The FMD Book Club

[AgentSun]

so guys, what are you reading currently?

I'm reading this:

http://www.davidnasser.com/prelim/STORE%20STUFF/calltodiecoverbig.jpg

It's a 40 day devotional/study on God and what David Nasser calls is God's "call to die", a call to stop the bad things in our lives and to focus on God.

this guy spoke at my college last year and he was so awesome and so funny that i bought his book. it was on my shelf the whole year, but now i'm finally reading it.

[faustus]

Tetrarch by ian irvine
collection 2 book 2
It's a fantasy

[Jeff O'Connor]

Xenogears: Perfect Works English Translation

It's a three-hundred page philosophical and scientific understanding and representation of the more in-depth areas of the greatest video game ever made.

[trubador]

One Hundred Years Of Solitude ~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez

[Col.Batguano]

The Elegant Universe

Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory.

by Brian Greene

[waltersgirl]

the Harry Potter books again. also Anne Perry's "Ashworth Hall".

[BaseLine]

Stupid White Men ~ Michael Moore
Resurrection Day ~ Brendan DuBois

First one is a political satire (but I think everyone knows that ;))
Second one is fiction. An alternate timeline where the Cuba Crisis had a different ending leading to a 1962 nuclear war that devastated Russia, crippled America and left Britain a major world power smugly giving aid to the USA. I've just begun reading it and the story looks promising.

[who45]

I just finished 'The Taking' by Dean Koontz. If you are a fan of Koontz, I highly recommend this book. I couldn't put it down...great book.

[Afarscapefan]

Just finished reading Jesus: A revolutionay biography - John Dominic Crossan

An entertaining book, but be warned he doesn't believe in the resurrection :eek: if that causes a problem for anyone.

[ChianaMuse]

Contact - Carl Sagan
The Once and Future King - T.H. White

both kick ass.

[Martincore]

"Dude, where's my country?" by Michael Moore
"American Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis (for the 10th time...)

those two books go well together... ;)

[grinner]

The Herris Serrano/Esmay Suiza cronicles by Elizabeth Moon.

[janey_13]

Dark Lord of Derkholm
by Diana Wynne Jones

[fermicat]

The best book I've read recently was Ilium by Dan Simmons.

[janey_13]

The best book I've read recently was:

The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger

[AxezCore]

I'm currently re-reading Larry Nivens Ringworld, a great book.

[Selena]

I've just read all the cerebral and fascinating things people are reading so it make my "Garfield" cartoon book rather lame.:pace:

[faustus]

Just finished Tetrarch today and have moved onto the new Anne Rice book Blood Canticle

[AxezCore]

I've just read all the cerebral and fascinating things people are reading so it make my "Garfield" cartoon book rather lame.:pace:

Oh I beg to differ... Garfield, Calvin & Hobbes and Footroot flats are pure works of art :D

[Saajak]

I'm still working my way through The Silmarillion.

[La Bomba]

I'm re-reading the first 2 books in the Legends of Dune trilogy, in anticipation of the third one coming out soon.

[Jeff O'Connor]

I'm still working my way through The Silmarillion.

Very cool book.

[AgentSun]

Saajack, at a local used bookstore near my college, I found a signed copy, first edition of The Silmarillion...it was frelling expensive and I want it. There was also a hardback copy of Dune and i wanted that too because hardbacks are so hard to get with that book.

[La Bomba]

Saajack, at a local used bookstore near my college, I found a signed copy, first edition of The Silmarillion...it was frelling expensive and I want it. There was also a hardback copy of Dune and i wanted that too because hardbacks are so hard to get with that book.

I would love a hardback copy of Dune myself. I've worn out two paperbacks, and my third is getting a little dog-eared. It's not a first edition of Dune, is it?

[Selena]

Oh I beg to differ... Garfield, Calvin & Hobbes and Footroot flats are pure works of art :D

:love: Footrot Flats .... I haven't seen a Footrot Flats in years. No-one here sells them.

[Jeff O'Connor]

I would love a hardback copy of Dune myself. I've worn out two paperbacks, and my third is getting a little dog-eared. It's not a first edition of Dune, is it?

The Dune series is breathtaking, truly mesmerizing, very perplexing, very much worth reading for anyone who has only seen the movie and the miniseries, Children of Dune -- even though both of which were very nicely done also.

