what are you reading right now? - Page 24

Eruviel Greenleaf · 12-24-2002, 02:30 AM

Dracula, by Bram Stoker.

<---teeth! vampires!

Hasty Ent · 12-26-2002, 01:49 PM

In Siberia by Colin Thubron
Mountolive (still...almost done, though!) by Lawrence Durrell
The Silmarillion (very slow going -- the discussion groups on the moot are helping to keep me interested)
Neuromancer by William Gibson (re-reading it for fun and break from the above

)
The Nero Wolfe Cookbook by Rex Stout

Blackboar · 12-26-2002, 04:41 PM

I am now reading my Tolkien Enclopedia. At the moment I'm reading all about the Creation of Arda.

Radagast The Brown · 12-26-2002, 05:11 PM

I'm reading Meggie Fiury and Chocker something.

***Khamûl*** · 12-27-2002, 02:02 AM

Currently I'm working through Everything's Eventual by Stephen King. I've been sidetracked lately by TTT, though. I should get back to Everything's Eventual soon.

BeardofPants · 12-27-2002, 02:07 AM

I'm reading Terry Pratchet's Death Omnibus... feel like reading something light before I start on the sixth (7th if you count Prelude) and last Foundation book.

Shadowfax · 12-27-2002, 03:56 PM

I'm now currently reading The Awakening: A Solitary Soul by Kate Chopin; it was written in the 1800s. I have to read it for English Honours. Not sure if I like it or not.

Duddun · 01-05-2003, 09:19 PM

I'm reading The Rift War series. Good books. I finished the second one yesterday. Now I'm trying to find a copy of the third. I found a copy of the fourth. The sad thing is they are out of print for right now.

cee2lee2 · 01-05-2003, 11:00 PM

Read Artemis Fowl last night. Really enjoyed it and am looking forward to getting the 2nd book.

Also reading LeGuin's The Dispossessed for an online discussion group.

Duddun · 01-05-2003, 11:26 PM

I've been meaning to read Artemis Fowl. I've seen a lot of people at my school reading it and figured I should try it.

cee2lee2 · 01-06-2003, 12:26 AM

Give it a try. It's very amusing and I found it to be a quick read.

BeardofPants · 01-06-2003, 12:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by cee2lee2
Also reading LeGuin's The Dispossessed for an online discussion group.

I haven't read any of Le Guin, so the other day I went to the book store with my xmas book voucher, and couldn't decide between a Wizard of Earthsea collection, or the Dispossessed. I ended up going with the Earthsea decision. Now this is where you tell me that I chose wrong...

I'm just starting HoME 5.

cee2lee2 · 01-06-2003, 12:38 AM

The Earthsea books are very different, IMHO, from the books she wrote in the Hainish universe. So you did not chose wrongly.

I read the Earthsea books long ago and remember enjoying them a great deal.

But you'll have to try her other books once you've finished Earthsea to see which YOU like best.

***Earniel*** · 01-06-2003, 01:12 PM

Earthsea is good, IMO.

I'm rereading LoTR. Christmas 1996 was the very first time I read it so it looked like a nice way to celebrate.

I'm also reading 'The making of mankind' by Richard Leakey, inspired by the ever-ongoing evolution-creation debate here on the 'moot.

Eruviel Greenleaf · 01-06-2003, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BeardofPants

I'm just starting HoME 5.

That one's good! I wish he had finished The Lost Road. . .

Hanza · 01-06-2003, 04:37 PM

I finished Artemis Fowl (artic) a couple of weeks ago. Thought it was really good. I hope he does another one.

I think I might try finishing his Dark Materials. Heard the first one on the radio yesterday.

Eruviel Greenleaf · 01-06-2003, 05:44 PM

His Dark Materials are some of my favorite books! Yay! you should read them!

*worships Phillip Pullman*

Sicirus · 01-06-2003, 07:09 PM

I am starting on The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson.
And then Tamsin by Peter.s. Beagle.

BeardofPants · 01-07-2003, 01:15 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Eruviel Greenleaf
I wish he had finished The Lost Road. . .

I just finished it earlier on today. It is good.

Very different from his usual style though.

Eruviel Greenleaf · 01-07-2003, 01:18 AM

It is good! It inspired an interest in old english, and Germanic and Celtic legends. I think I'll be researching that some, now. . .

12-24-2002, 02:30 AM	#461
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Dracula, by Bram Stoker. <---teeth! vampires! __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

12-26-2002, 01:49 PM	#462
Hasty Ent Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 516	In Siberia by Colin Thubron Mountolive (still...almost done, though!) by Lawrence Durrell The Silmarillion (very slow going -- the discussion groups on the moot are helping to keep me interested) Neuromancer by William Gibson (re-reading it for fun and break from the above ) The Nero Wolfe Cookbook by Rex Stout __________________ Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) Last edited by Hasty Ent : 12-26-2002 at 01:51 PM.

