What are you reading right now?

DwnWthVwls · 03-13-2020, 03:09 PM

This is my kind of historical novel:

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The series of books revolves around the primary characters Temeraire and Captain William Laurence. Captain Laurence is a member of the British Royal Navy, serving in combat against Napoleon's navy when he recovers a dragon egg unlike any other known to the British. The egg soon hatches, and Temeraire, a Chinese dragon, is born. Under the impression that an "unharnessed" dragon will become feral and unmanageable, Laurence becomes Temeraire's companion. Despite the difficulties this causes, Laurence begins to think of the dragon as his dearest friend. This forces a change in the sailor's life, drawing him from the prestigious Royal Navy to the less desirable Royal Aerial Corps.

The subsequent novels in the original trilogy follow the adventures of Laurence and Temeraire as they do battle with the forces of Napoleon Bonaparte and the diplomatic fallout caused by Captain Laurence's adoption by the Chinese Emperor. The fourth novel deals with Laurence and Temeraire seeking a cure for a draconic illness, introduced by a North American dragon, which spreads throughout the British dragons while Napoleon seeks to press his advantage. The fifth novel is the account of Napoleon's invasion of England, forcing a British retreat to Scotland, while Laurence faces the consequences of their treason in taking the cure for the illness to the French. The sixth novel begins within the penal colony of Australia (Laurence's death sentence for treason commuted to transport to the colony), and a chase across the continent to a discovery that has far-reaching consequences for the global war. The seventh book has Laurence returned to service and sent to South America in an attempt to secure an alliance with the Inca Empire (which still exists, though reduced, in the series timeline), then to Asia again. In the eighth book, Laurence is partially amnesiac due to injury as Temeraire and the crew deal with new intrigues in Japan and China before flying to Russia in time to be involved in the French invasion of Russia.

Anyway, just finished:

Moved on to:

Mindy · 03-16-2020, 01:20 PM

"the last lecture", its a good one. i have to write a reflection paper on it.

OccultHawk · 03-22-2020, 10:33 AM

This Is Our Music: Free Jazz, the Sixties, and American Culture by Iain Anderson

This a fantastic read for people with a solid background knowledge on free jazz. It is VERY dense with information. It’s not juicy fun stuff about the artists though; it’s facts about the music and its recognized place in American culture. Some of the stats concerning the lack of appreciation are depressing but on the other hand, the permanence of the free jazz masters is a rectification.

Published in 2007 I hope the author has been paying attention to what has happened musically since then.

**Frownland** · 03-22-2020, 10:42 AM

I started Wuthering Heights yesterday

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Being unable to remove the chain, I jumped over, and, running up the flagged causeway bordered with straggling gooseberry bushes, knocked vainly for admittance, till my knuckles tingled, and the dogs howled.

'Wretched inmates!' I ejaculated, mentally, 'you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality. At least, I would not keep my doors barred in the day time I don't care-I will get in!'

So resolved, I grasped the latch, and shook it vehemently.

**Marie Monday** · 03-22-2020, 11:21 AM

Wuthering Heights is wild AF

**Exo** · 03-22-2020, 11:23 AM

Read the first in the trilogy last week for the second time. Now on to this and eventually the end of the trilogy. Wonderful sci-fi/horror in a slow burn fashion.

~~jwb~~ · 03-30-2020, 11:26 AM

Phillip k dick - Martian Time-slip

Has anyone here read The Stand? I've never read any Stephen King but I was thinking about checking it out to get me in the mood for a pandemic-sparked apocalypse.

OccultHawk · 03-30-2020, 12:18 PM

Ive read The Stand.

I loved it start to finish.

~~jwb~~ · 03-31-2020, 10:38 AM

Did you read the original or extended version? I just downloaded a copy and it says it's extended.

OccultHawk · 03-31-2020, 11:01 AM

Not sure. Looked on wiki. It seems like I would have read it before 1990 but I also think I remember it being over 1000 pages. Either way, his books slide by fast and easy.

03-22-2020, 10:33 AM	#6783 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	This Is Our Music: Free Jazz, the Sixties, and American Culture by Iain Anderson This a fantastic read for people with a solid background knowledge on free jazz. It is VERY dense with information. It’s not juicy fun stuff about the artists though; it’s facts about the music and its recognized place in American culture. Some of the stats concerning the lack of appreciation are depressing but on the other hand, the permanence of the free jazz masters is a rectification. Published in 2007 I hope the author has been paying attention to what has happened musically since then. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

03-22-2020, 11:23 AM	#6786 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	Read the first in the trilogy last week for the second time. Now on to this and eventually the end of the trilogy. Wonderful sci-fi/horror in a slow burn fashion. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

03-30-2020, 12:18 PM	#6788 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Ive read The Stand. I loved it start to finish. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

03-31-2020, 11:01 AM	#6790 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Not sure. Looked on wiki. It seems like I would have read it before 1990 but I also think I remember it being over 1000 pages. Either way, his books slide by fast and easy. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

03-16-2020, 01:20 PM	#6782 (permalink)
Mindy ask me about cosmology Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 9,045	"the last lecture", its a good one. i have to write a reflection paper on it.

03-30-2020, 11:26 AM	#6787 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	Phillip k dick - Martian Time-slip Has anyone here read The Stand? I've never read any Stephen King but I was thinking about checking it out to get me in the mood for a pandemic-sparked apocalypse.

03-31-2020, 10:38 AM	#6789 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	Did you read the original or extended version? I just downloaded a copy and it says it's extended.