august 1st, on the radio this morning they said "nearly christmas!" ugh. now there is a thought. ugh. though, it is an excuse to get more books.

so what is everyone reading currently?

i'm about half way through the second otherland novel, taking my time, a bit here a bit there. which is probably the best way given how chunky it is.

i made a start on comic book tattoo, the slab of comics based on the songs of tori amos.
the same day i picked that up i also picked up the last "y the last man" collection, which i plan to read tonight/tomorrow.
still got 2 love and rockets collections, which i expect to get through this month.

been reading loads of short stories, always good when you only have half an hour here or there. i've added a subscription to asimov on top of my sub to F&SF, so i have a good handful of both to be caught up with. and i am getting a certain satisfaction as i add another issue to the pile of finally fully read copies.

in same direction, i've been reading the fast forward future collection or whatever its called, which says its not a themed collection, though a name like that gives certain impressions. about half way through this, some nice pieces, some average pieces.

Finished End of Mr Y (loved it.. very quirky and cool). Started Spook Country last night. Chapter 3, enjoying so far.

First thing I did this morning was go by the post office and pick up my latest amazon binge!

~ Midaresomenishi by Kodaka Kazuma. I just love her drawings. Right now she's my most favourite mangaka!
smut smut smut!

~ Shadows Return by Lynn Flewelling. more smut!
Yes, the infamous duo is back.

~ Rumble Strip by one Woodrow Phoenix!
I only managed to browse through it so far and I just love the style and really can't help but appreciate the sense I get from the dialogs (between book and reader)!

This just made my entire month.

Started Philip Pullman's Northern Lights.

Enjoying it so far.

Have restarted Brasyl from the beginning. I should have my copy of Rumble Strip today or tomorrow via Amazon.

August reading!?!?!

I just woke up!

[grumble]You kids with your music....[/grumble]

i'll need to re-read brasyl sometime. i found it frustrating. not as good as river of gods. and it always seemed like things were just getting moving, and he would switch to other thread. and there was never enough of the two threads i liked, and the thread in teh past just didn't do it for me.

got home to find connection was being tempermental, so managaed to read half of yu yagami's 3rd hikkatsu manga while trying again.

Has there ever been a bookshelf thread, where people photograph their massive book collections?

Having packed all my books, I'm re-reading old APPLESEED and AKIRA comics that I can't decide whether to keep or sell/give away.

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Originally posted by Archie:
Has there ever been a bookshelf thread, where people photograph their massive book collections?

Yes, within my memory even. I think it was set out more as a "how do you organize your books" thread.

I've been reading Len Deighton's Winter/Berlin Game/Mexico Set/London Match, on the last now. Next up Hook, Line and Sinker. By the time those are done I should have some new books for my birthday to read

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AKIRA comics

the epic ones go for some cheddar on ebay.

Still working on "Call it Sleep."
Will start "Underworld" by Don DeLillo, who's quickly becoming one of my all time favorite authors. As "Underworld" is 800+ pages, I expect it will keep me busy for the better part of the month.

w00t.

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Originally posted by Pigkilla:
Having packed all my books, I'm re-reading old APPLESEED and AKIRA comics that I can't decide whether to keep or sell/give away.

Send them to me.

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Originally posted by theminx:

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Originally posted by Archie:
Has there ever been a bookshelf thread, where people photograph their massive book collections?

Yes, within my memory even. I think it was set out more as a "how do you organize your books" thread.

I've been reading Len Deighton's Winter/Berlin Game/Mexico Set/London Match, on the last now. Next up Hook, Line and Sinker. By the time those are done I should have some new books for my birthday to read

There was the New Book Order thread, but that only has a couple of pictures (and one hand-drawn diagram).

The Bibliophilia thread features a few pictures of some very impressive collections, but mostly it's just words or links to scans of covers.

There was another thread, I'm certain, where I posted at least one picture of my bookshelf, several years ago now. Can't find that one.

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Originally posted by Boogerhead:
Still working on "Call it Sleep."
Will start "Underworld" by Don DeLillo, who's quickly becoming one of my all time favorite authors. As "Underworld" is 800+ pages, I expect it will keep me busy for the better part of the month.

w00t.

I'm about 130 pages into that and stopped. I will go back after The Names. Or, perhaps, more accurately, after I write my novel. I likely won't read much outside of research in the next month.

Cleo Odzer welcomes you to Arjuna Beach!

Finishing: Stross's saturn's children
Going to start reading again from pg 135: perdido street station

And coming soon from a friend: Bugatti Hunter: a memoir

Just finished rereading Dune. Been a couple years, but still good!

Also read another Elizabeth Bear book - Carnival at the end of July that I don't think I got around to mentioning. Pretty good, but not as good as some of the other stuff I read by her.

Surf Science

How waves are made. Trying to plough through the heavy math, prefering to take on maybe 60% of the facts.

Goa Freaks looks quite a good read.

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Started Philip Pullman's Northern Lights.

I forgot to mention :
At the bookshop, I asked the girl at the counter if they had anything by Philip Pullman.
She replied : "Yes, but it's upstairs, in the teenage section. Do you still want it?"

I thought for a second and went upstairs.

Now, I wonder : why were the Harry Potter downstairs, in the regular 'Fantasy' section ?