I'm Reading - Will Be Reading.

[Grey M@a]

For all of you who have read, or are busy reading through 1984 you need to check out a book called We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. This is the book that heavily influences Orwell into writing 1984. It's just as good if not a little better in my opinion.

I am currently reading:

Red Men and Hyperion

What I plan to read:

Finnegans Wake by James Joyce (not looking forward to this one as it's supposed to be a proper head case to understand and get the meaning of it)

Ulysses also by Joyce

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

And a pile as big as me, so many books and not enough time to read them all

[shaithis]

Currently reading: Matter (Iain M Banks)

Planning to read: Necroscope: Harry and the Pirates and Other Tales From the Lost Years (Brian Lumley)

[david@scan]

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Really must re-read that.... not read that since I was at school.

[david@scan]

Planning to read: Necroscope: Harry and the Pirates and Other Tales From the Lost Years (Brian Lumley)

Why doesn't that surprise me with your nick?

I've not read that one ... yet - currently just finished reading Bloodwars

[Grey M@a]

Really must re-read that.... not read that since I was at school.

I've read it before but many moons ago so going to go back to it.

I would recommend that book I mentioned called We, without it, 1984 wouldn't half the idea's it puts across Will have to dig out the recording I have of Orwell talking about Zamyatin's work. We isn't bad for a Russian who escaped during the war years, moved to Wallsend and lived by Swan Hunters and wrote this book, a lot of it shows in the book in the discussion of the machinery in his Sci - Fi

[shaithis]

Why doesn't that surprise me with your nick?

I've not read that one ... yet - currently just finished reading Bloodwars

You still have the other 2 lost years and the 3 e-branch books to go.

Although the vampire world series you've almost finished was my favorite of the lot

[Shooty*]

I'm currently (re)reading David Eddings The Shining Ones (bk 2 of The Tamuli) .

My wife's favourite sword and sorcery series.

Hang on... or does she like the Elenium? The first series, whichever that is, where all the old dudes die one by one, saving the queen.

[pollaxe]

Widowmaker by Peter Morwood and Dracula Cha Cha Cha by Kim Newman currently.
After one of those is finished Twelve by Jasper Kent is next.

[david@scan]

Anno Dracula was rather good.

[pollaxe]

Anno Dracula was rather good.

Yes, my favourite of the series by far.
Rumour has it that there's another one in the works....

[Syd]

Really must re-read that.... not read that since I was at school.

That's another I have in my 'to read' pile
In fact there are quite a few in that category

I chose to reread 1984 before I read Huxleys title, is Brave New World as accesible as 1984 ?

............Must admit to my favourite popcorn books (which I have now read 3 times) being the original Dragonlance trilogy - Autum/Winter/Spring.

Sheer, Beautiful Escapism and nostalgia - esp as the first time I read them was in 1988 at the same time I discovered D&D - good times

[yamangman]

I think Brave New World is a little deeper than 1984, though on the first read I think it gives a more crass impression. Compare it with Huxleys' 'Island' and I think you can appreciate it more.