What books you read

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 5:58 am

Hiya

Now there been so many posts about what games and music etc you people enjoy, what about books.

What books, if any are you guys reading at the moment.

My self, just finishing "Machiavelli: The Prince" have just started on "Machiavelli: The Art of War".

Flagg · Post by **Flagg** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:02 am

I am currently reading the last novel in the Sword of Truth serie by Terry Goodkind "Faith of the Fallen".

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:06 am

Right now I'm rereading Dragons of a Fallen Sun by Weis & Hickman....just finished reading Dungeons & Dragons (The Movie) by Neal Barrett jr.

Ubik · Post by **Ubik** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:08 am

Well... right now I am trying to finish three books (getting harder to find time reading...). One is "Hearts in Atlantis" by S.King. Second is "Half asleep in our frogpijamas" by T.Robins and the third is - don't flame me on that

- "Mein Kampf" by... nonethelss, Adolf Hitler.
Next I have bought the latest by Salman Rushdi and Xiao Xi Yiang, and also "Virtual Light" by W. Gibson (just came out in Greek).
Also I have a three book series about the history of the Balkans in the middle age (450-1000 A.C.) but this has to wait.

------------------
Hang 'em ...low!

Karembeu · Post by **Karembeu** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:09 am

Originally posted by Flagg:
I am currently reading the last novel in the Sword of Truth serie by Terry Goodkind "Faith of the Fallen".

I just finished the first book and I'm going to start reading the second one tonight......
Is it worth carrying on the reading????
I thought the first book was pretty good.....

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:10 am

David Gemmel, it's all a little bit predictable, but i enjoy his writing style.

Richard Laymon, Fantastic pace and beleivable characters. Currently Finishing a book of his, but i can not remember the title.

Dean Koontz, One of hte best writers of tension there is.

Elmore Leonard, sharp, witty and beleivable characters.

James Ellroy, possibly the most horrific of writers anyone could read, try it and your food will never quite taste the same.

Philip K ****, Only read Electric Sheep as of yet, i find it dificult to find many of his novels.

Ben Elton, writes books a lot better than his stand-up.

There are more but their names escape me......

------------------
Take it with a veritable pinch of the sea and it's salt.

THE SPAM KILLER

Flagg · Post by **Flagg** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:11 am

@Karembeu, it is one kick a$s serie. I loved each and every part of it. It actually gets better later on in the serie.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:12 am

@Ubik: is Heart of Atlantis good??
I read a lot of S.King when I was younger, and has not read much of his later work.

And how about "Mien Kampf" - I've often thought about that one myself, but some other books has always got in the way?

[This message has been edited by Xandax (edited 03-05-2001).]

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:12 am

@Xandax: Machiavelli's The Prince and The Discourses (hope this is correct spelling) are both fun to read.

My favorite is Fernand Braudel's The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II . It's a huge thesis, but great pleasure to read, and Braudel gave me different ways to see history.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:12 am

@Ubik.."Hearts in Atlantis" by S.King is in my opinion one of the best books S. King has written in a while.

Waverly · Post by **Waverly** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:13 am

I'm ebarrassed to say I am reading two textbooks at the moment. One on archeology, one on jack the ripper. If I'm reading to learn...I generally jump right in and get a text.

Favorite fiction: LOTR trilogy, and possibly A Prayer for Owen Meany. Also enjoy Poe, Lovecraft, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. For non fiction: Stephen Jay Gould.

Karembeu · Post by **Karembeu** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:15 am

Originally posted by Flagg:
@Karembeu, it is one kick a$s serie. I loved each and every part of it. It actually gets better later on in the serie.

Well so far it has certainly got the right ingredients to become a "kick a$$ serie".....
Once I had begun reading the first book I just couldn't stop reading........how many books are there supposed to be in the serie????
I hope it doesn't end up like Robert Jordan's "Wheel of time".....that serie started off so good....but now.....

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:17 am

Originally posted by Minerva:
@Xandax: Machiavelli's The Prince and The Discourses (hope this is correct spelling) are both fun to read.

Haven't gotten the Discourse yet - but The Prince is very good. (IMHO). And he has some very relavent points - even for the world today

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:18 am

I can't seem to find any of RA Salvatore's books here

.The most recent book that I've finished reading was the book on Elminster(I don't know where my dad bought it from,since I can't find any books on the Forgotten Realms here)

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:20 am

Originally posted by Waverly:
I'm ebarrassed to say I am reading two textbooks at the moment. <snip>

Hey are you trying to make me feel guilty for not reading textbooks

Have a ton of reading to do ranging from Tax-Law over Investment to C++-programming.

And instead I read for fun

Ubik · Post by **Ubik** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:29 am

@Mr Sleep: Do androids dream of electric sheep (upon it is based the film "Blade Runner") is one of P.K.D-i-c-k's (the damn thing is gonna censore it otherwise) better books. You should try some more: Ubik (yes, the one I got my name from) The Three stigmata of Palmer Eldridge (I think this is his best) Man on the high castle (very good too) and many short stories ("We remember it for you, wholesale" and "The second variety" jump in mind right now).

@Weasel and Xandax: Well, I prefer the horror writing King than the other one (

) but still HoA is a good novel. My King's favorite is "The Shining" (I loved the movie too).

------------------
Hang 'em ...low!

[This message has been edited by Ubik (edited 03-05-2001).]

oki101 · Post by **oki101** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:42 am

Right now I`m reading The More Than Complete Hitchhiker`s Guide. It`s a collection of 5 books in the same serie.

I`ve also read LoTR-trilogy, Sword of Truth and the Wheel of Time serie(except book nr. 9, can`t afford it yet)
Tom Clancy also writes excellent books along with Stephen King

------------------
"Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family.Choose your future. Choose Life ...
But why would I want to do a thing like that?"

Trainspotting: The greatest film ever made.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:45 am

I know it's one of Phil's books that got converted into Blade Runner, and it is fab.

BTW to everyone it is SERIES!!!!!

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:46 am

There is a lot of great books to read....(Off topic... Have any of you seen the episode of the Twilight Zone with the man who wanted to read....and after a nuclear war was the only one alive..then he broke his glasses...I felt so sorry for him.

)

Flagg · Post by **Flagg** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 6:46 am

Okay, other authors that I read are Weis & Hickman, S. King, S. Koontz, Tom Clancy, Elaine Cunningham, R. A. Salvatore, Tad Williams, and a couple of others.