Here Today... Gone To Hell!

If anyone says this Thread, I'll be a very mad Misfit. ;)

This month I've read:-

Stephen King ~ Dreamcatcher
John Connolly ~ Every Dead Thing

I'll be starting John Connolly ~ Dark Hollow later on.

So, what ya reading, bitches?

Killing Pablo - Mark Bowden (Black Hawk Down)

Very interesting.


After that, ill be reading Keano - Roy Keane autobiography.

Oh and just a minute ago i was reading......This....

Nah i cant, i value my life! ;)


Axlhogg

Scott Adams - The Dilbert Future


... and this thread.




/jarmo

Jarmo: You're a brave man, now you will pay, bwhahahahaha.

I just finished Running man by Stephen King.
It's nothing like the movie with Arnold.

The books are always better! ;)



Axlhogg

Just finished The Hobbit
Starting The Dark House Steven King/Peter Straub
Also have the Lord of the Ring trilogy lined up

:-*

Not scared of you little Irish man.  [hihi]




/jarmo

um just started the hobbit as ive never read it before...then itll be onto the silmarrillion also by tolkien

I just finished reading Scott Turow's Reversible Errors.  It was o.k., but not the best legal thriller I've ever read.

Now I'm reading A Perfect Evil by Alex Kava.  

kujo722- don't get your hopes up on Black House.  I didn't really care for it and I'm a huge King fan.  Guess I don't care for Straub too much! [no]

I got to the name Scott and got scared for a second. ;)



Before starting reading the fine literature by Scott Adams, I read that Kurt Cobain book, "Journals". Interesting read if you liked his music.

Talks about behind the scenes stuff like concepts for artwork, videos etc.



/jarmo

Nope, Jarmo.  Dilbert?  The comic strip dude?  




Edit:  Why would that scare you anyway?   ???  

I was thinking you read a book by Scott Sta..... ;)


Yeah, Dilbert. http://www.dilbert.com

 :D


/jarmo

I just finished "Mila 18" by Leon Uris.
Now I'm reading "Platform" by Michel Houellebecq.
Next will be "Mario und der Zauberer" (don't know the english title) by Thomas Mann, then, for the second time, "The Bonfire Of Vanities" by Tom Wolfe.
And I can't wait for "The Dying Animal" by Philip Roth to be released in German.



/lastroots

'Foley is good' - Mick Foley :)

You mean there's a book out on my all time fave leading man?  Gotta go!  I'm heading to the bookstore!   ;D   (It was either respond like the former, or "You mean he can write?"  Couldn't decide which I liked better.)

Really, Jarmo...you're going to give me a bad reputation!  I'll be kicked off the board in shame!  

Has anyone ever read Confederacy of Dunces?

Destiny Of Souls  by  Michael Newton

On a JRR spurt the now....

finished the hobbit and lotr for like the 7 time..........

on to unfinished tales now....

cya

I'm on 'Guilty Pleasures' by Laura K. Hamilton now.

Vampire book. [yes]


Can't wait to start the next John Connolly book, as soon as my mate is finished with it. :)

i just finished reading the hobbit and the lord of the rings trilogy by tolkein
very good stuff  [ok]

shlump

Last month:
Crazy From The Heat - David Lee Roth
Enigma - Robert Harris
The Secret of Annexe 3 - Colin Dexter
Lord Of The Rings - JR Tolkein
Star Wars - George Lucas

Amsterdam broschures.....  8)



/jarmo

Rock Sound and Kerrappp, but i thought it was the magazine, it was actually a poster book!

Got a poster of Kelly though!!! :D




Axlhogg

This month;

 Hearts In Atlantis By King
Loved it.
A strong candinate for  my "Top-3 King Novels ever" -list.
One of those Not-that-supernatural-horror-extravaganza -King books .
Mostly it's about growing up and  what it was like to spend a childhood/youth in '60s. Astonishingly moody and touching...and somehow gave me a feeling that there has been much larger amount of emotion involved in writing this than usually.
Oh, and it also offers the best and most realistic romance/relationship -thingy   i've ever seen on King's book.
^^^^ weird marks out of ^^^^^

The Emperors of Rome
Much more gore&discusting twists than in Atlantis.Pretty much every Roman Emperor was vile and pervertic asshole.Sick bastards.Sick I say!
A good read!

Just finished The Brethren by John Grisham

You finally received your Banana-bar broschure? ;)

Nope, they didn't have one at the tourist board....



/jarmo

I'm open to recommendations for my plane trip...

I just got finished reading The Bible, and a whole lot of classical literature (Ovid, Homer, Aristophanes etc. etc.) for school. don't have a lot of free time for reading

many lives ,many wisdoms

i dont know if thats the name in english.

I Moved Your Cheese... Darren Bristow-Bowley (not sure)

(Also, not the sequel to Who Moved My Cheese..)

---

The Dilbert Principle - Scott Adams

(Jarmo, I read The Dilbert Future a while back... and LOVED it.)

---

Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Book One.
(I can't believe how different it is...)

---

BTW, that poster that read LOTR 7 times...

HOW??!!??

Great stuff! :D

I see we're both friends of fine literature. ;)



/jarmo

"Che" by Jon Lee Anderson (if I recall correctly...)
Probably the first biography I've ever read.

I've just started reading A Clockwork Orange again

im trying to read 'three men in a boat' but i keep getting bored of it and just chucking it on the floor. i dont know why, maybe im just not into humourous books.

Reading a guidebook called Amsterdam.

Heineken Brouwerij....  [drooling]




/jarmo

Please read the rules sectio Jarmo... ;)

English only.... ;)

What did that mean anyway?

Anyhoo...on the subject, Jarmo can u suggest any HTML books to read, like HTML for dummies etc, which i may find useful?


Axlhogg

That's Heineken Brewery in Dutch.....  [drooling]




Nope, never read any HTML books.

But I do have a book which has some stuff about HTML. Never read those chapters though....

You don't need a book. Everything you need to know can be found online.


/jarmo

Never mind reading, learn how to spell first. ;)

Thanx man...im gonna be doing a lot of that shit soon! ;)

Stressing me out just thinking about it though....bloody things. >:(


I prefer Grolsch though, and the adverts are funny as fuck.


Axlhogg

Murray Walkers autobiography and the new edition Classic Rock mag...or at least l'm trying to read them..lol.. l only read in bed (can tell l'm single  :() and l keep falling asleep after reading about 2 or 3 pages...  ::) ::)

The Diary Of Anne Frank.

I probably read this years ago in school, but decided to read it again for obvious reasons...




/jarmo

I try to read a fiction and a non-fiction at all times.  Of course that is on top of all my school work

I just finished Black Hawk Down
Just started, King of Torts by John Grisham

Non fiction
Law and Economics by Richard Posner

I'm currently reading "Interventions" by Michel Houellebecq.



/lastroots

Stupid White Men, by Michael Moore.

This is some funny shit, not to mention, quite disturbing.
For those who don't know, it's about America, and George Bush..etc...
Very, very good.

I'm currently reading a book about Martin Luther King.

Just finished Dean Koontz's By the Light of the Moon... it was so-so.  Not a huge Koontz fan, but I've read some that I loved.  This wasn't one of 'em.

I just started Prey by Michael Crichton.  Don't know about this one yet.  It's about nanotechnology...making itsy-bitsy, teeny-tiny machines (computers).  Just got into it, but from the foreward, it sounds like its gonna be one of those books that scares you...you know all the advances in technology and what they could bring.  We'll have to wait and see.

...thought i would bring this thread back. i recently read 'the beach', which they made a film out of a few years back. this is now my second favourite book, after 'the catcher in the rye'. i read all 400-odd pages of it in 4 days. yes i know some people could read that in a day but i couldnt, 4 days is about the quickest i can do it because of my poor concentration span. anyway, go out and read it. also, watch the film. if i remember correctly, i really liked it, but that was about 4 years ago now, so i dunno.

Waltz into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich

I know what you mean.  I enjoyed Lightning and Nightfall, but I didn't read more than a few chapters of One Door Away From Heaven.  He kept talking about cholesterol and breast implants, which is strange.  Maybe he's been living in California for too long.  [nervous]

Reading "Blood&Gold" by Anne Rice and Stephen Kings "From a Buick 8"<Awesome book, great story, creepy as hell!

Great choice on Dreamcatcher Jarmo! What did you think? I thought it was awesome. Kinda weird how Duddits played into the story.

how about 'the bone collector'? i loved that film, mainly because it had angelina jolie in it, and now i'm thinking about reading the book. has anyone read it?

At the moment am reading KILLING TIME by Lee Child

is it any good? i went out and ordered the bone collector, should be in on friday.

1984, again. Such a good book.

Seabiscuit: An American Legend

by Laura Hillenbrand

I am reading 'Purgatory' by Tim Wilson

T'is good

rainbow six - tom clancy

just finished reading Summer Sisters by Judy Blume and l am about to start Heavier than heaven.. the biography of Kurt Cobain

I read that biography a couple months ago. Very good....very sad :(

Currently I'm reading:

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
and
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad

This thread [hihi] (sorry).

I'm reading the Godfather again, i always read it when i cant be arsed finding something else to read.

Nancy by Deborah Spungen

I read it over 10 years ago, but i didn?t quite get it then, so i?m reading it again..and it?s good!

"Ein springender Brunnen" by Martin Walser, besides "The Structure Of The EU / Political Structures Of The USA - A View Of A New Order" by various authors.


/lastroots

I don't think I've read a book since... 8th grade.  Oh that's not true.  I read a short one in 11th grade because I had to sorta.

Do most people read books?

I hope so. They should, just relating to the fact that people get more & more stupid these days. I mean, at first, reading is fun, my best personal way to relax. Next it is interesting, it just trains your brain.
And for why I'm specifically reading text about politic themes and history - I couldn't live not knowing what's going on. Cause someone who hasn't knowledge in history, at least from the French Revolution on, is unable to understand the world and its structures we live in.
Next important part would be the history of literature.


/lastroots

X-Men- Mutant Genesis and Infinety Gauntlet

Friedrich D?rrenmatt - Die Physiker (again)



/lastroots

the Penguin book of Vampire Stories

African Ark - Graham Hancock

Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.  ;)

i'm reading Killing Rage,

a book written by Eamon Collins who was a republican with the IRA. very interesting, obviously one sided view of the ira and their fight for freedom of their country. he was killed following the books relase.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Got a copy from a guy who said he got them off an Amazon.com truck.  It's good so far.  Harry actually has SEX in this book.  Pretty "steamy" stuff.  Snape starts dating another Hogworts teacher (you'll never guess who).  Only about 1/2 way through, so far...


















NOT!!!

Seriously..reading "Winter's Heart" by Robert Jordan. "Crossroads of Twilight", also by Jordan, is next up.

I MAY pick up the Potter book at some point.   The previous 4 were nice "beach books".  Quick reads without a whole lot of "investment", mentally, to appreciate it.

Anne Rice- Blood & Gold and Firestarter-Stephen King.

Liveship Trilogy by Robin Hobb  [ok]

The novella i finished last night is "Bit-me-not" by Tanith Lee.
I'm not "reading" anything right now though, I'm writing!  :D

Nice avatar, Rain.

Harry Potter- Order of the Phoenix, It's good.

Pushkin [hihi]

Mr Nice by Howard Marks.

Onslaught-X-men

My Non fiction
The American Supreme Court--Robert McClosky

My fiction
The New Harry Potter ( I know, I know--but my girlfriend is an elementary school teacher so she makes me read them)

Alexander Pushkin-Complete Prose Fiction

A Social History of Maddness*stories of the insane*-Roy Porter

.Action Scripting for Macromedia Flash MX. Yeah I know, I have no life  :P

just finished lord of the flies, time for frankenstein  [ok]

I'm doing my annual read of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" as well as Charles Sykes' "Dumbing Down Our Kids" with an occasional foray into Robert Anton Wilson's "Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy" and the Scott Studios User's Manual at work.

