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SO WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE BOOK?
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Solitayre
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CloseBecause I'm older than dirt, I like to read books. Anybody else engage in this archaic activity? Post your favorite books!
Some of my favorites:
The Magus by John Fowles
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Chronicles of Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Books!
Some of my favorites:
The Magus by John Fowles
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Chronicles of Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Books!
Sadly, the Harry Potter book series is something I enjoyed. But I also have a hard time reading books nowadays. It's probably a vision thing lol.
But I also read a lot of UFO/alien/conspiracy books like A History of UFO Crashes by Kevin Randle.
But I also read a lot of UFO/alien/conspiracy books like A History of UFO Crashes by Kevin Randle.
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Raptor by Gary Jennings
most anything by Colleen McCullough
The Thief of Always by Clive Barker
Shogun by James Clavell
Raptor by Gary Jennings
most anything by Colleen McCullough
The Thief of Always by Clive Barker
Shogun by James Clavell
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis (Actually, anything by C. S. Lewis)
City of Fire by Laurence Yep (Actually, anything by Laurence Yep)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis (Actually, anything by C. S. Lewis)
City of Fire by Laurence Yep (Actually, anything by Laurence Yep)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Do all types of books count, or is this about novels specifically? Because interestingly enough, now that I think about it, a lot of my favourite works are actually short stories, or plays, even. Does it get any more old-fashioned than that?
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
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I like the Batman / Ninja Turtles crossover comic books.
Oh, in that case, there's also, The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland
Battle Angel Alita or Gunnm by Yukito Kishiro
X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga by Chris Clairemont, Dave Cockrum, and John Byrne
The Death of Superman by Dan Jurgens, Louise Simonson, and Roger Stern
Battle Angel Alita or Gunnm by Yukito Kishiro
X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga by Chris Clairemont, Dave Cockrum, and John Byrne
The Death of Superman by Dan Jurgens, Louise Simonson, and Roger Stern
Dyhalto
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Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Far Kingdoms by Alan Cole and Chris Bunch
As a highschooler spending spare periods in the library, these two opened me to a whole new variety of the fantasy genre, getting me away from my infatuation with D&D universes.
The Far Kingdoms by Alan Cole and Chris Bunch
As a highschooler spending spare periods in the library, these two opened me to a whole new variety of the fantasy genre, getting me away from my infatuation with D&D universes.
Sooz
They told me I was mad when I said I was going to create a spidertable. Who’s laughing now!!!
5354
I read a shitload of comics (mostly mangos) and not a whole lot of prose, because I am an uncultured barbarian generally more interested in narrative storytelling; I'm also really into nonfiction. But I do like a few actual fictional books!
My favorite is probably Dracula, which is just a fun time once you get past "HEY GUYS I READ A TRAVELOGUE LET ME SHOW YOU HOW MUCH I READ A TRAVELOGUE!!!!" The Scarlet Pimpernel is similarly fun; both of those are great action things if you can get into the writing style.
For nonfiction... I'm currently reading Slave Narratives of the Underground Railroad, which is freakin awesome, albeit occasionally super dense. I finished Scientific Paranormal Investigation a while back, and that one was super neat as well. If you're interested in Manos: the Hands of Fate, or terrible low-budget movies and how they get made, Growing up with Manos is a fascinating combo of behind-the-scenes and autobiography of the girl who played Debbie.
I should probably also finish that Legends of Localization: Earthbound book, though that's more like a giant magazine compared to the rest.
In summary, I am a nerd with weird nerd tastes that probably very few people share. :/ BUT I HOPE AT LEAST SOME OF Y'ALL WILL THINK ONE OF THESE SOUNDS AWESOME!!!
My favorite is probably Dracula, which is just a fun time once you get past "HEY GUYS I READ A TRAVELOGUE LET ME SHOW YOU HOW MUCH I READ A TRAVELOGUE!!!!" The Scarlet Pimpernel is similarly fun; both of those are great action things if you can get into the writing style.
For nonfiction... I'm currently reading Slave Narratives of the Underground Railroad, which is freakin awesome, albeit occasionally super dense. I finished Scientific Paranormal Investigation a while back, and that one was super neat as well. If you're interested in Manos: the Hands of Fate, or terrible low-budget movies and how they get made, Growing up with Manos is a fascinating combo of behind-the-scenes and autobiography of the girl who played Debbie.
I should probably also finish that Legends of Localization: Earthbound book, though that's more like a giant magazine compared to the rest.
In summary, I am a nerd with weird nerd tastes that probably very few people share. :/ BUT I HOPE AT LEAST SOME OF Y'ALL WILL THINK ONE OF THESE SOUNDS AWESOME!!!
In that case...
