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^^ Heinlein is i have like 12 of his books


I'm with you on Heinlein - only have a couple of the books (yes, the obvious ones ), but love them both.

Just finished The Da Vinci Code (sorry, guys, I enjoyed it, so there), and as it's coming up to Christmas, Ive now started on a festive book (sort of) - Terry Pratchett's "Hogfather" - this has been on the shelves for ages, along with another 20 or so Pratchett books - I can't believe I've never read this one...

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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by king of Siam king of Siam wrote:

^^ Heinlein is i have like 12 of his books


I'm with you on Heinlein - only have a couple of the books (yes, the obvious ones ), but love them both.

Just finished The Da Vinci Code (sorry, guys, I enjoyed it, so there), and as it's coming up to Christmas, Ive now started on a festive book (sort of) - Terry Pratchett's "Hogfather" - this has been on the shelves for ages, along with another 20 or so Pratchett books - I can't believe I've never read this one...

I also just finished the Da Vinci Code,and while I enjoyed it I can't really see what all the fuss was about.I have read books that were a lot better.

Right now I just started the newest book in Simon R. Greene's Nightside series.

 


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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.

Yes, I liked Return Of The king the best, too Haven't read Semarillion yet, but certainly going to.

Currently reading Robert Heinlein - the Puppet Masters.

Be waned that the Silmarillion is in a narative style and is ultimatly more heavier going than TLOTR, excellent read though, the fall of Gondolin is my favorit chapter.
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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by king of Siam king of Siam wrote:

^^ Heinlein is i have like 12 of his books


I'm with you on Heinlein - only have a couple of the books (yes, the obvious ones ), but love them both.

Just finished The Da Vinci Code (sorry, guys, I enjoyed it, so there), and as it's coming up to Christmas, Ive now started on a festive book (sort of) - Terry Pratchett's "Hogfather" - this has been on the shelves for ages, along with another 20 or so Pratchett books - I can't believe I've never read this one...

I've got Hogfather, the assasin's just creepy

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I don't read much, but I've just begun reading Yann Martel's Life Of Pi. I'm only 48 pages in but so far it's quite awesome.


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Short story time - I've read Angela Carter's "The Bloody Chamber", "The Erl-King" and Jane Yolen's "Johanna" today. Awesome and highly disturbing. 
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Originally posted by Peace Frog Peace Frog wrote:

I don't read much, but I've just begun reading Yann Martel's Life Of Pi. I'm only 48 pages in but so far it's quite awesome.



I read that in high school last year, excellent book
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Originally posted by meurglysIII meurglysIII wrote:

Originally posted by Peace Frog Peace Frog wrote:

I don't read much, but I've just begun reading Yann Martel's Life Of Pi. I'm only 48 pages in but so far it's quite awesome.



I read that in high school last year, excellent book

Agreed - it won the Booker prize here in the UK, and in my opinion it's the one of the best Booker winners of the last 10 years or so (Vernon God Little was particularly disappointing).
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The following are all great reads and can be found on the web.

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
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I'm going to start reading "Van der Graaf Generator - The Book" by Jim Christopulos and Phil Smart soon.  I'm sure it'll be a great read about my favourite band.
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I'm currently wading my way through Charlotte Bronte's 'Villette' ...
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Two chapters in and it's a great read.  Having a break for the moment.
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I am currently re-reading all of Nelson DeMill
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Dan Simmons - Hyperion
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Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

The following are all great reads and can be found on the web.

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

The Selfish Giant becomes a Gentle Giant,in a very beautiful short story by Oscar Wilde called The Selfish Giant.

Another good, but dark novel by Wilde is The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Here are 2 interesting counterpart novels,(the picture is some sort of counterpart in the story

of Dorian): The Stork Kalif(Gólyakalifa)by Mihály Babits, I'm not sure if it's available in English

                The Distant Companion by Julio Cortazar, excellent short story with a Hungarian link.

               

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I like factual books. Here are the last books I read:

  • Downfall (Fraudl Junge) - Hitler's last secretary. Fascinating but a bit depressing.
  • South (Ernest Shackleton) - Gripping story in the beginning but drags a bit at the end.

I'm now reading

  • Failure is not an Option (Gene Kranz) - Flight controller at NASA during the Apollo programme. Very interesting. It makes me realise what a tough job these guys had at NASA during that time. Some very tense moments as well.

I love reading and I always have a book on the go.  Maybe there is a website bookarchives.com with reviews and a forum?


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Demons by Dostoievski
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Originally posted by Vompatti Vompatti wrote:

Dan Simmons - Hyperion

 

How are those?Look at them every now and again,but have not yet checked him out.
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Well, my most recent reads are

Leo Tolstoj ~ Anna Karenina (was good, although a bit slow)
Robert Jordan ~ Knife of Dreams (good, much better than CoT)
Daniel Sjölin ~ Oron Bror (strange, psychedelic book)
Daniel Sjölin ~ Personliga Pronomen (also strange and psychedelic, but easier to understand than the other one=
V.I. Lenin ~ Imperialism, the highest state of capitalism (interesting, even though the 100 year old statistics over the growth of German bank trusts are a bit boring. Quite easy to follow, and very interesting to put in perspective with today's talk about globalism)
William Shakespeare ~ The Tempest (Good, even though the English was a bit hard sometimes for me)
J.K. Rowling ~ Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince (Good, but a little toothless)

I might have missed one or two...

Right now I'm reading Reefer Madness by Eric Schlosser. It's a very interesting book, and I can highly recommend it.
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Originally posted by gr8dane gr8dane wrote:

Originally posted by Vompatti Vompatti wrote:

Dan Simmons - Hyperion

 

How are those?Look at them every now and again,but have not yet checked him out.

Some of the best SF books ever written.Check them out,you will not be disappointed.

Currently reading Star Wars:Dark Lord-The Rise of Darth Vader by James Luceno.


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