What are you reading right now?

Reading "Herr Puntilla und sein Knecht Mati" by Bertolt Brecht at the moment. Just finished reading the trilogy by Robin Hobb which was a nice read (i'm a fantasy fan :p)
 
For Science Fiction and Fantasy fans, I can't recommend Jeff Noon highly enough. His first novel, Vurt, was so amazing that I literally finished reading it, turned back to page one, and started again. It was simply stunning.

Since then, I've read some small bits of stuff he's written here and there, and just recently read Pollen, which is the sequel to Vurt. Another stellar novel. Nobody but Noon can make you understand what it is to be, essentially, half zombie in a world of living technology. Wow.
 
I am currently reading the Book Three of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, The Amber Spyglass. I am also reading book one, A Game of Thrones of the the 7 part A Song of Ice and Fire series.
 
Just picked up a book called "Monster Hunter International"
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I'm planning on reading Sandman at some point soon, and I also want to read the Discworld books by Pratchett, as I hear they're just wonderful.
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Oh man, the Discworld Novels are amazing. Terry Pratchett is, in my opinion, the greatest comedy writer of our generation, and probably one of the best fantasy writers around. He writes some of the funniest stuff, but manages to have a comprehensive, complete, and engaging world to his stories. While the books aren't necessarily connected by a single story, I'd recomend starting with The Colour of Magic and then The Light Fantastic. They feature my favorite character of his, Rincewind. Then, pick up Moving Pictures, Reaper Man, Lords and Ladies (very VERY good Shakespeare "Midsummer Night's Dream parody), Soul Music, Hogfather, and The Truth.
 
if you're looking for some older sci-fi I can highly recomend Isaac Asimov, who wrote "The fantastic voyage" the "I Robot" series (the movie was craptastic, but thats what they get for not even remotely following the books), His best series though is of course the foundation series.
I'm sorta on and off reading Nemesis which is spectacular, and he has so many other great books out there.
 
For quite some time I've been meaning to read the Dune Series. I don't know why I haven't yet.
 
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if you're looking for some older sci-fi I can highly recomend Isaac Asimov, who wrote "The fantastic voyage" the "I Robot" series (the movie was craptastic, but thats what they get for not even remotely following the books), His best series though is of course the foundation series.
I'm sorta on and off reading Nemesis which is spectacular, and he has so many other great books out there.
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I Robot is one of the most amazing pieces of science fiction ever written. It's hard to explain why, except to say that it's truly ... gentle, and playful. I don't know. It' just really stuck with me after reading it. Asimov was a true renaissance man.
 
i don't know how to read >.<
Seriously though i'm reading Bag of Bones and the final book in the Dark Tower Series! all hail the true "King" of horror!
 
You know, the number of times I've tried to get into Stephen King ... I don't think I can count them. I've enjoyed a few short stories, but his novels are just too painful to get through. Carrie is the only one I ever finished.
 
I'm reading Absolution Gap by Alstair Reynolds, probably one of my current favorite authors, right behind Neal Stephenson.

I'm switching that up with Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaaccson.
 
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You know, the number of times I've tried to get into Stephen King ... I don't think I can count them. I've enjoyed a few short stories, but his novels are just too painful to get through. Carrie is the only one I ever finished.
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Yeah for one reason or another I've never been able to really get into king, I've only read Cell and Saloms Lot, neither were spectacular, but still enjoyable.
 
I love Stephen King, his early stuff and his bachman books.


As for right now? I've been reading a Harry Turtledove novel for what seems like months, I could read the whole thing in a few days but I can never find time anymore. And so when I come back to it, I can't remember what is going on and I have to start over. He's a great author, a man with several doctorates in history that writes of all things sci-fi alt-history stories. What would World War I and II be like if the South had won the civil war? What would World War II have been like when the aliens came? What would the US be like if we had lost the Revolutionary War? All very detailed and well thought out. He tends to follow three or four 'main' characters in different parts of the landscape with different view points.
 
im reading the death of artemio cruz by carlos fuentes for english. if u want the definition of effin A then this a good book to realize this. there is a page where he uses the F word in like 20 different contexts and our teacher said it was "fine literature". seriously i hate this book. another quote from our teacher to a student "you can go outside and read to catch up, this book is so fragmented it doesnt matter what order you read it in" fail ~:(
 
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