The Physicists and Romulus the Great by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
The Wave by Morton Rhue
Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
An Inspector Calls by John Boynton Priestley
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Crusade in Jeans by Thea Beckman
I'm sure I've forgotten to list some other really good ones, and will probably be mad at myself about it later.
I also enjoy short stories and composite novels by people such as Edgar Allan Poe, Gerald Kersh, David Mitchell, and Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was fun to read as a child, too). James Joyce's stories are also pretty good, though I feel like you need to read and discuss them in a group in order to really get something out of them.
Edit:
How could I forget to mention comic books?! As a child, I practically devoured any Disney comic I could get my hands on. Plus the Asterix series, those books are masterpieces.
The Physicists and Romulus the Great by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
The Wave by Morton Rhue
Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
An Inspector Calls by John Boynton Priestley
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Crusade in Jeans by Thea Beckman
I'm sure I've forgotten to list some other really good ones, and will probably be mad at myself about it later.
I also enjoy short stories and composite novels by people such as Edgar Allan Poe, Gerald Kersh, David Mitchell, and Roald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was fun to read as a child, too). James Joyce's stories are also pretty good, though I feel like you need to read and discuss them in a group in order to really get something out of them.
Edit:
How could I forget to mention comic books?! As a child, I practically devoured any Disney comic I could get my hands on. Plus the Asterix series, those books are masterpieces.
oh, and this one:
The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone, a Sesame Street Little Golden Book (best book ever)
Some non-fiction favorites:
Risk: Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't - and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger by Dan Gardner
Freakanomics by Levitt and Dubner
The Cartoon History of the Universe by Larry Gonick
EDIT:
for short stories, my fave is easily The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone, a Sesame Street Little Golden Book (best book ever)
Some non-fiction favorites:
Risk: Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't - and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger by Dan Gardner
Freakanomics by Levitt and Dubner
The Cartoon History of the Universe by Larry Gonick
EDIT:
for short stories, my fave is easily The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Sooz
They told me I was mad when I said I was going to create a spidertable. Who’s laughing now!!!
5354
author=kentona
oh, and this one:
The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone, a Sesame Street Little Golden Book (best book ever)
SECONDED.
Shinan
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There are too many books. Too many to pick favourites. Instead maybe I could do recommendations!
I mostly read science fiction and fantasy so there is that caveat.
One guy I've recently been reading some stuff from is Kim Stanley Robinson. It started when I was on a bit of a Mars-binge (though I still haven't read The Martian) and he had the series Red Mars, Blue Mars, Green Mars which tells the story of terraforming and colonizing Mars. It's full of science! and politics!
I followed that up with reading his Shaman which tells the story of a guy in prehistoric France during the ice age. It's full of science! and politics!
Then a couple of months ago I read The Years of Rice and Salt an alternate history that takes off when most of Europe's population is killed off by the plague. And ends more or less in the present. But in a completely different present. You can probably guess but it is full of science! and politics!
So that was long enough on just one author and it might not even be my favourite author I just really like his writing right now...
Who I really should write about I guess is Terry Pratchett. That guy either reinforced the worldview I already held or was incredibly influential in creating the worldview I have. Probably a bit of both.
And in comic books The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck is the best ever comic book set of stories. It's so damn incredible it almost hurts.
I mostly read science fiction and fantasy so there is that caveat.
One guy I've recently been reading some stuff from is Kim Stanley Robinson. It started when I was on a bit of a Mars-binge (though I still haven't read The Martian) and he had the series Red Mars, Blue Mars, Green Mars which tells the story of terraforming and colonizing Mars. It's full of science! and politics!
I followed that up with reading his Shaman which tells the story of a guy in prehistoric France during the ice age. It's full of science! and politics!
Then a couple of months ago I read The Years of Rice and Salt an alternate history that takes off when most of Europe's population is killed off by the plague. And ends more or less in the present. But in a completely different present. You can probably guess but it is full of science! and politics!
So that was long enough on just one author and it might not even be my favourite author I just really like his writing right now...
Who I really should write about I guess is Terry Pratchett. That guy either reinforced the worldview I already held or was incredibly influential in creating the worldview I have. Probably a bit of both.
And in comic books The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck is the best ever comic book set of stories. It's so damn incredible it almost hurts.
Sooz
They told me I was mad when I said I was going to create a spidertable. Who’s laughing now!!!
5354
author=Shinan
And in comic books The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck is the best ever comic book set of stories. It's so damn incredible it almost hurts.
CAN CONFIRM. It is surprisingly awesome.
I am not going to even go into comics myself or we will be here ALL FREAKIN DAY.
Or maybe I will, just so I can try to shove great stuff down everyone's throats. :V But later.
Housekeeping
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One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It's been a while since my book-reading days, but that one hit me pretty hard.
