What are you reading?

[Pennglock]

Originally Posted by dexterhaven

You'll notice that spelling is not corrected in the quotations. This is one of the chief virtues of the book. The creative spelling of the men is sometimes touching, sometimes funny, and sometimes it reveals things like educational level and regional accent. I remember one soldier from Georgia writing to his wife about the good conduct of this "pusson" and the bad conduct of that "pusson."

I love this too in old writing. You would probably be tickled reading Clark's (of Lewis and Clark) expedition journal if you ever get the chance.

 

[javyn]

Originally Posted by james_timothy

Man, try the Dosadi Experiment instead.
Herbert novels aren't mutually exclusive

I'll get to Dosadi after this series. As far as Passage to India, it was great....but "OMG GREATEST BOOK EVER?!" Gotta be kidding me. Probably next on my list (If I'm not distracted by a trash novel at the last minute) will be this:

edit: If anyone has a goodreads account and wants to be my buddy, hit me up.

 

[GraphicNovelty]

Just finished Infinite Jest and then read A Supposedly Fun thing I'll Never Do Again. I'm David Foster Wallace'd out. Now I'm reading Kafka on the Shore. Not sure what i'll read after that, though.

 

[Mr.P]

 

[imatlas]

He examines the lives of Theodore von Karman, Leo Szilard, Eugene Wigner, John von Neumann, and Edward Teller and asks the musical question, why were these guys so ******* smart?

 

[mellow]

 

[Hatch&Whisk]

I've just recently started paradise lost. on book V currently and really enjoying Milton's writing. the structure isn't too difficult (especially since it was written in english to start with) and each book only being 30-40 pages of prose means it's easy to read, then put down to pick up again later

 

[youngScholar]

Reading Leo Strauss and Nietzsche by Laurence Lampert after I found it while looking for a birthday present for a friend. Also slowly plodding my way through Anti-Oedipus by D&G.

 

[StephenHero]

Aside from Fahrenheit 451, I've never read a sci-fi book, but I have the sudden urge to read one. What are some classics that are worthy reading?

 

[jstupple19]

Originally Posted by StephenHero

Aside from Fahrenheit 451, I've never read a sci-fi book, but I have the sudden urge to read one. What are some classics that are worthy reading?
Required Reading (IMHO): Slaughterhouse Five by Vonnegut - Absolutely a must read, along with Cat's Cradle The Martian Chronicles by Bradbury - Yes, it was probably required reading in middle school, but as far as an entry into classic science-fiction, there are worse books to start with. Any Asimov anthology, if short stories are more your thing. Need I mention Douglas Adams and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? [The Handmaid's Tale] by Margaret Atwood - Now, is this sci-fi? Not sure, but if you like future dystopias, this is a good one. Probably forgetting some really obvious ones, but these were the first that sprung to mind.

 

[lawyerdad]

+1 on the Chesterton props
Just finishing The Russian Debutante's Handbook, trying to figure out what's next.

Additional classic SF:
Asimov, I, Robot or the Foundation trilogy (short story anthology is also a good suggestion)
Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game
Dune
A Canticle For Leibowitz
Ringworld
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

 

[jstupple19]

Yes! Ender's Game! I knew I'd forgotten one!

 

[GraphicNovelty]

I recommend Neuromancer for sci-fi that's more on the cyberpunk end of things.

 

[javyn]

Originally Posted by StephenHero

Aside from Fahrenheit 451, I've never read a sci-fi book, but I have the sudden urge to read one. What are some classics that are worthy reading?
Dune. Classic. Best. Sci-Fi. Ever. Read the first six novels, or, at least, the first three. Neuromancer was good, but not "Sci-Fi", rather, cyberpunk. I liked it but a lot of things about it irritated me.

 

[StephenHero]

Aside from Fahrenheit 451, I've never read a sci-fi book, but I have the sudden urge to read one. What are some classics that are worthy reading, besides the first six in the Dune series and Neuromancer?