what have you read recently?

[Mistral]

I just finished Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett. I love the sense of humour, especially in the footnotes...and, of course, both Death replacing the Hogfather (The Santa Claus spoof character, for the uninitiated) and the University staff are good for a lot of laughs.

There was no doubt that whoever had shut the door had wanted it to stay shut. Dozens of nails secured it to the door frame. Planks had been nailed right across. And finally it had, up until this morning, been hidden by a bookcase that had been put in front of it.

"And there's the sign, Ridcully," said the Dean. "You have read it, I assume. You know? The sign which says 'Do not, under any circumstances, open this door'?"

"Of course I've read it," said Ridcully. "Why d'yer think I want it opened?"

"Er...why?" said the Lecturer in Recent Runes.

"To see why they wanted it shut, of course."*

*This exchange contains almost all you need to know about human civilization. At least, those bits of it that are now under the sea, fenced off, or still smoking.

[Ziegfried]

I just finished The Light Fantastic, by Terry Pratchett too!
So yeah. Great book, naturally, being Discworld. Going to start on Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and... Err. I couldn't remember the name of the second author of Good Omens, so I searched for the book in my room, and found Shame the Devil by George P. Pelecanos, which I'm supposed to return to the library any day now, instead. Guess I'll read that first.

Oh, what I learned from The Light Fantastic: "Extremely dead" is the best phrase. Ever.

[EffigyOfDoom]

i just finished the Drow Trilogy and the Icewind Dale Trilogy by R. A Salvatore

[afterburner]

I just finished The Light Fantastic, by Terry Pratchett too!
So yeah. Great book, naturally, being Discworld. Going to start on Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and... Err. I couldn't remember the name of the second author of Good Omens, so I searched for the book in my room, and found Shame the Devil by George P. Pelecanos, which I'm supposed to return to the library any day now, instead. Guess I'll read that first.

Oh, what I learned from The Light Fantastic: "Extremely dead" is the best phrase. Ever.

Neil Gaimon I think...badly spelled I know

[afterburner]

Read "The Stone of Farewell" by Tad Williams part of the memory sorrow and thorn trilogy... not sure I can call that a trilogy... =4 books, like the hitchikers guide to the galaxy...

[Winged 2.0]

I have just finished reading Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan. It is a very good book and sucks you in. Quick read but thats not a problem since there is only 8 I am on the second one now and am 50 pages into it.

[Toto]

I just finished The Light Fantastic, by Terry Pratchett too!
So yeah. Great book, naturally, being Discworld. Going to start on Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and... Err. I couldn't remember the name of the second author of Good Omens, so I searched for the book in my room, and found Shame the Devil by George P. Pelecanos, which I'm supposed to return to the library any day now, instead. Guess I'll read that first.

Oh, what I learned from The Light Fantastic: "Extremely dead" is the best phrase. Ever.

I have read every Discworld book ever made, known abot the author for 6 years, and am just generally of better quality than you.
Back the fuck up and make me a sandwich, bitch.

[Toto]

I have read every Discworld book ever made, I have known about the author for 6 years, I own more than 20 of the series, and am just generally of better quality than you.
Back the fuck up and make me a sandwich, bitch.

[afterburner]

ditto but known about and read Terry Pratchett for about 9+ years

[Solitude]

joseph heller~somehing happned!
william boyd~armad!llo

i have a thing for exclamation marks.

[DarkElf]

Harry Potter Book 1-3 (gf made me, and I like the movies more)

[Dingy]

reading Francis Fukuyama's End of history, the last man...and Stupid White Men.
DId you like Harry Potter, ^?

[EffigyOfDoom]

i just finished Oryx and Crake my Margret Atwood

[Ziegfried]

Harry Potter books > Harry Potter movies. That is all.

[Jimmy Onestroke]

I have read every Discworld book ever made, known abot the author for 6 years, and am just generally of better quality than you.
Back the fuck up and make me a sandwich, bitch.

I met Terry Pratchett. Twice.

Skinner, the other author is Neil Gaiman, whose work you should also look into. His work tends to be a lot more twisted and adult than Pratchett's. For example, American Gods is the closest he's written to a Discworld novel, with a story involving Gods in a contemporary setting. America, believe it or not. The reason it's darker than a Pratchett novel? The protagonist is prisoner who learns on the day of his release that his wife died in a car accident sucking another man's cock. So... not all that similar to Small Gods.

Oh, and I'm reading stuff.

Tom Sharpe - Wilt On High
Tom Sharpe - Blott On The Landscape

Classy satire from a couple of decades ago which still manages to be offensive. Even better, it's overwhelmingly English, but not in a lame cockney way. Yay? Yay.