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Past and Present,East and West: The Life,Teachings and Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi

I'm nearing the end of Magician by Raymond E. Feist at the moment.!

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold; pretty good but having read several Le Carrés they're starting to seem a bit same-y. Briefly started Ian Serraillier's take on Sir Gawain & Green Knight, didn't like the translation so left it. Got the Prof's version somewhere, might go with that. Anyway, Ivan Denisovich it is for the meantime. Reading under duress; don't really want to read about brutality but y'know, 's a classic.

It's kinda depressing me that these books were in the library at work (a secondary school), and some of them have been there twenty years and been taken out once. Or not at all. And this has been the vaguely interesting stuff and books aimed at young adults; there was some kind of initiative thingy which provided a truckload of proper hardback volumes of literary classics, most of 'em hopelessly out of place in a school library. Total waste and shame, especially if (as I believe is the case) it wasn't just our school but county- or even nation-wide. They're probably on their way to a skip now.

Hum ho. I need some new weird fiction or summat.

i just started reading 'The trial' by Franz Kafka

I read half of that once.

I am reading The Cell of Self Knowledge which is a collection of letters and essays by some old school Christian Mystics. I am rather enjoying it.

Jonathon Livingston Seagull ho-hum, now on with Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy which is pretty good. There was something else but I've forgotten.

I'm currently reading Star Strike a book about the Terran Emergency Coalition learning they've been rediscovered by the Visari ... basically. It has some interesting points to it and it's well written, however there's a lot of weirdness in it - primarily the acceptance of extreme lewdness (as in Roman era type) by most civilians although the Marines, generally, do not partake in such stuff. The extensive usage of nanotechnology is interesting, although considering the enemy is a type of AI I think it's possibly going to turn out to be a contrived weakness since the nanites would provide direct access to the minds of, basically, everyone. It has a fair bit of flaws, but also a fair bit of redeeming qualities. I would not recommend it to anyone who cannot pass over the faults and failures of an otherwise interesting book.

Not reading anything atm. I read way too fast for my own good.. will try to loan a book at the library on Monday - probably something by Tolstoy.

A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy for kindle.


It rocks.

Space Captain Smith. A merciless and quite funny deconstruction of naff skiffy tropes.

Okay, Space Captain Smith is probably the geekiest thing I've ever read. ^^ Have ordered the sequel, God Emperor of Didcot, which title speaks a thousand words. Also just finished The High Crusade, which came lauded by all and sundry (seriously, there's a half dozen introductions by people saying how wonderful it is!) but was pretty dire. Put me in mind of The Iron Dream (well, of the awful story within that excellent one!) Notable for a couple of things, though, I suppose: 1) the book, the author, and the author's friends are heavily implicated in inflicting the SCA upon the world and 2) looks like whoever wrote the script for Indiana Jones was a fan. ^^

Probs. more Le Carré next.

I just read Walking Dead v5 and next I'm gonna read Batman: The Killing Joke although I'm also reading The Cold War.

Just finished reading "Gun, With Occasional Music" by Jonathan Lethem.

Near-futuristic detective novel, pretty straightforward but it was darkly hilarious and awesome. It was a super quick read, I ripped through it in 4-5 hours (it's about 270 pages long). Definitely recommended.

"The Road to Reality: A complete guide to the laws of the universe." By Roger Penrose. Published by Vintage.

Edit: The book is fascinating.

Asperger's Syndrome and Sexuality (From Adolescents to Adulthood) by Isabelle Henault.

Highly informative, recommended for every support group and specialist counselor.