What are you reading?

[Toolian]

So what are you currently reading? Outside of the required readings, I like to read other things that interest me.

I'm in the middle of two books

The Beginnings of Western Science by Lindberg

and Jarhead by Swofford (highly recommended I am about 1/3 through the book)

[Leaderoforcs]

Re-gaining my appreciation for naval jargon, On Basilisk Station by David Weber.

[Toolian]

one thing I will never get down;

Bow,stern, port, starboard. No matter how many times I have looked it up. It like trying to remember my phone number... or my SS number, or my lock combo, or student ID.

[Leaderoforcs]

Bow is front, stern is rear.  Port is left, Starboard is right.

[Worktroll]

Just finished: Neal Stephenson's "Baroque Cycle" trilogy. In e-book format, because each book of the trilogy makes a handy chock for jet airliners. Also "Victory! Tales of scientific adventure and violence!", by the good folk at Weta.

In progress: "Assassin's Gate", about the leadup & aftermath of the second gulf war; Glen Cook's "Instrumentalities of the Night" series; "Toll the Hounds" from the Malazan books (preparing to purchase "Dust of Dreams")

Queued: "Rise & Fall of the Great Powers", a look at socio-economic factors in world politics from 1500 to 2000; "City of Cities" about London; "Empire of the Sun", the thinly disguised autobiographical novel  by JG Ballard.

W.

[Toolian]

Bow is front, stern is rear.  Port is left, Starboard is right.

I know that when I look it up, but I'll never remember it.

Sadly I can remember the pokemon theme song from my youth.

I blame Japanese fads.

 

Oh and surprising I can remember all the original 151 pokemon. 

[blackbrunswicker]

Just today I picked up one of the Osprey Publishing Campaign series and read it when I got home. Sherman's March to the Sea is the specific title. I've recently gotten into the Osprey books, and found that they're a great intro into subjects I'm not intimately familiar with, giving me a nice stating point for further reading. I've also been working on a couple of manga series.

[Worktroll]

Try "port = 4 letters long, left = 4 letters long". How I learned to remember. "Stern" is usually pretty easy, so 'starboard' and 'bow' can be worked out by a process of elimination.

(Straw foot, bobble foot ...)

W.

[afilter]

Since the start of the new year I have read the following all by the same Authors (Gingrich and Forstchen):

Pearl Haror a novel of December 8th
Days of Infamy
To try men's souls-Not an alternate history like the others(highly recommend)

On deck the Civil War serries by the same authors.

[Lore]

I'm reading a lot of different things at the moment, but the most prominent stuff remains:-

Fiction-wise, I'm working through my backlog of EBERRON novels -- I'm at Flight of the Dying Sun, which is the second book of the "Heirs of Ash" trilogy by Rich Wulf.

Non-fiction would be Tycho and Kepler: The Strange Partnership that Revolutionised Astronomy by Kitty Ferguson.

Oh, and, I'm re-reading some old DRAGON Magazine issues, my old copies of Marvel's Warlock and the Infinity Watch, and the WARHAMMER Armies: Beastmen supplement.

[Tonbo Karasu]

I've read all three of the Heirs of Ash: quite fun involving magical flying ships, and Rich Wulf's a nice guy [Apparently if you Google my username, you still find a page on the L5R wiki...].

I'm making my way through Death Note currently, and impatiently re-reading the first 3 books of Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky so that I can start on Salute the Dark sitting beside my bed.  In fact, Tchaikovsky's books have a certain level of steampunk in them: Steam powered war automotives and clockwork-driven flyers side by side with shamanistic wings and magic.

[Lore]

I've read all three of the Heirs of Ash: quite fun involving magical flying ships ...

They've been a real hoot so far. Kinda reminds me of the old SPELLJAMMER "Cloakmaster Cycle" series.

[Tonbo Karasu]

Oh, yes!

The Elvish secret weapons were really quite fun in that, IIRC.

Also the humanoiditarian Illithid with a Hat of Disguise.

I'm guessing you probably read the Prism Pentad and Maztican books as well?

[Alius]

Well, I just got a MW:DA Novel in the mail from someone who felt I should have it. To Ride the Chimera. Need to sit down and read that one shortly.

Also on my to-do list: Knife of Dreams (Last novel that author wrote. For that reason alone.)

Forward the Foundation and the other Harri Seldon novel, lent ot me by a friend.

[Breakerchase]

Currently reading Red Storm Rising for the 20th time. I should really dig into the David Weber books I've got lying around.