Fletcher` Posted November 17, 2002 Has the superinformation highway taken you prisoner? Do you feel that all those bytes of info got you down? Read a book! Seriously, what kind of books do you read (IE, not as paperweights)? What authors you you like. Can you even name those books? I usually like to read just about anything by C.J. Cherryh. (Heavy Time, Cyteen, Hellburner, Downbelow, The Chanur series) Maybe a bit of Prattchet too (Mort, The Wyird Sisters) 0 Share this post Link to post
Disorder Posted November 17, 2002 I like to read horrorbooks and scientific magazines. My mom thinks I'm crazy. By the way, does anyone know any good horrorbooks that just came out? 0 Share this post Link to post
Vampirajay Posted November 17, 2002 I love horror books, mostly Shaun Hutson, Clive Barker, some Steven King, aslo I like vamp books, I read a lot of Anne Rice. Disorder, try going over to amazon.com and and looking for horror books there, it may give you an idea of whats new :) 0 Share this post Link to post
VileSlay Posted November 17, 2002 I mostly read fantasy and horror. some of my favorite authors are dean koontz, robert mccammom, terry brooks, stephen r. donaldson, and clive barker. as for favorite books: 1) the first & second chronicles of thomas covenant the unbeliever 2) the silmarillion/hobbit/LotR series 3) they thirst. 4) dracula 5) the great and secret show 6) swan song 7) cold fire 8) blue world 9) the sword of shannara 10) american psycho 0 Share this post Link to post
Vampirajay Posted November 17, 2002 Ooops, i forgot Dean Koontz :) i read a book by him called, oh shit, i can't remember the name now, it was (something)of the heart i think, exellent, kept me on edge, I recomend two books by Shaun hutson though for anyone who hasn't read him yet...1 - Renegades and 2 - shadows both are exellent books :) 0 Share this post Link to post
gatewatcher Posted November 17, 2002 Right now I'm reading Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand. 0 Share this post Link to post
Lord FlatHead Posted November 17, 2002 I read pretty much everything Michael Crichton ever wrote a few years ago. Haven't read that much since then... "It" by Stephen King was compelling enough for me to buy it, and so was the original Foundation trilogy by Isaac Asimov. I've been downloading a lot of books (both fiction and non-fiction) off the 'net lately, and I suppose I should free up some time to actually read them. 0 Share this post Link to post
VileSlay Posted November 17, 2002 Wobbo said:I read too much non-fiction I think the only non-fiction books I've read were chaos: a new science, and lucifer rising: the history of satanism 0 Share this post Link to post
Disorder Posted November 17, 2002 Ok, if you had to advice me what horrorbook to buy tomorrow (I'm planning to), which book would it be? 0 Share this post Link to post
kulma Posted November 17, 2002 H. P. Lovecraft. Sci-fi. Science, philosophy, religion, occult. RPG books. if it's printed, it can't be that bad is my general guideline. but thanks to doom and the big-bad-internet i'm using too much time in front of a computer :) Ok, if you had to advice me what horrorbook to buy tomorrow (I'm planning to), which book would it be? as a fan, i'd suggest HPL, if you haven't read any of his work already, which you should have done :) i also like clive barker's stuff, which is a lot more gory. king is as boring as tolkien (i smell some flames now :). 0 Share this post Link to post
Fletcher` Posted November 17, 2002 kulma said:...king is as boring as tolkien... How can you say that with a straight face? (let the flamin' begnign :P) 0 Share this post Link to post
Vampirajay Posted November 17, 2002 Disorder said:Ok, if you had to advice me what horrorbook to buy tomorrow (I'm planning to), which book would it be? Cabal - by Clive Barker 0 Share this post Link to post
JavaGuy Posted November 17, 2002 The Xanth series, and Douglas Adams books. 0 Share this post Link to post
