What Books Are You Reading Right Now?

More old Sci Fi. First published in 1960.
DEATHWORLD - Harry Harrison
 
I know some here are fans of Doug Preston and Lincoln Childs. They have a new book out in the Nora Kelley series and it's pretty good. "Badlands" tells a good tale about a cult made up of academics gone bad. I've read quite a few books on the past Indian cultures and this fiction was very well done. If you're interested in more depth a very good book is "House of Rain" by Craig Childs.
 
A police procedural series by Irish novelist Dervla McTiernan. Very well written...
 
knarfeng said:
More old Sci Fi. First published in 1960.
DEATHWORLD - Harry Harrison
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Big fan of Sci Fi paperbacks.

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Danke42 said:
Big fan of Sci Fi paperbacks.
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I was for years, but I switched to using a Kindle. It's easier on the eyes than my phone or computer, and I can still adjust the display characteristics (spacing, font, font size, degree of bold) to a setting that is much easier for me to read than standard printed material. By turning off the back lighting, the battery lasts for days of reading. Amazon has $1.00 mega-packs of old Sci Fi stories, and Project Gutenberg has free ebooks in a format that the Kindle can handle. So I'm a happy camper.

I'm currently working my way through a mega-pack of H. Beam Piper stories. He was another Sc Fi writer from the 1950's.
 
knarfeng said:
I was for years, but I switched to using a Kindle. It's easier on the eyes than my phone or computer, and I can still adjust the display characteristics (spacing, font, font size, degree of bold) to a setting that is much easier for me to read than standard printed material. By turning off the back lighting, the battery lasts for days of reading. Amazon has $1.00 mega-packs of old Sci Fi stories, and Project Gutenberg has free ebooks in a format that the Kindle can handle. So I'm a happy camper. I

I'm currently working my way through a mega-pack of H. Beam Piper stories. He was another Sc Fi writer from the 1950's.
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I've resisted a Kindle so far but maybe someday.
 
Danke42 said:
I've resisted a Kindle so far but maybe someday.
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I resisted for years, but then last time I flew, my backpack was stuffed full, and I didn't have room for more than one small book. (Bother!) I figured out that if I had an e-book reader, I could carry an entire library in much less space than that single paperback required. So upon my return, I decided to try it. Once I discovered how much easier it was to read compared to a paperback or phone, I was sold.
 
knarfeng said:
I resisted for years, but then last time I flew, my backpack was stuffed full, and I didn't have room for more than one small book. (Bother!) I figured out that if I had an e-book reader, I could carry an entire library in much less space than that single paperback required. So upon my return, I decided to try it. Once I discovered how much easier it was to read compared to a paperback or phone, I was sold.
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I see at the library here if I reserve a book there's a months wait for it but the E versions are ready to go.
 
I rarely read an actual "book" anymore unless it's a reference I want to refer back to. All my pleasure reading is done on the iPhone's native or Kindle app, otherwise.
 
Danke42 said:
I read lots online, stuff on my phone, work and technical documents but turning pages in a book still feels like a ritual.

Till you break the spine and pages start falling out, that's not cool.
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or till your vision degrades.
 
Manly P. Hall's ~ Book on Psychic Smog ~ Good Read and Listen ~ It's Cause and Cure ~ Going to Bed listening to a Good Audio Book is a Good way to go to Bed ~

 
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