What book are you reading right now?

[magiccabbage]

  Read before, several of his I have yet to read including "The Road," which is sitting on my shelf, and about ready to read now.

My god, you are a lucky man. I have read all of his novels. My Favorites are "All the pretty horses" "child of god" and "the road". I will say that all of his books after "Blood Meridian" and "Suttree" are very different. They are less like Melville in their description and prose. They seem to be a lot more direct with almost no punctuation. 

 

[Magick Man]

Right now I'm reading this:

I love his thick narrative (he was paid based on word count for most of his work), it's wonderfully dense and dark.

 

[Seann]

 
 
 
Don't know if there's English ver.
Book is by Miyazaki Hayao

 

[billybob_jcv]

Dan Simmons is the author of the excellent Hyperion series, and I think this book is better than any of his Hyperion books. At the beginning of this book, I was really, really confused. There seemed to be three completely separate stories being told simultaneously - and I couldn't see how the heck they were ever going to come together. I'm now at the point that I can start to see the threads slowly beginning to intertwine. A fascinating display of story craftsmanship. Highly recommended.

 

[Hutnicks]

Dan Simmons is the author of the excellent Hyperion series, and I think this book is better than any of his Hyperion books. At the beginning of this book, I was really, really confused. There seemed to be three completely separate stories being told simultaneously - and I couldn't see how the heck they were ever going to come together. I'm now at the point that I can start to see the threads slowly beginning to intertwine. A fascinating display of story craftsmanship. Highly recommended.

Along the lines of John Meaney's Ragnarok series?

 

[Andolink]

 

[wrathzombie]

 

[ogodei]

 
Re-reading.

 

[Hutnicks]

 

[fatcat28037]

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
 

 

[DLeeWebb]

  The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
 

Great Book...there was a history channel show based on this book as well, also very good...

 

[billybob_jcv]

Along the lines of John Meaney's Ragnarok series?

I haven't read Ragnorak, so I'm afraid I can't give you a good answer. From the description of Ragnorak that I just read, I don't think so. I think saying more would be a spoiler for Ilium. I think all I can say is that Ilium reminds me of a cross between HG Wells, Larry Niven & Homer...

 

[Hutnicks]

I haven't read Ragnorak, so I'm afraid I can't give you a good answer. From the description of Ragnorak that I just read, I don't think so. I think saying more would be a spoiler for Ilium. I think all I can say is that Ilium reminds me of a cross between HG Wells, Larry Niven & Homer...

Ok. If you've not got into any of them then comparison is difficult. I was more referring to the style of 3 seemingly disjointed story threads carrying through the series.

 

[Magick Man]

Damn that was good, 740pgs in ~7 hours. Could not put it down.

 

[DLeeWebb]

"A Cruel And Shocking Act: The Secret History Of The Kennedy Assassination" - Philip Shenon