The Good Book Thread

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If you have a good book that you'd like to recommend then toss it into this thread.

Currently I'm reading "Intensity" by Dean Koontz ( I have about 80 pages left ) and it is really, really good. It puts you in the mind of a serial killer and the woman thats trying to escape him.

[spectre]

As I mentioned in the other thread "The Golden Compass" trilogy, also known as "His Dark Materials". I'm a sucker for unique plots and I haven't read another like this one with the possible exception of "Memnoch The Devil" by Ann Rice (another good read, NOT about vampires).

[TheBeagle]

You don't know the Pandora's Box you just opened up here, Ziggy!!!

So much good stuff to recommend, so little time....

For those of you who don't mind putting in a little work and like to be challenged and be thoroughly, thoroughly rewarded for it....none other than Joyce's masterpiece, Ulysses. I'm currently re-reading it, and it's incredible how each reading uncovers more and more meaning. There's a reason it's considered one of the greatest works ever written in English.

For something not nearly as challenging but entertaining, how's about George Singleton's short story collection, The Half-Mammals of Dixie. They're all good, but the highlights are "This Itches, Y'all," "How to collect fishing lures," "Impurities," and the great "Deer Gone." All stories are set in a fictional small South Carolina town and are by and large humorous, with zany characters in a zany world all looking for a way to survive.

[amour217]

Hey Ziggy, you beat me to it! I was gonna make a thread about books yesterday but I fell asleep lol

right now I'm reading "The Man in White" by Johnny Cash, it's a novel about the Apostle Paul and it's really good.

Other books I recommend:
- Anything by Michael Connelly
- "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
- "Under and Alone" by William Queen (ATF agent goes undercover with the Mongols motorcycle gang..crazy book)

I read A LOT, so I'm sure I'll contribute to this thread often

[tamburello]

I'm a man of classical books. I love Russian literature and my favorite book is "Anna Karenina" of Leo Tolstoy. I modestly would recommend "A Clockwork Orange" of Anthony Burgess.

[ziggy]

If you're in the mood for something weird then I recommend "World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War".
It gives accounts of the fictional Zombie War from people in different locations around the globe from the common man to people in the highest level of government.

Its a good and surprisingly realistic read.

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2 more books just popped into my mind, both by John Ridley
"Everybody Smokes in Hell" & "The Drift" both of these are a little bit comedy, a little bit crime novel with a touch of Elmore Leonard thrown in.

[dnbman]

If you're in the mood for something weird then I recommend "World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War".
It gives accounts of the fictional Zombie War from people in different locations around the globe from the common man to people in the highest level of government.

Its a good and surprisingly realistic read.

On a similar note, the Zombie Survival Guide is hysterical. Highly recommended.

Although, that book might be better to pick up off the shelf and read in the store than to take home with you.

[TheBeagle]

Hell, if we're on a zombie kick, I'm going to offer up an incredible, unflinching comic book called The Walking Dead, written by Robert Kirkman and art by Charlie Adlard. As with most comics, the single issues are collected in a graphic novel series which I think gives it credence to being a book.

The story picks up after the country has been hit by some sort of zombie plague (it's yet to be revealed what caused it), follows a small town policeman who is trying to survive in a zombie apocalypse. A little summary doesn't do the ongoing series justice. Great drama, nice suspense, great dialogue and characterization. I've never been a zombie fan at all, never seen any of the movies of that ilk, but this is just great stuff. Really, the zombies are secondary.

Don't fear comics; there's some great great stuff out there, and I'll recommend more in time.

[Alex]

I've been trying to finish Crime and Punishment for what seems like a year now. I just can't motivate myself to do it haha

[tamburello]

I've been trying to finish Crime and Punishment for what seems like a year now. I just can't motivate myself to do it haha

Man, Crime and Punishment is a masterpiece. You should have finished it in a short period ;)

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I just finshed up "The Road" by Cormac McArthy. Its a story about a man and his son trying to survive in a desolate post apocolyptic world. If you have a son, especially a young son, then this book will hit you in the gut very hard.

