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Legend of the Seeker
AmericanDemon:
--- Quote from: shmokes on November 23, 2008, 04:45:57 pm ---
....someone who has never read Memoirs of an Invisible Man. Or The Sirens of Titan. Or Cider House Rules. Or The Monkey Wrench Gang. Or Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Or For Whom the Bell Tolls. Or 1984. Or Cat's Cradle. Or 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Or Robinson Crusoe. Or Life of Pi. Or The Princess Bride.
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.....plus countless others.
Right now I am reading the Brother Odd books from Dean Koontz. Dont assume that I dont expand my horizons. I routinely read three or four books at a time. I've read the entire David Morrel and Anne Rice Libraries. The Majority of Kings work.
Fantasy is my favorite, but I still whore around to other genres
shmokes:
Oooh . . . a Vonnegut fan (assuming the ones in bold are the ones you haven't read). He's maybe my favorite. I have signed copies of Breakfast of Champions and God Bless You Dr. Kevorkian.
You should really track down a copy of Memoirs of an Invisible man. It's one of the best books I've ever read. It hooks you literally with the very first line of the very first page. Many people believe that the author, Harry F. Saint, is not pseudonym for someone who is known (and wants to remain known) for more literary fiction, like John Irving. This is mostly because nobody has ever seen him and he wrote a single masterpiece in the 80's and then just disappeared. Hasn't written a word. Nothing.
It's hard to believe that anybody could be talented enough to do that on his first try, and then have no desire to ever write anything else again in his life. Granted he made $2.5 million dollars selling the movie rights (an unheard of sum for a 1st novel, btw) before the book was even on shelves. So . . . one might argue that although he is an excellent writer, he doesn't enjoy it, so since he can afford not to write he doesn't write. BTW, don't judge the book by the mediocre Chevy Chase movie :)
But whatever . . . point is, read the book. It's out of print, but not difficult to find for a few dollars.
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