Which is your favorite book? Links added

Post by **plained** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:42 pm

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Post by **Pauly** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:44 pm

plained wrote:pauly wauly bo bolly, banana wana toe tally

pauly

That's the most coherent thing you have ever said on this forum.

Post by **plained** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:46 pm

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Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:52 pm

I LOLLED

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:33 pm

iTBook

Post by **Freakaloin** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:34 pm

Mein Kompt

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 2:35 pm

fuck u...

Post by **Tormentius** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:26 pm

Theres so many but the Art of War by Sun Tzu is high on the list.

Post by **Pext** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:55 pm

Freakaloin wrote:Mein Kompt

it's 'kampf', idiot...

Post by **Pext** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:58 pm

Auburndale wrote:His Dark Materials

indeed. :icon14:

read his:

Kafka on the Shore

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:10 pm

saturn wrote:I'm gonna make a top 3 sci-fi/fantasy books in random order

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
Magician - Raymond E. Feist
Ringworld - Larry Niven

Was it you at q3w I recomend reading Enders game? It's a great book and there's two more sequels too in case you don't know. I didn't anyway till a few years ago and I have to admit the one I've read was really good, I haven't read the last book though.

Also on my favorites list would be Terry Goodkind and the Sword of Truth series.

Post by **saturn** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:13 pm

nope

I read all sequels plus the Shadow books

Post by **Freakaloin** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:54 pm

Pext wrote:
Freakaloin wrote:Mein Kompt
it's 'kampf', idiot...

spelling and grammer is for no0bs...questions?

Post by **R00k** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:56 pm

Fantasy: Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, and R.A. Salvatore's Dark Elf trilogy.

Historical Fiction: Herman Wouk - The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance

Prescient/Paranoid Literature: 1984, Animal Farm, Fahreneit 451. I haven't even finished Brave New World yet - I don't think it's nearly as good as Orwell's work.

Classic Novels: Moby Dick. Don't ask why, I just love the setting, the imagery and the story. But I'm about to start reading Don Quixote, and from what I've heard, I'm hopeful this will replace Moby Dick in my list.

I just made my 'every few months' trip to the bookstore last night and picked up a couple of new ones:
Lewis Carrol - A collection of stories including Alice and Through the Looking Glass
Cervantes - Don Quixote
Fyodor Dostoevsky - I got Crime and Punishment as well as The Brothers Karimov. I think I'm going to read C&P first.

I also picked up the SAS Survival Guide.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:23 pm

If you liked the wheel of time you might like the sword of truth.

Post by **Tormentius** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:40 pm

R00k wrote:Fantasy: Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, and R.A. Salvatore's Dark Elf trilogy.

Both are fantastic series. Have you read book 3 of the latest Drizzt series yet? It was released awhile ago in hardcover. Paperback isn't available as of yet. I'm wondering when Jordan is releasing his next book.

R00k wrote:
I also picked up the SAS Survival Guide.

I'm still waiting for my copy to show up from Amazon

Post by **Tormentius** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:41 pm

Kracus wrote:If you liked the wheel of time you might like the sword of truth.

That's also a very good series. The last one was a little meh, but I'm hoping he makes up for it in the next book.

Have you checked out the High Druid of Shannara trilogy yet? I read the first book and its pretty entertaining.

Post by **R00k** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:45 pm

Tormentius wrote:Both are fantastic series. Have you read book 3 of the latest Drizzt series yet? It was released awhile ago in hardcover. Paperback isn't available as of yet. I'm wondering when Jordan is releasing his next book.

Book 3 of the latest series? I'm not sure. Do you know the name of it? Several months ago I picked up a 3-book compilation of his life and stories after escaping, but I'm not sure if that's the series you're talking about.

I'm not sure on RJ's next book either. I've been fairly disappointed with the last 2 in the series though. I sure hope he picks back up and develops the story some more. This 300 pages of sitting and plotting and maneuvering gets kinda old.

Tormentius wrote:
R00k wrote:
I also picked up the SAS Survival Guide.
I'm still waiting for my copy to show up from Amazon

Bought mine at Borders last night. I can't wait to dig into it. I think I may just keep it by the toilet.

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:48 pm

i also very much like I, Robot btw

and there was this little novel years ago written by some dutchee whose name i cant remember called 'The Daydreamer'. that was a fun and light fantasy book, about a kid who is very secluded and daydreams all the time. as a reader you were never too sure where reality ended and his daydreams started. that is, until he traded lives with the cat that is

Post by **Tormentius** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:50 pm

R00k wrote:
Book 3 of the latest series? I'm not sure. Do you know the name of it? Several months ago I picked up a 3-book compilation of his life and stories after escaping, but I'm not sure if that's the series you're talking about.

I'm not sure on RJ's next book either. I've been fairly disappointed with the last 2 in the series though. I sure hope he picks back up and develops the story some more. This 300 pages of sitting and plotting and maneuvering gets kinda old.

Here is the whole series to date. The top four sections listed are the Dark Elf books. The Hunters Blad trilogy is the latest.

I feel the same way about Jordan's last couple books. IMO, there are getting to be too many sub-stories to follow with too long between book releases.

Post by **R00k** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:52 pm

Oh wow, I didn't realize there were so many series' about Drizzt.

I've only read The Dark Elf Trilogy and The Icewind Dale Trilogy (the one I was talking about).

I'll have to check some of those others out. :icon14:

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:53 pm

R00k wrote:Oh wow, I didn't realize there were so many series' about Drizzt.

I've only read The Dark Elf Trilogy and The Icewind Dale Trilogy (the one I was talking about).

I'll have to check some of those others out. :icon14:

if you're interested in Drizzt and the like, you might want to pick up the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, even if you dont play D&D. makes for great fantasy reading, just skip all the statistic tables and you got yourself a nice encyclopedia with great artwork

Post by **Tormentius** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:59 pm

R00k wrote:Oh wow, I didn't realize there were so many series' about Drizzt.

I've only read The Dark Elf Trilogy and The Icewind Dale Trilogy (the one I was talking about).

I'll have to check some of those others out. :icon14:

I've read all of the series except for the last in the Hunters Blade trilogy now. IMO they just keep getting better.

Edit: Just checked Jordan's site and the eleventh book, Knife of Dreams, will be out in October.

Post by **netrex** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:01 pm

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (R.I.P.).
Kingdoms of the Wall by Robert Silverberg.
The Orion books by Ben Bova
Hammer of Darkness by L.E. Modesitt.
Speed Queen by Stewart O'Nan
Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz
Intensity by Dean Koontz

I don't read much, but these are some of the best I've read so far.

Post by **R00k** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:24 pm

MKJ wrote: if you're interested in Drizzt and the like, you might want to pick up the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, even if you dont play D&D. makes for great fantasy reading, just skip all the statistic tables and you got yourself a nice encyclopedia with great artwork

I wonder if I can get the book without having to buy a D&D game... hehehe