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SENATOR BABYHEAD  Posts: 310 Registered: 6/18/2002 Offline
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5/26/2005 at 19:30 |
Sachsenpaule: I just finished Small Gods from Terry Pratchett.
Terry Pratchett is great fun, very satirical and easy to read. I'm in the middle of reading Good Omens by him and Neil Gaiman. Think I may have read it once already, but I'm not quite sure. |
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5/26/2005 at 19:45 |
Thanks Vas , always good to know I could spend more time playing UT.
I had no idea who Phil Dick was, oblivious I guess. Amazing he wrote so many that became bigtime movies, thanks for the llink Mundhra.
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5/26/2005 at 20:40 |
Stump: Sachsenpaule: I just finished Small Gods from Terry Pratchett.
Terry Pratchett is great fun, very satirical and easy to read. I'm in the middle of reading Good Omens by him and Neil Gaiman. Think I may have read it once already, but I'm not quite sure.
I googled after it, and, after i read the first pages it sound like small gods = good omens, although the amazon description is different....
Matter of fact it is
I loughted a lot, i think it was the most philosopical discworld book.
An smattering of religion and philosophy. It covers many things of this topic.
I use Terry Patchett Quotes as my signature in nearly all boards in which iam a member.
My signature always represents the sentence which provided
the insight-fullest sentecene of an book. For now.
And iam not the only one, i noticed one swarmer using a sentence of terry pratchett as his signature (yes you, if you are reading this).
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5/26/2005 at 22:22 |
I just read Saturday by McEwan. I'm a fan. He's a great writer.
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5/27/2005 at 05:37 |
ghostrideryyz: dragonstaff: What is Sidhartha? I have never heard of it before.
Sidhartha-Hesse, one of those 7th grade reading level books that takes an hour to read, and leaves you far too hungry for more, I liked it, but it should of been far longer, and way more in depth. For that reason, I put it in the 'overrated' catagory
Hesse 7th grade reading level? Nigga please, that book is unbeliveable. I read it at least twice a year and find out more about myself and my place in the universe every time.
Also to comment on the Vonnegut thing, that shit is overrated, oversimplified and rather boring.
I love Stienbeck's Cannery Row, and Da Grapes Of Wrath.
The last King book i read was DREAMCATCHER....lemme tell you, i was living in Utah, snow n shit all around, long dark nights, that fuckin book kept me readin like a black guy who just learned to read in prison. Scary and fun. DONT SEE THE MOVIE, PLEASE DONT SEE THE MOVIE, read the book. I screamed through the 700+pages in less than a week.
My favorite author however has to be Michael Chrichton, Andromeda Strain, Sphere, Airframe, Prey, Timeline, Congo, and Terminal Man are all SOLID books. I guess I enjoy the science and shit he incorperates into his storys. This adds an aire of believability to them. I just read his most recent effor, State of Fear, a great read that simply states that there is NO evidence that we as humans have changed or enviornment and that the "global warming" and "rising sea levels/tempatures" are just a natural part of the ebb and flow of our planet. FUN SHIT to throw at your treehumper friends...References included in the back of the book.
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dagwood
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5/27/2005 at 07:22 |
Shweet- I thought Congo was a pretty good book when I read it , but it has got to be one of the
all-time worst movies, makes me wonder what I read. Timeline was good too, but I got better
visualizations reading it than the movie provided.
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5/27/2005 at 08:43 |
vasudeva: Clive Barker rocks. I can't name many authors who I consistently enjoy a lot, but Barker is one of them. I just picked up the Thief of Always.
Weaveworld sticks out in my mind as one of his best, along with Imajica.
Clive's Books of Blood are fabulous, with book 2 including the seminal RawHead Rex. Good cynical stuff full of body fluids and perversion.
My preference is Howard Phillips Lovecraft . The rich descriptions make the language bloom as an art, and the original ideas of his Mythos have survived, grown and been emulated by scores of authors, both contemparary and modern, such as Koontz, King, Rice, and those who actually knew and/or were mentored by Lovecraft himself such as Robert Bloch (psycho), Richard Mattheson (new Twilight Zone), Robert E Howard (Conan), August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith ( City of the Singing Flame ) (The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis ), Fritz Leiber, and a couple dozen more.
