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calendae · Jul 09, 2005, 08:50 AM // 08:50

Yeah, I love books to. Check out John Ringo, that man can't write a bad book if he tried.

Storm Shadow · Jul 09, 2005, 09:00 AM // 09:00

my fav book is raptor red.

about to start reading Storm of Iron, by Graham Mcneill. and then Iron Hands, by Jonathan Green.

HOXMAN · Jul 09, 2005, 09:01 AM // 09:01

If any of you like Sci-fi i'd suggest an book by Robert A. Heinlein. (Stranger In a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, To Sail Beyond the Sunset, to name a few) Also Check out Orson Scott Card's Ender's Saga. and T.A. Barron's Merlin series isn't to bad either.

To the Faulkner poster, How'd you like As i lay dying? It was a mind bender for me. I liked it.

Aaaaagh · Jul 09, 2005, 09:04 AM // 09:04

I have read tons of books in my days, but I have yet to find anything comparable to Terry Goodkind and his Sword of Truth series. I believe there are currently 8 books, about 600+ pages per book, not a one night reader. His writing is exquisite, I strongly recommend these books to any mature readers who are sick of the 'easy read' novels that last two days.

calendae · Jul 09, 2005, 09:09 AM // 09:09

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Originally Posted by HOXMAN

If any of you like Sci-fi i'd suggest an book by Robert A. Heinlein. (Stranger In a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, To Sail Beyond the Sunset, to name a few) Also Check out Orson Scott Card's Ender's Saga. and T.A. Barron's Merlin series isn't to bad either.

To the Faulkner poster, How'd you like As i lay dying? It was a mind bender for me. I liked it.

Good ones. Philip K. Dick is also a great (if insane) author. He wrote "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", the book Blade Runner is based on. Also dispite the terrible movie, and the cult like church behind it. Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard is a good 1050 page read.

Lalii · Jul 09, 2005, 12:04 PM // 12:04

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Originally Posted by Aaaaagh

I have read tons of books in my days, but I have yet to find anything comparable to Terry Goodkind and his Sword of Truth series. I believe there are currently 8 books, about 600+ pages per book, not a one night reader. His writing is exquisite, I strongly recommend these books to any mature readers who are sick of the 'easy read' novels that last two days.

I own the first 7 of these but haven't read from six onwards because I just found they got too repeatative and seemed to drag a bit. I love the first one and I really wish the books hadn't gone in such a weird direction. I find that his style changes too much to follow the same story with. If they'd been seperate stories with new characters then that'd be great, but I just wish he'd ended the Sword of Truth series after Blood of the Fold.

Aniewiel · Jul 09, 2005, 12:18 PM // 12:18

Goodkind's writing is nice but talk about books for sadomasochists.

I have read them all and find that they are, as Lalii said, rather repetitive. Here's the basic outline:

1. Khalan and Richard are in love.
2. Khalan and Richard set out to solve a problem.
3. Khalan and Richard are separated.
4. Richard is tortured.
5. Khalan wrings her hands and gives the "Spock" grab to some poor guy who will be her slave until she decides his life is worthless.
6. Kara postures threateningly and looks good in her red leather armor.
7. Zed eats.
8. Everyone runs around haphazardly with no direction because of #4.
9. Richard is rescued amazingly OR, on occasion, Richard escapes.
10. Richard searches for Khalan.
11. Richard and Khalan are reunited. A threat hangs over the land still. (teaser for next book)

Aniewiel · Jul 09, 2005, 12:21 PM // 12:21

I loved Wizard's First Rule. I just wish Goodkind hadn't strayed so far from that. The storyline is becoming more convoluted with time. Sorry to say that I've put the last book down for the time being. I'm sure I'll finish it sooner or later but... *sighs*

Spike · Jul 09, 2005, 02:56 PM // 14:56

I don't really have a fav book. But like calendae I also really enjoyed battlefield earth. I also really like tom clancy books.

