What are you reading?

I read "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman recently. Great book. They did a wonderful job with translating it into a movie.

At the moment, I'm getting into Terry Pratchett books. I've heard him described as doing for Fantasy what Douglas Adams did for Sci-fi. I enjoy his books. The satire is good and the social commentary is great.

Wanting to read another Heinlein book. Any burning suggestions? I've got "Stranger in a Strange Land" read. It's a favorite.

Oh, and Ste, don't bother with Dan Brown. Yech. Walmart-shelf-worthy crap, I say. Writers like Brown destroy the craft. Blech.  I swear to god, some woman sees Jesus in her toast every morning and half the population will revere her, the other half will put her in a straight jacket. I just think Dan Brown saw an opportunity to make a lot of money off of unintelligent people, and he did it. The difficulty of the book is pandered to the jesus-crazed and uneducated. It's borderline manipulation. He made a good business decision, and a poor novel. As a sidenote, my boyfriend disagrees and loved reading the book. Said that Brown wrote a good story just like Crichton and King. They also are Walmart-shelf books. I'm just sayin'. I guess I just value those authors that make you think about life. And Death. I look for something more meaningful than a good story.

Try out some Heinlein (if you haven't). He's a libertarian author. His "Stranger in a Strange Land" was a beautiful social commentary. Gets the brain wheels creaking.