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 | Posted On: 01/15/2006 At: 5:04:20 PM |
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im in a bind. iv read a ton of books and now i dont know what else to read. will you tell me your favorite writer or book so that i might have some more books to read during class. oh and i like fantasy books you know swords magic that kind of thing.
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| Posted On: 01/16/2006 At: 12:17:20 PM | | | Reply Link |
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Terry Pratchett
Catherine Webb
William Nicholson
Garth Nix
Cornelia Funke
Philip Pullman
Those be a collection of my fave authors ^^. But if you're ever looking for a good book search in the childrens - teenage section, as they get the majority of great books such as one that I own by an author called Justin Somper, his book is titled 'Vampirates'... I mean c'mon? How can you not buy it?
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I would say, if you like dragons to no end, read "The Dragonriders of Pern" by Anne McCaffrey. It's a whole series of 20-24 books at the moment, and there is one co-written by her son, Todd, and a whole book written by him as well. Not much magic, but butt-loads of dragons and many plot twists. I have and have read every book in the series thus far, and I'm waiting for Todd to write more, 'cause he is taking over the Pern legacy ^_^
Also, if you are more into the teen and pre-teen books, pick up "Eragon" and "Eldest" by Christopher Paolini.
Some books that my dad turned my onto are written by David Eddings. The four I have by him are from the Belgaraid series.
Pawn of Prophecy
Queen of Sorcery
Magician's Gambit
Castle of Wizardry
Thats the order of the books in the series.
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Time for philosophy-boy to step into here. Before stepping into fiction any more, you'd better read books by the following authors. Nothing against non-philosophical books [Vonnegut and Capote are my favourites], but these are essentials for the thinkers of the world.
Jean-Paul Sartre
Friedrich Nietzsche
Michel Foucault
Malcolm X [His autobiography]
Alan Lightman [Moreso time-space physics in narrative form]
Plato
Thomas Hobbes
Adolf Hitler
Karl Marx
Benito Mussolini [Books regarding him, rather]
I may add more to this list sometime.
&&charles.
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| Posted On: 01/17/2006 At: 09:43:26 AM | | | Reply Link |
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i read the david eddings books and i loved them he is a very good writer
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my favorite author would probably be Jim Butcher.he wrote the Dresdon Files, six books on a wizard named Harry Dresden.they are really good.
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try the Edge Chronicles. its a good series.
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.::married to RoxasX::.
.::Brother to Shadowhawk::.
.::Twin to Gath::.
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| Posted On: 01/19/2006 At: 12:33:03 PM | | | Reply Link |
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O.o...read the lightning theif...tis a good un....
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Dark Cloud Strife is my twin brother
shadowhawk is my little sister
bi_polar monkey is my little cousin
Black Rogue is my other older cousin
spades_ace is my little brother
Immie is my second cousin twice removed by marriage and widowed...O.o
Naberios Chemosh is my adopted little brother
Marcus is my little brother |
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Uh try Tamora Pierce her work is good I really liked it
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| "Do or,do not there is no try."Master Yoda |
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, by Haruki Murakami. You will not regret it.
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| Posted On: 03/05/2006 At: 10:34:45 PM | | | Reply Link |
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Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters trilogy) by Juliet Marillier These books are awesome if you're into the celtic old magic storie setting. Beautifully written, LOVE IT.
Kushiels Chosen written by Jaqueline Carey (Awesome series, haven't finished it all yet but it's awesome)
Dragons Eg (Long and very entertaining)
Deathgate cylce series by Margret Weiss and Tracey Hickman.
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| Posted On: 03/10/2006 At: 10:17:29 AM | | | Reply Link |
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Caroline by Niel Gaiman.
Read it.
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good evening.
and welcome to the weird and wonderful world of me.... |
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| Posted On: 03/10/2006 At: 10:21:26 AM | | | Reply Link |
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You should deffinitly read the disc world series by Terry Practher.
That guy is sssooo hilarious.
