yaebginn Posted July 14, 2004 Posted July 14, 2004 Recommend your favorite book(s) so all of us can enjoy. No Star wars books. Visions from a Foxhole- a WWII book I'm currently reading. It's very good and is written by a rifleman in the 94th Infantry Division. It's good.
ET Warrior Posted July 14, 2004 Posted July 14, 2004 Enders Game, and all sequels. Fantastic books by Orson Scott Card. Timeline by Michael Crichton - My Favorite book ever. The Icarus Hunt by Timothy Zahn - also a great story Harry Potter series - You can drop dead if you want to bash on it for being a "kiddie" book. This is an amazing story and you're a fool if you deprive yourself of it.
Alegis Posted July 14, 2004 Posted July 14, 2004 Robert Ludlum - The bourne saga (identity,supremacy,ultimatum) (bear in mind that the movie has nothing to do with the books. Yes you heard me. Big dissapointment) Alistair MacLean - The satan bug The last frontier Athabasca (only books ive read of him as of today so you'll might to try any alistair maclean )
Doomie Posted July 14, 2004 Posted July 14, 2004 All stuff by tolkien. Some stuff by Tom Clancy. I'm not gonna type it all out, since you know what tolkien wrote and i forgot what Clancy all wrote, but they're pretty good authors. Also, i agree with Harry Potter. I read them all. People who think they are boring are probably outcast that have soemthing against popular thing and necissarily don't want to ahve anything to do with it. Oh, and i also recommend Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer.
B1GC Posted July 14, 2004 Posted July 14, 2004 Anne McCaffery: Freedom's Landing Freedom's Choice Freedom's Challenge trilogy, start with the first and go down....very addicitng about a girl with a group of humans who have been captured by aliens and then are placed on a far off planet and begin to start a new civilization with the few tools they have until the eventualy become powerful enough to take over their captive
VanLingo Posted July 14, 2004 Posted July 14, 2004 The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum (haven't read the others yet) Jurassic Park and The Lost World by Michael Crichton (much more detailed and way better than the movies) The Great Train Robbery and Congo, also by Michael Crichton The Client by John Grisham Dune by Frank Herbert
yaebginn Posted July 14, 2004 Author Posted July 14, 2004 Thanx ya'll. Armor by John Steakly(sp? there might be another e in there) It's like Starship Troopers but written like a book and better. Tex by S.E. Hinton and all other SE Hinton books.
Guest Jed Posted July 14, 2004 Posted July 14, 2004 The Foundation Series, includes 6 books, by Isaac Asimov. I, Robot is good too, and has just about nothing to do with the movie that will soon disgrace the book's name...
Xirion Posted July 15, 2004 Posted July 15, 2004 I agree with Lingo on Jurassic Park and Lost World good stuff! Timeline was average enjoyed his other works more! Mystic River! top read! LOTR!!! w00tage!
yaebginn Posted August 1, 2004 Author Posted August 1, 2004 cool, thanx guys. I'm about to read an Aerosmith book called Walk This Way, I'll tell u about it when I finsih.
DarthDurp Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 This may seem weird because i'm only 15 years old but here's my list. The Great Gatsby - the greatest love story of all time Daisy Miller - great read Tale of Two Cities - outstanding message A World Lit Only By Fire - My religious views War and Peace - those crazy russians Anthem - why communism sucks Canterbury Tales - really, really old, but great My Life (Bill Clinton) - I know many of you hate him, but it's a great read To Kill A Mocking Bird - of course
SkinWalker Posted August 1, 2004 Posted August 1, 2004 I've never been able to bring myself to read War and Peace. But the rest rock. I think I've read all except Anthem, and [A World...[/i] I didn't like Daisy Miller, but I think its mostly because I'm biased against Henry James... He's far too boring and was very critical of Mark Twain (basically saying that history would never remember his "new style of literature." How wrong he was!). My recommendations: The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan. How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci by Michael J. Gelb "What Do You Care What People Think?" by Richard Feynman The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins I'm currently reading A Devil's Chaplain by Dawkins. It's been a while since I read any good fiction (though I did read Go Dog, Go by Dr. Seuss to my daughter the other day), but I'm thinking of re-reading Moby Dick.
yaebginn Posted August 1, 2004 Author Posted August 1, 2004 Moby ick was good, but the whole long bit about whale was boring as mess. It seemed to me that he just did it to prove he knew about whales. It was good, I enjoyed it.
yaebginn Posted August 7, 2004 Author Posted August 7, 2004 bump, and oh, I started Icaris Hunt, I'm when they get to that one planet and cant land, right after they find the truth about tera. its awesome, so far. man, it took a chapter to get into it, but now that I am into it, its hard to put it down. good recommnedation u guys. I also rented Tiemline, and Prey both by Micahel Crichton.(sp)
ET Warrior Posted August 8, 2004 Posted August 8, 2004 Michael Crichton is a fantastic author, and Timeline and Prey are both Fantastic. Just wait till the end of Icarus Hunt Yaeb, you'll be like this
yaebginn Posted August 9, 2004 Author Posted August 9, 2004 wow, I finioshed it last night. wow. I had to reread the last page or two to make sure I didnt read it wrong. that was a real good book. probably my fav Zahn book, maybe second fav, I dunno. I'm starting timeline now, I saw the movie, and maybe I can read it faster, cause I can understand it better.
BobaFett123456 Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 Everything by R.A. Salvatore is the best! You all should read The Icewindale Trilogy! It's a really great book.
reltes Posted August 9, 2004 Posted August 9, 2004 all H.P. Lovecraft! and anything related to the Cthulhu Mythos. all Robert E. Howard!(creator of conan) Karl Edward Wagners' Kane stories
yaebginn Posted August 10, 2004 Author Posted August 10, 2004 thanx, man, Timeline is way diferent then the movie! I mean, for one, Chris isnt the Proffesors real son in the book, and the whole jousting thing wasnt in the film. The book is way better.
ET Warrior Posted August 11, 2004 Posted August 11, 2004 Timeline the book is infinitely better than the movie.
yaebginn Posted August 11, 2004 Author Posted August 11, 2004 yeah, I am flying through the pages. I mean, I'll probly finish it 2morrow, and I satrted sunday. I have to finsh timeline and prey by saturday. It truly is a great book. I think its best to see the movie, then read the book, cause if u read thew book first, u will hate the movie, cause its so different. I thought the movie is ok, but the book is way better, they explain everytihng way more. and while some movies based on books just cut things out, the Timeline movie makes up new things altogether.
Virtuosis Posted August 11, 2004 Posted August 11, 2004 Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk also the Ender's Game series is awesome..
ET Warrior Posted August 11, 2004 Posted August 11, 2004 Originally posted by Virtuosis also the Ender's Game series is awesome.. Have you also read the Ender's Shadow parallel series? I've only read two of the three book so far, but they're so ridiculously good it makes me weep
Virtuosis Posted August 11, 2004 Posted August 11, 2004 I only read the first book, kind of lost interest after that. But I've heard really good things about it. Maybe I'll pick it up in the future.
obaraljamar Posted August 12, 2004 Posted August 12, 2004 The Stand - gotta be Stephen King's best The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis doing his thing Catcher in the Rye - just beautiful Catch-22 - woo! war satire here we come How to Lie With Statistics - this was written in the like the 50s and people still dont realize that they're being tricked by numbers thats enough for now -Z
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