Man, naming Lord of the Flies and Watership Down in the same paragraph puts you right up there with Neil Diamond in my book (who was, by the way, phenomenal tonight!) :pQuote:
Originally Posted by MrMatthews
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Man, naming Lord of the Flies and Watership Down in the same paragraph puts you right up there with Neil Diamond in my book (who was, by the way, phenomenal tonight!) :pQuote:
Originally Posted by MrMatthews
I like a little H.P. Lovecraft too...Shadow over Innsmouth(?) was a really cool story.
The Man who was Thursday was really awesome too, by GK Chesterton, I think the Edge (if you're reading out there) would really like that book.
I read quite a lot....I own a few hundred books. Generally I am a Terry Pratchett-fan. The Hitchhiker´s Guide was good too, but the first part was also the best one.
In Fantasy-genre I have read the Lord of the Rings three times, and I do like the Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind. Raymond Feist is nice too.
Beside that I am interested in classics; The Outlaws of the Marsh / Water Margin is my absolute favorite, eventhough I could only get a hold of an abridged copy yet.
I have also read and enjoyed Jin Ping Mei.
Alexandre Dumas´ Count of Monte Cristo was great, as was reading the medieval versions of the Edda, the Nibelungenlied and Parzival. Dante Aligheri is cool too.
I am hoping to get unabridged copies of Outlaws of the Marsh and Romance of the Three Kingdoms soon.
Nibelungenlied
ahh Senior year German class...memories return to me...
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Originally Posted by Tanegashima
Let me guess, you JUST SO HAPPENED to think of Red Dwarf tonight, huh? What a coincidence! :)
I like a bit of lovecraft also. Very creepy! I have a collection of his stories that i'm about halfway through. Maybe I'll skip ahead to Shadow Over Innsmouth.
I read the first part of hitchiker's guide to the galaxy and really enjoyed it. I don't know why I didn't finish it.
Terry Pratchet . . . I dunno. I forced myself through about half of one of the Discworld books, and just couldn't get into it. His humor is a bit of an acquired taste, IMO.
Did anyone like Fight Club? (the movie). If so, do yourself a favor and read Survivor and/or Choke by Chuck Palahniuk. I have all of his books, but those two are probably his best
Aww, how can you not like Cohen the Barbarian?? He has diamond Din Chewers! I wonder what would happen if I made a custom computer case out of Sapient Spearwood...
I'm a big fan of Orwell. Not just 1984, but also his lesser works like Down and Out in Paris and London. I also dig James Baldwin.
If I want something really cerebral, I find Michel Foucalt's works fascinating. But I have to be in the right mood.
I also like to read philosophical and economic books. Not text books but the actual works. This includes stuff I don't agree with, but excludes Ayn Rand.
I read all kind of fantasy Pendrago i.e. or Books by Hohlbein an famous german Autor.
I like David Astle, Stanley Kubrick, Harlan Ellison, Maurice samuels, HP Lovecraft, David M. Buss, maybe Ridpath (Ridpath's History of the United States, okay a bit dry... ), the Bible, the Old Testament mainly, Ariel Durant, Lionel Tiger, and Peter Tonguette, and Sherlock Holmes. And Tim Burton.
Oh! And Stephen Grammel. :)
Did anyone read the sequel to Watership Down; Tales From Watership Down?
I was very disappointed
I read, its the only thing that gets me through a day of work other than the message board.
I enjoyed Anthem by Ayn Rand, but really couldn't get into The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged.Quote:
Originally Posted by j_factor
Honestly, even if no one here is into the Fantasy genre, you should at least check out the A Song of Ice and Fire series. It's as good as it gets. Great characters and great politics.
A lot of people are saying that Terry Pratchett is a favorite; I've only read one book of his: Good Omens, which is a collaboration with Neil Gaiman. Great read with laugh out loud moments.
[QUOTE=MrMatthews;107117]I'm not exactly a banner waving fan of his early stuff, but I really like the stories he put out during the middle of his career. Tommyknockers is my favorite, and I also really like IT and Needful Things.
I also really like his short story collections, especially Night Shift and Skeleton Crew.[QUOTE]
Hooooly shit. Just now realizing why I was hooked on Skeleton Krew, that game by Core for the Genesis.
.............. oh boy .......... am i dumb........
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I love what joe Redifer said! "I am illiterate, but ...' haha, how can you disprove something like that?
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Wow. Even in GErmany I never read stuff like that in school! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Tanegashima
Although, good for me in a way....having to read it in school might have spoiled it forever for me. It´s better to read things when you decide to do so.
BTW, I just remembered I read 1984 in scholl....that and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. I liked 1984, but Huxley not so much.