They're entertaining, but far from the best. I love Orwell's works, and also I just want to point out that Madeline L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time" trilogy is vastly underrated.Darkhelmet wrote:
There is already a thread on this.
But:
A Game of Universe
Signal to Noise
A Signal Shattered
Halo (the whole series)
-All by Eric S. Nylund
The best author EVER and those are the best books EVER. My favorite.
The Dark Tower Series, even though books six and seven got a little silly.
Red Pheonix
Eisenhorn-Dan Abnet
Ravenor-Dan Abnet
Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso-Dante
Team Yankee
Red Pheonix
Eisenhorn-Dan Abnet
Ravenor-Dan Abnet
Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso-Dante
Team Yankee
Not many. I should really pick up a good book sometime. :S
1984 - George Orwell
Animal Farm - George Orwell
2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke
The Catcher In The Rye - J. D. Salinger
A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man - James Joyce
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Bolivian Diaries - Che Geuvara
Guerrilla Warfare - Che Guevara
Animal Farm - George Orwell
2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke
The Catcher In The Rye - J. D. Salinger
A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man - James Joyce
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Bolivian Diaries - Che Geuvara
Guerrilla Warfare - Che Guevara
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I only like Card's sci-fi (pretty much the 8 Ender's Game books, his fantasy sucks imo)Paco_the_Insane wrote:
i love that book. Orson Scott Card is amazing if youve read any of his other stuff.
I also like Dan Brown, and Isaac Asimov
Dan Brown is okay, but his story development is a little weird for me.
Asimov is great, especially the Foundation series, and Bradbury is good too. Though I don't like Bradbury's novels too much, his short stories are great.
Edit: Oh yes looking at CamPoe's list, I loved 2001: A Space Odyssey.
I just started reading that book a few days ago.rdx-fx wrote:
Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - William Shirer
As for my favorites:
Crime and Punishment
1984
Heart of Darkness
Brave New World
"The Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
"Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
EDIT: and last but definitely not least.... "Night" by Elie Wiesel
"Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
EDIT: and last but definitely not least.... "Night" by Elie Wiesel
Last edited by Turquoise (2007-05-28 01:01:43)
Max Havelaar.
My all time favorite book: My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrel. Ive read hundreds if not thousands of books, and that is by far one of the best books i have ever read.
OP: Your misspelled title is all I need to know that you haven't read enough litterature.
[edit]I've already posted my list on two such threads. I am too lazy to search for them, and it is too long to retype.[/edit]
[edit]I've already posted my list on two such threads. I am too lazy to search for them, and it is too long to retype.[/edit]
Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2007-05-28 01:08:49)
I think just about every book in the Tom Sharpe series, hilarious..
The Outsider
I've read so many books its hard to come up with some good names..I'll get back to you.
The Outsider
I've read so many books its hard to come up with some good names..I'll get back to you.
I remember that book. I forgot to put it in my list, S.E Hilton is awesome..teddy..jimmy wrote:
The Outsider
Am into some lighter reading these days so am currently reading Donna Leon (Italian female) about an detective from Venice.
One of my fav authors is Sven Hazel that writes about partially experienced events from a german unit during WW2.
Other favs:
Ken Follet
Robert Ludlum
Robert Harris
Jan Guillou
Clive Cussler
Michael Crichton
John Grisham
J.R.R. Tolkien
One particular book i much enjoyed was The Historian by Elisabeth Kostova.
In the heavier category i have stribed myself through books and authors such as:
Glossa Ordinaria
The Bible
Tacitus
Ovid
Horats
Victor Hugo
Dull but gives you a perspective
One of my fav authors is Sven Hazel that writes about partially experienced events from a german unit during WW2.
Other favs:
Ken Follet
Robert Ludlum
Robert Harris
Jan Guillou
Clive Cussler
Michael Crichton
John Grisham
J.R.R. Tolkien
One particular book i much enjoyed was The Historian by Elisabeth Kostova.
In the heavier category i have stribed myself through books and authors such as:
Glossa Ordinaria
The Bible
Tacitus
Ovid
Horats
Victor Hugo
Dull but gives you a perspective
Last edited by Varegg (2007-05-28 08:47:31)
Wait behind the line ..............................................................
