So, watcha' reading?

[Halloween Jeff]

"Romancing the Vampire:  from past to present" by David J. Skal

[slayergriffith]

"Romancing the Vampire:  from past to present" by David J. Skal

This is the exact book i am reading, Great Book. Love the great collectibles inside!!!

[Moonshadow]

I devoured this book, "The President's Vampire," over a weekend trip. The main character is a vampire who is essentially a secret agent who reports only to the president, and is bound by a blood oath to serve the country. It's the second book in a series (the first was "Blood Oath") and it's just insane, crazy fun. There are a lot of references to monsters and movies that I think most of you would catch and enjoy. Some real Lovecraftian connections in this story too. If you're looking for an off-beat adventure story, I highly recommend this.

[Unknown Primate]

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey

[Halloween Jeff]

an anthology of werewolf stories - Curse of the Full Moon...

Best New Horror, followed by the last of the Parker "Spencer" novels, and hopefully Storm Prey.


Bizarro Jeff

[Street Worm]

Philip Jose Farmer in chronological order 

[Moonshadow]

Philip Jose Farmer in chronological order 

Oh my....does that include "A Feast Unknown"?  15 years later I am still trying to recover from that one!

I do like him though, especially the Riverwolrd books.

[long live kong]

Read 'The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' today having never read it before. A wonderfully written tale. 

[MDG]

I am in the process of reading all the Perry Mason books from the first to the last.It's kinda like following early American 1930's history thru the 70's.Alot of politically uncorrect language in the early books.But a lot of fun.

I've only read 3 or 4, but like them a lot; I have a 6- or 7-story Mason omnibus I'll probably work on over the summer. (I'm also sporadically working through the show via Netflix).

Another great project would be to read all of the 87th Precinct books in order--they go from the 50s into the 80s. I read about 3/4 of them years ago, but in the order I was able to find them at used bookstores.

[MDG]

Philip Jose Farmer in chronological order 

Probably the only "science fiction" writer I'd count among my favorites. (And Moonshadow, there was a period where I read A Feast Unknown every six months or so. And Image of the Beast)

Farmer reminds me of Jack Kirby--boundless imagination, so much so that sometimes the story gets away from him.

[typhooforme]

EDWARD LEAR, THE LIFE OF A WANDERER by V. Noakes

SIR AUBREY (biography of C. Aubrey Smith) by D.R. Allen

[Halloween Jeff]

reading four novels by Raymond Chandler....then on to Snowman by Graham Masterton, and Manitou Blood.

trying to lay hands on "The Psychopath Test"

[Fester]

My version of multitasking:

Infernal Devices by K W Jeter
One of the original Steampunk novels by the man who coined the term for the genre.

The Day We Found the Universe By Marcia Bartusiak
The story behind Edwin Hubble's 1925 announcement that the universe was bigger than just the Milky Way Galaxy.

[bigbud]

Just now finished a Dean Koontz paperback..."Lightning".  Really kinda enjoyed it! Had kids growing up in hard times, time travel, Nazis, several plot twists and a Sarah Conner type heroine that goes from sweet orphan to strapping fully auto Uzi's all over her well fortified house for when the sneaky Nazis show up.......and they do!.
   I had been only mildly entertained by Koontz's "Tick Tock", but "Lightning" was a keeper. I will look for more of his books......Buddy

[lblambert]

Just now finished a Dean Koontz paperback..."Lightning".  Really kinda enjoyed it! Had kids growing up in hard times, time travel, Nazis, several plot twists and a Sarah Conner type heroine that goes from sweet orphan to strapping fully auto Uzi's all over her well fortified house for when the sneaky Nazis show up.......and they do!.
   I had been only mildly entertained by Koontz's "Tick Tock", but "Lightning" was a keeper. I will look for more of his books......Buddy

I'd highly recommend his book 'Strangers' if you like his work. I'm not a huge fan of his but I really liked that one.