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Books!

Books, Do you read them? What genre do you like? What are some good books you have read? Are reading now? Any suggestions for others?

So I read both Science fiction and fantasy mostly. Currently I am reading a Halo book but I have read a bunch of series: Wheel of Time, The Dresden Files, Mistborn, Song of Ice and Fire and probably more that I am forgetting.

A book I think a bunch of you would like is Battle Royale. I know there is a movie and stuff but the book is damn good.

Also Brandon Sanderson is a bloody awesome writer, and if you see a book by him you might just like it.

This post has been edited by Nik: 24 December 2011 - 05:40 AM

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  • 24 December 2011 - 02:59 AM
Currently, I'm getting into self-improvement books, but I really love action adventure and fantasy. I'm almost done with the whole Inheritance Series, Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, and Inheritance. Really good series. Also, I really love the Maximum Ride series! So cool! There's so many books I can list here, but I don't want to create a wall of text. XD
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  • 24 December 2011 - 03:13 AM
Please, wall of text away. It you like action adventure stuff I would have two stand alone books to recomend. Both are by Brandon Sanderson and they are called Elantris and Warbringer. Awesome fantasy books where he makes up a really cool and crazy magic system for both.

I read most of the Inheritance stuff, but I kind of got bored by the end of the third so haven't bothered to get the latest. Is it any good?
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  • 24 December 2011 - 03:33 AM
Yeah, the last book just came out. Sadly, I haven't gotten my hands on it yet. Anyway, I really liked to read manga when I actually started reading. The thought of Japanese comic books about a super ultra cool T.V series just drew me in. However, when I got older, I felt the need to read chapter books. So I read my first series, which embarrassing as it may be, was about Warriors, a book about cats. But it was really interesting! (Albeit sort of cheesy and corny...) As time passed, I figured that I couldn't read only these books. So I expanded my horizon on fantasy books, such as Inkheart and the Septimus Heap series, and Dragon Rider. My firstm and favorite fantasy series to this day, will always be The Chronicles Of Narnia. But I really didn't develop into the reading style I have now until I started to read Eragon. Then I just had a natural habit of being a really good reader. I just absorbed book after book, and got entranced in reading. It's a great feeling. Anyway, I then began to read multiple series. Some I'd finish, some I wouldn't. It'd matter if I was still interested in it enough to resume it. I'd realize that if I wanted to have a passion for something, I'd need to educate myself on it and externalize my feelings for it. So I bought a lot a self-improvement books. Some for art and music, others for computers and programming. The rest is about global issues and innovative ideas and other stuff so...yeah! 8-D
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  • 24 December 2011 - 05:04 AM
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I don't read as much now as I used to. When I do, I read mainly science fiction and some fantasy. Also comics!

A Song of Ice and Fire, aka Game of Thrones. You can call me a fan of that.
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  • 24 December 2011 - 05:22 AM
Yeah, Song of Ice and Fire is a damn good series and George R.R. Martin is an evil, evil person.

@Ahsaan Do you read the newspaper at all? It is a nice way to become a little more worldly and be more knowledgeable in general.

I also have an unhealthy streak of reading Warhammer books, both fantasy and sci-fi. I just can't help myself even though I can tell they aren't very good.

This post has been edited by Nik: 24 December 2011 - 06:01 AM

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  • 24 December 2011 - 05:43 AM
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I read the newspaper at breakfast pretty much every day.
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  • 24 December 2011 - 05:50 AM
Everything by David Eddings is pretty good.
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  • 24 December 2011 - 06:32 AM
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This is one of the best books I've ever read ever, it's a book in a book about a documentary about a house that slowly becomes bigger and bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Endless black hallways, doorless frames, and winding staircases sprout from a single doorway in the house that should open to outside the house. And the rooms and hallways aren't static, everything shifts with time. All the while another story is told through the footnotes about the guy who is putting together the book in the book which is an analysis of 'The Navidson Record'. And apparently the documentary doesn't actually exist. he found all the notes in a dead man's apartment he moved into. It tells his story as he slowly goes insane.

