[September] What are you reading?

[Mark CMG]

Just finished Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

China Miéville will be teaching a Master Class in my old MFA Creative Writing program at Roosevelt University in Chicago this year and giving a reading on November 5th, location TBA (due to the possibility that it should be well-attended). I'll try to remember to update this down the line but anyone interested should be sure to nudge me in late October for more details.

 

[Richards]

I'm reading "The Samurai's Wife," by Laura Joh Rowland. It's the fifth (I believe) in a series about a samurai investigator, Sano, in feudal Japan. This time he's looking into a death that looks to have been caused by a kiai scream, and so far the evidence is pointing to a member of the Imperial family.

Johnathan

 

[Jack7]

My wife has had two major operations. She's fine and is recuperating, but I'm way behind on reading and research so I'm now catching up.

Books on CD:

A Life - biography of Paul McCartney, very good

The Silent Girl - fictional murder case

Land of the Silver Apples - YA book on a young boy training to become a Bard. Excellent work.

The One Minute Entrepreneur


Comics/Graphic Novels:

Batman - Gotham shall be Judged

Amazing Spiderman: the Movie Prelude


eBooks or Internet Library: none


Fiction:

Fate of Worlds - the end to Larry Niven's Fleet of Worlds sci-fi series. I've been looking forward to this eagerly for months.

The Seven Wonders - a great book about Gordianus the Finder and his mentor, the poet Antipater of Sidon (I've read his poetry), traveling to all Seven Ancient Wonders and at each wonder they encounter a mystery, problem, puzzle, or crime. Really enjoyable. Chock full of great ancient historical anecdotes.


Non-Fiction:

Inner River - a book on Eastern/Orthodox Christian Mysticism I'm really looking forwards to. Part of my studies of modern mysticism for the Priesthood.

Greek Fire, Poison Arrows and Scorpion Bombs - a book I'm re-reading as research for my Basilegate Novels. Kevin reminded me of it.

The Aleppo Codex - a detective/investigative work on a subject, the Aleppo version of the Bible from Syria (now in Israel for safe-keeping) that I've been wanting to know more about for years.

The Art of Intelligence - a book by one of the Clandestine Service's Operations Officers of the CIA. He was also counter-terrorism. He knows runs Crumpton, LLC. He seems really straight-up for a Company Man.

Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning - I'm re-reading this too. Haven't read it in years. But it is without a doubt the best book on mathematics I've read in a decade (it's in my personal library) and it has given me numerous new ideas on Number and Matter theory. Superb work.

The Art of Manliness: on living the 7 Manly Virtues - if you're a man and haven't read this, then do. As soon as possible. If you're a woman, this is how men should act.

The Historical Dictionary of Jesus - finishing up

The Crusades A to Z - finishing up

Inside the Minds of Mass Murderers - this is no mamby-pamby sociological theory treatise on criminology. It is a sober-eyed and useful look at such murderers and their habits and backgrounds. Very useful. Helping me develop my Mass Murderer Preemption Protocols.

No Apology: the Case for American Greatness - Mitt Romney's work on American exceptionalism

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

I'm a few chapters into Three Men in a Boat and absolutely loving it. Thanks for the recommendation, Gilladian!

 

[Gilladian]

When you're done, move on to Bertie Wooster and Jeeves. Then give Connie Willis' "To say nothing of the dog" a try. Or look at the "first book" in the "series" - the Doomsday Book, first. But be aware, that one is NOT comedic, at all.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

I've read some Jeeves and Wooster. Fun stuff

This is making me want to read more Chesterton.

 

[Sebastianelgar]

Just finished The Anarchist's Tool Chest, hand woodworking what I do when I'm not gaming
Almost time to reread The Wheel of Time to be ready for the final book.

 

[ayatkinoi]

just atarted to read the new book fist of god by federick forsyth superb to raed totally science fiction

 

[IronWolf]

I have been reading The Bloody Crown of Conan by Robert Howard.

 

[Nellisir]

Just read The Dain Curse, by Dashiell Hammett. Have started A Reporter's Life, by Walter Cronkite, but don't know if I'll keep at it persistently. It might be more of a sporadic book. Doing a fair amount of reading for school, but not as much as in previous semesters.