|
Post by Introvertigroo on Apr 24, 2019 3:33:50 GMT
I am re-reading my Isaac Asimov books for the first time in two decades (I'm not sure why I haven't read them in so long). Currently I am reading the story collection I, Robot.
|
|
|
Post by miles on Apr 24, 2019 20:41:43 GMT
Read Kitchen Confidential and Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain. Still picking away at the Sturgeon stories. Started The Peripheral by William Gibson.
|
|
|
Post by Introvertigroo on Jun 15, 2019 3:29:25 GMT
I just finished Asimov's Foundation series and have started reading his Empire novels. The Currents of Space down, The Stars Like Dust next.
|
|
|
Post by donavan on Jun 24, 2019 17:48:33 GMT
Meters. Bloody Hell. I remember when they read them.
|
|
|
Post by Dr Hugbine on Jul 13, 2019 20:39:34 GMT
A Fabulous Creation by David Hepworth was a light, fun, quick read - the history of the album in chronological sequence from (I think) 1967 - 1982. Now reading Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii Plokhy, having seen the recent TV series and having been involved in international political lobbying for the Safe Containment Structure in the early 90s.
|
|
|
Post by Introvertigroo on Jul 28, 2019 1:43:02 GMT
Currently reading a hitherto unknown to me Asimov novel, Robots and Empire. I could only track down a British edition of the book--we Americans can't have nice things.
|
|
|
Post by donavan on Jul 29, 2019 14:12:35 GMT
Currently reading minds.
|
|
|
Post by Terra Incognita on Aug 2, 2019 17:14:58 GMT
I re-read Oliver Sacks' " An Anthropologist on Mars" for the umpteenth time last year, then decided to go on Amazon and buy used copies of the rest of his oeuvre. Spent weeks reading them one after another, in utter amazement at the vagaries of the human brain and our ability to adapt to just about anything.
|
|
|
Post by Introvertigroo on Aug 3, 2019 2:21:12 GMT
Up to The Stars, Like Dust in my Asimov collection.
|
|
|
Post by miles on Aug 3, 2019 18:05:20 GMT
Bossa Nova-The Story Of The Brazilian Music That Seduced The World, by Ruy Castro
Fantastic history of music and culture. A very detailed description of the scene, major figures and minor characters there at the beginning.. Joao Gilberto's journey is fascinating, dismissed by everyone, he managed to find a new approach by incessant practice. When Jobim heard his guitar and voice, many of the songs languishing in his desk were completed and performed in this "new" style. Today they are indisputable classics. Well written, humorous and not overly opinionated.
|
|
|
Post by Introvertigroo on Aug 5, 2019 2:11:06 GMT
I've moved up to Pebble in the Sky in my Asimov binge.
|
|
|
Post by Terra Incognita on Aug 6, 2019 17:04:05 GMT
Bought this coffee table book for a pittance, last week.
|
|
|
Post by miles on Aug 7, 2019 17:31:10 GMT
Starting "The Bleeding Edge" by Thomas Pynchon.
|
|
|
Post by Terra Incognita on Aug 13, 2019 3:13:03 GMT
The Literary Review and The London Review of Books. Not books per se, of course, but wonderfully compelling, well-written and thought-provoking grist in between bouts of housecleaning, often leading to purchases I never regret. I've been reading them on and off since the early '80s and periodically (hah!) purchasing subscriptions -- to LR last year, LRB in 2019. Regular oases, they are, in my hectic life.
|
|
|
Post by anothersatellite on Aug 13, 2019 14:14:22 GMT
Just finished <ital>Swann's Way</ital>, first foray into Proust. Astounding and comforting at the same time...
|
|