What book would you be reading now if you weren't hopelessly

[BurtWorm]

addicted to DU?

Me: Without God, Without Creed, by James Turner, about the rise of unbelief (with a focus on America) in the nineteenth century. Attempts to answer the question, how did it become possible to say publicly, "I don't believe in God?" This, according to Turner, was not possible for most of human history, not just because it was considered gauche or evil, but because belief was part of the framework of human consciousness. It was almost as if there was no credible alternative to belief. But by the end of the nineteenth century, a small but growing number of intellectuals, in the US and Europe, publicly lost their faith. The rise of science had a lot to do with it, but Turner argues that the change in possibility owed directly to shifts within theology that attempted to keep God modern and relevant.

I'm also reading The Ornament of the World about the golden age of religious tolerance in Medieval Anadalusia.

And you?

[ComerPerro]

1. Deadeye Dick

I got it, just haven't started reading it yet. But I am just finishing The Sirens of Titan

I have been on a Vonnegut kick.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. That's a great book...make sure you read Galapagos, too!

[ComerPerro]

5. I've read

Cat's Cradle
God Bless You Mr. Rosewater
Slaughterhouse Five
Breakfast Of Champions
Golapagos
Slapstick
Welcome to the Monkey House
and now The Sirens of Titan

All in the past 3 months.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

8. Great..so then I would go

Bluebeard
MotherNight
and Hocus Pocus..in that order :D

[ComerPerro]

9. That order?

What was your favorite/favorites?


Picking is tough, since he is such a good writer, but so far I would have to say I have most enjoyed Cat's Cradle, God Bless You Mr Rosewater, and Breakfast of Champions.

I have been wondering about Bluebeard and Mother Night.

[MissMillie]

22. It's a good one

I read it YEARS ago (about 20 years ago, I think). I think my favorite Vonnegut was Slaughterhouse Five, but I also enjoyed Breakfast of Champions, Cats Cradle, and Slapstick.

[Sapphocrat]

2. I'd be finishing...

...my current re-reading of Swami Muktananda's Where Are You Going?.

Summary? Easy:

"God dwells within you as you."

If you can absorb the real meaning of that, then, man, you are living John Lennon's "Imagine."

Now, where did I leave that blue pearl...?

[thebigidea]

4. at 2:21AM? Probably a chunk of "Maldoror" to give me nightmares

[Rowdyboy]

6. "Darwin's Radio" by Greg Bear

It was recommended on DU and looks like an excellent book.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

7. "Hey, Ol' Crappy!: The Life & Times of A Superhero Gone Bad"

[izzie]

10. Well I am reading War and Peace. Been years.

When I do not know what to read I always go back to the classics as they are known good. They also are like friends as you know the people in them so well.

[beevul]

11. Watchers, Fear nothing, or Seize The Night

Watchers, Fear nothing, or Seize The Night, by Dean R. Koontz.I don't know his politics, but I love some of his writing. With out a doubt they are my most favorite books.

Honorable mention to the bantam Doc Savage series. My parents owned a paperback book exchange when I was a youngster, so I ended up reading most of the bantam series. :)

[Bertha Venation]

12. BUSHWHACKED! n/t

[RebelOne]

13. The Face by Dean Koontz

[terrya]

14. Reading a new translation of Don Quixote I recently bought....

from the Book of the Month Club.

It's still sitting on my bedside table. I haven't touched it yet.

Terry

[catmandu57]

15. The end of the Gunslinger series

it's gotta wait until we flush out the corruption this fall, and until I get bifocals so I can see to read again.

[non sociopath skin]

16. Either "A Brief History of Time" or "Das Kapital."

Must have started them both thirty times, but I guess they'll stay unread in this lifetime.

The Skin

[FunBobbyMucha]

17. The Time Traveler's Wife

It is a truly wonderful read. I'm glad I bypassed my usual snobbery when I saw that it was a Today Show Book Club selection. I never have time to read though, so it's going very slowly.

[baldguy]

18. Dune: The Butlerian Jihad

Yeah, I know. It's a space opera. But it was $4! In hardcover!

I love 2nd hand bookstores.

[ConcernedCanuk]

19. Patriot Games by Tom Clancy -

.
.

But I haven't read a word of it for months, only read when:

1. I'm camping- (every available moment in the Summer) nite-time or bad rain.

2. The power goes out, usually 2 -3 times in the winter

3. Cable/TV and puter are down at the same time!

note: when 'puter is down it gets torn apart and fixed - REAL QUICK !!

[FunBobbyMucha]

20. "Treason" and "Let Freedom Ring!"

No. I'm completely fucking with you. Never. Not in a million lifetimes on a desert island with nothing else to read but stereo instructions.

[BurtWorm]

21. Whoops! I alerted on you before reading your post!

Not really. ;)

[TheMightyFavog]

23. Desolation Island -- Patrick O'Brian

I love the Aubrey-Maturin series!

[MissMillie]

24. I just started the LOTR trilogy

After being blown away by the movies, I decided I should experience the original work for myself.

[Kamika]

25. Left hand of destiny, book one

yes.. Ds9 trek

[Butterflies]

26. I still haven't read Hillary Clinton's book

and I bought it the first day it was on sale. I've looked at the pictures in the middle, but I haven't taken the time to read the words. It's just laziness.