What are you currently reading?

[Grazioso]

Have you read DROOD by Dan Simmons?

[asin]B003GAN3VE[/asin]

No, but it looks like a very interesting read! 784pp. Very Victorian in that regard

[Mn Dave]

No, but it looks like a very interesting read! 784pp. Very Victorian in that regard

I made it through the whole thing somehow and actually enjoyed the ride. 

[bwv 1080]

[DavidW]

Too early to tell on No Name, but of the other three I'd rank The Woman in White at the top, then Armadale, then The Moonstone.

Thanks!  I'll read Armadale soon.

[bwv 1080]

causing some major brain damage

[Mn Dave]

Along with my new wave non-fiction and adventure fiction book, I'm reading Nickleby.

[karlhenning]

Cool. That's one I've not read.

[Mn Dave]

Cool. That's one I've not read.

...Also reading some good horrific, historical fiction on me iPhone.

[DavidW]

Cool. That's one I've not read.

One of his better ones.  It has the quirky characters, biting satire... you should enjoy it Karl.

[SonicMan46]

Well, some recent books finished and some now being read:

 

 

[Drasko]

How's that? I've never read Sebald before and was just considering either that one or Austerlitz.

[ibanezmonster]

Traditional, awkward, non-intuitive programming: C++ for Windows. 
Good book, though.

[North Star]

Traditional, awkward, non-intuitive programming: C++ for Windows. 
Good book, though.

[bwv 1080]

How's that? I've never read Sebald before and was just considering either that one or Austerlitz.

Very good, but I am a huge fan of Sebald

The Emigrants is a good first book

Austerlitz is so devastatingly bleak it might be good to save until you are familiar with his style to get the full effect

Vertigo and Rings of Saturn are kind of rambling reflections of historical events without a set overarching narrative while Austerlitz & The Emigrants have more clear narratives that run through the books (although The Emigrants is three separate pieces)

[DavidW]

Traditional, awkward, non-intuitive programming: C++ for Windows. 
Good book, though.

For some odd reason I thought that was a photoshopped joke!

[Opus106]

Which one's that, the 178th edition?

[North Star]

Which one's that, the 178th edition?

9th Edition. How come you're familiar with the book?

[bwv 1080]

Which one's that, the 178th edition?

I prefer the 1st myself - only four elements and handy recipes for gold

[Opus106]

9th Edition. How come you're familiar with the book?

I thought it was a fairly well-known book.

And I'm a nerd.

I prefer the 1st myself - only four elements and handy recipes for gold

The one for which Newton wrote a blurb?

[North Star]

I thought it was a fairly well-known book.

And I'm a nerd.

Yes, it's a well-known book, but I don't think people who haven't studied science at university know about the book. I was just wondering if you're a uni student or a chemist/physicist/whatnot.