What are you reading?

[FlyingMonkey]

I'm reading Rosewater Redemption, the last volume of a rather excellent Afrofuturist SF sequence by Tade Thompson.

 

[Coldsnap]

Thought this might be of interest to the thread:

The cult books that lost their cool

From the self-indulgent to the tiresomely macho, Hephzibah Anderson chooses her picks of previously hip books that have not aged well.

www.bbc.com

i knew infinite jest would be in this article without even clicking it, haha.

 

[edinatlanta]

Just finished in the house in the dark of the woods by laird hunt.

That was some weird **** man.

 

[edinatlanta]

Up next is thr murder of king tut by James patterson

 

[wojt]

The Time Machine - Herbert George Wells

 

[imatlas]

The Silk Roads, a New History of the World by Peter Frankopan

(aren’t they all, though? New histories of the world, I mean?)

 

[Fueco]

Among others...

 

[wojt]

The Island of Doctor Moreau - Herbert George Wells

 

[Joffrey]

I wrapped this a few weeks or a month ago. Fascinating story as I always love to read how the sausage was made business books. I thought his writing was pretty ****** though - kind of like a diary entries. Anyway I appreciate his candidness.

Just started this:

Wrapped that up a few weeks back (I lost steam toward the end), and have pivoted to

I always like to amuse myself after reading a dryish non-fiction book.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Recently read:

John Le Carré - Agent Running in the Field. I can say with confidence that this is his worst book ever. Don't bother.

Robert Harris - The Second Sleep. Pulpy mainstream post-apocalyse fiction that's readable but highly derivative of, and not as good as, any number of science fiction novels. It has got a lot of attention because he's famous and connected. Read Tim Maughan's Infinite Detail instead, for a genuinely culturally and technologically literate post-Internet novel.

Annalee Newitz - The Future of Another Timeline. Trans-feminist science fiction / alt history / time travel novel. A strong read in many ways, although for all its inclusive politics, it suffers from the usual kind of American-centrism (the historical tipping points that matter are all American even though the action takes place in many times and places).

Osamu Dazai - Schoolgirl. The first work by the louche Japanese writer that came to public attention. A short, introspective and insightful character study - but don't expect anything to happen.

 

[lawyerdad]

i knew infinite jest would be in this article without even clicking it, haha.

Of course it is, because the implication the author has actually read it is a form of humble-bragging.
Jesus ******* christ, that's a stupid list and a lazy, poorly written article.

 

[Joffrey]

Wrapped that up a few weeks back (I lost steam toward the end), and have pivoted to

I always like to amuse myself after reading a dryish non-fiction book.

Wrapped this up last night. Some incredible stories in there as it appears the industry was wilder back in the days - the controversies these days are pretty tame. The Frances Farmer (10 years in an asylum for a traffic ticket because no one in Hollywood liked her) and Errol Flynn (prosecution for statutory **** because studios won't pay protection money to LAPD big wigs) stories would make great movies. I may need to re-watch LA Confidential...

 

[Fueco]

Waiting at the County Motor Vehicles office reading The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates

 

[javyn]

Going to read Heart of Darkness. Figured I love Apoc Now so much, may as well read the source material.

 

[wojt]

^I liked it a lot

Planet of the Apes - great book, quite intelligent for s-f genre