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Tatrion Red Cheep-cheep Level: 18 Posts: 5/215 EXP: 27181 For next: 2716 Since: 08-20-05 Since last post: 8 hours Last activity: 7 hours |
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I want some good books to read, tell me about any good books you've read lately. | |||
Snika Boo Level: 44 Posts: 454/916 EXP: 600678 For next: 10607 Since: 07-21-04 From: Freezing Cold Alaska! Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 2 days |
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Theres this really good book... Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. Its like an adventure/fantasy novel about this one guy who... Umm... Well its been a while sense I finshed the book. But its really great! Neil Gaiman is a good author, but sometimes he can be a pervert. Like in his other novels, the depictions of 'the act' were too much for me, so I had to stop reading. But Neverwhere isn't like those other books, so buy it right now! |
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85 Posts: 3478/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Well, I just finished re-reading the Thrawn Trilogy by Timothy Zahn. Yay Extended Universe! | |||
Legion banning people for no reason sure is fun Level: 101 Posts: 5088/5657 EXP: 10399737 For next: 317938 Since: 03-15-04 From: The Crossroads is under attack! Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 5 days |
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Neverwhere is great but American Gods is better. Anyway, I'll recommend what I'm reading right now which is The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath by H.P. Lovecraft. To sum it up on one word: amazing. They don't write books like these anymore. :/ |
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Tatrion Red Cheep-cheep Level: 18 Posts: 10/215 EXP: 27181 For next: 2716 Since: 08-20-05 Since last post: 8 hours Last activity: 7 hours |
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*Writes these down* Any more? | |||
NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85 Posts: 3480/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Keeping with the EU, if you've got a lot of time to kill, you could try the New Jedi Order, it's 17 books. | |||
alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 5150/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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If you want to read a really good Jungian bunch of books read the "Deptford Trilogy" by Robertson Davies. Micheal Ondaatje's "The English Patient" is a really neat little read. James Joyce "Ulysses". I have so many books to suggest but not enough time to think of them all. |
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Dark Vampriel Lynel "Life is just a dream on the way to death." Level: 57 Posts: 1441/1658 EXP: 1400355 For next: 85573 Since: 08-29-04 From: Somewhere..... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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I'm almost done with a series. Everworld by Applegate. | |||
Cornellius Buster Beetle Level: 33 Posts: 367/460 EXP: 224182 For next: 4997 Since: 06-04-04 From: Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 days Last activity: 10 hours |
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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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drjayphd Beamos What's that spell? pimp! Level: 56 Posts: 1277/1477 EXP: 1387410 For next: 10766 Since: 03-15-04 From: CT Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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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. |
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Uncle Elmo Hammer Brother Partly Sweet, Helpful, good at advice and a half decent writer. Also modest. Level: 49 Posts: 1003/1062 EXP: 845899 For next: 37984 Since: 03-15-04 From: Prestatyn, Uk Since last post: 23 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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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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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85 Posts: 3482/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Originally posted by Uncle ElmoIs it? I saw the movie a little while ago, it was pretty cool. |
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Uncle Elmo Hammer Brother Partly Sweet, Helpful, good at advice and a half decent writer. Also modest. Level: 49 Posts: 1004/1062 EXP: 845899 For next: 37984 Since: 03-15-04 From: Prestatyn, Uk Since last post: 23 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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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. |
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85 Posts: 3486/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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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. | |||
alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 5159/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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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. |
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O.G. Metal axe Level: 22 Posts: 137/169 EXP: 53507 For next: 4843 Since: 03-19-04 Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 2 days |
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A Sanner Darkly- Phillip K. Dick anything by ray bradbury, and H.G Wells |
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Tatrion Red Cheep-cheep Level: 18 Posts: 26/215 EXP: 27181 For next: 2716 Since: 08-20-05 Since last post: 8 hours Last activity: 7 hours |
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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 | |||
Dark Vampriel Lynel "Life is just a dream on the way to death." Level: 57 Posts: 1444/1658 EXP: 1400355 For next: 85573 Since: 08-29-04 From: Somewhere..... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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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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Legion banning people for no reason sure is fun Level: 101 Posts: 5097/5657 EXP: 10399737 For next: 317938 Since: 03-15-04 From: The Crossroads is under attack! Since last post: 5 days Last activity: 5 days |
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Originally posted by Dark Vampriel 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". |
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Cornellius Buster Beetle Level: 33 Posts: 369/460 EXP: 224182 For next: 4997 Since: 06-04-04 From: Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 days Last activity: 10 hours |
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Originally posted by alte Hexe It's just a taste thing, relax. (edited by Cornellius on 08-22-05 11:58 PM) (edited by Cornellius on 08-22-05 11:59 PM) |
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