| Author |
 Topic  |
|
Danishboy
- FB Fan -
Denmark
175 Posts |
 Posted - 12/06/2003 : 23:11:22
|
Letīs get this thing of the ground, what are you reading now.
Best book, favorite author?
I just finished "The strumpet city" by James Plunkett, great story but not so great ending.
Favorite author: Ken Follet read allmost everything heīs written.
Best book: Pillars of the earth by Ken Follet.
Man of steel |
|
|
Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
4496 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2003 : 23:57:20
|
hmm..i like sci-fi/fantasy..Zelazny's Amber series is very close to my heart...sucks he died.
Reading a bunch of his short stories right now, likely to move onto Dune in a few days...give that series a go. =) |
 |
|
|
darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 00:00:59
|
Just finished: Uncommon Grounds (the history of coffee)
Now reading: The Teammates (David Halberstam)
Favorite author: Steinbeck maybe, I don't read much fiction, Edmund Morris's two biographies of Teddy Roosevelt are excellent, so are Taylor Branch's on Martin Luther King Jr.
Best book: Catch-22 |
|
|
|
Danishboy
- FB Fan -
Denmark
175 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 01:06:54
|
Last sci-fi/fantasy i read were Lord of the rings, must read more of this gerne.
Steinbecks Grapes of wrath is it any good, have it on my shelf?
Last week i finished reading Taipan, i couldent remember the series with Richard Camberlain, the book made me want to see them again.
Man of steel |
|
|
|
Arm Arm Arm
* Dog in the Sand *
1037 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 01:12:11
|
Mr. Dave Noisy,
It's been almost ten years since I read the Dune series. I enjoyed Dune, Dune Messiah and I think God Emperor of Dune the most. I think they're around 5 or 6 novels that Herbert wrote.
Anyway, a little bit ago I finished THE BUZZING by Jim Knipfel which overall was disappointing. I recommend a non-fiction book by him called SLACKJAW.
Right now I'm reading Conversations with God vol. 1-3 but I don't recall the author. Just remembered a great horror novel I read, called COME CLOSER. Really good, very fast moving. HOUSE OF LEAVES is good too.
blah blah blah
|
|
|
|
miguel
- FB Fan -
USA
213 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 03:28:46
|
My wife is a tom robbins fanatic. Still life with woodpecker, jitterbug perfume, another roadside attraction. Mostly his earlier stuff. Hunter s. thompson's the proud highway is interesting if you like him.
"... it's a pill, that gives worms... to exgirlfriends.. you just don't get it"
|
|
|
|
Thomas
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1615 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 08:05:25
|
I've been on a sci-fi kick for a few years now. My favorite books are "Armor" by Steakley, "Starship Troopers" by Heinlein, "Forever War" by Haldeman, "The Stars My Destination" by Bester.
I'm reading Asimov's robot series now, "Naked Sun" book 2. I love going to used book stores to search for old out of print Sci Fi books.
I'm not a fan of Fantasy but I did like "Druids" by Llewelyn. I wanted my sons middle name to be Vercingetorix, one of the main characters and true life Gallic King, but we settled on Karac.
Thomas
"Our love is rice and beans and horses lard" |
|
|
|
Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 08:09:50
|
I read this book years ago...called Dry Water. I can't remember the author, but i do remember it wasn't particularly well written, but the story was so creativce and amazing that i couldn't put it down...and this was before i started doin drugs. Also...recently... i have finished No one gets outta here alive-Jim Morrison biography... very good book, found it a t a garage sale for $1.
Also, i just finished Sidhartha...beautiful beautiful wonderful book about the human condition and how hard it is to cure.
I was not looking for no LOVE affair. |
Edited by - Coldheartofstone on 12/07/2003 08:25:43 |
|
|
|
Kirk
= Cult of Ray =
USA
633 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 08:22:32
|
I read everything. I just finished "who's watching out for you" by Bill O'Reilly. It's short, yet has some interesting insight.
Right now, I'm supposed to be reading my school textbook for finals, but... School bites.
-Kirk |
|
|
|
Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 08:27:03
|
Has anyone evr read...On a Pale horse...by Piers Anthony...
Great fuckin book, they have, i believe 4 more, but my friend....mysteriously cant find them. Maybe because of my destructive nature.
Wheeeeeeeeere's my will..? |
Edited by - Coldheartofstone on 12/07/2003 09:40:00 |
|
|
|
ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
3988 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 08:50:30
|
| I am reading A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN by Betty Smith which I never read before. And also this book called THE NOONDAY DEMON - An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon. It's kind of a mix of reference and personal stories. It's pretty interesting. |
|
|
|
Thomas
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1615 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 08:55:00
|
quote:
Originally posted by ramona
I am reading A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN by Betty Smith which I never read before.
