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Post by Darth Turkish on Mar 25, 2004 19:38:44 GMT -5
I read lots of fantasy books, still love that stuff from my old DnD days.
I love the original RE howard Conan stuff, and Salvatore's Drizzt stuff is great.
Also read Jordan, Goodkind, and George RR Martin.
Anyone else?
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Post by TheOtherTravis on Mar 25, 2004 21:07:20 GMT -5
Salvatore's Drizzt sagas are great. ;D The only fantasy series that I have bought every part of. Terry Brooks' original Shannara series was really good. I've got some of Jordan, Goodkind, and George RR Martin(have you read any of his Wildcard superhero series?). Also, Tolkien(of course!!!) I also read a good bit of DnD series(Dragonlance Chronicles by Weis and Hickman, most of the novels by Ed Greenwood, along with any other that I strikes me as interesting).
Also, David Morrell, an action adventure writer, is one of the best writers of that genre I've ever read. He writes thrillers as well. His best stuff is about Assassins.
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Post by Darth Turkish on Mar 26, 2004 5:50:45 GMT -5
Yeah, Tolkien kind of goes without saying, but I am trying to read the "Lost Tales" ]series, and that really is some dry stuff.
I also like reading the DnD novels, and the moster manuals. Those manuals are great.
Jordan, ,, ah ,,, well,,,, he needs to just stop. He has absorbed quite enough of my money. He has moved nowhere in the last 5 years and 3 books.
Sad; he had a really great story going.
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Post by Chris Ingersoll on Mar 26, 2004 8:02:45 GMT -5
Basically I just wait for my semiannual dose of Pratchett these days.  |
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Post by TheOtherTravis on Mar 26, 2004 17:10:59 GMT -5
I've only ever bought one of Pratchett's novels. And of course me sitting here at the computer I can't remember which one.
I also forgot to mention David Drake(bought one of his novels), David Gemmell, David Eddings, and Piers Anthony([his Incarnations of Immortality series).
I think that's it.
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Post by baldue on Mar 26, 2004 19:41:17 GMT -5
I know, I know the name says it
all... William Shatner...
Seriously though I found that his
Tek Series and ManOWar books kicked
some serious butt. A book must keep
me focused or I stop reading the
book all together and these books
I read some in 7 days or so. The
Movies and TV Series was good, but
not near as good as the novels.
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Post by Darth Turkish on Mar 26, 2004 19:50:43 GMT -5
I know, I know the name says it all... William Shatner... Seriously though ... Hey man, we're all "dorks", "nerds", "geeks" or whathave you here. I read comics and fantasy novels, play video games, watch all kinds of sci fi, wear comic book t's, and play the greatest fantasy wrestling game around. Have done so for years. No apologies necessary. (This kinda feels like that scene towards the end of the movie Airheads when all of those people are saying all of the "dorky" things they did or like. Ya know, the part where Lemmy states:" I was editor of the school newspaper!". Classic!!!) |
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Post by traviz on Mar 26, 2004 23:45:25 GMT -5
Anything by Anne Rice.If you haven't read Queen of the Damned,you should be ashamed!
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Post by Chris Ingersoll on Mar 27, 2004 9:50:47 GMT -5
Anything by Anne Rice.If you haven't read Queen of the darned,you should be ashamed! And thus the drawback of filters. :-\ |
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Post by the_faction on Mar 29, 2004 11:28:59 GMT -5
Hey man, we're all "dorks", "nerds", "geeks" or whathave you here. I read comics and fantasy novels, play video games, watch all kinds of sci fi, wear comic book t's, and play the greatest fantasy wrestling game around. Have done so for years. No apologies necessary. (This kinda feels like that scene towards the end of the movie Airheads when all of those people are saying all of the "dorky" things they did or like. Ya know, the part where Lemmy states:" I was editor of the school newspaper!". Classic!!!) I hear ya. Hell I read comics, play CotG, play and make video games so I'm a lock canidate. I generally read all Brian Lumley's Necroscope novels and pretty much as many wrestler biographies I can get a hold of. |
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Post by Pete Beck on Apr 8, 2004 20:32:25 GMT -5
Right up my alley...if i am not doing homework i am reading or playing COTG...Jordan is the absolute best, event hough i agree that the last few books have moved rather slowly...the prequil, New Spring, relased in January, was very good and similar to the earlier works with lots of action...Lots of LAN, who next to Rand (when he is not whinning) is the best character in the series. Although I am sure Tam can kick some butt too!
To my fellow Pratchett readers...there is no one better at what he does...DISC WORLD is awesome!
I can tel you i have falllen in love with Robin Hobb, of the Farseer, Liveship (these three were just plain awesome books) and Fool Trilogies...they are very good books. Awesome story thta really leaves you wnating more, but the endings are completely satisfying...which with the emphasis on additional books in a series is a rareity today.
Goodkind and Orson Scott Card (Ender) are other ones i have read lately and like...My 11 year old got into Ender's Game and would not put it down...same with Ender's Shadow.
