So, watcha' reading?

[hhwolfman]

The Creature from the Black Lagoon, Time's Black Lagoon.

[Jscareshock]

13 Horror Tales by Jack London

[Illoman]

Now I'm into Perelandra, book two of CS Lewis' space trilogy. Great stuff!!

Mike

[CreepysFan]

  Recently re-read "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen W. Hawking and "A Ghosthunter's Guide" by Arther Myers.  Just started "The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu" by Sax Rohmer.  Rohmer's Fu Manchu series is like a cross between Sherloch Holmes and James Bond, I love this series.

[Bogey]

A web synopsis:
Find answers to key questions about the Bible. How accurate are modern translations such as the New International Version and the New Revised Standard Version? Why does the Roman Catholic Bible have more books than most Protestant Bibles? How can we be sure that the Biblical message has been accurately preserved through the centuries? How We Got the Bible, after more than forty years, has become a classic source of answers for these and other questions on how the Bible has come down to us. Now in this revised edition, you will find five new chapters covering the Septuagint, the Latin Vulgate, the Sinaitic Manuscript, the illuminated manuscripts, and more.

[Illoman]

That book on the Bible looks very interesting...

Mike

[typhooforme]

Peculiar People: The Story of My Life by Augustus Cuthbert Hare (1834-1903)  He was a writer and diarist who knew a lot of writers, artists, various notables, and more than a double handful of very eccentric people.   Speaking of a stately home he was visiting: "There is another strange being in this house.  It is Mr. Wooster, who came to arrange the collection of shells four years ago, and has never gone away.  He looks like a church brass incarnated, and turns up his eyes when he speaks to you, till you see nothing but the whites.  He also has a long trailing mustache....What he does here nobody seems to know; the Trevelyans say he puts the shells to rights, but the shells cannot take four years to dust."  I love reminiscenses.

[Daimajin]

I just started The Living Dead which is an anthology of zombie stories.  Just got it from SFBC (finally fulfilled my four book obligation!).  It's ok so far...nothing really that's struck me as being especially great (but it's got that great Stephen King story "Home Delivery" which I've always liked).

[Bogey]

That book on the Bible looks very interesting...

Mike

Couple chapters in, Mike.  The first was interesting in that it covered what was used to write on during Biblical times and how each progressed over another. 

[Unknown Primate]

Just started re-reading DRACULA.

[Wich2]

Been honoring this Year of the Abe by thanking him with a performance/salute when I get a chance, and reading in the field.

Working through THE EVERY-DAY LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, a collection of "raw" first-person memories, collected only 20 years after his death.

-Craig

[Inkfink]

I'm sure most folks here recognize the name Gahan Wilson. He put out a collection of short stories that I highly recommend titled "The Cleft and Other Odd Tales." What's weird is when you read his stories, you can't help but render his descriptions in your mind with his unique, artistic style.

[Illoman]

Been honoring this Year of the Abe by thanking him with a performance/salute when I get a chance, and reading in the field.

Working through THE EVERY-DAY LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, a collection of "raw" first-person memories, collected only 20 years after his death.

-Craig

Craig, I didn't know such a book existed. I have a similar one only based on the life and times of Soren Kierkegaard. Exactly whats you said: the author collected every published and personal encounter with Kierkegaard. It gives a fascinating insight on how the man was perceived, either right or wrong in his environment at that time in history.

Did you watch that History channel show about Lincoln's grave last night? Very interesting stuff.

Mike

[Wich2]

Missed that show, Mike. I assume it covered the attempted robbery of the body, etc?

EVERY-DAY doesn't collect ALL the memories; that would take a shelf, I think! But it's interesting to read less "filtered" stuff.

-Craig

[Illoman]

Missed that show, Mike. I assume it covered the attempted robbery of the body, etc?

EVERY-DAY doesn't collect ALL the memories; that would take a shelf, I think! But it's interesting to read less "filtered" stuff.

-Craig

Yeah, and how the attempt was doomed from the start because two of the gang were actually secret service informants! They did show an actual photograph of Lincoln's body lying in his casket, which they claimed was the only known photograph to exist. The secretary of state demanded no photographs be taken. Turns out he actually kept one that he confiscated and it wasn't discovered until 1956 or thereabouts.

I really wish Lloyd could've lived to see all this.

Mike