h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Nostradamus 1999, yet another interpretation of the famous "prophecies"

I'm one of those people who has several books on the go at the same time. I have no trouble at all keeping the storylines straight, as the books are so different. I'm just finishing 'Poems and Stories' by J. R. R. Tolkien, as well as working my way through Dante's Divine Comedy and Cornwell's 'Sharpe's Tiger'.

Hipopotamus by Stephen Fry. Amazing that back home I had never encountered any of his work and here in Canada the local library has so far furnished both this and Making History without even needing to look. Previously I read High Fidelity by Nick Hornby, which was a lot less rude.

On the subject of Stephen Fry's books, try 'The Liar' - it's seriously weird. All works of fiction are 'lies' by definition, but 'true' from the point of view of the people involved in the story. After I read 'The Liar', I found myself wondering whether any of it was 'true'.

On the subject of Stephen Fry's books, try 'The Liar' - it's seriously weird. All works of fiction are 'lies' by definition, but 'true' from the point of view of the people involved in the story. After I read 'The Liar', I found myself wondering whether any of it was 'true'.

Currently: The Mad Ship (book two in the Liveship Traders trilogy) by Robin Hobb.
I'm also reading a bit of Song of Homana by Jennifer Roberson when I've temporarily misplaced the Mad Ship book.

"The Gospel According to Christ" by Jose Saramanga, and also "Various types of Ice Cream" by Dr. Miriam Funderlic.

at the mo i'm reading Wolf's Brother by Megan Lindham (who also writes as Robin Hobb) it's great!

The Bang-Bang Club by Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva - it's the story of the four news photographers (the two authors plus Ken Oosterbrook and Kevin Carter) who covered South Africa in the early nineties, during the dismantling of apartheid. Powerful stuff, and extraordinary photographs.

Just finished the 'Rama' series by Arthur C. Clarke/Gentry Lee. Just started 'Cradle' by the same authors...

oo, i read the Rama series a while back!

Going to reread The Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien) here soon before the movie comes out and I watch that... But I guess I haven't tecnically started reading it... but it is my goal here in the next day or so...

peace.

Off to start 'Dr. Faustus' by Marlowe, since I really ought to have read it by now...

just about to start "The Rape of Nanking", just finished Stephen King's "It", have a book of poetry by Christina Rosetti floating about and am reading a book called "Snow Country" by a Japanese author whose name escapes me just at the moment. Yep, I'm the sort to read many many books at once too!

I just finished Breakfast of Champions, I am not sure what to read now. Any brill ideas?

I am reading Roy Porter's Enlightenment - which is a very accessible and witty look at 18th century intellectual and scientific thought.

Surprisingly for an academic tome, it has me laughing aloud!

The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy. Never seen the film, wonder what they made of it.

'Nimisha's Ship by Anne McCaffrey. Ironically enough, I'm also simultaneously in a discussion on the McCaffrey Fan Club website. Perhaps I ought to mention h2g2 there....

The Last Rainbow (cant rememba who by! soz)& Hitch-Hikers Guide..(ongoing reading thing!) & 1 of d Wilt books (cant rememba which 1 cuz thers 3 in d volume & is 2 heavey 2 carry round & read so im stickin 2 Last Rainbow mainly cuz is normal paperback! )
oh & the Crystal Cave (me & mum r readin it 2gether when theres nuffin gud on telly, awww, how sweet! )

"Web" by John Wyndam (again). Can't tell you much about it as I've only just started, but it seems to have something to do with a big web.