I'm looking out my window and watching a TREE THAT GROWS IN BROOKLYN.
Couldn't resist. I've got the book but never read it.
Thomas
"Our love is rice and beans and horses lard" |
|
|
|
ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
3988 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 09:22:01
|
So, they really DO grow in Brooklyn! I'm so glad. 
It's a good book. I think girls who are about 9 or 10 (the age of Francie, the heroine) would like it. I am enjoying it - I wish we had read this in school instead of GRAPES OF WRATH which bored me back then. |
|
|
|
El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 09:35:26
|
I'm reading this forum.
 "I joined the Cult of Clops / If I were you, I'd sleep with one eye open." |
|
|
|
JamesM
= Cult of Ray =
308 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 10:08:23
|
Just finished "To Have or to Be?" by Erich Fromm; great insight as to the "objects owning you," uh, "philosophy" that's been incredibly prominent in pop culture (of all things) since Fight Club came out. Reading Jimmy Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist" as a young man for the umpteenth time and Jon Krakuer's "Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith," - a nice look at what drives a person to become a fundamentalist (in this case, the focus is on the Mormon faith), and what propels their ideology. Going to start reading the Genesis chapter of the Bible and John Locke's "Two Treatises on Government".
-Jimmy M. |
|
|
|
mdisanto
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1140 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 11:50:32
|
im reading Dune. ive heard so much about it and im finally reading it and its quite good
-miked |
|
|
|
realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1764 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 11:53:40
|
I just finished "Haroun and the Sea of Stories" by Salman Rushdie. It was for a class and was ok; I didn't like the end so much.
I'm finishing up "Lost in America" by Sherwin Nuland.
Why does everyone love Siddhartha? It's hardly his best work though there is a new translation out that I'm dying to read.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is fantastic as is Portrait of the Artist, but stop there with Joyce - go no further.
CHoS, so weird that you should mention On A Pale Horse. I was just thinking about that book yesterday. I've had it for a while now; maybe I'll make it my next read.
 "I joined the Cult of Popeye / The CoF required my good eye" |
|
|
|
speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
3581 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 11:57:22
|
Just finished: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Currently reading: Joshua Then and Now by Mordechi Richler
I seem to be on a Canadian author kick. That's why I've got "On the Road" by Keruac up next. Atwood and Richler are both excellent authors by the way. |
|
|
|
Johnny Yen
= Cult of Ray =
USA
408 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 12:04:41
|
re: steinbeck - I really like Cannery Row, but I think Tortilla Flats may be my favorite.
I've never been able to finish the first chapter of Dune (after many tries).
-rereading Confederacy Of Dunces
-The ABCedarium
It's about time to reread The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles. |
Edited by - Johnny Yen on 12/07/2003 12:19:48 |
|
|
|
Coldheartofstone
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
2025 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 12:16:24
|
quote:
Originally posted by realmeanmotorscutor
CHoS, so weird that you should mention On A Pale Horse. I was just thinking about that book yesterday. I've had it for a while now; maybe I'll make it my next read.
"I joined the Cult of Popeye / The CoF required my good eye"
I recommend it...it's a very cool concept...
Alicia McGill....Esquire. |
|
|
|
glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 12:42:41
|
The First World War by James Keegan, Manifold Origin by Stephen Baxter, planning shortly to read another James Michener book.
James Michener, has anyone read much of his stuff? The only two I have finished is Tales of the South Pacific and Bridges at Toko-Ri but I have a whole crapload of his other works that I haven't got to yet.
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Carl Sagan
|
|
|
|
JamesM
= Cult of Ray =
308 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 12:56:31
|
realmean - huh? Ulysses is a fucking great book, man, but I'm probably not dedicated enough to dive into Finnegans Wake just yet. Maybe this summer I'll start - and undoubtedly finish the concurrent summer.
-Jimmy M. |
|
|
|
TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 13:21:32
|
Haven't read much in last couple years, sorry to say. I used to devour books. But DUNE is a wonderful book...read that in 9th grade and was obssessed over it. I do like the science fiction of Stanislaw Lem. And my favorite fiction author, Bret Easton Ellis, has not written a word in like 4 years. The movies they base on his novels however are stupid. As all of Hollywood is. Hmmm...
Catchin' blue in his eyes that were brown
-bRIAN |
|
|
|
Brackish Girl
~ Soul Eater ~
Ireland
1750 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 13:28:46
|
I'm reading Small Gods by Terry Pratchett. its funny.
