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.

 

Absolutely true! BTW, did you hear about the new one soon? Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil

Man, the the SW EU took a nose dive with the Yuuzhan Vong stuff and went even deeper with the crappy Legacy of the Force. Now there's already the next series...

 

No idea about the older era stuff, though.

Edited September 22, 200916 yr by Purkake

1. Vector Prime was a good book

 

2. The Darth Bane series is, as I Want Teh Kotor 3 said, "epic". Path of Destruction-then Rule of Two-then Dynasty of Evil.

Ovid's Metamorphoses*

*In Latin

 

Ouch. If its anywhere near as bad as the Aenead then thats one of the most painful things imaginable.

Pomposity is pretty well in-built with classical literature, but few if any texts I can think of - the letters of Plinius Secundus included - are quite as horrendous as Aeneid X.

1. Vector Prime was a good book

 

One good-ish book does not redeem 18 other horrible books. There were some OK space battles at least.

 

It still boggles my mind that they managed to kill off Mara Jade, but damn Luke Skywalker is STILL alive.

THANKS ALOT!

 

I am just now reading the Unifying Force, and heard nothing about Mara dying! Crap!

Edited September 23, 200916 yr by kingofsquid

I thought you had read all of them. It's not really that good, though.

 

Jacen is a bit of a bitch and Jaina is super whiny.

 

EDIT: And what was the deal with the Dark Nest trilogy? The writers were smoking some serious crack when they wrote that. The only good thing to come out of that was Alema.

Edited September 23, 200916 yr by Purkake

The Three Investigators.

The Three Investigators.

 

No Snow Crash?

 

I am dissapoint.

Edited September 23, 200916 yr by Purkake

I was going to say Snow Crash but that's already been mentioned by someone else.

I think I already hated on it before as well. Oh well.

 

Patrick Rothfus' "The Name Of The Wind" is supposedly good. I might eventually read it.

I thought you had read all of them. It's not really that good, though.

 

Jacen is a bit of a bitch and Jaina is super whiny.

 

EDIT: And what was the deal with the Dark Nest trilogy? The writers were smoking some serious crack when they wrote that. The only good thing to come out of that was Alema.

 

You mean Alema Rar? Jaina's wingmate?

 

I really have only read VP, Dark Tide 1/2 and Star by Star which POd me because (read at your own risk)

Anakin dies.

 

I thought you had read all of them. It's not really that good, though.

 

Jacen is a bit of a bitch and Jaina is super whiny.

 

EDIT: And what was the deal with the Dark Nest trilogy? The writers were smoking some serious crack when they wrote that. The only good thing to come out of that was Alema.

 

You mean Alema Rar? Jaina's wingmate?

 

I really have only read VP, Dark Tide 1/2 and Star by Star which POd me because (read at your own risk)

Anakin dies.

 

 

I thought you were reading the Legacy of the Force.

 

Yes, that Alema. The Dark Nest trilogy comes after the Unifying Force and does all sorts of weird stuff.

 

It's a good thing that he died, he was like the king of whine, even compared to Jaina later.

The Three Investigators.

 

That brings up memories...

Or that Psycho was kind of an enjoyable movie.

 

I didn't like Psycho.

 

My grandmother showed it to me when I was 8.

Or that Psycho was kind of an enjoyable movie.

 

I didn't like Psycho.

 

My grandmother showed it to me when I was 8.

 

Was she a psycho?

 

Or that Psycho was kind of an enjoyable movie.

 

I didn't like Psycho.

 

My grandmother showed it to me when I was 8.

 

Do you live with her in a creepy motel?

My grandmother showed it to me when I was 8.

This explains so much

Or that Psycho was kind of an enjoyable movie.

 

I didn't like Psycho.

 

My grandmother showed it to me when I was 8.

 

Was she a psycho?

 

 

Never seen that smilie before.

LotR series was awesome. Tolkien is a little long winded at times but over all great.