Favorite Books

http://nmaps.net/user/Onesevennine · Postby **OneSevenNine** » 2008.12.02 (23:26)

A Void by Georges Perec (trans. Gilbert Adair): This book has no "e"'s in it, (No, really) making it a strange read, but Perec's writing style dazzles me every time I see it.
The rules of perspective by Adam Thorpe
The areas of my expertise by John Hodgman: Funniest three hundred pages of non-sequitirs ever.

http://nmaps.net/user/matttaylor · Postby **matttaylor** » 2008.12.15 (23:27)

My favorite is the Power of five series by Anthony Horowitz, because they are written so well and has a great story-line

http://nmaps.net/user/epigone · Postby **epigone** » 2008.12.16 (01:05)

I like dystopian novels, particularly 1984, Brave New World, The Handmaid's Tales, Fahrenheit 451, etc.

I also really love any Vonnegut books.

http://nmaps.net/user/slayr · Postby **Slayr** » 2008.12.16 (02:49)

i liked all the rede wall books(brian jacques), the shannara books(terry brooks), thw word/ void series(terry brooks), pendragon(d.J machale), aex rider(anthony horowitz), the malzan empire books(steven erikson, still reading them), can't remember the series, but it' by terry goodkind and finallt the genesis of shannara series and it's by terry brooks(go terry!!!!) oh, and the inheritance series(eragon, eldest and brisingr) were ok, and you cant forget the Landover series(terry brooks), darksword trilogy(cant remember who wrote it) the shadow series(tad williams), memory sorrow and thorn(tad williams) and cant forget the ultimate book THE MISSING PIECE(thats a classic, shel silverstein)

http://nmaps.net/user/pni · Postby **Pixon** » 2008.12.18 (23:57)

Anything by Roald Dahl please me.

Postby **blackson** » 2008.12.20 (05:23)

A Brief History of Time- Stephen Hawkins
The Artemis Fowl Series.
Atheism: The Case Against God- George Smith
Adrift-Steve Callahan

Just a few.

Postby **Luminaflare** » 2008.12.23 (16:16)

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami is making its way higher in to my top ranked books the more I read it. Also Tsukatu, thanks for the recommendation of Transmetropolitan.

Postby **blackson** » 2008.12.24 (08:29)

I got this book called "Rapture for the Geeks" at Barnes and Noble a few days ago.

I love it.

Postby **otters~1** » 2008.12.26 (19:57)

The Silmarillion, Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Lost Tales, etc...
The Hitchhiker's Guide books and the even funnier Dirk Gently novels.
Narnia--those books have more symbolism than anything I've ever read.
1984 was good.
Dickens.
Dante.
The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Louis Lamour.
Anything about baseball.
PG Wodehouse--Douglas Adams' inspiration.
Isaac Asimov.
The Harry Potter series was quite good.
And finally, something I'm surprised no one has mentioned yet: His Dark Materials, by Phillip Pullman.

Obviously this list is quite incomplete. By the way, I read a lot. :)

Postby **SlappyMcGee** » 2008.12.26 (20:49)

Tsukatu wrote:
Transmetropolitan
I feel I can't adequately explain why until you start reading, and by that point I wouldn't have anything to explain.

kai had a Transmetropolitan avatar without even knowing what it was, but I set him straight, I did.

Well, so far as traditional novels go,

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon (Actually, I hate this book. But it's good, sort of.)
The first couple books of Hitchhiker's Guide by Douglas Adams.
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. (although I liked the movie more...)

I dunno, fuck novels. Graphic Novels are where it's at.

Anything by Grant Morrison, like the incredible All-Star Superman.
Kingdom Come.
Joe Kelly's work on Deadpool.
Warren Ellis, as previously mentioned.
Watchmen, although I suppose that's rather tired.

Oh, back on books.

Catch-22 was very good.
Anything and everything by Kurt Vonnegut. But especially Slaughterhouse Five. But also especially everything else.

I should clarify. Everyone in Canada has this love relationship with Life of Pi, and I fucking hate that book. The ending ruined the middle, and the middle ruined the beginning. Also, in rage at the metaphor, I ripped the tiger out of the cover from my book, and now there's a hole in my book.

Ooooh. The Big Sleep.

Heart of Darkness.

Oh, yeah, and Dune. And everything by Fyodor Dostoevsky, but less than Vonnegut.

Postby **origami_alligator** » 2008.12.26 (21:01)

Dune was one of the greatest books I have ever read.
the Abhorsen series (Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen) by Garth Nix were all very good, though the last book was a bit too short, and Lirael was a bit too long.
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman were some of the greatest books. The way in which he described creatures from other worlds entirely was amazing and he gave a lot of personality and character to the settings and people within the books.
Someone mentioned Roald Dahl, and I want to add Daniel Pinkwater to the "anything by this author" list.
Anthem by Ayn Rand is one of the most interesting books I have come across. I still have yet to read The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, but I have heard they are both good as well.

Currently I'm between reading The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowldge, by Carlos Castaneda, and The Republic, by Plato.

http://nmaps.net/user/z3phyr · Postby **Zephyr** » 2008.12.29 (05:46)

Matthew Reilly ftw

http://nmaps.net/user/bobaganuesh_2 · Postby **bobaganuesh_2** » 2008.12.30 (00:14)

The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King, most notably The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger and The Dark Tower III: The Wastelands , though I ahve not read the last book in the series yet. Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis I read as a 'child' and it resonates through my head. I have read the prelude to Dune Trilogy, and my favourite of that is probably Dune: House Harkonnen. Animal Farm was quite enjoyable, I look forward to reading 1984 sooner or later. Mind of the Raven by Bernd Heinrich is a sort of biological analysis of the behavior of ravens, and talks about their intellect and social tendencies. Of course the graphic novel V for Vendetta by Alan Moors and David Lloyd.made me more cynical towards the movie (I should be finished Watchmen by now but I'm so goddam procrastinative! That was pretty amazing. And most recently The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Truly heart-warming.

http://nmaps.net/user/crescor · Postby **crescor** » 2008.12.30 (08:45)

The name of the rose - Umberto Eco.

I challenge you all to read 'Ullyses', from James Joyce. The most difficult book ever written.
I made it to page 304

Postby **Luminaflare** » 2008.12.30 (13:08)

How can a book be difficult? O_o

http://nmaps.net/user/wulfgang · Postby **wolfgang** » 2008.12.30 (13:39)

Perdido Street Station and The Scar by China Mieville, dark twisted steam punk fantasy. The imagination of the man is breathtaking, and his prose is beautiful. I'm just about to start reading Iron Council, which I got for Christmas.

Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson, the series is overall pretty shaky, but this is epic fantasy at it's finest. An engaging, grueling tragedy from start to finish.

The Life of Pi could get a mention, a great concept and a touching journey that only get's cooler once it starts to bleed surrealism and an unreliable narrator. The ambiguous ending is lovely.

Luminaflare wrote:How can a book be difficult? O_o

Seriously, you've never heard the term?

Difficult just means it takes a lot of mental agility or effort to read. The language can be particularly complex. The plot can be convoluted to follow, or there can just be some mind-bending concepts that you struggle to comprehend.

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