Agreed.DJDarque said:
Since you already mentioned The Dresden Files, I recommend The First Law Trilogy and spin-offs. Dark humor, flawed characters, and grisly action.
What is your "That Book"?
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Since you already mentioned The Dresden Files, I recommend The First Law Trilogy and spin-offs. Dark humor, flawed characters, and grisly action.
Now here's a hoopy frood who knows where his towel is.AlternatePFG said:
I could read those books till eternity
The Passage by Justin Cronin. A excellent post-apocalyptic,si-fi book. Iain Banks: Wasp Factory and 120 Days of Sodom by Sade
Seconded. Or thirded. Or whatever.DJDarque said:
So I read all of Ghost Stories in one sitting. On the day it came out. On my kindle, so I got it at something like 1 in the morning. That's clearly not a bad thing.
For me, it'd probably be Of Mice and Men and A Clockwork Orange.
I've only read ACO once, but I've seen the film so many times, and I loved the book about a thousand times more than the film, so I'm sure I'll end up reading it many more times in the future.
I've only read ACO once, but I've seen the film so many times, and I loved the book about a thousand times more than the film, so I'm sure I'll end up reading it many more times in the future.
It's a series rather then a singular book, but I'm a huge fan of The Dark Tower.
'The Man in Black fled across the desert, and The Gunslinger followed.'
Possibly one of the best opening lines ever written.
Close contenders are the Belgariad and Malloreon by David Eddings, The Discworld books by Terry Pratchett and The Drenai books by David Gemmell.
'The Man in Black fled across the desert, and The Gunslinger followed.'
Possibly one of the best opening lines ever written.
Close contenders are the Belgariad and Malloreon by David Eddings, The Discworld books by Terry Pratchett and The Drenai books by David Gemmell.
Okay I really have to ask as I've read several reviews that also called it smut. And I really really don't understand.hurfdurp said:
But how is it smut? I know there's some sadomasochism themes and sex scenes, but they're not that many of them and even then they're not all that explicit. Not to mention that there's so much more going on then just sex, I'd call it political intrigue any day.
Is there some sort of censored version I'm reading?
Do the later books, which I haven't read get a lot smuttier?
Are my perceptions completely skewed coming from a country where this [http://www.amazon.com/Turkish-Delight-Jan-Wolkers/dp/0714510556] is not considered smut but literature?
The Master and Margaret, by a Russian writer Bulgacov, it's told to be a cult classic.It was banned in the Soviet union BTW.
Basically the writer was a Satan worshiper and a drug addict, also he was a professional doctor and had to work with some mentally insane people. Basically the book is the bible from the Satan's eyes. He even made Satan a positive character, honestly, best Satan I've ever seen.
The book consists of 3 story lines:
Satire of USSR in the 30's.
A story of a Cristian sidekick in 20 B.C (Basically Jesus the first)
Love of the Master and Margaret, that the death itself can not stop.
The book was wright in the 1930's, but was released to the mass public only in the 1980's.
I always found the novel strange in a certain way, like it's cursed or something.
I highly recommend reading it, it's a novel like no other.
Basically the writer was a Satan worshiper and a drug addict, also he was a professional doctor and had to work with some mentally insane people. Basically the book is the bible from the Satan's eyes. He even made Satan a positive character, honestly, best Satan I've ever seen.
The book consists of 3 story lines:
Satire of USSR in the 30's.
A story of a Cristian sidekick in 20 B.C (Basically Jesus the first)
Love of the Master and Margaret, that the death itself can not stop.
The book was wright in the 1930's, but was released to the mass public only in the 1980's.
I always found the novel strange in a certain way, like it's cursed or something.
I highly recommend reading it, it's a novel like no other.
Of course it's much more than that. A lot of things I post on here can't really be taken at face value as generally I tend to be an oaf. I'd say the more recent books have actually become even weaker in that department if anything. I wouldn't wait years on these books if it was just for a simple sprinkling of the word phallusHagi said:
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Well, it's a good thing I'm Russian. Anyway, there is actually a few movies made by that novel. It's best to try to find a good translation of the movie, I don't know about the English translation, but the original is quite hard to read. Try watching the movie if you want to save yourself some time.Koroviev said:
Bump for the The Dark Tower cycle. Took Stephen King pretty much my whole life to write. At times I doubted if it would ever be finnished. I am guessing George R.R Martin fans now know how fans of these books must have felt.
Also, anything by the sadly missed David Gemmell.
Also World War Z by Max Brooks. Can't get enough of it. Owned it for something like 3 or 4 years. Probably on my 12th read through. If you don't own it go and get it now. You will love it. Audio version is very cool also.
Also, anything by the sadly missed David Gemmell.
Also World War Z by Max Brooks. Can't get enough of it. Owned it for something like 3 or 4 years. Probably on my 12th read through. If you don't own it go and get it now. You will love it. Audio version is very cool also.
Wasn't really directed at you personallyhurfdurp said:Of course it's much more than that. A lot of things I post on here can't really be taken at face value as generally I tend to be an oaf. I'd say the more recent books have actually become even weaker in that department if anything. I wouldn't wait years on these books if it was just for a simple sprinkling of the word phallus
, so no oafishness (heh, my spell-checker says that's actually a word!) detected.I was just wondering since I read them and later read some reviews in which even went as far as referring to it as erotica. So when I saw your comment I just had to ask whether I was missing something or not.