...yuck. i hate that book.

Lucky Man by Michael J Fox

Harry Potter..  (l have never grown up.....) [hihi]

And enjoying it !  ;D

Interesting!  Why do you hate it?

I just finished it.  I enjoyed it also, so looks like lots of us like it.  Makes me want to go back and reread the others.

I just started Dean Koontz's The Face.

Just finished the new Harry Potter, have started Pyramids by Terry Pratchett

The Autobiography of Sugar Ray Leonard, its brilliant!

He was a boxer in case anyone doesnt know. :P



Axlhogg

Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War

well...and i think this is a good reason...i had to study it for my english GCSE.

Good point.

Oh Hustler, Cheri, Penthouse, Playboy.  Ya know, the usual.

"The Dirt" on Motley Crue

Michael Moore - Stupid White Men

I'm reading a book of Francoise Sagan right now. The french title is "Les bleus a l'ame", in english it's something like "scars on the soul"

Naked Prey by John Sandford

Oh, by the way, that Dean Koontz book The Face wasn't very good.  Took me forever to finish it 'cause I just wasn't into it.

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby ... A book I'll read on two days...And I don't know what to read next...  [help]

Lastroot : Are you enjoying "Stupid White Men" ?

I'm finally about to read The Catcher in the Rye.   8)

A Matter of Interpretation---Antonin Scalia

As boring as it is...

Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Administrator's Companion.

(They bought SMS, dont blame me.. I could do the same thing with some well written batch files & VNC for remote control :)  )

-darknemus

Gene Simmons - Kiss and Make Up.


over 4000 women.  Wow.

It's funny at times but it doesn't tell me anything I didn't know before. And at times, Moore's humour is a bit overstretched imo, which kills a lot of the book's quality.
It has great parts and damn low parts.

I'm now reading "The Counterlife" by Philip Roth


/lastroots

I'm right now making my way through 'I Know This Much is True' by Wally Lamb.  I'm on page 520... 380 more pages to go! :)

I'm enjoying it thus far - it's a pretty good book, about mental illness and stuff like that.  

Never read books anymore, but while in Cornwall had plenty of quiet time so decided to read one of my many "untouched" art books. To my suprise i got through all 500+ pages of Conceptual Art by Tony Godfrey, a good read, very much based around the Duchamp readymades throught to the work of the mid - late 70`s. Gave me a bit of a headache trying to "take it all in"

Great choice, man. I read it a few years ago and loved it.
I'm currently reading "Deutsche Revolution 1848" by G?nter Wollstein.


/lastroots

The Sum Of All Fears   by Tom Clancy ,  possibly one of the best books ever.

The Da Vinci Code---Dan Brown

John Connolly ~ Bad Men

I'm reading The Beggar's Opera.

I'm reading Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey.  It's a history of the blues from the days of slavery to modern times.  It's pretty good - I'm starting to get into Robert Johnson after reading this book.  I played "Me and the Devil Blues" alone late one night, and it was actually pretty creepy - the guy's music can be very eerie.

The Time Machine

Oscar Wilde - The Picture Of Dorian Gray (again)



/lastroots

William Gibson - Neuromancer



/jarmo

white trash

i had to write an essay on that once. good book. i wrote about how i thought h. g. wells was boring, unintelligent, and unimaginative. i don't actually believe that to be true, but i thought it would make the essay more fun.

i'm still stuck with Rainbow Six, by Tom Clancy  :-\ i've had it for about two months now and i'm only about 150 pages in. it bores me, does anyone want it? come and get it!

great choice...father of cyberpunk novels :)

Neuromancer...Jarmo, are you reading romance novels?

 [rofl]

No, Axls Loco knows:



There are other kinds of books you know. :P



/jarmo

Stephen King-The Gunslinger

Letters to a young activist- Todd Gitlin.

good book

Cat...there probably would be no Matrix without William Gibson...he invented that genre of scifi

Jarmo...i dont have the specified memory capacity to read shakespeare...please reinsert jackplug into back of head and reboot   [help] [rofl]

No kidding. I bought that book a while ago. It's sitting on my bookshelf waiting to be read. I should stop procrastinating and start reading it.  :-\

book three of the feynman lectures on quantum mechanics  ;D

ed

The Bible.

Probably one of the scariest books i have ever read lol  Stupid White Men - Michael Moore.  Great read it's hard to put down.

false memory by dean r koontz is an unbelievable book, read it u will love it, its a total mindfuck!

from the corner of his eye dean r koontz outstanding! read it also!

I've read about 50 pages of it. Probably not the easiest book I've read......



/jarmo

Roses Are Red by James Patterson

Yeah, it's an amazing work. I could underline nearly every sentence. I'll read it again a few times in the future, that's for sure. And yes, I've read Pym by Poe but I never heard of Charles Maturin. I'll search amazon now and give it a try since it sounds interesting what you say.


/lastroots

Frank Herburt's Dune-Chapter house

Merkur 652 (8/2003) - Deutsche Zeitschrift f?r europ?isches Denken (translated: "German Magazine for european thinking").

Themes:
"Why literature has not the last word anymore" (Peter. H. Neumann)
"Renaissance of the family novel" (Lothar M?ller)
"Four american novelists" (W. Freund / G. Graf)
"Wealth, beauty and american language" (G. Raeithel)
etc......


A magazine of intellectual essays.  Highly recommended for everyone who speaks German.


/lastroots

Just about to finish "On The Road" by Jack Kerouc. And i've just started reading a book called "Futeboll" about how football has plays such a hige role in brazilian culture.

Philip Roth - Portnoys Complaint (again)


/lastroots

just finished motley crue the dirt for like the 4th time

Just picked up "Stupid White Men", "Fast-Food Nation", and "Nigger"  [peace]

Lord of The Flies, again.

Philip Roth - Deception. A Novel (again)

- if you wonder: I chose to re-read some of my fav. books this Summer


/lastroots

See Tim's post, above.
Also "Magick without Tears" by Aleister Crowley

The Godfather again, and Catch 22 again.

Stone of Tears-Terry Goodkind

Lovecraft - The Call of Cthulu ... Not my cup of tea ... but I have to finish it ... I hate letting down a book in the middle...  :-\

I ahve been noticing that we have some very well read people that post to this board, and I thought that it was high time to find out jsut what books make us tick.


we can throw in a book that we like, say how you enjoyed it and why doesnt have to be an essay (like i mostly post), anything at all.

I personally love to read, and im sure many of you others do as well. Perhaps through this thread we will discover a book that we would like to read.


So please share your thoughts and vies and your books and get to know each other a lill better.

A book on all obligations one gets when buying an appartment.

Billy The Kid by Robert M. Utley

Not finished it yet. But so far it gives a detailed account of the legend that is Billy The Kid, in FACT. Maybe not as glorious as some of the movies based on him, but still a very interesting and enjoying read.

Few pages left to read in Memnoch The Devil - Anne Rice totaly awsome book hard for me to put down a must read if you like a semi Goth style book


finished the book  The Witching Hour - Anne rice

I found this book to be sooo much different fromt eh other Anne Rice novels based in teh same Universe as the Vampire Chronicles or even the new tales. This book is such a very human based book and not dealing with supernatural beings as such, other then spirits. cant read the next two based on this book  "Lasher' and "Taltos"

Mars by Ben Bova

Actually a pretty good book (although I'm not a big Bova fan).......

I'm just finishing off The Witching Hour................

Remember When...by Nora Roberts and J.D. Robb.  I didn't send the little card back to the book club and Doubleday sent it to me.   :-[

It hasn't been too bad, though.  Nora Roberts wrote the part set in the present and J.D. Robb jumped forward in time to finish the story line.  Interesting way to write a novel at least.  

Victor Klemperer - Tageb?cher (-Diaries) 1933 - 1945

Besides - Philip Roth. Inventing America (biographical magazine)


/lastroots

im actually "always reading" a tolkien book.
silmatillion, lotr, tales.... when i got time i can just take one of these books and read....
apart from that

last books

Don Quixote (Cervantes) - i started reading that book cause i saw the " Lost in la Mancha" documentary about how Terry Gilliam failed to do a "Don Quixote" movie. i loved it, the movie, and the book. really. kinda hard to read regardin the style, but loved it.

One flew over the cukoos nest (?forgot?) - amazing, i've never read before, then i watched the movie again.

Farhenheit 451 - loved it too. the movie got a real "weird" atmosphere, that 70's scifi style...

before that i read, Survivor (chuck palahniuk), Choke (chuck palahniuk), Action Script Programming Manual (LOL)

 8)

I've just finished the last book of the Tawny Man trilogy - Fool's fate - By Robin Hobb ...
It's simply amazing ! I really like this author !
 : ok:

Ken Kesey
great novel, great movie



/lastroots

For my Uni course:
Speaking with vampires: Rumour and history in colonial africa by Luise White...

Cool............can you tell me a little about it?

Lemmy Kilminster - White Line Fever.

I love autobiographies and this is quite simply the best one i have ever read and im only half way through.

Did you know Lemmy once ate 50 pills when he was chased by the cops.

Also you can have your blood purified and he was looking into having this done.

The doctors would not let him have it done because "Normal" blood would have killed him and his blood would have killed another human instantly.

Rock and Fucking Roll!



E-Hogg

The Client - John Grisham

It-Stephen King
(i've put this off for awhile because i hate clowns) :nervous:

Sebastian Haffner - Von Bismarck zu Hitler

besides Maryam Poya - Iran 1979

yesterday I read "Monsieur Ibrahim und die Blumen des Koran" (by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt) after I saw it in a small theater here in Cologne (Arcana Theater) with just two actors playing different roles - quite fascinating and amazingly directed.


/lastroots

Dune-The Machine Crusade

Well i finally finished memnoch by anne rice, not for lack of wanting to read jsut lack of time.


Nom im starting  the last 2 books in the Ramma Series by A.C. Clark and G. Lee
all in all will be a great series when all said and done.


after that is going to be Lasher and Taltos to finish of the Mayfair universe of anne rice  (till i read all of the vampire books (armand on) ) then its Blood centintle.

but i would say that caine and abl;e will be in ther B4 that too as well as a book i read along time ago called  "A very far place from any where else loved it when i was younger but must read again to see for sure. then will be illiad again  and most likely dantes inferno, and /or more homer

I'm reading  Cradle and All by Zachary Alan Fox

I grabbed it off the bookmobile (traveling library van) in a rush.  So far, it's been ok.  Nothing outstanding.  It's a suspense type novel.  Is the mother crazy or is someone out to get her?  

I'll find out soon enough, I suppose.   :D

Marilyn Monroe - The Biography by Donald Spoto

The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom

Incredible book.  Very short.

Samad Behrangi - Iranian Tales

Written in "children-style", but with political meanings, written for adults. For his works Behrangi got killed by the Schah-regime when he was 30 years old in 1968.


/lastroots

I'm reading this too! Just started it last night, the guy is a legend! I'm also reading The Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub.

"Illiad" - Homer

yeh Izzzy fill us in


im sure that baby jenks would like this one too

William Strunk Jr. & E.B. White
"The Elements Of Style"


/lastroots

Micheal Moore - Stupid White Men

There were no Anne Rice books at the airport.

lol...........but you still gotta read em'...............!!!!!!!!!

I'm reading Pet Semetary.........by who else????? KING......
It's actually "decent"......... : ok:

Why wouldn't it be decent?   :nervous:

Stephen King is my favorite author.  I have enjoyed almost all of the books he has written.  I will admit that he's had a few duds, though.  Pet Semetary wasn't one of them!   ;D

The book I'm reading right now is pure crap and not worth mentioning.  It was another "borrowed" book.  But, once I've started reading something I keep on until it's finished.   :(

I'm reading 1984 and brave new world for english literature. i don't want to read them, but i have to. so far, i've only actually read about 20 pages of both and i'm not exactly wetting myself at the prospect of reading more.

