Black Knight of Keno Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 LotR - John Ronald Reuel Tolkien The dark elf- trilogy - R.A. Salvatore Silmarillion - John Ronal Reuel Tolkien That last one was a shocker to you, eh? I really do like Silmarillion. w00t! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Lion54 Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Originally posted by Astrotoy7 ........ Mystery/Detective : The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...... ......... [/b] Alright!!! Another Sir Arthur fan. I loved "The Lost World" as well. Also, I loved "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by the immortal Samual Clements. "Oliver Twist" by the equally impressive Charles Dickens. And I am a hugh fan of the Harry Potter books. Thats off the top of my head. I could go on, but I'll stop there. I need to go find the Persian slipper that I keep my tabacco in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Personally, I like Othello and Caesar... After that I like Caesar and Hamlet. Tales of betrayal and mistrust. You'll most likely see allusion to these in the upcoming Star Wars film as well Anakin: "Et tu, Padme? - Then Fall Anakin" (Lucas 3.1.77) Mace: "Yond Anakin has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous." (1.2. 194-95 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joetheeskimo Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 Eragon, by Christopher Palioni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wilson Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 many of mine have been already been stated but for repition - Anything from the discworld The gap series The dragon reborn (tho the series is waning now ) I wouldnt class it as a favourate, but i do love Angels and demons, although i felt digtal fortress was a better story, mainly as A+D had a weak ending in my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 LotR - J.R.R. Tolkein (duh) Although I'm not all the way through it... The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas And *fanboy alert* Halo: The Fall of Reach and Halo: First Strike, by Eric C. Nylund. They both make the Halo games have a better story than you would think. Oh, and The Giver and The Outsiders, I read them both in 7th, 8th, and 9th grade. Can't remember the authors though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Originally posted by wassup Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke Egh, that was well written, but depressing. I dislike it. :/ Fantasy: Sabriel / Garth Nix > LOTR > Wizard's First Rule / Terry Goodkind Scifi: Ender's Game / Orson Scott Card > Children of the Mind / Orson Scott Card > The Uplift War / David Brin > Earth / David Brin > Rendezvous with Rama / Arthur C. Clarke Other favs: The Time Ships, Ring, Anti-Ice, Lirael, Abhorsen, Ghost of the Grand Banks, Pastwatch, Foundation (all), and a lot more that I can list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Jedi Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Oy, I don't know that I can pick just one, but the most timeless one so far would probably be The Dark Glory War by Michael A. Stackpole. Awesome book; his best ever. Other faves: Ender's Game and Hart's Hope. Orson Scott Card is absolutely amazing. He writes human emotion like no other. He's the only author that's made me cry at a book. Okay there's one other, but I wasn't nearly as emotional as Card makes me. Garth Nix is great too. Shade's Children, The Old Kingdom Trilogy, etc. As for just good fiction: Isabel's Daughter by Judith Ryan Hendricks Great book. Required reading: I really liked O Pioneers by Willa Cather. Plus so many more, but the list is way too long to write here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrotoy7 Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Originally posted by dole_4 .... LOTR - hmmm the story was awesome but the actual book wasn't that great. I sort of consider it a flawed masterpiece, JRR's imagination skills didn't match his writing skills ... indeed... a modern day publisher would send poor JRR back to school, or get a ghost writer in.... sure the ideas, characters, events are amazing, but JRR was a linguist, not a writer.....it shows btw, nice to see another aussie around OI ! mtfbwya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_hill987 Posted May 12, 2005 Author Share Posted May 12, 2005 Originally posted by Astrotoy7 indeed... a modern day publisher would send poor JRR back to school, or get a ghost writer in.... sure the ideas, characters, events are amazing, but JRR was a linguist, not a writer.....it shows I'm not sure you are right, I think he ment to use that style, sure it makes it harder to read but it adds to the illusion that the story is from long ago, the original coppy maybe even written by Bilbo Baggins himself. which makes him a better writer than most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Originally posted by StormHammer The first time I read them they were hard going in parts (I know I got Lord Foul's Bane not long after release in 1977, so I was 10 at the time), but for me the world just came to life. I could 'see' the locations and characters vividly in my minds eye as I was reading. Me too. Thats why i persevered with them. I think it was mainly his writing style i found hard to read... the plots, worlds and characters were great. I tell you what, IMHO they would make an excellent movie trilogy. At the same time very LOTR, slightly ROTS and more down to earth than both. I'd also probably enjoy them more in that format. I did love the way it just kept getting worse and worse. I think this is probably what Lucas was going for in the new SW films, but hasn't nailed it. LOTR - hmmm the story was awesome but the actual book wasn't that great. I sort of consider it a flawed masterpiece, JRR's imagination skills didn't match his writing skills ... :confused: If anything its the other way round. His imagination, the worlds he created (and by extension the worlds i saw in my immagination) was just miles beyond any world that had been created before, or probably since. Why do you think almost every fanasty book /film/game since then has been tolkienesque? You could argue that his writing skills were more on the academic side, and this made the book inacsessible to many. A lot of my mates never made it past all the story telling and songs at rivendell... which is all great from his pointof view as a language professor, but not so good in terms of reader interest. I think they all loved the books once the films inspired them to persevere past that bit though. Other faves: Ender's Game I did like that book, but only read it last month so i don't know if it will stay with me. I liked it enough that i asked for the sequels for my b-day and have them ready to read by my bed. My favourite would probably be Neuromancer by William Gibson. That would probably be the other one in my top three, along with Dark Materials and LOTR. -------- Someone should do a site or a BB plugin that allows readers to list favorite books, music, dvds etc.. and automatically creates froogle (uk!) wishlists for forums based on the combined suggestions of its users. Be a great way to find new things. (© Tom 2005) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 I'm reading Star Wars : Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover. So far, it's the best Star Wars script adaptation I have ever read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdcfanbill Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 Originally posted by dole_4 My favourite would probably be Neuromancer by William Gibson. Excellent book, Philip K Dicks Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is one of my favs as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wilson Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 Originally posted by Samuel Dravis Wizard's First Rule / Terry Goodkind First of a great set i hasten to add to this. Just finshed re reading faith of the fallen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokemaster Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy series by douglas adams The time machine by H.G. Wells Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes The Count of Monte Cristo by ??? The Stand by Stephen King Jurassic Park by Micheal Crichton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Jedi Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 Originally posted by jokemaster The Count of Monte Cristo by ??? Alexander Dumas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 Originally posted by Captain Wilson First of a great set i hasten to add to this. Just finshed re reading faith of the fallen Yeah, Faith of the Fallen is really excellent if you've read all the rest before it, even though those aren't as good as WFR and FotF. I liked The Count of Monte Cristo. It seemed to lag in the middle section, though once he got out of prison it was excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagobahn Eagle Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 - The Tommorow Series by John Marden. - Dan Brown's books. - Roald Dahl's books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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