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[jimmyjoefro]

Anything written by Cormac McCarthy has my eyes glued to the pages.

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[brm581424]

robert e howard

[surfgirlusa_2006]

OnlyShallow89 wrote...

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.

Ok.  The ending is...interesting.  A lot of people don't care for it, but SK claims it's the only one that fits.

The book is pretty strange, though.  I liked the first three quite well, and  thought the others were ok at best.

[Zaxares]

Some of my favourite series, in no particular order of preference:

• George R.R. Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" series. I really don't know why I like this series so much. It's dark and depressing and bad things keep happening to the characters you love, but George is such a great writer that you have to keep turning the page.
• Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series. I love the amount of detail he goes into when building cultures and the world, although my main gripe with his works was that he introduced WAY too many support characters and sideplots, ending up in his later books having a very 'bloated' feel.
• Jean M. Auel's "Earth's Children" series. Another author who goes into a lot of detail about the world she creates. The detailed *ahem* love scenes certainly don't hurt.
• Frank Herbert's "Dune" series. One of my earliest forays into science-fiction writing, and I still have a soft spot for the setting.

A friend recently recommended Jacqueline Carey's "Kushiel's Legacy" series to me. I've yet to start on it, but I've had a read of the setting and it sounds intriuging!

[surfgirlusa_2006]

Zaxares wrote...

Some of my favourite series, in no particular order of preference:

• George R.R. Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" series. I really don't know why I like this series so much. It's dark and depressing and bad things keep happening to the characters you love, but George is such a great writer that you have to keep turning the page.
  
• Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series. I love the amount of detail he goes into when building cultures and the world, although my main gripe with his works was that he introduced WAY too many support characters and sideplots, ending up in his later books having a very 'bloated' feel.
  
• Jean M. Auel's "Earth's Children" series. Another author who goes into a lot of detail about the world she creates. The detailed *ahem* love scenes certainly don't hurt.
  
• Frank Herbert's "Dune" series. One of my earliest forays into science-fiction writing, and I still have a soft spot for the setting.

A friend recently recommended Jacqueline Carey's "Kushiel's Legacy" series to me. I've yet to start on it, but I've had a read of the setting and it sounds intriuging!

[*]Hey, someone else who has read the Earth Children series!  My mom introduced those books to me when I was in 8th grade or so, and I have enjoyed them ever since.
[*]George R R Martin is excellent.  I read the first book, liked it a lot, and started but never finished the second or read the others due to a lack of time (although I own them all), so I will have to do that this summer. 
[*]I like the first few books of the original Dune series, but I got tired of them after the 3rd or 4th.  Perhaps I should give the later books another go?
[*]On a random note, does anyone here read Terry Prachett's books? 

[Mr.Skar]

Nah, I'd suggest leaving the Dune series alone really. I never got passed God Emperor of Dune, and none of the others ever matched up to the first imo. Never felt the need to finish the series, or read the new ones by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.

[Tarante11a]

Anything by Neal Stephenson

Anything by Iain M Banks

Anything by Neil Gaiman

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke

LotR - natch

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series - Douglas Adams

Most Terry Pratchett

Life on Air - David Attenborough autobiography

Sherlock Holmes Stories

All the swashbucklers - The Three Musketeers, Count of Monte Cristo and The Scarlet Pimpernel etc

Any Dickens

Any Austen

[Mr.Skar]

Oh, I did forget to mention that I finished Heart Shaped Box and Born to Run. HSB was a cool horror tale, with some neat new things that ghosts can do and some very interesting characters. The big bad Craddock is a raging douche and has a cool bad guy name. Go on, say it. Craddock. Has a certain ring to it. Born to Run was an eye opening book that would have made one hell of a documentary. Some of the people in it are so unique they couldn't possiby be made up (like Barefoot Ted). You guys should definitely read it, it was a blast.

[Zaxares]

surfgirlusa_2006 wrote...


[*]Hey, someone else who has read the Earth Children series!  My mom introduced those books to me when I was in 8th grade or so, and I have enjoyed them ever since.

