# What book are you reading right now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 13, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-reading-right-now/201323 "2003-09-13T02:33:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-reading-right-now/201323/101 "2003-09-18T15:47:08Z")
Right now I’m working on a triple bound Star Trek authoured (and I use the term loosely) by William Shatner. The Return is the center of the two, wich I am now on. Previous to that, Light of Other Days by A.C. Clarke and S. Baxter. The Wizardry Quested by Rick Cook, and 5th Elephant, Truth, and Gaurds, Gaurds By T. Prachett. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-reading-right-now/201323/102 "2003-09-18T15:47:46Z")
Just read Traci Lords autobiography. i forget the title, but its good. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-reading-right-now/201323/103 "2003-09-18T15:49:13Z")
Underneath it All. ---
**Author:** ![jcg20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jcg20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcg20)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-reading-right-now/201323/104 "2003-09-18T17:12:26Z")
August/September reading material: **Pattern Recognition** (Wiliam Gibson) begat **Mona Lisa Overdrive** (also Gibson) begat **Schlachthof fünf** (Vonnegut) begat **The Davinci Code** (Dan Brown) begat **The Beach** (Garland) and now I’m on **Signal to Noise** (Eric Nylund). whew. On a side note, I seemed to have forgotten how much good info I used to get off of the people here…glad to be back. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-reading-right-now/201323/105 "2003-09-18T17:30:27Z")
I just finished reading all four books of King’s Dark Tower series, in preparation for the fifth coming out in November. Good stuff, that. Currently reading _Blindness_ by Jose Saramago. I’ve read two of Saramago’s books previously, and while he’s not the easiest read in the world, his stories are always worth the extra effort. So far, _Blindness_ is no exception. It’s almost like the first part of _The Stand_, but without the Armageddon/good vs. evil/religious overtones, and with better characterization and (I’ll probably get flamed for this) better writing in general. Next up is most likely _The Eyre Affair_ by Jasper Fforde. I have to have that read by the first week of October for a sci-fi book club I recently joined… and it looks like a fun book anyway. ---
**Author:** ![statheist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@statheist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statheist)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-reading-right-now/201323/106 "2003-09-18T17:38:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Avalonian \* > \*\*…and with better characterization and (I’ll probably get flamed for this) better writing in general. > \*\* If you get flamed for calling Jose Saramago a better writer than Stephen King, something is seriously wrong. Personal preference, sure, some may like King better, but a better writer _in general?_ No way! ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-reading-right-now/201323/107 "2003-09-18T17:54:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by statheist \* > \*\*If you get flamed for calling Jose Saramago a better writer than Stephen King, something is seriously wrong. Personal preference, sure, some may like King better, but a better writer _in general?_ No way! \*\* I agree, but _The Stand_ is many people’s favorite King book. To suggest that someone could take a similar concept and do it better might be sacrilege to some… not to me, but hey. ---
**Author:** ![statheist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@statheist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statheist)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-reading-right-now/201323/108 "2003-09-18T18:22:57Z")
It’s definitely _my_ favorite King book. I meant no disrespect to King; I love most of his books (none of the recent ones, unfortunately) but to put him on the same level as a Nobel Prize winner would be a stretch, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-reading-right-now/201323/109 "2003-09-18T19:02:37Z")
Working on _The Order of the Phoenix_ (Harry Potter #5) for the first time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-book-are-you-reading-right-now/201323.md?page=5)