Books - What are you reading?

Or maybe both.

Finished Dorian Grey last night.

Now about to embark on this:

Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems (Over 100 Works, including The Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, with Exclusive Bonus Features) eBook: Edgar Allan Poe, Maplewood Books: Amazon.co.uk: Books

The Quiet American

I can't think of any book titles (other than 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?') that are questions. Anyone?

'Affluenza' by Oliver James

I can't think of any book titles (other than 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?') that are questions. Anyone?

Awesome book. My son loves that.

Where's My Cow? (Discworld): Amazon.co.uk: Terry Pratchett, Melvyn Grant: Books

Human Is?

I've mostly been reading toddler books recently,since this is what the little one wants to read.

That having been said, last Thursday I ended up at LMNH for the launch of Julian Sayarer's Life Cycles

I've gobbled it up, finishing it in record time.

Other more adult thing's I've read include Old Man's War by John Scalzi which was pretty good, although the rest of the series sounds awful.

Old Man's War eBook: John Scalzi: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

I'm back to ploughing my way through The Energy Glut, which is a very worth, if somewhat academic tome (as it should be to an extent, but it's not as easy reading as it should be to get the point across to people, which is sad)

The Energy Glut: The Politics of Fatness in an Overheating World: Amazon.co.uk: Ian Roberts: Books

I'm several short-stories into Edgar Allen Poe. Might take a break and read something a little more contemporary over the weekend.

Forgot I had this. Left it for ages halfway through as I found it repetitive and too often stopping short of making a firm point. Anyway the second half really improves and the chapters on the widespread corporate sponsorship of American sports changing them in every aspect, from attending to watching at home, really demonstrate the diluting nature of capital, while the section on employee life insurance policies being taken out by global firms and the capacity for profit from speculating on death are astounding to learn.

finished Slaughterhouse 5 today - impressive. What next by Vonnegut? Cat's Cradle?

hummm I think.. this question might have been asked once or twice before.

Time for a Vonnegut thread?

He graded his own books.

Difficult to be objective with Vonnegut as there's that unique voice/varied output axis but the two books of his I've read and been most moved by are Breakfast of Champions and The Sirens of Titan. Honourable mention to less-respected later work goes to Timequake.

After you've read a couple more, I'd recommend his autobiography.

This is simple..

EVERYTHING.

but id start with cats cradle and then breakfast of champions is my favourite vonnegut, time quake is good too.

I can't think of any book titles (other than 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?') that are questions. Anyone?

this was made into a film , but cant remember what it was ?
theres a radio 4 play on it soon too

if youre into U.S at mo Eightball have you done 'Last Exit ...' yet? blow you away

busy busy busy...
so it goes

I'm reading Slaughterhouse 5 at the moment and really enjoying it. Recommendations for what to read next by Vonnegut? (It's the first of his books I've read)

Seriously though, at least Cat's Cradle and Breakfast of Champions.

Mother Night and Hocus Pocus, that some good Vonnegut

I thought breakfast of champions was better than a C. Only read that and S-h five which is one of my favourites

cheers Tommy. I missed that.

TIR - I will ch ch ch check it out

Hubert Selby jnr

this was made into a film , but cant remember what it was ?
theres a radio 4 play on it soon too

Blade Runner. That's the one.

awesome - found loads of Vonnegut in a huge Kindle file I copied off someone - now getting stuck into Breakfast of Champions

Mad River:Amazon.co.uk:Kindle Store

Plowed through this over the weekend. Always a nice easy read, Sandford. I'll probably pick up the last two in the Virgil Flowers series to get me up to date. I would like to read The Brothers Karazov though, I've heard great things about it recently and can't wait to have a stab at it.

Vonnegut says in Slaughterhouse five that the Brothers Karazov can teach you everyhtingyou need to know about life.

I've not read it myself.

I read the first 1/3 of The Brothers Karamazov - death by boredom.
This guy needed an editor almost as badly as Rowling.

Saw this is Tesco yesterday

Seriously? Who the fuck reads this shit?

If anyone here admits to reading that....