What Are You Reading?

[Upshur]

Plenty More, I am not only reading it I am doing an active hands on study of it.

[amish rob]

http://www.thetigerbook.com/books/

A fantastic book. Quite an impressive animal.

Peace,
Robert

[Vince Brennan]

Keith Laumer, Sam Delaney, Van Vogt, Leinster, Kornbluth, Campbell, Sprague De Camp, Clement.....

[David G]

I always get some interesting suggestions from this thread. Either old friends to re-visit... or new authors to explore. Thanks!

[Canoez]

Getting ready to crack this:



Hoping it will be up to the standard started by Larsson.

[Peerie Maa]

I always get some interesting suggestions from this thread. Either old friends to re-visit... or new authors to explore. Thanks!

If you like Pratchett, you might like Tom Holt

[David G]

If you like Pratchett, you might like Tom Holt

Who's this Pratchett bloke? Sounds Australian <G>

Thanks!

[TomF]

I'm grazing the wild wild web, mostly. Reading about training oxen, about growing, curing and blending pipe tobacco, about stonemasonry. Alongside my staples of things like news, the Forum, and martial arts stuff.

Lately I've been reading about fixing a few minor hiccups with 2007 Pontiac Vibe and Pontiac Wave cars too, as my kids have recently expanded what had been our sole vehicle into a fleet.

[amish rob]

One Wild Bird at a Time by Bernd Heinrich.

The Wind in the Willows to the squirt. A copy from 1916, no less.

Mostly anthropology and physiology books, and tons and tons of reference books. Its kind of gross, really.

[skuthorp]

That sounds interesting Jeff .

I'll send it up when I've finished.

Basically the reasons for the the species rise may be the reasons for it's fall. Unsustainable use of natural resources and our influence on the environment, think acidification.

[PeterSibley]

Things have changed in ways we seem incapable of appreciating .

[amish rob]

The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee

Jarred Diamond

Review: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/bookrevi...diamond-1.html

Guns, Germs, and Steel ain't bad, either.

Peace,
Robert

[J P]

One Wild Bird at a Time by Bernd Heinrich.

I'll have to get that one. I've read and enjoyed a few of his others: Mind of the Raven, Ravens in Winter, Winter World.

Currently reading "Beyond the Hundredth Meridian", by Wallace Stegnar. A history of the career of Major John Wesley Powell.

[David G]

I finished Sturgeon's 'More Than Human' last night. Very good. May, in fact, be the best sci-fi I've read. Certainly in the top 3.

[Chip-skiff]

A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James.



It's set in Jamaica in a time of unrest, with each chapter a first-person POV dialogue, from a number of characters.

I'm halfway on, and it's starting to blur and repeat itself. Not sure I'll make it through.

[amish rob]

I'll have to get that one. I've read and enjoyed a few of his others: Mind of the Raven, Ravens in Winter, Winter World.

Currently reading "Beyond the Hundredth Meridian", by Wallace Stegnar. A history of the career of Major John Wesley Powell.

Check out Why We Run. Whoa! He originally became a hero to me because of his running exploits. Then I discovered the birds and bees, too. Really. He is a crazy scientist.

We have a raven that figured out the latch on our outdoor icebox. He can open our porch screen doors, too. His favorite game is to pick pecans off my big tree and drop them on my head.

I wish I was kidding.

Peace,
Robert

[amish rob]

I finished Sturgeon's 'More Than Human' last night. Very good. May, in fact, be the best sci-fi I've read. Certainly in the top 3.

I think The Sirens of Titan can be considered sci-fi, and it is my favorite.
I came to Asimov's Foundation late in life, but I like it. Sparse. Compelling.
Greg Bear is my favorite living guy, though. I even read my son's video game novels because Bear wrote them.

That said, not a lot of fiction passes by my eyes. Mostly stuff about long dead people.

Peace,
Robert

P.S. I recommend a book called Ambitious Brew to the beer folks. Pretty light history of beer in America. I read it on a recent cabin/fishing trip with guys who drink for sport...

duh, didn't add I would check out that title...

