What is your "That Book"?
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Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
I sometimes pick it up to kill time at Borders (sadface) and I'll just keep reading it, regardless of where I start. It's such a fantastic book.
You know what the worst part is? I don't own a copy...
I sometimes pick it up to kill time at Borders (sadface) and I'll just keep reading it, regardless of where I start. It's such a fantastic book.
You know what the worst part is? I don't own a copy...
Recently Ive picked and re-read The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks. Some of the best dark fantasy stuff Ive ever read. Sadly the other books in the trilogy aren't nearly as good, but its still a solid series and I'm looking forward to his new book.
1984, and also the Halo books. Hehe. All of them are good, some for action, and some for thinking about various psychological/sociological effects.
agreed, fucking blew through ghosts of onyx a couple months back in less than 2 days.ZeroMachine said:
i do love those books, i wouldn't call them "teh bezt ever!" but they definitely do get a smile on my face and i will burn through those books like their is no tomorrow when i read em.Jaso11111 said:You know that book you just keep guming back. That book that just hits the spot for you.
It dosent have to be just one book, it can be a series if you want.
For me its the Artemys Faoul series (yes thats not how you write it) from Ouen Kolfer! Its just something about elfs with jetpacks and laser guns that just does it for me
the count of monte cristo is an amazing read, the one and only book i ever actually liked from the boring heaps of dry fucked up shit that was "high school required reading" list.Fiz_The_Toaster said:
the book had it all, and hell i actually really liked the movie even, (the one in like '02 i believe?)
Favorite is Truth and Steel in the EverQuest novels (though all of them are excellent. Myth series by Robert Asprin (dude should never have quit drinking... he lost his inspiration when he sobered up). Guardians of the Flame series (about college students who play a D&D-like game and the DM zaps them into the world. NOT for kids). Lastly, my guilty pleasure. Planet X. Yes, the Star Trek: TNG/X-Men crossover.
Justin Cronin's The Passage. I don't what it is about this book, but I have yet to have found a book that I enjoyed not only so much, but I've read the fucker nine times since it came out last year. Most I've read under that is Halo: Fall of Reach at four times.
When the legends die. A fantastic Native american story. It captures you and never lets go.
2001: A Space Odyssey A great space adventure even though the endings a wtf
The Rainmaker An interesting lawyer story
The Hobit Didn't like the first lord of the rings book so i stopped reading the seieres
Lastly Mortal Engines A REALLY imaginitive post apocalyspe movie( CITIES LITERALLY EAT EACH OTHER!!!!!!!!!!!)
2001: A Space Odyssey A great space adventure even though the endings a wtf
The Rainmaker An interesting lawyer story
The Hobit Didn't like the first lord of the rings book so i stopped reading the seieres
Lastly Mortal Engines A REALLY imaginitive post apocalyspe movie( CITIES LITERALLY EAT EACH OTHER!!!!!!!!!!!)
Anything by HP Lovecraft really. That guy was sort of a douche, but he understood good horror, and I respect and enjoy that.
Also, I'm reading "Rendezvous with Rama" by Arthur C. Clarke, and while I can't generate a complete opinion, having not finished it yet, but so far, it's awesome.
Also, I'm reading "Rendezvous with Rama" by Arthur C. Clarke, and while I can't generate a complete opinion, having not finished it yet, but so far, it's awesome.
Yeah it was in 02, it was okay. But then again, I'm pretty hard on movies that are based on books.gmaverick019 said:
I know what you mean, normally "high school required reading lists" suck. Unfortunately, that wasn't on the list and I had to read some real boring shit. You were lucky.
Kingkiller Chronicles are up there, as are the Night Angel trilogy, The Stainless Steel Rat series, the Deathworld series and Cities in Flight.
The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. By Junot Diaz
It's a beautifully written tale of an immigrant family over generations, and their lives under oppression and misunderstanding of their culture.
Oh, and their are magic ferrets, crazy-fast pacing, and some of the best videogame humor in any literature.
Oh, and it won a Pulitzer.
Seriously, check it out. I love that book.
It's a beautifully written tale of an immigrant family over generations, and their lives under oppression and misunderstanding of their culture.
Oh, and their are magic ferrets, crazy-fast pacing, and some of the best videogame humor in any literature.
Oh, and it won a Pulitzer.
Seriously, check it out. I love that book.
haha yeah when it comes to movies i'm generally really lenient so i did enjoy it.Fiz_The_Toaster said:
and yes, i was lucky but also unlucky at the same time, that was our 2nd book in the near 40 taht i read in high school reading, and after that book i thought to myself "wow, that book was great, i wonder what the next ones are gonna be like?!" to only have my hopes crushed by the most boring overrated shit on the planet, and being forced to fuck the words with my eyeballs.
if there was one thing i could amend from high school, it was required reading...fuck it, let me read my own book choices!
I love Poe's stuff, but I have nothing of his on my shelves. A shame too. I also like Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. Probably one of the few books I've read more than three times. I don't read as often as I should, but very few books please me. I'm picky, and book reviews are unreliable the majority of the time.LiberalSquirrel said:
The Amtrak Wars by Patrick Tilley.
The Amanda Garrett series by James Cobb.
The Jack Ryan series, Netforce Series and Op-Centre series by Tom Clancy.
The Blackcollar series by Timothy Zahn ( it has space ninjas what else could you need).
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
That is plus just about everything else in my book collection, I have got a few books I must have read well ove 30 times and I keep coming back to them.
The Amanda Garrett series by James Cobb.
The Jack Ryan series, Netforce Series and Op-Centre series by Tom Clancy.
The Blackcollar series by Timothy Zahn ( it has space ninjas what else could you need).
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
That is plus just about everything else in my book collection, I have got a few books I must have read well ove 30 times and I keep coming back to them.
No kidding, nothing like getting your hopes crushed by reading really crappy books afterwards that make you hate life.gmaverick019 said:
I had nothing but Steinbeck and Hemingway, talk about your overrated authors. They were very painful reads, I don't want to read books that depress the hell out of me unless I choose to, not because I have to. Which I guess makes it all the more depressing, thanks a ton high school!
The Sherlock Holmes stories Even though I know how they all end by now, I can re-read them again and again.
Even though I know how they all end by now, I can re-read them again and again.The Vorkosigan saga by Lois McMaster Bujold. I tend to read them once a year or every other year, never get boring for me. Same with Dune, I have read it about 10 times now.