12-26-2002, 05:11 PM	#464
Radagast The Brown Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 6,975	I'm reading Meggie Fiury and Chocker something. __________________ Lalala... poof! AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

12-27-2002, 02:02 AM	#465
*Khamûl* Slacker Warrior Admin Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,759	Currently I'm working through Everything's Eventual by Stephen King. I've been sidetracked lately by TTT, though. I should get back to Everything's Eventual soon. __________________ "If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you." Gandalf to Pippin Psalm 107:31

12-27-2002, 02:07 AM	#466
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	I'm reading Terry Pratchet's Death Omnibus... feel like reading something light before I start on the sixth (7th if you count Prelude) and last Foundation book. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

12-26-2002, 04:41 PM	#463
Blackboar Legolas's beloved sister and Queen of the Wood Elves of Mirkwood Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Under the hill at Bag-end, Hobbiton the Shire Or Rivendell,I can't remember!!!!!!!!!! Posts: 1,086	I am now reading my Tolkien Enclopedia. At the moment I'm reading all about the Creation of Arda.

12-27-2002, 03:56 PM	#467
Shadowfax The Fleet-Footed Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: British Columbia Posts: 913	I'm now currently reading The Awakening: A Solitary Soul by Kate Chopin; it was written in the 1800s. I have to read it for English Honours. Not sure if I like it or not. __________________ Jesus saved me "To remain ignorant of things that happened before you were born is to remain a child" (Cicero, 106-43 B.C.) "Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth" (Picasso)

01-05-2003, 09:19 PM	#468
Duddun I Antha Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: You expect ME to know? Posts: 784	I'm reading The Rift War series. Good books. I finished the second one yesterday. Now I'm trying to find a copy of the third. I found a copy of the fourth. The sad thing is they are out of print for right now. __________________ If you say my name I go "What?" If you say my name twice I go and look it up in the dictionary. **************************** I'm Not Evil! ************************** If the critics say it's good, is it really That good? ************************** It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's a balloon! **************************** Duddun, Son of Bubbun

01-05-2003, 11:00 PM	#469
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	Read Artemis Fowl last night. Really enjoyed it and am looking forward to getting the 2nd book. Also reading LeGuin's The Dispossessed for an online discussion group.

01-05-2003, 11:26 PM	#470
Duddun I Antha Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: You expect ME to know? Posts: 784	I've been meaning to read Artemis Fowl. I've seen a lot of people at my school reading it and figured I should try it. __________________ If you say my name I go "What?" If you say my name twice I go and look it up in the dictionary. **************************** I'm Not Evil! ************************** If the critics say it's good, is it really That good? ************************** It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's a balloon! **************************** Duddun, Son of Bubbun

01-06-2003, 12:26 AM	#471
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	Give it a try. It's very amusing and I found it to be a quick read.

01-06-2003, 12:38 AM	#473
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	The Earthsea books are very different, IMHO, from the books she wrote in the Hainish universe. So you did not chose wrongly. I read the Earthsea books long ago and remember enjoying them a great deal. But you'll have to try her other books once you've finished Earthsea to see which YOU like best.

01-06-2003, 01:12 PM	#474
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Earthsea is good, IMO. I'm rereading LoTR. Christmas 1996 was the very first time I read it so it looked like a nice way to celebrate. I'm also reading 'The making of mankind' by Richard Leakey, inspired by the ever-ongoing evolution-creation debate here on the 'moot. __________________ We are not things.

01-06-2003, 04:37 PM	#476
Hanza Woolly Jumper Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: In my field of paper flowers and candy clouds of lullaby Posts: 1,200	I finished Artemis Fowl (artic) a couple of weeks ago. Thought it was really good. I hope he does another one. I think I might try finishing his Dark Materials. Heard the first one on the radio yesterday. __________________ :: there's nothing comforting in change:: Why dont sheep shrink in the rain??

01-06-2003, 05:44 PM	#477
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	His Dark Materials are some of my favorite books! Yay! you should read them! worships Phillip Pullman __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

01-06-2003, 07:09 PM	#478
Sicirus Elf Lord Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Down the road on your left...No your other left. Posts: 1,825	I am starting on The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. And then Tamsin by Peter.s. Beagle. __________________ "I know less then half of you half as well as I should like. And I like less then half of you half as well as you deserve." Bilbo Baggins

01-07-2003, 01:18 AM	#480
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	It is good! It inspired an interest in old english, and Germanic and Celtic legends. I think I'll be researching that some, now. . . __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

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