I thought I'd fire up the ol' book board and ask you all what you're reading at the moment.

I've decided to read some crime fiction for awhile. I started Richard Price's "Lush Life" last week and got 170 pages into it and gave up out of sheer boredom with about 230 pages to go. It was just like any of the other 50 billion New York cop dramas I've come across.

So now, I'm reading "Hard Man" by Allan Guthrie. Set in Scotland, it's a trashy crime novel about a family whose 16 year old daughter gets booted out of her home by her psycho 26 year old husband, after getting pregnant to some other guy. But the psycho isn’t happy with leaving it at that and he decides to terrorize the girl and her entire family. The family try to hire "Pearce"(an ex-con who makes his living as hired muscle) but he's not interested, so they take matters into their own hands, whilst still trying to convince Pearce to help them out. Apparently this book is just one in a series in which Pearce is the protagonist, however, “Hard Man” is pretty much a self contained story.

It moves along at a fair clip and for a trashy crime novel it's good light (yet violent) entertainment.    

Yeah, I read Lush Life a few months ago after I saw Richard Price reading at the Philly Library.  It was ok.  I think his fiction writing has really been influenced by his screenwriting.  But Clockers is my favorite book of all time.  If you haven't read it, chack it out!

Just finished reading a reviwe/interview with CHuck Klosterman in Salon.  Sounded interesting.  ANyone here ever read anyhting by him?

I'm almost finished 'The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch' by Philip K. Dick.

Very strange book but brilliant at the same time.

Currently (re)reading Frank Herbert's 'Chapter House Dune' and SK's 'Skeleton Crew'.

I'm currently reading Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk.

Just finished:

The Red Limit by Timothy Ferris

The story of how the edge of the universe was discovered.  Really interesting - the astronomers came across as kooky characters but ultimately the book left me depressed and made me feel insignificant.

Now:

T. Rex and the Crater of Doom by Walter Alvarez

How the Yucatan extinction event was uncovered by one of the key players in the discovery. Only part way through but the first chapter alone was worth the read if this sort of event interests you.  

I just finished Choke by Chuck Palhaniuk a few weeks ago. Most excellent. Can't wait for the movie.

Lasher

Anne Rice

Quoted from Grandma Bear Next by M. Crichton skip it. Too long, too many characters.

I really enjoyed this one. Some of the characters at the beginning, I'll agree, could have been cut out and some of the preachy stuff at the end could have been less straightforward, but overall I really liked the structure and couldn't put it down.

As for now, currently working on Charlotte Chandler's "It's Only a Movie: Alfred Hitchcock, A Personal Biography."

Quoted from stebrown I'm almost finished 'The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch' by Philip K. Dick. Very strange book but brilliant at the same time.

Are you gonna adapt this Ste?

I finished reading Rant by Chuck Palhaniuk now i'm listening the audio book.

Quoted from NiK Are you gonna adapt this Ste?

I emailed the PKD estate but they wouldn't give me permission to write it, even if I wasn't looking to profit from it, so got a bit put off. Some of the visuals are amazing though and would look great on screen or as a graphic novel.

(My avator is the main antagonist 'Palmer Eldritch')

Quoted from stebrown I emailed the PKD estate but they wouldn't give me permission to write it, even if I wasn't looking to profit from it, so got a bit put off. Some of the visuals are amazing though and would look great on screen or as a graphic novel. (My avator is the main antagonist 'Palmer Eldritch')

I'm sorry for you. So what are you gonna do now? I suggest you write it anyway, it would be a good exercise plus who knows maybe someone will read it and help you get the permission. I say DO IT.

By the way today i started Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller.

Right now I'm reading Weaveworld. Hot dang that is one awesome book. My friend has been trying to get me to read it for the past ten years. Glad I did.

And Sandman comics. Brilliant! Sheer brillance.

Quoted from Grandma Bear Currently reading: The Langoliers by S. King Next by M. Crichton skip it. Too long, too many characters.

So Langoliers is good huh?  I might have to check it out.

Is that Next the same one as like the Nicholas Cage movie?

As of right now, I'm reading Tyranosaur Canyon.