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09-01-2003, 07:53 PM
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Location: Nowhere special
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I don't normally read to many books (actually almost none) but when i read choke from chuck palahniuk that made him my new favorite
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09-01-2003, 09:17 PM
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Location: Orange County, California
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09-01-2003, 09:35 PM
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Location: Beeeeeautiful Bel Air, MD
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Michael Crichton is still my favorite.
However, Jeff Shaara is quickly speeding towards the front the more times I read his stuff.
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09-01-2003, 09:59 PM
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I used to be a fan of the Enders Game series, but I think that with time the quality started going down. I think that Xenocide was the first stinker, and can't remember was came next, I'm not sure I finished that one. When did Card write Ender's Shadow? I read that a while back and was entertained, but not blown away.
I read a lot of Tom Clancy. I don't know, though, if my interest in his books has declined with my age and maturity, or if his talent is drying up. The Hunt For Red October and Without Remorse were awesome, but the Bear and The Dragon was like reading a Steven Segal movie- the good guys never even get dirty. I just picked up his newest book and I'll withhold judgement until I finish it. Does anybody else feel the same way? |
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09-03-2003, 09:39 PM
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Damn, I think I might have killed this thread. It was cruising along, and then, bam! nothing.
OK, lets forget about Clancy and Card- has anybody read any good political or autobiographical book? If I'm going to read, then I might as well try to get smarter. |
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09-04-2003, 05:19 AM
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is Nucking Futs!
Location: On the edge of sanity
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Conan The Barbarian - Robert E. Howard (orignal stories, not the pastiches)
Discworld - Terry Pratchett Foundation Trilogy - Isaac Asimov HitchHiker's Guide - Douglas Adams Xanth Series - Piers Anthony Riverworld - Philip Jose Farmer Anything by Heinlein
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09-05-2003, 04:59 AM
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Location: Seattle
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One things I love about this is that books are too inumerable to list and too many great ones have come and gone -
Joseph Heller - Catch 22 It is the greatest piece of humor I have ever read. So black and so telling. In years past I kept a half dozen copies all over my home so I could pick one up anywhere and begin reading. Homer - The Odyssey, The Illiad I have a thing for the classics. And nothing is more classic than the great works of The Greek. William Gibson - Neuromaner et al. I am an avid fan of true Cyberpunk. Neuromancer spearheaded a genre and captured the imagination of millions. Every 'computers and people' Matrix type movie owes everything to Gibson. Lau Tsu - Tao Te Ching Supremely interesting. But never read just a single tranlation. It's best to read a number of translations simultaneously and compare the chapters. Shea and Wilson - The Illuminatus Trilogy Can you say paranoia? Also started me on a life long obsession with learning more about John Dillinger. Wei Hui - Shanghai Baby Just something I picked up at the library earlier this year. A tour de force for a young and modern writer. Tristan Egolf - Lord of the Barnyard More or less the same but I picked it up a few years ago. It's a bit massogonistic but the writing is amazing. Herman Wouk - City Boy, The Hope, etc. Herman Wouk came to me by way of Jimmy Buffett and 'Don't Stop the Carnival'. I've read a half dozen of his books now, and they're prime. William Shakespear - He wrote a couple... The incomparable bard. Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide A sense of humor matched by none. His passing still saddens me. John Brunner - Stand on Zanzibar Written in the late 60's with a twisting and serpentine manner never before and never again captured, Brunner played with so much in this. Skipping conventions of typography, the format of the novel, the rigors of linear plot. His books stars the future and not the multitude of characters who inhabit it. Sadly, I think every day how his predictions are coming to fruition.
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09-05-2003, 12:03 PM
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Location: Adrift In Madness
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I'll toss my vote in for Martin's "A song of Ice and Fire" series. One of the best I've ever read.
I also enjoyed the "Wheel of Time" series as well as "The Sword of Truth", but they don't hold a candle to Martin.