Now I'm back on the Dean Koontz kick, I'm about 100 pages into "Life Expectancy" and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

[Dunk]

I just finshed up "The Road" by Cormac McArthy. Its a story about a man and his son trying to survive in a desolate post apocolyptic world. If you have a son, especially a young son, then this book will hit you in the gut very hard.


I just read that a few weeks back. Good stuff. A movie is coming out later this year.

I also the finished Y: The Last Man series of graphic novels. The title pretty much says it all. It's got a good combination of humor, action, and social commentary.

[amour217]

I just finshed up "The Road" by Cormac McArthy. Its a story about a man and his son trying to survive in a desolate post apocolyptic world. If you have a son, especially a young son, then this book will hit you in the gut very hard.

Now I'm back on the Dean Koontz kick, I'm about 100 pages into "Life Expectancy" and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

I loved The Road...great book, really makes you think a lot after reading it and I'm pumped about the movie

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I just finished "Life Expectancy" by Dean Koontz... Its the typical creepy Koontz, but it was a fun read, and now I'm just starting "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman, Has anyone here read it?

[Dunk]

I'm just starting "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman, Has anyone here read it?

Yeah. Good stuff although I recall liking Anansi Boys a bit better. Gaiman started out in comics and did some really amazing work on The Sandman. You should be able to get most of the collected graphic novels from the library if you want to check it out. Assuming you like American Gods.

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I finished up the graphic novel "Watchmen" today. Time Magazine called it one of the top 100 novels of all time. I thought it was... decent. Is there something that I'm not getting that should have made me much more impressed with this book (for those that have read it)
http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa124/Gregoryhorrorshow/watchmen-cover.jpg

[dnbman]

Ziggy,

I've read American Gods and Good Omens by Gaiman; I enjoyed them both very much.

As for Watchmen, I think the story isn't as radical upon first reading it now since there have been so many comics that borrowed ideas from it. Basically, after Watchmen came out, a ton of writers started addressing questions like what would these characters really be like? What would motivate heroes outside of the typical heroic quest mythos? Would ordinary people with powers automatically fall into hero/villain dichotomies, or would there be a wide range of ethics associated with heroes?

The idea that Superman (In the form of Dr. Manhattan-- I think that was his name) would get tired of the world and just split is pretty radical. What would happen if our icons and superheroes gave up on us?

While Watchmen may not have been the first to ask any one of these questions, he was the first to create a great story out of viewing heroes as people with free wills rather than simply more varieties of the mythic hero (guy gets the call, denies the call, continues on despite this doubt, prevails against all odds, then returns home.)

I think Watchmen is very, very good. However, people often blow it out of proportion, making it seem like it is the greatest comic ever written rather than simply a very good comic that defied and questioned conventions.

If you're interested in graphic novels or comics, I could suggest a bunch.

[Dunk]

I put Watchmen up there as a work of genius. I agree with dnb on one key point -- Watchmen has been copied so many times that the story almost seems derivative at this point. Even watching Heroes in its first season they basically copied the Watchmen story line. It's one of those stories I think you actually have to read twice because there is so much going on that you probably missed a lot the first time through. Rorshach's identity, his changing mask, the whole underground community...Even the issue where all the panels are essentially mirrored through the story. There is something going on in every panel.

It's probably my favorite graphic novel. We should compare lists dnb and see what's on there. :)

[Muttley]

Watchmen is my favorite too. Though I dig almost anything by Alan Moore.

[dnbman]

It's probably my favorite graphic novel. We should compare lists dnb and see what's on there. :)

I'm all over the map (literally) in the kinds of graphic novels I like.

In terms of superhero or major label stuff, the following would be my favorites:

Alan Moore's Swamp Thing (an all time favorite)
Transmetropolitan
Powers
Astro City
various Batman and Wolverine stories
Spectre (in all its carnations, though I like the Hal Jordan stuff the least.)
Lone Wolf and Cub

Those are some of my favorites off the top of my head. Most of the stuff I read is indie stuff though-- mostly biographical stories.

[Dunk]

Some of my favorites:

Preacher
Y: The Last Man
Sandman
ElfQuest
Optic Nerve
Stray Bullets
Why I Hate Saturn
Maus
Persepolis

For superhero stuff, I liked Kingdom Come, Astro City, and Marvels. Generally not a big fan of that genre.

