Asmodeous4 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Pyramids by Terry PratchettOh how I love his books. Hit me up on LastFM to see my music taste and chat :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saru Inc Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Wtf are the books about, L. Fictional? Non fictional? I loooooooooooooooooooooooooooove ancient Egyptian culture, though bizarrely pyramids bore me beyond tears. I have all the 99s, and have been playing since 2001. Comped 4/30/15 My Araxxi Kills: 459::Araxxi Drops(KC):Araxxi Hilts: 4x Eye (14/126/149/459), Web - (100) Fang (193) Araxxi Legs Completed: 5 ---Top (69/206/234/292/361), Middle (163/176/278/343/395), Bottom (135/256/350/359/397)Boss Pets: Supreme - 848 KCIf you play Xbox One - Add me! GT: Urtehnoes - Currently on a Destiny binge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracion1 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Just started reading Dune by Frank Herbert. Classic Sci-Fi that I just haven't gotten round to reading until now :roll: Also got Matter by Ian M Banks, I've read a few of his books before which I've liked quite a bit. If anyone's got some good Sci-Fi recommendations, I'd like to hear them. I've read a lot of the popular authors, but if anyone knows of anything that's good but not as renown I'd like to know. Thanks :ugeek: "In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nine naked men Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Just started reading Dune by Frank Herbert. Classic Sci-Fi that I just haven't gotten round to reading until now :roll: Also got Matter by Ian M Banks, I've read a few of his books before which I've liked quite a bit. If anyone's got some good Sci-Fi recommendations, I'd like to hear them. I've read a lot of the popular authors, but if anyone knows of anything that's good but not as renown I'd like to know. Thanks :ugeek: Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat series is pretty awesome/funny. It's about a guy who steals things. In space! Better than it sounds. :3 sleep like dead men wake up like dead men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nom Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 I just finished The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. Picked it up because of the seemingly universal accolades. I enjoyed it but I don't think it deserves the huge amount of hype. The writing was mediocre to bad at times and the female "lead" is FRIGGIN' ANNOYING. So many fantasy authors seem to know zilch about women . . . looking at you, Robert Jordan. Now on to Terry Pratchett's Reaper Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re4p3r1 Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 just finished Christ Versus Arizona by Camilo Jose Cela. Wow, amazing book. if you guys love experimental stuff give this book a read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meol Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Can anyone recommend something more along the lines of political fiction, like 1984 or Animal Farm? Atlas Shrugged sounds like a nice idea (if maybe on the other side). Anything else? This signature is intentionally left blank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moogel Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 I don't know why I haven't thought of this thread by now, since I love reading a good book, or two :thumbup: . Anyways, I'm about three-quarters of the way into "Daemons are Forever" by Simon R. Green. It's wonderful, and has never lost my interest. I think it's the second in the series, but that doesn't matter. I started reading this book since I found it randomly in the book store, and I had all the story I needed. It's not like in Harry Potter, or Lord of the Rings where you have to read all of the previous books to understand the story fully. Also, I suggest the book "Tunnels" by Brian Williams. The ending is a bit dissapointing, since the authors PLANNED on a sequel <_< but, whatever. This feels exceptional on my under-carriage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmodeous4 Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Wtf are the books about, L. Fictional? Non fictional? I loooooooooooooooooooooooooooove ancient Egyptian culture, though bizarrely pyramids bore me beyond tears.Terry Pratchett writes fantasy books, I can't describe them. The're all different, but they're always full of comedy, awesome stryines that really hook you and strangely enough, philosophy. Hit me up on LastFM to see my music taste and chat :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Can anyone recommend something more along the lines of political fiction, like 1984 or Animal Farm? Atlas Shrugged sounds like a nice idea (if maybe on the other side). Anything else?Maybe Fahrenheit 451? Only thing that really comes to mind at the moment. I was going to eat hot dogs for dinner tonight. I think I will settle for cereal. OPEN WIDE HERE COMES THE HELICOPTER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lateralus Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Can anyone recommend something more along the lines of political fiction, like 1984 or Animal Farm? Atlas Shrugged sounds like a nice idea (if maybe on the other side). Anything else? Depends how far back you want to go, I suppose. Some of the best fiction of that kind came from Russian writers during times of social and political change (emancipation of the serfs, Russian nihilist movement). If that kind