Books that never get old
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Super Mahrio
Deeply Horrible Person
Oh wow! I think i have that book still somewhere! I read it in college. it is quite awesome!
Lies and Perfidy
Gentleman of the Road
A Song of Ice And Fire, George RR Martin (never gets old, never gets finished)
A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole (funniest book EVER)
Lamb, Christopher Moore (close)
The Once and Future King, TH White (i literally feel like i'm a little kid growing back into an adult when i read this. best Arthurian ever.)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain (mark twain shits on your favorite writer)
The Yiddish Policeman's Union, Michael Chabon (easily one of the most inventive books i have ever read)
Hyperion, Dan Simmons (perfect expression of sci-fi)
Catch-22, Joseph Heller (you will never laugh so hard at things that are so fucking horrible)
Anything from the Lovecraft mythos (AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH)
Good translations of the Iliad (greatest story ever told. has fucking EVERYTHING.)
Calvin & Hobbes comics, Bill Watterson (re-affirm the value of your life, motherfucker)
A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole (funniest book EVER)
Lamb, Christopher Moore (close)
The Once and Future King, TH White (i literally feel like i'm a little kid growing back into an adult when i read this. best Arthurian ever.)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain (mark twain shits on your favorite writer)
The Yiddish Policeman's Union, Michael Chabon (easily one of the most inventive books i have ever read)
Hyperion, Dan Simmons (perfect expression of sci-fi)
Catch-22, Joseph Heller (you will never laugh so hard at things that are so fucking horrible)
Anything from the Lovecraft mythos (AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH)
Good translations of the Iliad (greatest story ever told. has fucking EVERYTHING.)
Calvin & Hobbes comics, Bill Watterson (re-affirm the value of your life, motherfucker)
Det Som Engang Var
Viking Bastard
WhiteBeastofWotan
Apostitutes!
Reuben! Just the man I hoped would enter this thread.
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Hyperion is definitely on my to-check-out list.
neal
wizard in black
well if you like Enders Game you should read the rest of the series following Ender on his deep space travels, strange aliens, AI, astral travel, telepathic communication, etc. Card also wrote another series focusing on Bean. the first Bean book is pretty much Enders Game from Bean's perspective, then follows him on earth after the bugger war. Bean's are more about politics and less about transporting with your mind, but still good stuff.
Lies and Perfidy
Gentleman of the Road
I read a lot more fantasy than sci-fi, but I'll give it a go.
A lot of people swear by Neal Stephenson. I think he's kind of self-indulgent as a writer, but he has some good stuff. My favorite is actually probably Snow Crash, but Cryptonomicon is the most praised.
Gene Wolfe sort of toes the sci-fi/fantasy line. Book of the New Sun is an absolute classic of the speculative fiction genre, but also incredibly fucking dense. I haven't been able to make it through myself due to lack of available brainpower - I'm gonna be giving it another try when work calms down.
Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series (more urban fantasy) is really fucking fun. If you like Hellblazer (and you BETTER fucking like Hellblazer), Harry Dresden is a very appealing character. Quick reads, too.
As far as hard sci-fi goes, I'm out.
A lot of people swear by Neal Stephenson. I think he's kind of self-indulgent as a writer, but he has some good stuff. My favorite is actually probably Snow Crash, but Cryptonomicon is the most praised.
Gene Wolfe sort of toes the sci-fi/fantasy line. Book of the New Sun is an absolute classic of the speculative fiction genre, but also incredibly fucking dense. I haven't been able to make it through myself due to lack of available brainpower - I'm gonna be giving it another try when work calms down.
Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series (more urban fantasy) is really fucking fun. If you like Hellblazer (and you BETTER fucking like Hellblazer), Harry Dresden is a very appealing character. Quick reads, too.
As far as hard sci-fi goes, I'm out.
Lord Foul
I don't spank men
I'm a big SF dork so I can contribute on that front.
Greg Bear - formerly a Hard SF writer now does more "science-thriller" type novels.
