Sooooo, I'm pretty sure that all of you people coming in from far away websites are fans of reading as much as you're fans of writing. What book(s) are you clearing through now? Got any recommendations for us? What books are next up on your list?
Sooooo, I'm pretty sure that all of you people coming in from far away websites are fans of reading as much as you're fans of writing. What book(s) are you clearing through now? Got any recommendations for us? What books are next up on your list?
I am reading Proust and the Squid: The Story And Science of the Reading Brain.
...yeah.
On a less dry, more interesting level, I am reading through Inkdeath since my library finally got it, and kinda-sorta picking through Trigun Maximum. I'm also contemplating re-reading The Neverending Story now that school is out for the year.
If I could make it work in life like it works on paper,
If the love that I describe could be anything but words,
Then I would wipe my eyes, I'd dry this ink,
I'd trade my pen in for a pair of wings and I would fly...
If only I could make it work in life.
Subterranean Homesick Blues
I just finished "Orcs" by Stan Nicholls. Like, thirty seconds ago.
Gonna' be honest with you: I'm no fan of Western fantasy, but c'mon... The main characters are freakin' orcs, man!
Next up is "The Zombie Survival Guide" by the godly Max Brooks (yeah, I'm late for the whole bandwagon)
At the moment I am reading Necroscope II: Wamphyri!, and am about to start the Night Angel Trilogy. I am toying with having a quick read of the Woman in Black again when I am done with University assignments, and am hoping for Christmas I get the next installation of the Dark Tower comics.As my other half works for Waterstones (a book store) he gets 30% off so we will be adding to our library in the new year.
VAMPIRE ACADEMY!
Read it. Love it.
Also, Wheel of Time. Up to Book 9 myself.
Fuck Twilight..
Originally Posted by Double 'The Fun' Felix, Jul 10 2008, 12:55 AM
Suggestions?
"Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom" by Cory Doctorow
Jeff Lindsay's "Dexter" series
"The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl" by Barry Lyga
"Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card
"Sewer, Gas, and Electric" by Matt Ruff
Anything by Christopher Moore or Chuck Palahniuk
Ah, thanks for the recommendations.
Have read all of WoT, including New Spring, and although RJ is not may fave author (RIP) I do like his books well enough.
Have never read Twilight and don't intend to. Her next book is basically a re-write of the first one from another characters perspective so just reading that about her made me lose all respect for her. >_<
I'm re-reading the Serpentwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist, and I plan on going to pick of the last book in his Riftwar Saga, A Darkness at Sethanon, as soon as I can get some money and find a good used bookstore.
I'm also planning on picking up and actually reading the Wheel of Time, and finishing my Sword of Truth Series Collections. As far as single books, I haven't read many. I'm a fan of Dragonlance, and I've been trying to find the books that were based in the worlds of Myst, though I only ever owned the second book in that series... As far as anything else, I'm eclectic, and I'll read just about anything that looks interesting.
This includes biographies, as I own a biography of Sir Isaac Newton, which is actually pretty interesting.
Fuck "Twilight"... Bram Stoker's "Dracula" will be the only vampire book I'll ever read. I'm not down with the tween scene going gaga over a love story with a bunch of surly emo vamps--whatever happened to a good ol' fashioned village slaughtering?
Oh, shiiii--I forgot to add some other recommendations.
"World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War" by Max Brooks
The "Trigun", "Hellsing", "Excel Saga", and "Fullmetal Alchemist" manga series
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams
Lian Hearn's "Tales of the Otori" saga--read "Heaven's Net is Wide" first, since while it was the last book released, it's the first in the timeline.
Is there anyone else who hates when authors do that? They write a series, then the last book they write is the one that takes place right before all the other ones? Takes all the suspense right out of the ending... You already know what's going to happen! >.<
I just finished reading Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay, who writes amazing fantasy stories by the way. His storylines are very intricate and exceedingly well written and leaves you turning the pages as fast as possible. He is by far one of my favourite authors. If you're interested in him I recommend reading The Fionavar Tapestry before reading Ysabel, though it's definitely not mandatory.
Do you ever Feel like a Monster?
Do you dare to read The Diary of the Dead
Have you seen my Hollow Daydreams
Or listened to this Serenade of Haunting Voices
Pray for The Heart I Once Had
Then grant A Rose For The Dead'
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