So whatcha reading?, Novels, Mags, Comics, etc... Options

[The Metal Mallet]

I'm surprized I haven't noticed a thread for literature so I guess I'll start one up.

So recently, I just finished a novel called "The Alphabet of Manliness" by Maddox. The author goes by his website alias, he's become quite popular in North America, and likely other parts of the world through his website, "The Best Page in the Universe".

It's a very humorous novel if you're into his sense of humor, it has a certain immature taste to it. But I find that hilarious. Overall the novel goes through the 26 letters of the alphabet, each letter representing something manly. For instance, J is for Beef Jerky, or N is for Chuck Norris.

I highly suggest it if you're into immature humor, though it might be hard to get overseas unless you're in the UK, you can get it through Amazon I believe.

[Olav]

Not reading any books at the moment, only popular science mags in bed before sleep.

The last book I read was Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. I like his books, but this was definitely not his best.

My all time favorite books so far are the 4 books about Rama by Arthur C. Clarke. I highly recommend those to anyone who like sci-fi with a high realism factor. I think I've read them 4 times each.

Here are the names if you'd like to search them up (just checked on Amazon, and they're all in stock):

Rendezvous with Rama
Rama II
The Garden of Rama
Rama Revealed

In short it's about a giant space-craft (50x20 km) that enters our solar system one day. That's all I will say, but if this sounds intriguing you'll not be disappointed if you start reading (here is an excerpt from Amazon).

The first book is from 1974 or something, and Arthur C. Clarke is also the author of 2001, 2010, 3001 etc. if you didn't know. He's also a scientist in real life, and he is one of the pioneers who contributed to the use of satellites (can hardly image a world without them now). Thus he has a great understanding of real life physics and space behavior in general, which always makes his books great for realism buffs. 2001 is still the most realistic sci-fi movie to date imho, and even that is from the 70's.

They're also working on the movie about Rama, but I can't imagine how they're going pack that great story into one movie, so I still recommend reading the books. You won't be disappointed!