I know, I know, we get recommendation threads every week or two and the last one about books wasn't that long ago, but I can't help myself.
As a person looking to break into the world of published writing, I feel I should take it upon myself to... well, read. I read a fair bit while I was growing up, but as I started going through high school and the years since, I've been switching much more heavily toward gaming and neglecting any sort of book collection. So I figured I would change that, and who better to ask than... okay, there are probably a few better places I could ask, but I'm most comfortable with the community around here, and I know plenty of you guys and gals like to talk about literature!
As for what I'm looking for:
Considering all of this, I state that I would prefer novels around 300-400 pages in length just for the sheer fact that there's a daunting collection I already have that I can work my way through, though obviously longer ones are not a problem for me if they're simply that good. I should also like to not spend more than $20 USD per book if possible, as I don't have unlimited funds for the purchasing of new things.
As should be evident, I do prefer works that aren't set within the real world or which stretch the boundaries of reality, though I have no real preference between high fantasy and science-fiction, and I would like to know of more urban fantasy stories (I've heard The Dresden Files is such and generally pretty good?).
So there you have it! Go nuts!
As a person looking to break into the world of published writing, I feel I should take it upon myself to... well, read. I read a fair bit while I was growing up, but as I started going through high school and the years since, I've been switching much more heavily toward gaming and neglecting any sort of book collection. So I figured I would change that, and who better to ask than... okay, there are probably a few better places I could ask, but I'm most comfortable with the community around here, and I know plenty of you guys and gals like to talk about literature!
As for what I'm looking for:
Read said:Eoin Colfer's urban fantasy series Artemis Fowl.
Brian Jacques' Redwall series.
Garth Nix's The Seventh Tower series.
The Chronicles of Narnia.
Harry Potter.
The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit.
A Game of Thrones.
The Phantom Tollbooth.
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In collection; Unread said:The Book of Lost Tales/The Silmarillion.
Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels.
Terry Brooks' Shannara novels and other Magic Kingdom of Landover novels.
Raymond E. Feist's Riftwar saga.
Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series; I have read the first book in the series however.
Isaac Asimov's I, Robot/The Caves of Steel/The Naked Sun/The Robots of Dawn/Robots and Empires/The Complete Robot, the Foundation novels excepting Foundation and Earth.
Everything except Discworld in this section is part of my dad's collection, though, which is part of the reason for this thread.
Currently reading said:George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire; on A Clash of Kings.
Considering all of this, I state that I would prefer novels around 300-400 pages in length just for the sheer fact that there's a daunting collection I already have that I can work my way through, though obviously longer ones are not a problem for me if they're simply that good. I should also like to not spend more than $20 USD per book if possible, as I don't have unlimited funds for the purchasing of new things.
As should be evident, I do prefer works that aren't set within the real world or which stretch the boundaries of reality, though I have no real preference between high fantasy and science-fiction, and I would like to know of more urban fantasy stories (I've heard The Dresden Files is such and generally pretty good?).
So there you have it! Go nuts!