Currently reading Harry potter and the order of the phonix as the new one is out in a week.

Vilaptca · Jul 09, 2005, 03:04 PM // 15:04

Favorite book(s): Anything written by the great authors Anne McCaffrey or Glen Cook. McCaffrey's Pern series is amazing. And Cook's Black Company Series is the best thing I've read since finishing the Pern series.

Books I'm reading at the moment: Well...7 of them, there are, but only one worthy to be listed. Uther by Jack Whyte. It is a version of King Arthur and the wizard Merlin(Merlyn), that takes factual history of the time and twists in into the story to make a nearly truthful representation of what actually happened. This is currently the seventh book in the series.

Boubou · Jul 09, 2005, 04:25 PM // 16:25

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Originally Posted by Spike

I don't really have a fav book. But like calendae I also really enjoyed battlefield earth. I also really like tom clancy books.

Currently reading Harry potter and the order of the phonix as the new one is out in a week.

Heheh I started reading the first Harry Potter yesterday.. the only downside of my serie, I bought the first 4 volumes in French, the 5th-6th in English.. I'm lost with the names

EmperorTippy · Jul 09, 2005, 05:59 PM // 17:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aaaaagh

I have read tons of books in my days, but I have yet to find anything comparable to Terry Goodkind and his Sword of Truth series. I believe there are currently 8 books, about 600+ pages per book, not a one night reader. His writing is exquisite, I strongly recommend these books to any mature readers who are sick of the 'easy read' novels that last two days.

Thats a lie they are 1 night reads, but they are some of my faviorte books.

Eragon was good but the releas of Eldest has benn pushed back so much its pissing me off.

All the Tom Clancy books that weren't written with someone else (with the exception of netforce).

The Riftwar saga by Raymond Feist is good also. So is the Sword of Chage Triliogy by Patricia Bray.

Heinline(spelling? to lazy to go look at it) is good but I perfer Issac Asimoz (again not sure of the spelling).

All of the Ender related books are good IMO except the ones when he''s grown up and called Andrew Wiggim. I hated Speaker for the Dead but liked the ones with Bean in em.

LoTRs was good also.

I also liked the books by Gordon R. Dickson, mainly the Dorsal and the Dragon Knight ones.

I read alot (about 5000 pages a week) so I will add anymore books I come across that are good.

BTW Echo Catcher in the Rye sucked ass titty IMO.

I also don't perticuarly like Great Expectations.

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Originally Posted by Aniewiel

I loved Wizard's First Rule. I just wish Goodkind hadn't strayed so far from that. The storyline is becoming more convoluted with time. Sorry to say that I've put the last book down for the time being. I'm sure I'll finish it sooner or later but... *sighs*

Agreed

Aniewiel · Jul 09, 2005, 06:05 PM // 18:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aniewiel

Goodkind's writing is nice but talk about books for sadomasochists.

I have read them all and find that they are, as Lalii said, rather repetitive. Here's the basic outline:

1. Khalan and Richard are in love.
2. Khalan and Richard set out to solve a problem.
3. Khalan and Richard are separated.
4. Richard is tortured.
5. Khalan wrings her hands and gives the "Spock" grab to some poor guy who will be her slave until she decides his life is worthless.
6. Kara postures threateningly and looks good in her red leather armor.
7. Zed eats.
8. Everyone runs around haphazardly with no direction because of #4.
9. Richard is rescued amazingly OR, on occasion, Richard escapes.
10. Richard searches for Khalan.
11. Richard and Khalan are reunited. A threat hangs over the land still. (teaser for next book)

PFFFT...They are one MINUTE reads. I have boiled them down better than the Cliff Notes version.

d4nowar · Jul 09, 2005, 06:10 PM // 18:10

I've always liked rainbow six.

I've grown up reading instruction booklets for my games... Yeah... (Its my secret to success!)

Manderlock · Jul 09, 2005, 06:49 PM // 18:49

I just started Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson.

