protagonist and shake him, I was so frustrated by his callowness and apathy.

If anyone is interested, the high-concept is Leave it to Beaver crossed with Lord of the Flies.

Xytraguptorh

I agree with you on Ketchum. Another recommended novel is Off Season which pretty much fits your description. Slightly less effective, but still worth reading is The Lost, Ketchum's take on the Vietnam era.

Currently reading I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon by Philip Dick. It's a collection of short stories, so far so good. I found it at the local public library. I believe it's currently out of print.

Darren H

In the last week or two, I've read:

God's Grace by Bernard Malamud -- I'm still not sure what I think of this one. It's one of those books that I appreciated more than I enjoyed.

Harry Gold by Millicent Dillon -- Gold was thrust into history when he confessed to being the courier who passed secrets from Klaus Fuchs to the Soviets in the '30s and '40s. Dillon's book is fascinating -- part biography, part fiction, part self-reflexive commentary on the writing of history. I'm fascinated by the McCarthy era, so this one was right up my alley. Not quite as good as Doctorw's Book of Daniel or Coover's Public Burning, but still recommended.

Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury -- The individual stories in this collection are hit and miss, but collectively they work well. I'm not a sci-fi buff, so I went into this with certain biases, all of which were dismantled by Bradbury's style. A very pleasant surprise.

Next up:

The Redhunters by William F. Buckley -- I'm approaching this one with a sick curiosity.

darkside

Starting the Prey series by John Sandford. So far I've read Rules of Prey, Shadow Prey, Eyes of Prey, and I'm currently working on Silent Prey. Winter Prey with the Iceman is next.

Andalusia

Read that one years ago, and I highly recommend it to others!

Just finished "Memoirs of a Geisha", which I liked.

About to start "The Corrections", which I've heard good things about...

SpacemanSpiff

finished 1984 by orwell, one of the most depressing but amazing reads i have ever read in my life, wow

started astro city tpb 1
its pretty good so far

B.A.

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - by Michael Chabon

I really like it so far.

up next:
Clancy's Red Rabbit
Black Hawk Down and Killing Pablo by Mark Bowden
Ludlum's The Bourne Ultimatum
Grisham's The Brethren

Jarrett

Just finished by "Atonement" by Ian McEwan.

Started "Crocodile Soup" by Julie Walters, and also "Werewolves in their Youth" by Michael Chabon.

silentbob007

Working on the latest New Jedi Order book, Traitor.

gondorspit

Finished Dune Messiah and have started to read Children of Dune but am quickly losing interest. Never really read much scifi or fantasy and the second book in the series was kinda poor.

Someone told me that the books that Herbert's son wrote were better than the original sequels, but I'm afraid to skip books since they are a bit confusing. Still I really like Dune .

Sathlin

Currently reading the Lord of the rings, Fellowship of the ring.
Also reading a Pete Sampras Biography, name escapes me.

just ordered The History of God, and a new 3 stooges book :0