[AgentSun]

no, it's a book club release of Dune, which makes it somewhat of a disappointment, but the fact that hardbacks are so hard to come by and this book was probably released in the 60's and early 70's anyways, makes it ancient and worth the 25 dollar tag it came with. the shop owner said that hardbacks of Dune were pretty rare because the book didn't sell so well when it first came out and it was easier to make paperbacks.

it's got the maps and such too...plus a weird scribble thing on the front to indicate a dune. at first i thought a kid had drawn on it, but then i turned the page and saw it again so it was really supposed to be in the book.

[grinner]

One of my prized possessions is a signed first edition of Richard Matheson's 'I Am Legend'

[Afarscapefan]

Now reading Wild Swans: Three daughters of China
Jung Chang
676 pages this may take a while. :cool:

[Jeff O'Connor]

I remember when I was five I wanted to see "Jurassic Park" so badly because I was yet another of those young children obsessed with dinosaurs. So one day mom and I were at the drug store and I saw "Jurassic Park" as in the original novel, by Michael Crichton, and said I wanted it. Mom tried her hardest to explain that it was just a really long book with lots of words and I wouldn't like it, or understand lots of it, but I insisted. She gave in, and bought it. A week and a half later, I had read the whole thing, and even read my favorite parts to mom. She was like... "what the hell!?" Literally. Of course with time she expressed how proud of me she was and whenever I see her, and she's introducing me to someone new, she tends to bring that up just because she was so proud of me.

I honestly don't see it as something hugely, hugely deserving of as much praise as she gives me for it, but I am rather stunned, looking back, that I did that. I met someone a couple of years ago that had a similar story about reading a long novel when they were five, and we laughed together. It's a rarity, and it's a whole lot of fun too.


Just wanted to share muh story of the night. ;)

[AgentSun]

oooh i had the book too, jeff!! high five!

i'm getting ready to start reading Stephen King's "Everything's Eventual" again. its a great collection and i have to get through it!!

the book i was reading, A Call to Die? okay, there was a printing mishap and the book skipped about 30 pages. they're sending me a new one. i found out 2 nights ago.

[Jeff O'Connor]

oooh i had the book too, jeff!! high five!

*high fives* :D

the book i was reading, A Call to Die? okay, there was a printing mishap and the book skipped about 30 pages. they're sending me a new one. i found out 2 nights ago.

Wow. That sucks. Amazing how lazy we've become.

[BaseLine]

oooh i had the book too, jeff!! high five!

i'm getting ready to start reading Stephen King's "Everything's Eventual" again. its a great collection and i have to get through it!!


I have to do that too. I've only read the first 3 stories, but they were great.

[Clarsax]

I'm reading Tales of Sector General by James White. His books are great, but they sure can be hard to find at times.

[Col. Kathryn O'Neill]

The Dune series is breathtaking, truly mesmerizing, very perplexing, very much worth reading for anyone who has only seen the movie and the miniseries, Children of Dune -- even though both of which were very nicely done also.

those are very good series... i have dune (skiffys version... taped) and COD taped as well... i may have to buy them both on DVD so i can see the extra's

im in the process of reading bk four (of the dune series) God Emperor of Dune..

and the series that i really love is by Anne Macaffery.. The Rowan series... (its a series of five books)

[AgentSun]

while i wait for my book to arrive, i should read some stephen king...but it's almost 3 am and i have work in the afternoon. so i'm at a quandry.

[faustus]

finished blood canticle. now onto Ian Ivine's - Scrutator :D

[Afarscapefan]

(The "Wild Swans" has migrated to the bookshelf for a while, a bit too sad.)

The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown. As mentioned previously somewhere amongst these threads. This is fun: a mixture of fact and fantasy, fast paced, fugitives on the run, popular philosophy, puzzles, intrigue and a dash of UST. Reminds me of my favourite TV show. I wonder if it could be adapted to a trilogy in season five or the movie? What do you think?

[JadedLegend3]

I just finished reading all of Chuck Palahniuk's books and I highly reccommend them. Brilliant satire. He's the guy who wrote Fight Club. He also wrote, Choke, Lullaby, Invisible Monsters, and Survivor <--my favorite.

Currently I'm reading a cool book called Finn Mac Cool by Morgan Llywelyn, an Irish authoress. Very cool. Very old time Irish. Kindy mythy and stuff. :)

[Afarscapefan]

More books for the "to read list" thanks for that.

Is Finn Mac Cool a real person or a myth?

[JadedLegend3]

More books for the "to read list" thanks for that.

Is Finn Mac Cool a real person or a myth?

The book cover blurb says that the authoress is "recreating Ireland's most amazing man." So I guess the answer is real person. :)

[AgentSun]

i've got books on hold at the library...i'm waiting...waiting...