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Wizard Joined: Jun 12 2009 Posts: 4209

Strangers in Paradise, by Terry Moore.

Tambi has become one of my all time favorite characters, from any story. I love the rest of them, but there's something enigmatic about her.

That having been said, SiP is blowing my mind in general. It's incredible in its scope and presentation.

Joined: Oct 19 2009 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1479

REAMDE, by Neal Stephenson. He's one of my favorites, and so far the new one is not disappointing me at all.

Posted: Oct 18 2012 10:01 am

Anatomy of a Night by Anna Kim. It's about a mass suicide and very well written.

Banned Joined: Sep 13 2008 Posts: 3129

Right now I'm partway into Dracula, after that I may get into some Dean Koontz books that I have lying around

Posted: Nov 02 2012 12:35 am

Mike Nelson's Mind Over Matters

It's very wry humor on various and sundry aspects of life. I think I still prefer Movie Megacheese, though, as far as amount-of-laughs go. I also ordered Death Rat!: A Novel, so that's next.

Posted: Nov 04 2012 01:25 pm

Right now, I'm reading a book called "The Perks of Being a Wallflower".
It's about a Freshman and the obstacles he overcomes, friends he makes, and memories he creates that honestly, I can pretty much relate to in more than one way.
I /highly/ recommend it.

Posted: Dec 15 2012 07:50 am

I've been reading Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. I love it so far.

Posted: Dec 15 2012 01:32 pm

Been reading Mainline by Deborah Christian. So far it's been pretty good.

Posted: Jan 02 2013 12:36 am

I finished Nineteen Eighty-Four today. One of the best novels I've ever read.

Posted: Jan 02 2013 12:55 am

Reading the Scott Pilgrim comics.

Posted: Jan 02 2013 02:13 am

Been reading Picoverse by Robert A. Metzger.

Posted: Jan 07 2013 07:47 pm

Double post, but I finished reading Picoverse, which was an excellent book.

Don't want to give too much away, but in the book there is another universe that gets created where the Soviet Union under Stalin takes over most of the world. Alternate realities are always interesting as far as I am concerned. Nikola Tesla is also a more prominent figure in the alternate universe, which is pretty damn cool.

Just started reading The Cat Who Walks Through Walls by Robert A. Heinlein.

Posted: Jan 07 2013 08:04 pm

Logan wrote:

I finished Nineteen Eighty-Four today. One of the best novels I've ever read.

That's my favorite book.

I found The Hunger Games in a parking lot a few weeks ago and decided I might as well read it. Almost done with it, haven't seen the movie. It's alright.

Posted: Jan 08 2013 02:59 am

trying to finish Towers of Midnight before i get the final book of the WoT series in several days. i probably wont be able to finish it before i get the next book.

Posted: Jan 11 2013 03:10 am

I'm currently reading this:

Posted: Jan 21 2013 08:05 pm

Been rereading Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Always enjoyable.

Posted: May 27 2013 06:32 pm

Etch wrote:

...I also ordered Death Rat!...

Finally read that one and really enjoyed it. Mike's type of humor is an odd fit in a novel-length narrative, but the crazy characters help sell it; like the Governor (a Jesse Ventura-type) who wears Zubaz, yells at people on TV as if they can hear him, and owns a football-phone; or the Prince-esque 'King Leo' who wants to hold a concert revival for the "Funka-Lovely-Creative-Spirit-Being, the Rodent of Dee-vine Power"; or the aquavit-drinking, Volvo-driving Danish antagonists.

Good stuff.

Posted: Sep 18 2013 09:30 pm

Right now I'm reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Great book so far.

Posted: Sep 19 2013 04:30 pm

Posted: Sep 19 2013 07:18 pm

Spanish Meatloaf wrote:

I am reading the same book right now. I read it once before but it is definitely one you have to read at least a couple of times to get everything.

Posted: Sep 19 2013 07:46 pm

Logan wrote:

Right now I'm reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Great book so far.

I kind of want to re-read this as I think some things were a little over my head when I read it when I was 13-14. Very interesting book.

Posted: Sep 21 2013 12:59 am

Picked up a few William Gibson books: Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive and Pattern Recognition.
I'm about a third of the way through Count Zero and I'm liking it so far.

Also rereading Frankenstein and Dracula because I found a couple hardcover editions for cheap. Smile

Joined: Oct 19 2009 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1479

Fellow Cryptonomicon readers: I read in July. Loved it. Starting the Baroque Cycle now. Only 300 pages in.

Posted: Sep 23 2013 09:24 pm

The Baroque Cycle is great. I recently started reading Anathem another novel by Neal Stephenson. Good stuff so far.

Joined: Oct 19 2009 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 1479

@om*d wrote:

The Baroque Cycle is great. I recently started reading Anathem another novel by Neal Stephenson. Good stuff so far.

Anathem was very good. I liked it a lot.