OT: What Are You Reading?

The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner and other collected short stories by Alan Sillitoe.

The on-line book “Snuff Yesterday And Today” that toffeenose found. See This Thread

war and peace for the second time.

Lord Hornblower by C.S. Forrester

News at the moment. namely http://www.texasguntalk.com/forums/politics-sponsored-dcortez/10938-shooter-advised-dohbama-transition-new-post.html as far as books go, im reading Manly P. Hall’s “Ancient Mysteries Of The Free Masons” may re-read William Gibsons ‘Neuromancer’ next.

@BB1: I loved “The Chamber” have you read it?

Re-reading Jackboot The Story of The German Soldier. I have an interest in military history and this book traces the German military from Frederick the Great to WW II. It is a fascinating read. “Gentlemen, you have chosen the most wonderful profession on this earth. You have before you the highest aim there can ever be on this earth. We teach you here how to reach that aim. You are here in order to learn that which alone can give the life of each of you its ultimate significance. You are here in order to learn how to die.” The customary address made made by the commandant of Lichterfelde Cadet School to new cadets, aged ten and eleven.

“What Every Body Is Saying”, An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People. Written by Joe Navarro with Marvin Karlins, Ph.D.

Snuffhouse.org

Probably going to start on “Ulysses” soon, since I haven’t read any of James Joyce yet. “Sult” by Knut Hamsen will be my side project.

The Urantia Book. A new age take on life, science, religion, philosophy, life after death etc. Written by unknown authors perpetrating to be spirit beings.Quite contraversial but extremely interesting. If it is true I want to die now lol. Stefan

@ shikitohno: “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” is good to read before “Ulysses”. Its sort of a prelude. Its a challenging read on its own, but I found a lot of myself in that book when I was a younger man. I have not yet challenged brave Ulysses.

I’m reading… The art of electronics By Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill It’s a little bit hectic :slight_smile:

Tom Clancy - Sum Of All Fears

Stephen Kings: Under the Dome! :slight_smile: The Wiz!

james joyce is my favorite fart sniffer and it"s because he is an amazing writer. I wish I could remember the word I used to use to describe his writing. It basicly means something along the line of reveal the divine through hinting at it through the mundane. The most blatant example of this is in my opnion is the story “grace” in dubliners. In my opnion you should start with Finnegans wake it will stretch your brain out, plus it’s one of my favorite all time books. Up there with “The Atrocity Exhibition” for mind bending read time.

Oh I’am reading the only story in Again Dangerous Visions I’ve not read yet. Great collection for the fan of more adult science fiction (when I say adult I mean deep and meaningfull not porno.)

Bob, you can’t do that to me. I was thinking there would be some hot action in there involving a robot and a human. Kidding, of course. When did adult become a byword for gratuitous sex, by the way? Many “adult” titles seem like the fantasy of a teenage boy, and not the least bit of the intellectual challenge I’m hoping for when I pick up such a book. Planning on finishing A Savage War of Peace today, as I’ve got little else to do. Next, it’s either Zaregoto, or Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Yeah there is a diffrence from adult and adult only. Reminds me of a calvin and hobbes where calvin is looking at list of movies and then says something about how one says it contains adult situations and asks hobbes what that means. Hobbes say it must mean it has things like doing taxs and going to work.

Henry Miller is another good one for finding the wheels and levers for the universe, all while ripping around the brothels of Paris and sleeping hungry on park benches…