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Favourite fiction? I'd to say Neuromancer by William Gibson. Non-fiction? The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell.

[unoriginal name]

I have a bad habit of reading far too many books at once. Right now I'm working on A Wild Sheep Chase, Fanny and Zoey, Neuromancer, and Super Cannes, along with several short story collections.

By the way, I was surprised to learn that 1984 was the book people most commonly lied about having read. I thought it was a very good book. Difficult, sure, but not that hard to read. I did prefer Animal Farm, though.

[Universezero]

I'm re-reading Harry Potter 7, becaues there's nothing else to read.

However, before that, I had a few good books: Shogun, by James Clavell, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, the Tomorrow, When the War Began series by John Marsden, and Brisinger, by Chistopher Paolini.

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I'm re-reading Harry Potter 7, becaues there's nothing else to read.

There's... there's nothing else to read? What kind of statement is that?

[unoriginal name]

I'm re-reading Harry Potter 7, becaues there's nothing else to read.

There's... there's nothing else to read? What kind of statement is that?

I think it's very obvious. UZ has read everything ever written, and decided that Harry Potter is the only book good enough to reread. A profoundly logical decision, to be sure.

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Holy balls, you beat me to it. I had actually came to this particular forum to make a topic about books. O_o.

Anyways, read Mailman. I forgot the author, but man. That book changed my life. His prose, as the critics say, really is mesmerizing. It is a bit adult (he talks about sx, and describes it, though not in great detail, while he's having it. There's only one or two scenes of it, though), so the minority o Metanet shouldn't read it, but it's a fantastic book.

Also, the Twighlight series is pretty good. I don't get all worked up about it, and the movie was atrocious, but the books are great. It's definitely worth a read. If you can find any, that is.

[SlappyMcGee]

Holy balls, you beat me to it. I had actually came to this particular forum to make a topic about books. O_o.

Anyways, read Mailman. I forgot the author, but man. That book changed my life. His prose, as the critics say, really is mesmerizing. It is a bit adult (he talks about sx, and describes it, though not in great detail, while he's having it. There's only one or two scenes of it, though), so the minority o Metanet shouldn't read it, but it's a fantastic book.

Also, the Twighlight series is pretty good. I don't get all worked up about it, and the movie was atrocious, but the books are great. It's definitely worth a read. If you can find any, that is.

Until you mentioned Twilight, I was moderatle excited for your mysterbook. :/

[Amadeus]

Holy balls, you beat me to it. I had actually came to this particular forum to make a topic about books. O_o.

Anyways, read Mailman. I forgot the author, but man. That book changed my life. His prose, as the critics say, really is mesmerizing. It is a bit adult (he talks about sx, and describes it, though not in great detail, while he's having it. There's only one or two scenes of it, though), so the minority o Metanet shouldn't read it, but it's a fantastic book.

Also, the Twighlight series is pretty good. I don't get all worked up about it, and the movie was atrocious, but the books are great. It's definitely worth a read. If you can find any, that is.

Until you mentioned Twilight, I was moderatle excited for your mysterbook. :/

Same. Guess I won't be reading Mailman.

And Harry Potter...
*winces*

[SlappyMcGee]

Anyways, read Mailman. I forgot the author, but man.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Lennon
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Anyways, read Mailman. I forgot the author, but man.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Lennon
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The one and the same.

Also, just try out Twilight. The movie really was horrible. Excruciating, even. Robert Pattinson and that other girl were horrible actors. And the lopped off a huge amount of all the stuff that made the book good. Same goes for Harry Potter. It's like they hired high school dropouts as directors. Both series are fairly decent, bu their movie and game adaptations are so bad, I can't even describe it. Them.

To make matters worse, Twilight is freeakin' everywhere, and will be until all those fangirls stop drooling over Edward Cullen's dashingly good looks, and whatnot. Harry Potter was the subject of fanboy/girlism for a while too. It's all a damned shame.


Side note: The book didn't actually change my life. rather, it changed my outlook on it. And it's enhanced my writing skills a bunch too.

[wolfgang]

Just finished 'The Sorrow of War' by Bao Ninh. That is a SAD book, very good though once you get used to the schizophrenic timeline. Maybe doesn't quite live up to the accolades that were piled on it.

[bobaganuesh_2]

Reading now...

Spook Country by William Gibson. The first post-post-911 book. About half way through it; the first seventy-or-so pages are a drag but it gets pretty good towards the middle.

I read through 50 pages of that book last year before I had to put it down because it was confusing as fuck. So I picked up Neuromancer to get familiar Gibson's style, although I haven't read it yet.

Currently I'm just about finished The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill which is an autobiography/study about how a worn out dharma bum finds the meaning of his life by interacting with a flock of wild parrots. I took out Arabian Nights out of the library out of my curiosity of Arabic/Islamic culture, and I must say that these tales are quite mesmering; a complete joy to read and soak in the rich history of the culture. Also from the library is Favorite Tales of Sholom Aleichem by short-story writer and Fablist Sholom Aleichem, a Yiddish author. I became interested in his works after reading "Rabchik, A Jewish Dog" in a novel/collection of dog stories, which is essentially an allegory of the history and treatment of the Jewish people written in author's style of smart-aleck humor.

[lord_day]

Catch 22 is my favourite book ever. Nothing else has made me laugh out loud while reading it before. It's a wonderful book.

