book recommendations.

[whaleswiththumbs]

Well, my favorite book, Play Money is always available through Amazon.

 

[cthulhu257]

No Country for Old Men. Awesome book. I don't know how it is for camping, but Mortal Engines was great too.

 

[Joshimodo]

Lord of the Flies, Shade's Children.

 

[InsanityManifest]

DUNE novels are heady and a little dry but good reads if your into politics/religion/scifi. If you like graphic novels and noir 100 Bullets is excellent too.

Also:
Black Hawk Down: A story of Modern War
A Confederacy of Dunces (funny stuff)
The Prophet (short but sweet)
Interview with the Vampire
The Miyamoto Musashi series
The Killer Angels

 

[Solytus]

can't go wrong with a good comic book. I'd totally suggest Promethea by Alan Moore for sheer mindfucking brilliance.

Considering that I absolutely loved Watchmen (Both the film and the book), I may have to check that out. Might I ask what its main premise is?

This topic has piqued my interest... Thank god the escapist has such a literate community.

 

[The Maddest March Hare]

Anything Terry Pratchett wrote, especially check out Night Watch or Feet of Clay =]

 

[SmilingKitsune]

"The catcher in the rye" by J.D Salinger, everyone needs to read that book at least once.
"Of mice and men" by John Steinbeck.
These two have my highest recomendations.

 

[Solytus]

I'm going camping in a few days, and I"d love to have a few good books to relax with while I'm there.

Any recommendations would be highly appreciated.

I'm sorry about this but before I tell you what book you should read... OMGYOURPICISDEADPOOLOMGHESSOFUNNYLOLOLO. Sorry had to be done. But anyway a few good books would be "A Clockwork Orange" By: Anthony Burgess, "World War Z" (if you like zombie books), and of course "The Gunslinger" By: Stephen King it's the first book in the Dark Tower series and it's really great. DEADPOOL!

Edit: "Survivor" By: Chuck Palahniuk.
Edit2EADPOOL!.

Ahem. HIGH FIVE.

Deadpool fandom aside, I have heard that Clockwork Orange and World War Z are quite good...

Anything Terry Pratchett wrote, especially check out Night Watch or Feet of Clay =]

On a sort of random note, is Terry Pratchett's style similar to that to Neil Gaiman?

 

[Conveant0]

I enjoyed "The Gates Of Rome"~Colin Iggulden when I took it camping a few years ago. Really worth a look.

 

[high_castle]

Idlewild, Edenborn, and Everfree.

In that order.
All excellent books, though to say anything more would actually spoil them.

Hey, someone else has read Nick Sagan! Recommendation seconded.

Also check out some Philip K. Dick if you're into classic SF: The Man in the High Castle, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, A Scanner Darkly, and Flow My Tears the Policeman Said are favorites. And like I said, classics. You have to appreciate the masters.

For a dark space opera saga, try Karin Lowachee's series: Warchild, Burndive, and Cagebird. Let me repeat: very dark. But also great on characters and the story line is both epic and believable.

If you want something more modern, try Charlie Huston's vampire series: Already Dead, No Dominion, Half the Blood in Brooklyn, and Every Last Drop. Joe Pitt is no Twilight-vampire, and neither are any of the creatures in these novels. Very good, very dark, and with a black sense of humor about them. Be aware, though, they're violent and brutal and the imagery can be disturbing at times. Perfect for nights alone in the woods.

 

[manaman]

... Although I did feel slightly better knowing that the vampire Edward Cullen, because he's a vampire he doesn't have blood circulating around his body, can't get an erection.

Oh but he can. And it sparkles. I would assume since his spunk is vampire spunk as well so it sparkles too.

I bet even the little cannibalistic baby Bella vamprilla imprintee sparkled in the perfect vampire marble womb cocoon cause it was perfect.

 

[Souplex]

A confederacy of dunces is a good read.

 

[Solytus]

I'm going camping in a few days, and I"d love to have a few good books to relax with while I'm there.

Any recommendations would be highly appreciated.

I'm sorry about this but before I tell you what book you should read... OMGYOURPICISDEADPOOLOMGHESSOFUNNYLOLOLO. Sorry had to be done. But anyway a few good books would be "A Clockwork Orange" By: Anthony Burgess, "World War Z" (if you like zombie books), and of course "The Gunslinger" By: Stephen King it's the first book in the Dark Tower series and it's really great. DEADPOOL!

Edit: "Survivor" By: Chuck Palahniuk.
Edit2EADPOOL!.

Ahem. HIGH FIVE.

Deadpool fandom aside, I have heard that Clockwork Orange and World War Z are quite good...

Anything Terry Pratchett wrote, especially check out Night Watch or Feet of Clay =]

On a sort of random note, is Terry Pratchett's style similar to that to Neil Gaiman?

Quick question what's the worlds largest threat (not including Cable)?

Pre-Black Box influence, Clowns, Post-influence, Superhumans (this mindset was quickly extinguished))

The OP should have enough books to last him a week or so, now.

Indeed =) If I read slowly, a few more books may take care of my summer break in its entirety ^.^

 

[ThaBenMan]

These. [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.118988#2301419]

 

[Solytus]

can't go wrong with a good comic book. I'd totally suggest Promethea by Alan Moore for sheer mindfucking brilliance.

Considering that I absolutely loved Watchmen (Both the film and the book), I may have to check that out. Might I ask what its main premise is?

This topic has piqued my interest... Thank god the escapist has such a literate community.

If you like Alan Moore then I think you'll very much enjoy it. Firstly because, working with J.H. Williams III, he plays with the medium even more artfully than he did with Watchmen. Every page is loaded with crazy details and often tend to have very inventive panel transitions. I often spent minutes at a time on pages with almost no dialogue, just absorbing the depth.

Also, even if you don't cater to his philosophy on the mind, magic, fiction and how they're all related, it's certainly fascinating to see what he thinks about it.

I'll let my friend Wikipedia fill you in on some of the details:

"Promethea is a young girl whose father is killed by a Christian mob in Alexandria in AD 411. She is taken in hand by the double-god, Thoth-Hermes, who tells her that if she goes with him/them into the Immateria, a plane of existence home to the imagination, she will no longer be just a little girl but a story living eternally. "Promethea" thereafter manifests in a series of avatars over the centuries. Sophie Bangs is the current and most powerful host of Promethea."

It's a kind of superhero thing in a very loose sense.

By the way it sounds, I absolutely must check this out, as the subtle details and the thought-provoking nature of Watchmen are what drew me in to it immensely.

 

[black-magic]

Without remorse by tom clancy!

 

[LewsTherin]

The Wheel of Time.

 

[Aur0ra145]

Flight of the Intruder.

 

[aakibar]

totally any Tom Clancy book, Red october for best results
if you want sci-fi and thought provoking Heinlein, or enders game Zombie war Z is amazing and in the woods you will think they are taking over.

 

[londelen]

Anything, ever, by Garth Nix.

I would also suggest the Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud.


hmmm..... The Hunger Games, The Sea of Trolls, or I am the Messenger. Also good picks.