What are you reading?

[trekkiedane]

Reading two collections at the moment:

His Share of Glory - The Complete Science Fiction of C. M. Kornbluth.
(More than 1100 pages of) great SciFi!!!

and

The Illustrated History of Denmark for the People by Claus Deluran.
Nine volumes of the history of Denmark, from the creation of the universe till the end of the Viking-age. It ran as a weekly page in a paper back in 1987-1997 and is basically a 101 on Danish history (and has often been used as such).
I think I'll put it on my list as the one I'm intimidated by... Because: NINE volumes! (took me a while getting started on it for the same reason).
http://comicwiki.dk/wiki/Illustreret_Danmarkshistorie_for_Folket (All in Danish, but there are some pictures of the covers!)

 

[Tora Ziyal]

^ Yeah, nine volumes definitely could be intimidating!

 

[trekkiedane]

Yeah, even if it is in the format of comic-books it also is in the style of information-overload; creation myths from several major religions (obviously the Nordic takes up a bit more space than most others) plus the reality of The Big Bang (as known in the 1980's) takes up the first ten pages (and the first Homo Sapiens Sapiens doesn't appear until the 24'th page)...

 

[Velocity]

Moab is my Washpot by Stephen Fry

 

[RJDiogenes]

Yeah, even if it is in the format of comic-books it also is in the style of information-overload; creation myths from several major religions (obviously the Nordic takes up a bit more space than most others) plus the reality of The Big Bang (as known in the 1980's) takes up the first ten pages (and the first Homo Sapiens Sapiens doesn't appear until the 24'th page)...

Sounds like Larry Gonick's work.

 

[RJDiogenes]

That Gahan Wilson set also includes some of his short fiction and a great interview with Gary Groth. Score!

 

[C. Cole-Chakotay]

The Gunslinger by Stephen King.

 

[Skellington]

The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice by Christopher Hitchens. This morning I read The Enemy (Hitchens' 2011 essay on Osama bin Laden).

 

[bbailey861]

Star Trek TOS: The Folded World by Jeff Mariotte

 

[Miss Chicken]

I am listening to Event by David Lynn Golemon, narrated by RIchard Poe.

It was recommended by Amazon because I like the Pendergast series.

 

[rhubarbodendron]

"In the Teeth of Evidence" by Dorothy Sayers. A collection of short stories staring amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. Highly amusing and thrilling at the same time.

 

[C. Cole-Chakotay]

I finished In the Twinkling of an Eye in the wee hours this morning. I don't know what I'm going to read next. Decisions, decisions...

 

[Smellincoffee]

Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte. After that, The English Resistance, a bit of history about Saxon revolts against William the Bastard.

 

[Saga]

The Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon

 

[HIjol]

Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Duggard

 

[C. Cole-Chakotay]

I'm reading Finding Alice by Melody Carlson.

 

[Skellington]

Ultima by Stephen Baxter. So far, it's a bit Baxter-by-the-numbers.

 

[Tim Walker]

An anthropology book, The Invaders How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction by Pat Shipman.

A key point is that some skeletons indicate that early modern humans began domestication of wolves far earlier than was believed.

 

[C. Cole-Chakotay]

I'm reading Thunder in Paradise by Jonathan Cash but my memory has been refreshed that it is a sequel to Age of the Antichrist. I think I'll break into it and start Age of the Antichrist this evening.

 

[Velocity]

An anthropology book, The Invaders How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction by Pat Shipman.

A key point is that some skeletons indicate that early modern humans began domestication of wolves far earlier than was believed.

Recent evidence that Neanderthal Y chromosomes weren't passed on to modern men seems to indicate that fertility problems might have been a bigger factor.