of thing interests you then I would suggest both Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev and Devils by Dostoevsky. The issues tackled go far deeper than politics of course. They're two of the best novels I've ever read. La lune ne garde aucune rancune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denith Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Maybe some Tom Clancy meol. Except wait.. he doesn't write allegories or dystopian novels... try The Time Machine or Brave New World Wtf are the books about, L. Fictional? Non fictional? I loooooooooooooooooooooooooooove ancient Egyptian culture, though bizarrely pyramids bore me beyond tears. Light fantasy. Imagine Douglas Adams writing fairy tales (well... just minus a little bit of the sci fi and more of the fantasy). Not all of Terry Pratchett's Discworld stuff takes place in the Egyptian themed country of his universe though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nine naked men Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Wtf are the books about, L. Fictional? Non fictional? I loooooooooooooooooooooooooooove ancient Egyptian culture, though bizarrely pyramids bore me beyond tears.Terry Pratchett writes fantasy books, I can't describe them. The're all different, but they're always full of comedy, awesome stryines that really hook you and strangely enough, philosophy. And he can still pull off amazingly serious storylines, that are still hilarious. See: Night Watch, Thud. :3 Picked up some random David Eddings' books. Just spinoffs to the Malloreon/Belgariad series, and some stand-alones. Also, starting on the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, by Stephen R. Donaldson. Got the FIrst Chronicles (3 books). Looking forward to it. :3 sleep like dead men wake up like dead men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harakiri Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Wtf are the books about, L. Fictional? Non fictional? I loooooooooooooooooooooooooooove ancient Egyptian culture, though bizarrely pyramids bore me beyond tears.Terry Pratchett writes fantasy books, I can't describe them. The're all different, but they're always full of comedy, awesome stryines that really hook you and strangely enough, philosophy. And he can still pull off amazingly serious storylines, that are still hilarious. See: Night Watch, Thud. :3 Picked up some random David Eddings' books. Just spinoffs to the Malloreon/Belgariad series, and some stand-alones. Also, starting on the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, by Stephen R. Donaldson. Got the FIrst Chronicles (3 books). Looking forward to it. :3Thomas Covenant are severely depressing :( Finished 61 Hours by Lee Child and moving into The Passage by Justin Cronin. Then The Hellfire Club by Peter Straub. That's all I have planned at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meb Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Just started reading Dune by Frank Herbert. Classic Sci-Fi that I just haven't gotten round to reading until now :roll: Also got Matter by Ian M Banks, I've read a few of his books before which I've liked quite a bit. If anyone's got some good Sci-Fi recommendations, I'd like to hear them. I've read a lot of the popular authors, but if anyone knows of anything that's good but not as renown I'd like to know. Thanks :ugeek:The Hyperion series of Dan Simmons are the most epic 4 books I've ever read.Picked up some random David Eddings' books. Just spinoffs to the Malloreon/Belgariad series, and some stand-alones.The Belgarion series is somewhat entertaining, most other books I've read from him are pretty bad. Retired 2146 overall - 136 combat - 6 skillcapes Plus I think the whole teenage girl thing will end soon (hopefully), because my girlfriend is absolutely in love with him(she is 18), and im beginning to feel threatened by his [Justin Bieber] dashing looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saru Inc Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Maybe some Tom Clancy meol. Except wait.. he doesn't write allegories or dystopian novels... try The Time Machine or Brave New World Wtf are the books about, L. Fictional? Non fictional? I loooooooooooooooooooooooooooove ancient Egyptian culture, though bizarrely pyramids bore me beyond tears. Light fantasy. Imagine Douglas Adams writing fairy tales (well... just minus a little bit of the sci fi and more of the fantasy). Not all of Terry Pratchett's Discworld stuff takes place in the Egyptian themed country of his universe though. in that case i will che-che-check it outttt I've not read a book in like 3 years. Honestly. I'm stuck on like page 200 of the history book. I only read it at work when I'm bored so... However I learned the name of an indonesian island. Well and I read a 600 page book on the brain over december. But besides that it's been like 3 years. I have all the 99s, and have been playing since 2001. Comped 4/30/15 My Araxxi Kills: 459::Araxxi Drops(KC):Araxxi Hilts: 4x Eye (14/126/149/459), Web - (100) Fang (193) Araxxi Legs Completed: 5 ---Top (69/206/234/292/361), Middle (163/176/278/343/395), Bottom (135/256/350/359/397)Boss Pets: Supreme - 848 KCIf you play Xbox One - Add me! GT: Urtehnoes - Currently on a Destiny binge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptical Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Can anyone recommend something more along the lines of political fiction, like 1984 or Animal Farm? Atlas Shrugged sounds like a nice