Good book

Neonin · Jul 09, 2005, 06:58 PM // 18:58

Old Favourites:
Tolkien - Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit
Robert Heinlein - Starship Troopers, The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, The Day After Tomorrow (no, nothing like the semi-recent film)
Terry Pratchett - Any Discworld book
David Eddings - The Belgariad (5 books), The Mallorean (5 books), The Elenium Trilogy, The Tamuli Trilogy, The Redemption Of Althalus
Robert Jordan - The Wheel Of Time (10 books and still going)
Tom Clancy - The Hunt For Red October, Red Storm Rising, basically any Jack Ryan novel
Isaac Asimov - I Robot, The Bicentennial Man
Raymond E Feist - Any Midkemia-based books including the Riftwar Saga, the Serpentwar Saga, The Kings Bucanneer, etc
Frank Herbert - Dune
Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle (many joint books) - Man/Kzin Wars, Lucifers Hammer, Janissaries, Footfall, Ringworld, Dream Park
Desmond Bagley - The Enemy

Just Finished:
Peter Hamilton - Pandora's Star, VERY good and worth a read. Big book though.

Yes, I'm a fantasy/sci-fi fan and I read a lot

DarrenJasper · Jul 09, 2005, 08:55 PM // 20:55

I just finished Seth Kantner's new novel, Ordinary Wolves. Excellent read, a story based on his own life growing up in an Alaskan sod igloo and his struggles with identity as a white person coming up among natives... Except not boring and cliche like I just made it sound. It's very much in the vein of Jack London.

Besides Kantner, the only other modern authors I read would be William Gibson and Neal Stephenson. I'm re-reading Gibson's Neuromancer series now and it's practically better than I remember it.

There's been a lot of bunk on the national bestseller lists lately (Dan Brown comes to mind) so I've taken the opportunity to re-read a lot of my favorite classics.

Icarium · Jul 09, 2005, 10:42 PM // 22:42

Currently im into George R.R. Martin's A song of fire and ice , and Steven Erickson's A tale of the malazan book of the fallen. I used to be a huge goodkind fan . . .but come on . . just HOW long is it going to take for something to happen ? lol at this point id rather read archie than goodkind , as its alot less predictable :P

Keesa · Jul 09, 2005, 10:56 PM // 22:56

I forgot Glen Cook and Terry Pratchett--how?? Alas, I overdosed on Koontz(sp? there were two out there for a while, Coontz and Koont..z?) a few years ago and have read nothing new of his recently.

So many good books of which you all have reminded me.

calendae · Jul 09, 2005, 11:33 PM // 23:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neonin

Old Favourites:
Tolkien - Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit
Robert Heinlein - Starship Troopers, The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, The Day After Tomorrow (no, nothing like the semi-recent film)
Terry Pratchett - Any Discworld book
David Eddings - The Belgariad (5 books), The Mallorean (5 books), The Elenium Trilogy, The Tamuli Trilogy, The Redemption Of Althalus
Robert Jordan - The Wheel Of Time (10 books and still going)
Tom Clancy - The Hunt For Red October, Red Storm Rising, basically any Jack Ryan novel
Isaac Asimov - I Robot, The Bicentennial Man
Raymond E Feist - Any Midkemia-based books including the Riftwar Saga, the Serpentwar Saga, The Kings Bucanneer, etc
Frank Herbert - Dune
Larry Niven/Jerry Pournelle (many joint books) - Man/Kzin Wars, Lucifers Hammer, Janissaries, Footfall, Ringworld, Dream Park
Desmond Bagley - The Enemy

Just Finished:
Peter Hamilton - Pandora's Star, VERY good and worth a read. Big book though.

Yes, I'm a fantasy/sci-fi fan and I read a lot

YES DUNE! I love that series. Tobad the new ones arn't as good as the originals, but there still decient reads. Some of the other Herbert stuff is great to. Like the Whipping Star, and the Dosadi Experiment. Both part of the same series, and both quite good.