[dnbman]

Some of my favorites:

Preacher
Y: The Last Man
Sandman
ElfQuest
Optic Nerve
Stray Bullets
Why I Hate Saturn
Maus
Persepolis

For superhero stuff, I liked Kingdom Come, Astro City, and Marvels. Generally not a big fan of that genre.

I haven't read Why I hate Saturn, Stray Bullets, or Elfquest. I love Persepolis and Maus. Have you checked out Exit Wounds? If you liked those two, you'd probably like Exit Wounds.

As for the stuff like that, I also like:

Epileptic
The works of Joe Sacco
Berlin
anything by Jason
Mother Come Home
Curses
Chris Ware's stuff
just about anything off of Drawn & Quarterly

This is the stuff I like the best.

[TheBeagle]

Holy crap, I'm gone for a few days and this has turned into a "sequential arts" page!

You guys are too high-brow for me. I've read comics since '91 when I was a chap and have amassed thousands of the things. I'm a monthly guy and really don't care too much for TPBS; the cliffhanger element that is such an integral part of the medium is totally lost via TPBs. No telling how many monthly books I subsribe to at my local comic shop, but it's doubtless too many.

Best current monthlies being put out (and are also available in TPBs with about a six month delay between volumes):

Scalped
Criminal
Powers
Daredevil
BPRD (and all things Mike Mignola and Hellboy-related)
Justice Society of America
Green Lantern
Action Comics
Batman
All the "Final Crisis" stuff
Fables
Fantastic Four
The Twelve
Others I'm sure I'm leaving out as well....

As far as non-superhero recommendations, I can't say enough good things about Scalped (DC/Vertigo) and Criminal (Marvel/Icon). If you like crime and character-studies, you will love this stuff; no way will you be disappointed. Scalped, written by Jason Aaron and illustrated by RM Guerra is a masterpiece in the making and is just a lovely book in all its grittiness and frankness!!! Criminal, written by Ed Brubaker and illustrated by Sean Phillips is a two-time Eisner award winner for best series, I believe, or at least it won in 2006. Still, anything Brubaker does is magic, whether in the superhero genre, crime, or his earlier indie stuff (The Fall, Complete Lowlife.)


Now about trades and graphic novels and monthly/maxi series that have wrapped-up:

Torso (Brian Michael Bendis written and drawn)
Starman (written by James Robinson from DC Comics)
Supreme (Alan Moore run)
100 Bullets (DC/Vertigo; wrapping up its monthly run of 100 issues in Jan or Feb '09)
The Flash (Mark Waid and Geoff Johns runs)
Acme Novelty Library (Chris Ware annual hardcover book)
Hellboy (Mike Mignola's eponymous greatness)
All-Star Superman (Grant Morrison at his best)
We3 (Grant Morrison at his best again)
Y-The Last Man (BK Vaughan hit below the belt in issue 60, the series finale I just got around to reading yesterday---read each monthly installment of this book from the day issue one hit the racks in '03, and I'm not ashamed to say I wept while reading parts of 60..."Alas poor Yorick...")
Liberty Meadows (Frank Cho at his best when he's not drawing nudes...)
Bone (Jeff Smith magnum opus)
The Spirit Archives (hardcover collections of artistic visionary in any medium, Will Eisner's monthly newspaper strip from the late 30's through the 40's)
Jar of Fools (Jason Lutes)
Hellblazer (Brian Azzarello run....and Andy Diggle's current one...and Warren Ellis' short lived one)
Fell (Warren Ellis' unfortunately infrequent semi-monthly book drawn eerily by Ben Templesmith all on the 9-panel grid....absolutely fabulous!! If it came out often and had more than 10 issues published, I'd have mentioned it with the monthlies. Still, Vol. 1 is out and should be read/viewed.)
The Ultimates 1 and 2 (written by Mark Millar and drawn by Bryan Hitch--action-packed contemporary look at Marvel Comics The Avengers, though action-packed doesn't do it justice. Both of these "seasons" just flat-out kicked ass.)

