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| Feb 17th, 2008 07:03 AM | ||
| executioneer |
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| Feb 17th, 2008 04:04 AM | ||
| El Oh El | i liked the first three hitchhikers books but i couldn't get into the later ones. | |
| Feb 12th, 2008 06:36 PM | ||
| Pub Lover |
Oh man, Willie, I was just about to introduce you to a great girl called Mary Sue & she was perfect for you. Nevermind now. 
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| Feb 12th, 2008 06:28 PM | ||
| executioneer | ps if i ever, ever say mary sue again plz jab me in the eyes | |
| Feb 12th, 2008 06:20 PM | ||
| Pub Lover |
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Also, Willie is spot on with the too many Mary-Sues. 
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| Feb 12th, 2008 06:11 PM | ||
| executioneer |
man i did like salvatores stuff when i was a teen despite all the ridiculous mary sues he tends to put in there
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| Feb 12th, 2008 06:06 PM | ||
| Fat_Hippo |
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| Feb 12th, 2008 05:45 PM | ||
| Pub Lover |
But Drizzt is a Drow that lives above ground and gets his friends killed & then feels bad about it!  Salvatore's Cleric Quintet is the worst fantasy story arc that I have ever subjected myself too. Also, needs more jokes. |
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| Feb 12th, 2008 05:38 PM | ||
| Fat_Hippo |
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I really like Ken Follett (so to the guy who mentioned him before, I recommend his other works), also Terry Pratchett (who is hard not to love), Walter Moers (think something along the lines of german Terry Pratchett, but less satirical) , R.A. Salvatore (though I wish he'd write something not about Drizzt, since it's getting kinda tedious). Michael Crichton is pretty cool, and I recently read the Riverworld series by Philip Jose Farmer, which I can only recommend. |
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| Jan 21st, 2008 01:47 AM | ||
| Fathom Zero | I also the The Fourth Estate. | |
| Jan 21st, 2008 12:59 AM | ||
| terrva | I just started on readin' Terror by Night, Classic Ghost and Horror Stories by Ambrose Bierce. Pretty good stuff. | |
| Jan 16th, 2008 04:46 PM | ||
| Esuohlim |
How many people here like George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series? Because I've been putting off starting A Game of Thrones for almost a year because I'm afraid it'll be really really gay
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| Jan 16th, 2008 04:13 PM | ||
| J. Tithonus Pednaud | Um...those are authors, not books. | |
| Jan 13th, 2008 08:35 PM | ||
| Kilgore Cod |
My favorites are: Douglas Adams Kurt Vonnegut Terry Pratchett Robert A. Heinlein Philip K. Dick I also like this guy named A. Lee Martinez. He only has 3 books out now but he's already shown to hold his own against stuff by Pratchett or Adams. |
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| Jan 11th, 2008 10:11 PM | ||
| Fathom Zero | If you like mysteries, try Mickey Spillane, Dashiell Hammet, or Max Allen Collins' work. | |
| Jan 11th, 2008 09:53 PM | ||
| Tadao | Some other good mystery writer (at least in my mind) is Lawerence Sanders and The guy who wrote the American Indian ones... I forget his name. Currently I'm reading Mario Puzo's The Fourth K. But I haven't been reading lately. I haven't wanted to do much lately. Must be the winter blues. | |
| Jan 11th, 2008 09:36 PM | ||
| Asila |
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And yes, I have the Dirk Gently books. Pratchett, at least, spoiled me for fantasy: I can't read any of the so-called 'serious' fantasy books now without rolling my eyes a bit. Gaiman didn't help (ooh, I met him once at a book signing). (I have an ex-boyfriend that tried to get me into the most depressing fantasy I've ever read in my entire life--some series written by Robin Hobbe. I about killed myself afterwards). Speaking of british humour, the punctuation book was written by a british woman, and had that perfect mixture of humour and fact... which is probably why I loved it so much. |
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| Jan 11th, 2008 09:19 PM | ||
| Tadao | That sounds interesting, I can't even begin to think what a book about punctuation would be like. Douglas did a few side books about a detective called Dirk Gently. Those were great, and I suggest picking those up at the library if you haven't read them yet. Adams and Pratchett totally ruined reading for me. My scifi now has to be extremely funny and mind warpingly witty. I like British humor. It's a nice break from American satire. Have you read the whole collection of Sherlock Holmes? That is a real good read. | |
| Jan 11th, 2008 08:44 PM | ||
| Asila |
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I'll bounce between fantasy/sci-fi, mystery, and specific non-fiction. I just finished reading this book called "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" which is all about punctuation, and I'm such a nerd for loving that book as much as I did. Besides that I love the really old british mysteries written by, say, Doyle or Christie or Marsh. I'm at the stage now with the Foundation series by Asimov, where I'm eyeing the books in a semi-threatening manner, which is prelude to the actual reading. |
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| Jan 10th, 2008 11:52 PM | ||
| Tadao | Keep this thread here hidden from fan boys please. | |
| Jan 9th, 2008 10:11 PM | ||
| Sethomas | Well, I guess this is the appropriate place. My younger sister sent me her literature class's reading list for the semester, asking if I had anything on it. I thought it was a terrible selection, and she explained that the TA who made the list is Turkish. Seeing that one of the good books on it was Slaughterhouse-Five, I told her to probe him on why he chose to use that work of Vonnegut instead of Bluebeard. The idea was for her to keep asking questions while recording the class discussion, so that eventually he reveals himself to be racist against Armenians and she can report him and he loses his visa and gets deported. That'd be swift justice for his inclusion of "Fight Club", I'm sure. | |
| Jan 9th, 2008 09:44 PM | ||
| Fathom Zero | He was really submissive and she was very aggressive in the screenplay, which I thought was weird because he doesn't say much and gives in to her arguments a lot. | |
| Jan 9th, 2008 09:40 PM | ||
| Sethomas | Well, as long as it had reference to Bill Paxton's unnecessary groping of Helen Hunt in the end scene where they're strapped to the well, I'm sure it was awesome. | |
| Jan 9th, 2008 09:36 PM | ||
| Fathom Zero | I read the screenplay for Twister and it was way way more different to the movie version. | |
| Jan 9th, 2008 07:24 PM | ||
| Spruce Moose | I like Ray Bradbury. And Ken Follett seems good, thoguh all I've read of his is "Eye of the Needle". | |
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