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Beqxter · Jun 03, 2005, 05:26 PM // 17:26

Right now I'm reading Edith Grossman's new translation of Don Quixote. It's great.

As far as fantasy goes, I agree wholeheartedly with the George R.R. Martin fans here. Kinda wish I'd waited a few years so I could read the whole series through, though, instead of this interminable waiting for the next one to appear.

Harry Potter is great. Ender's Game is great sci-fi, but the sequels are increasingly not worth bothering with. Nothing ever beats the LOTR for fantasy, though, great movies notwithstanding (the books are still better).

Auntie I · Jun 03, 2005, 05:40 PM // 17:40

Fantasy
Mercedes Lackey - Valdemar Series is good, alternate history series with magic better
L.E. Modesitt Jr. - Recluce series He also rights some fabulous Sci-Fi (Gravity Dreams, The Parafaith War)
TOLKIEN!! The Great Grandaddy of Fantasy.

Aloren · Jun 03, 2005, 05:42 PM // 17:42

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Originally Posted by DavenXion

*looks at his feet
Dark Angel - Before the Dawn (Jessica Alba is hot even in text)
I did recently finish the Thomas K Martin triology starting with "A Two-Edged Sword" about a college student who does a sleep experiment and wakes up in a sword and sorcercy world. Highly recommended.

Sweet i'll have to check that out

ManadartheHealer · Jun 03, 2005, 05:50 PM // 17:50

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Originally Posted by EnDinG

Every Stephen King novel ever printed. (I still read them on and off today the newest ones.)

I love Stephen King!

We Dwell In Forever · Jun 03, 2005, 07:37 PM // 19:37

Wraeththu, by Storm Constantine. Being a gothic UK writer, her books are really hard to buy in the US. Love her writing style.

Also, the Wizard's First Rule series by Terry Goodkind.

....he's my idol in the author world. He's the reason I'm so into social psycology, and the source of my crazy idea to, after my illustration degree, go into psycology and make a graphic novel on the human condition.

We Dwell In Forever · Jun 03, 2005, 07:38 PM // 19:38

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Originally Posted by ManadartheHealer

I love Stephen King!

he scares me. The only book I've ever picked up from him was Gerald's game...

permanently alienated from his books now.

We Dwell In Forever · Jun 03, 2005, 07:39 PM // 19:39

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Originally Posted by Rbp-7-(Ooz)

I love this book. It's the only thing I got for my 17th birthday.

WE WILL BE PREPARED

Prince Daniel · Jun 03, 2005, 09:26 PM // 21:26

knowledge certainly is power,i believe reading gives that aswell as entertaining, expanding your vocabulary and developing your english.

I love books

Books im reading and love are Scramble for Africa, Terry Pratchetts discworld books, Dean Koontz horror books, Tolkien and David Copperfield (apparently its a literary masterpiece, hmm ill see).

CatLady · Jun 03, 2005, 09:27 PM // 21:27

I used to read a lot of fantasy and sci-fi, w/S. King-like horror included.

The last decade, however, I've been more into reading historical fiction ala The Killer Angels, or non-fiction & reference books. I think the last book I actually bought and read is Party of One: The Loners' Manifesto

Ramus · Jun 03, 2005, 11:06 PM // 23:06

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Originally Posted by Aloren

Have you read the "crossraods of twilight" I think it's called? That one was all about them.
Rand literally made one appearance in the last book.

I do have to agree though, I want to see the original 3 working together again.

The less of that psychopath the better, I like reading about Perrin and Faile the most. Rand and Egwyn the least.

I really have to catch up on the series again though, the last (second) time I read through them was when the 10th book came out

airbox · Jun 04, 2005, 03:14 AM // 03:14

Books by Dan Brown, he's no novelist but a great raconteur, what do I care? Only read like three books for the past two years,

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Yojinj · Jun 04, 2005, 03:29 AM // 03:29

Star Wars books, Stephen King, some Babylon 5 books, some Star Trek, Dragonlance, Tolkien books, Wolfgang Hohlbein books uhm and i guess some others i can't recall right now

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Aloren · Jun 04, 2005, 04:34 AM // 04:34

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Originally Posted by Ramus

The less of that psychopath the better, I like reading about Perrin and Faile the most. Rand and Egwyn the least.

