What Book Are You Currently Reading?

**Magister Eckhart** · 12-28-2010, 01:56 AM

Originally Posted by Heretik

Dune (again

).

Never gets old.

Speaking of books that are fun to read a couple hundred times, here's a less intelligent example:

I own the first edition, but the covers are just hilarious. I want to collect them.

**Septentrional** · 12-28-2010, 03:33 PM

'Who are we?' by Samuel P. Huntington
'The complete works of William Sheakspeare' by.. oh, never mind.

**Magister Eckhart** · 12-31-2010, 01:29 AM

Originally Posted by Septentrional

'Who are we?' by Samuel P. Huntington
'The complete works of William Sheakspeare' by.. oh, never mind.

Huntington is always a fun read.

**~~The Journeyman~~** · 12-31-2010, 02:37 AM

A fascinating book on health and medicine from cross-cultural and evolutionary perspectives.

**Psychonaut** · 12-31-2010, 01:33 PM

I'm finishing off my panpsychism research with two matched books by D.S. Clarke:

Panpsychism and the Religious Attitude
Panpshcyism: Past and Present Selected Readings

**lei.talk** · 12-31-2010, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by Heretic

Dune (again

).

Originally Posted by The Wagnerian

Never gets old.
Speaking of books that are fun to read a couple hundred times,
here's a less intelligent example:

I own the first edition,
but the covers are just hilarious. I want to collect them.

as i recall,
dune was so unremarkable when first published

that no one was surprised
when - after over a dozen rejections -
it was, finally, released through an automobile-repair-manual publisher.

the author does deserve credit for persistence.

he was fortunate to have caught a wave.

in contrast,
norman spinrad had no such issues with the iron dream:
the publisher was thrilled at the opportunity
to release the layered and challenging novel
by a successfull and versatile author.

i have read that
"The Lord of the Swastika" won a posthumous Hugo in 1955

and readers eagerly await the rest of the series:
"Emperor of the Asteroids", "The Builders of Mars",
"Fight for the Stars", "The Twilight of Terra",
"Savior from Space", "The Master Race",
"The Thousand Year Rule", "The Triumph of the Will",
"Tomorrow the World"

déjà vu

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**Liffrea** · 12-31-2010, 04:20 PM

The Fall of the West (The Death of the Roman Superpower) Adrian Goldsworthy.

Marcus Aurelius (Warrior, Philosopher, Emperor) Frank McLynn.

I might buy Boris Johnson's The Dream of Rome.