October Offerings - What tantalising tome are you reading?

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Well let's see, so far

half way through The Persian Boy Mary Renault

And to start next

The Spook's Secret by Joseph Delaney (third in the trilogy of the Spook)
A vampire trilogy by Charlaine Harris (a need a good laugh)
Melusine by Sarah Monette (no idea what I'm going to find)
A Book with 4 short stories (horror + vampires)

and still looking and brousing around in sites like this one, where i can always find something good
 
Well I recently re-read and finished all of the Harry Potters, I'm now almost finished with Mercedes Lackey's Joust and I have no idea what I'm starting next.

In the mood for light reading, as you may have guessed.

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Ravenus ... will be in India next month and am going to try and find The Fire and Rain. The Mahabharata has been a long-time favourite and I'd like to read this one. Girish Karnad is a fine writer and I've read some of his work.

Glad to see you liked King Rat. I read it recently as well. My second introduction to China Mieville. Really loved his very vivid descriptions in this book.

Am reading The Diary of Renfield by Tim Lucas right now.
 
Right now I'm reading Shiloh and other stories by Bobbie Ann Mason and up next is Budding Prospects by T.C. Boyle. After that I will reading Londonistan and then Will Durant's 11 volume epic The Story of Civilization.
 
Durant's epic is indeed the way to describe that (though I recall Ariel also working with him on the later volumes, didn't she?). I began it but, due to moving around a good deal, never got to do more than begin the second volume. But it's an impressive achievement, as I could tell even from that small a portion. I'd be interested in your thoughts...
 
Yeah his wife co-wrote it with him. I've also read his "The Story of Philosophy" and reccomend that, especially if your'e just getting into philosophy (though I'm sure you are probably already well acquainted with philosophy) Thought it was great book. Well written and very informative. Though I met a philosophy professor while in rehab who was totally against it for some reason. He said it disregarded epistemology, which was what all modern philosophy was based on or something like that. I don't quite remember.

But anyway I got lucky because the library has the complete set! I've heard it's pretty hard find anywhere else.
 
Yes, Durant didn't care much for epistemology, which has indeed become one of the cornerstones, if not the very foundation, of modern philosophy. Still, it was intended -- and quite openly stated to be -- a general guide, a doorway to philosophy for the layman, not for the student of philosophy as such (though no few of them were highly impressed with it until an entire spate of such books on different topics made their apperance, much like "How To" books today -- same thing that happened to Wells' Outline of History, basically). But I agree, it's a very good general introduction, and quite meaty in parts... I periodically go back and reread sections of it, as it's quite well written.
 
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Ravenus ... will be in India next month and am going to try and find The Fire and Rain. The Mahabharata has been a long-time favourite and I'd like to read this one. Girish Karnad is a fine writer and I've read some of his work.

Glad to see you liked King Rat. I read it recently as well. My second introduction to China Mieville. Really loved his very vivid descriptions in this book.

Am reading The Diary of Renfield by Tim Lucas right now.
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Oh this is interesting, will you be in Mumbai/Bombay for any part? Recently I got the entire set of Girish Karnad plays published thus far in 2 hardbound volumes by Oxford Press for a pretty reasonable price.
Diary of Renfield sounds interesting although I doubt I have read anything by this person Tim Lucas.
 
Finished The Manuscript Found in Saragossa... a very entertaining book, definitely of the late Gothic school influenced by the Arabian Nights. Though not a Gothic itself, the structure and many of the incidents are very strongly of that school. This one, however (unlike several -- though not all -- of the Goths) had quite a bit of humor, from sly bits of satire to outright slapstick. While I wouldn't suggest this for anyone who likes a simple, straightforward A to B tale, for anyone who enjoys a true smorgasbord of storytelling, this one is definitely a treat ... though you may have to keep a scorecard to keep everyone's identities straight, as they come and go in various guises. For anyone who enjoys the earlier 19th century writers, many of which were obviously influenced by this complex, meandering novel, I highly recommend it!

Am about to begin The Dante Club, by Matthew Pearl.
 
I think anyone who liked Italo Calvino's If On A Winter's Night A Traveller would probably also have a liking for The Manuscript Found In Saragossa. The both utilise the same intricate style of tales woven within tales.

Tell me how you go with Dante's Club j.d.
 
I confess to never having read The Manuscript Found in Saragossa.

I'm loaning a workmate Dante Club tommorrow Nesa, you should be getting a commision from Mr. Pearl...:D
 
Nesacat said:
I think anyone who liked Italo Calvino's If On A Winter's Night A Traveller would probably also have a liking for The Manuscript Found In Saragossa. The both utilise the same intricate style of tales woven within tales.

Tell me how you go with Dante's Club j.d.
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Will do, Nesa. After that, I'll be tackling Calvino's book, as well.... GOLLUM's right... you should be getting commissions for these, definitely!;) :D
 
just got my hands on Kushiels Scion by Jacqueline Carey, Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher and A Fist Full of Charms by Kim Harrison
 
Currently reading a *gasp* wild western book.
Deadwood, by Pete Dexter.
Yes the book that inspired the cozy tv series.
This is the first western book I´ve read since the 70´s.
 
The Forever War - Haldeman
Vampire - Steakley

Tyrannosaur Canyon - Preston - I am about half way and this one has been a good read so far.
 
Diablo Rojo said:
Tyrannosaur Canyon - Preston - I am about half way and this one has been a good read so far.
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Glad to hear that, DR. I picked that one up in the bookstore a couple of weeks ago just because it looked like fun. I have yet to get to it; saving it for when I want to read but need something that isn't quite as rigorous as some of the stuff I've been spending my time with lately.
 
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