Author Topic: Book Reading Suggestions (Read 6672 times)

ErikRuud · « **Reply #40 on:** January 20, 2005, 12:05:57 pm »

Here are my reccomendations.

SciFi
William Gibson - Anything
Kim Stanley Robinson - Anything
Greg Bear - Anything
Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash

Mameotron · « **Reply #41 on:** January 20, 2005, 09:05:02 pm »

Try this one:

Amazon.Com Link

I read this book every single day!

Daniel270 · « **Reply #42 on:** January 20, 2005, 11:25:25 pm »

My wife suggests the Jean Auel series..

Clan of the Cave Bear (the book the Darryl Hannah movie was based on)
The Valley of Horses
The Mammoth Hunters
The Plains of Passage
Shelters of Stone

TalkingOctopus · « **Reply #43 on:** January 21, 2005, 12:54:02 am »

Here are the books I've read most recently.

GGKoul · « **Reply #44 on:** January 21, 2005, 10:33:40 am »

Quote from: TalkingOctopus on January 21, 2005, 12:54:02 am

Here are the books I've read most recently.

ErikRuud · « **Reply #45 on:** January 21, 2005, 10:58:53 am »

Ooh!, I forgot about Vernor Vinge.

What is wrong with 800 pages? I average at least a 1000 pages a week.

shmokes · « **Reply #46 on:** January 21, 2005, 11:17:06 am »

Hey...I thought you'd decided on Life of Pi. I was all proud of myself for being the winner

GGKoul · « **Reply #47 on:** January 21, 2005, 11:49:07 am »

Quote from: ErikRuud on January 21, 2005, 10:58:53 am

Ooh!, I forgot about Vernor Vinge.

What is wrong with 800 pages?

javeryh · « **Reply #48 on:** January 21, 2005, 12:16:54 pm »

I also just finished Angels & Demons a few days ago. I thought it was way better than The DaVinci Code (which was also excellent) and I am curious as to why it didn't get as much recognition. A lot of the controversial themes (christianity, symbology, etc.) are very similar.

Anyway, I just started reading books for really the first time in my life and I can't believe I waited this long. I guess all of that forced reading in school turned me off to it. I'm reading The Sigma Protocol by Ludlum and I'm about 200 pages in and I love it...

GGKoul · « **Reply #49 on:** January 21, 2005, 12:37:54 pm »

Quote from: javeryh on January 21, 2005, 12:16:54 pm

I also just finished Angels & Demons a few days ago.

TalkingOctopus · « **Reply #50 on:** January 21, 2005, 12:48:33 pm »

Johnathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is a very long read and much different than DaVinci Code. I think the first 2 reviews on amazon are pretty accurate so read them before picking it up.

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This book is hard to describe. In terms of genre, it is both fantasy and well-researched historical fiction, which makes it a rather rare bird. The writing style falls somewhere between Austen and Gaiman and Dickens. The plot is somewhat rambling and disjoint, forsaking the standard quest narratives; in some ways it is a fantastic history of England, in some ways a tale of rescue

...

Unlike most of the better modern fantasy, this book is not a page-turner, and I mean that as a compliment; rather, it is a book to savor. Not that the plot isn't engaging - it is - but I frequently found myself comparing how many pages I'd read to how many I had left, deciding that I was burning through the book too quickly, and setting it down while I turned the passages I'd just read over in my head.

Vernor Vinge is one of my favorite authors. "A Deepness in the Sky" and "A Fire Upon The Deep" are great books!

RecycledPast · « **Reply #51 on:** January 21, 2005, 02:44:01 pm »

I can't believe no one has mentioned Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.

shmokes · « **Reply #52 on:** January 21, 2005, 04:14:19 pm »

Orson Scott Card is a mormon who went to school not far from where I live. It's really weird cos if you read his books in the series, especially starting with Speaker for the Dead, but continuing up through Ender's Shadow, you would swear the guy is an atheist. But I've listened to him in interviews and he still claims to be devout.

ErikRuud · « **Reply #53 on:** January 23, 2005, 01:31:07 am »

Orson Scott Card is awsome. I don't think I have ever been disappointed in any of his books.

Apollo · « **Reply #54 on:** January 23, 2005, 04:58:26 am »

At the moment I am reading

"A short history of Nearly Everything" Author Bill Bryson published by Black Swan

"The Natural History of the Rich, a Field Guide" Author Richard Conniff published by Arrow Books

"The Victorians" Author A.N.Wilson published by Arrow Books

I highly recommend all three, they are excellent.

