kumquatq3 Posted March 8, 2005 Posted March 8, 2005 If anyone has read it, thoughts? Anyways, some of my favs, in no particular order: Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, Lullaby) Bill Bryson (In a Sunburned Country, A Walk in the Woods, A Short History of Nearly Everything*) Daniel Quinn (Ishmael, The Story of B) Ernest Hemingway (For Whom the Bell Tolls) Richard Dawkins (The Selfish Gene) basically, I'm hitting people up for recommendations. (Yes Phos, still getting around to "The Hitchhickers Guide to the Galaxy". I know, I'm a bad man)
draakh_kimera Posted March 8, 2005 Posted March 8, 2005 Some favourites: Fjodor Dostojevkij (current fave author!), author to some of the best dialogue I have ever read!: Crime and Punishment The Idiot (The Brothers Karamazov) Isabel Allende: The House of the Spirits Paula (There's more, can't remember...) John Steinbeck: Of Mice and Men In Dubious Battle Yann Martel(?): Life of Pi Hemingway: The Old man and the Sea A Farewell to Arms J.M. Coetzee: Waiting for the Barbarians Salman Rushdie: The Ground Beneath Her Feet ...I read a lot...
Oerwinde Posted March 8, 2005 Posted March 8, 2005 Hrmm, My favorite series so far is George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire, I've also quite enjoyed Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, and the Harry Potter books are surprisingly good. The Jack McKinney Robotech novels are what got me into books. The Margaret Weis/Tracy Hickman Darksword trilogy and various Dragonlance books have been good. I don't read much other than fantasy. The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity.
Stephen Amber Posted March 8, 2005 Posted March 8, 2005 Lord Dunsany: King of Elfland's Daughter Clark Ashton Smith: Zothique cycle... and numerous other short stories, such as City of the Singing Flame.
Kaftan Barlast Posted March 8, 2005 Posted March 8, 2005 Ive said it before and Ill say it again: I cant read. In fact, I have no idea what you're typing, and much less what kind of message if any Im succeeding to bring forth by my random klicking of keys. That any coherence is achieved at all is simply by a stroke of increadibly unprobable luck. In a manner similar to this I read, or I think I read, JM Coetzee's "Disgrace" which has some remarkable writing. DISCLAIMER: Do not take what I write seriously unless it is clearly and in no uncertain terms, declared by me to be meant in a serious and non-humoristic manner. If there is no clear indication, asume the post is written in jest. This notification is meant very seriously and its purpouse is to avoid misunderstandings and the consequences thereof. Furthermore; I can not be held accountable for anything I write on these forums since the idea of taking serious responsability for my unserious actions, is an oxymoron in itself. Important: as the following sentence contains many naughty words I warn you not to read it under any circumstances; botty, knickers, wee, erogenous zone, psychiatrist, clitoris, stockings, bosom, poetry reading, dentist, fellatio and the department of agriculture. "I suppose outright stupidity and complete lack of taste could also be considered points of view. "
TentamusDarkblade Posted March 8, 2005 Posted March 8, 2005 Greg Rucka's Atticus Kodiak Series Matt Reilly's Scarecrow series China Meiville's Rat King and New Corbuzon series Patricia Bray's Sword of Truth series Frank Herbert's Dune series Scott McLeod's Understanding comic books
mr insomniac Posted March 8, 2005 Posted March 8, 2005 Anything by Guy Gavriel Kay, but most especially the Fionavar Tapestry trilogy. I took this job because I thought you were just a legend. Just a story. A story to scare little kids. But you're the real deal. The demon who dares to challenge God. So what the hell do you want? Don't seem to me like you're out to make this stinkin' world a better place. Why you gotta kill all my men? Why you gotta kill me? Nothing personal. It's just revenge.
kumquatq3 Posted March 8, 2005 Author Posted March 8, 2005 I'm not sure how, given the forum I'm in, but I'm surprised there seems to be alot of fantasy fans. I'm more of a non-fiction, phisophical, or fiction along the lines of Fight Club or For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Kor Qel Droma Posted March 8, 2005 Posted March 8, 2005 reading is fun!! I think the last book I finished was Stephen Kings' the Dark Tower. And Vincent Bugliousis' Helter Skelter was one of my favorites. Oh and some Irvine Welsh as well. I remember reading the old Dragonlance series back in grade eight. Go Raistlin!!! Jaguars4ever is still alive. No word of a lie.
