Read this Book thread

[darkspot]

Well, since there are threads commanding you to listen to cds and watch movies, I thought it'd be pretty nice to have a thread commanding you to READ as well. Plus, I just want good book suggestions.

The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker (the inspiration for Hellraiser)

... I haven't been reading a lot, lately.

 

[mReEtTaIlRsEkD]

Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson

 

[George Orwell]

1984, I wrote it and it's great...read it

 

[Anvil]

the whole Wheel of Time series.

 

[Will Bozarth]

1984, I wrote it and it's great...read it

 

[Loner]

1984, I wrote it and it's great...read it

Everybody should read that book.

 

[a guy...]

the whole Wheel of Time series.

In the middle of Book 8 right now.


If you want to read a real trippy out there book try House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski.

 

[Brooks]

I got to Book 5 of Wheel of Time, realized I was wasting my life reading this stupid neverending story, and promptly quit.


When the last book comes out, just tell me how it ends.

 

[Malergion]

A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin

Legend / (possibly "Against the Horde" for you U.K. folks ) by David Gemmell (note:_not_ the movie story )

Tyrants and Kings series by John Marco

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

The Dark Tower by Stephen King

Sho-gun by James Clavell

 

[neal]

Shogun by James Clavell

this was going to be my suggestion...so i'll say the Dune series instead.

 

[mReEtTaIlRsEkD]

the whole Wheel of Time series.

Wow dude, you impress me. Thought no one read that stuff but me haha.
How about Raymond E. Feist, are you a fan of his?

 

[Lord Foul]

Hesse, Hermann: (existentialist fiction)
Siddhartha
Steppenwolf
The Glass Bead Game

Hofstadter, Douglas R.: (logic, math, AI)
Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

Somtow, S.P.: (weirdass mythological scifi/fantasy)
Riverrun
Armorica
Yestern

Martin, George R.R.: (epic length fantasy)
A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords

Zelazny, Roger: (fantasy)
Nine Princes in Amber
The Guns of Avalon
Sign of the Unicorn
The Hand of Oberon
The Courts of Chaos

Ende, Michael: (fantasy)
The Neverending Story

Gaiman, Neil: (weird fiction)
Neverwhere
American Gods

Resnick, Mike: (scifi western)
Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future

 

[King Chaos]

Hesse, Hermann: (existentialist fiction)
Zelazny, Roger: (fantasy)
Nine Princes in Amber
The Guns of Avalon
Sign of the Unicorn
The Hand of Oberon
The Courts of Chaos

What about the Lord of Light? Or don't you rate it?

Kurt vonnegut:
Cats Cradle
Sirens of titan

Philip K. Dick:
Do androids dream of electric Sheep
A Scanner Darkly

G.R.R Martin.
*You know what goes here * What a legend.

Poul anderson:
The Broken Sword

If you are in the mood for some uber heart warming, but pretty gay generic fantasy
David Eddings:
The Belgariad and
The Maloreon

 

[BalanceofPower]

I would say any book by Ben Bova, Return to Mars, and Jupiter being my favorites. 2010 by Arthur C. Clarke, and for you fantasy fans, Sara Douglas is someone that I'm into now. I'm reading her book, The Enchanter, which is the second part of a triology. Robin McKinley is another good fantasy author, I recommend The Hero and the Crown.

 

[unknown]

THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY by THOMAS LIGOTTI (you do not need to read any other book after this)
anything by H.P. Lovecraft
American Gods by neil gaiman
smoke and mirrors by neil gaiman
the great and secret show by clive barker
1984 by george orwell
american psycho by bret easton ellis
less than zero by bret easton ellis
siddhartha by hermann hesse
the stranger by albert camus
maldoror & the complete works of the comte de lautreamont

that's more than enough

 

[rebirthh]

james herbert - '48
the turner diaries [http://www.solargeneral.com/library/TurnerDiaries.pdf.

 

[lizard]

the Turner Diaries are a fantasy shit for mouth breather racists. omg the jews and blacks are so mean to us white folkz.

Tyrants and Kings series by John Marco

agreed.

 

[George Orwell]

the stranger by albert camus

Excelent book! Also from Camus is "La Peste" I don't know how to put it correctly in english.

Candide from Voltaire is an excelent book too.

 

[lizard]

George: I'm sure you're familiar with Reveries of a Solitary Walker, by Rousseau.

 

[ScientistOfDarkness]

Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire

Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series (historical fiction)

Stephen King's Dark Tower series

John Gribbin's In Search of Schrodinger's Cat

Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy

I just read Sagan's The Demon Haunted World, and am about to start Chariots of the Gods by Erich Von Danike.