What are you currently reading?

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Read Raven and the Gold-bug from Poe. I liked both but gold-bug immensely more. It is a very clever short story. I heard Stevenson was inspired by Gold-bug when he wrote Treasure island, particularly the way skeleton/s "guard" the treasure.

[Artem]

Beautiful little book by an author who was unknown to me previously. I bought it on a whip and wasn't a bit disappointed. Will look for other Johnson's work.

[Henk]

Really digging these books. Excellent works!

[Ken B]

Really digging these books. Excellent works!

I recommend The Roman Builders by Rabun Taylor. It is filled with academic crap and jargon but also with fascinating details of the how and why of ancient Roman buildings. A lot. Not for those with only a casual interest, but you clearly have more than that.

[Moonfish]

Just started on this Mahler biography and it is quite interesting...

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[Ken B]

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[Mookalafalas]

Some light biography.

[Henk]

I recommend The Roman Builders by Rabun Taylor. It is filled with academic crap and jargon but also with fascinating details of the how and why of ancient Roman buildings. A lot. Not for those with only a casual interest, but you clearly have more than that.

Thanks, Ken! I'm gonna stick to Clarke first though.

[Beaumarchais]

Because of the computer I've gone from being a regular reader to an infrequent one but I'm currently re reading a book that I published some years ago and have not read for some time. I have written a couple of others, one of which I had published recently, and the third is waiting for revision (which is soul-destroying) but will probably be completed some time this year.
However, here's my magnum opus and, for anyone who might be interested, it can be Googled for a synopsis.

[Ken B]

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[Moonfish]

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How do you like the Zimmer's writing, Ken?

[Ken B]

How do you like the Zimmer's writing, Ken?

I like this. His Parasite Rex is a fantastic book.

[Moonfish]

I like this. His Parasite Rex is a fantastic book.

I haven't read "Soul Made Flesh", but I must agree on Parasite Rex! Interesting experiments for the tapeworm life cycle, eh? 

[Mookalafalas]

Ken, looks like a fantastic trio! I will look into all 3 of those.
 
  I just started:

[Ken B]

Ken, looks like a fantastic trio! I will look into all 3 of those.
 
  I just started:

Report back please! That has been just below my threshold of "I will read that now" for 40 years ...

[Mookalafalas]

Report back please! That has been just below my threshold of "I will read that now" for 40 years ...

  Yeah, I've been meaning to read it for about 15. I had it in my kindle, but John Cleese raved about it in his autobiography, so I put it up in the first slot. 
    Would like to hear about your books as well, especially the Resenberger book on the cell. I have the Changizi and a different Zimmerman book: "Evolution, the Triumph of an Idea", so will give those a go (or at least a look).

[Drasko]

[North Star]

Not reading these yet, but ordered

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[Mookalafalas]

For some reason I jumped to this as soon as I saw Ken's post. will finish soon.

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[Jubal Slate]

I love Rodgers and Hart (thanks, Ella) and so am reading this...
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