And if you like them books, you should read Lemony Snickets, Series of Unfortunite Events. ^_^
Lemony Snicket is one of the best authors in my opion so check out his books.
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<<;...I thought Eragon and Eldest were really good books. Those were the last books I read recently-- Oooo! Dragons! O__O! Lol. =P
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<3 Forever. |
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the Da Vinci Code was good. but that is if you like mystery and don't mind historical talk.
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| Posted On: 05/12/2006 At: 10:00:33 PM | | | Reply Link |
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Ahh yes, I enjoyed that book, I would recomend the Da Vinci Code as well ^^
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it was really good, i want to read Angles and Demons next but don't know if it was a good book or not, have you read that one Jose? if so was it good?
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| Posted On: 05/15/2006 At: 08:06:20 AM | | | Reply Link |
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gonna agre with Kain, Nietzsche-Thus Spoke Zarathustra is esssential reading. If you want an slightly less dense book to break you into philosophy, Sophies World by Jostein Gaarder is great for introducing loads of philosphers and also being easy to follow, as Bordy pointed out, absolutely anything by Neil Gaiman is sheer brilliance, especially the Sandman series, try Brief Lives or The Worlds End. Oscar Wilde is class, read The Picture of Dorian Gray, Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange also amazing, it's all written in made-up slang. Also I recommend everyone read as much Richard Dawkins as the can, The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable etc... he gives the clearest explanation of evolution i have ever read. A lot of people seem to misunderstand how evolution actually works, and as such dismiss it, but Dawkins really shows that it really does deserve to be considered as scientific fact.
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also a few others i've remembered: william burroughs-naked lunch. not an easy read but so amazing, inspired 'clockwork orange' irvine welch's 'trainspotting'. theres also jack kerouacs 'on the road' and if you want to read plays i would recommend pirandello, especially 'six characters in search of an author'.
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If you're interested in things like vampires, werewolves, witches, fairies, demons, and that sort of occult and mythological thing...set in the REAL world and a modern day society, there are two female author's I'd recommend you check out. One is an established long time writer, Laurell K. Hamilton with her novel series with heroine Anita Blake and her more fey minded series with heroine Meridith Gentry.
The other author is somewhat newish...but she's an awesome writer. Kim Harrison is her name. Her world is set in the futuristic Hollows, and follows the characters who are a vampire, a fairy, and a witch....a rag tag sort of combination, eh? Excellent characters with both authors.
If you want something humorous and witty...try checking out the Diskworld series by Terry Pratchet. His Death character is quite funny. But so are most of his characters, you'll like 'em! :D
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| Posted On: 01/09/2007 At: 10:22:51 PM | | | Reply Link |
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OMG OMG OMG OMG Read "The Golden Compass" It's by far the GREATEST book I've ever read!!!!(P.S. don't read if you don't like fanstisy)O yea and don't read the other two later books in the trilogy("The Subtle Knife", and "The Amber Spyglass") >_< They suck......But I HIGHLY Sugest reading the Golden Compass.It's one of the few books that actually keep my attention throughout the whole book....
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| Posted On: 02/24/2007 At: 11:56:57 PM | | | Reply Link |
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Tamora Pierce
George R. R. Martin
Terry Goodkind
Terry Brooks
Mercades Lacky
C. S. Fredmen
Orson Scott Card
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Originally posted by mical15
OMG OMG OMG OMG Read "The Golden Compass" It's by far the GREATEST book I've ever read!!!!(P.S. don't read if you don't like fanstisy)O yea and don't read the other two later books in the trilogy("The Subtle Knife", and "The Amber Spyglass") >_< They suck......But I HIGHLY Sugest reading the Golden Compass.It's one of the few books that actually keep my attention throughout the whole book....
Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy is a really good series. I disagree with the previous poster stating that the 2nd and 3rd books 'suck', though the 3rd book was a bit of a letdown for various reasons including inconsistency. I'd love to see them try to film the 3rd book accurately. So far the trailer for The Golden Compass movie (coming Dec 2007) is not making me happy. For starters, I think Nicole needs her hair dyed for the part and they need to actually do more daemon footage (as the trailer shows hardly any and daemons are a major thing in Lyra's world permeating nearly every scene of the books).