Vampirajay Posted November 17, 2002 Vileslay - Is American Psycho anything like the film or is it completely different and how good is it? I love the film and i am tempted to buy the book but...kinda wanna know how good it is first. 0 Share this post Link to post
elbryan42 Posted November 17, 2002 I don't read much anymore. My faves are Robert Jordan, R.A. Salvatore, and Terry Goodkind. I can't wait for the next Sword of Truth novel. Another kick-ass book, is Vertical Run by Joseph Garber. Heck, I even converted the book on tape into mp3. :P 0 Share this post Link to post
VileSlay Posted November 17, 2002 Vampirajay said:Vileslay - Is American Psycho anything like the film or is it completely different and how good is it? I love the film and i am tempted to buy the book but...kinda wanna know how good it is first. I loved it. the main purpose of the book is not really the fact that patrick bateman is a sociopathic multiple murderer, its really a satire on the excesses of the 1980's. that being said, the chronology in the book is different than the films, and the detail is much more explicit. to give an example of the nature of bateman's narration, I'll use his morning ritual. in the movie he explained how he worked out and treated his face and what not. in the book its a five page long paragraph o_O one other aspect of batemans mania is that he describes what everyone he meets/notices is wearing (shirt, tie, shoes, jacket, and sometimes even hankerchief) I enjoyed the bookfor both the satire and the insane bateman. but my now ex-girlfriend (who still has MY copy of the book >_<) was really annoyed by the bret easton ellis' writing style. 0 Share this post Link to post
The Ultimate DooMer Posted November 17, 2002 Star Wars books rule! (also fantasy books like the Runelords and Chronicles of the Raven sagas) 0 Share this post Link to post
gatewatcher Posted November 17, 2002 Archvile46 said:Michael Crichton. I thought Sphere was a great read. The movie failed it, though. 0 Share this post Link to post
kulma Posted November 17, 2002 ravage said:How can you say that with a straight face? (let the flamin' begnign :P) heh, let's stop this here, you now know my opinion, i know yours :) 0 Share this post Link to post
m0l0t0v Posted November 17, 2002 I usually read Science Fiction (C. Clarke, Asimov etc.) and socialist propaganda. Nowadays I only have time to read school related stuff though :-( 0 Share this post Link to post
Spike Posted November 18, 2002 Clive Barker (Cabal) Shaun Hutson (Victims, Spawn, Erebus) Arthur C. Clarke (Expedition to Earth, 3001) Timothy Zahn (Heir to the Empire trilogy) Anne Rice (Servant of the Bones, Violin, The Vampire Chonicles) Chuck Palaniuk (Fight Club) 0 Share this post Link to post
myk Posted November 18, 2002 Mostly prose and poetry. Lately I've been slowly reading Virgil's Aeneid. Other stuff I've read or read and that comes to mind right now is Shakespeare, Borges, Beckett, Lovecraft, Blake, Robert E. Howard, Ursula K. Le Guin, Aristophanes, Nietzsche, Plato, Tolkien, de Sade, Hesse... 0 Share this post Link to post
Captain Red Posted November 18, 2002 Michael Crichton, Douglas Adams, and some others. Not much anymore. but I am now reading: Doom: Evil unleashed buy DSM. 0 Share this post Link to post
Lord FlatHead Posted November 18, 2002 http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2001/20011026l.gif 0 Share this post Link to post
VileSlay Posted November 18, 2002 myk said:Mostly prose and poetry. Lately I've been slowly reading Virgil's Aeneid. Other stuff I've read or read and that comes to mind right now is Shakespeare, Borges, Beckett, Lovecraft, Blake, Robert E. Howard, Ursula K. Le Guin, Aristophanes, Nietzsche, Plato, Tolkien, de Sade, Hesse... nice reading list you have there. think about the discussion at that cocktail party. 0 Share this post Link to post
Grazza Posted November 18, 2002 Nah, that's all kid's stuff. Apart from Aristophanes, of course. He forgot Sophocles too. 0 Share this post Link to post