kingofsquid Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Mine would have to be the young adult novel series by Rick Riordan. Percy Jackson and the Olympians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purkake Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Wheel of Time? *runs away* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsquid Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 O......k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purkake Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 (edited) It's by no means a literary classic, but as a series it's pretty epic. Once I'm finished with that it's Song of Ice and Fire time. Edited September 19, 2009 by Purkake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsquid Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 Eragon series ain't bad either, nor is Darth Bane, nor is Halo.....the list goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadly_Nightshade Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 I might post more later but here are just a few titles for Mr.Squid to look into: The Divine Comedy Goethe's Faust The Lord of the Rings The Hobbit Dracula Ovid's Metamorphoses* The Historian Tennyson's Gift Going Loco Carmilla ... *In Latin "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsquid Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 Any....Mythology (greek) in there? I have a college reading level and I could read the Oddessy if I wanted to, I tried, couldn't get into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 For Fiction (in no particular order): Blood Meridian Cormac McCarthy Moby **** Herman Mellville The Sea Wolf Jack London Animal Farm George Orwell The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck The Killer Angels Michael Sharra Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolls Ernest Hemingway Shogun James Clavell Fields of Fire James Webb The Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien Dune (series) Frank Herbert (and sons and others) To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand The Man Who Would Be King Kipling I could go on. Nonfiction: Too many to even start but my all time favorite has to be The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz and The Journals of Lewis and Clark "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadly_Nightshade Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Well, Ovid's Metamorphoses has some myths (albeit the Roman versions). "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth InSidious Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Asking if "there's any mythology" in Metamorphoses is sort of like asking if you can put water in a bath. This particularly rapid, unintelligible patter isn't generally heard, and if it is, it doesn't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofsquid Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 Well, I never heard of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purkake Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 No 1984 Deadly_Nightshade? I'm disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Favorite book is Master and Margarita by Bulgakov, but for a series I would have to give a nod to Bernard Cornwell's epic Richard Sharpe series. I should re-read Master and Margarita though, been a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadly_Nightshade Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 No 1984 Deadly_Nightshade? I'm disappointed. Opps, I did forget 1984, and Animal Farm for that matter, although in my defense it was far from a complete list. Still... "Geez. It's like we lost some sort of bet and ended up saddled with a bunch of terrible new posters on this forum." -Hurlshot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purkake Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Favorite book is Master and Margarita by Bulgakov, but for a series I would have to give a nod to Bernard Cornwell's epic Richard Sharpe series. I should re-read Master and Margarita though, been a few years. The Russian mini-series is really awesome as well. It's probably pretty hard to get a hold of in the US, though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I want teh kotor 3 Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Bane is epic, so's Drizzt (though last time I mentioned it here I started an argument, much like always). Same goes for the Elminster books (though to a lesser extent). Most of the FR stuff is good, although some is absolute crap. Harry Potter, it goes without saying, is pure epic win, distilled into book form, though I might be slightly biased towards it, because I grew up with it, and by that I mean Sorcerer's Stone was the first full "book" I ever read. In terms of "literature," with themes and all that crap, Kurt Vonnegut's good. Most Biritsh litterature is absolute crap, with the exceptions being LOTR (aka the greatest book ever) and Dracula. Of course, this is the greatest book ever written. I might post more later but here are just a few titles for Mr.Squid to look into:The Divine Comedy Goethe's Faust The Lord of the Rings The Hobbit Dracula The Historian Good stuff. Ovid's Metamorphoses**In Latin Ouch. If its anywhere near as bad as the Aenead then thats one of the most painful things imaginable. In 7th grade, I teach the