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Post by gamtime247 on Apr 9, 2004 10:37:19 GMT -5
The only Shatner book I've read was Tekwar but it was a good book. I'm addicted to Star Wars novels. Shadows of the Empire, X-Wing series, etc. (Video Games, COTG, comic books, sci-fi) I too can be put in that category.  |
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Post by WTIC on Apr 9, 2004 19:47:49 GMT -5
The only Shatner book I've read was Tekwar but it was a good book. I picked up Shatner's "The Preservers" on sale for only $3.99 in hardcover.  After Star Trek 5, I wasn't expecting much. But the book is the third part of a 3-part story in which the Evil Kirk from "Mirror, Mirror" (going by the name "Tiberius") tries to rule the good Kirk's universe! Cliff-hanger endings almost every chapter kept me glued to the book! The good Kirk tries to stop the mad Tiberius while trying to save the life of his own unborn Klingon child! Once I read to the middle, it got bogged down to technical descriptions with unfamilair characters and unfamiliar events. An interesting story though. I haven't finished it yet. Anyway, my sister has sent me her collection of books based on the TV show C.S.I., and she says they are very well written and she liked them very much. Back to Star Trek, I used to have all the paperbacks for the Original Series (the first 50 of them), and now I have two more of those books I want to read: the first book is part 2 of the rise & fall of KHAN, the second book is a sequel to one of my fave episodes (Whom Gods Destroy) in which Captain Garth is declared SANE and given command of a starship again! I hope these two books are worth reading! |
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Post by Tom on Apr 10, 2004 12:04:54 GMT -5
Currently reading:
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
Underworld by Don DeLillo
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
None of the above are sci-fi. I almost always start and end the day reading a book.
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Post by CaseyJones on Apr 16, 2004 14:17:43 GMT -5
I highly recommend the english translation of the novel Battle Royale by Koushun Takami. If you've seen the movie or read the manga, you'll know what to expect. One of the most controversial novels(and later one of the most controversial movies) in Japan.
The translation is great, it isn't stilted like some translations are and it all flows like it was written in English to start.
And while they're not really novels, since they're mostly short stories, everyone should check out the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Scary, scary stuff.
I wish Shatner would invade the GWF to feud with Ghengis Khan.
Say it with me people....
"KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNN!"
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Post by WTIC on Apr 16, 2004 15:46:01 GMT -5
Say it with me people.... "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNN!"
Also in the novelization, Peter Preston (who is the one in sickbay asking Kirk "Is the word given, Admiral?") is actually Scotty's NEPHEW! This is clearly shown in the director's cut DVD. Anyway, I could ramble on about ST 2 & 3, but let me just finish with this:
"KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNN"[/b] |
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Post by Nemecys on Jun 21, 2004 5:49:19 GMT -5
Lovecraft rock! Although I have a B.A. in English and I still find myself reading his stories with a dictionary within reach.
Some of my other favorites:
Grunts (Mary Gentle): Shows a fantasy war from the orc's point of view. A completely trip from beginning to end, if you can handle a little comic gore (such as when they play 'Orc Ball.'
Star Wars: I agree with Gamtime. Most are great books. I wasn't too fond of the New Jedi Order, but the Han Solo Trilogy blows the rest away! Also try The Courtship of Princess Leia if you like SW. That book has everything!
Grendel (John Gardner): I read this for fun when one of my literature instructors recommended it. If you read Beowulf, give this a try; it's from the monster's P.O.V! And he never justifies his actions, "I didn't mean to eat those people, they just jumped in my mouth." But rather he has that, "this is who I am, take it or leave it," attitude.
Anything by Robert W. Walker: These are mystery-suspense novels written by my former Fiction Writing Instructor. Great reading, but avoid if gore is not your thing. Walker is an excellent writer but a little sick at times (in class he once said Mary Worth from the comics is so nice and sweet he wanted to choke her...he also loved my poem about Death), which is porbably why I like him so much. Hey, free advertising, Mr. Walker!
Rogue Warrior (Richard Marcinko): The first book is an autobio, but the rest are fiction. Marcinko is a former SEAL who saw it all. Does things his own way and stomps anyone in his path. Great modern war books!
The Complete Plays of Sophocles: Shakespeare a little annoying to you? Try some greek plays. Easier to understand and very interesting, though nothing beats seeing them on stage.
And I completely agree with Turkish. Being a 'geek' is not a bad thing. I'm 29 and I love video games and cartoons (as well as hard rock and violent movies but that's a different story). My mom gives us weird looks when my fiancee and I talk about a Disney movie we saw or our last trip to Toys R Us. I simply tell her we could be getting high or blasted at the bars all night.
Jay
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Post by HeelofDiamonds on Jun 25, 2004 10:20:18 GMT -5
I'm in the middle of the Tolkien's Simarrilion right now. Of course, I already read Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Also, reading Stephen King's Dark Tower series and George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire. I also want to read Legends 1 and 2, Jordan's New Spring (eventhough, though I am thoroughly ticked-off with Jordan's I'm-not-purposely-but-really-am-dragging-it-on of the Wheel of Time series), and Wrestlecrap |
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Post by Graymar on Jun 25, 2004 11:18:01 GMT -5
Just started on my 3rd reading of Dracula! Gearing up for the upcoming 2091 appearance of Count Necros!  Graymar |
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Post by Nemecys on Jun 26, 2004 5:47:15 GMT -5
I think I am one of the extremely few who absolutely hates Stephen King's books. I couldn't get into them because they always seemed stretched and dragged out. I've read It, the Dark Tower Series, Eyes of the Dragon, and tried to get through The Stand before getting fustrated,
I'm glad others like his work, but I tend to avoid it.
Jay
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IPPON!!
After Star Trek 5, I wasn't expecting much. But the book is the third part of a 3-part story in which the Evil Kirk from "Mirror, Mirror" (going by the name "Tiberius") tries to rule the good Kirk's universe! Cliff-hanger endings almost every chapter kept me glued to the book! The good Kirk tries to stop the mad Tiberius while trying to save the life of his own unborn Klingon child! Once I read to the middle, it got bogged down to technical descriptions with unfamilair characters and unfamiliar events. An interesting story though. I haven't finished it yet.