Darwin's Radio / Darwin's Children (series)
Vitals
The Forge Of God / Anvil of Stars (series)
Moving Mars
Gregory Benford - Hard SF as well as a professor of physics at UC Irvine
Galactic Center series - In The Ocean Of Night / Across The Sea Of Suns / Great Sky River / Tides Of Light / Furious Gulf / Sailing Bright Eternity
Artifact
Eater
Heart Of The Comet (with David Brin)
Arthur C. Clarke - A SciFi grand master. This dude has been published since 1937 and was still putting out new books up until his death last year.
Childhood's End
The City And The Stars
The Songs Of Distant Earth
The Trigger
The Rama series - Rendezvous With Rama / Rama II / The Garden Of Rama / Rama Revealed
...to be continued as it is getting late here
Greg Bear - formerly a Hard SF writer now does more "science-thriller" type novels.
Darwin's Radio / Darwin's Children (series)
Vitals
The Forge Of God / Anvil of Stars (series)
Moving Mars
Gregory Benford - Hard SF as well as a professor of physics at UC Irvine
Galactic Center series - In The Ocean Of Night / Across The Sea Of Suns / Great Sky River / Tides Of Light / Furious Gulf / Sailing Bright Eternity
Artifact
Eater
Heart Of The Comet (with David Brin)
Arthur C. Clarke - A SciFi grand master. This dude has been published since 1937 and was still putting out new books up until his death last year.
Childhood's End
The City And The Stars
The Songs Of Distant Earth
The Trigger
The Rama series - Rendezvous With Rama / Rama II / The Garden Of Rama / Rama Revealed
...to be continued as it is getting late here
Liverslapper
w00t
WhiteBeastofWotan
Apostitutes!
Nice, thanks man! I'll be sure to make use of your expertise in the future.
I never read Animorphs, it was after I got older that they came out. But I remember Goosebumps, Fear Street, Boxcar Children (sukk'd), and Hardy Boys.
Max: have you read Sphere at all? The movie was bleh, yes, but the book is an interesting read. I probably wouldn't read it a second time, but it's worth a check out from a library for a quick read.
I'm currently reading Brimstone by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, good read so far.
Agent Pendergast returns in a new suspense thriller from New York Times bestselling authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
Art critic Jeremy Grove is found dead, his face frozen in a mask of terror. His body temperature is grotesquely high; he is discovered in a room barricaded from the inside; the smell of brimstone is everywhere...and the unmistakable imprint of a claw is burned into the wall. As more bodies are discovered--their only connection the bizarre but identical manner of death--the world begins to wonder if the Devil has, in fact, come to collect his due. Teaming with Police Officer Vincent DAgosta (The Relic), Agent Pendergast is determined to solve this case that appears to defy everything except supernatural logic. Their investigation takes them from the luxury estates of Long Island to the crumbling, legend-shrouded castles of the Italian countryside, where Pendergast faces the most treacherous and dangerous adversary of his career.
Max: have you read Sphere at all? The movie was bleh, yes, but the book is an interesting read. I probably wouldn't read it a second time, but it's worth a check out from a library for a quick read.
I'm currently reading Brimstone by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, good read so far.
Agent Pendergast returns in a new suspense thriller from New York Times bestselling authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
Art critic Jeremy Grove is found dead, his face frozen in a mask of terror. His body temperature is grotesquely high; he is discovered in a room barricaded from the inside; the smell of brimstone is everywhere...and the unmistakable imprint of a claw is burned into the wall. As more bodies are discovered--their only connection the bizarre but identical manner of death--the world begins to wonder if the Devil has, in fact, come to collect his due. Teaming with Police Officer Vincent DAgosta (The Relic), Agent Pendergast is determined to solve this case that appears to defy everything except supernatural logic. Their investigation takes them from the luxury estates of Long Island to the crumbling, legend-shrouded castles of the Italian countryside, where Pendergast faces the most treacherous and dangerous adversary of his career.
WhiteBeastofWotan
Apostitutes!
Have you by any chance read the Commonwealth saga by Peter Hamilton? I've read a synopsis, and it sounds interesting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Saga
Lord Foul
I don't spank men
I've read his Night's Dawn trilogy, which I thought was good but a little hard to follow with all the different characters and places it was jumping between.