I highly recommend 'At the Mountains of Madness', 'The Colour Out of Space', 'The Case of Charles Dexter Ward', 'The Shadow Out of Time', 'The Call of Cthulhu', 'The Temple', 'Dreams in the Witch House' (with the delightful Brown Jenkins), 'The Dunwitch Horror', 'The Haunter of the Dark', 'The Whisperer in the Darkness', 'The Thing on the Doorstep', 'The Shadow Over Innsmouth', and 'The Nameless City'.
This should keep you happy for a while.
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5/27/2005 at 11:28 |
Heather - Look out for the fukin Lobstrosities!!!!
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Too old to Rock and Roll...too young to die  SSHOLEPosts: 738 Registered: 8/19/2004 Offline
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5/27/2005 at 13:59 |
One I enjoyed many years ago is a book called 'Roofworld', set in London whenever, but I can't remember who wrote it.
I have just finished working my way through my Heinlein collection ( again) and have started on ( don't laugh) Anne McCaffery For the umpteenth time. David Eddings will probably be next ( again).
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5/27/2005 at 14:17 |
I just finished Hey Nostradamus by Douglas Coupland. Great story.
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vasudeva
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5/27/2005 at 14:40 |
vladtweano: Brust's Jhereg series now includes:
Jhereg
Yendi
Teckla
Taltos
Phoenix
Athyra
Orca
Dragon
Issola
These are quick reads but very very entertaining. It's fantasy-type stuff written in contemporary voice. The books are about an assassin named Vlad, so you can't go wrong.
Odd. I just picked up Jhereg the other day; I've no idea when I got it. A little pulpy but I'm liking it lots anyway.
Shweetbox: Hesse 7th grade reading level? Nigga please, that book is unbeliveable. I read it at least twice a year and find out more about myself and my place in the universe every time.
We agree.
Also to comment on the Vonnegut thing, that shit is overrated, oversimplified and rather boring.
We agree again.
Disgusting.
BeachGoat: vasudeva: Clive Barker rocks. I can't name many authors who I consistently enjoy a lot, but Barker is one of them. I just picked up the Thief of Always.
Weaveworld sticks out in my mind as one of his best, along with Imajica.
Clive's Books of Blood are fabulous, with book 2 including the seminal RawHead Rex. Good cynical stuff full of body fluids and perversion.
I've got a book at home that mentions on the cover "The Hellbound Heart" -- the seed that became Hellraiser -- but also has a few other stories in it. Not sure if this is one of the many Books of Blood, and the Internet is no damned help right now, but this book has one of the awesomest stories ever in it, about a guy who accompanies his girlfriend to her ancestral England home, who in a process of self-discovery picks up her ancient family trade of witchcraft and transformation. Very eerie, complete with early-teen blowjob scene.
I like it when Clive takes a break from his homo-lit tendencies to include a nice immoral hetero sex scene.
dagwood: Heather - Look out for the fukin Lobstrosities!!!!
Heather - Look out for fukin Internet romeos!!!!!
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5/27/2005 at 14:45 |
just plowed through the first 3 books of a song of ice and fire by george r.r. martin, who wears a jaunty cap. now re-reading from hell and a cool collection of dashiell hammett novels. also, i read this a lot.
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5/27/2005 at 15:01 |
Hey Dagwood, dud a chum? tee hee
Last night I finished my first Kellerman book, Monster. Was ok.
I got 20 pages into a book from my "emergency stash" (read:last resort) that my mother-in-law gave me. "Ribbons of Silk" ug. please-please hurry my amazon shipment.
It is fun to swim outside my normal genre, sometimes I’m pleasantly surprised. The title of this one screams soft core pron and I’m repeatedly shuddering at the thought of my husband’s mother salivating over this story years prior. I hate that romance novel rubbish even if it’s dressed up with HISTORICAL FICTION.
Fave Crighton was Jurassic Park, et al. The books (esp the sequels) were much better than the films, ground breaking though they were.
