Just another what is your favourit thread: now about books
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Jazz_Fascist
First time out of the vault
I ain't a book person, but my favorite book would be "Green Ice" by Gearld Browne. It's about a man who gives up his office job and seeks a koliday in Mexico, but he gets involves with a pretty girl who is involved in murder and smuggling. It's a good comedy/thriller book.
[PCE]el_Prez
Vault Fossil
1. 1984 - George Orwell
2. The Stand - Stephen King
3. Rising Sun - Michael Crieghten
4. Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
5. The Bible
2. The Stand - Stephen King
3. Rising Sun - Michael Crieghten
4. Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury
5. The Bible
DarkShade1989
It Wandered In From the Wastes
1.) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series
2.) Dune to Children of Dune
3.) The Lord of the Rings
4.) The two Dirk Gently books
2.) Dune to Children of Dune
3.) The Lord of the Rings
4.) The two Dirk Gently books
[PCE]el_Prez
Vault Fossil
everyone seems to like the hitchhikers guide..... i really didnt think much of it. seemed a little too dumb to be funny, i guess thats just me though.
POOPERSCOOPER
It Wandered In From the Wastes
hey
I'm not a book person either but I did enjoy the Lord of the Rings series.
IM HArDCOrE!!
I'm not a book person either but I did enjoy the Lord of the Rings series.
IM HArDCOrE!!
Well, I could just say "yeah, I like the same books as listed in everybody else's posts", but I won't because a little diversity is in need here.
I recommend the Ann Rice Vampire series. Well written, and will keep you busy for a while!
I'm probably misspelling his name, but the author Carlos Costanada and his Don Juan series is also excellent. No, this isn't the Don Juan of romance fame, but another one.
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn is also excellent. No, make that the best damn book I've read in ages. I won't even give you a hint about what its about, just go and read it already!
I recommend the Ann Rice Vampire series. Well written, and will keep you busy for a while!
I'm probably misspelling his name, but the author Carlos Costanada and his Don Juan series is also excellent. No, this isn't the Don Juan of romance fame, but another one.
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn is also excellent. No, make that the best damn book I've read in ages. I won't even give you a hint about what its about, just go and read it already!
I've gone out of the fantasy/sf-loop a long time ago, and I don't have a top list. But some of my favourites (in random order):
Richard Adams - Watership Down
Charles Dickens - A tale of two cities
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
George Orwell - 1984
Oliver Swift - Gulliver's Travels
FM Dostojewski - the Karamazow Brothers
FM Dostojewski - Guilt and Penance
And more, more, more. Read too much, can't remember half.
Richard Adams - Watership Down
Charles Dickens - A tale of two cities
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
George Orwell - 1984
Oliver Swift - Gulliver's Travels
FM Dostojewski - the Karamazow Brothers
FM Dostojewski - Guilt and Penance
And more, more, more. Read too much, can't remember half.
[PCE]el_Prez
Vault Fossil
i dont see how you can compare the bible to hitchhikers guide....and the sequel to the bible would be...???
ehehe.
I'm not a book person either, but I did enjoy The Hobbit (Tolkien), Momo (michael ende) and The Coat (Nikolaj Gogol). And of course my Donald Duck collectors book.
I'm not a book person either, but I did enjoy The Hobbit (Tolkien), Momo (michael ende) and The Coat (Nikolaj Gogol). And of course my Donald Duck collectors book.
Donald Duck da bomb, yo.
Daemon Spawn
Old Warrior of the Wastes
Frank Herbert - Dune series
Fyodor Dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment & Brothers Karamazov
Pearl Buck - The Good Earth -this one actually made me cry
hmm who else?
I like Michael Crichton, but only on airplanes.
Fyodor Dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment & Brothers Karamazov
Pearl Buck - The Good Earth -this one actually made me cry
hmm who else?
I like Michael Crichton, but only on airplanes.
Dragon Lance series: Any of the books by Weiss and Hickman (Chronicles trilogy, Legends Trilogy), and Dan Parkinson (Gates of Thorbardin, Dwarven Nations Trilogy). Also, The Legend of Huma (read that through without stopping).
Anne Rice is good, but after the Queen of the Damned I pretty much quit reading the series, though I do have most of the books.
ElfQuest graphic novels are awesom (Wendy and Richard Pini).
As a teenager I like Dean R. Koontz, but the more I read his books, the less I started to like them (I guess I just got tired of his style, I read about 20 of them).
I do like some stuff by King, but not much. The only books I've read of his are It, Gerald's Game, Carrie, and one other I can't seem to remember... Oh well...
I don't read much anymore. When I do it is mostly religious or political stuff, or Dilbert.
Anne Rice is good, but after the Queen of the Damned I pretty much quit reading the series, though I do have most of the books.
ElfQuest graphic novels are awesom (Wendy and Richard Pini).
As a teenager I like Dean R. Koontz, but the more I read his books, the less I started to like them (I guess I just got tired of his style, I read about 20 of them).
I do like some stuff by King, but not much. The only books I've read of his are It, Gerald's Game, Carrie, and one other I can't seem to remember... Oh well...
I don't read much anymore. When I do it is mostly religious or political stuff, or Dilbert.
My favourite books would have to be the following...
Hex, the entire series. These were the first books i ever read.
The hitch hickers guide to the galaxy. Great book.
Star ship troopers. Superb, way better than the film.
Career girls. May sound like a lady's book but i thought it was excellent. Opened my eyes to a whole new load of things.
The hobbit was also a good read.
Well, these are the ones i enjoyed the most.
Hex, the entire series. These were the first books i ever read.
The hitch hickers guide to the galaxy. Great book.
Star ship troopers. Superb, way better than the film.
Career girls. May sound like a lady's book but i thought it was excellent. Opened my eyes to a whole new load of things.
The hobbit was also a good read.
Well, these are the ones i enjoyed the most.
The best in my library which I can reread time and again is Voltaire's Candide. The translation I had was pretty good and "modernistic" in its literary style. I can't say what the original french is like compared to contemporary books but from what I understand Voltaire was centuries ahead of his time. Very funny dark political satire.
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess; I remember getting it from the library when I was around 16 and needed my parent's permission to check it out. Great book, much better than the movie and gave me an interest in the russian language.
A Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood; Really good read for a Canadian, feminist writer.
On The Road - Jack Kerouac; What can you say? The man is a legend and the book is an icon.
The Tin Drum - Gunter Grass; Funny as hell story and great satire. Don't be put off by its size it is well worth the read.
Guilty Pleasure = The Doc Savage series by Ken Robeson
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess; I remember getting it from the library when I was around 16 and needed my parent's permission to check it out. Great book, much better than the movie and gave me an interest in the russian language.
A Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood; Really good read for a Canadian, feminist writer.
On The Road - Jack Kerouac; What can you say? The man is a legend and the book is an icon.
The Tin Drum - Gunter Grass; Funny as hell story and great satire. Don't be put off by its size it is well worth the read.
Guilty Pleasure = The Doc Savage series by Ken Robeson