ITT great books are recommended
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Autumn Falls
Ace Harding, P.I.
Alot of the books listed are pretty rad. Some favorites of mine are "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" (or anything of his really!) by Haruki Murakami, "The House of Spirits" by Isabel Allende, or "The Book of the New Sun" by Gene Wolfe.
Currently I just finished "Anna Karenina" last week by Tolstoy and thought it was great. I started "Invitation to a Beheading" this last week by Nabokov and after reading that I also have a copy of "The Idiot" by Dostoyevsky to read.
As for Nabokov from what I've read I'd have to say "Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle" is my favorite. Badass.
Brandon
Currently I just finished "Anna Karenina" last week by Tolstoy and thought it was great. I started "Invitation to a Beheading" this last week by Nabokov and after reading that I also have a copy of "The Idiot" by Dostoyevsky to read.
As for Nabokov from what I've read I'd have to say "Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle" is my favorite. Badass.
Brandon
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Firedwarf
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Hey, how's that Book of The New Sun? I was gonna pick it up after I finished (what's been released of) Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire but never did.
lizard
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Alex, at the end of the McGrory novel, TOBY escapes from Great Barrington Island in a hail of gunfire!!
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Suspiciously similar to some edge-of-the-seat escapes from police at graveyards and such, I recall.
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Autumn Falls
Ace Harding, P.I.
A Song of Ice and Fire is great, or at least what's out... but as for The Book of the New Sun... man nothing like it. Gene Wolfe was my favorite for years before I found a few new authors. Highest recommendation.
Brandon
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LuminousAether
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I was just about to recommend The Book of the New Sun but someone beat me to it. I am damn near to stating that it is the best thing I've ever read, and for someone who reads like 40 books a year, that's saying a lot. It's astonishing. Marvellous. Fantastic. Everything just gels. Gene Wolfe is my new idol.
And dammit, a book thread that doesn't mention Clive Barker????? HOW? Imagica is also just about the best damn book I've ever read. The Great and Secret Show too.
And China Mieville is damn fine. His second Bas-Lag book, The Scar, is amazing. Read Perdido Street Station first though.
Jack Vance. Tales of the Dying Earth. Volume 3. Cugel's Saga. But read them all.
Neal Stephenson: Snowcrash, Cryptonomicon, that new Baroque series, The Diamond Age... great stuff.
Graham Hancock - Fingerprints of the Gods. Non-fiction about how aliens possibly helped humanity create civilization. Lots of end of the world stuff too. Pretty damn fascinating.
Grant Morrison - The Invisibles. Yes, it's a comic book. Yes, it's amazing. Get all 7 volumes, despite them costing like $140 total, as you'll read it 100 times, guaranteed.
Neil Gaiman mentioned but no mention of The Sandman? You guys on crack or what? If you want Neil Gaiman, you want The Sandman. It's his magnum opus. It's a work of art.
And dammit, a book thread that doesn't mention Clive Barker????? HOW? Imagica is also just about the best damn book I've ever read. The Great and Secret Show too.
And China Mieville is damn fine. His second Bas-Lag book, The Scar, is amazing. Read Perdido Street Station first though.
Jack Vance. Tales of the Dying Earth. Volume 3. Cugel's Saga. But read them all.
Neal Stephenson: Snowcrash, Cryptonomicon, that new Baroque series, The Diamond Age... great stuff.
Graham Hancock - Fingerprints of the Gods. Non-fiction about how aliens possibly helped humanity create civilization. Lots of end of the world stuff too. Pretty damn fascinating.
Grant Morrison - The Invisibles. Yes, it's a comic book. Yes, it's amazing. Get all 7 volumes, despite them costing like $140 total, as you'll read it 100 times, guaranteed.
Neil Gaiman mentioned but no mention of The Sandman? You guys on crack or what? If you want Neil Gaiman, you want The Sandman. It's his magnum opus. It's a work of art.
Autumn Falls
Ace Harding, P.I.
Yea I read about China Mieville just two days ago and Perdido Street Station is the next book I plan on buying.
Brandon
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