Why do I get the feeling you're the only one reading these, @?

Q: What kind of books do you read? Any favorites in particular?

I read a lot. Mostly sci-fi and fantasy, though I do read a lot of non-fiction books on history, culture, architecture, crafting, etc.

When I was young it was mostly Heinlein, Asimov, Tolkien, Poe, and Lovecraft. My more current lists lean more to Terry Prachett (Discworld, though I recommend the newer ones over the first few. In my opinion it took a bit for him to hit his stride), Jim Butcher (Dresden Files), David Weber (Empire of Man and Honor Harrington), and a smattering of others.

As for the really old stuff: Morte d'Arthur, the Icelandic Sagas, and a lot of Celtic Myth catches my attention.

I also read comics. I used to be a DC fan back in the 70's-80's, but I fell out of that particular thing in the 90's. I just got *bored* with DC comics in the 90's onwards. Now-a-days, I collect Asterix comics, and Usagi Yojimbo.

Oh, and I have a guilty pleasure: Perry Rhodan. It's an old German sci-fi pulp series that has been published from the 1960's on (comprising of over 3,000 novellas now, I believe). I can't read German, so all I have is the English translations by Wendayne Ackermann (somewhere around 100 issues of the earliest novellas). The stuff's... really pulpy and I can't really say I 'recommend' it, but it fascinates me for some reason.