What are You Reading Now?

[hauntedmyst]

Just because you are sitting down doesn't mean your hands have to be idle.

 

[olkofri]

Er, would I really want to give my guests stuff I folded with my unwashed hands?? ?

Then again, there are certain guests who....

 

[derhammer]

Another thread just reminded me to of this

 

[peregrinus]

Gods of Eden
by William Bramley

Ancient extraterrestrial astronauts, ancient gods, and the corrosive development of hidden brotherhoods and secret societies; all this and the foundation and genus of contemporary religions, politics and war.

A different take on human development and history from the wars of the pharaohs to the assassination of JFK that I personally find alternatively heretical, informative, ridiculous, fascinating and infuriating.

It gives me an 180 degree spin from my regular KJV reading and sparks plenty to think about over a pipe.

 

[unadoptedlamp]

Blind Men and the Elephant - A short parable, quickly found in online searches.

Tonight, I'm off to see a puppet show on this one. Should be interesting.

At any rate, a good parable to remind us of our limited awareness of our own misperceptions and what we think is true.

 

[Mtlpiper]

I'm re-reading Haruki Murakami's - Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.

 

[Lyle b]

Hey am just bout to sit down with a pipe and a book i recieved from my parents last christmas and only started the other day he he called kokoda by peter fitzsimons , about young aussies in ww2 on the kokoda track . Not a happy book but most inspiring.

 

[adui]

Currently.... What are You Reading Now? :: General Discussion - http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/what-are-you-reading-now.72900/page-4#post-36028339

 

[mityahicks]

Before They Are Hanged. Joe Abercrombie.

Love it.

 

[Jack T]

Another thread just reminded me to of this
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Just finished teaching this book in one of my classes.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone. A Hunter S. Thompson compilation. Read them all before, but I never tire of Hunter.

 

[Jack T]

The Haunted Season, by G.M. Malliet. Also spent a lot of time reading my own writing, which is no fun, because galleys came in from the publisher.

 

[warren]

I've got a Nero Wolfe going in the mix.

 

[olkofri]

The Haunted Season, by G.M. Malliet. Also spent a lot of time reading my own writing, which is no fun, because galleys came in from the publisher.

What did you write?

 

[Jack T]

What did you write?

A boring academic book that no one will read...

 

[olkofri]

A boring academic book that no one will read...

Not even your students? What do you teach?

Yeah, it does sux when nobody cares. I wrote a book once and, well...

 

[Jack T]

Not even your students? What do you teach?

Yeah, it does sux when nobody cares. I wrote a book once and, well...

Well, I suppose students will read it and other academics. I'm an anthropologist. My favorite royalty check was one for $2.53. I have had better ones, but that one is particularly dear to me... Academic books don't usually sell much, but if they get cited, then all is good.

 

[Bowie]

Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher #12), by Lee Child, and Galaxy in Flames (Warhammer / Horus Heresy #3), by Ben Counter.

 

[crawdad]

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

 

[jerry]

This is a cool thread. I’m reading guitar magazines (always) and a never-ending pipeline (thanks to the Massachusetts library system) of “popular” behavioral psych and neuroscience.