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Points: 10266 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 23 2006 at 11:09
When it comes down to SF Stanislaw Lem is the man (though he doesn't like his books to be refered to as SF, and some of his work indeed doesn't have anything to do with SF, like "Imaginary Magnitude" or "A Perfect Vacuum"; yet they are nevertheless "typically Lem"). I especially love his Ijon Tichy books. And of course "Memoirs Found in a Bathtub". Some of his best books, like for example "Wizja Lokalna" ("Inspection at the Scene of the Crime"), have not been translated into English yet (but the whole Corpus Lem is available in German).

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Points: 8238 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 23 2006 at 10:48
I went through a phase of reading nothing but Thomas Hardy about ten years ago and have never forgotten the wonderful insights he gave me to the unfathomable female mind.  I still don't know how he did that (being a man, that is).  And Jude the Obscure just may be the saddest book ever written with the possible exception of Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath.
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Points: 2546 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 19:57

I am a long time Fan/Fi reader and my favourites include: Tolkein, Asimov, McCaffrey, Moorcock, Zelezany, Frank Herbert, Storm Constantine among others.

I am currently reading mystery/thriller books and have really got into Andy McNab (he of Bravo Two Zero fame), Matthew Reilly - a very talented Australian author, and Lee Child - my favourite American crime writer. All the above are highly recommended.  

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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 19:41
I have all (except one set) of the R.A. Salvatore Drizzt books to plow through... I like my Fan-Fi too Gdub.

I really wish they'd write more novels based in the Planescape world, it's the best fantasy world ever created in my opinion and Sigil is full of great characters too.  There is room for so much depth.

For anyone who's interested, check this out (and yes, it's legal!):

http://www.deathstar.org/~krlipka/ps/fiction/archive/fired ust.html

Or if you prefer it in PDF format:

http://www.deathstar.org/~krlipka/ps/fiction/archive/firep rint.pdf

A great read if I say so myself.
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Points: 3484 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 19:33

Fantasy/science Fiction....yes I am a geek.

Micheal Moorcock is my fav, although his early books are a bit simplistic in writing style.
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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 19:19
Yet it has been translated The Miracle, I have a copy on my computer, I'll find the link for you!

http://lib.ru/BULGAKOW/master.txt

Original Russian version.

http://lib.ru/BULGAKOW/master_engl.txt

A 1967 translation.

http://lib.ru/BULGAKOW/master97_engl.txt

I have read that this is the best translation (from 1997), but I guess it's down to opinion.

It could take quite a while, I've yet to read it myself, but I plan too.

I know it's illegal, so shh!

I've just read Franz Kafka's "The Judgement", I love Kafka, he makes you think and I like a book that makes you think.  I love "Metamorphosis" as well (also by Kafka).  A true genius and fits my mood about the world precisely too!


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Points: 28427 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 19:03
  • Tolkien
  • Voynich (She wrote The Gadfly - one of my favorite books ever)
  • Bulgakov (Wrote Master & Margaret, a masterpiece, though I'm not sure if it was translated to English...)


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Points: 107 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 18:15
Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

I like crime fiction as well, and in the UK I think that Rankin and Robinson (Canadian expat but his books are set in Yorkshire) are 2 of the best authors in the genre, along with Reginald Hil

Yeah, Peter Robinson's are set in Yorkshire. 

Ian Rankin's set in Edinburgh.

There were two of his novels made into episodes, one was shown a few weeks ago. It's like watching Taggart!

Good to know someone likes Rankin and Robinson :)

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My favorite author is Herman Melville, though currently I'm reading Robert Penn Warren's "All the King's Men" and am absolutely blown away by how good it is.
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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 17:59

I like crime fiction as well, and in the UK I think that Rankin and Robinson (Canadian expat but his books are set in Yorkshire) are 2 of the best authors in the genre, along with Reginald Hill.

I'm also a big fan of US author Lawrence Block, who is a real master craftsman and switches between hard boiled noir (the Matt Scudder series among others) and tongue in cheek capers (the Burglar series among others). He's also a true master of the short story.

My taste in reading is pretty broad, though - I'm currently reading The Algebraist by Iain M Banks, with a Christopher Brookmyre next on the bedtime reading list.



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Points: 107 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 17:52

I hate Jeffery Archer .. He's a Tory knobjockey.

Awww .. it's ok to love Rowling :) she's lovely.

 

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Points: 3254 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 17:02
Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Originally posted by Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Lohan wrote:

I love robbie williams because he is fun to listen to and makes me happy!

So in a sense you could say that robbie williams is better than VDGG forexample!

Now we know your jokeing

My favourit authers (so far) ar Tolkien, Terry Pratchet and Anne McCaffrey

Well VDGG could be both better and worse than Robbie Williams depending on what criterias you where looking for!

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Points: 16449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 17:00
Originally posted by Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Lohan wrote:

I love robbie williams because he is fun to listen to and makes me happy!

So in a sense you could say that robbie williams is better than VDGG forexample!

Now we know your jokeing

My favourit authers (so far) ar Tolkien, Terry Pratchet and Anne McCaffrey
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Points: 3254 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:56

I love robbie williams because he is fun to listen to and makes me happy!

So in a sense you could say that robbie williams is better than VDGG forexample!

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Points: 13033 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:56
Originally posted by Chicapah Chicapah wrote:

Originally posted by memowakeman memowakeman wrote:

Herman Hesse??

 

Steppenwolf is one seriously dark book!  Took me weeks to crawl out of the catacombs after reading that one.

Yeah, but is great, Siddartha is excellent too...

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Points: 4928 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:51

Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

You like Robbie Williams 'cause he's fun to read Maja?

Ewww, Jeffrey Archer, eww...

As my dance instructor once said: "The Man is like a book the partner must read"

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Points: 89372 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:45
You like Robbie Williams 'cause he's fun to read Maja?

Ewww, Jeffrey Archer, eww...
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Points: 8238 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:43
Originally posted by memowakeman memowakeman wrote:

Herman Hesse??

 

Steppenwolf is one seriously dark book!  Took me weeks to crawl out of the catacombs after reading that one.
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Points: 13033 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:40

Herman Hesse??

 

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Points: 4928 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 22 2006 at 16:40
Originally posted by Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Lohan wrote:

Originally posted by Ed_The_Dead Ed_The_Dead wrote:

no... noooo...

Well don't you like the books? I just think they are great fun to read and thats what matters...thats why i love robbie williams too

They're not fun anymore... and I'm 16 mind you...

I don't like the fairytaleness of it all... I love fantasy, but a bit more hard edged... and with a naughty sense of humor

 

Thats why I love Andrzej Sapkowski (polish fantasy writer - one of the best in the world!
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