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What Are You Reading Right Now?

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Brave New World - Alodus Huxley
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Even though 1984 seems to get more attention, I believe this book to be the better book and if one were to look at fiction this way, the more accurate depiction of the future.
 
Well, I just finished Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, by David Foster Wallace, and I started up Dogs of War, by Frederick Forsyth, which is fun, but I fear I might know too much about the history of Western imperialism to tolerate... And for that I blame you all!


Duke
 
Waiting for my books to be released - So nothing so far :(

Christine Feehan - Dark Slayer.
Laurell K Hamilton - Skin Trade
 
I'm reading Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini. he's a good writer but I just can't get into the french revolution. it is very unsympathetic! and so am I. aside from that, the story is very interesting. there was a movie based on it in 1952 but the plot is about 98% different, in favor of the book.
 
Thomas Sowell - The Vision of the Anointed
 
Robert Ludlum's .....The Altman Code
 
The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education
Craig M. Mullaney / Penguin Press / 2009 / 383 pp.

Mullaney recounts how his education prepared him for what he feared most... being responsible for the lives of soldiers under his command. After graduating as an Infantry officer from West Point, Mullaney was assigned to the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum NY. He then applied for Ranger School in Georgia and successfully completed one of the most gruelling training programs in the US military. Unexpectedly, he was awarded a Rhodes scholarship and spent the next year at Oxford (French Literature).

He arrived in Afghanistan shortly after US forces invaded Iraq. His squad saw plenty of action in Gardez, and even more when they were reassigned to a small town about a click from Pakistan. Mullaney brought all of his soldiers home except one. He relives the events of that day every day of his life.

A very interesting life... and book.
 
I'm reading "Cat Chaser" by Elmore Leonard.

I have started rereading "The Brothers Karamazov" - and expect to be chipping away at it the rest of my life. It's worth it, though.

I also have wondered why "1984" has so totally eclipsed "Brave New World" - when a few decades ago, they seemed to be neck and neck.
 
toshi2 said:
I'm reading "Cat Chaser" by Elmore Leonard.

I have started rereading "The Brothers Karamazov" - and expect to be chipping away at it the rest of my life. It's worth it, though.

I also have wondered why "1984" has so totally eclipsed "Brave New World" - when a few decades ago, they seemed to be neck and neck.
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The Brothers Karamazov, 1984 and Brave New World were some of my favorite books in high school.

I'm presently reading Ender In Exile by Orson Scott Card. I want to thank whomever it was who wrote here about Ender's Game. It sounded interesting so, I started reading it. I then read its sequel Reader For The Dead. Absolutely fascinating books. While I love science fiction these are so much more than ray guns and the future. The character Ender is one of the most interesting characters I've ever read. It will be sad when I finish this book. Ender is one of those characters who comes alive to you. I want to read more about this man. It will be sad to say goodbye to Ender.

Again, thank you to whomever introduced Ender Wiggin to me!
 
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Re-reading Slaughterhouse Five.

It's classic Vonnegut tale based on his experiences from WWII and being in Dresden during the fire bombings where a lot of people died. So it goes.
 
ADK_Forever said:
The Brothers Karamazov, 1984 and Brave New World were some of my favorite books in high school.

I'm presently reading Ender In Exile by Orson Scott Card. I want to thank whomever it was who wrote here about Ender's Game. It sounded interesting so, I started reading it. I then read its sequel Reader For The Dead. Absolutely fascinating books. While I love science fiction these are so much more than ray guns and the future. The character Ender is one of the most interesting characters I've ever read. It will be sad when I finish this book. Ender is one of those characters who comes alive to you. I want to read more about this man. It will be sad to say goodbye to Ender.

Again, thank you to whomever introduced Ender Wiggin to me!
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The Ender Series is the best Sci-Fi series ever written. The depth of the character development, the moral challenges, the philosophy, the politics... everything. It's absolutely brilliant.
 
ADK_Forever said:
The Brothers Karamazov, 1984 and Brave New World were some of my favorite books in high school.

I'm presently reading Ender In Exile by Orson Scott Card. I want to thank whomever it was who wrote here about Ender's Game. It sounded interesting so, I started reading it. I then read its sequel Reader For The Dead. Absolutely fascinating books. While I love science fiction these are so much more than ray guns and the future. The character Ender is one of the most interesting characters I've ever read. It will be sad when I finish this book. Ender is one of those characters who comes alive to you. I want to read more about this man. It will be sad to say goodbye to Ender.

Again, thank you to whomever introduced Ender Wiggin to me!
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Ender in Exile was good, but not quite at the same level as his other books.

If you enjoy Card, one of my favorite authors, I highly recommend the Alvin Maker series which is a fantasy series set in 19th century America. It has historical characters placed in this fantasy world, which was has an alternate history due to the fantasy aspect.

I would also recommend the Worthing Saga, which is sci fi as well. And also his collection of short stories called "Maps in a Mirror".

Edit: Empire is also a very good read. It's a near future sci-fi.
 
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I've been out of the reading mood for about a year or so.
 
I just finished America Alone by Mark Steyn, and am now on to Crime and Punishment, by Dostoevsky. Its the only remaining Dostoevsky novel I have yet to read.
 
I just went to argentina, and had two 10 hour flights. I read A day in the life of Ivan Denisovic, and about half of Germinal. I will finish that some time soon
 
Space by James Michener. A prolific author with a gift for capturing the currents of history in his novels.
 
I am currently reading "Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working And How There Is A Better Way For Africa" by Dr. Dambisa Moyo.

She is Zambian firebrand and studied in all the world's best universities. She read a BS in Chemistry and an MBA both from American University, and she read a Masters at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and she read a doctorate in Economics at Oxford University. She has also worked at Goldman Sachs and the World Bank.

READ THIS BOOK!

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Burning Giraffe said:
I just finished America Alone by Mark Steyn, and am now on to Crime and Punishment, by Dostoevsky. Its the only remaining Dostoevsky novel I have yet to read.
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BG, do you like mark steyn? I think he's kind of clever but I haven't read any books of his, just heard him talk briefly.
 
"Applied Economics : Thinking Beyond Stage One" by Thomas Sowell. This is how choices which are not well thought out have consequences that are more obvious with some thought.
 
Deathnote (manga)
 
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