Whatcha reading redux.

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Steamforger
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staylor wrote:
JAG2955 wrote:I'm trying to read "Dune". I keep on starting it, and I've never made it the whole way through.
I know what you mean. Took me forever to finish the first book (and I am a fast reader) and the other books in the series I did not even finish. Quite frankly I don't get all the hooplah about the Dune books.
Heh. I typically read it at least once a year.
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Working on Fred Saberhagen's Berserker Throne so I can get onto Hard Magic.
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Currently rereading the Hitchhiker's Guide series.

Recently finished Harry Turtledove's Worldwar series, in which aliens invade in the middle of World War II and all manners of havoc ensues.
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I'm in Classics reread mode.

Just finished Treasure Island. Next up is Moby Dick. I'm finding that some authors I enjoyed more when I was younger and some I enjoy better now. :)
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I'm reading this :-
http://www.amazon.co.uk/King-Gypsies-Ba ... 1903854164

Bartley Gorman was a gypsy bareknuckle fighter. I don't like gypsies much, but I do respect their fighting capabilities.

The book is interesting for me because Gorman spent his early life growing up in the same place I did ( long before I was born though )
All my life I been in the dog house
I guess that just where I belong
That just the way the dice roll
Do my dog house song
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Bedside: Christopher Duffy's history of the 1745 Jacobite rising.

Travel: Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
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I'm re-reading Larry Correia's Monster Hunter Vendetta. I need inspiration for fight scenes! :D
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Finished "The Hot Gate." Ringo left room for a sequel, but I suspect it will be a while before he gets back to it, if then.

If you're looking for loose ends, this trilogy's got them. :lol:
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I'm reading The gun Counter. And, I'm having the computer speak it out for some of the longer entries. I'm looking at you, 308 Mike. ;) :lol:
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Just a heads-up for those of you who still order dead-tree books...

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/ is having a 10% off sale in May (enter "May11" as the coupon code). Shipping worldwide is free.

I find BookDepository good, as they seem to carry the "long tail" at very reasonable prices, especially as regards special-interest and reference titles. I have bought a number of new lathe and machining books there, some of which I couldn't get from Amazon, for less than the price of second-hand copies at abebooks.com

Worth a look.
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