Lots more but that's enough for now.

[dnbman]

Man, I can't afford to read monthlies!! I had a subscription service for a few years and realized that I wasn't getting nearly the enjoyment return on my investment. Now, I buy the tpbs/graphic novels that I REALLY like and just check the rest out at our superb library.

[Dunk]

I wish the library had more stuff, actually. But I did get to read La Perdida and Funhouse which was cool. I just got Jar of Fools and it's sitting in my office uptown waiting to be read at lunch this week.

Free is good. :)

[dnbman]

I wish the library had more stuff, actually.

Tell them what you want. I lot of libraries will order stuff if they get requests.

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I just finished "Life Expectancy" by Dean Koontz... Its the typical creepy Koontz, but it was a fun read, and now I'm just starting "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman, Has anyone here read it?
I'm about 228 pages into American Gods with 300+ pages left and I'm not feeling it. I may have to add it to the stack of a few other books on my bookshelf that are half read.
I'm debating on whether I should start up Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons", Jump back into the Dark Tower series with "Wolves of the Calla" or read some Stephen Barnes that I picked up at a used book store.

I'm leaning towards "Angels and Demons"

[dnbman]

RE: American Gods

Is it just not that interesting or does something about it repulse you?

There were some hokey moments. But, overall, I enjoyed it.

[Keetch]

I read most of "American Gods" years ago and generally enjoyed it. I didn't finish it though, I don't know why I do that. I read 900 pages of Gone with the Wind long ago too and then forgot to finish it.

Anyway soon after American Gods, I picked up "Small Gods" by Terry Pratchett and laughed my butt off. It started a run of about 10 straight Pratchett books before finally wearing off.

[TheBeagle]

Man, I can't afford to read monthlies!! I had a subscription service for a few years and realized that I wasn't getting nearly the enjoyment return on my investment. Now, I buy the tpbs/graphic novels that I REALLY like and just check the rest out at our superb library. The prices are ridiculous. $3 is the standard price for a regular monthly with double-sized specials ranging between $4 and $5. I tried doing the trade thing for a couple books to see how it would go, but I lost interest quickly in the books because of the 6 or so month wait between volumes. I either forgot where the last volume left off, or just lost interest in the interim. I just love the monthly fix. Thankfully, I've had a couple friends at various times own their own individual stores since '00, so I get really good deals and freebies now and then.

Since you're not a "superhero" guy, it makes sense to do it your way, as a GN is self-contained anyway and needs no "to be continued in the next pulse pounding installment."

A title I left off that is another of my favs is Blade of the Immortal by Hiroaki Samura published by Dark Horse. It was monthly for a long time, but because of the success of its manga line, it now comes out in TPB volumes. I don't consider myself a manga fan, but this is brilliant stuff--the visuals alone are worth the price, but the storytelling is just as impeccable. It's a samurai-esque story with lots of unique spins on the genre, and is pretty damn dark and brutal at times, but it's a lovely series that is now on like volume 19 or so and still going. In a nutshell, Manji is an immortal who must kill 1000 evil doers before he is granted the sweet release of death, while he acts as a 16 year old girl/young woman's bodyguard on her quest for vegeance for the brutal murder of her parents 4 or so years earlier.

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:7jIYfuudUOlMOM:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2235/2097191526_aae7f3a3f4.jpg (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2235/2097191526_aae7f3a3f4.jpg&imgrefurl=http://animeanimegirls.blogspot.com/2007/12/blade-of-immortal.html&h=500&w=348&sz=136&hl=en&start=17&um=1&usg=__-5hcZwItw-ikwhgBIy4fRfVa-p0=&tbnid=7jIYfuudUOlMOM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=90&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dblade%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bimmortal%26um%3D1% 26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN)

This is a cover image from an issue when it was monthly.

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RE: American Gods

Is it just not that interesting or does something about it repulse you?

There were some hokey moments. But, overall, I enjoyed it.
Nothing repulsive about it, it just seemed that the farther that I got into the book the less interesting that it got.

[dnbman]

Keetch, did you read Good Omens?

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Bumping this thread that was really good a few months ago. :)

An update on what I've read over the last several weeks.

