What book are you reading?

**Andres** · 03-20-2009, 23:01

Had to dig this thread up.

Currently reading Albert Camus' "The Plague" Fascinating (and in a way pretty hilarious) stuff.

Still have Kafka's "The Castle" and Camus' "The Fall" on my shelf. Catching up on my existentialism, so it seems. Woud this be the prelude to my midlife crisis

**Ramses II CP** · 03-21-2009, 01:52

The Celestine Prophecy, by the way, carries a pretty good story for new age claptrap and if you can boil away all the nonsense the points behind them are actually solid. I was surprised to enjoy reading it and clearing away the weird bits to get to the meat of it.

The pretty girl was a bit of a nut (I fault myself for liking 'em that way) but she has good taste in books.

**Craterus** · 03-21-2009, 02:29

Originally Posted by Andres

Had to dig this thread up.

Currently reading Albert Camus' "The Plague" Fascinating (and in a way pretty hilarious) stuff.

Still have Kafka's "The Castle" and Camus' "The Fall" on my shelf. Catching up on my existentialism, so it seems. Woud this be the prelude to my midlife crisis

I intend to read The Myth of Sisyphus in the near future.

For now, I am reading The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas and some Thomas Hobbes on the side (but I can't say I'm enjoying it).

Lots (almost too many) books on my shortlist though, I don't know where I'll find the time.

**Hooahguy** · 06-28-2009, 05:13

lets dig this thread up, shall we?

right now im reading Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six.
ok, im playing the game, now why not read the book?
after 200 pages, i have officially determined it is one of the best books ive ever read. when Chavez and his team sneaks up on the castle with the terrorists inside, i can almost feel as if im sneaking in with them.

**miotas** · 06-28-2009, 05:47

Am I the only one who thinks that its a bit pretentious the way his name is in all those titles? Tom Clancy's Rainbow six by Tom Clancy. You know, the one by Tom Clancy?

Anywho, I'm reading The Light Fantastic. I'm becoming more and more convinced that Terry Pratchett is in fact the best author alive. I've read a few of his novels in a bit of a random fashion, but now I've decided to go through and read them in order.

It is impossible to read a Discworld novel and not laugh. If you find someone who doesn't laugh at one, then you have found yourself an evil sadistic maniac and you should call the authorities to lock them up before they hurt anyone.

**Hooahguy** · 06-28-2009, 05:56

Originally Posted by miotas

Am I the only one who thinks that its a bit pretentious the way his name is in all those titles? Tom Clancy's Rainbow six by Tom Clancy. You know, the one by Tom Clancy?

its not much different than the other authors who have their names in huge letters in the front and the titles are smaller.
and tom clancy has become a staple of military books, so i guess the Tom Clancy name makes the book identify with the awesomeness.

anyhow, the name isnt important.

**Crazed Rabbit** · 06-28-2009, 07:22

Originally Posted by miotas

Am I the only one who thinks that its a bit pretentious the way his name is in all those titles? Tom Clancy's Rainbow six by Tom Clancy. You know, the one by Tom Clancy?

There are some books were, apparently, Clancy helped create the idea for the book, but somebody else did the writing. So it'd be Tom Clancy's Infowars by Some Jerk You've Never Heard Of. So it does have some use.

CR

**Hooahguy** · 06-28-2009, 07:29

Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit

There are some books were, apparently, Clancy helped create the idea for the book, but somebody else did the writing. So it'd be Tom Clancy's Infowars by Some Jerk You've Never Heard Of. So it does have some use.

CR

QFT

an example of this would be Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (the book).

also, he wrote a lot of books under pen names.

**Louis VI the Fat** · 06-29-2009, 18:35

Currently I am reading:

'Six Easy Steps to Picking up Trashy Women'

**Tratorix** · 06-29-2009, 21:47

Reading Stephen King's The Stand. About halfway through and it's quite good. Doesn't seem to meander about like lots of King's other books, lots of stuff going on.

**CountArach** · 06-30-2009, 15:10

Teach Yourself Ancient Greek... because I want to teach myself Ancient Greek.

I'm also reading through the official guide to the 2009 Tour de France... only a few more days.

**GeneralHankerchief** · 07-01-2009, 12:33

Originally Posted by Tratorix

Reading Stephen King's The Stand. About halfway through and it's quite good. Doesn't seem to meander about like lots of King's other books, lots of stuff going on.

Standard or uncut edition?

And afterwards, you should try his Dark Tower series if you haven't already. The first book is subpar, but if you can get through that it's really excellent stuff.