Books!

[Harrington]

I commute for 2.5 hours per day, so I get a lot of reading done.

 

 

 

I generally get through two books per month :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sci-fi is my favourite, but I also enjoy alternative history, and some fantasy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David Weber - Honor Harrington & the March To series are his best works

 

 

 

Peter F Hamilton - Nights Dawn trilogy is awesome

 

 

 

John Ringo - Belasarius series is great reading

 

 

 

Chris Bunch and Allan Cole - Sten series

 

 

 

Harry Turtledove - good alternative history stuff

 

 

 

S.M. Stirling - Terminator series and some other good stuff

 

 

 

Kevin Anderson - Saga of Seven Suns

 

 

 

David Drake

 

 

 

Jack Mcdevitt

 

 

 

Elizabeth Moon - Pakssenarian series (the rest of her stuff is rubbish)

 

 

 

Stephen Baxter - don't think he's ever written a poor novel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

... man, i could go on forever.

[l0rd]

eragon/eldest, great books, kinda reminds me of runescape

[ford_rule]

im personally a historical fiction fanatic myself, i thrive on novels based in the Mediterranean era. my favourites are Conn Iggulden who wrote the Emperor series. it is based on julius caesars life, from birth to death..not 100% accurate but a bloody brilliant read. then i have all of Valerio Massimo Manfredi's books, i just picked up Spartan yesterday.. he is famous for his Alexander Trilogy... similar in style to emperor series, it follows Alexander the Great from birth to death. Also, David Gemmels (RIP) Troy books. Based in the times leading upto the Trojan wars, it offers insight into the lives of ficitional people but is based in fact. sadly he died before he could complete the trilogy. other sorts of books i like, The outsiders, based on a sort of gang rivalry between young kids called greasers and spocs, its a great read.

[sanday79]

I know I say this in every book topic but read Catch 22. Its incredibally funny and it really was worth reading for me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I reiterate that one. I haven't done much reading on my own lately, but the stuff we've been reading in school has been pretty good so far this year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So far we've read...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oedipus Rex (solid, but since it's so old it's still fairly simplistic)

 

 

 

Waiting For Godot (very deep book, but a bit confusing)

 

 

 

Hamlet (if you can get past the language, it's amazing)

 

 

 

Chronicle of a Death Foretold (ehh...)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This trimester I'm in a Jewish-American Fiction class and we're reading some short stories by Philip Roth, who's one of my favorite authors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I highly suggest Operation Shylock by him. It's very confusing at first, but really a great book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Currently reading The Plot Against America, one of Roth's newer books.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other suggestions:

 

 

 

Dan Brown books (they're just a good read)

 

 

 

Jennifer Government by Max Barry

 

 

 

1984, Animal Farm by George Orwell

 

 

 

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

[BDave]

I enjoy Sci-fi and fantasy. The best sci-fi author I have read is Asimov, I read the whole series and it is a compeling read with such a great twist at the end, wont spoil it for you though :P I read all the space oddesys and they are great books, film doesnt match up to it imo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have moved on to fantasy since then after reading Lord of the Rings, which is still probably my favourite book/series. I read David Eddings books and they are brilliant, couldnt put them down from start to finish, with a group of characters which rivals lotr. However David Eddings writes a similar background to lotr, but the books I am reading now are completely different. Raymond E. Feist introduces me to a fantasy book which plot is completely unpridictable and characters are nothing like any I have read before. I am thoroughly enjoying these books :D