Dean Koontz - Intensity - Its the typical weird Koontz with a lunatic and a woman thats out for vengance ( aren't they all? :biggrin: ). I can't say a whole lot about this one without giving away too much. But its an enjoyable read.

Lee Child - The Persuader - This is one of a series of books about an ex military cop named Jack Reacher. In this story he is attempting to rescue a female undercover agent that has managed to get herself into a tough situation. It fits nicely into the action/thriller genre. I'd give it a solid 3 out of 5 stars. Theres nothing incredible about it, but it was a pleasant read

Dan Brown - Deception Point - Fossils, Meteorites, Corrupt politicians, Icebergs, Submarines, NASA, Assassins... Good Times people. A very good read.
Dan Brown - Angels and Demons - This is the best book that I've read over the last month or so, if you read The DaVinci code and you haven't read this, then get in your car now, drive to the bookstore and pick it up.

... And finally the book that I'm currently reading is: Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff. This is a book about a woman named Jane Charlotte who was arrested for murder and claims to be a member of a secret organization called the Bad Monkeys whose purpose is to fight evil. So far in this book theres plenty of paranoia and plot twists. Good Stuff.


So lets hear it class, What have you read lately?

[SWedd523]

Ziggy you read some of the best authors out there. Koontz and Brown are both very good. I'm on my Lee Child craze right now. You might want to check out James Patterson. His books about Alex Cross are amazing! Impossible to put down:biggrin:

[Stu_Discus]

Some of my Favs


On the Road
A Clockwork Orange
The Dimond Age
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Matinence
The Celestine Prophecy
Incarnations of Immortality Series (can't remember Author, Great series though)
Clear and Present Danger ( most of the older Clancy stuff )

There are many more yet HDTV and X-BOX have cluttered my once pure mind LOL

[tamburello]

Some of my Favs


A Clockwork Orange
(...)



All people who like "A Clockwork Orange" are my bros :) It was really something.

Anyway, I've read some books in past months, I can't remember all of them but they were generally Turkish writers'. From others, I've read "Clash of Civilizations and Remaking of World Order" by Samuel Huntington. His theory really worths considering, however what he did was dividing civilizations by only their religions and this might be really awkward at some points. Some incidents after the collapse of USSR proved him right (such as Yugoslav wars) but there are definitely some other factors defining the civilization blocks (ethnicity, common gains, geography etc.) After a few days from finishing the book, he died.

The last book I've read is "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Czech writer Milan Kundera. I've never seen such accurate comments of human psychology over several situations. And the story of Tomas and Tereza is very well integrated into his thoughts. This book is definitely a masterpiece of existentialism. I suggest you to read it and also watch the film adaption made in 1988.

I also read a book of Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk. I'm not sure you know him, he is the first Turkish writer ever to win a Nobel prize in literature (in 2006). If you have ever read one of his books, I'd like to hear what you think about his style.

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Ziggy you read some of the best authors out there. Koontz and Brown are both very good. I'm on my Lee Child craze right now. You might want to check out James Patterson. His books about Alex Cross are amazing! Impossible to put down:biggrin:

Hi Swedd,

What Lee Child books are you reading and what would you recommend of his?

[dnbman]

The prices are ridiculous. $3 is the standard price for a regular monthly with double-sized specials ranging between $4 and $5. I tried doing the trade thing for a couple books to see how it would go, but I lost interest quickly in the books because of the 6 or so month wait between volumes. I either forgot where the last volume left off, or just lost interest in the interim. I just love the monthly fix. Thankfully, I've had a couple friends at various times own their own individual stores since '00, so I get really good deals and freebies now and then.

Since you're not a "superhero" guy, it makes sense to do it your way, as a GN is self-contained anyway and needs no "to be continued in the next pulse pounding installment."

