Author Topic: Whatcha book you read? (Read 4505 times)

m4$73r j14u · « **on:** August 08, 2009, 01:08:44 AM »

Me? Sci-Fi. Sergej Lukianenko "sternenschatten" (starshadows). Its brand new here(august 2009) and i was waiting to get it after i read the first book of this ?triology? called "sternenspiel" (stargame).
I can recommend it to all sci fi fans out there.

[BTF] Reflex · « **Reply #1 on:** August 08, 2009, 02:34:25 AM »

I'll read anything

since my last listing...

Odd Hours - Koonts odd thomas series. GREAT read.

Temporal Void -great sci fi. Second in the series, hafta get the first. next volume due next year

Incandescence - good single sci fi

The Pelican brief -Grisham is great, but these are starting to all look alittle bit alike

The Chamber -...

The partner -...

A secret history of a time to come - post apocalyptic, 1970's style. BLACK POWER BABY!

UFO's from ancient times to the present -70's theory of ufos visiting/starting our civilization

Gold of the gods -ditto, same dude.

Two to the fifth -Piers anthony Xanth novel. more than a few I have to go back to catch up on

Fabric of the cosmos -history of physics up to m-theory, fun read

The Illusion of intelligent design - same thing, different guy

Briefer history of time - Hawkings run down of the same thing, this was like a kids book after the first 2

Shakespears planet -good short 70's sci fi, very stargate-esque.

The girl who loved tom gordon - Stephen king, girl lost in the woods. good short book, single day

Valentine's castle - sci fi fantasy, huge planet, no metal so lower gravity.

The light of other days - amazing book, wormholes developed to extend a "camera" anywhere/anywhen you want!
becomes public domain technology, miniaturized and cheap. End of privacy and serious
crime as you know it. Also end of paying for porn! hmmm, hope that's not a spoiler $:-\$

and a few more i can't think of ATM

I've been averaging 1,000 pages a week.
Going up now that I'm trying to quit smoking.
Reading has actually been cuttin into my Q2 time

Pissin off the wife a bit too...

Going back for some more Arthur C. Clark, did light of other days and that REALLY impressed me.

Sgt. Dick · « **Reply #2 on:** August 08, 2009, 06:27:34 AM »

" The Cat in the Hat "

m4$73r j14u · « **Reply #3 on:** August 08, 2009, 08:18:36 AM »

Quote from: Sgt. Dick on August 08, 2009, 06:27:34 AM

" The Cat in the Hat "

wow that cheap joke came early. And i didnt have to make it myself. Like: No Donald Duck Pocket books please.

[BTF]adam · « **Reply #4 on:** August 08, 2009, 08:38:12 AM »

Quote from: [BTF] Reflex on August 08, 2009, 02:34:25 AM

Also end of paying for porn!

wait what? people pay for porn?

[BTF]Sigma · « **Reply #5 on:** August 08, 2009, 08:38:56 AM »

Been a while since I picked one up.

I find it annoying when I can't get into certain writers' styles.

My favs though have been Neal Stephenson and Dan Brown.

Dan Brown - Angels and Demons, Deception Point

Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash, Diamond Age

I think Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash should be made into a major motion picture with a very large budget.

Snow Crash Wiki

m4$73r j14u · « **Reply #6 on:** August 08, 2009, 08:57:09 AM »

Snow Crash is pretty awesome .10/10 .realy realy good one. Cant wait to see that high budget movie

The Happy Friar · « **Reply #7 on:** August 08, 2009, 05:24:14 PM »

just finished Fahrenheit 451 again. good read.

ToxicMonkey^MZC · « **Reply #8 on:** August 09, 2009, 08:05:40 AM »

The complete Iain M. Banks collection (sci-fi) and about half of his fiction (as Iain Banks) - Reading 'Matter' at the moment - very good read. This is probably my favourite author - Scottish guy - incredible prose and astonishing scale, very clever writer, a truly amazing imagination.

Funny thing I read King's 'Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon' a couple of month's ago - used to be a big King fan until his books all turned into wallpaper - I got the impression he was writing to fulfill his publishing contract - more necessity than inspiration.

I'll read anything and everything sci-fi - Arthur C. Clarke = good; Robert Heinlein, Larry Niven (and Pournelle) - Ringworld series was awesome. Orson Scott Card etc etc ad infinitum

All Terry Pratchett books - hilarious!
Ben Elton - all his books too - addictive page-turners.
I always seem to be reading a Red Dwarf book as well (Rob Grant & Doug Naylor), I must have read those books a hundred times each

{TNP}Dukie · « **Reply #9 on:** August 09, 2009, 07:02:34 PM »

i read "Treasure Island" the other day, for the first time, fairly quick read. I was IMPRESSED! GOOD BOOK!

m4$73r j14u · « **Reply #10 on:** August 11, 2009, 12:58:16 PM »

Looks like i got some nice book recommendations. Thx you book worms

quadz · « **Reply #11 on:** August 11, 2009, 01:32:22 PM »

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)

Excellent book! Read it a couple week ago... wife is reading it now.

Mask · « **Reply #12 on:** August 11, 2009, 02:09:11 PM »

Rigorous Intuition: What You Don't Know Can't Hurt Them

A very dark book, if anyone cares to go there. It's a collection of some of his blog posts, and starts with Attention Deficit World Order (part one - part two).

m4$73r j14u · « **Reply #13 on:** August 25, 2009, 02:20:56 AM »

Unendlicher Spaß: Infinite Jest Roman

http://www.amazon.de/Unendlicher-Spa%C3%9F-Infinite-Jest-Roman/dp/3462041126 <---german

http://www.amazon.com/Infinite-Jest-David-Foster-Wallace/dp/0316066524/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251191942&sr=8-1<----english

is it good? Just heard that it took 6 years to translate it. Before that it was thought of as untranslateable.
It sure is some heavy stuff to read/work. Is this his best book, what do you think?

|iR|Focalor · « **Reply #14 on:** August 25, 2009, 03:23:37 AM »

The funniest fucking book I've ever read. Those nutty jews! Have some pork BBQ already, it tastes great, I won't tell if you don't.

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