Phosphor Posted March 8, 2005 Posted March 8, 2005 Lord Dunsany: King of Elfland's Daughter Clark Ashton Smith: Zothique cycle... and numerous other short stories, such as City of the Singing Flame. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I must commend you on your excellent taste in literature!
Gromnir Posted March 8, 2005 Posted March 8, 2005 novels "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
Kor Qel Droma Posted March 8, 2005 Posted March 8, 2005 p.s. "The Dark Knight Returns," by f. miller stands up well as literature. That is my all time favorite comic!!! Jaguars4ever is still alive. No word of a lie.
Rosbjerg Posted March 8, 2005 Posted March 8, 2005 I have a bunch of friends who are dropping books offhere all the time, they are all addicted I guess! so it's hard for me to remember them all, let alone mention them! I just read Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, which was actually, to my suprise, quite a good read! some of the conclusions are rahter far-fetched from time to time, but with a good deal of suspended belief, it's a fine book! but one of my all-time favorites must be James Joyce's Ulysses! and two books from a Danish author .. Carsten Jensen - Jeg har set verden begynde (I witnessed the beginning of the world) and - Jeg har h Fortune favors the bald.
Stephen Amber Posted March 9, 2005 Posted March 9, 2005 Lord Dunsany: King of Elfland's Daughter Clark Ashton Smith: Zothique cycle... and numerous other short stories, such as City of the Singing Flame. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I must commend you on your excellent taste in literature! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thx Most of the Smith/Dunsany stuff has been out of print and hard to come by, though over the last few years a handfull of small publishers have brought back most of Smith's major works(including a nice volume of poetry), if you can find their obscure websites... I think someone re-released Dunsany's Jorkens, and that will likely be the next work I will persue. In sci-fi I like Aasimov and AC Clarke.
213374U Posted March 9, 2005 Posted March 9, 2005 In no particular order: [*]Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers [*]Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game [*]George Orwell's 1984 [*]Valerio Massimo Manfredi's Al - When he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.
Diogo Ribeiro Posted March 9, 2005 Posted March 9, 2005 Some out of my hazy memory: William Gibson, "Neuromancer", "Mona Lisa Overdrive" J. G. Ballard, "Crash", "The Atrocity Exhibition", "High Rise" Jos
Volourn Posted March 9, 2005 Posted March 9, 2005 Stephen King. Most of his books that I've read are awesome most notably The Stand. DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250.
><FISH'> Posted March 9, 2005 Posted March 9, 2005 ''mister monday'' and ''grim tuesday'' by garth nixx the ultimate fantasy book (more for children than adults) i remember reading ''koko'' the other day by peter straub....i read a ''love scene'' part and i am now scarred for life.
Laozi Posted March 9, 2005 Posted March 9, 2005 Homage to Cantalonia- George Orwell For Whom the Bell Tolls- Ernest Hemingway 100 Short Stories- Ernest Hemingway Love is a One Eye Dog From Hell by Charles Bukowski The Rum Diaries by Hunter S. Thompson Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller The Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy Narby Journey to the End of the Night by Celine, probaly my favorite book Franny And Zooey/ The Catcher in the Rye both by Salinger, also maybe my favorite Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman J.R.R. Tolkien and I'm sure that theres alot more People laugh when I say that I think a jellyfish is one of the most beautiful things in the world. What they don't understand is, I mean a jellyfish with long, blond hair.
kirottu Posted March 9, 2005 Posted March 9, 2005 Frank Herbert's Dune series <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game <{POST_SNAPBACK}> William Gibson, "Neuromancer", "Mona Lisa Overdrive" <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Neil Gaiman This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time.