Well.......I've just finished reading (meaning in the last few weeks) some "creme de la creme" Sci-Fi books.......one of the best Anne Rice books I have ever come across.........and the ILLIAD........

Pet Semetary is a "loner" I borrowed because I had nothing else to read..........and the first few pages seemed to be "a step down" from most books I read.......

Also I had gotten somewhat bad reviews of Kings' writing from a few ppl who's opinions I respect.......

But like I said it's "decent".............and I AM enjoying it... :)


So what have you read by him?
AND......is that why he's your "favorite author"?.......because you enjoy most of his books?


C'mon.............what is it.......?........I won't tell.... :-X :-X :-X

Memories of the slade trade  - Rosalind Shaw

MCT-  I've read almost everything that Stephen King has written.  I've been disappointed in his later work.  I prefer more of his earlier novels.

heres originality for you

Venus by Ben Bova  :rofl:

Shout! The True Story of the Beatles by Phillip Norman

has anyone heard of jeffrey deaver? (i think i got the name right). he wrote 'the bone collector', for example, which was made into a film with good ol' angelina  :) and i'd like to know if anybody has a suggestion of which of his books i might like to read next.

..........gee I was expecting something a little more elaborate............ :-\

I guess it's my own fault though...... :-[........I re-read my post that I directed @ you and I found that it came off a little condesending.............not my intention.....I'm genuinely curious about the questions I asked.............

The Robber Bride - Margaret Atwood

Ok.......obviously I get your meaning....BUT.....what exactly do you mean?..............Are you referring to Bova repeating himself with books like "Mars"?............

And for the record I really liked "Mars"... :)
That's the only Bova I've read though..........and I'm a sci-fi freak...........

Here's a link I found...don't know how accurate it is...  To post all of the King books that I have read would be quite boring.  That's why I wasn't specific in my earlier post.  Anyway, here's the link.

http://www.horrorking.com/books.html

I thought it would be easier to list the ones I haven't read rather than the ones I have.  I haven't read...The Plant, Rage, Roadwork, On Writing, 999.  I've only read the first four The Dark Tower books.  

And I suppose that Stephen King is my favorite author because I have read most of his books and enjoyed the vast majority of them.  I didn't care for From a Buick 8 or Black House at all.  (two of his more recent endeavors)  Nor do I like all of his short stories.  But, I don't like many short stories.  I like something that I can sink my teeth into.   ;)

Hope this answers your question more fully.  :)

I just got kurt cobain latest books. It's actaully pretty cool to see how he wrote the original to the songs. I like reading music books and every now then I pick out something eles. Also I'm look forward to reading Nikki Sixx book called Herion Diaries.

ummmm...i think you know what i mean...nooooo he isnt repeating himself...not yet anyway.... :)

 :o............oh my.......................

lol......................... ;)


Yeah it did......thanx........

btw...........recommend anything by King?........(I'm really enjoying Pet Semetary)

"Semetary"


and i thought my english was bad


Started on Rama 3 "the garden of rama" by A. C. Clarke & Gentrey Lee

loving the book but been soooo busy havent been able to read it all this week

Prometheus-  semetary is spelled that way intentionally since the pet "semetary" was made by children in the book.  Children aren't usually the best spellers.  hehe

MCT-  If you are up for a long read, try The Stand...be warned, though.  It is about 1150 pages (uncut version).

Like I said, I enjoyed almost all of his older stuff.  Christine, The Shining, The Dead Zone, Firestarter, etc.  If you want something shorter, try Four Past Midnight.  It's comprised of four novelettes.  They are long enough to build background and characters yet not full length novels.  Plus, they're pretty good stories.  I know I enjoyed all of them.

Just stay away from From a Buick 8 and Black House.  (Black House was co-written with Peter Straub and just never got a good flow going IMHO.)  

Well........that's not exactly what I would call "long".......I mean a week and it's done...........2/3 hrs per day....... :P

But I've always wanted to read The Stand......especially now after "getting into" Pet Semetary......

Thanx for the other recommendations btw.............. :)

The stand is a .. well not a must read for me as im not that big of a king fan i read a few pages and want to read it. Read  Greenmile and found  it rather un.... challenging to my mind


and sorry for the booboo

ohhhh MCT since you just finished off Mayfair  how long was that one? longer teh the stand or about eh same?

Longer wasn't it?...........

But that book (as you know, tooters) is one you have to take breaks from.........Anne Rice "can" be tedious reading at times...........but the way Pet Semetary is being digested........I don't think a 1000+ page job from King will be anything major............besides I saw the movie.....know the general content of the "plot".......and have a certain interest in the subject matter...........

........I'd eat it for breakfast.............. :yes:

Michael Cricton- Prey

wee mct i meant a pge count of the book not content wise, as i found the print a lill small in Witching hour compared to most anne rice books

Well Sukie......Pet Semetary has now been completely ingested.................and..........and............well.....I was somewhat disappointed at the conclusion...........I don't know what I was expecting..........but at the same time I expected more.........

I mean the book was actually kinda intense during the rising action.......but dropped out in the end.............so perhaps THAT'S my problem.........

After reading it........I would/wouldn't reccommend it to certain people...........

However I am interested in reading a few more (at least two) of Kings' books in order to gain a better perspective on him and his writing........(at this point I just haven't read enough to develope a relevant opinion)...........but I can say this......:

I do a lot of reading.........and this was one of the few books to evoke such strong emotional outbursts in my head................there certainly were flash's of brilliance in there...........however.......I felt that it was (on a grand scale) a "dumb" novel in the way it was written......meaning King's prose............(some of the sentance structure was POOR)........but as a friend of mine said........."It was a novel written for the masses"......and that's why I have to read at least two more of his books..........not so much because I'm looking for a good story........but to "judge" King as a writer......

MCT-  Guess I need to revisit Pet Semetary because I don't remember being disappointed at the way it ended.  Wasn't it one of those that let's the reader decide what the outcome was?  If King had went further with it, I think it would've ended up being too repetitive...just my opinion, though.

I'm sorry that you didn't enjoy it more and found the sentence structure poor.  I've never noticed that when reading a King novel.  But, I read strictly for entertainment and don't analyze sentence structure as I'm reading... so you may be right.   :-\  All I know is that I enjoy the flow of (most) Stephen King books.  A good read to me has more to do with the rhythm/flow of the work than anything else.    

And yes, King writes books for the masses.  If his books weren't easily digestible, he wouldn't be on the best-seller list so often.  If you are looking for books that are more "literary"...find another author.  King's not going to be right for you.

Are you a book critic?  hehe  Just wondering since you feel the need to "judge King as a writer."  I feel like I'm back in college taking English 101.  What happened to just enjoying a book without it having to have a higher meaning or whatever?   ???

One last thing---who IS your favorite contemporary author?  (besides Anne Rice) I'm just curious about what you think is a good book.   :)

Yeah it was actually..........
No need to get into it though because it's based on a reader's perception............


True...............BUT that's not the part troubling me.......
About halfway through......the intensity really picks up (Rising Action)...........but at the end.......I just didn't find it that intense........and the WORST part was that it was rushed......almost as if King was shuffling the readers "out the door"............... :-\......it felt a little contrived.........


Well I mean that's just a matter of opinion......no biggie....


Ah!!!!!..........but Anne Rice books are not exactly "easily digestible" yet she is perpetually a best seller..........
(She may not have sold as many books as King......but I wouldn't say she's far off)


Yes.......but don't you see?............that's exactly what I'm trying to find out.........."Is King right for me"?

And don't worry....I've got enough "literary" authors' as it is............I'm just somewhat interested in King...........I mean I'm 100% confident that he would never turn into my fav writer or anything..........but I want to give him a chance......like I said Pet Semetary was "decent"......AND many, many, many ppl love King........


Well I guess I am........(I just don't get payed)


Oh that's quite possible...............in fact that's how I was able to "enjoy" Pet Semetary............. ;)


First of all.......how did you know I like Anne Rice......?.....lol...

Well..let's see.........
I don't have a favorite....per se..............but these are my "fav's":

-David Brin
-Orson Scott Card
-David Gerrold
-Arthur C. Clarke
-Tolkien..........
-Terry Pratchett
-Michael Crichton
-MARK "FUCKING" TWAIN!!!!!! (Serious btw)

And as for classic stuff.......well like I said Twain.......Shelly.....Stoker.....(I HATE Washington Irving)

HOMER RULES!!!!!!!!!!.........The "Illiad" is awesome.......

I dunno........
ah.................Steve White......Gentry Lee(lol)........William Golding........Robert Frost(poetry).......The OTHER "Shelly"(Percy)............George Orwell.......H.G. Wells....Jules Verne...........I could go on for a  bit......lol.....

Dickens "A Christmas Carol"

 

Yeah, I also thought about reading it again this year.

However, I'm currently reading one of if not the most important and most fascinating persian author, Sadeq Hedayat - his short novel "Buf-e Kur" (english: The blind owl), originally released in 1936.


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 :nervous:  I thought that MY memory was bad...there was an Anne Rice thread not too long ago.  I remember you posting about how you were starting to read the Mayfair witch trilogy.

I haven't read anything by any of those authors except Crichton and Twain.  I found that strange until I googled them and found that they are sci-fi authors.  Sci-fi just isn't my cup of tea.   :)

As for the "literature" you posted, I'm embarassed to say that I haven't read anything that could be considered classical lit. since college.  Somehow those good intentions to go back and read some of the classics just never evolve past the good intentions stage.   :-[

CALVIN & HOBBES !!!!!!!!!!

(books, yes, books)
 ;)

a white paper on internet firewalls/VPN/security

pretty intresting stuff LOL

Yeah I know...........<singing>"I was only joking my dear" (Rod Stewart)......that's why I "lol'd".........lol......


Some of those authors don't limit themselves to sci-fi..........
AND............why don't you like that genre of writing?


The road to Hell is paved with good intentions..............lol..... yeah....I know what you mean though..........

i'm starting Blood Canticle-Anne Rice and putting It-Stephen King on hold for awhile.

Sousan Azadi - Out Of Iran


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Frank Herbert's-Dune, for the fifth time.

Moli?re - Le Malde Imaginaire (again)


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As Meat Loves Salt - Maria McKann

Great Expectations-Charles Dickens

hey BJ when u get BC read give us a low down on it, i know its got to be a must read

Byzantine Civilisation by an A. Whitting

I?m reading a book called "History?s biggest misteries"...by Massimo Polidoro. It talks about the bermuda triangle, pyramids of Egypt, crop circles, Loch Ness monster and lots of other misterious stuff.

excellent choices, David Brin is a great adventurer :)

Currently reading The Precipice by Ben Bova

Brin is awesome. He represents the "best" in the genre of sci-fi, IMO.

What have you read by him anyway?

This thread :rofl:

I am also reading 'Modernity and its malcontents: ritual and power in postcolonial africa' by Jean Comaroff

It was such a long time ago, before I went into university, sundiver and i think ive read startide rising too...very original work, I was thinking of either him or Asimov for my next read...which novels do you recommend?

God Emperor-Dune

ok AL

MCT will say go for all teh uplift seris from brin


me i have to say if going "I.A." start off with the empire books (some of his earliest works) skip "i robot" seris, and continue on with the foundation seris. (all same Universe)


the first book is "Pebble in the sky" Pub 1950


great book!

The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

Henrik Ibsen - Gespenster


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"Seventh Son" - Orson Scott Card

Have finaly finishes Garden of Rama,  Great book very great book

now must make up my mind either finish off teh Rama seris or read  "grapes of Wrath" - Steinbeck


hmmm


what to do what to do

Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451


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 Lord of the Rings- The Fellowship of the Ring<for the third time.

