What Are You Reading Now?

**SiHart** · 22nd Nov 2006, 8:03 PM

Today I have started Doctor Who and the Price of Paradise, but what are YOU reading now?

Si xx

**Andrew Curnow** · 22nd Nov 2006, 11:33 PM

I'm actually re-reading "Doctor Who - The Three Doctors" just for the hell of it. Being a terrible pedant, I'm reading the original version, rather than "Doctor Who And The Three Doctors" with its gloriously old/evil/welsh cover!

**Andy Frankham** · 23rd Nov 2006, 12:45 AM

Currently reading the rather amazing "Wicked", and the cleverly viscious "Bad Men". Oh, and Joss Whedon's "Astonishing X-Men".

**Anthony Williams** · 23rd Nov 2006, 12:47 AM

The Military Experience in the Age of Reason, by Christopher Duffy.

it's pretty dull!

Ant x

Teresa · 23rd Nov 2006, 1:04 AM

Currently reading the rather amazing "Wicked"

oooh.... is that the Gregory Maguire one?

am currently enjoying "The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova, amayzing take on the story of Dracula, taking me ages to get through it though

Teresa
xx

**Brian** · 23rd Nov 2006, 1:22 AM

I'm reading 'My Idea Of Fun' by Mr Will Self

I like him

Bit wierd once you get to the second half though

**Andy Mateen** · 23rd Nov 2006, 2:03 AM

I have just started Hannibal by Thomas Harris.

-Andy

**Andy Frankham** · 23rd Nov 2006, 9:13 AM

Originally Posted by Teresa

oooh.... is that the Gregory Maguire one?

Yes, indeed it is. It's kind of intresting to see where Elphaba (the Wicked Witch of the West) came from, not to mention a whole host of other well known Oz characters. I love the fact that she's not actually evil and twisted at all, but in a wolrd of complacency and compliance, a free-thinker such as her is opposed to the dictatorship of the Wizard. Thus she is made into a bad guy by the winning side... Great fun!

Also just ordered the Broadway Cast Recording of the musical version. Quite looking forward to it.

**Paul Monk** · 23rd Nov 2006, 9:39 AM

I must get round to reading Wicked. It looks intriguing and The Wizard of Oz is a great little book.
Am still reading 2001: A Space Odyssey

**Andy Frankham** · 23rd Nov 2006, 10:11 AM

Oddly, never read the original Oz books, but from what Maguire says in his introduction the Oz books were full of contradictions, of places that seemed totally unaware of each other. "Wicked" goes to great pains to tie everything in Oz together, leaving you with a feeling of a world and not just a single place. But "The Wizard of Oz" is one of my favourite films of all time.

**Dirk Gently** · 23rd Nov 2006, 10:58 AM

I am still reading More Short Trips & I will be listening to The Nightmare of Black Island soon.

**Rob McCow** · 23rd Nov 2006, 1:37 PM

I'm halfway through War and Peace now. So I'm on the 'and'.

Actually, the War and the Peace has been pretty mixed up, with about 30% War and 70% Peace so far. Although I think I'm about to get to a big War section, as Napoleon has just taken his army across the border into Russia. What a naughty little dictator!

Teresa · 23rd Nov 2006, 1:56 PM

Originally Posted by Paul Monk

I must get round to reading Wicked.

me too... i've always heard good things about it, and have been meaning to, never seemed to actually get round to it though!

Teresa
xx

**Raston** · 23rd Nov 2006, 2:22 PM

I'm reading my Cousins novel called 'Four Days in June'. I have just finished reading Wodehouse's Picadilly Jim.

**Alex** · 23rd Nov 2006, 3:24 PM

I'm about half way through Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman and enjoying it lots...It's very Gaiman-esque, but as long as it doesn't have a cop out ending like American Gods, I'll be very happy with it!

**Brian** · 23rd Nov 2006, 3:43 PM

Anansi Boys is on my 'to read' list actually, unfortunately it has about 50 other books to contend with.

**Larry** · 24th Nov 2006, 10:46 AM

currently reading The Algebraist, by Iain M Banks, it's a sci-fi noval ut's not a bad book but it can be a bit tough going in places as your some times not sure what's going on.

**Rob McCow** · 24th Nov 2006, 2:12 PM

Yay! Anansi Boys and The Algebraist are probably my fave books of the last few years!

The Algebraist isn't too hard once you get used to half the characters being giant double-jellyfishes floating around in a gas giant. Though that may take a while.

**Kaybee Bailey** · 24th Nov 2006, 4:13 PM

Jonathan Franzen's 'The Corrections' and Amitav Ghosh's 'The Hungry Tide' both for my course. With my dissertation to read for too, I don't have time to look at any books for myself at the moment. I do like the Franzen text though!

**Paul Clement** · 24th Nov 2006, 5:37 PM

I'm reading 'The Jaguar Knight' by Dave Duncan. It arrived as a free gift from the Fantasy & SF book club, and I thought I'd try it out. Never read anything by him before, so I look forward to seeing what it's like.

**Joe Meredith** · 24th Nov 2006, 8:41 PM

I am reading 'The Honourable Schoolboy' by John Le Carre - part of the 'Quest for Karla' trilogy, and the one they didn't film out of the three! Very good so far...

**Arisia** · 25th Nov 2006, 12:26 AM

Having some fun reading Tinker by Wen Spencer. Next up will be the continuation, Wolf Who Rules.

**Brian** · 28th Nov 2006, 12:30 AM

I'm also reading 'Health and Social Care' by Yvonne Nolan

I don't recommend it

**Dave Tudor** · 28th Nov 2006, 12:36 AM

One day I will finish one of these book things of which you speak.

**SiHart** · 28th Nov 2006, 2:47 PM

I have started Vonneghut's Slaughterhouse 5 today.

Si xx

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