Wednesday reading thingy
Mar. 20th, 2013 08:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sereneI like this thing, so I'll do it every Wednesday that I remember.
(Just noticed there are 666 messages in my DW inbox. Rock on.)
What I'm reading now
Existence, David Brin. Drops into a highly jargoned world from the get-go, so I was afraid for a chapter or two that I wouldn't pick it up, because that's not a comfortable mode for me. Now, as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hitchhiker put it, it gets better with each chapter. I had a Snowcrash moment in the first chapter, in which I was afraid I wouldn't find anyone to give a shit about. Now there are several characters who have grabbed me. Good signs.
That Penn Jillette thing I mentioned last time, which is still fine, but nothing special.
So You Created A Wormhole: The Time Traveler's Guide to Time Travel. Silly fun. Nothing to write home about.
Ancient Evenings, Norman Mailer. This one was accidental. I couldn't find Existence one morning on my way to the bus, and grabbed something at random off the shelf. My mother must have given this to me. At any rate, the first few chapters are gripping! Again with the in medias res thing, but it works, because the protagonist is—well, I'll leave you to discover that.
What I'll read next:
Very likely my schoolbooks for next quarter, which I may as well list here. The new (and my final!) quarter starts April 2.
Canterbury Tales
Author: Chaucer
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 9780393925876
Engineering Your Future: Comprehensive
Author: Oakes
Edition: 5th
ISBN: 9781881018865
Norton Anthology of Amer Lit: Shorter
Author: Baym
Edition: 8th
ISBN: 9780393918854
Norton Shakespeare: Romances & Poems
Author: Greenblatt
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 9780393931433
(Just noticed there are 666 messages in my DW inbox. Rock on.)
What I'm reading now
Existence, David Brin. Drops into a highly jargoned world from the get-go, so I was afraid for a chapter or two that I wouldn't pick it up, because that's not a comfortable mode for me. Now, as
hitchhiker put it, it gets better with each chapter. I had a Snowcrash moment in the first chapter, in which I was afraid I wouldn't find anyone to give a shit about. Now there are several characters who have grabbed me. Good signs.That Penn Jillette thing I mentioned last time, which is still fine, but nothing special.
So You Created A Wormhole: The Time Traveler's Guide to Time Travel. Silly fun. Nothing to write home about.
Ancient Evenings, Norman Mailer. This one was accidental. I couldn't find Existence one morning on my way to the bus, and grabbed something at random off the shelf. My mother must have given this to me. At any rate, the first few chapters are gripping! Again with the in medias res thing, but it works, because the protagonist is—well, I'll leave you to discover that.
What I'll read next:
Very likely my schoolbooks for next quarter, which I may as well list here. The new (and my final!) quarter starts April 2.
Canterbury Tales
Author: Chaucer
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 9780393925876
Engineering Your Future: Comprehensive
Author: Oakes
Edition: 5th
ISBN: 9781881018865
Norton Anthology of Amer Lit: Shorter
Author: Baym
Edition: 8th
ISBN: 9780393918854
Norton Shakespeare: Romances & Poems
Author: Greenblatt
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 9780393931433
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