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Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: walls83 on January 05, 2006, 10:44:10 am
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Im into Sci Fi, Horror, fanatsy and thats about it.
I was thinking of getting Aliens Vs Predator : WAR
Ive read some of the dark towers so none of those.
I need something that wont put me to sleep.
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Ready any of the Star Wars novels? I'm not talking the movie novels, I mean the serials. Great books, I've read at least 60 of them.
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No I haven't I have a buddy who reads all those.
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Perhaps Christine by Stephen King.
Most of his books are way overrated, this one I liked.
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Two sci-fi series by Harry Harrison are good. The Deathworld series and the Stainless steel rat series.
They're quite funny to boot.
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Battle Field Earth was a good book.
After you read the book the movie will make more sense too.
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It's sad to say, but I think at last count, I have a bout 45 Star Wars novels. Almost picked up another one last nite, but decided not to spend 26 bucks at the time. I can't remember the name of the author, but I read a series, I think it was 5 or 6 books, it was called Area 51. I enjoyed it, but your mileage may vary.
Cheers,
Tim
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If you're a Horror fan, then I'm guessing you've already read The Shining. The scariest book I've ever read.
Other good books:
Horror/Fantasy: Imajica (Clive Barker)
Horror/Fantasy: The Great and Secret Show (Clive Barker)
Fantasy: Songs of Earth and Power (Greg Bear)
SciFi/Fantasy: Hyperion series (Dan Simmons)
SciFi: Eon/Eternity/Legacy (Greg Bear)
Don't read that crappy "A song of Ice and Fire" series by George R. R. Martin. Absolutely terrible.
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It's sad to say, but I think at last count, I have a bout 45 Star Wars novels.
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Read the Conan novels by Robert E Howard, man I loved those books as a kid or John Carter warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice. Both those series were awesome and were written over 50 years ago! I don't know if you read Lord of the Rings but like the movies it was fantastic, thats why it was so important to me that the movies were great also instead of dragging the literature through the mud. Or take a chance and read some non-fiction and try a great book like Dharma Bums by Kerouac, could change your life.
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What about "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson?
That "nonfiction" book was hilarious.
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It's sad to say, but I think at last count, I have a bout 45 Star Wars novels. Almost picked up another one last nite, but decided not to spend 26 bucks at the time.
Yep, I buy/read them as they come out. I'm probably up to 65 at this point. $26? Where are you buying them, the triple price store?
LOL......B&N...I'm usually to impatient to order online and wait. I was looking at the new hardback...Rise of Lord Vader....may have pick that up, may be a good read. I'm reading the Swarm series right now, just having a real hard time getting into it, have you read that one..does it start to pick up ? I think the worst book I read thus far was Crystal Star...uggg
btw....it was a hardback price...I know PB is usually around 6.99
Cheers,
Tim
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Fear and Loathing is an awesome suggestion or maybe some Bukowski, Ham on Rye, or Women. Don't forget any classics from Hemingway, Farewell to Arms, The Sun Also Rises. Another great book from Hunter is Rum Diaries, which will be coming out as a movie soon.
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LOL......B&N...I'm usually to impatient to order online and wait.
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What about "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson?
That "nonfiction" book was hilarious.
Ive own it and it was a great book. How was the movie Ive been avoiding it.
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Pretty much anything Zahn writes is great, also Kevin Anderson.
Tim
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The movie was good, Depp was right on as Hunter, and the director Terry Giliam, I think that's how his last name is spelled, was incredible.
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Old thread here with e pages of recommendation...
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=30673.0
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dune
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dune
It's got a few prequels now as well.
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got them all
but they kind of drag
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I got them sitting on the shelf (for about 9 months). Still trying to build up enough courage to read them.
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What, they going to bite you or something?
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They're VERY thick and scary.
That and they're holding up a bunch of crap I shoved into the bookcase over the last few weeks.
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I got them sitting on the shelf (for about 9 months). Still trying to build up enough courage to read them.
Don't
They're VERY thick and scary.
That and they're holding up a bunch of crap I shoved into the bookcase over the last few weeks.
I think if you separate them you'll find they're not so very thick ;)
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No they ARE thick. I got the large format paperback versions. They were 70% off.
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So you only have 30% of the books? Bummer.
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No. the paper was moldy and off.
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No they ARE thick. I got the large format paperback versions. They were 70% off.
roger that
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I'm talking about the prequels genius.
Quit doing my trick by only readin the last 3 replies of a thread. ;)
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Heinlan's "Stranger in a Strange Land" was cool. He goes insane halfway through, the author, not the main character.
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That sounds like the movie "In the mouth of madness".
Sam Neill rocks.
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for fantasy/advneture - anything by R.A. Salvatore, The Icewind Dale Trilogy and The Dark Elf Tlrilogy are particularly good, and The Demon Wars series is excellent.
I just started reading Digital Fortress by Dan Brown, I'm only about 60 pages in, but it's good so far.
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Kim Stanley Robinson - the Mars trilogies, in order of Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars.
Thsi guy is an amazing writer.
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Kim Stanley Robinson - the Mars trilogies, in order of Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars.
Thsi guy is an amazing writer.
Amazingly, all the blabbing actually didn't put me to sleep in this book.
Return of the king is my sleep book at the moment. 2 pages and I'm out.
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Kim Stanley Robinson - the Mars trilogies, in order of Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars.
Thsi guy is an amazing writer.
Amazingly, all the blabbing actually didn't put me to sleep in this book.
Return of the king is my sleep book at the moment. 2 pages and I'm out.
Oh, you're looking for a non-cerebral book.... my bad.
I would suggest Clifford the Big Red Dog goes to the Circus. ;)
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Clifford is ok, but you can't miss with Curious George!
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George RR Martins Song of Ice and Fire Series = amazing!!
Robert Jordans Wheel of Time series = amazing!!
you will not be dissapointed with either and you'll be reading for a long time.
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I love reading anything by R.S Salvatore. I am currently reading "Promise of the Witch-King" which is part of the Sellswords trilogy. You will understand more about the characters in these books if you first read the Dark Elf Trilogy or the Icewind Dale Trilogy.
Any Salvatore book is a highly recommended read.
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Kim Stanley Robinson - the Mars trilogies, in order of Red Mars, Green Mars, and Blue Mars.
Thsi guy is an amazing writer.
Amazingly, all the blabbing actually didn't put me to sleep in this book.
Return of the king is my sleep book at the moment. 2 pages and I'm out.
Oh, you're looking for a non-cerebral book.... my bad.
I would suggest Clifford the Big Red Dog goes to the Circus. ;)
That one rocks. The dog. IT'S RED! Man!
No seriously. Whne I began reading the Mars series, it had the makings of a major snooze-a-thon but I found myself loosing track of time while reading it.
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George RR Martins Song of Ice and Fire Series = amazing!!
Robert Jordans Wheel of Time series = amazing!!
you will not be dissapointed with either and you'll be reading for a long time.
I think I made it to book 9 of the Wheel of Time. Those are some big damn books! At this point I would need to start over at book 1, I have no idea what was going on when I stopped...