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randar23rhenn · Old school JRPG Joined: 29 Dec 2005 Posts: 2098

well we have a movies thread, why not books?

my favorite authors are:
Orson Scott Card- I actually met him at a sci fi convention+got his autograph on my copy of Ender's Game
Ben Bova- Hard Sci Fi
Iain M. Banks- Sci Fi/Fiction
Clive Barker- Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Horror blend
Isaac Asimov- Sci Fi

i just finished Weaveworld by Clive Barker- fantastic book, his style is amazing

right now i'm working on The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks
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Idin Leis · McCoy fucked me so hard Joined: 19 Oct 2005 Posts: 4627

I don't read books.
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RagePirate · Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:30 am Post subject:

I'm heading out in a minute but I fully support this thread. As I've stated in previous threads, my favorite all-time series is A Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin. An absolute tour de force not just in the fantasy genre but in fiction in general. Stephen King's Dark Tower series is also good if you're looking for an epic series in general.

Anything by Chuck Palahniuk (writer of Fight Club and Choke) is quality. Same goes for Kurt Vonnegut, Chuck Klosterman, Michael Lewis and Stephen Pressfield. All very different writers but all put out consistently quality shit.

I'm currently reading Tom Wolff's Bonfire of the Vanities and Robert Greene's 33 Strategies of War. Both of which I highly recommend based on what I've read. I hate people who claim the Catcher in the Rye is their favorite book of all time. As much as I enjoyed Salinger's magnum opus, it's becoming a very generic answer from the college age generation to cite Catcher as a favorite. But if you do like it, try Tobias Wolf's This Boy's Life. Just as good with the same "angry teenage boy with a quirky life" angle. Except it's all non-fiction.

Anyways, dollar pints call. That should get the ball rolling though.
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J.L.Jones · I'd like to see this Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 2084

Strategos · Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 12:39 pm Post subject: Re: BOOKS

Owozifa · Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject:

Well...

Love Michael Ende, Kenji Miyazawa, and Peter S. Beagle. Probably the best books there in order are The Neverending Story, Night on the Milky Way Railroad, and The Last Unicorn. I think that covers most of my non-cliche favorites from the modern era. Because I love Tolkien too, and not just his LoTR stuff. The Children of Hurin is coming out soon, which is plenty awesome as it's like one of my favorite parts of The Silmarillion even in short summary. Who knew I'd be looking forward to a new Tolkien book ever.

I tend to love a lot of old stuff from mythology to Mark Twain. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court makes me laugh.

I'm hoping to read Dune soon, but we'll see how that goes. Oh, and I just bought a book called "The Moonstone" which looks damn interesting and is one of the first mystery novels ever.

Yeah there's a lot more to say, because I read just about everything. I suppose I could also add what books I don't enjoy. It seems like a lot of people have that one "classic" of literature they just don't like for some reason or other. Mine's everything John Steinbeck ever wrote.

Edit: Just remembered Terry Pratchett does some good stuff. One of my favorites in a while has to be Going Postal.
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RagePirate · Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:18 pm Post subject:

Speaking of classics, a few classics everyone should read are The World According to Garp by John Irving. One of the most engrossing books I've ever read. Also, I'm sure we've all heard about it in a history book at least a few times in high school but it warrants mentioning again since I recently looked over it again. Niccolo Machiavelli is a legend. Specifically The Prince, but all of his works are awesome. His works transcend any sort of time barriers and the language is so easy to understand you can't help but get caught up in what he's saying. I can't recommend either work highly enough.
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randar23rhenn · Old school JRPG Joined: 29 Dec 2005 Posts: 2098

LiQuid! · fasta dan a muddafucka! Joined: 07 Oct 2005 Posts: 9318

I don't really like these kinds of threads because I don't read often enough to actually check out anyone's recommendations, and I don't feel people care enough to read the things I recommend. That said, every time I see a book thread I have to mention Greg Keyes who wrote my favourite fantasy stories, The Waterborn and The Blackgod. It sounds like kind of a tried and true premise, but Keyes knowledge of Anthropology makes for some of the most well realised cultures I've ever read.
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Owozifa · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:48 am Post subject:

Yeah I understand that. It's basically the same for me too, I have such a list as it is and I'm constantly having to read stuff for school so... But I do take things under consideration all the same.
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VsPluckyDuck · Duckslit Joined: 19 Jan 2006 Posts: 1268

I got a copy of a book of Henry James' short stories yesterday. It includes the title story, Daisy Miller. The girl I got it from said it was one of her favourites, so I look forward to reading that.

randar23rhenn · Old school JRPG Joined: 29 Dec 2005 Posts: 2098

anyone else read the warhammer 40k novels at all?

or star wars?

i havent read TOO many warhammer 40k ones, mainly i've just read the Eisenhorn and what's so far of the ravenor series, though i started a couple others

star wars ive read them all up to bloodlines
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Acend · Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 12:09 am Post subject:

I read a ton, right now I'm a big fan of Max Berry and I've always been a huge supporter of Stephen R. Lawhead.
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LiQuid! · fasta dan a muddafucka! Joined: 07 Oct 2005 Posts: 9318

I dunno if I "read Star Wars books," but I did recently discovered a torrent full of them so I started the Thrawn Trilogy (almost done with book 2) and will probably continue reading a lot more of it after that, since it's pretty badass.
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J.L.Jones · I'd like to see this Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 2084

From what I gather from fans, The Star Wars books are pretty good right up until the Yuuzhan Vong series starts.

Thrawn Trilogy being the best.

randar23rhenn · Old school JRPG Joined: 29 Dec 2005 Posts: 2098

^^are those warhammer novels?

if so, 40k or fantasy?

as for the Star Wars series, the Vong series i felt was really good too.. and it still is now
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Owozifa · Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2007 10:19 am Post subject:

I don't really read much branded stuff like that. It comes from there being like 40 million books involved more than anything else, I think.
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randar23rhenn · Old school JRPG Joined: 29 Dec 2005 Posts: 2098

yah its hard to get into them, cause it is hard to know where to start. with star wars though, i read them pretty much as they came, in order. so that rocked.
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VsPluckyDuck · Duckslit Joined: 19 Jan 2006 Posts: 1268

What else? Somebody in IRC tossed an archive file of Animorphs books 1-30. I absolutely peeled through those books back in elementary school. They're pretty fun quick reads.

randar23rhenn · Old school JRPG Joined: 29 Dec 2005 Posts: 2098

i never got into those, when i was in elementary school i was starting the star wars series

i also read the boxcar children series or whatever its called
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