The written word., Books are good food. ^ ^ Options

[Bryn]

Ok, I know that with: school, PSO, work, PSO, family obligations, & PSO; there isn't a whole lot of time left over for other pursuits. But, since reading for pleasure is one of my passtimes, I'm curious as to whether there are other book worm peeps here, and if so, whats on the current menu?

For those that are interested, my books du jour are:

All Tomorrow's Parties by William Gibson - Future, cyber, coolness.
The Death of Sleep by Anne McCaffrey (and some loser) - Typical Sci-Fi fare.

Oh, and true geek that I am, I consider comic books as literature, so comics count too!

Titles I'm currently picking up:

Marvel's X-Statix (the new incarnation of the now defunct X-Force)
DC's Filth (Grant Morrison )

[Dive]

I used to buy comics on a weekly basis. I had a number of titles that I just had to have every month. These included Uncanny X-Men, X-men, The Inhumans, anything by Frank Miller, Alan Moore, and a few Image and Dark Horse titles. Lately I only pick up a few issues here and there if I have a chance to get to the comic store. Some titles include..

Planetary by Warren Ellis and John Cassidy published by DC/Wildstorm. The so called "Archaeologists of the Impossible", who research strange happenings in their universe. The series in a whole is an homage to all other genres and books. In one issue they travel to "Island Zero" where they encounter huge carcasses of beasts reminiscent of Godzilla, Mothra etc. In a continuing storyline they are investigating the mysterious "Four Voyagers", who traveled to outer space in the 60's and were mutated by radiation there, not unlike the "Fantastic Four". I reccommend this for some great parody and insight into the comic and literary worlds.

Hellblazer created by Alan Moore and Steve Bissette published by DC/Vertigo. This quote from The Ultimate Hellblazer Index sums it up. John Constantine is the most intriguing character in comics today. Created by comics legend Alan Moore in 1985, Constantine is a working-class mage, a thief, a con-artist, former punk, and savior of the known universe. Constantine is by turns a total bastard, a drunk, a trickster, an adrenaline junkie, a womanizer, and sometimes, when no one is looking, a nice guy. He has no superpowers, only a sharp wit, a little bit of magic, and a reputation Alister Crowley would envy.

Birds of Prey originally written by Chuck Dixon published by DC. Another great title that has spun off from Batman. Barbara Gordon was the first Batgirl until she was attacked and shot by the Joker. Today she is known only as Oracle. A high tech wizard who serves as an intelligence contact to Batman, The Justice League and others. Together with Dinah Lance, The Black Canary they form the Birds Of Prey.

There are a few more but I try to get these when I can.