The Books/Reading Thread

[AchrisK]

I started reading I, Robot.

 

[optionthree]

Currently reading Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War. Can't believe it took me this long to get around to it. Simply stunning in its sense of scope and detail. Also working my way through The Portable Karl Marx.

 

[skeptik]

With what work should I start off with Dostoevsky?

Though typical, I really do think that Crime and Punishment is the best place to start with him.

 

[Zephyrus]

Currently reading Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War. Can't believe it took me this long to get around to it. Simply stunning in its sense of scope and detail. Also working my way through The Portable Karl Marx.

If you want the Roman equivalent check out the works of Tacitus.

 

[Thoth-Amon]

Though typical, I really do think that Crime and Punishment is the best place to start with him.

Pretty good idea... Notes from Underground might be a good place also.

 

[meeseface]

Pretty good idea... Notes from Underground might be a good place also.

haha, beat me to the punch...i love that story.

 

[meeseface]

With what work should I start off with Dostoevsky?

poor folk would be good too, its a short story but it'll give a taste of his style before you commit to something longer

 

[optionthree]

If you want the Roman equivalent check out the works of Tacitus.

Will do. I've been meaning to get some primary Roman works anyways.

 

[Zephyrus]

Will do. I've been meaning to get some primary Roman works anyways.

History
Livy - Ab Urbe Condita - Punic Wars
Tacitus - The Annals, Agricola
Sallust - The Conspiracy of Catiline

Poetry
VERGIL - THE AENEID
Horace - Roman Odes
Ovid - Metamorphoses
Catullus - full works

Philosophy
Lucretius - De Rerum Natura
Cicero - On the Nature of the Gods

 

[Blind Guardian]

Would anyone recommend Brave New World? I've always liked those types of subjects, love 1984 and Blade Runner and so on.

 

[cookiecutter]

I would definitely recommend it. I really enjoyed reading it.

 

[Zephyrus]

Seconded.

 

[The Ozzman]

Worth at least one read

 

[unknown]

I bought and read in about two days Paul Auster's Travels in the Scriptorium. It's typical Paul Auster. It's very existential and short (only about 140 pages). The novel is about an old man who wakes up in a room with no knowledge of his past or who he is, and he has to put it all together. Pretty interesting stuff. if you've read Auster's other works, you'll really like it...might not be the best first book of his to start off with if you haven't read him

 

[Metal Muffin]

Re-reading Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth Series, currently on Soul of the Fire.

 

[Einherjar86]

I bought and read in about two days Paul Auster's Travels in the Scriptorium. It's typical Paul Auster. It's very existential and short (only about 140 pages). The novel is about an old man who wakes up in a room with no knowledge of his past or who he is, and he has to put it all together. Pretty interesting stuff. if you've read Auster's other works, you'll really like it...might not be the best first book of his to start off with if you haven't read him

This sounds really interesting. I've never read any of his stuff.

 

[Base Delta Zero]

I'm reading a great book about the Korean War, by Max Hastings. This is the first dedicated book I've read concerning the Korean War and it is, so far, very interesting. I never knew just how inept and lethargic the American military were during the beginning of the war though I'm only halfway through the book where the Chinese begin their attack in earnest.

 

[Base Delta Zero]

Anyone here read any hard sci-fi? All I've read is some Stephen Baxter and Iain M. Banks and I really enjoy both.

 

[unknown]

This sounds really interesting. I've never read any of his stuff.

Check out The New York Trilogy or Moon Palace...those are my two favorite books of his.

 

[optionthree]

Anyone here read any hard sci-fi? All I've read is some Stephen Baxter and Iain M. Banks and I really enjoy both.

Not sure what you mean by 'hard' sci-fi, but Asimov is one of the best. The Foundation trilogy alone is amazing. Niven's also very good and Chalker has some exceptional material as well, although you should avoid his early books.