Book talk.

Dmunster · Post by **Dmunster** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:47 pm

mandalorian2298 wrote:You mean you liked "The Pillars of Creation"? Lucky you!

I started the series at "Pillars, lol. I got it in a stack that was loaned to me and read it first cause its all I had left. Started back at one and am about to finish "Faith of the Fallen". Great series so far. I'll list some of my favs by genre...

Fantasy:

1. A Song of Ice and Fire - George R.R. Martin: Without a doubt, the best fantasy novel series I have ever read. The battle scenes are epic, the plot twists are riveting and the character development is top notch.

2. Sword of Truth - Terry Goodkind: Good read. A very distant second to me though. It seems the same strugle over and over a bit much. Great characters.

3. Chronicles of Amber - Roger Zelazny: Awesome series if a bit dated. A must read for fantasy buffs.

SciFi:

1. Revelation Space - Alistair Reynolds: Awesome space opera written by a theoretical physicist so all the new tech is plausible. Its more of a setting than a series as some of the books in this series are not tied to the main story. The fourth book of the main story is due out this year.

2. Dan Simmons - Hyperion: Another awesome space opera. Well written with alot of plausible ideas for our future. More character driven than Revelation, less idea/new tech driven.

3. Greg Bear - Darwins Radio: Really anything by Greg Bear is worth reading. This is my personal fav of his though. Deals with human evolution in th enear future and distant past. 2 books in the series so far but the door is left open for a third. Optioned by Time-Warner for film rights.

Non-Fiction:

1. 48 Laws of Power/The Art of Seduction - Robert Greene: A must read for anyone wanting to get ahead in life. Pretty much a compilation and distilation of the writings of Machavelli, Balthazar Gratian, Sun Tzu, Cesare Borgia, Henry Kissinger, even P.T. Barnum.

2. Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond: Basically a book about human history and why some civilations rise to power and othetrs dont. Although I disagree with some of the theories presented I still find it to be a must read for all free thinkers.

Im done. Hope this helps someone find a good read.

b.k. barunt · Post by **b.k. barunt** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 2:59 pm

Allright, i would be remiss if i let this thread go by with only a vague reference to comics. Garth Ennis' "Preacher" series is my favorite, closely followed (although most would put this first) by Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" series - btw, for you highbrows, one of the issues (1,000 Cats) actually won the American Short Story Award that year, and had all the writers up in arms for giving it to a comic book. Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" is a classic not to be missed, and of course his recent "Sin City" and "300 Spartans".

qeee1 · Post by **qeee1** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:07 pm

heavycola wrote:I am reading The Wind-up Bird Chronicle at the moment and it is blowing me away every day. I cannot recommend it enough. It is by Haruki Murakami.

Tell me more... what's it about etc.

freezie · Post by **freezie** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:07 pm

The only thing more addicting than Risk, bowling and pool.

The Harry Potter serie.

hecter · Post by **hecter** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:27 pm

Skittles! wrote:Hecter, Hecter, what have you done?

hecter wrote:Wow… this was before I was the Spam king…

btownmeggy · Post by **btownmeggy** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:58 pm

heavycola wrote:I am reading The Wind-up Bird Chronicle at the moment and it is blowing me away every day. I cannot recommend it enough. It is by Haruki Murakami.

Hey, I have that book. I've never read it though. The typeset is so tiny and the first page is so boring.

I also have Norwegian Wood--unread.

Maybe I'll have to give them a go.

cosmin · Post by **cosmin** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:59 pm

For action, drama, war and a bit of black comedy try the books of SWEN HASSEL:

1. LEGION OF THE DAMNED
2. MONTE CASINO
3. BLITZFREEZE
4. WHEELS OF TERROR
5. THE COMISAR
6. O.G.P.U. PRISON
7. REIGN OF HELL
8. LIQUIDATE PARIS
9. S.S. GENERAL
10. COURT MARTIAL
11. OPERATION: GESTAPO
12. MARCH BATALION

They follow the path of WW2 threw the eyes of a couple german soldiers, not believers of the regime, just simple people. Highly recommended!

mandalorian2298 · Post by **mandalorian2298** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:59 pm

Dmunster wrote:
mandalorian2298 wrote:You mean you liked "The Pillars of Creation"? Lucky you!

I started the series at "Pillars, lol. I got it in a stack that was loaned to me and read it first cause its all I had left. Started back at one and am about to finish "Faith of the Fallen". Great series so far. I'll list some of my favs by genre...