GGKoul · « **Reply #55 on:** January 23, 2005, 04:08:30 pm »

Finished "Five people you meet in Heaven".. it was good quick read.

Starting "The Time Traveller's Wife" today.

ErikRuud · « **Reply #56 on:** January 24, 2005, 10:03:04 am »

Neil Gaiman is another great author, be prepare though" the stories are all knd of twisted.

"Neverwhere" is my favorite, and the most twisted. This was turned into a TV mini series by the BBC and is now available on DVD. The production standards are rumored to rival Dr. Who.

"American Gods" is very good. Especially if you have ever been to "Rock City".

"Stadust" is also good.

The "Sandman" graphic novels are very cool, probably not what you are looking for.

IMMark · « **Reply #57 on:** January 24, 2005, 05:22:56 pm »

I'll throw in my 2 cents....if you liked the Da Vinci Code

I would suggest The Rule of Four

Amazon.Com Link

Also I would throw out there Nelson DeMille, almost anything he wrote, very good reading, and the kind of sense of humor, that it seems a lot of "people" on the site could appreciate.
Happy reading

GGKoul · « **Reply #58 on:** February 01, 2005, 03:14:38 pm »

Ok.. I finished "The Time Travellers Wife" and I'm move on to the Life of Pie.

DaveMMR · « **Reply #59 on:** February 01, 2005, 06:12:49 pm »

[posting without reading entire thread - forgive repeats]

The Complete History of Video Games -- excellent read.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "Trilogy" - I found one that's complete and includes a short story "Young Zaphod Plays It Safe"

- and that's all I have right now.

fredster · « **Reply #60 on:** February 01, 2005, 06:13:39 pm »

Try a spiderman graphic novel.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #61 on:** February 01, 2005, 06:33:34 pm »

just read 'fahrenheit 451'. what a profound book. there's a lesson in that for all of us.

now you'll have to excuse me, i'm just going to watch some oprah on my wide screen tv and then surf the internet...

DrewKaree · « **Reply #62 on:** February 01, 2005, 09:54:19 pm »

danny, I just picked up the audio book yesterday. D'ya think it'll be the same?

SirPeale · « **Reply #63 on:** February 01, 2005, 10:02:45 pm »

Quote from: GGKoul on February 01, 2005, 03:14:38 pm

Ok.. I finished "The Time Travellers Wife" and I'm move on to the Life of Pie.

And? What did you think?

GGKoul · « **Reply #64 on:** February 01, 2005, 10:19:38 pm »

Quote from: Peale on February 01, 2005, 10:02:45 pm

Quote from: GGKoul on February 01, 2005, 03:14:38 pm
Ok.. I finished "The Time Travellers Wife" and I'm moving on to the Life of Pie.

And?

shmokes · « **Reply #65 on:** February 01, 2005, 10:28:17 pm »

You should read:

Memoirs of an Invisible Man (don't let the movie fool you)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Monkey Wrench Gang
The World According to Garp

Drew, Where'd you get that audiobook. Audible.com doesn't have it do they?

Mameotron · « **Reply #66 on:** February 01, 2005, 10:35:02 pm »

Ok, I'll have to put in my recommendation, too.

http://www.lindsaybks.com/bks6/cookbook/index.html

Yes, it's a real book.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #67 on:** February 02, 2005, 12:29:30 am »

Quote from: DrewKaree on February 01, 2005, 09:54:19 pm

danny, I just picked up the audio book yesterday.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #68 on:** February 02, 2005, 01:24:09 am »

Quote from: shmokes on February 01, 2005, 10:28:17 pm

Drew, Where'd you get that audiobook. Audible.com doesn't have it do they?

Actually got it from the local library! Bradbury himself is the reader. It's 6 CD's total, unabridged, and on the back, they give a website....www.harperaudio.com.

Check your PM.

lucindrea · « **Reply #69 on:** February 02, 2005, 02:39:18 am »

well my favorite stuff is all fantasy

The Eye of the World - robert jorden , but if you like it , your hooked and after 9? books he STILL hasnt finished this series

Magician: Apprentice - Raymond Feist , acctully anything by him

Assassin's Apprentice - Robin Hobb

Magic Kingdom for Sale--Sold! - Terry Brooks - another "anything from this guy" author

codgerspace - Alan Dean Foster

and any of the issac asimov books

CCM · « **Reply #70 on:** February 02, 2005, 09:26:13 am »

I have to agree with a few of the other posters that Stephen King's The Dark Tower series is excellent (even though I haven't finished the last few books).