A title I left off that is another of my favs is Blade of the Immortal by Hiroaki Samura published by Dark Horse. It was monthly for a long time, but because of the success of its manga line, it now comes out in TPB volumes. I don't consider myself a manga fan, but this is brilliant stuff--the visuals alone are worth the price, but the storytelling is just as impeccable. It's a samurai-esque story with lots of unique spins on the genre, and is pretty damn dark and brutal at times, but it's a lovely series that is now on like volume 19 or so and still going. In a nutshell, Manji is an immortal who must kill 1000 evil doers before he is granted the sweet release of death, while he acts as a 16 year old girl/young woman's bodyguard on her quest for vegeance for the brutal murder of her parents 4 or so years earlier.

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:7jIYfuudUOlMOM:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2235/2097191526_aae7f3a3f4.jpg (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2235/2097191526_aae7f3a3f4.jpg&imgrefurl=http://animeanimegirls.blogspot.com/2007/12/blade-of-immortal.html&h=500&w=348&sz=136&hl=en&start=17&um=1&usg=__-5hcZwItw-ikwhgBIy4fRfVa-p0=&tbnid=7jIYfuudUOlMOM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=90&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dblade%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bimmortal%26um%3D1% 26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN)

This is a cover image from an issue when it was monthly.

Beagle,

Some how I missed the last part of this post about Blade of the Immortal. I've actually picked up those books a bunch of times and never read them. They do look like exactly the type of book I like (and they're based on Musashi, right?). I'll try to check them out when I get more time.

I just read the Joker by Azzarello. That was kind of cool; very inline with the movie's Joker.

[SWedd523]

Hi Swedd,

What Lee Child books are you reading and what would you recommend of his?
I like his Jack Reacher books. One Shot was great. Now I'm working on The Hard Way which is another really good one.

[BIGCatBobcat]

I actually picked up Newt Gingrich To Renew America this weekend and the guy was a prophet back in 95. I can't remember how he fell from grace but I like the book, historical perspective on who we are and where we're going as a nation.

[amour217]

I actually picked up Newt Gingrich To Renew America this weekend and the guy was a prophet back in 95. I can't remember how he fell from grace but I like the book, historical perspective on who we are and where we're going as a nation.

Dang, dawg....I hope you lifted from the knees...

[amour217]

I'm about 228 pages into American Gods with 300+ pages left and I'm not feeling it. I may have to add it to the stack of a few other books on my bookshelf that are half read.
I'm debating on whether I should start up Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons", Jump back into the Dark Tower series with "Wolves of the Calla" or read some Stephen Barnes that I picked up at a used book store.

I'm leaning towards "Angels and Demons"


Dude, American Gods was horrible. I bought it to read on the long flight to my honeymoon and while the premise of the story was interesting, I hated it midway through...the ending is awful too. I ended up giving that book away lol

Angels and Demons was a good, fun read...you'll figure it out probably before the end, but it's no biggie

[SWedd523]

Dude, American Gods was horrible. I bought it to read on the long flight to my honeymoon and while the premise of the story was interesting, I hated it midway through...the ending is awful too. I ended up giving that book away lol

Angels and Demons was a good, fun read...you'll figure it out probably before the end, but it's no biggie
That's kind of the problem with a lot of Dan Brown's books. Angels & Demons was a pretty fun read, but like the Da Vinci Code, it wasn't that hard to predict.

[dnbman]

Dude, American Gods was horrible.

Really? It wasn't the best book, but I thought it was a fun read. It definitely had some strange moments and was a little pretentious. But, overall I liked it.

[amour217]

Right now I'm reading "Blindness" by Jose Saramago. It's alright...very famous book and the guy's won a lot of awards. But like Cormac McCarthy, his writing style is difficult to get used to: he doesn't use quotation marks or much puncutation at all. There's just extremely long, run-on paragraphs separated by commas and whenever someone new speaks, he just capitalizes it in the middle of a sentence lol. Reading stuff by McCarthy and Saramago is funny because if you wrote something like they did in school you'd get a big fat F and be called a grammar/punctuation retard, but yet they're big-time award-winning authors...go figure.

[dnbman]

Reading stuff by McCarthy and Saramago is funny because if you wrote something like they did in school you'd get a big fat F and be called a grammar/punctuation retard, but yet they're big-time award-winning authors...go figure.

You've got to know the rules before you break them?

For every "don't ever" there's a guy who won an award for doing it.