[scythe]

I'm currently about a third of the way through War and Peace, but I'm stalled due to the massive amount of work that seems to have piled up all at once. I've also been meaning to read a whole ton of other stuff, in particular The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier, on various recommendations from friends.

Also, everyone who mentioned Ayn Rand is a tool.

[SlappyMcGee]

Catch 22 is my favourite book ever. Nothing else has made me laugh out loud while reading it before. It's a wonderful book.

I bet if we did a poll, this and Neuromancer would top out for Metanetters. AF and another member also consider this their favorite book.

[Tunco]

Just finished a book by Nicola Morgan, Know Your Brain. Very fun to read, interesting book.

Looks childish, don't let that convince you to not to read the book.

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Good God. Wow... I... I'm sorry, guys. I just reread Twilight, and.... Dear God. I dunno how I ever thought that shit was decent. I apologise.

Also, Neverwhere be Neil Gaiman. I've heard that Gaiman's a fantastic author, and after reading this, I completely agree. I haven't read Sandman, my library doesn't carry it, but this book is very good.

[SlappyMcGee]

Good God. Wow... I... I'm sorry, guys. I just reread Twilight, and.... Dear God. I dunno how I ever thought that shit was decent. I apologise.

Also, Neverwhere be Neil Gaiman. I've heard that Gaiman's a fantastic author, and after reading this, I completely agree. I haven't read Sandman, my library doesn't carry it, but this book is very good.

I'm sad because I feel like you've just fallen victim to peer pressure, or before you had fallen victim to reverse peer pressure (this exists.)

[toasters]

Last few books I ready were Haruki Murakami's work. Kafka on the Shore, Sputnik Sweetheart, After Dark, and after the quake.

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Good God. Wow... I... I'm sorry, guys. I just reread Twilight, and.... Dear God. I dunno how I ever thought that shit was decent. I apologise.

Also, Neverwhere be Neil Gaiman. I've heard that Gaiman's a fantastic author, and after reading this, I completely agree. I haven't read Sandman, my library doesn't carry it, but this book is very good.

I'm sad because I feel like you've just fallen victim to peer pressure, or before you had fallen victim to reverse peer pressure (this exists.)

No, I haven't fallen victim to peer pressure. I did exaggerate the bad-ness of the book, however. It's not as bad as I was making it sounds, no, but it is still pretty bad. And I'm really not sure what reverse peer pressure is. :/.

And I actually read Gaiman's Neverwhere a while ago, I just never got around to posting about it. Just in case that's part of what you meant abot the whole peer pressure thing.

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Good God. Wow... I... I'm sorry, guys. I just reread Twilight, and.... Dear God. I dunno how I ever thought that shit was decent. I apologise.

Also, Neverwhere be Neil Gaiman. I've heard that Gaiman's a fantastic author, and after reading this, I completely agree. I haven't read Sandman, my library doesn't carry it, but this book is very good.

I'm sad because I feel like you've just fallen victim to peer pressure, or before you had fallen victim to reverse peer pressure (this exists.)

No, I haven't fallen victim to peer pressure. I did exaggerate the bad-ness of the book, however. It's not as bad as I was making it sounds, no, but it is still pretty bad. And I'm really not sure what reverse peer pressure is. :/.

Yeah, this was a fairly obvious cock-swinging match with your previous self, and you lost, thanks to everyone who says Twilight is terrible (which it is).

I read Twilight. I really did. I wanted to be reasonable in my irrational criticisms of those batshit devoted fans, and I must admit that not only was it a chore to read, but the writing style was grating (purple prose that sometimes makes the Inheritance series look like Ernest Hemingway) and disjointed, and the whole plot was "BELLA BELLA EDWARD EDWARD EDWARD DANGER BELLA BELLA EDWARD EDWARD EDWARD EXTRA-LONG DANGER BELLA EDWARD EDWARD." That, aside from my obvious miscellaneous problems with it...such as sparkling vampires...unstated pedo-necrophilia...Mary Sue-age to shame even me...

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I read Twilight. I really did. I wanted to be reasonable in my irrational criticisms of those batshit devoted fans, and I must admit that not only was it a chore to read, but the writing style was grating (purple prose that sometimes makes the Inheritance series look like Ernest Hemingway) and disjointed, and the whole plot was "BELLA BELLA EDWARD EDWARD EDWARD DANGER BELLA BELLA EDWARD EDWARD EDWARD EXTRA-LONG DANGER BELLA EDWARD EDWARD." That, aside from my obvious miscellaneous problems with it...such as sparkling vampires...unstated pedo-necrophilia...Mary Sue-age to shame even me...

What a great post. Anyway, Slappy, you really should start some sort of best-book poll. Perhaps you could get nominations first, to cut down the sample size.

[SlappyMcGee]

This is as good a place as any to let everybody know that they should save their "Best of..." lists for November. I'm going to be running a myriad of threads for '00s, '09, and all-time lists and try and distill the opinions of Metanet.


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[Broghan]

The last book that I read or was reading before I lost interest in books for a while was A Brief History Of Time. I want to get into a series of books by John Swartzwelder. Apparently he is a hilarious author. He writes for the Simpsons, also.

[乳头的早餐谷物]

The last book that I read or was reading before I lost interest in books for a while was A Brief History Of Time. I want to get into a series of books by John Swartzwelder. Apparently he is a hilarious author. He writes for the Simpsons, also.

Swartzwelder writes books? Surely awesome.