Koirien Kalevala (Canine Kalevala) by Mauri Kunnas

"Long, long ago, when the world was still young, there dwelt in the far-off land of Kalevala a tribe of wild and woolly dogs. Their neighbor in the gloomy North was a pack of mean and wicked wolves. Between them lived a small but tough clan of cats."

(http://www.gallen-kallela.fi/europeoftales/imgtaitsut/Kunnas%20kansi.JPG)

"Blackwood Farm" - Anne Rice

got 5 new books now, 'cause of christmas [ok]

i haaave...

angelina jolie's diaries, all about her UN work.
the stone monkey - jeffrey deaver
umm...two other books by deaver, but i've forgotten their names
and some random book about a chinese christian

Dude where's my country.

"Calculating God" - Robert J. Sawyer

finished off the Rama seris by A.C.C.  not bad at all  now im about 60% through "Calculating God" - Robert J. Sawyer, so far its an awsome read and some great concepts are brought forth.


after that ill dig through Lasher and Taltos by anne rice to conclude the Mayfair witches seris, then its off to good old charlie dickens with tale of two ciries and Great expectations.

Faust - Goethe

Currently reading:
Axel Kuhn: Die Franz?sische Revolution (The French Revolution)

got new books (Christmas):
Robert Musil: Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften
Gerhard Schweizer: Iran - Drehscheibe zwischen Ost und West
Stephen King: Wolves Of The Calla
Golo Mann: Erinnerungen und Gedanken
Pablo Neruda: Der unsichtbare Flu?. Gedichte 1923 - 1973
Thomas Mann: Der Zauberberg (reprint of 1904 original edition)


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Bible

On The Road- Jack Kerouc

April 1865: The Month That Saved America by Jay Winik.  

Annemarie Schimmel - Die Religion des Islam


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I read "Jag ljuger inte om Rock 'n' Roll" last Wednesday.

Swedish book by a guy who used to work for EMA Telstar (the biggest concert promoter in Sweden). Has some stories about GN'R in it.....

For example, on August 17th 1991, the crowd at the Globe in Stockholm were waiting for GN'R to go onstage, while Axl was at the hotel gambling. Then on the way to the venue he stopped to watch some fireworks.



/jarmo

Just finished "Dune" by Frank Herbert......

Out of curiosity.....have you read it Loco?.......you sf freak....

I have been reading a SAT book. It says higher score guaranteed.  :-\  I thinks it's just 800 pages of shit I'm never going to use in life.  

Stephen King- The Shining

Hooker (Meaning Legit Submission Wrestler, you sickasses)- Lou Thesz

Stephen King - The Stand

Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels - Das Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei
Karl Marx - Lohnarbeit und Kapital



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J.R.R.Tolkien - Silmarillion

Francesco Petrarca - "Sonnette an Madonna Laura"


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uhhh Frank Herbert??? you gotta be jesting? Dune, seen the movie, it was awful, saw the mini series and thought it was the most boring SciFi I have ever seen...is the book any better?

Alas is not Scifi this time, I am reading The Complete Guide to Graphic Design

Is your head ready to pop yet? :hihi:

Nope........Herbert it is............

While not the greatest sci-fi book (by far) that I've ever read........it IS good. And lets not forget that it is hailed as one of the greatest sci-fi books (series') ever written. Also Herbert is quite the figure in the genre. Up there with with the best.

As for my own personal opinion.......I really enjoyed it. It's one of those books where you don't have to think......you just call shotgun and go along for the ride.

Arthur C. Clarke compared the series to Tolkiens LOTR's.....and I must say........it pretty much is sci-fi's answer to the king (pun not intended) of Fantasy........

Oh dear...the reds are back......

I'm reading 'Lyndon Johnson's War' by Michael H Hunt

The Craft of Song Writing

1984 - George Orwell
Il nome della rosa (The name of the rose) - Umberto Eco

I just finished reading it as well  ;D  This time it was more enjoyable because I didnt have to write essays about it.

Next up: Frankenstein

im reading Mick Foley's Have A Nice Day again : ok:

Mind the gap! "The Big Brother" is watching us? Good book, but I didn?t like the story very much.

Usually I read story comics.  Listening to comics while reading music is good pastime.

Now I?m reading Flowers for Algernon By Daniel Keyes (not a comic version)

"Lasher" - Anne Rice

why didnt you like it?  Because he doesnt win in the end?  


Have you ever read the Books of Magic series?  Or do you read the superhero kind of comics?

Yes. That hopeless ending that mice defeat the freedom of mind (and Love)
left really bad aftertaste.  :-\


No, I haven?t. Can you tell me about them?  :D



I read various kinds of comics. Some are about superheros, some are about the history,
and some are SF, horror, fantasy fictions?

Deception Point - Dan Brown
this guys is an awesome author

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

When thats done i'm gonna try and read from beginning to end 1 of the LOTR books

I'm reading essays about women in film  :-\

I just finished the Da Vinci Code this weekend. Amazing book which is going to lead me into researching some of the topics brought up in the story.

I would highly recommend "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

The Lord Of The Rings-The Return of The King (for 3rd fucking time!!!)

Matt88, start right now with LOTR, throw to hell your HP book, I read it and really didn?t liked it......



Baby Slash//

Matt88, start at the beginning with The Hobbit then go from there. If you hurry  you might get all of them done before The Hobbit gets released to theaters : ok:

dean koontz "the face"

he is the greatest in my opinion!

French for Dummies  :yes:

You're fucked.......................

Dont mind MCT... he's a literary elitist   ;)

Well I meant to start reading Frankenstein but work & sundry has dragged me down, and I only got as far as the Author's Introduction.  The author being Mary Shelley of course.  Her recount of her dream that inspired the story is startling and sent a shiver down my spine.


ahh, I was hoping you'd tell me  :D  You see I read a few many years ago in one of those filthy college campus cafetarias, and I loved them.  It was about a boy magician and his trials & tribulations (you're thinking Harry Potter, but it's much darker than that).  One day I shall seek them out again.

dean koontz is in my opinion the greatest horror suspense novelist alive

who is better mr literary genius?

You talking to me?

Currently rereading Jordan's Wheel of Time series... Book 7
Also rereading King's "On Writing".

I prefer King to Koontz, but I like both...I find King's dialogue much more believable and I find it easier to get lost in his work and have to take a minute to come back to reality when I close the book.

You should try Ramsey Campbell...his late 80's to late 90's horror is excellent, the novel "Silent Children" is very good, and the "Alone With the Horros" anthology is really scary.  Campbell's use of description is creepy, almost hallucinatory.  It's a bit slow, very British in style (he's an Englishman), but it actually makes me jump at shadows for a day or two after reading.  I recommend "The Parasite", "Night of the Claw", and "Nazareth Hill" in particular.

/Mike

Let me guess, you are reading: "How to become a provocateur for Dummies."


 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Wine Bible

Are you referring to me or D?

EDIT: I sincerely hope it wasn't me...................... >:(

Now, now SLCPunk ... in all fairness, if you want him off your back, stay off his ... and what's the point in making yourself look stupid by getting into a pissing match with him?


On a side note, I'm pretty sure he was just joshing D.

Waggy...

Wasn't it MCT who reported...the other guy?

Oh dammit, I'm confused now. Maybe I couldn't read the thing correctly. Or maybe you didn't even post that because of the report, and the similar wording is just coincidence...

:: Goes back to Champions League Final ::

Who's 'the other guy'?.................I know who I reported.....

I love Koontz, but I reckon John Connolly is better. And not just because he's Irish.

I'm reading Insomnia by Stephen King.

Hmm ... I just read that a few months back ... Not his best work... but then again, it's still pretty good.

BTW, it takes place in Derry.. so it's got a few references to one of my favourites .. IT ..

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Yeah, UI .. it was MCT who reported the other guy (read: SLCPunk) ....

I just quoted both of 'em ...

The Children Of Captain Grant by Jules Verne

..............I feel like such a nerd........... :-\.........

Now go listen to some Tea Party!!!!!!!!!! >:(

thanks misfit, ive bout read everything by koontz i need a new author to discover once fire season starts back

i cant get into stephen king all that much, im not sure why


wow action in the fuckin book thread, who wouldve thought!

You like action don't you?  :hihi:

His books should be easily available in the US as he's based in......Derry, Maine. Get his first book first, can't remember it's name, but it'll be on his site (johnconnolly.com, I think). He can be quite graphic at times, and his characters are superb, it's based around a crime dectetive, but is far more than just a crime novel.




I'm quite enjoying it at the moment.

I'm reading "Walk This Way" Autobiography of Aerosmith.

im reading All Quiet On The Western Front by John Steinbeck

Steinbeck?  Are you sure?  I'm too lazy to check but I'm pretty sure it wasnt Steinbeck.  It's some German guy whose name I cant remember.

I have good & bad memories of reading The Grapes of Wrath in high school.  The book itself was a good experience, writing the essays was not  :no:

I just started "Sleep No More" by Greg Isles the other day and I can't put it down. . It is incredible. Scary, sexy, suspenseful...

I'm reading 100 words every high school graduate should know  From the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries

This book is kinda funny to me, because most people don't use these particular words in everyday life. I don't think books such as these should be abrogated, but should their claim be so belied?

But, upon reading this book, I have been less diffident with my vocabulary. And, I feel a lot less vacuous.

huh? :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

Currently i'm reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix...for like the fourth time. J.K Rowling better fuckin hurry up and release the 6th book

mystic river

I read the first one in the series last summer.  I thought it was pretty good. The story was engaging, and Snape cracks me up.

I'll get around to reading the rest of them when... ahhh.... when CD comes out  :D

Toyota Camry chiltons manual.   :hihi:

surprise ending slc?

good twist?

how was the character development? :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

I figured out the ending ahead of time...I'm good like that... :hihi:

The character development was actually deeper than some of the characters I meet here.....................................................

If ya know what I'm sayin'! :rofl: :rofl:

Thats kool. You really should read them all when ya get a chance, there really good books you won't be dissapointed.

Alot of people say HP is for nerds and little kids, but they really are well written. But i hate the way the actors portray Harry and his friends in the movies. He looks and sounds like a little whinging idiot but in the books Harry's like a rebel.

The movies really suck. The books are way better, so get reading on the rest their great : ok:

The Battle of Hamburg - Martin Middlebrook

Superb book on the firestorm raids on the city in WW2 which is the focus of my dissertation.

My sister loaned me the third one.  I havent read the 2nd one yet - it shouldnt matter too much, right?

All I can say is, so far, it's a lot darker than the first book.  

The Godfather

Rich dad poor dad

Frank Herbert's Dune

Great, Great choice! : ok:

I'm reading The Di Vinci code< Great read. : ok:

Taking on the street

I'm reading The Di Vinci code< Great read. : ok:

My wife just read that and she liked it a lot.

The curious incident of the dog in the night time by Mark Haddon


its written through the viewpoint of a teenager with asperger's syndrome

The Da Vinci Code..............

It's good.............at least as far as 'thrillers' go...... :-\

Just finished "The Lovely Bones"
Now reading "Watership Down"

I'm reading The Da Vinci Code.

 :o  guess I'll have to check out this da Vinci code at some point...

Fahrenheit 451 by mr bradbury

Guns N Roses The Band That Time Forgot

It's worth reading for it's pure entertainment value...... : ok:

As for real substance...........well you'll learn a bit about art that you probably didn't already know...........

This book is suppose to open your mind to an alternative history. Also I learned more about Da Vinci's the last supper than I ever knew before I read the book. ::) :P

Alternative history, eh?  I'm still trying to catch up on the real history that took place.   :hihi:  I went to a tech school where you can take Economics for humanities credit.  But I'll check it out anyway.

So I was disappointed with Fahrenheit-451 which I read for the first time last week. It starts out very intriguing and ends...lamely  ::)   Too much moralizing and not enough backbone of a story.  