[amour217]

You've got to know the rules before you break them?

For every "don't ever" there's a guy who won an award for doing it.

I'm gonna distribute a book on tape comprised entirely of farts. I'm gonna be rollin in bank, yo

[BETCATS]

i dont know if anyone said this but The Bible was pretty good

[dnbman]

i dont know if anyone said this but The Bible was pretty good

Never heard of it. Who wrote it?

[SWedd523]

Never heard of it. Who wrote it?
I did. Need an autograph?

[ziggy]

For any sci-fi geeks out there, I highly recommend 'Spin' by Robert Charles Wilson. I'm about 2/3 of the way through the book and am really enjoying it.

The gist of the book is that some alien force erects a shield around the planet earth that causes time within that shield to pass much slower than outside of it. Each year within the shield corresponds to about 10 billion years on the other side. The story is told from the standpoint of a set of twins (Diane and Jason) and their best friend Tyler and how they cope with the shield.

I don't want to give too much away, but its well worth a read.

[amour217]

For any sci-fi geeks out there, I highly recommend 'Spin' by Robert Charles Wilson. I'm about 2/3 of the way through the book and am really enjoying it.

The gist of the book is that some alien force erects a shield around the planet earth that causes time within that shield to pass much slower than outside of it. Each year within the shield corresponds to about 10 billion years on the other side. The story is told from the standpoint of a set of twins (Diane and Jason) and their best friend Tyler and how they cope with the shield.

I don't want to give too much away, but its well worth a read.

you said erects.

I just finished "The Brass Verdict" by Michael Connelly, who is my favorite author...good book as always. I'm going to be starting "The Last Jihad" by Joel C Rosenberg today.

[TattoodCatswife]

Anything by Dean Koontz..he is an awesome author

[amour217]

Anything by Dean Koontz..he is an awesome author

Dean Koontz is hit or miss with me...some of his books I can't put down, and some I can't get past page 50. "Tick Tock" was hilarious, though

[Stu_Discus]

Some of my Favs


On the Road
A Clockwork Orange
The Dimond Age
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Matinence
The Celestine Prophecy
Incarnations of Immortality Series (can't remember Author, Great series though)
Clear and Present Danger ( most of the older Clancy stuff )
There are many more yet HDTV and X-BOX have cluttered my once pure mind LOL
I have to add one of my favs...
Sometimes a Great Notion -Ken Keasy

[TattoodCatswife]

Dean Koontz is hit or miss with me...some of his books I can't put down, and some I can't get past page 50. "Tick Tock" was hilarious, though

I like his way of writing, it really gets me. I especially have been into the Odd Thomas series...those are a decent read. I have seriously read ALL of his books and am current on them and I just keep reading him as he writes new books.

[amour217]

http://www.amazon.com/Moose-Loose-Poops-Dr-Hippo/dp/0975351656/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234810588&sr=8-1

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Loose Poops :biggrin:

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I'm bumping the cobwebs off of this thread, because I've just finished a really good book by Larry Niven titled "Lucifer's Hammer".

The story centers around a comet hitting the earth and the after effects of it. The disasters that occur are epic and the paths that some of the people choose to survive ( cannibalism anyone? ) are amazing. It's a good read.

Currently I'm reading "The Hard Way" in the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child.

I'm always looking for a good book or a new author, Has anyone read anything good lately that they would recommend.

[amour217]

I'm bumping the cobwebs off of this thread, because I've just finished a really good book by Larry Niven titled "Lucifer's Hammer".

The story centers around a comet hitting the earth and the after effects of it. The disasters that occur are epic and the paths that some of the people choose to survive ( cannibalism anyone? ) are amazing. It's a good read.

Currently I'm reading "The Hard Way" in the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child.

I'm always looking for a good book or a new author, Has anyone read anything good lately that they would recommend.

huh huh....hard way

[SWedd523]

The Hard Way is a very good book. I wasn't able to put it down once I got started on it.

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The Hard Way is a very good book. I wasn't able to put it down once I got started on it.
I'm just getting to the part where they meet the soldier who had both of his feet and both of his hands cut off. Pretty grim stuff :hypo: