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Post by jcrodd7776 on Sept 12, 2011 14:04:06 GMT -5
Like to start a thread about this since if I am presented with the option of video game, computer, comic book, magic, or good book ill go with the good book every time
since a big part of who i am is tied to the fact I read THE HOBBIT back in 5th grade, i'll always give the written word #1 status.
couple of "must read " for me
battle royale (japanese author) you will thank me name of the wind ( patrick rothfuss) any dritzz book by ra salvatore dark bane series by drew karpysian (also wrote mass effect books) going postal (terry pratchet)
yes im not 12 but I have read all harry potter books and read all the hunger games books and yes i loved them
let me know what good books you guys have read/are reading
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Post by RockBass on Sept 12, 2011 14:17:13 GMT -5
Fantasy/Sci-Fi
David Gemmell David Eddings (The Belgariad/Mallorean/et all) Terry Goodkind (Sword of Truth series) RA Salvatore JRR Tolkien
General
Chuck Palahniuk Stephen King Ernest Hemingway William Faulkner Tim O' Brien (Writes some excellent Vietnam era stuff. Its a mix of literature and war novel)
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Post by Matuna on Sept 12, 2011 21:40:53 GMT -5
Sadly I could probably count on one hand how many books Ive read. Most of which were required back in high school. However, that said, since I am such a fantasy and or scifi buff, I have been turned onto the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and although Im not actually reading them, but am listening to them on audio-books while I work out at the gym. So far so good.
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Post by oniwa on Sept 12, 2011 22:27:31 GMT -5
Dont forget the wheel of time series by Robert Jordan and I thoroughly enjoy The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher.
Oni
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Post by nyukon on Sept 12, 2011 23:21:08 GMT -5
Books I've read: World war Z Edgar Allan Poe Collection One Second After ( Warning this is an eye opener) Band of Brothers Book of the Five Rings The Prodigal Sorcerer
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Post by srudolph728 on Sept 13, 2011 21:27:18 GMT -5
I remember discovering The Hobbit in the summer between 4th and 5th grades (30 years ago!), which turned me on to D&D, Lord of the Rings, and all the fantasy books and games I've consumed over the course of my life. Makes me wonder what my life would have been like if I hadn't stumbled across that book.
I'm currently deeply into Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen series. Very large and challenging but highly rewarding books.
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Post by MikeS on Sept 15, 2011 11:18:49 GMT -5
Some recent gems I've read: Lies of Locke Lamora Ender's Game (Speaker of the Dead was crap; I stopped half way through it) Stephen King's Dark Tower Series Heart Shaped Box (by Stephen King's son; great read) Ship Breaker Land of Laughs
Some I wasn't fond of but others praised them: Boneshaker His Majesty's Dragon Song of Ice and Fire series
I'm currently reading Windup Girl by the same guy who wrote Ship Breaker. I've had enough friends enthusiastically recommend READY PLAYER ONE that it will be my next book once I'm done with this one.
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Post by jcrodd7776 on Feb 13, 2012 20:14:40 GMT -5
Finally finished RA Salvatore latest Neverwinter book very good read
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Post by yugular on Feb 22, 2012 10:04:27 GMT -5
Finally finished RA Salvatore latest Neverwinter book very good read What book is this?
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Post by dougbiss on Feb 22, 2012 10:56:31 GMT -5
I agree with almost everything that's in this thread, but there's one author and series that is missing:
Roger Zelazny - Amber Chronicles.
The best part of it is that you can get all ten books in one trade paperback for less than $20 at Amazon. If you've never read it, it's well worth it. I'm rereading it again right now, for the first time in 20 years... and it's just as good now as it was then.
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Post by grumpyoldgamer on Sept 13, 2012 17:48:34 GMT -5
I finally finished reading the serie of books from Glen Cook on the Black Company. I've been working on it on and off for over a year now. I'm not a fan of the author's writing style, and I feel that he has difficulties building deep "emotional" relationships between his characters, but I also understand why it's considered a classic of modern fantasy literature. There are some very good material in there, with the author using a minimalist approach to world-building, and a very detailed approach to culture-building (especially in the latter books).
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Post by kennon on Sept 15, 2012 10:24:42 GMT -5
Oh boy... how do I remember to mention all of the amazing books I've read? I'm sure that I'll be back here from time to time to add more, but a bare handful off the top of my head.
The Coldfire Trilogy- C.S. Friedman: Best anti-hero I've ever read. Gerald Tarrant is the man. The Shannara series- Terry Brooks: The first one he wrote (Sword of Shannara) is pretty well a LotR rip, but it's a fairly strong one, though one I rarely re-read now. Do yourself a favor and start out with the prequel he wrote some years later, First King of Shannara. American Gods- Neil Gaiman: Brilliant. Just frakking brilliant.
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