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alte Hexe
Posts: 5179/5458 |
Red Mars is pretty groovy. And Kaufmann's Up the Down Staircase is a pretty drugs book  |
Xeolord
Posts: 3143/3418 |
If you want something futuristic, original, and similar to that of Star Wars, but with magic, and incredible character development: Dune. |
Toxic
Posts: 2805/2857 |
Catch-22
A simply incredible book. It might be a little tough at first, but keep with it. |
alte Hexe
Posts: 5177/5458 |
Make Love The Bruce Campbell Way
Best book ever. |
Bella
Posts: 1861/2962 |
Catcher in the Rye
Best school book I was forced to read and I actually read all of it.
I heard the Da Vinci Code was good.
The Child Called It
I need to get more into reading  |
PumpkinPie
Posts: 953/1158 |
Definately the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, if you're into Sci-Fi, Humor, Adventure, and Really Random Things.
Also the Dark Elf Trilogy. I just read it a few months back, and it's awesome. |
Dark Vampriel
Posts: 1445/1658 |
Originally posted by Viceroy Legion
Originally posted by Dark Vampriel
The Vampire Chronicals by Anne Rice is awesome!  I forgot what all there is for that series but I can name most of them that are in it though.
Interview with the Vampire
The Vampire Lestat
Queen of the Damned
The Body Thief
Memnoch the Devil
The Vampire Armand
I, too, am a big fan of the series. Did you read Blood Canticle yet? I have it but I haven't gotten around to reading it at this moment in time.
Oh, and that's "The Tale of the Body Thief". 
Well I was on the right track with that title.  Besides Interview with the Vampire, that's my other favorite book of the series. And no I haven't read Blood Canticle. I'm working on finishing Everworld right now. Another series I can recommend is Sweep. I've already finished that seres and the novel that is a few years after the last book of the series. I'm like getting into first person written books now.  |
Cornellius
Posts: 369/460 |
Originally posted by alte Hexe
Don't listen to Cornellius, I've read all of those books. They stink.
It's just a taste thing, relax. |
Legion
Posts: 5097/5657 |
Originally posted by Dark Vampriel
The Vampire Chronicals by Anne Rice is awesome! I forgot what all there is for that series but I can name most of them that are in it though.
Interview with the Vampire
The Vampire Lestat
Queen of the Damned
The Body Thief
Memnoch the Devil
The Vampire Armand
I, too, am a big fan of the series. Did you read Blood Canticle yet? I have it but I haven't gotten around to reading it at this moment in time.
Oh, and that's "The Tale of the Body Thief". |
Dark Vampriel
Posts: 1444/1658 |
The Vampire Chronicals by Anne Rice is awesome! I forgot what all there is for that series but I can name most of them that are in it though.
Interview with the Vampire
The Vampire Lestat
Queen of the Damned
The Body Thief
Memnoch the Devil
The Vampire Armand
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Tatrion
Posts: 26/215 |
Wow, this topic got a lot of posts fast  I have way more suggestions then I thought I was gonna get now, I gotta go to the library  |
O.G.
Posts: 137/169 |
A Sanner Darkly- Phillip K. Dick
anything by ray bradbury, and H.G Wells |
alte Hexe
Posts: 5159/5458 |
Don't listen to Cornellius, I've read all of those books. They stink.
Okay, Red Dragon in the Hannibal Lector series is pretty cool, but Hannibal and Silence of the Lambs are pretty lame. And DA VINCI CODE? Gah. That is terrible. Grow some testes and read a good critique of the Roman Catholic Church. Hitler's Pope is a really good read.
Oh, if you enjoy comics - it is difficult to find in the States - but well worth it...The book Louis Riel by Chester Brown. It's a lovely hard-cover comic book retailing for just over 22 dollars US. Absolutely brilliant retelling of one of the many Canadian rebels following the Confederation of 1867. |
NSNick
Posts: 3486/3875 |
I'm not sure what version. Probably the most basic one. Someone had downloaded it- it was subtitled. And I don't really remember the characters' names, since I only saw it once, and we were drinking and talking through parts of it. |
Uncle Elmo
Posts: 1004/1062 |
NS Nick - Well the book upon which the film is based goes into MUCH more detail about each of the students in turn, their motivations,, what causes them to act the way they do and the program itself. It's much more graphic too. It's easy to follow if you've seen the film because only the name of the bloke in charge has been changed (all the students are called the same).
If you can't stomach the book (as it's pretty long) then you could go for the Manga which follows the book much closely than the film.
Which version of the film did you see? The Special edition is excellent with the additional scenes in it.
Oh and the Battle Royale 2 film is nowhere near as good as it's predecessor. |
NSNick
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Originally posted by Uncle Elmo
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami (Awesome book, better than the film)
Is it? I saw the movie a little while ago, it was pretty cool. |
Uncle Elmo
Posts: 1003/1062 |
The Discworld Series - Terry Pratchett (nearly 30 books there to choose from - I'd suggest "Mort" myself)
The Red Dwarf Series - Rob Grant and Doug Naylor
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy (of Five) by Douglas Adams
Battle Royale by Koushun Takami (Awesome book, better than the film)
The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper (A but of fantasy mixed in with some Celtic Mythology)
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drjayphd
Posts: 1277/1477 |
Not exactly the MOST recent of books, but anything by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. or Anthony Burgess. You know the latter for A Clockwork Orange.
If you don't loathe sports, Ball Four by Jim Bouton's pretty good. Pissed off the commish, owners, and players but good by telling it how it was. |
Cornellius
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DaVinci Code - Dan Brown
Dreamcatcher - Stephen King
The Stand - Stephen King
It - Stephen King
Any John Irving stuff
The Last Jury - John Grisham
The Hannibal Lecter trilogy (better than the movies IMO)
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Dark Vampriel
Posts: 1441/1658 |
I'm almost done with a series. Everworld by Applegate. |
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