What book are you reading?

Who Princess said:

F Me In The Brain said:

I enjoyed Revival -- ended a bit too promptly for me but I enjoyed what the ending was. Would like to see King wander into the weirdness of that ending and mess around there for a while.

Almost finished this on the plane Sunday, fascinating shit.

What's this one about? I enjoy some true crime books when they're well written.

The author befriends a con artist who plays at being a Rockefeller. Over a number of years the author has a number of strange experiences with his subject and eventually, covers his murder trial and uncovers many of the falsehoods that were there for him all along.
Much less about Crime and more about Class -- a real life study on how people can get ahead through simple things like name dropping and pretending to belong...and how many people around the upper class do not bother to push for more substance due to their 'longing to belong.'

Lots of reviews out there...makes me think of Gatsby, Mr Ripley, Six Degrees....all of which are referenced in the book and reviews.

Just started reading "M Train," by Patti Smith. LOVED "Just Kids," so I have been looking forward to this new one. So far, it does not disappoint.

Just finished reading this:



This is the third book in the series, after Ancillary Justice and Ancillary Sword. All three are character-driven space-opera; lots of space travel, a few battles, a smattering of aliens. I liked the first quite a lot; the second suffered from middle book syndrome (i.e. not enough happened), and the third was fantastic.

For anyone out there who followed the Hugo Awards controversy, this is one of the series that riled up the Sad Puppies/Sick Puppies, who basically want SciFi to go back to being for and about white men. The interesting thing about this series is that it involves a sort of post-human race that no longer sees gender as particularly noteworthy and seems to use a single pronoun to refer to other humans, which in these books is rendered as "she"; basically, all people are referred to as "she", rather than "he". I thought it was an interesting plot device and led to some fun speculation about who was actually female and who was actually male. However, it put the Puppies' panties in a knot.

F Me In The Brain said:

Adding to the list, thanks Often! (I forget, did you read Old Man's War? Suggest if not, another different take on the space opera, although it sounds not as different as this)

I have not yet read it, F Me, although I keep intending to. Scalzi was at WorldCon when I was there in August.

I just read a bit about it on wikipedia - this line made me laugh:" After a week of frivolity and orgies in their new bodies....". Can see why it appeals to you

catefrances said:

the man in the high castle - philip k. dick





an alternate view of the world when the axis powers win WWII.

I am reading this now.

Also Amazon Prime has a show based on it starting next month.

Have not read The Man in the High Castle but will add to list.

Started the sequel on the plane yesterday to the one I just finished:

Finishing the series...

David, your warning from the mods was a book?

Scary stuff. What would a cyberattack do to the US and are we prepared (no). Has anybody here read One Second After?

F Me In The Brain said:

Oh shit, thanks Enkidu. Your recommendation is going to turn me into a hoarder, isn't it?
Interesting what Koppel is doing with himself these days. Looks good.

A prepper, that's what you call them. The book is a little dry in places, but interesting. I think I'll invest in pepper spray and a taser. "Just in case."