[*]George R R Martin is excellent.  I read the first book, liked it a lot, and started but never finished the second or read the others due to a lack of time (although I own them all), so I will have to do that this summer. 

[*]I like the first few books of the original Dune series, but I got tired of them after the 3rd or 4th.  Perhaps I should give the later books another go?

[*]On a random note, does anyone here read Terry Prachett's books? 

I was wondering if anybody else would mention the Earth's Children series!  It seems to fly below the radar a lot, which is a shame. It's a very well written and interesting series.

Who's your favourite character from the Song of Ice and Fire? Mine is probably Daenerys.  Followed closely by Jon Snow and Tyrion Lannister.

The Dune series has some fascinating books and some... lacklustre ones. Herbert's a strange writer in that his books tend to be a hit or miss affair.

Prachett is an excellent author but his books just tend to be a bit too... irreverent for me.

Oh, and if we're talking about more classic authors, I also greatly enjoy works by Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft.

[surfgirlusa_2006]

Zaxares wrote...

surfgirlusa_2006 wrote...



[*]Hey, someone else who has read the Earth Children series!  My mom introduced those books to me when I was in 8th grade or so, and I have enjoyed them ever since.


[*]George R R Martin is excellent.  I read the first book, liked it a lot, and started but never finished the second or read the others due to a lack of time (although I own them all), so I will have to do that this summer. 


[*]I like the first few books of the original Dune series, but I got tired of them after the 3rd or 4th.  Perhaps I should give the later books another go?


[*]On a random note, does anyone here read Terry Prachett's books? 

I was wondering if anybody else would mention the Earth's Children series!  It seems to fly below the radar a lot, which is a shame. It's a very well written and interesting series.

Who's your favourite character from the Song of Ice and Fire? Mine is probably Daenerys.  Followed closely by Jon Snow and Tyrion Lannister.

The Dune series has some fascinating books and some... lacklustre ones. Herbert's a strange writer in that his books tend to be a hit or miss affair.

Prachett is an excellent author but his books just tend to be a bit too... irreverent for me.

Oh, and if we're talking about more classic authors, I also greatly enjoy works by Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft.

[*]The Earth Children series does seem to fly below the radar.  On a random note, I thought Auel was supposed to come out with a sixth book eventually, but I have no idea what's going on with that.  Do you have any idea?
[*]Prachett's books are a bit irreverent, but some more so than others.  I've mostly read the witch related ones, which I found quite fun, and don't seem as irreverent as other books he has written.
[*]Oh goodness, it's been far too long since I've read Martin (at least a few years), so it's hard to pick a favorite character without going back and rereading the first book. 
[*]For anyone on this forum: what sci-fi/fantasy books do you recommend?  I've read a fair number of books in these genres, and always love new material.

[Zaxares]

surfgirlusa_2006 wrote...


[*]The Earth Children series does seem to fly below the radar.  On a random note, I thought Auel was supposed to come out with a sixth book eventually, but I have no idea what's going on with that.  Do you have any idea?

[*]Prachett's books are a bit irreverent, but some more so than others.  I've mostly read the witch related ones, which I found quite fun, and don't seem as irreverent as other books he has written.

[*]Oh goodness, it's been far too long since I've read Martin (at least a few years), so it's hard to pick a favorite character without going back and rereading the first book. 

[*]For anyone on this forum: what sci-fi/fantasy books do you recommend?  I've read a fair number of books in these genres, and always love new material.

Sadly, there's been no news on when Auel's coming out with book 6, but it was 12(!) years between her 4th and 5th books, which was released in 2002, so we could be waiting a while longer.

You've already heard my recommendations for books above.  Sadly, between work and trying to preserve my gaming habits, I haven't had much opportunity to keep devouring more books every year.

Speaking of work, lunch break is over, so it's back to the grind.  See you guys again later/tomorrow!

[surfgirlusa_2006]

It's 12:38 A.M. here, which means that eventually I should go to bed...

[AshedMan]

It's been too long since I've read a book for entertainment. I should pick one up.