 "I joined the Cult of Trippy/...what was i singing again???" |
|
|
|
Danishboy
- FB Fan -
Denmark
175 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 14:59:43
|
Have any of you read the Celestine Prophecy, the Tenth Insight? I heard their talking about making a movie, dont get me wrong i liked both books, but a movie? well i couldent say.
I read them last month, on the request of my older sister.
About reading i cant go to sleep, if i dont read at least one chapter.
Man of steel |
|
|
|
Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
3648 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 15:09:11
|
I'm reading...
Brief History of the Universe |
|
|
|
Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1158 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 15:12:11
|
I just recently finished a collection of short stories by Saunders called Cilvilwarland in bad decline. If I'm not mistaken, it was upon a reccomendation by LBF. I highly reccomend it. I'm debating whether or not to re-read Catch-22, or start Sometimes a great notion. I loved Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, so I'll probably go with that.
"How many stars girl, can you both count, and then classify?" |
|
|
|
BrendanT
= Cult of Ray =
Canada
907 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 15:14:46
|
Has anyone read anything by Clifford Pickover? He has written Surfing Through Hyperspace.
Strummer-man
I had me a vision!
It's step, hip, step, pivot! Are you trying to piss-off the volcano?! |
|
|
|
Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
3648 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 15:16:43
|
quote:
Sir Rockabye
= Cult of Ray =
59 Posts
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 15:12:11
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I just recently finished a collection of short stories by Saunders called Cilvilwarland in bad decline. If I'm not mistaken, it was upon a reccomendation by LBF.
Sorry  You are mistaken.
If I could reccommend something it would be anything written by:
Donald Barthelme. He is my all time favorite author, best know for his short stories. |
|
|
|
realmeanmotorscutor
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1764 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 16:27:25
|
LBF, do you mean "A Brief History of Time"? I started reading that recently but probably won't have the time to finish it.
Ulysses is a buch of rubbish and Joyce should have been stoned for publishing such a pretentious work.
"I joined the Cult of Popeye / The CoF required my good eye" |
|
|
|
soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 16:53:18
|
Last three books read have been Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, Holy Blood, Holy Grail, and Everything and More, a Histroy of Infinity, by David Foster Wallace.
Last night I couldn't sleep so I began to reread the Hobbit. I'm four chapters in and not completely enjoying it, but past experience has shown that the last fourth of the book makes it all worthwhile.
As to the Dune Books, I read them back in high school. They're pretty decent. The first one is the best, an extremely good read. Dune Messiah's a poor follow up, Children of Dune is better. God Emperor is.......odd. Heretics and Chapterhouse are interesting, but very different. The focus shifts a great deal from the original, but that's to be expected, since they take place several thousand years after the first. The new books written by Herbert's Son and Kevin J Anderson are quite terrible. Hacks, I say. Hacks! Okay, bye
I want to be a singer like Lou Reed |
|
|
|
Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
3648 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 17:05:43
|
quote:
realmeanmotorscutor
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
876 Posts
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 16:27:25
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
LBF, do you mean "A Brief History of Time"? I started reading that recently but probably won't have the time to finish it.
Yeah.
Check out some Donald Barthelme short stories, seriously. |
|
|
|
bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2638 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 17:16:27
|
i'm trying to read (very short attention spam) 20,000 leagues under the sea at the moment, catching up with the classics!
~~~
I'm flat out, you're so beautiful to look at when you cry. Freeze, don't move, you've been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation of the sequal to your life. Shady Lane, everybody wants one, Shady Lane, everybody needs one. |
|
|
|
Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1158 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 17:56:47
|
Hmmm, well if it wasn't LBF, then I'm not sure who it was. Whoever you were, thanks, I really appreciated the reccomendation. I really enjoyed reading Saunders and reccomend him to all.
"How many stars girl, can you both count, and then classify?" |
|
|
|
darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 21:24:15
|
quote:
Originally posted by glacial906
The First World War by James Keegan,
I just read this book a few months ago. Nice book. Well written. Depressing history. What a waste.
Have you read any other by books by Keegan? He has new one out about intelligence (the spy kind) and how unimportant it generally is in wars. |
|
|
|
glacial906
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1738 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2003 : 21:28:31
|
No, haven't read any more Keegan. My dad just gave me his entire collection of Samuel Eliot Morrison, though, I'll probably start on those next. And I've been wanting to read D-Day by Steven E. Ambrose. Man how I wish I had time to do all this.
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.
Carl Sagan
|
|
|
|
Topic |
|
Topic Locked
