what have you read recently?

[ll_alchemist_ll]

Sams Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours - Didn't finish the book im just on chapter 2.

[Dingy]

Issues and Themes- Essays in American History and Civilization.
Very insightful. Excruciatingly funny too--

Walt Whitman in his preface to his Leaves of Grass (1885) about the 'American
peoples':

The genius of the United State is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges or churches or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors...but always most in the common people. Their manners, speech, dress, friendships-their freshness and candor of their physiognomy- the picturesque looseness of their carriage...their deathless attachment to freedom- their aversion to anything indecorous or soft or mean- the practical acknowledgment of the citizens of one state by the citizens of all other states- the fierceness of their roused resentment- their curiosity and welcome of novelty- their self-esteem and wonderful sympathy- their susceptibility to a slight- the air they have of persons who never knew how it felt to stand in the presence of superiors- the fluency of their speech- their delight in music, the cure symptom of manly tenderness and native elegance of soul...their good temper and openhandedness- the terrible significance of their elections- the President's taking off his hat to them not they to him- these too are unrhymed poetry.
It awaits the gigantic and generous treatment worthy of it.

[zelion]

Last book I read was the whole darned Robotech series. The last one, the very last one made by Jack Mckinney(sp?) before half of 'him' died.

[Ahkei]

I just read my location. It's pretty long.

[zelion]

I just read it too, it was long and boring, if i had payed for it, I would have returned it

[Mistral]

Rereading some Harry Turtledove, namely the first two books in the Settling Accounts trilogy. Then, Mercury (Ben Bova) and The Confusion (Neal Stephenson). Yes, I have not yet read the Baroque Cycle.

Oh, and Full Moon wo Sagashite Volume 3 (Tanemura Arina) and At All Costs (David Weber). I wonder though; is it bad that I was cheering on the Republic of Haven instead of the Star Kingdom of Manticore in Weber's most recent installment, considering that the previous two Havenite governments were quite clearly the enemy?

[P. Wolvesbane]

offtopic: This thread should have been called "What have you read or are currently reading?"

Anyway I am currently reading "Talon of the Silver Hawk" by Raymond E Feist. More than half way through the book now.

[Dingy]

offtopic: This thread should have been called "What have you read or are currently reading?"

Or just 'Books'? But we've managed so far, I guess.

[suikofan1986]

I've just finished "the da vinci code".
on the whole, i liked the book (in fact, it is quite adictive), but the ending was not that good.

[Tosca]

If anyone is interested in getting the complete set Sin City comics lemme know, I have them in quality scans, and I can make an upload.

[Paul2005]

well i got a texas hold em poker set for crimbo, with the book "for dummies" lol so ive had a good read n now im ready along with my poker face teehee

[P. Wolvesbane]

I just finished "Talon of the Silver Hawk" today and now i'm moving on to "King of Foxes" by the same author R. E. Fiest.

[SnowMouse]

I read "Post Office" by Charles Bukowski recently. I was surprised at how it conformed to the beat-writers standards. It really reminded me of the works of Brautigan. I really like it, and I most certainly will read the rest of Bukowski's work.

[Mistral]

Finished Mercury, which was very reminiscent of The Count of Monte Cristo (For just one example, in Dumas' work, Edmond Dantes changes his identity to the Count, gains a large sum of money, and goes off for revenge against the people who ruined his life, got him imprisioned, and stole his betrothed. In Bova's work, Mance Bracknell changes his identity to Dante Alexios, gains a large sum of money, and goes off for revenge against the people who ruined his life, got him exiled, and stole his betrothed). Maybe I'm just seeing parallels because I also recently saw Gankutsuou, which is directly based off The Count of Monte Cristo. I really should read that novel soon, I'm thinking.

Also, I grabbed the first volume of The Baroque Cycle (rather than the second, which was the one I mentioned). A minor slip...

[Jazzman]

The book I just read was called Saturn and was written by Ben Bova and I thought it was a good sci fi book.