You started with Pillars?! :shock:

I am shocked and sad for you (especially since an ever-growing portion of each book is basically re-telling the previous ones :roll:

)

wrightfan123 · Post by **wrightfan123** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 5:11 pm

I've read a couple middle-grade books by some chick named Sue Corbett. They were pretty good. Anyone know her?

hecter · Post by **hecter** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:25 pm

I've been reading Anne Rice lately. I personally really like her.

duday53 · Post by **duday53** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:36 pm

there is a lot of writers i like that are from the U.K like:

alex rider series- anthony horowitz
the power of five(raven's gate and evil star)- anthony horowitz
artemis fowl series- eoin colfer
and of course harry potter- J.K Rowling
and...
children of the red king series- Jenny Nimmo
island, everest, and dive series- Gordon Korman
ender's game-Orson Scott Card

and im not yet in high school so if some books are corny stupid to you remember there is a good chance most of you are older than me

Genghis Khant · Post by **Genghis Khant** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:51 pm

Need something new to read?

Roll a dice.

If you rolled a 2 or a 4 then read The Diceman by Luke Reinhart.

Roll the dice again.

If you rolled a 6 then go out and challenge a total stranger to a best-of-three game of paper-scissors-stone.

pancakemix · Post by **pancakemix** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:58 pm

I personally enjoyed reading "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. That is, if you're into the whole personification of socialist animals.

hecter · Post by **hecter** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:02 pm

I loved Animal Farm. I read that and Lord of the Flies when I was in grade seven. Great books.

P.S. I read more books than that when I was in grade seven. Those were just two of many.

wiggybowler · Post by **wiggybowler** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:23 pm

[quote="freezie"]The only thing more addicting than Risk, bowling and pool.

You said it

alex_white101 · Post by **alex_white101** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:30 pm

i just finished reading a mr men book, about mr grumpy, it was alrite but i prefer mr happy hes cooler

heavycola · Post by **heavycola** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:47 am

btownmeggy wrote:
heavycola wrote:I am reading The Wind-up Bird Chronicle at the moment and it is blowing me away every day. I cannot recommend it enough. It is by Haruki Murakami.

Hey, I have that book. I've never read it though. The typeset is so tiny and the first page is so boring.

I also have Norwegian Wood--unread.

Maybe I'll have to give them a go.

Well i only got to page 5 the first time i tried a year or two back. Honestly though, it's worth it. Haven't read any of hos other stuff, but my Murakami-fan friend says WUBC is his best

Skittles! · Post by **Skittles!** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:09 am

hecter wrote:
Skittles! wrote:Hecter, Hecter, what have you done?

hecter wrote:Wow… this was before I was the Spam king…

I know that, I was just wondering why you turned into the Spam King

Guidocks · Post by **Guidocks** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 6:41 am

i like nearly all the Hercule Poirot books.

hecter · Post by **hecter** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:17 am

Skittles! wrote:
hecter wrote:
Skittles! wrote:Hecter, Hecter, what have you done?

hecter wrote:Wow… this was before I was the Spam king…

I know that, I was just wondering why you turned into the Spam King

It's because I have since gone insane.

Skittles! · Post by **Skittles!** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:19 am

hecter wrote:
Skittles! wrote:
hecter wrote:
Skittles! wrote:Hecter, Hecter, what have you done?

hecter wrote:Wow… this was before I was the Spam king…

I know that, I was just wondering why you turned into the Spam King

It's because I have since gone insane.

It looks I followed then :/

got tonkaed · Post by **got tonkaed** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:24 am

the poirot books are pretty good, i didnt like too much of her other stuff though.

I also think the stories with hastings are in general better than the ones without.

qeee1 · Post by **qeee1** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:39 am

alex_white101 wrote:i just finished reading a mr men book, about mr grumpy, it was alrite but i prefer mr happy hes cooler

I'm a fan of little miss easy. :wink:

ConquererKing · Post by **ConquererKing** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:39 am

Has anyone read the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan? That's one of my favourite series, along with LotR and Malazan Book of the Fallen series (probably my favourite).

flashleg8 · Post by **flashleg8** » Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:43 pm

heavycola wrote:
btownmeggy wrote:
heavycola wrote:I am reading The Wind-up Bird Chronicle at the moment and it is blowing me away every day. I cannot recommend it enough. It is by Haruki Murakami.

Hey, I have that book. I've never read it though. The typeset is so tiny and the first page is so boring.

I also have Norwegian Wood--unread.

Maybe I'll have to give them a go.

Well i only got to page 5 the first time i tried a year or two back. Honestly though, it's worth it. Haven't read any of hos other stuff, but my Murakami-fan friend says WUBC is his best

Wow. I didn't think anyone else had heard of these books. A Japanese pal of mine recommended them to me when I was at Uni. I read quite a few of them – really cool from what I remember. I'd actually forgotten the writers name, reminds me I'll need to re-read them.