So what are you reading? Part VI

[JD]

I started reading the Barnes & Noble Classics edition of Dracula, during my break at work yesterday.

 

[Corran Horn]

Grabbed "The Case of the Colonist's Corpse" since I haven't read it in a while. Still love that they did the red coloring.

 

[MagGu]

I'm reading Paths of Disharmony. It's kind of slow for me, I'm having trouble picking it back up every time I put it down. but I really want to get through it because I'm excited for the next one, and I don't want to miss out on anything because I decided to stop reading this one!

edit: oh and on the side I'm reading a book of dystopian short stories that I picked up at the Borders sale. It's very disturbing and great!

 

[BrotherBenny]

I have begun a re-read of my favorite Star Trek books, starting with Articles of the Federation.

I still need to finish Greg Cox's Shock Treatment, but I know that A Choice of Catastrophes is due out in the next week or so. I'm also continuing my re-read of Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta series.

 

[FatherRob]

Grabbed "The Case of the Colonist's Corpse" since I haven't read it in a while. Still love that they did the red coloring.

I'm not one for pulp detective work, but I really enjoyed this book. Don't ask me why, I just did.

Rob+

 

[j3067]

I'm reading Paths of Disharmony. It's kind of slow for me, I'm having trouble picking it back up every time I put it down. but I really want to get through it because I'm excited for the next one, and I don't want to miss out on anything because I decided to stop reading this one!

edit: oh and on the side I'm reading a book of dystopian short stories that I picked up at the Borders sale. It's very disturbing and great!

I felt the same way when I started reading Paths of Disharmony. The book does get a lot more interesting in the second half and I think it is a very solid read overall.

 

[S. Gomez]

A Sherlock Holmes pastiche by David Stuart Davies called The Scroll of The Dead. It's recently been reprinted by Titan Books as part of their Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series. Just started it, so the story is only picking up.

 

[JD]

Grabbed "The Case of the Colonist's Corpse" since I haven't read it in a while. Still love that they did the red coloring.

Does that red coloring get all over hands? It seems to me like something that could get really annoying if it does.

 

[Greg Cox]

The Buntline Special, a steampunk western by Mike Resnick.

 

[Christopher]

Does that red coloring get all over hands? It seems to me like something that could get really annoying if it does.

Unlikely. It used to be standard for paperbacks to have yellow or red dye on the edges, as recently as the early '80s (my copy of the TMP novelization has yellow edges, for instance), and I've never known the dye to rub off.

 

[Idran]

Does that red coloring get all over hands? It seems to me like something that could get really annoying if it does.

Unlikely. It used to be standard for paperbacks to have yellow or red dye on the edges, as recently as the early '80s (my copy of the TMP novelization has yellow edges, for instance), and I've never known the dye to rub off.

That was dye even back then? I always assumed it was something to do with the manufacturing process, and they just used dye in that book to reproduce the effect.

I'm curious, what was the dye for back then?

 

[Christopher]

I might be wrong, but I think it was to conceal the yellowing of the acidic paper they used back then.

 

[Starbreaker]

Old Man's War was pretty good. I thought the ending was rushed, but I really liked a lot of concepts and characters in the book. I'm not sure what I'm going to read next, but I'm leaning toward Ghost Brigades.

 

[Thrawn]

I think I'm the only sci-fi fan that doesn't like Scalzi. I just don't get what's so exciting. Everything I read by him I feel like I've read before by someone else but deeper, more interesting, and more believable.

He's like sci-fi lite. He is to real science fiction what Stargate is to TV science fiction. Safe, comfortable, in on the jokes; not bringing anything new to the table.

 

[Christopher]

^As it happens, Scalzi was the science consultant on Stargate Universe, by far the least "safe, comfortable" series within that franchise (and the most scientifically plausible one).

 

[Thrawn]

^ Yeah, I actually heard good things about Universe; I might have to give it another shot. I watched Air and was really unimpressed; felt just like the possibly 30 total episodes of the other two that I've seen: nothing that other shows hadn't done better.

 

[indianatrekker26]

I'm getting into scifi author David Weber. I'm burned out from reading mostly just trek and wars all the time. I'm ready to actually go out and try all the original scifi novels out there.
So i'm reading "Off Armaggedon Reef" and "On Basilisk Station" by Weber. And really loving both.

 

[FatherRob]

The Honor Harrington books, beginning with On Basilisk Station, are just amazing. I am not much for the spinoff books, just the core series, but it is the only 'series' besides Trek that I follow. I love the great thought given to shiphandling and worldbuilding in the series. If you are tired of war, though, you might burn out on the series, as there is plenty of that to go around!

Rob+

 

[JD]

I decided I wasn't in the mood for something that would require as much hard work and concentration as Dracula and decided to switch it out for Summer Knight, the fourth Dresden Files novel.

 

[Reanok]

I just finished reading Myriad Universe Shattered light I really liked all of the stories in this book. They're well written and I hope there will be more Myriad Universe books in the future.