idea (if maybe on the other side). Anything else? The Army of The Republic, by Stuart Archer Cohen. -->http://www.amazon.com/Army-Republic-Stuart-Archer-Cohen/dp/0312383770 Another dystopian novel is Cory Doctorow's Little Brother And you can get the e-book (and audio, I think) for free: he's just an awesome guy. http://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/ Both are among my favorite books. "Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security." Support transparency... and by extension, freedom and democracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulyRed Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Have anyone read "Master and Margarita" by russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov. It's amazing novel. So mysterious and dark, with a lot of philosophic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1_man_army Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Have anyone read "Master and Margarita" by russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov. It's amazing novel. So mysterious and dark, with a lot of philosophic I haven't yet but it's been sitting in my Amazon wishlist for over 6 months now. Glad to see that you enjoyed it, I might get round to ordering it now. He who learns must suffer, and, even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart,and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. - Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmEss Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Just finished reading Battle Royale Novel... I don't know why but the best things to read, I find, are either Shakespeare or Novels from other countries which have been translated... I hate to say it but I think most literature nowadays fall into two categories; really really dull or really really crap *coughtwilightcough* Just look at what the most famous book of the past two years is; TWILIGHT. Harry Potter is like... the only good thing out recently, and that just ended!!! #-o But yeah, Battle Royale... I still have to finish Genesis(Undone to USA) by Karin Slaughter. Rach's the Bern to my Lambda, Req's the Erika to Rach's Bern. It works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizz Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Mark Twain "On the Damned Human Race"God did he get depressed. The book has a Gainax ending epilogue.Got too realistic for me. Wongton is better than me in anyway~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harakiri Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Just finished reading Battle Royale Novel... I enjoyed it. I found the part at the lighthouse to be a bit too long but I found the ending to be very suspenseful. The "Don't trust anyone" moral of the story really played amazingly into the suspense of the final pages. Reading Going Postal by Terry Pratchett. It's kind of funny. I like the dialogues between the characters, those are very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmEss Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 ]I enjoyed it. I found the part at the lighthouse to be a bit too long but I found the ending to be very suspenseful. The "Don't trust anyone" moral of the story really played amazingly into the suspense of the final pages. The Lighthouse was my favourite part, how their friendship is immediately unravelled and they all turn on each other. In both the Manga and the Film, that was my favourite part as well. :razz: Finished genesis... I really did not like the conclusion of it. I was hoping for a more interesting reason... Oh well. Rach's the Bern to my Lambda, Req's the Erika to Rach's Bern. It works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakdragon39 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Wheel of Time is definitely my favourite series. I'm reading it for the third time, so I remember what has happened and can read the books Brandon Sanderson is writing. The release date for the next book is November 13 or something? I'm excited! Only one more book after that one to draw the epic series to an end. :) Robert Jordan tells a wonderful story. :D Brandon Sanderson is supposed to be starting a series too, which looks interesting. After I finish with my very long reading list I'll look into them. :) Someone on the thread mentioned Graceling. I read that book, and it was pretty good. I recently bought The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and the other two books in the trilogy. Once I'm done with the WoT I'll be reading them! I'm also waiting on Christopher Paolini to and hurry up and finish the damn Inheritance cycle. There was supposed to be 3 books, but then he decided it was too long, so now there'll be a fourth book. I've been checking the Eragon website periodically over the last couple of years, and STILL NO NEWS WHATSOEVER. He's really taking his time. EDIT: In fact I just looked at the website. The last time it was updated was march 2009... Come on now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawks Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 I can't stand him anymore. He dragged out Brisingr so much... Need to read the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and And Another Thing... Currently reading Lord of the Flies for English, then I'll start Burned (House of Night series) sig by Soa.....tip.it times.....art & mediadeviantart/flickr/last.fm/steam/twitter/tumblr/youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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