Meme time!
Q: What book are you currently reading? Is it good so far?
Glad you asked. I’m currently reading Lord Peter : The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Stories, a collection of the various Peter Wimsey short stories that Dorothy Sayers wrote (having previously finished off all the novels). It’s interesting the difference in the forms — these are more “mystery” than the novels, though Sayers’ true interest and talent is in providing fascinating characters than in intricately crafted whodunnits. Despite there being a bit less characterization than in the novels, these shorts benefit from their length, bringing Sayers to a point and conclusion in a timely and satisfying fashion, rather than the normal meandering through large, engaging casts. Well worth reading.
(via Wil)
I am supposed to be reading War and Peace.
I am actually trying to read Moorcock’s ‘Eternal Champion’ cycle.
I am really reading Pratchett.
I am supposed to be reading War and Peace.
I am actually trying to read Moorcock’s ‘Eternal Champion’ cycle.
I am really reading Pratchett.
Re-reading Ken MacLeod’s “The Execution Channel”. Set in the near future, when the war on terror has got worse. Starts with a TacNuke blowing up an airbase in Scotland, and everything goes downhill from there. Very bleak and very dark.
Before that, the second volume of The H.P.Lovecraft omnibus, which I think is the weakest of the three collections.
Stephenson’s Anathem, a chapter of two a night so as to savour it. 🙂
I won’t mention the stuff I’m reading for work. For pleasure, I’m reading “Spin” by Robert Charles Wilson. Or rather, I’m trying to read it, but I’m not finding enough time, so it’s been a few days since I read anything other than work stuff.
I just finished “1920: The Year of Six Presidents” by David Pietrusza and am currently reading “The Innocents Abroad” by Mark Twain.
I’m slogging my way through David Salo’s “A Gateway to Sindarin”. Unfortunately, he seems to assume a knowledge of linguistics jargon that I lack.