So, whatcha reading?

[Donkey Hoatie]

Currently about halfway through this, and it's fascinating. No mention of Mego anywhere in it, but still well worth reading if you're a Marvel fan:

http://www.amazon.com/Marvel-Comics-The-Untold-Story/dp/0061992100/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351519648&sr=8-1&keywords=marvel+history

Next up is this one:

http://www.amazon.com/No-Easy-Day-Firsthand-Account/dp/0525953728/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1351519776&sr=1-1&keywords=no+easy+day

I try to average at least a book per week, but I find that I drag when I'm reading nonfiction. After these two, I'll have to get back on the fiction train for a few weeks.

[Gorn Captain]

I'm a Dean Koontz addict, I have all of his books.
Twilight Eyes was actually my first Koontz book, and I was hooked.

These last few years, I feel his writing is not his best. His worst were when his beloved dog Trixie died. That hit him hard, and he wrote a book about Trixie. I guess it affected his writing.
His last one, in the ghost house, I have to admit was not good at all.

But then again, he wrote 40 books that I did like...

[torgospizza]

I'm currently re-reading Bald Knobbers: Vigilantes on the Ozark Frontier by Mary Hartman and Elmo Ingenthron. A bit tough to keep track of all the people involved, but it's an interesting look at a period of our history about which little is known. I was reading Lin Carter's Thongor Fights the Pirates of Tarakus, but got kind of bored with it. I think next up is Brad Snyder's A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports.

[MIB41]

I just finished reading Peter Criss' new book. I'm fairly blown away. That was about as honest as it gets.

[jwyblejr]

I don't read much unless it's toy related. The last real book I read was all the books in The Hitchhiker Guide series.

[mikeoz]

I read pretty much every night before going to sleep. Right now, I'm reading Skeleton Coast by Clive Cussler. His books books all have similar settings and plots, but I do enjoy reading them.

[Splitty]

I'm reading a Mego Museum thread...

[johnnystorm]

Came across a series of books by a man named Mel Starr, about a medieval era surgeon who solves mysteries. Wasn't expecting much, but found it pretty enjoyable, and historically accurate. I'd recommend checking it out if you have an interest in such things. I've read the first two and I'm on book #3 'A Trail of Ink'. They do need to be read in order as they progress the life of Hugh de Singleton Surgeon.

http://melstarr.net/home.html

[Brazoo]

I'm halfway through "The Neon Bible" by John Kennedy Toole.

John Kennedy Toole is the author who wrote "A Confederacy of Dunces", he took his own life after struggling to try and get that novel published. His mother pursued his dream for eleven years - and when she finally got it published it ended up winning the Pulitzer. Now it's considered an American classic.

If you haven't read it, "Confederacy of Dunces" is one of the funniest books I've ever read - I'd put it up there with "Catch-22" and "Hitchhiker's Guide...", "The Neon Bible" is a totally different tone - very sombre - I was mostly interested out of curiosity because this is the only other novel Toole left behind and he was only 16 when he wrote it. So far, it's extremely impressive - especially for a kid!

[Brad]

The autobiography of Albert Speer.

[boss]

what's the name of that? I may have to ask for it for Christmas.

I just finished reading Peter Criss' new book. I'm fairly blown away. That was about as honest as it gets.

[megoapesnut]

I'm a Dean Koontz addict, I have all of his books.
Twilight Eyes was actually my first Koontz book, and I was hooked.

These last few years, I feel his writing is not his best. His worst were when his beloved dog Trixie died. That hit him hard, and he wrote a book about Trixie. I guess it affected his writing.
His last one, in the ghost house, I have to admit was not good at all.

But then again, he wrote 40 books that I did like...

Wow, we must be related. I couldn't have put it better. His peak was in the 80's - 90's when he put out Midnight, Lighting, Strangers, Watchers, Phantoms, Dark Rivers of the Heart, and my favorite by far, Twilight Eyes. I also loved The Funhouse. Don't get me wrong, I will buy any book he puts out the day it is published and I will like most of them. However, I do agree that his best works are long in the past.

[Gorn Captain]

Wow, we must be related. I couldn't have put it better. His peak was in the 80's - 90's when he put out Midnight, Lighting, Strangers, Watchers, Phantoms, Dark Rivers of the Heart, and my favorite by far, Twilight Eyes. I also loved The Funhouse. Don't get me wrong, I will buy any book he puts out the day it is published and I will like most of them. However, I do agree that his best works are long in the past.

Indeed, the ones mentioned above are terrific books, his golden years. What Koontz is really good at, is making you care about the characters from page one. Within the first 10-20 pages, you're immediately into the action, the main characters are well-described and you'll like them instantly.
And when he uses kids and dogs, you never groan and go "oh, no, it's Disney time again". Even the dogs get great parts!
What baffles me is that so few of them are made into good movies. Actually, can anybody think of one great Koontz-based movie?

[megoapesnut]

Yeah, he is pretty upset about the movie adaptions of his books. Especially when King has had some great ones. I heard that there was a TV series based on Twilight Eyes in the works a while back. Hot dog, that could have been a GREAT show. Still could. It got scrapped for some reason or another.