Darth Drabek Posted March 9, 2005 Posted March 9, 2005 Tolkien, of course. The Stand, of course. Ender's Game, of course. All true classics. Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern series, Steven King's Dark Tower books, Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy and Liveship Traders trilogy, Terry Brooks' first Shannara trilogy, Elizabeth Haydon's Rhapsody trilogy... hmm I'm noticing a trend here. I also have fond memories of Isaac Asimov's robot novels, epecially the Elijah Baley detective stories. Fight Club has been mentioned, but Survivor is another excellent Chuck Palahniuk novel. Christopher Buckley's Thank You for Smoking was really good, too, if you like heavy doses of sarcasm and irony in your reads. For classics, I liked Hemingway's Green Hills of Africa and The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, even though she gets ripped on a lot. Nonfiction... hmm. I read a book called McCarthy's Bar that was funny and interesting. It's the story of a Brit named Pete McCarthy who wants to get in touch with his Irish roots, so he goes tramping around Ireland following his first rule of travel: If you see a bar with your name on it, stop and have a pint (or five). The problem with college is it forces you to pack all your pleasure reading into three months out of the year. baby, take off your beret everyone's a critic and most people are DJs
Pidesco Posted March 9, 2005 Posted March 9, 2005 John Steinbeck: "Of mice and men", "to a God unknown" Jos "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian tourist I am Dan Quayle of the Romans. I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands. Heja Sverige!! Everyone should cuffawkle more. The wrench is your friend.
Lcaus Scuks Posted March 11, 2005 Posted March 11, 2005 I've just finished reading Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny and I can say that the books 1-5 are (at a literary level) like KotOR 1 and books 6-10 are like KotOR 2; I can't recommend the last 5 books, they are good but they don't have the greatness of the first 5 and the ending is something like KotOR 2's showdown: our hero has to fight with the people who guided and supported him from the beginning and after the battle is over he walks away to his "castle" and that's it, we don't know what happened to the other characters he traveled with we can only imagine. As I suspected, Zelazny wanted to continue the story but Death (LucasArts for ktoor2) had other plans. The story is somewhat reminiscent of Planescape: Torment (one phrase from the first 5 books: "There is a place where the shadows go mad"; no, the shadows aren't alive here and I don't know if these books were an inspiration for Chris) because almost all the main characters can travel from universe to universe by changing the world around them or by using magical items. http://www.bookfinder.us/review8/0380809060.html http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/9923/amber.html http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-...onDate&n=283155 Other recommended books: http://www.fantasyfreaks.org/fantasy/read.html http://www.hpfgu.org.uk/faq/recommended.html http://fan.theonering.net/lasselanta/books/recommend.shtml http://66.193.230.227/~paulcas/favbooks.html
Diogo Ribeiro Posted March 11, 2005 Posted March 11, 2005 Speaking of which I managed to find Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. I promptly bought it, though I'm sure I'll be losing something in the translation from english to portuguese.
LoneWolf16 Posted March 11, 2005 Posted March 11, 2005 Sadly enough...I like several of the books Dean Koontz has done...mainly 'Twilight Eyes', 'Fear Nothing', and 'Seize the Night'. 'Midnight' was good to...though disturbing........the guy's weird, yet, oddly entertaining. 'The Lord Of The Rings' seemed to bog down too much in detail...but still, nice read if you can stomache 10 pages describing a specific event that only lasted for a few seconds. And, lastly, my favorite series of books...fantasy books...a strange series called 'Xanth', written by Piers Anthony...so many, many puns. I had thought that some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, for they imitated humanity so abominably. - Book of Counted Sorrows 'Cause I won't know the man that kills me and I don't know these men I kill but we all wind up on the same side 'cause ain't none of us doin' god's will. - Everlast
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