Question What are you reading?

[Fozzy]

Also been reading this, I recommend.

You can purchase it online for only 28$.

 

[ky]

Hunt for Red October, by Tom Clancy.

Scruce (If he happens to look at this post) : Im not reading them in a particular order, im just reading the ones that are available to me.

 

[Star Voyager]

A classic! Excellent choice :thumbup:!

 

[Napalm42]

Posting pictures of the covers?

What have I started?

 

[Tychonaut]

Truth, Lies, and O-Rings: Inside the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster by Allan J. McDonald with James R. Hansen.

McDonald was a Thiokol engineer and manager who opposed the Challenger launch and was a key player in exposing what went wrong in both the SRB engineering and launch decision making. Highly recommended for those who would like a greater understanding of events surrounding this tragedy.
Note the publication date on the page above is 2012, but it was originally released in 2009.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

A Dance with Dragons, by George R. R. Martin. You know, with most books when you get 450 pages read, you're finished with them. I still have a long way to go...

It's a good series though.

 

[Melvin]

Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition 1838-1842 By: Nathaniel Philbrick

A very good read in my opinion. Unfortunately most of the scientific info gleaned from the expedition was overlooked, as the book quickly became nothing more than a tirade against the Expedition's Commander Lt. Wilkes.

I would still recommend it to anyone interested in exploration or early American Naval history.

 

[Graham2001]

Robert A Heinleins take on 'Kim'

A Citizen of the Galaxy

 

[Izack]

Nothing but textbooks lately. Gotta love university. :lol:

 

[statickid]

I'm reading Robots of Dawn, by Issac Asimov. Just finished the Foundation Series a few months ago and started reading the robot series. Moving onto Empire series next. Always heard about these books so decided to read them! :thumbup:

 

[Sky Captain]

Few days ago I finished reading Citadel by John Ringo.

 

[Keatah]

KMS and MAK anti-piracy technologies

 

[PhantomCruiser]

Few days ago I finished reading Citadel by John Ringo.

So then next book would be "The Hot Gate"?
Those were pretty good reads :thumbup:

 

[Mauler85]

Spiders Kiss by Harlan Ellison.

 

[Krikkit]

So I just finished Phillip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep

In all honesty I was rather disappointed upon finishing it. Especially considering Blade Runner is one of my favorite movies, and I really enjoyed reading Dick's The Man in the High Castle late last year. It ended up reading more like pulp scifi, cheep, mildly interesting, and short (I went through it in about two weeks of scattered reading waiting for the rain to stop so I could walk home).

Maybe it will be one of those books that I won't understand until after months of contemplation. But as for now it left me wanting. I thought so much more could have been done with the concept. The characters were underdeveloped and I found myself unable to feel through them, which is required for the book to have an effect.

 

[Pyromaniac605]

Currently reading "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", it was free on iBooks so why the hell not? :lol:

 

[Eli13]

At the moment, I'm reading Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea.

'Nuff said.

 

[Graham2001]

Challenge of the Stars by Patrick Moore & David Hardy.

A book where you get to see what NASA could have done had they been given the chance.

 

[Keatah]

The DESCANSO files - Deep Space Communications and Navigation Systems. Engineering summaries, block diagrams, and theory of ops - all about the telecom sub-systems for interplanetary missions like voyager/mariner, galileo, and cassini. http://descanso.jpl.nasa.gov/DPSummary/summary.cfm?force_external=0

And then next on the list is stuff on KMS and MAK anti-piracy technologies for Microsoft products.

 

[Ark]

Started in on Contact by Carl Sagan, but will likely get sidetracked by Snow Crash and a couple of Rouge Squadron novels I picked up today.