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[Mr.Skar]

Alright, gonna read Heart Shaped Box. I think I'm gonna have to wait to read Let The Right One In, at least until I can put the movie behind me and just read the book. It is such a damn good movie (this paired with Thirst is good times). Also, while I'm usually all for space exploration tales, I'm just not in the mood to read Coyote yet.



I'll be keeping that House of Leaves book in mind Panderfringe, though I have quite enough books to read right now .

[Loerwyn]

Working my way through The Dark Tower now.

I swear King was on some form of hallucinogenic when he wrote this, it's just... insane.

[Mr.Skar]

OnlyShallow89 wrote...

Working my way through The Dark Tower now.
I swear King was on some form of hallucinogenic when he wrote this, it's just... insane.

It gets weirder.

[Loerwyn]

Can't say I'm surprised

[TippertonThistledown]

OnlyShallow89 wrote...
If the Kindle was a lot cheaper I'd consider it.

Agreed, in fact it was the price of e-book readers in general that held me back from buying when I first wanted to, but now that I've bitten the bullet and bought one, I have no regrets about it what so ever.

[S.DeMarche]

Larry Niven - Anything written in his "Known Space" setting ("Ringworld", etc.)
Also, you have all probably read it, but his short paper "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" is simply classic.

Jane Austen - "Pride and Prejudice"
I recently read this for the first time and really enjoyed the book and Austen's style. I do hate every single character in the book (Yes, I know that they were all acting within the parameters of their society, class, and station. I understand them, but I don't have to like them.), but I attribute that to Austen's skill as a writer. If she did not write so well, I could not hate them so much.

George Orwell - "Animal Farm"
Previously mentioned, but a good enough book to list it again.

David Weber - Honorverse stories
I like the universe Weber has created, even though Honor is a bit Mary Sue-ish. Great books for the beach or just a quick, fun read.

Robert Heinlein - "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" and "Friday"
Heinlein at his best. One from early in his career and one from late.

Edgar Allen Poe - "The Cask of Amontillado"
Short story, but cool, creepy and so very well written.

Noilly Prat wrote...
Tim Weiner - Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

Noilly, thanks for the reference. This looks like a very good read...heading to bookstore now.
 


 

[Panderfringe]

I just want to make it clear, "Heinlein at his best" is something of a contradiction.

[S.DeMarche]

Panderfringe wrote...

I just want to make it clear, "Heinlein at his best" is something of a contradiction.

Some of his stuff (especially his later works) is absolute s***, that is for sure, but he did have some good ideas and could tell a story.

[ObserverStatus]

Poe: Never Bet the Devil Your Head

Lovecraft: The Horrible Old Man

[Loerwyn]

The Tell-Tale Heart is my favourite of the Poe stories I've read. The pacing is absolutely brilliant.

[WarlordFil]

I like the Firebringer trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce (Birth of the Firebringer, Dark Moon, Son of Summer Stars) and anything by Karen Traviss.

[S.DeMarche]

bobobo878 wrote...
Poe: Never Bet the Devil Your Head

bobobo878, thanks for the reference. I never read this, until today. I laughed, a lot.

"The fact is that his [Toby Dammit's] precocity in vice was awful...At eight months [of age] he peremptorily refused to put his signature to the Temperance pledge."
Excellent! LOL! I have heard of starting early, but wow!

[Mr.Skar]

I just added two nonfiction books (gasp!) to my current reading list, Born to Run by Chris McDougall (barefoot runners in rough terrain and the insanity that is an ultramarathon) and A User's Guide to the Universe, Surviving the Perils of Black Holes, Time Paradoxes, and Quantum Uncertainty by Dave Goldberg and Jeff Blomquist (or Physics for those who wouldn't usually get physics but want to give it a shot anyway). Amazon just got me these today, so I haven't really gotten into them yet. Both look cool and informative, that last word being something I can't usually apply to what I read.

[Noilly Prat]

S.DeMarche wrote...

Noilly Prat wrote...
Tim Weiner - Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA

Noilly, thanks for the reference. This looks like a very good read...heading to bookstore now.
 

 

I hope you like it!

[M8DMAN]

Currently reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy, have to say i prefer it more then No country for Old Men. Even though i loved the movie LOL!

[Amberyl Ravenclaw]

M8DMAN wrote...

Currently reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy, have to say i prefer it more then No country for Old Men. Even though i loved the movie LOL!

Plan to see the movie adaptation of The Road anytime? I heard it was pretty good. Also, the fact that the production crew was filming along an actual abandoned stretch of road in Pennsylvania kinda gives me the chills.

Modifié par Amberyl Ravenclaw, 16 mars 2010 - 06:26 .

[Mr.Skar]

The Road is an intense novel. I have yet to watch the movie, but I hear it's good. Don't know if I have the heart to watch it though, there are some scenes in the book that freaked me the hell out.

[M8DMAN]

Have to admit i had a few tears in my eyes during the Last few pages of The Road.

[surfgirlusa_2006]

I have a loooooooooooooot of books I like, ranging from classic literature to fantasy and sci-fi. A few favorites:



Lord of the Rings

Ender's Game

The Stand

Don Quixote

Inferno (the first part of Dante's Divine Comedy)

War and Peace

The Count of Monte Cristo

Les Miserables

Gone With the Wind

The Brothers Karamazov

The Odyssey

Master and Margarita



I could go on for a while, but this should suffice.

[Loerwyn]

I'm getting a bit... stressed with The Dark Tower. I'm only on page 236 and I just don't seem to be getting anywhere.

But I don't want to give up

[surfgirlusa_2006]

OnlyShallow89 wrote...

I'm getting a bit... stressed with The Dark Tower. I'm only on page 236 and I just don't seem to be getting anywhere.
But I don't want to give up

Are you on the first book of the series? 

[Panderfringe]

Just stop reading dark tower after book 5. You'll thank me later.

[hangmans tree]

Statulos wrote...

Out of curiosity, any other Chuck Palahniuk reader over here?

HERE

Ok, Staniław Lem - anything, but start with short stories...
P.K. Dick - ...well, whatever
Assimov - short stories
Glen Cook - Black Company - this is really great!
R. Zelazny Jack of Shadows
A. Sapkowski The Witcher saga, Hussite Wars trilogy.
Gene Wolfe Book of the New Sun
N. Stephenson Snow Crash, The Diamond Age
W. Gibson Neuromancer (and the rest)
G.R.R. Martin Song of...
John Crowley Engine Summer

gods...there are many more....cant remember most of em right now...

[Loerwyn]

surfgirlusa_2006 wrote...

OnlyShallow89 wrote...

I'm getting a bit... stressed with The Dark Tower. I'm only on page 236 and I just don't seem to be getting anywhere.
But I don't want to give up

Are you on the first book of the series? 

Seventh.