[Martinus]

[color=66ff00]I finished both 'The state of the art' and 'Use of Weapons' by Mr. Banks.

The former was quite good, a new perspective on something I thought I'd figured out. The latter is probably brilliant but it just seemed to wash over me until the end when it hit me like a ton of bricks. I still rate consider phlebas and the player of games above both.

Started reading dead air, very witty stuff, hard to get into but I think that's mostly due to my almost religious sway towards Sci-fi, it's growing on me.
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[Alikchi]

I've just finished Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, which was excellent. Amazingly.. understated, too. You can't really understand unless you read.

I'm now reading Neverwhere by Gaiman. Pretty good so far, but it hasn't grabbed me like Good Omens did.. yet.

[demon442]

Currently, nothing.  But I just finished Stephen King's 'The Regulators'.  Very good book, too bad its too gruesome to be a movie.

[Xelion]

Star Trek Deep Space Nine
Mission Gamma - Twilight (Book 1 of 4)

Upto Pg326... Not as interesting as I presumed it would be. still gotta finish the other 3 books though

[Thorn]

Originally posted by neo_hermes
well i just finished The Butlerian Jihad and i'm going to start reading the Machine Crusade later on in the week.

Bah! BAH!
If its not written by Frank, its not Dune.

[Zeronet]

I'm reading Isaac Asimov's foundation books, just finished Foundations Edge and am reading Foundation and Earth.

[01010]

Just finished Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and am now on the lookout for more Hunter S Thompson books.

Everyone should read this book, it's hillarious.

[kasperl]

i just finished Lindsey Davis: Two for The Lions, part 10 of the Falco series. i read all of the forgoing too, and i finished the dutch translation of Zen Computer. i read Artemis Fowl, The Etnernity Code by Eoin Colfer last, but i read it when i was really, really ill, it was a childrens book and i read it before, and i needed some entertainment, can;t remember half of it though. twas nice i geuss.

[Gloriano]

and now I'am reading  Use of Weapons by Banks

[J3Vr6]

Originally posted by demon442
Currently, nothing.  But I just finished Stephen King's 'The Regulators'.  Very good book, too bad its too gruesome to be a movie.

Read it's sisterbook, 'Desperation' by Richard Bachman (King's pen name).  It's the same characters, same antagonist, but completely different story line.  Desperation is a better book than Regulators...

[neo_hermes]

Originally posted by Thorn

Bah! BAH!
If its not written by Frank, its not Dune.

it exists and i must read it.

Edit: man i've got to slow down... I meant the Machine Crusade Exist and i must read it... later.

[demon442]

Originally posted by J3Vr6


Read it's sisterbook, 'Desperation' by Richard Bachman (King's pen name).  It's the same characters, same antagonist, but completely different story line.  Desperation is a better book than Regulators...

I need to find it, the school library doesnt have it and the public library just plain sucks.  I felt that Regulators was a bit repeditive at times and the sections in the chapters got a little confusing.  The character's personalities all seem to blend together, leaving me to try to figure out just who is who.  But the detail was amazing and contributed a lot to the size of the book, and the sheer joy of reading the 'power wagon' scenes made it all worth-while.

[JC Denton]

Books, eh?  I got about a third into Robotech: Doomsday, but that was a few months back...

Working my way through On Basilisk Station (first foray into the Honor Harrington universe, so far I like what I've read).

And I've been trying to scrounge up copies of the other Culture novels (only been through Excession)...looks like online ordering for me.

And for coursework reading, Homer's Illiad and Odyssey

[beatspete]

"The Fundamentals of Theory, Design, and Operation of Jet Engines".
Only book i've really read more than once. Its great for reference, being an Aerospace Engineering student.

[pyro-manic]

Dynamic Strength by Harry Wong
Eishin-Ryu Swordsmanship by Some Japanese Dude (can't remember his name off-hand)

Just finished The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks (man, this book is f***ed up)

Before that, the "Dark Materials" trilogy by Philip Pullman - supposed to be kiddies books, but they're fantastic. Third time in six months...

Good Omens is brilliant - the best jointly authored book I've read.

Iain M Banks-wise, the best ones are Consider Phlebas, Player of Games and Against A Dark Background. AADB is his most "normally" written book (hardly any of the jumping between timelines and places in no particular order), but it's so, so good. Very moving, and rather morbid, but great. Read it.