students how Chuck Norris took down the Roman Empire, so it is good that you are starting early on this curriculum. R.I.P. KOTOR 2003-2008 KILLED BY THOSE GREEDY MONEY-HOARDING ************* AND THEIR *****-*** MMOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shryke Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Harry Potter, it goes without saying, is pure epic win, distilled into book form oh man i lol'd so hard when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Harry Potter, it goes without saying, is pure epic win, distilled into book form oh man i lol'd so hard Because he is right? He grew up reading them, they are wonderful books, I don't know where you feel the need to be patronizing there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 (edited) Mmm...not sure I have all-time favorites anymore. But I loved some of the books already mentioned, like Shogun, 1984, Killer Angels. I also love Sherlock Holmes, Clan of the Cave Bear, Stephen King's The Stand, Koontz's Watchers & Lightning, Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay, Feist's (original trilogy) Magician series, Alan Dean Foster's Flinx series, and on and on. These days I typically prefer short story collections, any genre, ever since I rebelled away from the endless series syndrome. I love a good short story/short novella...and I love authors that focus on them more than on full length novels. Too bad they can be hard to find these days. In terms of sci-fi, I recently read Old Man's War by John Scalzi. I was surprised by it. Not my usual preferred writing style, but I loved it. I'd easily put it on the 'fave sci-fi novels' shelf. The sequel wasn't as good, but the 3rd book was closer. Edited September 20, 2009 by LadyCrimson “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelverin Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Ian Fleming Bond series Casino Royale (1953) Live and Let Die (1954) Moonraker (1955) Diamonds Are Forever (1956) From Russia with Love (1957) Dr. No (1958) Goldfinger (1959) For Your Eyes Only (1960) Thunderball (1961) The Spy Who Loved Me (1962) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963) You Only Live Twice (1964) The Man with the Golden Gun (1965) Octopussy and The Living Daylights (1966) My personal Favorite J1 Visa Southern California Cleaning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoonDing Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 (edited) Fantasy: The Fionavar Tapestry & Tigana (Guy Gavriel Kay), Lord of the Rings & Silmarillion (JRRT), Earthsea Series (Ursula Le Guin). To a lesser extent: Michael Moorkock, Feist's early works, Robert Jordan's first 6 Wheel of Time books. And oh, Jacqueline Carey & Elizabeth Haydon's books. Sci-fi: Dune by Frank Herbert, Hyperion cycle by Dan Simmons. For the rest, mostly Stephen King books. Edited September 20, 2009 by virumor The ending of the words is ALMSIVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theseus Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 Enders Game - I can really connect with the main character, this novel is very heart driven to me. Platos Dialogs- To understand the Greeks is to understand Western Civilization. The Sorrow of Young Werther - I had a break up with a girl after a 9 year relationship. This book is exactly what i needed Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - This is just a fun sci fi book with a lot of philosophical ideas inside Snow Crash - Another fun Sci Fi book, with heavy overtones of religion and bad ass characters. The Diamond Age - An interesting Sci Fi about a poor girl getting a ideal education through a special book that makes her into someone great Wicked: Life and Times of The Wicked Witch of the West - This gem paints a different sensitive portrait of the wicked witch, humanizing. Faust: Part 2 - Goethes 2nd installment of a man going through a middle age crisis. Brave New World - 1984 was excellent but i like the message this one brings more about how an age of science wont necessarily bring peace. Lolita - Art. This novel is beautifully twisted, disturbingly stunning. If you guys think you might know something that i might like from looking at that list let me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purkake Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 (edited) I still hate Snow Crash. Every time I see the name I think of neuro-linguistic programming and ancient Babylon and regret ever laying my eyes on the book. Altered Carbon was much better. Edited September 20, 2009 by Purkake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoonDing Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 The Sorrow of Young Werther - I had a break up with a girl after a 9 year relationship. This book is exactly what i needed Indeed... certainly one of my favourites as well. I didn't mention it because I didn't want to be remembered of the many times I've been dumped. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purkake Posted September 20, 2009 Share Posted September 20, 2009 (edited) Didn't young Werther kill himself? Awesome inspiration indeed... In unrelated news the next Wheel of Time book, The Gathering Storm is coming out in about a month. Edited September 20, 2009 by Purkake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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