What is really unique about this book is the way the pages are laid out, some of them are very eye catching.

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This post has been edited by CaptainBaconMan: 24 December 2011 - 07:42 PM

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  • 24 December 2011 - 07:32 AM
@Captain Wow... That is really cool and I kinda really wanna read that book now. I am hoping it won't be too hard to find haha.

@Supah I started the Belgariad and absolutely despised it. It was just the heroes journey and nothing else, I could guess almost every single plot point and all the little twists. It didn't help that when I was reading it I was doing a comparison in school and I choice a book that did crazy stuff with the normal cliches.
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  • 24 December 2011 - 03:13 PM
It's not that hard to find. And you should be pleasantly surprised by the price to, despite how much it probably costs to print the damn thing it usualy runs around $20, which is cheaper than a lot of the new hardbooks I see around bookstores.
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  • 24 December 2011 - 07:40 PM
You've all read His Dark Materials, right?

It's pretty cool
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  • 24 December 2011 - 08:46 PM
I like all books by Erin hunter
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  • 24 December 2011 - 08:50 PM
I liked His Dark Materials too, at least at the time. I read them a couple years ago and I am not to confident they will have held up with time.

I know my sis read all the Warrior cat books and liked them. In my head they are in the same area as the Red Wall books. Stuff for other people that I have heard are good.
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  • 25 December 2011 - 04:17 AM
@Nik No, I usually read articles online from BBC, CNN and other websites I've been visiting.
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  • 25 December 2011 - 04:29 AM
@Nik: The difference is that every Redwall book is the same story x13, whereas Erin Hunter's stuff changes - the characters do evolve and change.

I've been reading the BCB book, but I don't think that counts. I read His Dark Materials, The Dark is Rising, the Inheritance Sequence, Ranger's Apprentice, Harry Potter, and I love, love, love Watership Down. Richard Adams is a genius :3
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  • 25 December 2011 - 07:01 AM
I'm surprised by how many fantasy franchises are popular in this thread.
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  • 25 December 2011 - 08:30 AM
I read books by Grant Naylor.

And Douglas Adams
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  • 25 December 2011 - 09:21 AM
I just got a kindle for Christmas this thread is awesome!
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  • 25 December 2011 - 01:39 PM
@Skmojo The whole Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy is a great series. Though a little confusing in the order they go in haha. I do like Douglas Adams comedy stuff in there though.

@Supah Happy to help :)

@Sparkfur I just never cared for those books for some reason.

Anyone read the Pendragon series? It was a kid/teen book series that was ok but it took too long for me so I never finished it. OR how about the Bartimaeus trilogy? That was a good book trilogy that I really liked.
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  • 25 December 2011 - 04:29 PM
So you guys have read A Brief History of Time and The Universe in a Nutshell right?


Also, yes the His Dark Materials trilogy is amazing, I enjoyed it significantly more than the Chronicles of Narnia. Speaking of Narnia, has anyone read C.S. Lewis's scifi trilogy before he made the Narnia books? This series is also better than Narnia. It's about the Earth being dubbed 'The Silent Planet' because of it's fallen nature. It's exiled from the rest of the solar system which has sentient life. The first book is set on Mars, the second is set on Venus, and the last is set on Earth.

Here's the third one, preceded by Out of the silent planet, and Perelandra.

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This post has been edited by CaptainBaconMan: 26 December 2011 - 12:02 AM

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  • 25 December 2011 - 11:53 PM
Ooh, this thread looks promising. :) Let's see... my favorite book is Rumo and his Miraculous Adventures, by Walter Moers. I highly recommend checking it out. Posted Image

I also remember a pair of books that I read a while back by Conor Kostick, Epic and Saga. Really good books, Epic is fantasy while Saga is a sort of steampunk sci-fi type thing. Saga is the sequel to Epic.
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Some of my favorites that others already mentioned are hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy and the inheritance sequence, both absolutely amazing series. I believe that's all I've got floating around in my brain right now, so...