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Jareth David
AM's resident film fanatic/TCM addict
favorite directors: Hitchcock, Bava, Miyazaki & Takahata, Ozu, Kurosawa, Powell/Pressburger, Wong Kar-wai, Lubitsch, Wilder, Fassbinder, Nic Ray
favorite producer: Val Lewton |
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I'm not going to like the film at all.
Reason being the film makers wanted to take out the element of religion as not to offend anyone, Pullman himself was absolutely raging when he heard that. Not sure if they did or not, but if they do, then it's going to be awful as the entire point of the books is going to be taken away.
Also I agree that the 'Subtle Knife' and 'Amber Spyglass' where brilliant, I loved the three books as a whole story and Jareth, if you could do PM me about these inconsistencies... as I really can't recall any.
Another thing was, this is one of the few books that actually made me cry... (I think so far, I've cried at four books in total.)
Another great book is 'The Book Thief'. This is about a girl sent to a foster family during the time of WWII, thing is, she's sent to a German foster family and it gives you an inside look into how these famlies lived, how some of them fought for the Nazi cause, how alot of them rebelled against it and during the bombing's how they where all gathered together in sheer fear. Just a brilliant piece of writing and the best thing about it, the author has written it as a narrative, the narrator just so happens to be Death.
This was another one of the four I've cried it =P.
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| Posted On: 07/02/2007 At: 11:20:43 PM | | | Reply Link |
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Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. It's a twist on Cinderella. It's beautiful :]
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Hmm... surprised i didn't mention my fave series, but you guys who are into fantasy, you should check out the 'Dragonlance' books, they're well written and the characters are amazing and easy to relate to, its worth checking out.
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Hunter S Thompson
HP Lovecraft
Kurt Vonnegut
Salinger
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| Posted On: 01/18/2008 At: 06:32:59 AM | | | Reply Link |
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Um... I remember reading a series called Broken Sky by Chris Wooding but I was in first year or something when I read those so they might be a bit childish...
I liked the Philip Pullman Dark Materials trilogy and The Tales of the Otori are great if you like ninjas and samurai and stuff. It's kinda semi-fantasy,.
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-I'll be here...
-Why?
-I'll be waiting...
-For what?
-I'll be waiting for you
So...
If you come here...
You'll find me...
I promise. |
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| Posted On: 02/24/2008 At: 08:14:16 AM | | | Reply Link |
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God-Shaped Hole :: Tiffanie DeBartolo
Odd Thomas Series :: Dean Koontz
Discworld Series :: Terry Pratchett
Good Omens :: Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
The Gospel According to Larry :: Janet Tashjian
I have a few others if you'd like more suggestions. =)
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Six years strong and still going.
Home, sweet home. |
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A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
I highly recommend it.
One of the funniest books I've ever read.
I laughed out loud more than I did for:
"I Am America (And So Can You!)" - Dr. Stephen T. Colbert
or
"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction"
The only character I really liked was Jones, but the other characters were annoying in ways that made them and the ridiculous/absurd situations very amusing. Ignatius may be an obnoxious crackpot for a main character, but his farcical misadventures and rambling monologues are highly entertaining.
It might take a little bit to get into and also to adapt to the unusual slang/ regional dialects that some of the characters speak in, but it's one of the most unusual novels you're likely to ever read.
It's a tragedy for the literary world that the author died (suicide) a decade before his Pulitzer-Prize winning novel finally got published and that he will not be writing any others.
Go to your local library or bookstore. Now. Seriously.
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| Posted On: 03/14/2008 At: 10:51:33 AM | | | Reply Link |
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Claymore, for sure. Go read it now, so good!!!
Synopsis: Demons killing people, an organization of half-demon-half-humans exist to kill demons. Good character buildup, and many many "OMG" plot moments.
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"Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear."
-Jean Paul Sartre |
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