What are you reading now? (Chapter 2)

[JimC]

I'm re-reading the "Lensman" series by E. E. "Doc" Smith, which I read in my early 20s.

A very weird experience; I hadn't remembered how amazingly right-wing and dated it was. Still has a peculiar fascination, though...

[Svartalf]

I tried reading it some 10 years ago, but between the old fashioned SF writing and mmy own attention problem could not. Is it worth trying again when I am able?

[JimC]

I tried reading it some 10 years ago, but between the old fashioned SF writing and mmy own attention problem could not. Is it worth trying again when I am able?

As a period piece which illustrates the SF style of the 50s, yes...

[FBM]

William Morris, News from Nowhere. It doesn't really count, though, because it's required reading for a class. Not to say that it's not interesting in its own way. Sorta.

[orpheus]

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson's On Growth and Form. The science is really outdated, as it was published in 1917. But the prose is magnificent and the thinking behind it fascinating. Worthwhile.

In the light reading dept., I just finished Silence of the Lambs. Fun, and surprisingly well-written.


Edit: Just realized I should mention that I'm reading the revised 1942 edition of Thompson's book. A fine and inexpensive Dover reprint if anyone's interested.

[rainbow]

"How to Win Friends and Influence People"

...if it was any of your stinking business, you pile of doggy-do.

[Sean Hayden]

-added AI for Game Developers

[Tero]

Finished Harry Hole book: Police.

In every book, semi retired Harry must come out as gun wielding hero s few times. No police badge. There are red herrings. Blue and green herrings.

[JimC]

Re-reading "Man-eaters of Kumaon" by Jim Corbett

[Clinton Huxley]

Island Life by Alfred Russel Wallace and The Gunpowder Gardens by Jason Goodwin

[macdoc]

Desert Places after just reading ( and watching the movie Tracks. ) Robyn Davidson

Also The Elephant Whisperer...pretty decent story ...bit too much woo but does not get in the way of incredible stories about working with wild up close and very personal.
The scene in the author's bedroom and house as the elephant family came to visit is hilarious, scary - brilliantly told.

[Tero]

Finished Harry Hole book: Police.

In every book, semi retired Harry must come out as gun wielding hero s few times. No police badge. There are red herrings. Blue and green herrings.

I added a few words. Only a few people will read it. There are 500 reviews of it.

Your top reviewer ranking is 18,161
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Your public name is Tero.

[Animavore]

I'm reading Ocean of Life by Callum Roberts, a marine scientist and consultant for Attenborough's Blue Planet. It tells of the effects of over-fishing, pollution, noise-pollution, invasive species and diseases and climate change on the world's oceans.
Not a heartening book by any stretch and it has prompted me to give up fish and check labels on shower gels more carefully for things like nano-plastics (used for giving gels an abrasive quality). A lot is said about the more visible effects of man like that of the rain forests, but the ocean's coasts and coral reefs are under far more threat. Whole eco-systems are being turned upside down by overfishing and deadzones are increasing in size and scope as plumes of plankton starve the whole areas of oxygen.

[Tero]

The mass of bigger bits of plastic in the ocean is astounding.

[Animavore]

They had photos of birds which had died from starvation feeding off of bits of plastic because they can't distinguish it from food. As they decay and their body opens up all you see is a belly full of colourful bits.