Good books...

gfresh · Post by **gfresh** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:07 pm

A good sci-fi I really enjoyed was "Enders Game" by Orson Scott Card.

silo flame · Post by **silo flame** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:28 am

'last exit to brooklyn' is a classic, and 'watership down' too

wwbjd · Post by **wwbjd** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:04 am

silo flame wrote:'last exit to brooklyn' is a classic, and 'watership down' too

Those are movies, not books.

I kid.. I kid..

thedisavowed · Post by **thedisavowed** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:22 am

sinkfield wrote:so, know of any good books??
im currently reading the Phillip K. Dick reader...its not the best piece of literature but the stories are nice.
i recommend Sailing Alone Around the world if youre into nautical stories, or just looking for an interesting read

Hey man, I love Philip K Dick. No need to apologize. I don't know what's in your reader, but if you haven't read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" or "A Scanner Darkly" you need to get on it!

I'm currently reading "Valis". It seems all right so far. And I just finished Time Quake by Kurt Vonnegut. Not my favorite of his, but still good.

vonarx · Post by **vonarx** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:16 am

manifesto.

Manifesto is about: punks, delinquents, drug-culture, growing up, dreaming, jazz, insanity, not liking anything, graffiti, absurdity, delirium, hope, darkness, dropping out, farming, moving around, maladjustment, not fitting in, wanting to be good, being drunk, lost, sad, alone, cold, sick, strung-out, fed-up, misunderstood, disenfranchised, bored, alienated, scared, confused, dispossessed, hungry, tired, self-absorbed, disappointed, deranged, disgusted . . .

recommended to anyone who feels lost in this world.

doubleEntendre · Post by **doubleEntendre** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 4:20 am

clockwork orange

isawdrones · Post by **isawdrones** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:27 am

Barry Lopez - Arctic Dreams

Flagship · Post by **Flagship** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 11:43 am

a scanner darkly - philip k dick

kraken wakes - john wyndham

anything by neil stephenson or orson scott card

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:20 pm

"Fire and Hemlock" by Diana Wynne Jones. The best and cheapest book I ever bought

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:35 pm

"Automated Alice" by Jeff Noon. A sci-fi addaption to Lewis Carrol's famous story.

harpoon dodger · Post by **harpoon dodger** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:57 pm

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson..and anything else by him. He's hilarious? Also, High Fidelity by Nick Hornby. On the Road by Kerouac, Heart of Darkness by Conrad and of course...1984.

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:58 pm

“I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive…”

Aawh, yes, Hunter S Thompson. I'm going to see if I can get some eBooks by him...

The Other · Post by **The Other** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:53 pm

harpoon dodger wrote:Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson..and anything else by him. He's hilarious? Also, High Fidelity by Nick Hornby. On the Road by Kerouac, Heart of Darkness by Conrad and of course...1984.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Great Book

On the Road

Another Amazing book...two of my favorites.

1984 awlays a classic...good taste indeed

Joebot Kill · Post by **Joebot Kill** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:53 am

gfresh wrote:A good sci-fi I really enjoyed was "Enders Game" by Orson Scott Card.

Speaker for the Dead (the sequel) was also AWESOME. realllly good. some people dont like the other two (Xenocide, and Children of the Mind) but i couldnt put them down!

Oh, also, Stranger in a Strange land by Robert Heinlien. And Dune (duh)

vonarx · Post by **vonarx** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:59 am

harpoon dodger wrote:Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson..and anything else by him.

currently reading the rum diary. i really like it so far.

Oliver · Post by **Oliver** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:34 pm

Books that I've read recently that I've enjoyed include Maus by Art Spiegelman (a graphic novel) and Night by Elie Wiesel. Both of which are accounts of the Holocaust in some form or another.

** Privacy deletion - Hexagon Sun ** Ferguson's War of the World also seems quite interesting.

In terms of novels, 1984 and A Clockwork Orange are both enjoyable, as others have mentioned.

harpoon dodger · Post by **harpoon dodger** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:20 am

Did anyone mention The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? I'm reading it currently (on the fourth book), I love it :lol:

gfresh · Post by **gfresh** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:47 am

Joebot Kill wrote:
gfresh wrote:A good sci-fi I really enjoyed was "Enders Game" by Orson Scott Card.

Speaker for the Dead (the sequel) was also AWESOME. realllly good. some people dont like the other two (Xenocide, and Children of the Mind) but i couldnt put them down!

Oh, also, Stranger in a Strange land by Robert Heinlien. And Dune (duh)

"Speaker for the Dead" was fantastic as well as the others.

I think I've read most of the books in the 'Ender' and 'Shadow' series... I just got "Shadow of the Giant" (2005), but for some reason haven't gotten into it as much as the others.

There was an interesting collection of 3 "novellas" by Card that came out in 2003 called "First Meetings" that were prequels and spin-offs of the Ender series that were a fun read, but not really deep.

IanRedpoint · Post by **IanRedpoint** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:17 am

Just started reading 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy. Astonishing. Must be the bleakest book I've ever read. There's literally no colour in the desolate dying post-apocalyptic world. I feel like a ghost as I'm reading it.

I'm also dipping into a two volume collection of J.G. Ballard short stories. He's England's greatest living writer in my opinion. Such a fertile imagination and blessed with the sharpest eye and turn of phrase. Makes everything else I read seem a bit flabby.

computerliebe · Post by **computerliebe** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 9:11 pm

harpoon dodger wrote:Did anyone mention The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? I'm reading it currently (on the fourth book), I love it

i actually loved first three books, the rest is kinda boring a bit.

to recommend:
Jonathan Carrol: The Wooden Sea
Chuck Palahniuk: Surviver

very easy to read, new sci-fi (the first one, well the second...it's Palahniuk), interesting, i don't want to describe them, you can find info on net i suppose :]

when i was younger, in high school and before, used to read Asimov, Clarke, Bradbury, and Herbert's Dune (whole that package

) a lot.

now, cause i am very often too tired of exams and work, i stick with Terry Pratchett who gives me best laugh.