I agree. I've been reading The Hunt For Red October for the last hour. Good book :)

I used to devour books. Way back from when I was a teenager, if I really got into a book, I'd have it read in a night. Now I buy books by my favorite authors and they sit. I end up reading them piecemeal while waiting at appts. and the like. I'm looking forward to a couple of camping vacations (away from the pc) this summer. I'll get to catch up on my reading.

If PK doesn't want it, then pick a charity and donate it --

I can't stand not reading. Now that its hot weather here I disappear every afternoon I can for an hour in my pool, floating around reading a book.

Of course I also end up staying up half the night engrossed in them as well, after I put the computer down...

I read a kids book today called Holes -- the one they based the movie on, and damn was it good...

I'm also reading The Power of One, and I picked up The Sexual Life of Catherine M at the airport this week.

I got into Tom Clancy last spring. I was working weekends, and they were slow as hell. On top of that, I had no internet for a month and me and my girlfriend had split up for three month. Needless to say, I had a lot of spare time on my hands.

I read one of the Netforce books and then when I saw the previews for The Sum of All Fears, I decided to read the book (which was so much better than the movie). After I read it, I realized it was part of a huge series. I've read almost all of Jack Ryan series completely out of order. I still have Red Storm Rising, Clear and Present Danger and the last 80 pages of Hunt For Red October.

I've also read Without Remorse (fucked up book), Rainbow Six and a few of the Netforce and Power Plays books.

I can't decide if I like Clancy or Arthur C Clarke better.

I'm horrible like that too. I read The Firm from start to finish in one night about 6 years ago. I've done the same for several Arthur C Clarke books. It'll be like 3 am and I'll tell myself "next chapter, i'll put it down" and then it'll change to "ok, on page 400, i'll put it down", and i never end up putting it down.

Five whole dollars :)

SpaceAce

Get Debt of Honor --- I don't think I moved for two days when I started that one --

I think I'll give the $5 to Ernie from http://www.ernieshouseofwhoopass.com/ for his next Let's Bring 'Em Home drive.

I've been considering reading Holes, myself. I saw it at the bookstore recently when I picked up "Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People".

SpaceAce

I love that one. I had read The Bear and The Dragon before I read Debt of Honor, so I knew how it ended, but I was still amazed. It's a fucked up ending.

Come to think of it, I may have read Executive Orders first too.

Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star" is the second best science fiction short story of all time in my opinion. I also loved 2001: A Space Odyssey.

SpaceAce

I can't remember if I've read The Star or not. I have a huge book of his short stories. What's it about?

2010 is an insane book. So are 2001 and 2061. 3001 wasn't so good, but good enough.

If you're looking for a real good read, check out the Rama series. I read those back in Grade 9 and I'm dying to read them again once I finish Clancy's Jack Ryan series.

It's sort of hard to describe the premise of the story. It involves an exploration team that has descovered the remains of an alien civilization on another planet and ends with an extremely powerful religious revelation.

Edit: I meant 2001: A Space Odyssey, not 2010.

SpaceAce

I liked 2001, but I liked 2010 better. The concept of life on Europa was really cool.

I just read The Star ( http://www.geocities.com/su_englit/clarke_star.html ). Really good story!

Interesting site.

SpaceAce

Holes rocks, its quite a page turner. I also read a really strange but good book that someone brought me after my surgery called Plainsong.