W/NW what are you reading right now?

[Out to Lunch]

Leica M7/MP, by Richard Hunecke.

 

[Rick Waldroup]

I just started Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon.

 

[Richard G]

David Deutsch. The Fabric of Reality. He gives a good account of the many worlds quantum theory and he digs deep in every chapter. There are chapters on physics, evolution and mathematics. I haven’t read the maths chapters yet. He gives a guide of how to read the book selectively. That’s uncommon. He is a great champion of Karl Popper, still underestimated in his view. Common sense comes in for a drubbing. An approachable and absorbing book. First out in 1997.

 

[Jonathan Lewenhaupt]

"Music for Chameleons", by Truman Capote.

 

[d.keljikian]

Seduction, Jean Baudrillard

 

[Dogman]

I've less than 100 pages left in Stephen King's "It". Today I ran out of day before I ran out ot book. I'll finish it tomorrow.

Just previous, I read a short one that I highly recommend--"Train Dreams" by Denis Johnson.


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[mrtoml]

I'm reading the 2nd Detective Mørck book (Disgrace) by Jussi Adler-Olsen. I finished the 1st one (Mercy) a few days ago and went straight on to the next.

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

I just finished this forthcoming history of the NEA and American arts funding by a friend of mine, Isaac Butler…it will be of interest to a lot of people here, I think. It’s quite engrossing and infuriating!

https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/perfect-moment-9781639733491/

 

[nikon_sam]

Stack of books waiting to be read...

Currently reading "Twice" by Mitch Albom...

 

[Dogman]

I've read almost all of those. Connelly is a super writer.

I have a ton of books in my Kindle app to read. Every day an interesting new one pops up and I usually can't resist.




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[Mark A. Fisher]

WALDEN, Henry David Thoreau

 

[Shac]

Horizon by Barry Lopez

 

[JeffS7444]

Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse.

 

[Jonathan Lewenhaupt]

"Answered Prayers", by Truman Capote.

 

[agentlossing]

Two books by Arthur C Clarke ; Rendezvous With Rama and a short story collection .

 

[petronius]

Two books by Arthur C Clarke ; Rendezvous With Rama and a short story collection .

I don´t know how often I have read Rendezvous with Rama and it gets me every time! (Imagine a movie by Kubrick!)

 

[agentlossing]

I don´t know how often I have read Rendezvous with Rama and it gets me every time! (Imagine a movie by Kubrick!)

I'm new to Clarke; I have repeatedly tried to get into Sci-Fi fiction from the genre's heyday, and I generally bounce off it. For example, I read Greg Bear's Eon and generally disliked the way it was written and the characters. I am liking Clarke more so. His writing style is simpler, and, I think, sticks closer to what he's good at.

 

[chuckroast]

I have just finished "The Great Transformation" by Stanciu. One of the two best books I've read in a decade (the other one being "The Psychology Of Totalitarianism" by DeSmet. These two books kind of bookend a discussion of the roots of our current social, cultural, and spiritual malaise in the West, even in the face of tremendous comfort, ease, and entertainment. Both highly, highly recommended.

 

[petronius]

I'm new to Clarke; I have repeatedly tried to get into Sci-Fi fiction from the genre's heyday, and I generally bounce off it. For example, I read Greg Bear's Eon and generally disliked the way it was written and the characters. I am liking Clarke more so. His writing style is simpler, and, I think, sticks closer to what he's good at.

I started reading SF in 1979 (the same year I was occupied/enslaved by photography) when a cousin forgot his example of Dune after a visit. Before I sent it to him I started reading it and the rest is history (little pun intended).

 

[agentlossing]

I started reading SF in 1979 (the same year I was occupied/enslaved by photography) when a cousin forgot his example of Dune after a visit. Before I sent it to him I started reading it and the rest is history (little pun intended).

Dune and Dune Messiah are definitely exceptions to my general difficulties with Sci-fi. 🙂 Brilliant books. I'm looking to read Dune again this year, probably out loud to my wife (which I can experience in a new way as well).