Active Topics | Member List | Search | Help | Register | Login
The John Byrne Forum MOBILE
Byrne Robotics | The John Byrne Forum << Prev Page of 257 Next >>
Topic: What are you reading now? Post Reply | Post New Topic
Author
Message
Kevin Hagerman
Byrne Robotics Member


Joined: 15 April 2005
Location: United States
Posts: 18133
Posted: 09 May 2011 at 1:06pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Bring plenty of water, Brett!  A Feast for Crows is definitely a much drier read than the previous three books.
Back to Top profile | search
 
Sam Karns
Byrne Robotics Member


Joined: 26 December 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 7624
Posted: 10 May 2011 at 10:29am | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Elmore Leonard's Pronto, and Riding the Rap.
Back to Top profile | search
 
Victor Manuel Fernandez Patiño
Byrne Robotics Member


Joined: 16 April 2004
Location: Mexico
Posts: 1605
Posted: 10 May 2011 at 11:08am | IP Logged | 3 post reply

Freud stuff... 
Back to Top profile | search | www e-mail
 
Marc Foxx
Byrne Robotics Member


Joined: 16 April 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 5589
Posted: 11 May 2011 at 10:55am | IP Logged | 4 post reply

I just finished up "The Great Train Robbery" at the recommendation of Mr. Kevin Hagerman. That was a fun read!

Picked it up at the library in a bound volume with "The Andromeda Strain" and "The Terminal Man", so I may as well give those a read as well, before I have to return the book.

Back to Top profile | search | www e-mail
 
Michael Hogan
Byrne Robotics Member


Joined: 16 April 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 2064
Posted: 11 May 2011 at 11:31am | IP Logged | 5 post reply

I just finished Tim Green's False Convictions and am starting Stan Lee's The Alien Factor.

Back to Top profile | search e-mail
 
Steven McCauley
Byrne Robotics Member


Joined: 23 June 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 1431
Posted: 11 May 2011 at 12:16pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply

A Feast for Crows is definitely a much drier read than the previous three books
+++++++++++++++++++
Agreed.  The character count has something to do with that.  I disagree with  Martin's decision on splitting the books.

I'm currently reading It's Superman by Tom DeHaven.  I'm enjoying it but as a huge Superman fan, I am a bit taken aback by some of his origin re-imagining.
Back to Top profile | search e-mail
 
Craig Robinson
Byrne Robotics Member


Joined: 28 November 2010
Location: United States
Posts: 1756
Posted: 11 May 2011 at 12:19pm | IP Logged | 7 post reply

Currently in between books, but I just submitted requests this morning to the library for Valerie Plame's book (I saw FAIR GAME over the weekend and would like to learn a bit more) and the new book by Albert Brooks, 2030.

Edited by Craig Robinson on 11 May 2011 at 12:28pm
Back to Top profile | search
 
Phil Kreisel
Byrne Robotics Member


Joined: 03 February 2006
Location: Canada
Posts: 1911
Posted: 11 May 2011 at 12:57pm | IP Logged | 8 post reply

I'm currently reading a non-fiction book "Night of the Living Dead - Behind the Scenes of the most terrifying zombie movie ever" and "Gump & Co" by Winston Groom.

I'm quite the sucker for bios - I've got Keith Richards and William Shatner on the list (books purchased for me by the wife).

Back to Top profile | search
 
Thom Price
Byrne Robotics Member

L’Homme Diabolique

Joined: 29 April 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 7593
Posted: 14 May 2011 at 5:29pm | IP Logged | 9 post reply

"The Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia: A Guide To H.P. Lovecraft's Universe" by Daniel Harms.  I've dabbled a bit in Lovecraft's fiction, but I've decided to delve a little deeper.  Hopefully this will be a good reference guide to keep handy to help with the tongue twisting names of demons and places in Lovecraft's worlds.
Back to Top profile | search | www e-mail
 
Aaron Smith
Byrne Robotics Member


Joined: 06 September 2006
Location: United States
Posts: 10461
Posted: 14 May 2011 at 6:30pm | IP Logged | 10 post reply

Have fun with your exploration of Lovecraft, Thom. He's one of my favorite writers because there's nobody else who could do what he did the way he did it. Like the early Marvel Universe, Lovecraft's universe is an amazing place that doesn't ever feel like the author was intentionally trying to force everything to fit together. It just kind of fell together in a very good way, so it seems more natural that way. 
Back to Top profile | search | www e-mail
 
Steve D Swanson
Byrne Robotics Member


Joined: 04 May 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 1374
Posted: 14 May 2011 at 7:03pm | IP Logged | 11 post reply

Just finished Old Man's War by John Scalzi.

Odd book in that I liked it a lot but also felt it's premise was silly. The logic didn't really hold together but unexamined it was really good.

Reading The War that killed Achilles by Caroline Alexander. I thought it was going to be a historical examination of the Trojan War but it's more of an examination of the text of the Illiad. Interesting but not quite what I was looking for.

Back to Top profile | search | www
 
William Roberge
Byrne Robotics Member


Joined: 05 July 2006
Location: United States
Posts: 11319
Posted: 16 May 2011 at 4:45pm | IP Logged | 12 post reply

In the middle of the two volume set of THE COMPLETELY MAD DON MARTIN 1956 - 1988.

VERY FUNNY!!

 

Very heavy too....

Back to Top profile | search | www e-mail
 

<< Prev Page of 257 Next >>
  Post Reply | Post New Topic |

Forum Jump

 Active Topics | Member List | Search | Help | Register | Login

You are currently viewing the MOBILE version of the site.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL SITE