But it did make me want to read Orwell's 1984 again.  Now that is a book everyone should read.  :yes:

Samuel P. Huntington -
The Clash Of Civilisations and the Remaking Of World Order

and

Tariq Ali -
The Clash Of Fundamentalisms



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Perfume by Patrick Suskind - Amazing read
Rotten, No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs - John Lydon - another great book
Lords Of Chaos - Soderlind.... I think - Great book on Norwegian Black Metal

Terry Goodkkind- Blood of the fold - So far it's a great series. Tonight I'll start Temple of the winds.

P.S I'm bored!

Dean Koontz  "shadowfires"


wednesday my Tommy Lee "TommyLand" book will be here and i will take a hiatus from "shadowfires" and read "TommyLand"  i cant wait!

The Lost Message of Jesus. It's kinda boring though, but I'm only about 25 pages in.

Official History of the Royal Air Force in WW2 for my dissertation - the 47th book i have read for it :nervous:

I just finished reading some book called Joyride & I'm about to start on a scary book. I usually hate to read but I've found myself with too much free time on my hands!  ;D

Soseki Botchan .... a lot of japonese literature lately !  : ok:

Thats interesting any recommendations?


Law and Economics, Richard Posner

If you want some ... ;D
I hope the titles are quite the same  ;)

My favorite is Shirobamba by Yasushi Inoue. He wrote some good short stories too !

I'm reading Botchan right now but I've already read some Soseki before ... To the Spring Equinox and Beyond Quite difficult to read but definitely a good novel !

beowulf, jane eyre, measure for measure and sense and sensibility

oh the joys of studying english :P

Koji Suzuki - Ring

Scar Tissue

by Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman

Dean Koontz "the Bad Place"

its a wicked sick twisted fuck of a book! but so great! : ok:

i finished "the bad place" i highly recommend this amazing unbelievable story and ending!


i am now reading


"whispers" by u guessed it, Dean Koontz the greatest author ever!

jim morrison-life, death, legend

... :o...

You're gone by...gone...

Ah, I'm currently reading - The Farfarers: Before the Norse - by Farley Mowat.

Terry Goodkind's - Faith of the fallen. A True fantasy masterpiece.

Dean Koontz "The Mask"

The Altman Code - Robert Ludlum

carp fishing on valium - graham parker

Re-started reading The  Lord Of The Rings.GGoing for the triology again!!














Baby Slash//

Just finished Master of the Game, Sidney Sheldon, and I'm itching for something else to read.

Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger. I just finished reading this book for at least the 30th time, and everytime it gets better and better.

hey kids...

nice ta see some ppl aout there are actually still reading...keep up the good work (here's a tip, though: forget the Tolkien trilogy, it bites...what is it with everyone, it's like a virus)

personally i'm enjoying S.Kierkegaard - Fear And Trembling, along with some psichology boring stuff (that's for my studies)

Thanks for the heads-up professor............ ::)

hahaha nice personal text MCT! :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

Dean Koontz is my fav author in that genre, i didnt mean to say he was the greatest ever, just in that genre in my opinion.


merry christmas dot boy!!!!!!!!!!!.................................................... :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

Well it's true, isn't it?


That's kinda what I thought.


You too Kentucky. Have a good one.

................................................................................................... ....... :P

dean koontz  watchers

this book kicks ass like the rest of the ones ive read

Right now I'm reading a collection of Kafka short stories, parables and letters.  Pretty cool.

oh and i just finished "In Dubious Battle" by John Steinbeck.

Scar tissue, Anthony Kiedis et al.

the dirt

The Godfather Returns

watchers was one of the best dean koontz books ive ever read

after that i read "the mask" by dean koontz

now i am reading

"seize the night" Dean Koontz

starting on anthony kiedis book now... any good?

finished "seize the night" the second Christopher Snow novel, i cant wait till the 3rd part of the trilogy "ride the storm" comes out!!!!!!!!!!!


right now i am starting

"Cold Fire" Dean Koontz

maybe i should find a new author? u think?

Yea

"Kiss the Girls" - James Patterson

I feel something like that Kentucky guy..............

Bored of the Rings...some sort of semi-porn hippy take on Lord of the Rings... :hihi:

sorry MCT, still not read sundiver, will get to it when im in the mood...

I'm reading: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan, its book one of a twelve book series called The Wheel of Time.  I'm not sure if the author has completed the series yet, he releases a book every 2 years.  Fans of the series are a little worried because there is a chance that he might die before he completes the series!

What mood? SF mood? Brin mood? Uplift Universe mood? Reading anything while eating haggis mood...?

Anyway, you got lots of time my friend. So take it. Your time that is...

Dissolution: The Crisis of Communism and the end of East Germany by Charles Maier

It's as fun as it sounds and twice as long..... :'(

Terry Goodkind's - Chainfire.

Anyone wanna share their favourite books?  Or, what are you reading at the moment?

My favourite books are definately Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, I really love them.  I also love Melvin Burgess' Bloodtide and Stephen King's The Shining.  Also, you've gotta love the Harry Potter books! : ok:

Right now i'm just finishing Dan Brown's Angels and Demons, but i've found it pretty stupid.

My fave book is Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles, also Og Mandino "El vendedor mas Grande del Mundo" or "The Bigest Salesman Of the World" I really don't know the name in english, excellent choices for me, and at last but not least Charles Dickens "Great Expectations"  :peace:

This thread? :P
Social Psychology, by Michael A. Hogg and Graham M. Vaughan, Third Edition....not? ;D
Myrtle the Turtle is a great book though? : ok:
 
:smoking: Izzy? :smoking:

If you like rock n roll-biographys this is something for you:

Dee Dee Ramone: Poison Heart: Surviving The Ramones (aka Lobotomy: surviving the Ramones).

I thought you were like, my reading brother until that last sentance.

I loved the Harry Potter books, and have almost finished The Subtle Knife. (I know...It took me a while to get around to reading the trilogy....)

I think Stephen King books rule, and have recently ordered the first of the Dark Tower series.

But Angels and Demons...kinda stupid? Piss off. That book is incredible. As was the Da Vinci Code, but Angles and Demons is even better. You suck.

John Grisham books are great, and I'm going to buy The Broker tommorow, when I get paid...

John Grisham books disturb me

 :smoking: Izzy? :smoking:

I think That's the Idea

Dean Koontz "the bad place", "watchers" and "false memory" are three of the greatest books u will ever read


im currently reading

"The Servants of Twilight" Dean Koontz

It entertained me enough, but I couldn't stop thinking it's the kinda thing my mum would read.  Everything is so cheesy and clich?, and as Langdon (lame name, by the way) goes from building to building, it's all "well, he's obviously not gonna catch the killer until the end of the book" so for like two thirds of the story you're just going through the motions waiting for him to miraculously work out the next clue.  The kinda book you might read on a plane, but really not my kind of thing.


I read the first two, then spent about 4 years forgetting the story, so I ended up re-reading all of them.  I read each one in about a week, they're fantastic.  And, ohh, the end. Shut up Danny, shut up...

See you in the football thread, loser. :P

I tried to read those Philip Pullman books a few years back and didn't think they were great, maybey I'll give em another try? : ok:

 :smoking: Izzy? :smoking:

Godfather....again

Currently going through "How to shoot friends and influence people by Mark "Chopper" Read"

Just finished The Da Vinci Code. Fascinating.

Right now I'm reading Angels and Demons by the same author.

yeah i've since many people (mostly ladies) in the metro reading that one.
man i hate this "da vinci code" trend. pisses me off.

i'm reading " Ne dites pas ? Dieu ce qu'il doit faire" ( Dont tell God what to do) by Fran?ois de Closets and it's about the life of Einstein and the troubled era of the Nuclear bomb ....


* great book by anne rice : Memnoch the Demon, a very special and different Lestat episode ....

I only read it because it was lying around.

it's not a "trend". It's a recent book, so that's why many people are reading it.

My fav book has 2 be:

the 20 guiding principles of karate-(originally by Gichin Funakoshi) translated by John Teramoto gr8 read 4 n e 1 hu want 2 tayk martial art seriously even if u aint doin karate.

harry potter and the philosphers stone; gr8 film + book

Mystic River by Dennis Lehane

I lover the movie and the movie is even better.

u guessed it Dean Koontz again

this time "sole survivor" this book is unbelievable! I cant put it down

It actually is a trend, I see people reading it out and about all the time and loads of people I know are reading it (and the other two) and they never read any other books

 :smoking: Izzy? :smoking:

Only books I have ever read from the front cover to the back cover are:
-Some childrens book, I really enjoyed it  :)
-Sheriffi McCoy, great book written by Andy McCoy

Two books.. great job  :hihi: But I read a lot of Donald Duck's.

i just finnished   Ulises- James Joyce  (wow, that book was difficult) :nervous:

now im reading one book about Lucrecia Borgia

Currently reading, The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? by Rick Warren.

Reading Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix. Getting ready for the next book-Half blood Prince

I like you just about as much as you like me. But spare me a minute here will ya?

Is the Harry Potter series any good? I've heard a bunch of people talking about the books in a fairly positive light...

Anyway, I'm currently plugging through "River Thieves" by Michael Crummey.

theyr gr8

Sakib is right the Harry potter books are great . I can't wait till July 16!


Just started "The Face " by Dean Koonitz,it's pretty god so fare

Hell Yeah some more Koontz!!!! I have "The Face" but havent read it yet

I just finished reading Sole Survivor

and I am starting on "Lightning" by Dean Koontz


Koontz books i highly recommend are

"The Bad Place"
"False Memory"
"Watchers"
"Hideaway"
"Sole Survivor"
"Shadowfires"

they will keep u glued to the page!

I?ll have to check those out  D.

Simply put they're a great read that both children and adults enjoy. The author wrote them meanly for kids but some of the subject matter and plotting is really something only adults will get.

well myself im off for the great novels... lol


finished the vampire armand by anne rice... and startide rising by david brin over the last week or so.. and now im off to dune by frank herbert


as for the world of harry poter..... meh i could be bothered at some point to actualy read them... but they are not high on my list... too much other stuff within reach right now that i really must read... or atleast find again to read.

People Magazine :)

lol

God emperor of Dune is the best of the series.  : ok:

I guess so...

Though I'm another person who has those books so far down on the list that the chances of getting 'em digested are slim to none.

Thanks anyway.

I am currently re-reading Junky-William S Burroughs and just started to read Angels and Demons-Dan Brown.

At the moment some of my fav books are:

The Day Of The Triffids-John Wyndham
Dubliners/Finnegans Wake-James Joyce
Queer-William S Burroughs

just finished Lightning by Dean Koontz, easily one of the best books ive ever read

deals with tons of tragedy, being resilient and time travel

very nicely done a real mind fuck!

I am now starting on "Strange Highways" it includes two complete novels by Koontz and a bunch of different short stories he wrote.

so far very nice!

Yeah i'm 3 quartes the way through the 5th harry potter...this must be the 4th time ive read it. When does the Half Blood Prince come out?...i hear july or August.

I'm interested in his books. How do you like this one so far?

now i'm reading book
iron slave-true serbian story about war in bosnia

my favorites are russian writers

"Very Far Away From Anywhere Else" by Ursula K. Le Guin.

Read it the other day, and I highly recommend it.

and you said it would suck..... what did i tell ya........ forst InFlames and now this..... I win Again...

For revision - The Racial State: Germany 1933-1945 - Burleigh et all.

July 16th.


just finished The Face , it was really good.

Now i've started on Watchers by Dean Koontz

Ya done good. Twice.

Anyway, the friggin' Dominion Wars got me rotted... >:(

I can play it (took me a good bit of fuckin' around though), but it has to be dumbed down. Thing is though, it shouldn't have to be dumbed down...

All the same though (that's 3 "though's") I haven't bothered to Google my problem yet. Tomorrow perhaps.