This post has been edited by Boringamus: 26 December 2011 - 12:28 AM

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  • 26 December 2011 - 12:24 AM
Well, I use to read a lot, but over the past half a year I haven't read much. Half way through "The Twelve Chairs" by Ilf & Petrov and also "The Plague" by Albert Camus. Haven't read either in the past couple of months.

On a side note; anyone read the short stories under the collection of "The Machine of Death?" It's a number of different authors writing a short story describing what they believe the world would be like if someone invented a machine that, upon taking a blood sample from your finger, will produce a slip of paper on which your fate is written. It will rarely be direct; the machine likes to be ironic, so people still don't really know exactly how they will die (For example: It could say "old age," and then it turns out a old guy beats you up). Lot's of different interpretations, my favourite story though has to be the shortest one: "HIV from machine of death needle."
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  • 26 December 2011 - 12:33 AM
I finished reading Neuromancer today but I think there are no English copies of Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive in them libraries so I suppose I just won't be reading the whole of the Sprawl trilogy.
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  • 26 December 2011 - 12:35 AM
I have a ton of books currently that I need to read. The Ruins is pretty high on the list, but I'm afraid of reading it because the movie was shit.

I'm lucky enough that the food pantry I visit has a book section, and you're free to take how many you want. What they have is pretty random--the last book I picked up looked interesting but got shit reviews. "Primeval," some event group book that never became popular. Thinking about just trashing it.


Anyone here read Eaters of the Dead or Sphere by Michael Crichton? The movies were shit, but the books were brilliant. Sphere especially.
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  • 26 December 2011 - 12:40 AM
Ooh, I read those two books, Boring! I loved them, though I sadly don't remember much.
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  • 26 December 2011 - 02:24 AM
@Boringamus, Walter Moers is amazing, have you read The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear?

This post has been edited by CaptainBaconMan: 26 December 2011 - 07:07 AM

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  • 26 December 2011 - 07:07 AM
I got a new book for christmas, called the Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson. It has a kinda industrial age/wild west setting and the main character has the ability to pull on metal(Or pull himself if the metal is heavy enough) and to effect his weight. Should be an awesome read :)

Reading a Halo book at the moment, pretty good actually. Anyone else read those video game books? I heard ones by Karen Traviss aren't that bad.

This post has been edited by Nik: 28 December 2011 - 06:11 AM

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  • 26 December 2011 - 05:56 PM
So, people who have read Song of Ice and Fire. Does every have a huge dislike of Sansa? I at worst find her a victim and at best think she is an ok character but everyone else I am talking to really, really doesn't like her.
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  • 06 January 2012 - 11:44 PM
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I disliked Sansa at first, but now I have a bit of empathy for her.
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  • 06 January 2012 - 11:55 PM
World War Z and Zombie Survival Guide are both good books! Also, I'd reccomend The Shining. :D
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  • 06 January 2012 - 11:59 PM
Finished the latest Halo book. Kinda feel depressed that it is just starting a new series of books. Kinda feel like I am getting done with Halo in general.

Started reading Watership down, the story about rabbits. Weird pacing but overall not too bad.
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  • 29 January 2012 - 05:28 AM
I need to make a list of the hard sci-fi books I'll read next year, I see some names that've gained traction but I forget to write them down. I usually stick with a single theme like that for awhile.
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  • 29 January 2012 - 05:39 AM
Jerk, if you haven't ever read Debatable Space then add it. It's the best sci-fi book I've read about a future without faster than light travel.
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  • 29 January 2012 - 05:22 PM

View PostCaptainBaconMan, on 26 December 2011 - 07:07 AM, said:

