Books corner

by **Timon** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 20:28

We have jokes, fun pic, movies, music topics but we haven't one abaut books. I know that some guys here love reading and I hope that some more will show same interest. I made this topic in order to create a place where you can share your opinions, post some best titles, recommend, talk abaut favourite authors, type of books (or comics eventually).

So I shall begin....

I generally prefer fantasy books but I'm opened for new experiences.
If you like fantasy I'd like to reccomend

*Terry Pratchett's Discworld http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld it's really worth to try

*Christopher Paolini's Eragon, The Eldest and Brisingr 3 books of Inheritance Cycle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inheritance_Cycle

*R.A. Salvatore's books set in Forgotten Realms world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anthony_Salvatore especially abaut Drizzt Do'Urden

If you want some horror and thriller books I think that you should grab something from Stephen King, he's really amazing if it's abaut this kind of books. He also writes else but I don't know many titles (Wazzup will post some for sure).

For some detective and criminal stories my sister reccomends Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie

And if you want something that will grab your intelliget nuts read:

*Daniel Keyes: Flowers for Algernonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_for_Algernon

*Ã‰ric-Emmanuel Schmitt's Oscar and the Lady in Pink (Oscar et la dame rose)

*Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curious_Incident_of_the_Dog_in_the_Night-time

That's all for now, let's see if this topic will have any replies. I hope it will.

May books be with you,

Timon

by **kica** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 21:06

Stephen KIng - only writer which all books will never makes me boring

imo best his positions - Shining, Salem's Lot, Tommyknockers, Desperation, Regulators, Cujo, Night Shift, Pet Sementery and Dark Tower Saga

I also like H.P.Lovecraft, Julius Verne, Anne Rice nad few others but those mentioned are my favorite writers

by **Ninjadeer** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 21:08

books? wtf are those

nah...

i used to read much books in past, but nowadays i don't have so much time or intrest for that

i have mostly read some detective and criminal stuff

yeah, agatha christie has made many damn good books, and i like her style not to tell the murder before the last pages.

i really dont remember all books i have read, but many many years ago i read many of enid blytons books
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton

in few years i haven't read so much, but i have read some books from ilkka remes (he is finnish writer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilkka_Remes

and the latest book im reading, is really elite:
britget jones's diary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_Jones%27s_Diary

thats something cool ^^

by **Daghel** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 21:50

Great idea for topic Timon

But where's the my numero uno, great master of writing Tolien?!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion

I also like S.King, tryed many times Pratchett but hmmm...not my style.

Nail Gaiman:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neverwhere

and ofc Andrzej Sapkowski:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher

Heheh, Drizzt Do'Urden was my fav. book character when i was a kid. Now Books from Forgotten realms are too childish for me :wink:

by **Harpix** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 22:49

Well tolkien is the top for me too,
also loved the harry potters,
and then wheel of time from robert Jordan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Time
and many others but i m to tired and depressed to know more

by **Scary** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:36

Timon: T.Pratchett Discworld series just pwn!"!!!!! I have most of these books and i love em

by **FALBIK** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:49

Daghel wrote:
and ofc Andrzej Sapkowski:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher

+1

for me :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necroscope_(series) Brian Lumley

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathworld Harry Harrison

by **poring** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 15:12

Good topic indeed, i am more in to sience fiction then fantasy so my 3 all time best that i recommend checking out (not including the Ender's game cause it's above any human rating

)

1) Warchild By Karin Lowachee
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warchild

2) Old Man's War By John Scalzi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man's_War

3)And this series by Rober Silverberg imo is a must, how ever i read it in russian and i think the first book in english is this one: To Open The Sky.

by **Timon** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 19:43

Nice to see that topic isn't dead after 3 replies

But i still think we have more readers here. Cmon guys! Share your opinions reading is not a schame!

I also loved Harry Potter Harp, but I'm to old for it now. And of course Tolkien's books are awesome but they are so well known that I did't think abaut mentioning them.

I see that you guys reccomend many SF books so I think I'll try some of it.

For Polish guys I also advise to read Andrzej Pilipiuk books. Guys writes funny novels with familiar and often amusing polish climate.

I've got 2 Witcher books now, borrowed them for winter hollidays. Couple of days more and I won't be able to stop reading :drool:

After Witcher I'm going to try some of yours.

Holy truth Scavenger, DiscWorld rocks!

Have a nice reading people!

Timon

PS: Do you know some books that makes you think abaut some things for a while? Ones with tone of reflexion. Moving a little.

by **Daghel** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 20:36

I hate Harry Potter ><

But i forgot about something, one of the best books ever wroten imo, its a novel (about 20 pages) by Dalton Trumbo about soldier in WW1 who had lost all of his senses and his limbs. Absolutelly terrific, you wont forget about that book, trust me!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Got_His_Gun

There was also adaptation, fragments of movie was used in clip Metallica- One http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=MTnWTr513LU

You dont want to miss this one, Fight Club:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_club

Enjoy

by **Wazzup** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 22:06

I've been forced by timon to write here...so here we go

I really like few polish autors...Sapkowski, Kossakowska e.g.
Pilipiuk is also great, I read his Operation: 'Ressurection Day' - amazing and fascinating book (abt postapocalyptic world after nuclear war)

Did someone read Earthsea? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthsea
I read this ages ago, it's really great book (there was also a movie - 'Legend of Earthsea' or smth like that)
I'm not even gonna mention about Tolkien and his books which are awesome (lotr, the hobbit, the childrens of hurin)
Also, when I was young I loved to read Three Investigators http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Investigators

(or comics eventually).

yeah, all Marvel comics are great - SpiderMan, X-men, Iron-Man, Fantastic4 and more...

Stephen King? Yes, he's a genius, I read only a few of his books - the shining, dead zone and the Stand (oh god I love that postapocaliptic climat)

reading is not a schame

You would be surprise, young ppl prefer to watch the movies or play stupid comp games(I'm kinda hipocryte cuz I used to play wow / gw a lot ) than read a good book, for example - our classmates, Timon

by **Smadje** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 13:46

I really enjoyed some books of Dan Brown:

Da Vinci Code - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_da_vinci_code

Angels and Demons - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_%26_Demons

by **Invincible** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 14:20

Nice to have threads like these to write in when you're bored ^^ hehe

Timon I can reccomend Robert Jordan fantasy series for you, it's called "wheel of times", Harpix mentioned it aswell, by far the best series I read - even though it was a long time ago

And beside Harry potters writer; there's Ursula le Guin who's also a great famale fantasy writer

it seems unfair to name favorites when I look at my shelf, feels like whatever I take I will leave out the rest

but here's a few that I rarely can get out of my head:
The picture of dorian gray - by Oscar Wilde
Disgrace - by J.M. Coetzee
heart of darknes - by joseph conrad
Metamorphoses - by Publius Ovidius Naso (also known as Ovid)
Molloy (and the two other books in the trilogy) - Samuel Beckett
The Book of Disquiet - by Fernando Pessoa
The Autists - by Stig Larsson (hard to find, it's a swedish writer, has been translated to several laguages though - and no, there's no imbd page =/)

And many more, basicly all classic works I ever read has made it's print inside of me

My advice however is to stick to whatever works for you at the begining, don't jump in to "heavy" books if you don't have an idea about what you're doing ^^
If you got any questions, just ask

I should perhaps mention that I have a degree in literature by the way, with a general "canon" of world literature concentration and in Gender/Feminist studies in modern/post-modern scandinavian works

/invi

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