And if you read this before noon tomorrow (that's 2 tomorrow's), I'm not workin' out. I'm killed from playing badminton... :-\

lazy bitch...... D beat him around for me...... lol......how bout friday... hrmmmmmmm should be good times... perhaps again this saturday we will have an adventure to where the stars shine clear and the world is far away?... and take Q with is..... as he would fit right in.... LOL but he got to buy the beer.... and the smokes... lol

he's hopeless prom, i guess he got wore out playing with that Birdie all day! :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:


get it, Badminton, birdie? :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:


FUCK YEAH!

You're sofa king crazy D! :hihi: And no, we don't get it. ;)

I've been reading the "Grammar Bible". God knows I need to.

You had me...


...you fucked it up...


...you redeemed yourself with a smattering of loveable exuberance a la D...

Now, go fack yaself... :-*

Prom,

Friday, perhaps.

Saturday, perhaps.

Yes, he would.

And yes, he would. Have to.

I had to specify that a birdie is played with during badminton, i had to make sure all the non badminton playing people on this board understood the joke.

Journey u are sofa king hot and im about to come jump in bed with u and get my badminton on!!!!!! :love: :love: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :P :-* :-* :rofl: :rofl:

Hallelujah - Shaun Ryder (and his ghost writer.
Its an autobiography for the band.

Its brilliant.

Before that, i readBEZ  -Freaky Dancing - The weird dancer in The Mondays, also brillaint.

I love Biographies and Autobiographies! They rule, i love reading about other people!

I'll give ya that one for sure... :yes:


You're gone by, gone...


Me too; if they're interesting enough.

Douglas Adams- Ultimate Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

Dickens a Tale of Two Cities because, well, I've never read it before. And also Wuthering Heights for revision.

Also re-reading the Aeneid for revision. I love it, it freakin' rules.

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

Hey Timothy how did u like Watchers?


I just finished "Night Chills" by Dean Koontz, Im dying to pick up his newest release that came out Tuesday called "velocity" but Ill have to wait

Im getting ready to start "Phantoms" by Dean Koontz

 Watchers was Brilliant.


Dean Koontz,is a Genius.

I was gonna read "Phantoms" but my Dean Koontz forum is raving over his newest release "Velocity" I plunked down 20 bucks and bought the hardcover *I always only buy paperback* but this was well worth 20 bucks

Im already 80 pages in and this could be one of the most interesting stories Ive ever read. Very suspenseful and page turning, I recommend to anyone.

It is great

so i am reading

Dean Koontz "Velocity"

I going to by "velocity" sometime next week.

Just finished "Haunted" by Chuck Palahniuk, Defiantly recommended it
\
Now I'm on to "The Door To December" by Dean Koonts

Dude "Velocity" is amazing, 120 pages so far on the first night.

Door To December is a kick ass novel, when you get the chance read "False Memory", "The Bad Place" "Hideaway" has the coolest killer Vassago and "ShadowFires" fuckin awesome reads.

Blood Canticle by Anne Rice. Finally.

Reading Angels & Demons now. Half way through and so far I like it better than DaVinci Code.

can i ask a question? where do you find time to read all these novels?...do you not have jobs? sleep? wife and kids? make dinner? go out? sex? drink?...as well as posting on forums...just curious cos i havent got time to read for any length of time and it drives me crazy

Being a self-respecting literary aficionado, I make the time. That, and I'm currently unemployed.

I suppose it wouldn't hurt to mention either that I'm usually somewhere in fantasy land when most normal people are out there doing normal things.

How is it by the way?  I need to read the last two in the Vampire series.

Open-minded Anne Rice fans won't find it too bad. That said, it's different. I'll refrain from telling you why though, as it's worth going into the book ignorant of the aforementioned difference.

Now, don't dare read it before you tackle Blackwood Farm, because that novel is needed in order to fully appreciate Blood Canticle.

And if you haven't already read the Mayfair series (Witching Hour, Lasher and Taltos) it would certainly give you a much broader angle from which to attack this book if you did. For as you may know, the Mayfair Witches and the Vampire Chronicles take place in the same "universe" as well as directly tie into each other; Merrick doesn't really count seeing as how she (Merrick Mayfair) isn't really a member of the First Street family; Oncle Julien aside of course...

Is it a good conclusion to the Vampire Chronicles? No. Atrocious ending to an excellent series. But it's a decent novel all in all.

How did you find Blood & Gold, btw?

I thought it was great, although it did get a little boring in the middle when Marius starts his fascination with that famous painter-can't remember his name?.   BTW is Blood Canticle really really the end of this great series?

Fra Fillipo wasn't it? Or something like that...


Supposedly it's the official conclusion to the Vampire Chronicles proper. But according to my buddy, Prometheus, the New Tales Of the Vampires (a la Pandora and Vittorio The Vampire) are going to be continued. Personally though I haven't heard anything official.

Best (not necessarily your favorite) book of the series?

lmao!!!...ok i guess that rules you out from normal society lol...how many hours do you normally read a day?...i can manage maybe half an hour most days...

i know this isnt books related but have you seen this site? http://www.newvoyages.com

What he said, I can usually polish off a 400 page novel in 3 nights, when u get a great book it is better than any movie or tv show on

I just finished Velocity by Dean Koontz

this book fucking tripped me out, it has took me a couple days to get over it. very powerful and just an amazing suspenseful creepy story.


Im gonna take a couple week break from reading but U can bet it will be a Dean Koontz book when I start back!

Believe me when I say that I'm not normal. But then who is, right?

Anyway, my reading time depends on many different factors, so I can't even give you an average estimate that's anywhere near accurate. So suffice it to say that I simply make (and sometimes have!) all the time I need. Well, not all the time...but you get my drift...

Oh, and why only 30 mins a day?


Never seen it before today. Interesting. Nerd heaven even... :drool:

But like so many things, it's much too naive for my tastes (note the first name basis on which The Great Bird Of The Galaxy - Roddenberry - is addressed, and such idyllic notions as the Venus Project).

Interesting all the same though, like I said.

And one more thing:

Go to fuck with your stupid ole Dean Koontz, D! :rant:!

Nah, just joking. But...like...is he all you read?

I suppose I can't really say anything though. I mean if you like it so much, why not huh?

Anyway...

He has about 60 books, Ive read 25 and have 7 more on my bookshelf, so after I read the 7 I have left I am gonna branch out and discover other writers.

I just love his style and he is 25 out of 25 so far, out of 25 reads everyone of them have been great and as good as the book before, so I figure why fuck up a good thing?

Why indeed...

But yeah, I know what you mean.

D you should check out Chuck Palahniukwork. : ok:


Finished "THe Door To December"by Dean Koontz it was really good

Now I'm fixing to start on "Intensity"by Dean Koontz

Kick ass dude, we are starting on the same book, cause tonight I am also starting on "Intensity"

someone on my Dean Koontz forum said Intensity was better than Velocity

if it is, then HOLY SHIT!

Cool. : ok:

What Dean Koontz forumare you at?

http://www.dkoontz.com/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=6&PN=1



click on that

I am Candy Pollard on that site

CandyPollard is one of the greatest killers in a Dean Koontz book, he is featured in the book "The Bad Place" which u should definitely read. He is insane and fucking brutal!


there is a Dean Koontz forum and then a book review forum

exactly , its all relativity...

30 minutes...hmmm i work 9 hours a day, travel, 2 hours...on the internet for about 2-3 hours...and up to an hour of exercise/weights at least every 2nd day...and all the other little things that take my time up...and of course sleeping

ahhh...it was only to watch the newly made episodes of Star Trek TOS...didnt really look at any of the other pages on the site...but you didnt know that so shame on me for not telling you  ;D

"Pollard" is that Kentucky slang for ass?

Koontz is a great writer, doesnt get the credit that Stephen King gets but I enjoy his books just as much. Been awhile since I picked one of his new ones up though, the last two were Fear Nothing and Seize the Night. Has he done anymore with Christopher Snow since?

Quite Ironically Those Christopher Snow books are a trilogy, the third installment is set to be called "Ride the Storm" I think and he has kept fans waiting for over 7 years and still hasnt delivered the book.

So its ironic that I am on a GNR site and a Dean Koontz site where people bitch,complain and wait for something in the works for years.


I never could get into Stephen King, I think he is overblown and just takes too long getting into the story, I dont need 60 pages on just developing a character u know?

Koontz gets right into the action and keeps u glued from the first page

I think reading should be enjoyable and not a chore.

Hmmmmmm, maybe you're the reason for the delays :nervous:

You are right about King though. I enjoy his books but he does spend alot of time on minute details. Thats probably why I liked his books that were collections of short stories the most.

going to re read the Harry Potter books now to brush up before the new one comes out.

Get In The Van - on the road with Black Flag by Henry Rollins.

It's basically a tour diary. Henry hates everybody!  :hihi:



/jarmo

I just finished Secret Window Secret Garden by Stephen King and the ending is one of the most ridiculous endings ever

the insurance adjuster shoots and kills Mort?

What The Fuck? where did this guy come from?  ridiculous

Im sticking to Koontz from now on


Im starting "Phantoms" by Dean Koontz

Kings book are always a bit fucked up .And Nine times out of time the movie about his books are better then the book



D how did you like "Intensity"?

Didnt read it yet

I may actually read it instead of Phantoms, I started to read intensity but read the King shit instead to try something new.

How did u like it?

I ll probably go ahead and read it next.

Man I haven't read it yet either.


I was going to, but I started reading some books on video production and stuff.

Currently reading An Open Heart: Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life by the Dalai Lama.  If only all of us would look at life the way The Dalai Lama does, we would have no wars.  It's a shame.

There is a book called "Swan Song" that is suppose to be one of the greatest reads ever, I cant remember the author off hand, but has anyone else read this?

Swan Song by Robert McCammon is good, but I don't know if I would call one of the greatest of all time.

Is it worth reading?

everyone on the Dean Koontz forum raves about it.

yeah it's worth reading

but the thing is long as hell .

I'm just about to finish off White Man's Cotton by R.W. Somerton. It blows goats.

I loved Harry Potter, but Thats because I am a dork.  :hihi:

But my real fave book was "Jessica" By Bryce Courtney!!

I went for a short read after finishing Angels & Demons, so right now I am finishing Psycho House by Robert Bloch. I bought Digital Fortress and Deception Point, both by Dan Brown, this weekend. I'm not sure which one to start with.

I started "Intensity" by Dean Koontz last night

this could be his greatest book ever, I read 130 pages in one sitting.

it is amazing and suspenseful as fuck.

this forum is turning you into into a geek...shouldnt you be pumping iron or something...:P...even Tolstoy's novels are smaller than your muscles lmao

oh yea and im reading Sundiver at last... :)

About time... >:(

I just finished jose caseco's book

the dirt from motley crue and
\a few months before the badn that time forgot..

I am loking to get chuck zito's biography.. he's the italian dude from oz and a hell's angel..

Im waiting for Jose Cansecos book to come out in paperback before I read it.

Motley Crue The Dirt is so great.

I am a geek Prom

All I do is write and record music,read books,watch movies,play video games and exercise.

thats all I do, well that and the internet and my woman.

Im a geek and proud of it. :hihi: :hihi: : ok:

well you know...mct has even got me reading more than i usually do...not a bad thing

i have finished Sundiver, im guessing it must have been one of Brin's early books...i did enjoy it but confusing in parts..which one comes next?

of course i now have a Dean Koontz novel out from the library, Fear Nothing, is it worth reading before i start?

Fear Nothing is part 1 of a trilogy, the 2nd part is "Seize The Night" and the third and final book has been in the making for 8 years "sound like someone else u know"

Fear Nothing is interesting, not one Id recommend to a new reader those books are extremely loved or extremely hated.

If i had to recommend a book to someone who hasnt read much Koontz Id recommend Watchers,False Memory,Intensity or Lightning something like that.

