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09/04/2007 01:35:58 AM · #51 |
Originally posted by angelfire:
I don't know if it's been sugested but this is one of my favorite authors. Orson Scott Card if you've never read him begin with Ender's Game. It's a series but it's increadable.
Ender's Game
Speaker for the Dead
Xenocide
Children of the Mind
Ender's Shadow |
Very good series as well. This series also includes the books Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, and Shadow of the Giant.
Seems he's got several "forthcoming" works in the Ender/Shadow lines...
Kim Stanley Robinson's books Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars are good.
While I was in Australia I read through Asimov's Foundation Series. Prolific writer, Isaac Asimov.
We (I?) might be going on a Scifi bent here though. ;) |
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09/04/2007 01:36:35 AM · #52 |
If you want something light, go for the books geared to younger audiences. I was a librarian and had to read books to review for the children.
I LOVED Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Barry adn Ridley Pearson.
Dragonspell by Donita K. Paul and her whole series is fun too. |
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09/04/2007 01:42:53 AM · #53 |
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09/04/2007 07:27:59 AM · #54 |
Originally posted by Tez:
His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman.
The first one is called Northern Lights or The Golden Compass (USA) depending on where you live. These books are stunningly brilliant and will probably turn into your favourite read. Worked with me. |
I was going to suggest this, too. Note that the movie version is coming out at the end of the year (that may be a good thing or a bad thing...) |
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09/04/2007 07:32:39 AM · #55 |
Originally posted by bucket:
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell |
you just like the title. :p |
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09/04/2007 07:48:57 AM · #56 |
The memory of running by Ron McLarty
" This book can do more than walk; it has a chance to be a breakout bestseller" Stephen King |
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09/04/2007 08:19:42 AM · #57 |
Any of Henry Rollins stuff is ridiculously good. A lot of very stream of consciousness writings and stuff from his tour diaries from the Black Flag days, as well as some from the current Rollins Band era.
Ive read Black Coffee Blues, The Portable Henry Rollins, and Broken Summers - and once I start reading them, I can't put it down until its finished. Hes a very dark guy with a pretty wild life. |
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09/04/2007 09:30:12 AM · #58 |
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09/04/2007 11:01:22 AM · #59 |
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09/04/2007 11:05:11 AM · #60 |
| Its kind of random though. I type in Henry Rollins and half the stuff that came back were vegan cookbooks hahah. |
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09/04/2007 11:24:29 AM · #61 |
veronika decides to die, by paulo coelho.
honestly one of the best books i've ever read, i simply love it. |
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09/04/2007 09:57:02 PM · #62 |
Originally posted by goodman:
Originally posted by bucket:
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell |
you just like the title. :p |
well in that case...
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers |
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09/21/2007 12:32:40 AM · #63 |
Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War. Its a great book following a group of special forces from the marines and written by Wright who is a writer for Rolling Stone. Very emotinal and gripping book!
Another great book is the jungle written by Upton Sinclair |
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09/21/2007 02:30:44 AM · #64 |
Originally posted by Azrifel:
"Anna Karenina" and "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy. Will keep you busy for at least half a year and both are great books.
Have yet to buy it, but it was highly recommended to me: "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. |
A nice large phone book would last almost as long and be much more exciting. :)
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09/21/2007 07:32:56 AM · #65 |
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy - a classic
Shadow of the Wind - originally in spanish i believe, but very good story
The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime - quick and easy but v interesting. |
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09/21/2007 07:33:53 AM · #66 |
Some books NOT to read:
The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Phillipa A someone
Labyrinthe by Kate Mosse
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
All of these books, although widely touted, do in fact suck.
Message edited by author 2007-09-21 07:34:42. |
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09/21/2007 07:53:58 AM · #67 |
Originally posted by Tez:
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
All of these books, although widely touted, do in fact suck. |
Blasphemer! :p |
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09/21/2007 07:56:32 AM · #68 |
Lol,
Sorry but I read the blurb and read this stuff about it being life-changing and one boy's epic struggle to find his true destiny (which is cliched but usually good) and instead I had some melodramatic crapshower of a boy who herds goats, receives 2 stones and makes decisions based on these stones, finds what he's looking for, gets beaten up, then goes back to where he started.
That book is a waste of trees. |
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09/21/2007 08:11:19 AM · #69 |
Originally posted by Tez:
Lol,
Sorry but I read the blurb and read this stuff about it being life-changing and one boy's epic struggle to find his true destiny (which is cliched but usually good) and instead I had some melodramatic crapshower of a boy who herds goats, receives 2 stones and makes decisions based on these stones, finds what he's looking for, gets beaten up, then goes back to where he started.
That book is a waste of trees. |
Ha. Best review ever. |
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09/21/2007 08:50:45 AM · #70 |
Originally posted by bucket:
well in that case...
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers |
or What is the What, also by Dave Eggers
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09/21/2007 09:00:29 AM · #71 |
I'll second The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Message edited by author 2007-09-21 09:00:49.
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09/21/2007 12:36:53 PM · #72 |
Originally posted by ajdelaware:
Originally posted by Tez:
Sorry but I read the blurb and read this stuff about it being life-changing and one boy's epic struggle to find his true destiny (which is cliched but usually good) and instead I had some melodramatic crapshower of a boy who herds goats, receives 2 stones and makes decisions based on these stones, finds what he's looking for, gets beaten up, then goes back to where he started.
That book is a waste of trees. |
Ha. Best review ever. |
I especially liked the descriptive use of the phrase 'melodramatic crapshower'. :) |
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09/23/2007 02:46:20 PM · #73 |
Any of the Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett
Particular favourites are :-
Thief of Time
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Guards Guards |
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