Your Favorite Novel
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Michael Crichton and Stephen King dominate my top ten favourite books. I've never made a list, though, so I can only give you my top two:
Jurassic Park, Crichton
Prey, Crichton
But I'm more of a fan of short stories anyway. Here are some good collections of them:
Night Shift, King
Will the Last Person to Leave the Planet Please Shut Off the Sun?, Mike Resnick
Skeleton Crew, King
Jurassic Park, Crichton
Prey, Crichton
But I'm more of a fan of short stories anyway. Here are some good collections of them:
Night Shift, King
Will the Last Person to Leave the Planet Please Shut Off the Sun?, Mike Resnick
Skeleton Crew, King
Darren Shan's Demonata and Vampire books are amazing. I've been recently reading Simon Scarrow's novels on the Roman Army during Emperor Claudius which is pretty good too.
Atlas Shrugged
By
Ayn Rand
By
Ayn Rand
I realise that this is hated here on the Escapist, most Randroids are considered immature philosophy drop-outs. But this book sends a message to all generations, and has made people like myself truly understand the world.
And when it gets fan-services such as this, I ain't complaining! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOt6rUkU5xY&feature=PlayList&p=4BE5E347A6222400&index=0]
Good choice btw.Distorted Stu said:
And city of bones is...muh I suppose. It reminds me too much of twilight to be honest. The trilogy itself may not be as bad but it's still very much of the same breed (a sickening teenage romance with vampires and werewolves thrown in). I couldn't say whether it was actually because the books were bad or whether I just couldn't get past the similarities, but I didn't read that far in. Plus it rips off star wars a little.
Anyway, mine are:
Flowers for Algernon
The Knife of Never Letting Go (first in the Chaos Walking trilogy)
So long and thanks for all the fish (the 4th Hitch Hikers book)
The Subtle Knife (2nd His Dark Materials novel)
The Sandman (if comics count)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Preacher (if comics count)
If I had to narrow it down to one book it would be Flowers for Algernon. Never cried so much reading a book.
You know Catcher in the Rye is one of thoughts weird novels that I know I'm suppose to love but I just didn't. For one thing I found the main character annoying as hell and the story just seems to...meander around for the whole book with no real pull or drive to get me interested. It had some cool moments I suppose but nothing substantial.Pillypill said:
Finished that one a few months ago, brilliant. Not quite "BESS BOOK EVAR!!!1!" but still brilliant.shazlor said:
BTW has anyone read the new Terry Pratchett novel? I think it's about an Ankh Morpork football team, I need a recommendation to go and get it.
EDIT: As I was typing this my mum came up the stairs with a copy. Spooky!
EDIT: As I was typing this my mum came up the stairs with a copy. Spooky!
I like Pratchett, Gaiman, and Feist and Martin, but I could never call them my favorites. A book needs a bit of depth to make it onto that list, as well as being entertaining.
1984 is great, but can I recommend "The Forever War" by Joe Haldemann? Or "Enders Game" by Orson Scott Card (Avoid the sequels). Somebody mentioned "Snow Crash" already. But if you really want to blow your mind out, try the "Hyperion" series by Dan Simmonds. A dead clever version of the Canturbury tales set in the far future. I read them on holiday and the air stewardess asked me if I was alright because I was reading on the plane with tears running down my face.
1984 is great, but can I recommend "The Forever War" by Joe Haldemann? Or "Enders Game" by Orson Scott Card (Avoid the sequels). Somebody mentioned "Snow Crash" already. But if you really want to blow your mind out, try the "Hyperion" series by Dan Simmonds. A dead clever version of the Canturbury tales set in the far future. I read them on holiday and the air stewardess asked me if I was alright because I was reading on the plane with tears running down my face.