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09-07-2003, 08:07 PM
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Location: Unfortunately Houston, TX
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fav author: Easily Neal Stephenson
fav book: Snowcrash Fav Series: Lord of the Rings trilogy or the Grand Admiral Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn... GREAT books
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09-10-2003, 12:30 PM
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Sarge of Blood Gulch Red Outpost Number One
Location: On the front lines against our very enemy
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The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
Star Wars: The New Jedi Order - Multiple Authors
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09-10-2003, 07:47 PM
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Location: Home.
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Jaqueline Carey- the Kushiel's trilogy
Melanie Rawn- The Dragon Prince and Dragon Star trilogies another vote for Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series
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09-24-2003, 09:18 AM
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Location: courtin in the kitchen
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Margret Wise and Tracy Hickman Mercedes Lackey David Gemmel Terry Brooks Stephen Donaldson Despite everyone's arguments over this or that argument about what fantasy author is this and that, I don't care, these are the ones that entertain me.
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09-24-2003, 05:09 PM
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Location: Seattle
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I just recently stumbled on this one and haven't read but a third of it.
Hughart, Barry: The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox Humorous tales of a China that never was. Every page has elicited laughter, shock, or disgust. Really great stuff.
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10-06-2003, 09:56 AM
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Series i would recommend:
George R.R. Martin: Song of Ice and Fire. Robin Hobb: Farseer Trilogy Robin Hobb: Liveship Traders Robin Hobb: Tawny Man All in the same universe, and all stunningly good. Stephen R. Donaldson: Gap Series Dan Simmons: Hyperion Cantos Dan Simmons: Illium (first book in a series that has a LOT of potential) |
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10-06-2003, 07:20 PM
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Location: Minnesota
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"The Last Promise" by Richard Paul Evans (I really suggest this to women, especially! It's a great read.)
ANY of Maeve Binchy's books are absolutely fabulous. She is one of the best authors out there. She really draws you into the story. Also, for women again, Judy Blume has a great book called "Summer Sisters". I'm not one to read books over but I've read this one 3 times. It's another great read. |
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10-06-2003, 10:03 PM
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Location: missouri
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Glen cook, The Black Company, best damn fantasy mercs in any world
Steven brust, Vlad Taltos, best damn fantasy assasin in any world Thieves world anthologies, the best fantasy city in any world...
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07-16-2004, 05:56 AM
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Oh man, you guys kick ass.....
Yes. George Martin. Robert Jordan... well... I'll be less pissed off with him when he FUCKING FINISHES THE SERIES. Don't get me wrong, love 'em, but they're dragging more than a little. Herman Hesse. Roger Zelazny. David Eddings (though he is kind of a one trick pony). I liked the Incarnations of Immortality series by Piers Anthony. Heinlein. The Black Company Series. I've rambled enough, and could keep going, but it's always a pleasure to see so many people with good taste in recreational literature. |
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07-16-2004, 09:38 AM
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Many fabulous authors and books/series mentioned in this thread - it's nice to see another P.G. Wodehouse fan! I have read most everything he wrote - he was one of the most entertaining authors of all times. Have you ever read the short stories by Saki (H.H. Munro)? He sometimes reminds me of a dark Wodehouse - very witty as well. |
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07-16-2004, 10:56 AM
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Holy Knight of The Alliance
Location: Stormwind, The Eastern Kingdoms, Azeroth
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Well, I'd have to say it's a multi-way tie for authors: J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, and Richard A. Knaak. Favorite book series is a three-way tie as well, between Dragonlance, Lord Of The Rings and Harry Potter.
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07-18-2004, 03:11 PM
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beauty in the breakdown
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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Author? Probably Hemingway. I love his simple, powerful prose style.
Series? If you consider Lord of the Rings a series, that would be it. For a combination of author and series, it would be either Tolkien or Arthur C. Clarke for the whole 2001 series.
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07-18-2004, 03:38 PM
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Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
Location: right here of course
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-> G.K. Chesterton
-> Sherlock Holmes Stories -> Walter Gibson and the original Shadow pulp magazine Serials. I can overlook the abysmal years from 1946-1948 when Bruce Elliott butchered the character and virtually ensured the magazine went out of business even with Walter returning to writing.
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