I'd like to say I believe that that could easily happen with me as well... I love Adams' work, and will definitely make my way through all of his series' in due time.Incredible Bullshitting Man said:
Favorite Book and why
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I like fiction tooAnarchemitis said:
My favorite book is Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, with all the 5 books collected as one.
It's just the most brilliant and funny book's ever written, in my opinion.
Lord of the Rings was also very good.
The books by Vera Henriksen are also some of my favorites. she rewrites the old norse sagas in novel form. quite good.
Oh yes! Julio Cortazar... Did the aquarium story begin with him or did that originate from some older source, because its concept always sounded so... old to me. I read a few things by him but that one always stuck with me. Come on, you know which one I'm talking about. The man and the aquarium. Every day coming to the aquarium... Yes?Billy_Pilgrim said:
He also did Blow-Up, which was made into a very stylistic movie by Fellini, probably his most comprehensible film.
For some odd drama, try Nathanael West. I was always fond of his story Miss Lonelyhearts, which was written in something like the 20s or 30s and was a kind of dramatization based off the idea of self-help newspaper articles. It's one of my favorite lesser-known pieces of fiction because it still manages to feel a bit timeless to me, despite the setting.
Dude! Here, here. I just picked up Game of Thrones and am about 250 pages in. It is SO GOOD. Violent, imaganitive, sincere, sweeping.cannot_aim said:
Also, the Dalai Lama's Art of Happiness is one of the most positive books I've ever read.
Where to start...
"His Dark Materials" (?) Trilogy by Phillip Pullman
"One From The Other" and "A Quiet Flame" both by Phillip Kerr
Most of the books I've read by Paul Auster and Haruki Murakami
Seconded on the "Sharpe" series
The list could go on...
"His Dark Materials" (?) Trilogy by Phillip Pullman
"One From The Other" and "A Quiet Flame" both by Phillip Kerr
Most of the books I've read by Paul Auster and Haruki Murakami
Seconded on the "Sharpe" series
The list could go on...
Icewind Dale is by far my favorite out of the Drizzt series.
Also, A Song of Ice and Fire pwns all. I just wish Dance of Dragons would come out some time this millenia.
Also, A Song of Ice and Fire pwns all. I just wish Dance of Dragons would come out some time this millenia.
George R.R. Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire is excellent. It makes Jordan seem flighty, long-winded and lacking in direction (this and I am actually a fan of The Wheel of Time)
Brandon Sanderson - He is taking over to finish the Wheel of Time for the late Robert Jordan. I read his book Elantris and found it to be a great stand alone novel, and his trilogy Mistborne is quick, intense and brilliant. I actually like his writing more than Jordan's and am very curious to see how A Memory of Light will turn out.
Raymond Feist - His later books get a bit dark and less fun, but the original Magician is one of my favorite books of all time, and the Tsuranuanni trilogy with Mara of the Acoma was such a fun and unique perspective from a very original culture.
For more of a Sci-Fi feel, Ender's Game is top of the list but for some fun and quick reads I am really enjoying the Kris Longknife books by Mike Shepard.
And if you are in the mood for a fast pace fiction anything by Dean Koontz is great. Odd Thomas will keep you reading through a single sitting cover to cover.
Brandon Sanderson - He is taking over to finish the Wheel of Time for the late Robert Jordan. I read his book Elantris and found it to be a great stand alone novel, and his trilogy Mistborne is quick, intense and brilliant. I actually like his writing more than Jordan's and am very curious to see how A Memory of Light will turn out.
Raymond Feist - His later books get a bit dark and less fun, but the original Magician is one of my favorite books of all time, and the Tsuranuanni trilogy with Mara of the Acoma was such a fun and unique perspective from a very original culture.
For more of a Sci-Fi feel, Ender's Game is top of the list but for some fun and quick reads I am really enjoying the Kris Longknife books by Mike Shepard.
And if you are in the mood for a fast pace fiction anything by Dean Koontz is great. Odd Thomas will keep you reading through a single sitting cover to cover.
If no one has suggested it yet, The Dark Tower series by Stephen King is honestly the best series I have ever read. Hands down. And I've done my share of reading. Amazing plot, the most familiar and intricately developed characters I've ever read, desolate and intriguing setting, and the most bad-ass protagonist EVAR. I'm not a huge horror junkie, and I don't think King is really trying anymore, but the Dark Tower isn't horror and was his pet project for 30 some years. If you want a read that will take more than a few weeks (being seven books long, most 3 inches+ in hardback), and want to hear an epic tale that will blow your mind, read the Dark Tower.
/fanboy rant off
/fanboy rant off
Gawd I read all the WoT books and some of those chapters are the most dry and dull I've ever read from ANY book. Jordan could write all day about nothing but you'd still need to read it in case you miss the tiny plot twist >.< However, Dumai's Wells is one of the most awesome battles I've ever read. I'm looking forward to Sanderson's AMoL as I rather enjoyed Mistborne.Lost Leader said:
I definitely agree.Artemis923 said:
The Dumai's Wells chapter is probably my favorite moment of all the books. I still get chills when I read it, and I've read that chapter at least 15 times. I don't think there is another single moment from any book I have read (and I read way too much) that stands out in my mind as much as that one. Perhaps the scene with Pug as Milamber at the Warlord's Birthday celebration in Magician: Master.
Anyone have read Plato and a platypus walk into a bar ?
A Ninety year old man went to the doctor and told him " Doctor Doctor!!, My 19 year old wife is Pregnant!", then the doctor brought him in his office and told him a little story, " Ok there was this youung man and he went hunting, couple hours went by with nothing in sight, while going home he seen this beauty of a deer and instead of picking up his gun he picked up his umbrella and shot him, one shot killed him", Old man was astonished with the story and in disbeleif he said, " Thats Impossible, Someone else must of shot em." Doctor replys, " My point exact"
Understanding Philosophy through jokes.
A Ninety year old man went to the doctor and told him " Doctor Doctor!!, My 19 year old wife is Pregnant!", then the doctor brought him in his office and told him a little story, " Ok there was this youung man and he went hunting, couple hours went by with nothing in sight, while going home he seen this beauty of a deer and instead of picking up his gun he picked up his umbrella and shot him, one shot killed him", Old man was astonished with the story and in disbeleif he said, " Thats Impossible, Someone else must of shot em." Doctor replys, " My point exact"
Understanding Philosophy through jokes.
Darren Shan's The Demonata series or sergei lukyanenko's the night watch books they're fantasy horror type books and freakin awsome xD
