yer favorite books...

gramps · Mar 31, 2000

Arrrr....all yer talkin' of killing and "fragging" ... why are ye all constantly stickin' yer faces to yer monitors, eh? (gramps looks closer to the screen to see what he has just written.)

In my days, we didn't have no "computers" or all this fancy "technologistics"...no, sonny, we had only two ways of entertainment, secretly smoking cigarettes at the age of 10 and reading books! (gramps put his latest edition of playboy away to use both hands on the keyboard.)

Yes laddie, books! Never heard of 'em, eh? Arr...do you youngsters still read nowadays? And if you do, what then, eh? Bet it's nuttin' but dirty magazines...(gramps' edition of playboy has now been discovered and removed by an irritated Mrs Gramps.)

Ooaarghrhhh, in my days ... (gramps continues to ramble on about the good old days for a long hour.)

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Cammy · Apr 1, 2000

I do read, uncle. /~unreal/ubb/html/smile.gif

Which arr mah favorite books? Shiver me timbers, ah've read so many ah can't make up mah mind, but fer now ah'd say most of th' stuff by H P Lovecraft. Truly rich imagination, paints lotsa pictures in yer head!

Oh, yes, an' Unreal novels, too!

Tonight. Hot, hot, hot.

Skumboy · Apr 1, 2000

Skumboy is very confused.
Which ones are books again? Are they the shiny circles or black boxes with tape inside?

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[BuF]Wacky · Apr 1, 2000

I read PC Zone once....... does that count?

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LordKhaine · Apr 2, 2000

Any Terry Pratchett books will do me fine. Those rock

Lizard Of Oz · Apr 2, 2000

How about Authors...

Tom Robbins (Jitterbug Perfume, Still life With Woodpecker, Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas, etc...)
Douglas Adams (HGTTU Triology)
Isaac Asimov (Foundation and Robot series)
Tom Clancy

To name a few...

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trinity · Apr 2, 2000

the count of monte cristo,
the art of breaking glass,
jane eyre,
memoirs of a geisha,
the last days of summer.
to name a few...

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CHRYSt · Apr 2, 2000

J.R.R. Tolkien is without a doubt my favorite, right now I'm reading the Night's Dawn Trilogy 9it's really 4 books) by Peter F. Hamilton

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Vortex · Apr 3, 2000

hmm books.

Terry Pratchett is good.
Douglas Adams
Ian M. Banks
Stephen Baxter

As u can guess, I mostly like sci-fi stuff.

"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when
a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair."

Vortex · Apr 3, 2000

Adept, Adept? What, no i don't think so?
:rollin

"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when
a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair."

Sky · Apr 3, 2000

J.R. Tolkien
C.S. Lewis
Koontz
Stephen King
Paul
David (The King)

el Gato · Apr 3, 2000

The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Paul Abby. Need to read the sequel, Hayduke Lives!

Annotation:
The backlist bestselling underground cult classic that raised American consciousness of environmentalism. When a gang of renegades sets forth on their mission to destroy the power lines, new road and bridges springing up across their cherished desert, all hell breaks loose.

"A tragicomedy in the classic sense. Man against the system -- against concrete, steel and parking lot wastelands. Beautifully constructed, imaginatively detailed and faultlessly crafted with every effect looped to its matching cause." (Houston Chronicle)

And you thought UT was fun. How about Enviro-terrorism?

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CYBER PETE · Apr 4, 2000

ummm....I'd have to go with....the biography of abraham lincoln...it was the last book I remember reading. It was 15 years ago.

gramps · Apr 4, 2000

Arrr...so ye DO read, eh? Well, time for me to own up.

I am a genuine fantasy freak. I've read A LOT of books from a lot of different categories, but fantasy always comes out as the winner.

Favorites:

- J.R.R. (of course!)
- Heinlein
- Zelasny
- Leiber
- and occasionally a good Pratchett (did I write that correctly?)

The writers that just miss that little extra to make it to the upper list (IMHO, of course /~unreal/ubb/html/smile.gif :

- Goodkind
- Jordan
- Eddings
- etc.

These writers are not all that bad, but they definately don't rock either! Once again, that's just my opinion and I can't wait for Rooster to tell me I got it all wrong about Jordan /~unreal/ubb/html/smile.gif

P.S. Vortex: I just loved The Player Of Games! That was one of the best SF books I've ever read /~unreal/ubb/html/smile.gif

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alien8 · Apr 7, 2000

I just finished reading Kane and Abel, and that is, w/o a doubt, one of the best books that I have ever read. Wow.

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-=Wiz=- · Apr 9, 2000

This might sound odd, but I've read many of Dean Wesley Smiths books. Odd you might ask? Well, the ones I read of his were Spider-Men books. His books are very descriptive and make it as seem as your watching Spider-Man battle before your very eyes. The earlier ones are a bit gory, but they are great none the less (oh BTW, they are not COmic Books! They are Novels). Diane Duane has also writen a few Spidey books (The Venom Factor comes to mind right now). The Lord of the Rings series was just great, and after trying WoT, I wouldn't mind picking up one of Robert Jordans books.

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KU · Jun 10, 2000

Michael Legat is a good author. Wrote Mario's Vineyard.
Tony Shillitoe is an excellent fantasy writer. Wrote the Andrakis Trilogy and my personal favourite, "The Last Wizard"

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Gir · Jun 10, 2000

Books?
What is books?

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The_Inflictor · Jun 10, 2000

I'm proud of the fact that I've read Lord of the Rings two and a half times.

The Dune series by Frank Herbert is really good as well.

Nick Hornby, Arthur C Clarke are also top authors.

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