@Boringamus, Walter Moers is amazing, have you read The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear?
I'm reading that right now, actually. I just started reading it, but so far it's amazing.
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  • 29 January 2012 - 08:57 PM
I've been reading a lot of Kurt Vonnegut lately (Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse 5) and I've really enjoyed him. His writing style varies slightly from book to book but it's always an enjoyable read.
Karen Traviss is also someone I've liked recently. She does mostly fantasy and sci-fi and she knows how to write a character better than most other authors I've read.
My latest kick has been older literature: Le Morte Darthur, Arabian Nights, The Prince, and The Divine Comedy. I'd recommend the Le Morte Darthur as written by Malory. The language is a little old but it's as close to the original Arthurian Legend as you're going to get.
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  • 30 January 2012 - 12:37 AM
Did someone say books? Because I LIKE CHUCK PALANHUIK.
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  • 30 January 2012 - 01:24 AM

View PostCaptainBaconMan, on 29 January 2012 - 05:22 PM, said:

Jerk, if you haven't ever read Debatable Space then add it. It's the best sci-fi book I've read about a future without faster than light travel.

Thank you, I will do so.

Also, Chuck Palahnuik wrote a story about a guy who would go jack off in the suction part of a swimming pool. Spoiler: somehow a sperm survives in that environment and impregnates his sister.

Yes, I'm aware the suction would rip off his dick and that there's no possible way a sperm could survive in a swimming pool.
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  • 30 January 2012 - 03:00 AM
I've really been wanting to read Pygmy, but Chuck's books are expensive.
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  • 30 January 2012 - 08:10 PM
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So many

and yet so few names remain.

I don't read a book for it's name and I don't read it for the guy who wrote it.
I read it for the contence
and bitches cause they just love a guy who can sit still for five minutes
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  • 31 January 2012 - 04:48 AM
That is what I am thinking when I read a book, I am like, "That girl knows I am good cause I be sittin' still."

Almost done Watership Down. Surprisingly good actually.
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  • 31 January 2012 - 05:11 AM
I just read Watership Down a few days ago, actually. Mostly because I hadn't read it earlier.

The very heavy use of "queer" and the occasional "gay" amused me for obvious reasons. But I found it a rather nice story about rabbits.
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  • 31 January 2012 - 02:14 PM
My relationship with fiction stories.

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  • 31 January 2012 - 02:18 PM

View Postesalaka, on 31 January 2012 - 02:14 PM, said:

The very heavy use of "queer" and the occasional "gay" amused me for obvious reasons. But I found it a rather nice story about rabbits.

Huts made of faggots
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  • 31 January 2012 - 06:41 PM
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aren't all huts, technicaly?
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  • 31 January 2012 - 07:20 PM
Okay Craft, I will give you that one. It made me smile. Unless Jerk was actually making that joke.

This post has been edited by CaptainBaconMan: 31 January 2012 - 09:39 PM

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  • 31 January 2012 - 09:38 PM
Pretty sure he was.

Can't think of many books even though I'm sure I've really liked several. I hate forgetting titles. "El Túnel" (The Tunnel) is a really good read. Of course it's probably better in spanish, but spanish to english translations are commonly fine.

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This post has been edited by Itu: 31 January 2012 - 10:08 PM

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  • 31 January 2012 - 10:07 PM

View PostThe Swimmer, on 26 December 2011 - 12:33 AM, said:

Half way through "The Twelve Chairs" by Ilf & Petrov and also "The Plague" by Albert Camus.


Yes to anything Albert Camus. Have you tried "The Stranger"?
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  • 31 January 2012 - 10:18 PM
@Itu If you like Sabato, you should consider reading Borges or Cortázar. Kinda similar, but different enough.

Other people would recomend García-Marquez too.
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  • 31 January 2012 - 10:25 PM
I've read a lot of Borges, mostly his short stories. I've actually liked some of them, and people into that style really seem to dig him. It's really worth a try for anyone that hasn't read anything by him. I know what you mean by saying it's kinda similar and yet different, I feel that psychological vibe coming from them. I can say I like Sábato's style more though, at least for what I've read. I've also read some of the more popular work by García-Marquez, like Cien Años de Soledad.

I don't think I've read anything by Cortázar though, I'll look him up later. Thanks for the suggestions.

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  • 31 January 2012 - 10:47 PM
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