So, watcha' reading?

[BaronLatos35]

An Introduction to Philosophy

Edward Craig

[Illoman]

An Introduction to Philosophy

Edward Craig

My favorite philosopher (although he never referred to himself as one) was Soren Kierkegaard. Very hard to read sometimes, so i like anthologies of his works the best.

Mike

[avenger]

The Shootist

[Halloween Jeff]

....The Passage

[Moonshadow]

Re-reading Roger Zelazny's A Night in the Lonesome October. I probably should've saved it for Halloween time, but I'm enjoying it immensely.

[BaronLatos35]

My favorite philosopher (although he never referred to himself as one) was Soren Kierkegaard. Very hard to read sometimes, so i like anthologies of his works the best.

Mike

This book was a good intro to a few philosphers. Descartes, Nietzche (sp) and some Indian philosophy piqued my interest.

[BaronLatos35]

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

[Fester]

Just picked up Night of the Living Trekkies by Kevin David Anderson and Sam Stall.

Zombie apocalypse at a Star Trek convention.

[Big Swan]

going thru the fu manchu series.i love the atmospheric writing of sax rohmer

[Wicked Lester]

Just picked up Scary Monsters 75th issue. Hoping it is better than the last couple issues which IMO were somewhat disappointing and I just skimmed thru them instead of the hours of cover to cover reading. It had Beulah from It Conquered The World on the cover and it was an instant sell..

[avenger]

The Monstrumologist  by Rick Yancey (a birthday gift from my daughter)

[Halloween Jeff]

the new Dresden Files book, then onto an intro psych text....

[Bogey]

In 1933, after Denver boss Joe Roma was found "slumped in his favorite overstuffed chair in the front parlor,...riddled with seven bullets, six of them to the head," his up-and-coming bootlegging proteges Clyde and Eugene Smaldone took over his profitable operations. Over the years, the brothers and various other family members were frequently in the news, occasionally in jail, and generally in control of their realm. Theirs was an independent operation, but the Smaldones enjoyed the friendship of crime superstar Al Capone and were frequently in cahoots with New Orleans Mafia boss Carlos Marcello, to whom Clyde was particularly close. The Smaldones contributed to Denver's municipal ambience positively, too, as restauranteurs and generous contributors to charity. Kreck's detailing of the doings of a relative outpost of the racketeering industry is, besides a rich chapter in Colorado history, an excellent addition to the popular literature on organized crime.

[The Drunken Severed Head]

Thanks to a kind friend here at the UMA (and he knows who he is), I've been reading the short stories of ghost story grand master M.R. James. (Or, more accurately, I've been hearing in audio book form.)

I recommend the story I heard today: "Mr. Humphries and His Inheritance." 

You can read it here:
http://www.litgothic.com/Texts/mr_humphries.html

It's an quiet, old-fashioned English horror story, and I like it a lot; it gave me a nice chill on a very hot day. I can just see Peter Cushing in a BBC adaptation.

Much of it would be too low-key for current American tastes, I think, but it builds to a climax that Ramsey Campbell would be proud of. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if James' stories influenced Campbell.

[Bogey]