Of Mice and Men
Animal Farm
The Things They Carried
The Prince*
*Tupac lives!
Animal Farm
The Things They Carried
The Prince*
*Tupac lives!
Search. Just try it, it doesn't hurt. http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?pid=760838#p760838
Zodiaccup wrote:
"Candid" - Voltaire
"In The Country of Last Things" - Paul Auster
"Mr. Nice" - Howard Marks
"1984" - George Orwell
"Killing Pablo" - Mark Bowden
"Bitter Fruit - The Untold Story of the American Coup in Guatemala" Stephen Schlesinger/ Stephen Kinzer
"Che" Jon Lee Anderson
"All quiet on the Western Front" Erich Maria Remarque
"The Beach" Alex Garland
"The Castle" Franz Kafka
"After the Empire" Emmanuel Todd
Anything by Tom Clancy
Anything by Andy McNab
Anything by Chris Ryan
Can you tell what kind of books I'm into?
Anything by Andy McNab
Anything by Chris Ryan
Can you tell what kind of books I'm into?
Wow, just realised i haven't ever read a novel/story book ever in my life (outside of school, even then i didn't pay attention)
Plenty of sciency stuff and magazines and articles (every day), just never a proper book. I got a short attention span.
Plenty of sciency stuff and magazines and articles (every day), just never a proper book. I got a short attention span.
Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell (abolishment of the orgasm being the scariest prospect )
I Am Legend - Richard Matheson (best vampire book I've read that beats Anne Rice's emo wimps by far)
Stranger In A Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
Himmelblomsttreets muligheter/The Sky Flower Tree's Possibilities - Gert Nygårdshaug
Nullpluss pluss/Null-plus plus - Gert Nygårdshaug (about a guy who eats himself, hilarious and thought-provoking)
The Gunslinger - Stephen King (hypnotic to read for me)
Roadside Picnic - Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad (again hypnotic)
We - Yevgeny Zamyatin (if you liked 1984 and Brave New World, read this one)
Eden - Stanislaw Lem
Rendezvous with Rama - Arthur C Clarke
2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
I Am Legend - Richard Matheson (best vampire book I've read that beats Anne Rice's emo wimps by far)
Stranger In A Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein
Himmelblomsttreets muligheter/The Sky Flower Tree's Possibilities - Gert Nygårdshaug
Nullpluss pluss/Null-plus plus - Gert Nygårdshaug (about a guy who eats himself, hilarious and thought-provoking)
The Gunslinger - Stephen King (hypnotic to read for me)
Roadside Picnic - Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad (again hypnotic)
We - Yevgeny Zamyatin (if you liked 1984 and Brave New World, read this one)
Eden - Stanislaw Lem
Rendezvous with Rama - Arthur C Clarke
2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C Clarke
Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
Great Odin's raven! I do not think I can talk to you anymore if you enjoyed that book. {shudders}CameronPoe wrote:
The Catcher In The Rye - J. D. Salinger
The Sound and The Fury
Tom Clancy - Rainbow Six / Red Storm Rising
Michael Crichton
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
innumerable others , i like reading.
Tom Clancy - Rainbow Six / Red Storm Rising
Michael Crichton
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
innumerable others , i like reading.
The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
Terry Pratchett's Discworld series (if everyone took on this mans philosophies then the world would be a better place) or well anything by him really.
Jasper Fforde is pretty good with his alternate version of Britain (The socialist republic of Wales wins).
Some Isaac Asimov books and some of the Dune series by Frank Herbert (though i havn't got round to reading them all yet)
Jasper Fforde is pretty good with his alternate version of Britain (The socialist republic of Wales wins).
Some Isaac Asimov books and some of the Dune series by Frank Herbert (though i havn't got round to reading them all yet)
You are the first (and only) person I have come in contact with who doesn't hate that book with a passion.CameronPoe wrote:
The Catcher In The Rye - J. D. Salinger
Anything by terry pratchett.
I'm also a horror book fan, more cheesy the better, King, Laws, Hutson, Herbert.........
I'm also a horror book fan, more cheesy the better, King, Laws, Hutson, Herbert.........
sigh no has said one of the greatest series ever
Hitchhikers guild to the galaxy
Hitchhikers guild to the galaxy