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What are some good books you've read?

...he's TOO descriptive sometimes.
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I'm agree, this is why I appreciate Michael Moorcock (Elric of Melniboné)... descriptions close to zero and very fast narration :D
 





Arayan said:
I'm agree, this is why I appreciate Michael Moorcock (Elric of Melniboné)... descriptions close to zero and very fast narration :D
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Those Elric books scarred my friend for life, LOL. They paralleled his life at the time. Obviously Elric was a junkie, and addicted to chaos.

I have a collection of original Elric, and Hawkmoon comic books.
 
So I finished the Pentad Prism, and the Mandel Files.

Considering that the Mandel Files were written in the 70's or 80's (don't remember for sure) I took as an interested perspective of alternate reality vs futuristic writing. The books weren't the greatest, but after a somewhat rocky start, quite good. I'm planning to order the next one.

The Pentad Prism unfortunately was a bit disappointing. Denning does an adequate job in all regards, but nowhere does he do a great job. He doesn't produce the greatest characters or set the scenery very well. The books, at least to me, were painfully predictable, but at the same time full of some inconsistencies.

Currently about halfway through the Way of the Wolf (The Vampire Earth, Book 1) E.E. Knight book. Again a bit of a rough start, but once you're past the first little part, it's actually the best piece of escapism fiction I read in the past six months. Definitely ordering the rest of the series.

So... anyone else read good fiction lately?
 
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
by; Richards Dawkins

It is basically epistemology for the layman

I tried The Hunger Games, but it didn't keep me in it
I gave my copy to one of my Granddaughter's friends ;)
They quote them like I used to quote Rocky Horror :eg:

Peace,
dave
 
RIP Ray Bradbury. August 22, 1920 — June 5, 2012.

I just bought a copy of 451 as a filler on amazon to hit the $25 mark for free shipping the other day.

On other book notes... went through the nine book (so far) Vampire Earth series by EE Knight. It isn't the greatest series I ever read, but it was very entertaining, and for the most part kept me engaged.

The Title is a bit of a misnomer, and I'm sure a lot of people pass it because of the "vampire" part. It's a book about post apocalyptic earth, invaded by aliens, who happen to live off of an aura given off by sentient beings... hence the vampire part.

Also just finished The Magicians' Guild by Trudi Canavan. It's simplistic, but entertaining enough... I ordered the other two books from the trilogy.

Up next is a four book series by Peter F. Hamilton.
 
Didn't read the whole thread... but the Ender's Game series and the Ender's Shadow series. While it's a story written about children, it is remarkably well written - written for adults, methinks. I enjoyed it when I was 11 and I enjoy it now.
 
I grew up in Biddeford, Maine which is notorious amongst Southern Maine as the cultural armipit of America. It's also full of quite racist people. I am not racist and I think I owe that to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
I've read that book countless times.
Another good one is (as mentioned in post #2) Cat's Cradle.
Big fan of Vonnegut's writing.
 
My Favorites for now:

Thrillers: Frank Schätzing:
Lautlos
Der Schwarm
Limit

Fantasy:
Markus Heitz
The Dwarves series
Legends of the Alfs

Eoin Colfer
Artemis Foul

Sci Fi
Peter F. Hamiltan
The Comonwealth Saga

The Halo series
(Eric Nylund write the best Halo Books)
 
I love Anthony Horowitzs' books in general, I think he is a fantastic writer, but this one in particular is my favourite. It's a book called 'I know what you did last Wednesday'.
 
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