I've got Cabal by Clive Barker, I'll mail to whoever is interested. It's a fun read. |
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McGoatCheese
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5/27/2005 at 15:09  |
recent good reads:
books by: Terry Pratchett
Going Postal
Monstrous Regiment
The Truth
Nightwatch
Guards! Guards!
books by: Chuck Palahniuk
Choke
Fight Club
Invisible Monsters
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
books by: Neal Stephenson
Cryptonomicon
Quicksilver
Confusion
System of the World
Snow Crash
Zodiac
Diamond Age
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Heather
DARTH MENSES Posts: 591 Registered: 11/24/2004 Offline
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5/27/2005 at 15:23 |
Chuck Palahniuk's Survivor was awful. |
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shitbox
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5/27/2005 at 20:59 |
Im still having a hard time with the lack of Stienbecks' greatness being discussed.
On another note, YELLOW by Frank H. Wu is a cool book about being an asian in this country, a real eye opener, pun intended.
I like some of C.S. Lewis' stuff too, Screwtape Letters is killer.
For the kiddies, check out THE HOUSE THAT CRACK built and
DADDIES NEW FRIEND(gaybob especial).
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5/28/2005 at 03:13 |
Recent worthy reads:
"Holder of Lightning" by S L Farrell
"Titus Groan" by Mervyn Peake
this was a psychedelic dream like trance-inducing awesome thing
"The Face in the Frost" by John Bellairs
I have begun to try reading "Moby Dick" for the first time since 9th grade, I'll let you guys know if I can get past the baroque writing style and finish the book.
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"Dragon Weather" by Lawrence Watt-Evans
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ragoo
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5/28/2005 at 04:11 |
I used to read quite a lot, but haven't picked up a good book in awhile (but lotsa good suggestions in this thread).
King is almost always dependable (The Stand ruled and the Dark Tower series was also good.)
My favorite single book ever has to be The Hobbit by Tolkien. Great mini-epic adventure without the intimidating density of The Silmarillion or even The Lord of the Rings (though I've read them several times).
The Dune series by Herbert
Ramses the Damned by Anne Rice
The Ghost from the Grand Banks by Arthur C. Clarke
Live from Golgotha by Gore Vidal
Contact by Carl Sagan (infinitely better and more thought-provoking than the sappy movie version.)
And while I'm at it, The Dragons of Eden, also by Sagan. Mind-expanding stuff, and won him the Pulitzer.
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5/28/2005 at 06:06 |
 Oh snap! I forgot to mention a book that is CRAY-ZEE.
Its called "when broken glass floats". Its this girls experience in Cambodia during Pol Pots regime and the "smashing" of hundreds of thousands of the countries citizens. Unbelievable, truly. I dont remember the lady's name but she lives in Washington somwhere. Check that one out for sure.
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5/28/2005 at 06:45 |
I read a book while I was breifly jailed about Bellvue hospital in NYC, the author was an intern ther at the time and some of the stories he told were unbelivable. I'm still trying to find a copy to re-read it.
Don't forget about our Barnes & Noble book club that I stated I haven't checked it in a while, but who knows, there may be some good books in there. |
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BeachGoat
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5/28/2005 at 09:41 |
Vas "I've got a book at home that mentions on the cover "The Hellbound Heart" -- the seed that became Hellraiser -- but also has a few other stories in it. Not sure if this is one of the many Books of Blood, and the Internet is no damned help right now, but this book has one of the awesomest stories ever in it, about a guy who accompanies his girlfriend to her ancestral England home, who in a process of self-discovery picks up her ancient family trade of witchcraft and transformation. Very eerie, complete with early-teen blowjob scene."
Books of Blood
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5/29/2005 at 17:13 |
I read almost all the time, except during baseball season, when I read between innings...drives Beachgoat absolutely nuts!
Jeffrey Deaver, JA Jance, Sue Grafton, Koontz, Hillerman, and Edna Buchanan write great forensics/suspense/mysteries, and Janet Evanovich is hilarious. Tabitha King, Stephen's wife, has written some really good stuff as well.
