read any good books lately...

Connie Willis - To Say Nothing of the Dog
Jeffrey Ford - The Physiognomy
Jeffrey Ford - The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque

All of which I can thoroughly recommend.

To complete:

John Milton - A Mask: Comus
Charles Dickens - Martin Chuzzlewit
George Orwell - Down and Out in Paris and London
Robert M. Pirsig - Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

I still have to read:

R.A. Salvatore - The Dark Elf Trilogy
R.A. Salvatore - The Icewind Dale Trilogy
R.A. Salvatore - The Legacy Of The Drow
Ernest Hemingway - For Whom The Bell Tolls
Jack Karouac - On The Road
Mikhail Bulgakov - Master and Margareta

As well as some more Charles Dickens and George Orwell.  I also plan to read some more Lord Dunsany, I've read some of his short stories and they're excellent.

A nice long list of to reads...

Other excellent reads (a long list, I apologise):

Individual books:

Franz Kafka - The Metamorphosis - what a genius!
Douglas Adams - The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
James Alan Gardner - Fire and Dust
Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman - Good Omens
Douglas Adams - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Charles Dickens - Nicholas Nickleby
Maxx Barry - Syrup
Max Barry - Jennifer Government
Stephen Andrews - Cubs Ahoy!
Jan Mark - Thunder and Lightnings
Ian Serraillier - The Silver Sword
George Orwell - Down and Out in Paris and London (still going through this)
David Weber - Oath of Swords
John Wyndham - The Day Of The Triffids
Martin Celmins - Peter Green - The Biography (Well worth a read)

Short Stories/Novelettes:

Connie Willis - Fire Watch
Jeffrey Ford - The Empire of Ice Cream
Jeffrey Ford - Malthusian's Zombie
Charles Dickens - The Holly-Tree
Charles Dickens - The Signal-Man
H.G. Wells - The Time Machine
H.G. Wells - The Country of the Blind
Thomas Hardy - The Withered Arm
Robert Louis Stevenson - The Bottle Imp
James Alan Gardner - The Children of Créche
Oscar Wilde - General short stories of his
Peter Hammill - Adam's Conviction
Peter Hammill - The Air Gun
Peter Hammill - Options

Poetry:

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Kubla Khan
Samuel Taylor Coleridge - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Edgar Allan Poe - The Raven
William Oldys - The Fly (aka An Anacreontick)
Pope/Gay/Swift - Molly Mog
Peter Hammill - Out Of Step
Peter Hammill - Flies

What does everyone else think of Peter Hammill's short stories then?  I personally like them, but that could be because I'm bias.


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Almost done with Drinking Midnight Wine.

Just finished with Lord Of The Flies...GREAT BOOK

Manunkind wrote: ^ Go for "The Spire" next. Golding was one seriously dark writer. I've just finished reading "Tristan and Isolde" and started with "The Tin Drum".

Yes it is very dark but i dont doubt for a second it could happen in real life

I've just finnished reading Terry Pratchets Men At Arms. Its definatly one of the funnniest iscworld books hes written so far, great

I just read "A Prayer For Owen Meany."  It was very good, I loved all the recurring symbolism and foreshadowing, but it was dragged down by unnescesary political comentary.

stonebeard wrote: Well, now that I've finished Drinking Midnight Wine and have been impressed by Simon R. Green, I've picked up Blue Moon Rising, and am hoping it will be just as good if not better! A big thank you to Jody who recommended me a such a good writer as Simon R. Green!! Also reading The Scarlet Letter for American Literature class.

Blue Moon Rising is a great book,it is the first book in the Darkwood series.

The middle books in the Darkwood series are my favorites,The Adventures of Hawk and Fisher:Guards of Haven and Swords of Haven.After Blue Moon Rising you have to read them before Return of the Blue Moon,or you will be lost.

You have to find and read the Deathstalker series!!!

Deathstalker is the first book.

The Miracle wrote: I'm in the end of the third book of Lord Of The Rings. I must say that it's very impressive and a true masterpiece. I didn't care for it before because I thought it was "for kids", but once I started reading, I see it's not at all for kids. While Hobbit was somewhat a children's book, LOTR is so much more mature. And it owns Harry Potter.

LOTR is IMO the best fantasy series ever,and I think out of all three books,The Return of the King is the best.The battle for Helms Deep in The Two Towers book RULES though.

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TheProgtologist wrote: The Miracle wrote: I'm in the end of the third book of Lord Of The Rings. I must say that it's very impressive and a true masterpiece. I didn't care for it before because I thought it was "for kids", but once I started reading, I see it's not at all for kids. While Hobbit was somewhat a children's book, LOTR is so much more mature. And it owns Harry Potter. LOTR is IMO the best fantasy series ever,and I think out of all three books,The Return of the King is the best.The battle for Helms Deep in The Two Towers book RULES though.

ok read this:

Jack Vance - lyonesse
Jack vance - any Cugel book..

TheProgtologist wrote: The Miracle wrote: I'm in the end of the third book of Lord Of The Rings. I must say that it's very impressive and a true masterpiece. I didn't care for it before because I thought it was "for kids", but once I started reading, I see it's not at all for kids. While Hobbit was somewhat a children's book, LOTR is so much more mature. And it owns Harry Potter. LOTR is IMO the best fantasy series ever,and I think out of all three books,The Return of the King is the best.The battle for Helms Deep in The Two Towers book RULES though.

I'm stuck at "In the House of Tom Bombadil." I find Tolkein's writing in this chapter incredibly boring. I liked the Hobbit though.