I really have to catch up on the series again though, the last (second) time I read through them was when the 10th book came out

lol, of course he's psychotic. The prophecies condemn him to a life of being hated and eventual death, yet at the same time the he has to try and unite the world against the shadow.

P'raps the voices in the male channeler's heads are not there because of of the taint that was on the source, but rather they have a closer connection with their spiritual predecessors than their female counterparts do.

just a theory, because it's pretty much assumed that the voices aren't real. It makes sense to automatically call it a sign of the mens' insanity, but I like to think outside of the box.

Yojinj · Jun 04, 2005, 04:49 AM // 04:49

I totally forgot the Anne Rice (vampire) books.

d4nowar · Jun 04, 2005, 07:09 AM // 07:09

On the rare occasion that I read a real book, I tend to read stuff along the lines of Tom Clancy. I enjoy the books that are simply informational bricks of words. How-to books on building things. Stuff like that.

In case you were wondering, I am NOT the most boring person in the world. I just read some boring books.

Jackell · Jun 04, 2005, 07:16 AM // 07:16

Good Omens.

You can definatly feel the DOuglas Adams influence in this book.

pHobac · Jun 04, 2005, 08:23 AM // 08:23

I just read a very good book by Marilynne Robinson called "Housekeeping", as well as "Go Tell it on the Mountain" by James Baldwin. And I finaly found time to finish reading John Locke's "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" and David Hume's "An Abstract of a Book Lately Published; entitled, A Treatise of Human Nature, &c. Wherein the chief Argument of that Book is Farther Illustrated and Explained". It was only about 15 pages, and 10 of those were the title, but I really had to read it cause I was left hanging by his Treatise and it clarifies some stuff.

Philosphical texts have such long freakin names. It's really annoying to cite it in a conversation "Well, Berkely argued in his 'Treatise on the Nescesary Causality of Chicken Soup as Analysed through a Rationalist Lense of Potato Burritos', that blah blah blah..."

Alzbeta · Jun 04, 2005, 08:37 AM // 08:37

Currently on Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (historical fiction). After that, it's on to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Can't wait!

Pevil Lahuta's Pet Moa · Jun 04, 2005, 04:24 PM // 16:24

"Knowledge is Power" and "Ignorance is Bliss"

Some fantasy series/books/trilogies/authors u may want to look into

R.A. Salvatore (my favorite author by far (great action) )
Forgotten Realms ( saga )
Dragon Lance (saga (legend of huma) )
Wheel of time (kina strange, but good reading)
Rift War saga
Eragon (heritage trilogy (in progress)
Earth Sea (trilogy)
Lord of the Rings (yea i kno...uve read it)
Greyhawk (series)
The Misenchanted sword (book)

Theres plenty of books to last you if u like fantasy!

Loviatar · Jun 04, 2005, 05:41 PM // 17:41

the only horror and (police,murder,romance,vampire,etc) i enjoy

http://www.laurellkhamilton.org/ABBooks1.htm

My name is Anita Blake. Vampires call me The Executioner. What I call them isn't repeatable. Ever since the Supreme Court granted the undead equal rights, most people think vampires are just ordinary folks with fangs. I know better. I've seen their victims. I carry the scars...

But now a serial killer is murdering vampires -- and the most powerful bloodsucker in town wants me to find the killer...

Encounter with a Vampire!

I arrived at Guilty Pleasures a little after midnight. Jean-Claude was standing at the bottom of the steps. He was leaning against the wall, utterly still. If he was breathing, I couldn't see it. A lock of black hair trailed across the smooth paleness of his cheek.

"You smell of other people's blood, ma petite."

I smiled at him, sweetly. "It was no one you knew...."