But for sci-fi/fantasy, it's a toss-up between the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series (So long, and thanks for all the fish!) and kid's classic "A Wrinkle in Time".
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5/29/2005 at 17:31 |
Jeffrey Deaver, JA Jance, Edna Buchanan, Robert K. Tannenbaum, Dean Koontz, Tony Hillerman, Patricia Cornwell, and Janet Evanovich. Tabitha King, Stephen's wife, writes some really good stuff too.
For sci-fi/fantasy, the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series and "A Wrinkle in Time" are classics.
I am a certifiable Book Junkie -- just ask Beachgoat. If I couldn't read, I think I would die.
And "Fear Nothing/Seize the Night" by Dean Koontz are supposed to take place here where Goat and I live!
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5/29/2005 at 17:59 |
Arrrrgh! Sorry about that - I'll go sit in a corner now and read something.
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5/29/2005 at 18:16 |
But first I gotta say that Clive Barker's "Thief of Always" was a great story, and I think you'll really like it, Vas!
And I'm not a fan of the vampire genre, so I don't read Anne Rice....but her non-vampire novel "Violin" was INSPIRED! It is a haunting story that takes you on a stunning journey filled with wonderful imagery and characters, and it left me wishing there was more.
Okay, NOW I'll go sit in the corner.
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5/30/2005 at 00:48 |
BeachGoat: Vas "I've got a book at home that mentions on the cover "The Hellbound Heart" -- the seed that became Hellraiser -- but also has a few other stories in it. Not sure if this is one of the many Books of Blood, and the Internet is no damned help right now,
Books of Blood
It continued to piss me off that I couldn't figure out what I was talking about, and none of the books on that page looked likely, so I went and dug it up on my shelves, and lo and behold, hello me. It's a compilation of Barker's "The Hellbound Heart" and then some stories by some other fuking authors. This isn't the first time I've made this mistake; the story I was referring to isn't even by our man Barker.It's by a chick called Lisa Tuttle, and it's called "The Dragon's Bride," and I wish I had an e-copy so I could post it here. Good stuf.
The compilation itself is called "Night Visions" -- "originally published as Night VIsions 3" -- and I've just noticed that it was edited by George R.R. Martin.
RoozleRose: But first I gotta say that Clive Barker's "Thief of Always" was a great story, and I think you'll really like it, Vas!
Worde. I'll dig it up and read it after Jhereg -- it'll probably be easier to find in my stacks than the long list of Jhereg sequels will be in a used bookstore.
And I'm not a fan of the vampire genre, so I don't read Anne Rice...
I liked the first two or three in the "Interview with a vampire" set. It was the subsequent relentless vampire churn that turned me off. She had an interesting take on vampires. Though the whole "all vampires are gay" thing got kinda old. Good role for Antonio Banderas, though, the fagabeefe.
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5/31/2005 at 12:33 |
On Anne Rice, I haven't read the vampire stuff but the "Mayfair Witches" trio wasn't bad, and had a lot of fascinating detail of New Orleans and the ante bellum style architecture.
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5/31/2005 at 14:56 |
I've always had a soft spot for Oscar Wilde...both his poetry and prose are maniacally beautiful.
With the move, I've needed a little comic relief, and "The Importance of Being Earnest" never fails me. It's as hilarious now as it was 110 years ago. (Skip the movie...the most godawful shitpile ever committed to celluloid. Only about 4 words of Wilde's original dialog were used.)
I guess I'm kind of going through a "classics revival" right now. Lots of Steinbeck, Hemmingway, Salinger, etc. I haven't read anything new in about 6 months.
Shit, I forgot that I bought the Collected Works of the Marquis de Sade about a year ago. I need to blow the dust off of that one and take it for a spin.
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5/31/2005 at 15:53 |
neal stephenson's diamond age is getting pretty damn good.
also, i picked up a used copy of jhereg at the beach for a single mundollah.
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5/31/2005 at 17:50 |
mundhra: i picked up a used copy of jhereg at the beach for a single mundollah.
UN MUNDOLLAH? VATTA BAHGAIN!
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