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What Are You Reading Right Now?

Now I'm reading a small, charming novel called The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, about a woman named Mma Ramotswe, who is "the only lady private detective in Botswana".
I just started it, but I think it's going to be pretty entertaining.
 
Right now I'm reading Ender's Shadow by Orsen Scott Card. I read Ender's Game earlier and it was excellent. I'm trying to get a feel of how science fiction writers throw a story together, as I'm trying to compose my own sci fi story.
 
kal-el said:
Right now I'm reading Ender's Shadow by Orsen Scott Card. I read Ender's Game earlier and it was excellent. I'm trying to get a feel of how science fiction writers throw a story together, as I'm trying to compose my own sci fi story.
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Do you have a general premise to work with?
 
1069 said:
Do you have a general premise to work with?
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Actually I'm finished with my first novel. I have elected to get it published via subsidary publishing to get my foot in the door. I don't gather most authors will give a second thought to a manuscript from an unknown author.
 
Actually I'm finished with my first novel. I have elected to get it published via subsidary publishing to get my foot in the door. I don't gather most authors will give a second thought to a manuscript from an unknown author.
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Most publishers, you mean?
You need a literary agent.
 
1069 said:
Most publishers, you mean?
You need a literary agent.
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Yea, you're right, I was multi-tasking at the time. Anyway I'm going to work on getting an agent to represent me.
 
I just finished reading the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer. Absolute guilty pleasure. Completely cheesy story about a girl, a vampire, and a werewolf written for teens no less. I'm ashamed to admit I enjoyed it but I did. :mrgreen:

Now I'm reading Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life which I have to preview before my daughter reads it as she's only in second grade. She reads really well so she comes home with all these novels that she wants to read and I'm having a hard time keeping up and making sure they're appropriate. Most of them are fine but she tends to go for books written for teens more and I can't stand not knowing what she's reading since she spends so much time with her nose in books. I can't keep up with her though so I just try to grab the ones that look that most interesting and read ahead of her. Eventually I suppose I'll just give up as it's becoming impossible. And hell my mom had no idea what I was reading when I read all that V.C. Andrews crapola as a kid. Anyway I've read more kids books this year then I read as a kid. What's incredible is how good some of them are.
 
Copernicus' letter to Pope Paul III in a compilation called The Book of the Cosmos.
 
Hatuey said:
American Photo(Magazine) - January/February 2008 Edition.

Reading : Reading about Michael Kambers amazing photographic coverage of the Iraq war. Just so you can guys can see the image I'm looking at as I read the article :

KamberIraq.jpg


I hate to admit it but war is both a romantically beautiful poem and horribly catastrophic song of death all at the same time.
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Throw in the stench of rotten flesh and bloated bodies and it will wipe all the romantically beautiful thoughts away in a heartbeat.
 
I'm currently reading "The World Without Us", by Weismann; and "Vampire Transgression".
 
Mao by Jung Chang and Nick Halliday. A sorry bastard but a perfect representative of the worst idea ever to curse mankind.
 
Patrick Bishop

3 Para

Afghanistan,summer 2006

This Is War.
 
aegyptos said:
Mao by Jung Chang and Nick Halliday. A sorry bastard but a perfect representative of the worst idea ever to curse mankind.
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My next book;)

paul
 
gunner said:
My next book;)

paul
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Chang and Halliday's book is the perfect antidote to Philip Short's disgusting hagiography of Mao. Its a good read.
 
Im reading a book called scared to death.Its about the media making public scares i have problems with it its against the idea of global warming(i do believe man made global warming is real) although i find some of it valid there is alot of things i dont agree with i actually can prove are plain wrong.Its hard to read a book you have an idea against in the first place but i make a point of forcing myself to do so because i have had my mind changed by things before for example originally i was very skeptical about man made global warming but i was forced to buckle under the weight of evidence.

I would encourage everyone to do the same If your sure enough about what your think allow it to be challenged.Read a book that has an idea you dont agree with there is no shame in changing your mind about something if it has come from evidence and arguements you hadnt been enlightened to.
 
The Elegant Universe, by Brian Greene. Is my second read of that book too. :)
 
The Ends of The Earth A Journey To The Frontiers of Anarchy by Kaplan.
 
Hogs in the Shadows: Combat Stories from Marine Snipers in Iraq - Milo S. Afong

According to many Iraqi insurgent's, what they absolutely fear the most are the US snipers. Even from great distances, they rarely miss their mark. One-shot-one-kill is the standard metric. A horrific yet mesmerizing read.
 
To no one in particular, just a passing observation when looking at the things some of the people here read. I know that few people ever read about the same subject matter day in and day out for extended periods of time, but I can see why some of the ill informed posters are that way. They should spend time at Sci-Fi, astronomy or detective novel forums where their knowledge would be recognized and respected rather than at a political forum where they just confuse the issues, bring a contrarian viewpoint to the board seemingly for sport and act like jerks.
 
Reading The HIll Fights, The First Battle of Khe Sanh by Edward F. Murphy.

This is the story of the Marine's battle to control the uplands to the north and west of Khe Sanh in the spring of 1967. I served near this area a few months after these fights and heard a lot about them but never really had a complete picture of what went on. Highly recommended for all Viet vets.
 
bhkad said:
To no one in particular, just a passing observation when looking at the things some of the people here read. I know that few people ever read about the same subject matter day in and day out for extended periods of time, but I can see why some of the ill informed posters are that way. They should spend time at Sci-Fi, astronomy or detective novel forums where their knowledge would be recognized and respected rather than at a political forum where they just confuse the issues, bring a contrarian viewpoint to the board seemingly for sport and act like jerks.
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Or you could just get over yourself. :mrgreen:
 
talloulou said:
Or you could just get over yourself. :mrgreen:
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I'm not looking to tussle with you, but I guess my post struck a nerve.

I was a regular poster at another politically oriented site and someone had the good idea of starting a book club. But instead of reading books on politics or current events they chose to read a book dealing with human emotions and relationships set against a contemporary backdrop.

The Kite Runner tells the story of Amir, a well-to-do boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, who is haunted by the guilt of betraying his childhood friend Hassan, the son of his father's Hazara servant. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet invasion, the mass exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the Taliban regime.
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Unless I'm mistaken, there are all sorts of sites where this book might be read and discussed as a work of literature and a character study. If people want to discuss literature, fine. If people want to discuss politics then one would think they would try to learn more about the machinations of politics. Not human relationships having little to do with the politics that affect them.

That is what tries to pass for political discourse when you deal with some of the pro-Palestinian posters. As soon as they start talking about the situation with regard to Israel they want you to know about how the people suffer and they parade the wrecked and wretched bodies that have been hurt and destroyed by the violence. And that is certainly a part of the story. But that isn't illuminating the politics of the struggle.

So, when I look at the things some folks read and find they aren't reading about things dealing with politics one gains a better understanding of how and why their posts are so ill-informed.

GIGO.

Garbage in, garbage out.

For the record, I quit posting at that site and the thread where the book was being discussed seems to have fizzled out for some reason.
 
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