Fear Nothing is told from Christopher Snow's point of view, its like a journal and he has a disease called XP which means he is allergic to the sun and can only go out at night.

Its a book about his adventures at night and the crazy shit that is going on in his town due to Gene altering type shit.

Its very interesting but u will want to read the 2nd book right after.

If u dont like it dont let it disuade u from Koontz, that series is the only books of his that are somewhat hit or miss.

Most Koontz books get u glued 10 pages in, this series takes a little longer to develop.


I am getting ready to start the uncut version of "The Stand" by Stephen King.



Timothy read Intensity when u get the chance, probably his greatest book, no lag at all in this book, the action start immediately and this book is so fuckin suspenseful its crazy, an ending u never see coming either.

dirt is fucking awesome... I read canseco's from the librairy, lots of wah wah wah poor me but good read

I start reading Intensity last night ,before i know it I had read 200 pages.

The book is fucking great .

There is a french slasher flick out right now called "High Tension" and it was rumored to be plagarized from Intensity as every scene is suppose to follow "Intensity" to the letter.

Im gonna go watch it and see for myself.

would be pretty shitty if a filmmaker ripped Koontz off.

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath.

I read  about thatAnd your right if they did tip him of that is verry shitty on their behalf.


I was going to see "High Tension",but I heard it was pretty bad

ah right, i chose that one because of the blurb about the storyline...it had a scifi feel to it and thats what won over the others, i did see Insanity but it wasnt in paperback so i cant read it on the bus...ill see if i like this one, might get another i dont know...everybody seems to like Koontz so ill give it a go

reading the lord of the rings again, it's been 3 years since i read it. i still know everything :(
im at the moment where they left the elves in the shire and are close to cross the river with the little "boat" ...

from the point where they live bag-end to when they reach rivendell is best story ever
i like the rest of the book alot
but the 1st part is so .... so amazing,  so realistic and magical at the same time.
tom bombadil is amazing :)

fuck the movies :)

If you like Fear Nothing, Seize the Night is the sequel and we are still waiting on the third book in the trilogy, we've been waiting for 8 years on it or so. I hope u like it. Its a very interesting book.

I read Deception Point by Dan Brown this weekend. Another brilliant effort. This guy is quickly shooting to the top of my favorite authors list. I have to thank Jessica for getting me interested in the DaVinci Code and therefor finding his other books.

I'm starting on Digital Fortress now, than its the waiting game for his next book :-\

At the moment I'm reading the Lonely Planet guide to Italy as im holidaying there for 5 weeks at the end of September  :yes:

The Band That Time Forgot: The Complete Unauthorised Biography of Guns N' Roses

by Paul Stenning

I'm currently reading "The Life and Crime of Mike Sackett"

It's just a stunning book, it really explains alot about this mans mysterious life
Alot of people have been waiting for a book on ole' Mike, and know we finally have it
I recommended it too everyone, it exlpains alot about those awful events.

"angels and Demons" dan brown......... up next Da Vinci Code........ ohhh and Dan brown sucks asssssssssssss as a writer...... just got to get them out of the way now....

The Stand by Stephen King is hands down the greatest thing Ive ever read

I am 1000 pages in the book is 1153 and I dont want it to end.

after "The Stand" Im thinking of starting the Dark Tower series, I have the first 5 but I gotta find the other 2.

THE STAND SPOILERS



The ending to "The Stand" pissed me off somewhat, I liked Stu Redman and Frannie Goldsmith the least of the main characters but the true heroes got no credit at the end, Larry,Ralph,Glen or Tom Cullen were never mentioned once Stu got back.

I did like the commentary on how no matter what tragedies occur, the world always seems to fall back into the same ole bullshit that fucked it up to begin with.

I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rofl:

Only D would post a Spoiler warning for a book thats been out for 27 years now.  :rofl:

Here are a few more:

-Gollum falls into the lava and destroys the ring.
-The author learns to love the Green Eggs and Ham
-Curious George finds the man in the yellow hat.
-The Little Engine That Could makes it over the hill.
 : ok:

Since nobody else is going to admit to reading it........

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Started off pretty slow and I thought it was going to be a big let down but the ending saved it big time. Not as good as "Order of the Phoenix" but it set up the final book rather nicely.

I'll be nice, for now, and not post who died.

HAHAHA just in case someone was new to King and hadnt read it.


After that I read Jose Canseco's Juiced, decent book then I read Stephen King Gerald's Game, very good book

then I read Bird Watching which is Larry Bird's autobiography and I read it in one night it was great



Right now I am reading Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King, over halfway through and it hasnt disappointed.

M?tley Cr?e - The Dirt.  Finally got hold of this book today only ?3.97, i have been reading it for most of the day awesome stuff hearing about Nikki's childhood and how he tried to get his mum arressted and how they fried roaches in the oven, very entertaining stuff :smoking:

Sex and Rockets: The Occult World of Jack Parsons

my beautyful girfriend mailed it to me this morning cause i wanted this book (gud lov'ha !) .. and it starts good :)

A brilliant scientist, passionate poet, and political dissident, Jack Parsons (1914-1952) was one of the most enigmatic figures in history. In Sex and Rockets, John Carter divulges the life of a genius and self-proclaimed Antichrist in a biography that reads like science fiction. Using in-depth research including interviews with Parson's peers, Carter offers an intriguing portrait of this dark figure shrouded in cultish myth, from his childhood to his mysterious death in 1952.

Finished Dolores Claiborne last night, its cool how it had parts that interacted with Gerald's Game, while reading Gerald's Game I was wondering what was goin on when Jessie saw a woman standing and peering into a well, nicely done.

I started "Pet Sematary" today, I have never watched the movie, and the book so far is great.

oooh, D.

I started the Dark Tower series quite literally a few days ago.

It's quite hard to get into, but I am certain that the rewards are there if you can get past the beggining.

According to King, the story doesn't really get going untill the second book...

...So I can't wait. I'm about 50 pages from the end of the Gunslinger, and though I'll admit it is tough reading in places, I'm enjoying it.

It's an epic of mounstrous size though...

...I think that I'm going to have to read a different book inbetween each volume, otherwise I may well not last the distance...


PS: I'm reading the revised edition (obviously)...

...I don't know if I would have made it through the original, given King's introduction.......

I own the first 6 dark tower books, I am still waiting for the 7th to come to my discount second hand book store

Im gonna wait till I own all 7 before I start cause I dont want to read 6 books and then have to wait months to find out how it ends.

King's style takes getting use to.

The Stand is over 1150 pages but the best read Ive ever had so far

If u havent read it, U have to pick it up.

I read Dean Koontz cause he is Stephen King without all the long windedness.

Koontz' stories take off and get u wrapped up immediately, sometimes with King its a slower pay off and it takes a little longer to get hooked.

King is 5/5 with me so far though

The Stand,Gerald's Game,Dolores Claiborne,Misery and now Pet Sematary are all great.


Koontz is 27/27 though, every book is as good as the last and none have disappointed.

The 7th dark tower still costs 35 bucks brand new, no way I can afford that, the second hand bookstore hopefully will get one soon and there it is only 8 bucks once they get it, so im gonna wait.

I hope it picks up for u and I hope I enjoy it once I start. I love huge epic type stories like that.

Let me know when u get to the 2nd book and once u get hooked.

I don't know what it is called in english but I guess "The Emperor: The gates of Rome"...
I have this habit of reading the end of books before starting with them, but since it's based on true events in Caesars life, then you already know...

I thought it blew.

I was just going to post and ask if anyone else had read this, thankfully I decided to check back a few posts first. 

I thought this one was good, very quick read.  I knew someone died, and I had guessed who it most likely would be, but the way it was done is what shocked me.  Very sad.  But a good set up for the next book.  I don't want to post who died either, but I'm wondering if you think its possible the other one involved in that incident is actually on the good side?  No one I know has finished this one yet, so I'm anxious to discuss it!

And for anyone skeptical about reading the Harry Potter series, trust me, you wouldn't regret it.  I ignored people telling me how good the books were for years because I thought they were children's books.  But I actually picked up the first one out of absolute boredom, and didn't stop reading until I was through all 5 that were out at the time.

I bet I would.

Whatever.  Don't read it then.  I'm sure you are too smart for it anyway. ::)

Yes, yes. I'm a condescending prick. I know. But all I strictly meant was that in all likelihood I probably would regret reading a Harry Potter book. Don't hate me too much.

Meh.

He probably would regret it.

I certainly don't.

It takes me about two days to read a Harry Potter book, and don't consider it a waste of my time.

I enjoy them, and while I would give each book 4/5ish, that is strictly on a level of enjoyment scale...

...Not, let us say, a Dickens one...

When regarded as pieces of fine literature they are, well, not.

As good entertainment...

...they're great.

It's the same with how I view films.

While I would give Independance Day a 4/5...

...That, too, would be strictly on an enteraintment value, scale, so to say.

As a 'film'? On, lets say this time, a Kubrik scale...

..I wouldn't even bother rating it. It wouldn't make the grade.

I just enjoy the film, therefore while it has it's merits, they are strictly on another level.

It all comes down to...

...why you would want to read the Harry Potter books.

Used Illusions you are right.  It takes no time at all to read Harry Potter.  And they are very engaging, once you get into them they are hard to put down.  I'm not saying they are Lord of the Rings, which are clearly more complex and just, well, better.  But they are fun.  So lighten up, spend $5 and a couple days, depending on how fast you read.  You might be pleasantly surprised. 

I guess if you like to brag to people about what you've read, Harry Potter isn't good for that.  It won't make you feel smarter than anyone else at a party, except for the fact that you can actually read. 

So how do you choose what you read?  Because if its by recommendation, I've never heard anyone who has read Harry Potter say that it wasn't worth it.

Jim the Wise. You're on the money there honey... :-*

But Me the Me wouldn't read 'em because of all of the other books out there just waiting to be devoured. Low on the list. That, and I brag about what I've read, and...well...Harry Potter isn't good for that.

Bah!  Now I remember you... you're the guy from Good Will Hunting 2: It's Hunting Season!

 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

"Hot Rod" cuz I think the 50's greaser era was awesome and the greasers themselves were tough guys who got all the hot chicks.Ever saw the movie "Cry-Baby" ? "I never believed in ghosts until..." was fucking scary as hell , it was all true stories from people around the country, it seemed so real when I read them, I lost my old one so I  need to purchase a new copy! >:(

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, started a bit slow bit picked up and set the stage for the final book really well. .

MCT how come u didnt like Pet Sematary?

I am 300 pages in only 73 to go and this book is pretty damn good so far. I havent been disappointed by King yet either.

Ive read 30 great books in a row now.

After Pet Sematary Im probably gonna read "Rose Madder" by Stephen King.

Wow D !!!! The Stand is also my favorite S. King's novel !!!? : ok: I've never met someone who agrees w/ me on this ... People always use to praise the Classics : Carrie - Christine - The Dark Half.
I liked them too but you can find so much in the Stand !

For now I've just finished Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince ! it's such a pleasure to read about Hogwarts every summer. Too bad next year it will be all over !? ;D
(And Sterling I'm still wondering the same thing about the killer, I still have hope that it was what was planned by the one who died - trying not to include a spoiler in here  ;D)

I am reading "Carrie" right now, its great, not in "The Stand's" league,  but very good.

I have "The Dark Half" I may read it after Carrie.

The Eyre Affair  by Jasper Fforde

so I casually picked up this book for some airplane reading from LA to Alaska, and I was mighty surprised!

This is a great book filled with magic (for all you Harry Potter fans),  mystery (for er... all you Sherlock Holmes fans), humor and even a bit of science fiction.

The main character is called Thursday Next, and she investigates literary crimes.  You see, there's this evil man who steals the Prose Portal from a scientist, and uses to enter the literary universe of novels and poems.  He steals the characters, kidnaps/murders them  :o, and forever alters the storyline!  Poor Dickens and Bronte are the victim authors here.