Abarat by Clive Barker is a wonderful book, it's supposed to be geared toward young adults, but I'm 33 and loved it. I highly recommend it! The second book in the series just came out, but I haven't had a chance to get it yet.

Amazon.Com Link

My wife is a fan of Dean Koontz, I've read Intensity and The Door to December and liked them both...

danny_galaga · « **Reply #71 on:** February 04, 2005, 12:49:46 am »

dean koontz... groan

i once read about five pages of one of his books. i'll never get that time back...

Jabba · « **Reply #72 on:** April 14, 2005, 09:38:49 pm »

Dredging up an old but good thread.

If you are looking for a quick read, try Animal farm by George Orwell. All told, 100 pages, but very good. "All Animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"

Preview:

"Mr. JONES of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-house for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes. With the ring of light from his lantern dancing from side to side, he lurched across the yard, kicked off his boots at the back door, drew himsef a last glass of beer from the barrel in the scullery, and made his way up to bed, where Mrs. Jones was already snoring.

FractalWalk · « **Reply #73 on:** April 14, 2005, 11:27:33 pm »

Some of my all-time favorites list:

Real Science:
Godel, Escher & Bach by Hofstader
In Search of Schodinger's Cat by Gribben
Six Easy Pieces by Feynman
Chaos by Gleick

Science Fiction:
Dune by Herbert
Foundation trilogy by Asimov
2001 by Clarke

Horror
Intensity by Koontz
It by King

True Story
In Cold Blood by Capote
Midnight In The Garden Of Good and Evil by Berendt
The Perfect Storm by Junger
Into Thin Air by Krakauer

Other
Mutiny On The Bounty by Nordhoff & Hall
The Auto-Biography of Malcolm X by Haley
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Adams
Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party by Greene
Red Storm Rising by Clancy
Ethnic America by Sowell

JCL · « **Reply #74 on:** April 14, 2005, 11:55:28 pm »

Quote from: shmokes on January 21, 2005, 04:14:19 pm

Orson Scott Card is a mormon who went to school not far from where I live.

Jabba · « **Reply #75 on:** April 30, 2005, 01:39:32 pm »

*Bump*

Another good book I just finished reading is "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck. Depressing as hell, but very well written. It's hard to believe the Depression in the 30's was that bad. No sense of Government Help for those poor Oklahoma and mid-western farmers displaced from their farms because the "Bank" needed to make some coin!

I'm off the to the library now to pick another book. I've heard "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair is pretty good. I tried reading David Copperfield as a previous person in this thread suggested, but couldn't get into it. Perhaps I'll try it again later on...

shmokes · « **Reply #76 on:** May 02, 2005, 06:22:46 pm »

I just finished Fierce Invalids, Home From Hot Climates by Tom Robbins. It was fantastic -- a total ball to read.

Also Catch-22 shouldn't be missed.

GGKoul · « **Reply #77 on:** May 02, 2005, 07:17:22 pm »

Let me update my reading list...

Finished:
- Five people in Heaven
- Time Travellers Wife
- Deception Point - Dan Brown
- Facing Ali

Presently reading: The Kennedy Curse

Buddabing · « **Reply #78 on:** May 02, 2005, 08:14:13 pm »

I just finished Don Quixote - the Grossman translation. It was wonderful, the translation was so good you couldn't tell it was written four hundred years ago.

Many scholars claim that Don Quixote is the best novel ever written.

Link to a top 100 list

shmokes · « **Reply #79 on:** May 02, 2005, 08:26:51 pm »

I think lists like that are funny. They're useful in their way, I guess. But how can a definitive list really be made? It's impossible. The best you can do is get a bunch of people who supposedly have good taste and have them vote. Obviously democracy doesn't always produce a high-quality result. I've read only nine of the books on that list and of those there is at least one that I thought basically sucked. I don't know how anyone would put The Count of Monte Cristo on the list but leave The Three Musketeers off it (both Alexandre Dumas). Hell, the recent Hollywood Monte Cristo film was better than the book.

/rant


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Author Topic: Book Reading Suggestions (Read 6672 times)

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