AggieDave 6 #1 October 11, 2002 Alright, I just finished the 4 Harry Potter books, I've read LOTR, the Rogue Warrior series, all of Tom Clancy's stuff, Black Hawk Down, Force Recon (1969 &1970), Michael Criton's stuff, Douglas Adams and a whole bunch of other stuff. Can anyone recommend a good book to me to read? I average about a book a week (in addition to my school work) and have run out of ideas. If I can't come up with anything, I think I might reread some Shakespear plays I enjoy. A non-fiction story sounds like fun, although a semi-historic fiction would be fun too. Has anyone read Band of Brothers? How was it? How about Flag of our Fathers? Was that good?--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mujie96 0 #2 October 11, 2002 The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver. Good stuff. Jess Just keep swimming...just keep swimming.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freakshow 0 #3 October 11, 2002 If you can get a hold of Tim Allen's autobiography Don't Stand too Close to a Naked Man Guarantee you'll laugh you ass off through the whole thing...only book I've read more then once and enjoyed. B.L. B.L. (the brain) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #4 October 11, 2002 This of course is totally fictional, but have you read Terry Pratchett's books? If you liked Douglas Adams, these should go well too. Erno Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #5 October 11, 2002 QuoteThe Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver. Good stuff. Jess That is an EXCELLENT book! A must read for sure! J -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hawkbit 0 #6 October 11, 2002 Give Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series a shot. 10 books out so far and more to come. You can do a general search on the Web and find lots of fan sites, etc. A shorter but still good series is Tom Clancy's "Net Force". Alan Dean Foster's "Spellsinger" series... pretty funny stuff, but a good story line.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You don't quit playing because you get old, you get old because you quit playing" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumpy 0 #7 October 11, 2002 You said you read LOTR but did you read the hobit? Not sure why but i thought it was way better. Its really short but like the best book i've ever read. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird 0 #8 October 11, 2002 QuoteThe Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver. Good stuff. ditto. An excellent read. Also check out the 'Mars' series by Kim Stanley Robinson, or anything by Orson Scott Card - especially 'Ender's Game'. Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moodyskydiver 0 #9 October 11, 2002 Completely off from what you're prob looking for,but Red Dragon by Thomas Harris is interesting. I hope the movie is just as good. Try the rest of the Lecter series as well, its pretty twisted. "...just an earthbound misfit, I." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #10 October 11, 2002 Have you read any of the Jean Auel books series starting with Clan of the Bear Cave? I know the movie was really bad but there is 4 books in the series. I thought the books were very good. J -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #11 October 11, 2002 all of Clancy? I just started Red Rabbit... good first half, not normal Clancy speed in the beginning. How about Nelson Demille, The Genreal's Daughter and Up Country. Anything by Stephen Ambrose (i.e. Band of Brothers, The Victors, Pegasus Bridge, D-Day and most definately Citizen Soldiers, and most definately General Hal Moore's We were Soldiers Once and Young... so much better than the movie. Also the whole LOTR thing, read The Sillmarillon (sp?) the is the prelude to the entire LOTR/Hobbit story and explains how the world came to be, almost as fun in the beginning as the Bible. I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snowbird 0 #12 October 11, 2002 Quote Have you read any of the Jean Auel books series starting with Clan of the Bear Cave? I know the movie was really bad but there is 4 books in the series. The fifth one came out recently. I was quite disappointed, to the point where I didn't finish it. I guess my expectations were high because I loved the first four. Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoby 0 #13 October 11, 2002 Do you like cyberpunk? I highly recommend Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, then The Diamond Age. Also, Cryptonomicon is an excellent book. It's about cryptography and WWII. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cornholio 0 #14 October 11, 2002 Try The Left Behind Series. They have about 9 books out now in the series and publish one about every 6 months. They had me glued to the books for 3 months reading them all. Butthead: Whoa! Burritos for breakfast! Beavis: Yeah! Yeah! Cool! bellyflier on the dz.com hybrid record jump Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #15 October 11, 2002 Quote Try The Left Behind Series. They have about 9 books out now in the series and publish one about every 6 months. They had me glued to the books for 3 months reading them all. A guy I catch a ride to the DZ with every once in a while had those on audio books... trippy shit, cool , but definately trippy I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #16 October 11, 2002 Erno said it Dude, anything by Terry Pratchett, The Discworld series rocks, and its where teh name Nacmavfeegle comes from.....But knowing you, and your knowledge of movies and other trivia, I would also recommend 'Good Omens' by the same author. If you don't chuckle at least once, hell, I'll eat your hat! The Pratchett stuff makes you chuckle, but if you want a chilling crime style book, try Complicity by Ian Banks. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Levin 0 #17 October 11, 2002 how about the gunslinger series by stephen king. i think it's 4 books complete so far and he's still writing them. alot of his other books such as the talisman and insomnia tie into it. levin vSCS#3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #18 October 11, 2002 >The Discworld series rocks, and its where teh name Nacmavfeegle >comes from..... Yeah, I noticed... I just read the finnish version of "Guards, guards!", and while checking the 'Net for a list of all of Pratchett's books(and there were more than I expected!) I stumbled upon the "smurfs with an attitude". I guess I'll be reading "Carpe Jugulum" next.Erno Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #19 October 11, 2002 Quotehow about the gunslinger series by stephen king. i think it's 4 books complete so far and he's still writing them. alot of his other books such as the talisman and insomnia tie into it. levin vSCS#3 I just finished Black House about 3 weeks ago, it is the continuance of the Taliman and it was awesome, S. King and Peter Struab colaborated on it. I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #20 October 11, 2002 Hehe the guards are cool, there's a whole series of books about them, I just finished reading 'The Fifth Elephant' again, Vimes features heavily in that one to.-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Levin 0 #21 October 11, 2002 QuoteI just finished Black House about 3 weeks ago, it is the continuance of the Taliman and it was awesome, S. King and Peter Struab colaborated on it. i'll have to check that one out. but i would probably need to brush up on the talisman since it was the first book i ever read. i started to re-read it not to long ago but then i saw the forth book in the gunslinger series and started reading that one instead. levin vSCS#3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blewaway5 0 #22 October 11, 2002 This might be a little out of your normal subject range, but you might try some Hunter S. Thompson. Also there's always the classics like Jack Kerouac's On the Road. Truman Sparks for President Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #23 October 11, 2002 QuoteQuoteI just finished Black House about 3 weeks ago, it is the continuance of the Taliman and it was awesome, S. King and Peter Struab colaborated on it. i'll have to check that one out. but i would probably need to brush up on the talisman since it was the first book i ever read. i started to re-read it not to long ago but then i saw the forth book in the gunslinger series and started reading that one instead. levin vSCS#3 It picks up a lot of the Dark Tower themes again. Have you read Eyes of the Dragon by King? Antagonist is Randall Flagg, also Walter also the Man in Black. King is good about running threads between his different stories. I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #24 October 11, 2002 Dave, Quit reading fun books and stick your nose back in a school book! You are a student aren't you? Don't you want to graduate? Here are some of my recent favorites: Fiction: All 3 books by China Mieville. Incredibly well-written sci-fi. NonFiction: Dealers of Lightning: Xerox Parc and the Dawn of the Computer Age by Michael Hiltzik The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography by Simon Singh Ernie Pyle's War: America's Eyewitness to World War II (Modern War Studies) by James Tobin The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygal3 0 #25 October 11, 2002 Heartbreaking work of staggering genius by dave eggars...you will laugh your ass off! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
