What book are you reading right now?

[kevinj]

KIng Rat by china Mieville, continuing my quest to find a book by this multi-awardwinning author that I actually like.

[jimminycricket]

The Long Earth - Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter

[evil ash]

Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett

[The Curious Orange]

Originally Posted by The Curious Orange

By Light Alone by Adam Roberts.

Finished it last night. Wow. That was good. Amazingly good.Forget all the gumph about photosynthetic hair, this is a book about how the rich will always find new ways to exploit the poor.

[Hedwig]

The Bloody Red Baron by Kim Newman. I love this series

Next up will probably be The Long Earth, I think.

[Sass1]

Lynn Shepherd's TOM-ALL-ALONE'S - am deeply curious about this novel - which is set within the universe of Dicken's BLEAK HOUSE (ie Tulkinghorn the lawyer is a lead character, and some other BH characters are in it too, along with original characters - which I guess makes it fanfic!)

[kahless]

Read Traveller's Duty by Matt Dillon in one sitting, brilliant novella from first time authour.

Now reading The Long Earth by Sir Terry of Pratchett & Stephen Baxter, brilliant so far.

[Jamie]

Finished We by Yevgeny Zamyatin yesterday. Interesting, but I wasn't enamoured; I'm wondering whether the translation I read was one of the ropier ones... was intriguing to see how many plot elements were echoed in 1984, though; I knew Orwell was a fan, but I didn't appreciate quite how much he emulated Zamyatin!

I'm in a bit of a quandary at the moment over what to read next. I've been reading some fairly heavy stuff of late, thematically, and I think I need something lighter and pacier. I'm trying to stick to what I have on the shelves though; I've been trying hard to not buy any more books this year, until I've got through a fair wadge of my TBR pile!

I've narrowed it down to a few options, any opinions would be welcome:

Transitions - Iain Banks
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - Susanna Clark
Imperium - Robert Harris
The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch
The Instance of the Fingerpost - Iain Pears
The Green Mile - Stephen King
Endymion - Dan Simmons
The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Scar - China Mieville

Any thoughts? (other than 'he has a weird definition of light reading', which is perfectly possible )

[runalong]

Yep hardly what I would call light but looking at the list Lies of Locke Lamora may be the closest and a great debut novel

[Barsoom]

Originally Posted by Jamie

Finished We by Yevgeny Zamyatin yesterday. Interesting, but I wasn't enamoured; I'm wondering whether the translation I read was one of the ropier ones... was intriguing to see how many plot elements were echoed in 1984, though; I knew Orwell was a fan, but I didn't appreciate quite how much he emulated Zamyatin!

If I remember right there was also some similarities with Brave New World, especially with the 'primitives' who live outside the system.

Oh, and for what it's worth, I'd go wtih The Scar by China Mieville. Of all the books he's done, I think this one I've actively enjoyed, though his more recent Embassytown isn't half bad either