[Chip-skiff]

That said, not a lot of fiction passes by my eyes. Mostly stuff about long dead people.

This is a seriously weird statement. Care to explicate?

[amish rob]

Anthropology.

[amish rob]

I have a fascination with American history and pre-history, as it were.

I also have have a fascination with early civilizations. It was a field I immersed myself in deeply in college, and never stopped studying.

Peace,
Robert

[switters]

Getting ready to crack this:



Hoping it will be up to the standard started by Larsson.

Let us know what you think. It is in my to read pile but I have several books on top and am afraid I would need a refresher prior to continuing the series.

[ahp]

"Empire" by Steven Saylor. It is ancient Rome though the centuries.

[Chip-skiff]

Anthropology.

Okay. I get it, but your syntax is awful.

[amish rob]

Well, in order to avoid confusing anyone else, I will leave this conversation.

I don't tolerate rudeness.

Peace,
Robert

[David G]

Well, in order to avoid confusing anyone else, I will leave this conversation.

I don't tolerate rudeness.

Peace,
Robert

Too bad for us all, my friend. But with such a thin skin, you will wilt sooner or later anyway. Sorry to see you go.

[Canoez]

Let us know what you think. It is in my to read pile but I have several books on top and am afraid I would need a refresher prior to continuing the series.

SWMBO read it first on a trip down to the DC area. She's a more critical audience than I am and she enjoyed it.

If you've got Netflix, I'd recommend the original Girl With the Dragon Tattoo movie series that was done in Sweden with Noomi Rapace before diving into the book. The sub-titles are worth it.

[amish rob]

David,
Thin skin ain't it. I got no tolerance for people that are rude, or state things rudely, or word them indifferently so as to affect rudeness. Especially when they do it out of arms reach, and for no reason other than to feel better about their own selves.

Too much of that here, and it is sad. I can call names and judge with the best, believe me. I'd rather be constructive, though, and if this conversation, too, is to be about snipping and nit picking and attacking and valueating, it's as worthless to me as the rest like that.

See, I really mean the things I say, so I choose the words carefully, even if I do so awfully. I wish nobody on the planet ill will or hurt.
I really won't talk book anymore, but I really do wish all of you the best in life.

Peace,
Robert

[David G]

David,
Thin skin ain't it. I got no tolerance for people that are rude, or state things rudely, or word them indifferently so as to affect rudeness. Especially when they do it out of arms reach, and for no reason other than to feel better about their own selves.

Too much of that here, and it is sad. I can call names and judge with the best, believe me. I'd rather be constructive, though, and if this conversation, too, is to be about snipping and nit picking and attacking and valueating, it's as worthless to me as the rest like that.

See, I really mean the things I say, so I choose the words carefully, even if I do so awfully. I wish nobody on the planet ill will or hurt.
I really won't talk book anymore, but I really do wish all of you the best in life.

Peace,
Robert

I, too, value precision and accuracy very highly. And from where I'm setting, it appears... well call it what you like. When you're ready to see the truth, you will. Maybe you already have.

Meantime - let's stop the thread drift, and talk about books please.

[bamamick]

'the Pirate Round' by James L. Nelson.

Mickey Lake

[David G]

Almost finished with The Beekeeper's Apprentice. Very good... with patches of brilliance!

[Chip-skiff]

Just getting into it. Good so far.

[J P]

Just getting into it. Good so far.

I'll have to pick that one up. I had a great-uncle that was an American flier (ace) in that war. He survived the war.

[paulf]

I'm an ancient Rome fan, Just read SPQR, and The Death of Julius Caesar. The First book covers Roman history from 700BCE to 400 AD. Written by Mary Beard, like a class on ancient Rome.

The other a close political examination of Caesars murder. Both good books if you are into that stuff. If not you would be bored to death.

[Canoeyawl]

Mein Kampf,
just to keep on top of things

[David G]

Mein Kampf,
just to keep on top of things

So... you're a 'futurist'?

Or just a 'prepper'? <G>

Finished The Beekeeper's Apprentice last night. Definitely will be ordering the rest of the series.