So, what are you reading now?

[Rex E.]

Originally Posted by icenine

I have the same problem...I could never read fast...I actually quit Foundation back when I was a teenager. Working in Cali with a 90 mile round trip commute makes it hard. Early in the morning I try to read 10 pages when I get to work. Better to do it that way than not at all.

When I was in Iraq I had so much downtime I read books like I did back before I was married. I want to get back to that pace.

I guess I should give it a try. I like short stories (hence the Lovecraft) as it did not take so long to get through.

I will say that Michael Moorcock's "Elric Saga" was a series that grabbed me and did not let me go until I was done. It did not take log to finish either. Six or seven books total.

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Rex E.

I guess I should give it a try. I like short stories (hence the Lovecraft) as it did not take so long to get through.

I will say that Michael Moorcock's "Elric Saga" was a series that grabbed me and did not let me go until I was done. It did not take log to finish either. Six or seven books total.

I read some of the Elric stuff but cannot remember it. Nine Princes In Amber by Roger Zelazny is pretty good. Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever is pretty good....it is by Stephen R Donaldson...the middle book of the first trilogy The Illearth War was really good...I did not read the second trilogy.

The HBO series Game of Thrones is really good...makes me want to give George R R Martin a try.

[icenine]

[icenine]

Finished Second Foundation

perhaps Kipling's Stalkey and Co next.

[piece-itpete]

I used to get Asimovs' monthly mag, in one column he said 'I've written so many books for so long I don't remember a lot of them, I have to read them to see how they end'

Pete

[icenine]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I used to get Asimovs' monthly mag, in one column he said 'I've written so many books for so long I don't remember a lot of them, I have to read them to see how they end'

Pete

me too

back in the 70s I was a subscriber.....
it was sort of modeled on the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine that was popular.

I was with Fantasy and Science Fiction also...but I never really read most of the stories. I do remember a story called Jeffty Is Five by Harlan Ellison...another Ohio boy too

[Tom Joad]

I recently finished 11/22/63 and The Dome, both by Stephen King.

Both were good, but I'd give the edge to 11/22/63.

Stephen King and I were both born in the same year and he can really recreate the past in a way that I can relate to.

I'm taking a break from reading now.

These were some big books, 800 plus pages each and my 66 year old eyes need a break.

[MrPots]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

I recently finished 11/22/63 and The Dome, both by Stephen King.

Both were good, but I'd give the edge to 11/22/63.

I've read both and I'd agree, 11/23/63 has the edge. My daughter bought me a new King book for my birthday. I haven't started it yet.

I finished last night "Death Instinct". (A reference to Freud's theory) A historical fiction involving the Wall street bombing of 1920. It was actually pretty good.

[icenine]

I keep looking for 11/22/63 at the thrift.....I have passed on the Dome a few times.
I guess I should actually buy a copy new so King can make some money.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by icenine

I keep looking for 11/22/63 at the thrift.....I have passed on the Dome a few times.
I guess I should actually buy a copy new so King can make some money.

I borrowed them both from the Library.

Cost me nothing.

Don't worry about Steve.

He'll be OK.

He has a net worth of $400 Million, plus he's 66 so he can get Medicare and Social Security too.