What are you reading now - and then

[RallyCola]

my sister dropped off that new jk rowling book yesterday. 1) its not a kindle version so i'm not reading it and 2) its jk rowling...it won't be a very sophisticated read so i'll pass

[trish]

Kim Stanley Robinson's 2312 (a riveting read so far).
Caleb Scharf's Gravity's Engines (in the words of Spock, "fascinating").

Now that Summer's over and I'm working on umpteen projects, teaching and have committee meeting coming out my wazzoo, my reading time has taken a hit

[Prospero]

The new JK Rowling to generally lukewarm reviews in the UK - except for one well respected critic (Melvyn Bragg) who thought it was a masterpiece. Not on my reading list.

[Stavros]

You have read Mo Yan, Stavros? Before today's announcement that he had won the Nobel prize? Impressed.

Thanks to the hit and miss approach of Granta, actually, although I have Big Breasts and Wide Hips but as with Trish recent commitments have severely reduced my non-profesisonal reading to almost zero. Contemporary Chinese literature doesn't excite me in the way I want; Yan writes well -or rather the English translation reads well- but I am not sure about the 'magical realism' tag and the associations with Marquez, not least because there are few writers who can make magical realism believable, if that isn't a contradiction in terms -in fact just Marquez and Borges. Others, like Toni Morrison and Salman Rushdie use it as a cover for their obvious literary inadequacies. I used to know a Chinese person and spent some time in China about ten years ago, read Ha Jin, for example, but while it passed the time I wasn't overwhelmed -as with Eileen Chang, a lapidary tone to much Chinese writing may mean that in the original there are nuances and subtleties that don't translate into English. There is more bad language and emotional hysterics in Yan than the other Chinese writers mentioned.

The Nobel Prize, though lucrative, is a worthless literary accolade, as are all literary prizes.

[GroobySteven]

Still reading and very much enjoying Burmese Days by George Orwell.

[buttslinger]

Now that Summer's over and I'm working on umpteen projects, teaching and have committee meeting coming out my wazzoo, my reading time has taken a hit

You're a teacher? Like a SCHOOL teacher? Hmm, does this mean I'm going to be graded on grammer?

[Deimos]

just finished reading marvel zombies 2,3, and 4... started on the batman- battle for the cowl story arc. also going to check out avengers vs. x-men once it is released in trade form.

[trish]

You're a teacher? Like a SCHOOL teacher? Hmm, does this mean I'm going to be graded on grammer?

This term I'm teaching general relativity, cosmology and mathematics for physicists. Expect a rigorous workout

[Jericho]

Born to Be Riled.
Pretty much like i thought...Clarkson's a cunt!

[buttslinger]

This term I'm teaching general relativity, cosmology and mathematics for physicists. Expect a rigorous workout

Whoa! I now picture Trish in six inch stilettos, seamed nylon stockings, a super-skintight slit-skirt, .....and glasses.