I'm still in the middle of it.   Great book so far  :beer:

sounds like it would be a fun book... might have to check it out........ and yes is the day of my alterego taking over my body..... im not making any retarded comments at anyone.... please take your shots now... lol

books by chopper reed are cool.

You know what? I did like it a little. But either way I didn't like the ending - I expected more -plus I felt that it was poorly written in terms of basic fuckin' sentence structure and the like.

But King does have that innate ability to evoke a sense of fearful unease in the most domestic of situations with the most domestic of props. And for that I'll give him a slight nod.

Murder Machine: A True Story of Murder, Madness, and the Mafia
by Gene Mustain

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0451403878/ref=sib_dp_pop_bc/104-7002556-3115164?%5Fencoding=UTF8&p=S0E4#reader-link

If you like movies like The Godfather, Casino, Goodfellas etc., you might like this....




/jarmo

What's the book you read and made you a very good impression so that you would like to bring forward to people?

I recently read the biography of Gishin Funakoshi (spelled it right? :P), he was the reformer of the modern Karate. Great personality. If you do martial arts you should not forget that book.

Tell me yours! :)

Just finished the DaVinci Code. A good read that made me question a few things. Also just re-read the Dark Tower books 1-6. Can't wait for #7, but in a way, I kinda don't want to read it because I don't want it to end. In my opinion, these are Kings best stories. Actually, alot of his best books are not the horror stories that made him famous. The Body, a short story that was later turned into the movie Stand by me. Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, another short story that was turned into a great movie. The Mist, The Long Walk, The Langoliers, all great short stories.

2 days!Fucking hell i read it as fast as i cud and it took me 3 weeks/.

I've also finished reading the Da Vinci code by Dan Brown. its a fantastic book and a great read. If u havent read it now, u'll be wasting ur time. i read this as well as Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and believe me, 1/2 blood prince is as gripping as this novel

Some of my favorite books would include - all 3 of books featuring the good doctor... (Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, and Hannibal), Lord of the Rings, true crime books, anything about psychology.  Lately, though, I've been reading more and more about Kabbalah.   My wife's followed it since before Ashton and Demi started sportin' the little red strings.

I just finished The Diary of Anne Frank and I'm about halfway through To Kill a Mockingbird  by Harper Lee.

"The Shining" by Stephen King

Incredible fucking book so far! One of the best!

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson .


Hunter S. Thompson kicks ass .

Urm, still the Dark Tower.

I'm only on the Wastelands, number 3...

...Though, I'm also reading fucking Jane Eyre (well, just about to start) and The Odyssey.

I have all 7 dark tower books now but havent started, how is it so far?

Timothy did u see where Johnny Depp paid 2.5 million to send Hunter's ashes to the sky out of that cannon?

pretty cool!

Yeah I saw that  , Another reason Johnny Depp kicks  ass : ok:

Oh, Dude.

It's great. It's tough in places to begin with, but if you plough through it the rewards are more than there.

Unfortunatly, not having read any other King books I can't really compare it.

There's places King goes with the book that I would never have imagined.

I think that it's best to know close to absoloutly nothing before starting the books. Though, I feel that way in regards to most books and films...

When I went away for a week a few weeks back, and forget The Drawing of the Three (the second book, which I was reading at the time), I was so annoyed.

With four books left, I have no idea where he's going to take this story, bearing in mind that the latter books are huge.

Try and read King's introduction at the beggining. If you don't have the revised issues of the first four books, it will be in the last three, because he wrote it while finishing the books.

just finished the Da Vinci Code and Catcher in the Rye. DVC was ok and Catcher was pretty good.
reading Heavier Than Heaven now, about Kurt Cobain.

"Merrick" Anne Rice

I have the revised first book but I didnt know he revised the other 3

If u havent read it, u must read "The Stand" it is absolutely the greatest book u will ever read, the whole thing is so amazing. I cant even begin to describe to you how totally flawless that book is.

The characters,storyline,plot, everything is so well done that u will never forget the characters.

Oh, I just assumed that he did, given that he wrote the first (four?, yeah) twenty+ years ago, and then went back to finish the final three.

Yeah, The Stand is on my 'to read' list...A list that is firmly in my head.

I will read it though, and be sure to tell you what I think.

I read - to the Island by Jeanette fame.. its very interesing!!!  : ok:

The last book I read was Motley Crue's The Dirt...not the best book I've ever read, but damn sure the most interesting.  Some of my other favs are Ball Four by Jim Bouton and Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton.  Jurassic Park the movie was awesome, but the book is so much better.

Oh Yeah!! I just finished the Dirt my the crue aswell!! that was one hell of an awesome book!!! Def the most exciting I've read in a long long long time!!!!  : ok:  five stars *****

Rose Madder by Stephen King.

It's not too bad I s'pose... :-\

hahaha


im sure.... lol


hmmm we should get a case tonight.... as the last 3 days feel like saturdays to me for some reason.... lol

Hi... Why don't you recommend us a book?  Some book that changed your point of view about something or someone....     

I recomend you the brief horror story,  "The Call of Cthulhu" by H.P. Lovecraft, its an interesting story about a the cult to a demon that lives undersea...  You might like it , even when its a soft terror tale...

     
          t'pr

lord of the rings
silmarillion
unfinished tales
bilbo the hobbit
elric, erekose, hawkmoon cycles (moorcock)

catcher in the rye
the perfume
sex and rockets
fight club, survivor
nietchze and diderot complete works

The Mummy or, Ramses The Damned by Anne Rice. Doesn't seem tea bag off the get-go.

Broken Summers by Henry Rollins





/jarmo

Sir Elton: The Definitive Biography of Elton John by Philip Norman which isnt science fiction  :confused:

Hatter Fox.  Probably no one has heard of it, but when I was in high school I had an english teacher who told me that if I didn't read any other book the entire year, read that one.  So I did, and he was right.  It had such an impact on me, it literally changed my life.  It is the reason I have a psychology degree now.  Its not about psychology exactly, but it shows you how someone's childhood pain can turn them into a damaged adult, and also how someone can come back from that.  I actually believe that reading that book made me a better person.  I'd recommend it to anyone, but with a warning,  its not a happy story. 

Stephen King the Bachman Books

interesting reads, Ive read "Rage","the running Man' *much different than the movie* and Now Im reading "The Long Walk" which is awesome

100 people are in a walkin competition, when u fall behind u are shot and killed, last man standing wins fortune and fame
Great story so far.

Just finished "The Last Juror" by John Grisham, next will probably be "King of Torts" by Grisham.

Last Juror was a good read but most of the drama was complete halfway through. It was good to get some back story of some of the "A Time To Kill" characters (Lucien Wilbanks played by Donald Sutherland and Harry Rex played by Oliver Platt).

Last one I read was The Death Of WCW.  If you're a wrestling fan you'll love it...very interesting stuff.

Stephen King - The Shining : ok:

Dude tell me how u like it when u are done

One of the greatest books Ive ever read

Its a shame that Kubrick totally fucked that book up with his lame ass movie version.

King, later, did remake this movie to be more in line with his book, but you've gotta admit that even though the original(Stanley Kubrick),  didn't follow the book to the letter, Jack Nicholson  made up for that with a powerhouse performance. Heeeeeeeeeeeeeereeeeeeeeeeeee's Johnny!

Hey is it any different than the Vampire chronicles saga?  ???

Oh dear.  :-\

Don't be such a purist!? :P

The film is fucking incredible. I don't care that he changed the book. From a movie perspective, it's a work of art.

Oh, and D...

The next time you post, I want you to say:

"The Gunslinger, Stephen King"

Fuck Stephen King... >:(

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It is a Vampire Chronicle... >:(

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Fuck Stephen King... >:(

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Speaking of sci-fi, how did you find Sundiver?

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Fuck Stephen King... >:(

Sundiver, good book,some strong and  interesting characters although i thought it was a bit weak in some areas...he's an excellent writer and i definitely want to read more of his work...which book is next in the series?

Startide Rising, perhaps the best of the series.

And yeah, Sundiver is a tad weak in places.

And yeah, he's a good writer. About as good as the sf's get.

Hey no need to be rude!!

I was being nice... :)

The last One I read, was, The Da Vinci Code, so popular, by Dan brown, I would like to know if any of you have read it too... so we can share thoughts about it...

I'm currently re-reading "The Physics of Immortality" by Doctor Frank J. Tipler.

Basically, imagine God as scientific concept.  The Afterlife, too.. its a fascinating book - but its deep and a difficult read.

The guy's a physicist and uses words I've never even seen before.. and I think I have a pretty expansive vocabulary.

right now ''cruel winter''
im not sure of the auther but i just got this at the book store.it's a horror book.
papperback.

will check it out :)...tomorrow...if you can find me a 36 hour clock

Then I have to apologize  :nervous:
Anyway a question!, How's the exact order of the saga?
I have this books:
Interview with the vampire
Lestat the vampire
Queen of the Damned
The tale of the body tief
Armand, the vampire
Memock the demon
and, Merrick how does fit the saga is it the last one or I just go it in disorder?  ???

My favorite book is probably "Holidays on ice" by David Sedaris.

Don't forget - Blood & Gold - which comes right after Merrick. Then Blackwood Farm and Blood Canticle.

The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila

Holy cow I've got a lot to read  :o

Books like that are largely piecemeal affairs, mechanical in nature and consequently boring; no matter how interesting the subject matter may be.

However I don't find them to be difficult (deep, yes) so much as bona fide exercises in tedium.

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I'll get ya one for Christmas... ;)

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The Vampire Chronicles

Interview With The Vampire
The Vampire Lestat
The Queen Of The Damned
The Tale Of The Body Thief
Memnoch The Devil
The Vampire Armand
Merrick
Blood And Gold
Blackwood Farm
Blood Canticle

New Tales Of The Vampires

Pandora
Vittorio The Vampire

Mayfair Witches*

The Witching Hour
Lasher
Taltos

*These books tie in with the Vampire Chronicles. Read them.

The Rum Diary : A Novel by Hunter S. Thompson.I haven't read this i a pretty long time and forgot how good it is.

its true!!!...santa claus does live on HTGTH for 364 days of the year

 :o

Thanks man  :peace:

The Crucible in English Class. It is especially funny because we had a two guys acting out the scene between Abagail and John Proctor.

Hilarity, I know

I am currently reading - Malinche's Conquest!!

By Anna Lanyon!!

"las Cruces sobre el agua" in english would be "The crosses upon the water" it's about workers from guayaquil that were killed in 1922. Great history  :peace:

I am reading "Cujo" by Stephen King

What a great fuckin book this is so far

I dont remember much about the movie so the book is a brand new story.

A New Kind of Dreaming

By Anthony Eaton

The Seat of the Soul - Gary Zukav

I just bought Angels & Demons, by Dan Brown, Cause I loved, The Da Vinci Code, but honestly I think its almost the samething, in the preface you can notice that.... well anyone who actually read the book can confirm this? thanks?


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Meh, they're similar.

Both good reads though.

mmm so far, Its been too similar man ;) so what can we expect in the future?

Low Life - Lures And Snares Of Old New York by Luc Sante.



/jarmo

More of the same?

Naahh.

Da Vinci Code was too huge. Dan Brown would prove found out.

The next Robert Langdon adventure takes up where Da Vinci left of so...

...Not a clue.

Yes man, there will certainly be a dead body with a strange symbol in some part of his body, and  assasyn, a gir and another guy who helps  Robert  ;)

Ham On Rye by Charles Bukowski

Cujo the book was awesome, much different and much better than the movie.

I am gonna read "FireStarter" by Stephen King next

King is 11/11 so far, he has been amazing and ill keep reading.

I gotta switch back to Koontz soon though.

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien