Lord of the Rings is an accquired taste. You really need to be in the mood and it's not easy to read.Originally posted by Dasquian Belargic
I tried to read Lord of the Rings, I really did, but I just couldn't get into it.
Lord of the Rings is an accquired taste. You really need to be in the mood and it's not easy to read.Originally posted by Dasquian Belargic
I tried to read Lord of the Rings, I really did, but I just couldn't get into it.
The Redemption of Althalus- David & Leigh Eddings.
Neuromancer, William Gibson
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
The DaVinci Code, Dan Brown
AND the Harry Potter series (but you may have already read these).
good bookOriginally posted by Ragnarok
The Redemption of Althalus- David & Leigh Eddings.
Animal Farm, Georg Orwell
World War - - Harry Turltledove
Colonization - Harry Turtledove
Faust
Red Phoenix - Unknown
- This last one is one of my favorites. Though it is something of a b-novel and very unknown, I enjoyed it immensely. It deals with the American Army in 1986 in South Korea. Unbeknownst to the world, Russia/Soviet Union and China have allied themselves to the North and are giving them ungodly quantities of arms. The north strikes south and all hell breaks loose.
Interestingly enough, when tensions mount among the Allies, China abstains from a vote in the UN, leaving Russia and the North alone against the US and a resurrected British Empire.
Despite the emphasise on reccomending just one book, a lot seem to insist more than just that. I'll kinda do what you asked.
If its just one you're after - The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice. Sequel to the popular Interview With The Vampire and by far the better of the two in my opinion. It's written in first person from Lestat's point of view and is a thoroughly enjoyable read - its also cool to see some characters from Interview in a slightly different light. Its such a joy to read, and I think Lestat is possibly my favourite literary character EVER! The language is very vibrant and the descriptions lavish and overflowing with detail. Oh hell just read it now no matter what time it is. Break into Warterstones and steal a copy and never put it down until you're finished reading the entire novel. Then read it all over again!
If you're thirsty for more (pardon the pun) I suggest 'I am Legend' by Richard Matheson - its a very different vampire novel and one of the bets I've ever read. Imagine Resident Evil or 28 Days Later, with just one survivor. Only there are no zombies - but vampires. No expand that globablly - one person on the planet and the rest are vampires. It's brilliant.
That's the 7th book's title, you would have to read the other six to understand that.Originally posted by Syren Wyssholt
Good suggestion. I've seen this at our local bookstore and have plans to pick it up in the next few weeks
As for one I'd suggest (not sure if series are included in this)
The Dark Tower - Stephen King
The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three, The Wastelands, The Wizards Glass, Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah and finally, The Dark Tower.
I love this series...
No fault there. It's boring as sin.Originally posted by Dasquian Belargic
I tried to read Lord of the Rings, I really did, but I just couldn't get into it.That's also the name of the series.Originally posted by Jared Mriad
That's the 7th book's title, you would have to read the other six to understand that.
The Dark Tower series is pretty good. I think the 2nd and 3rd books were the best. The Gunslinger is a bit difficult to follow, at first. King originally wrote it as a series of short stories when he was 19, and then later compiled them all into a short novel. If you can get past the first book, the rest are really good.
If you're looking for a bit of Sci-Fi, I'd go with C.S. Friedman's This Alien Shore. Friedman has a talent for crafting a unique mythos in her novels, and this is no exception. "The Coldfire Trilogy", also by her, is the second best Fantasy series I've read. Right after Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire". The first book is Black Sun Rising.
Belgarath the Sorceror. David and Leigh Eddings.
Dune - Frank Herbert
Originally posted by Eve
Neuromancer, William GibsonDeltron 3030 by Del tha Funkee Homosapien
Yo its three thousand thirty,
I want yall to meet deltron zero, hero, not no small feat
its all heat in this day and age,
i rage your grave,
anything it takes to save the day
nueromancer, perfect blend of technology and magic
use my rappin so you all could see the hazards
plus entertainment where many are brainless
we cultivated the lost art of study and i brought a buddy
automator harder slayer fascinating combinations
cyber warlords are activating abominations
arm a nation with hatred we ain't with that
we high-tech archeologists searching for nicknacks
composing musical stimpacks the song
crack the motor what you think you rappin for?
I used to be a mech soldier but I didn't respect orders
I had to step forward, tell them this ain't for us
living in a post-apocalyptic world morbid and horrid
the secrets of the past they horded
now we just borded on a futuristic spacecraft
no mistakes black its our music we must take back
oddly found that the other day when I was at the bookstore...Originally posted by Zeke
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.
Is that the Graphic Novel about mice in the Holocaust or similar? I hear good things about that, need to find it myself.Originally posted by Je'gan Olra'en
Maus
where's the love for Terry Prachett?
This was going to be my answer. The Gunslinger is one hell of a fun book.Originally posted by Shawn
The Dark Tower series is pretty good.
Tied between <u>Dune</u> by Frank Herbert, and Redwall by Brian Jacques.
Everything ever written by Terry Pratchett is a no brainer as WELL, but if you know Jenny, you know she's already read them all.Originally posted by Marcus Telcontar
where's the love for Terry Prachett?
I'd recommend anything by Michael Slade ( That is, if you like a good psycho-thriller).
By Michael Slade:
HEADHUNTER
GHOUL
CUTTHROAT
RIPPER
EVIL EYE
PRIMAL SCREAM
BURNT BONES
HANGMAN
DEATH'S DOOR
BED OF NAILS
Headhunter was the first one I read, around the age of ten. Godawful LOVELY stuff!!!
And then there's Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series. I read the first book, The First Man In Rome for my senior novel project in high school (It's somewhere around 900 pages. Loved every moment.) while everyone else was reading these little 350 page things. I was finished mine before they were halfway through theirs. I've read that book about 3 times since.
As for the Lord of the Rings...i've always loved it. I still have the same set of books i've had since I first read it at the age of six. Yes, I understood it. And i've read the Simarillion, which is more or less the LOTR bible. It's very informative, if you can finish it without ditching it 1/4 of the way through.
And last, but not least, Ann-Marie Macdonald's Fall on Your Knees.
I could recommend more stuff, but i'd never stop talking.
So that's it, for now.
PS - DUNE IS MY ALL-TIME FAVE. FRANK HERBERT IS ....WOW.
Unsuprisingly, a lot of these books I've alraedy read (The Vampire Lestat, The Dark Tower series, Animal Farm) - we all have such similar tastes
well, not all of themOriginally posted by James Prent
Everything ever written by Terry Pratchett is a no brainer as WELL, but if you know Jenny, you know she's already read them all.... yet
Great. that eliminates most of the competition.
*emphatic cough*Originally posted by Telan Desaria
World War - - Harry Turltledove
Colonization - Harry Turtledove
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