Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION The Anywhere Machine So what are you READING?

Well, I read some more of Jonathan Strange on the exercise bicycle this morning. It was actually pretty good. I had to re-read what I read in bed last night because I didn't remember any of it.

Maybe we need a Jonathon Strange readers' support thread.... I bumped it for Miéville's Iron Council and a few library books.

BTW, yesterday I saw a copy of J. Strange with a black cover - mine (from Amazon) was white - I wonder if they're playing on the white/black magic idea, and which cover is selling better?

I've got the black cover!

I have the black cover, and as I mentionned, I have a signed copy. They were selling both white and black covers here. I chose black because I thought the white would get dirty. (That's the Virgo in me coming out). I'm at page 80 now. It's starting to get interesting. Thursday is a lousy night for tv, so I think I'll just read.

I have the special collector's edition gray cover.

Thrusday is a lousy night! How about the OC!

STU - Still Telling Untruths

RT, I don't watch the OC. Absolutely nothing on Thursday, Monday, Tuesday or Saturday interests me. I should be able to get a lot of reading done, eh? I'm now at page 125 in Jonathan Strange. It's picking up and getting quite good. Two major new spells have been cast.

I'm currently reading Otherworld: City of Shadows. It's a trilogy, but I only bought the first one because I wasn't sure I'd like the book. And considering it's 780 pages long, I want to know I like it before spending my money on the others. It's definitely a good book with a nice blend of sci-fi and fantasy (more sci-fi but with some elements of fantasy).

Notre-Dame de Paris

ferroboy, did you mean, "Otherland, City of Golden Shadow" by Tad Williams? If so, the series is actually 4 very long volumes. As I posted above in this thread, I recently went to a book signing and had Tad Williams sign all 4 volumes of the Otherland series.

Yes, that's the one, Semi. I find it quite enjoyable so I will be getting the rest. I'm actually moving through it faster than I would have expected but I still haven't made page 300.

i just picked up and started "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand

I suppose I could read that, but I'm not a fan of her philosophy - or at least what I can remember of it from my Ethics class.

Has anyone read Jonathan Franzen's (sp?) The Corrections? My Chapters store is selling it for $9.99 (CDN) with an additional10% off and it's the hardcover edition. Is this worth the buy despite the low price tag? I heard it got a lot of buzz after the author was against wanting it on Oprah's Book Club.

I read The Corrections. It's funny. Dysfunctional family that still manages to function in the end - but not so dysfunctional that most of us wouldn't recognize some of the elements in our own families. I wouldn't classify it as Pultizer material - too light - but the author had a way of tying together very disparate sub-plots which I enjoyed.

do you know Jack Williamson-More than Dark??
is it sci-fi or fantasy?

I liked the Corrections too. Not as heavy as I expected it to be.

Her philosophy is not really up my alley either, but i do find her to be an excellent writer.

I read a bunch of Ayn Rand books back in university. The best one for me was "We the Living", which I believe was one of her earlier works. It's not as preachy as the others. Atlas Shrugged was always famous for John Galt's 50 page speech. Readers seemed to be divided into 2 camps - those that plowed through those 50 pages and those that skipped it. I can't remember which I did. Nevertheless, I do not subscribe to her philosophy.

I've tried and given up on reading The Fountainhead a half dozen times. I've never made it further than page fifty or so.

There's something unsettling about the way Rand's settings (at least in that book) seem untethered from reality -- they just didn't seem to be a part of "this" world, yet didn't seem detached enough to be part of some fantasy world, either.

I just saw an edition with a red dust jacket.

Finished the rand book....moved on to Barkers "Imajica"

"Squeaky: The Life and Times of Lynette Alice Fromme"...its about the woman who was a member of The Manson Family that tried to assinate President Ford in 1975

"Graves End"

Supposed to be a true story of an old haunted home in Brooklyn. Creepy & cool. Bt Elaine Mercado.
Before that:
"Take a Walk on the Dark Side: Rock & Roll Myths, Legends & Curses" by R. Gary Patterson. Fun, but too much speculation. but that's why their myths & legends.