"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking. I started last night and am slowly working my way through it. In general, he does a great job of breaking down hard scientific concepts, but you still have to really think through some of it.
What book are you currently reading?
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. It's been on my 'to read' list for ages so I'm glad I'm finally getting around to it. About halfway through and am enjoying it so far.
Yes, they are excellent. Enjoy!
Light in August by William Faulkner.
One of my favourite novels.
I'm working my way through Dragonfly Falling, the second book in the Shadows of the Apt series by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Although several people think it's trash, I quite enjoy it because it is different to pretty much all fantasy out there. Yes, it contains steampunk elements and the characters are based on zoological life (specifically beetles, spiders, mantids, dragonflies, ants (various species), mole crickets, wasps, bees, mosquitoes, and others), but it's written well. I have books one through five either on my Kindle or in paperback and will be getting book six shortly (or whenever it comes out).
I hope to finish it in four days so I can read Vanguard Declassified but if I haven't finished it, I'll just set it aside for the duration of Vanguard. Star Trek always comes first.
I hope to finish it in four days so I can read Vanguard Declassified but if I haven't finished it, I'll just set it aside for the duration of Vanguard. Star Trek always comes first.
Two nights ago, after much hesitation, I started the Legacy of the Force series. The length of the NJO series, most of which was filler, I still say that series was at least nine books too long, and the fact that it took me three years to read all of it (it's never taken me that long to read ANYTHING), put me off multi-book Star Wars stories for about three years, although I did read the Darth Bane trilogy late last year and loved it.
All I can say is, I hope this nine-parter is worth it, or I might have to demand my money back.
All I can say is, I hope this nine-parter is worth it, or I might have to demand my money back.
Currently reading "The King In Yellow" by Robert W. Chamber (published 1895), the titular book, or play in this case, that inspired H.P. Lovecraft to create The Necronomicon and to keep his horror's largely hidden and mysterious. Just finished the first story which takes place in the future time of 1927. Very well done horror.
Sh*t My Dad says.
there is some seriously funny shit in that book.
there is some seriously funny shit in that book.
Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
I'm trying to read "Up in the Air" but some of it's flight lingo and stories confuse me.
Good luck. I liked some of LotF, but for the most part I found it rather disappointing (especially Karen Traviss' mostly pointless contributions). It kind of killed my interest in post-ROTJ fiction, to be honest. Aside from the Legacy comic book, which was all kinds of awesome.
I am half-way through "The Good Muslim" by Tahmima Anam. This novel is a continuation of the story of the Haque family that Anam introduced to her readers in her first novel "The Golden Age". "The Golden Age" told the story of the family - widowed mother Rehana and her teenage son and daughter, Sohail and Maya - as they lived through the the Bangladeshi War of Independence in 1972. "The Good Muslim" is set in 1984 but with flashbacks to 1973.
In the story Sohail has been recently widowed and is now a charismatic religious leader having after developing faith due to something that occurred back in 1973. Maya is a doctor and is still unmarried, unusual for a woman of her age (she is in her late 20s). Secular by nature she is distressed by both Sohail's turn to religion and also by his neglect of his now motherless son. I gather, from the blurb, that later in the book she is going to have a showdown with Sohail when he announces that he plans to send his son to a madrasa instead of the local neighbourhood school.
In the story Sohail has been recently widowed and is now a charismatic religious leader having after developing faith due to something that occurred back in 1973. Maya is a doctor and is still unmarried, unusual for a woman of her age (she is in her late 20s). Secular by nature she is distressed by both Sohail's turn to religion and also by his neglect of his now motherless son. I gather, from the blurb, that later in the book she is going to have a showdown with Sohail when he announces that he plans to send his son to a madrasa instead of the local neighbourhood school.
I am reading Cat's Claw by Amber Benson(Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer). It is the second book in a series about Death's Daughter. It's pretty good. One of the characters is Bast, the Egyptian goddess of cats and other less important stuff.
I have noticed that no one has mentioned reading any romance books, so I will conclude that either a) no one on the Trekbbs reads romance books or
b) no one on the Trekbbs will admit to reading romance books
so, knowing that I risk being shunned by the members of Trekbbs,
I will also say that I am rereading The Paid Companion by Amanda Quick. Its a regency romance and one of my favorite by her.
I have noticed that no one has mentioned reading any romance books, so I will conclude that either a) no one on the Trekbbs reads romance books or
b) no one on the Trekbbs will admit to reading romance books
so, knowing that I risk being shunned by the members of Trekbbs,
I will also say that I am rereading The Paid Companion by Amanda Quick. Its a regency romance and one of my favorite by her.
The nearest I have got to being a romance reader was reading most of Jean Plaidy's historical romances when I was a teenager. I especially liked the Catherine de Medici series and the Lucrezia Borgia series.
Yevetha
Commodore
LOTF is a waste of good paper, FOTJ ditto.
There will be some interesting one shot books coming out soon.
check those out.
