OT: Read a book!

DarkHorse · #1 January 2nd, 2003, 07:06 AM

While we're patiently waiting for the PBW server to be recombobulated, I thought maybe we could exchange some thoughts on favorite authors/books to pass the time.

Some of my Favorites, in no particular order:

Asimov/Heinlein/Tolkein, of course, plus...

David Brin; Uplift series (Sundiver, Startide Rising, Uplift War, +new trilogy), Earth, Glory Season

Orson Scott Card; Seventh Son/Red Prophet etc (Alvin Maker series), Ender's Game/Speaker for the Dead etc (Ender series), The Worthing Saga

Stephen R. Donaldson; The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever

Piers Anthony; Bio of a Space Tyrant series (halfway through this now)

Was thinking of starting Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time books, anyone have opinions there?

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Desdinova · #2 January 2nd, 2003, 08:16 AM

all of Darkhorse selections plus.

George R R Martin: A Song of Ice and Fire series. Wild Card series.(actually a collaboration of many authors writing about their characters in this world)
L Ron Hubbard: Mission Earth Dekology
Anne Mcaffrey - all her series and collaborations.
Anne Rice - Vampire series. i havent read her Faerie series yet.
Terry Brooks - Shannara series.
Mercedes Lackey - Valdemar Series, SERRAted edge series
Timothy Zahn - Cobra trilogy, Conquerors trilogy adn his Star Wars series.
C J Cherryh - Chanur Novels, Foreigner universe,
Harry Turtledove - world war series
Michael Morcock - Elric Saga
David Drake
Greg Bear - Eon series
David Weber - Honor Harrington
Clive Cussler
Tom Clancy - Jack Ryan series
Richard Marcinko - Rogue Warrior series
William Gibson - The father of cyberpunk
Simon R Green - Deathstalker series
C Harry Stine - Warbot series
Terry Goodkind - Wizards Rules series
L E Modesitt Jr.
Stephen R Donaldson - the Gap series
Dan Simmons - Hyperion series
Keith Laumer (and others) - Bolo series
Orson Scott Card - Homecoming series
Laurell K Hamilton - Anita Blake series
Charles Ingrid - Sand Wars series

Star Wars (all series)
Doc Savage (all series)
Harry Potter

These are a few of my favorite things....

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Kamog · #3 January 2nd, 2003, 08:30 AM

Isaac Asimov - Foundation Series, Robot Series, etc.
David Eddings - Elenium Trilogy, Tamuli Trilogy, Belgariad Series, Malloreon Series, etc.
Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series, Dirk Gentley's Holistic Detective Agency, etc.
Terry Brooks - Shannara Series
Piers Anthony - Mode Series, Split Infinity series
Raymond E. Feist - Magician: Apprentice, Magician: Master
Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes, The Lost World
Herbert George Wells - War of the Worlds, Time Machine, etc
Hugh Lofting - Doctor Dolittle

henk brouwer · #4 January 2nd, 2003, 12:52 PM

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Originally posted by DarkHorse:
Was thinking of starting Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time books, anyone have opinions there?

It's quite good, I just finished book 9, (part ten should be released the 10th of january, can't wait..) The only problem is that the story is really slow sometimes, which is not so strange considering the fact that the total series will be 12 or 13 books (of 600-1000 pages each) when finished. It doesn't beat Tolkien, but it's certainly worth reading, especially the first few volumes.

dogscoff · #5 January 2nd, 2003, 04:43 PM

Haven't read scifi for at least... oooh... 3 or 4 books now. I'm currently in the middle of "stupid white men" by michael moore, which is an interesting view of US politics.

This week I finished "The Beiderbecke tapes" by... someone or other. It's a few years old but a good read.

Thoroughly recommended though (finished it Last week) is "Passion Fruit" by Daniel Pennac. Or indeed anything by Daniel Pennac: Hysterical stuff.

Jmenschenfresser · #6 January 2nd, 2003, 04:52 PM

Hmmm...

Novels I can really remember enjoying:

Damacus Gate--by some guy named Stone
Byzantium--by Stephen Lawhead
At Swim Two Birds--by...whathisname (forgot)
Bagdad Without a Map--Tony Horwitz (not a novel)
Napoleon of Notting Hill--GK Chesterton
Moon is a Harsh Mistress--Heinlein
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabad--only one I've read. Read the whole thing Last night. Not too shabby.
The Stand--Stephen King
All Dorothy Sayers mysteries featuring Lord Peter Wimsey
Infinite Jest--David Foster Wallace (his first novel was also kinda fun)
Foucault's Pendulum--Umberto Eco
Reigen--Arthur Schnitzler (a play)

Dunno...that's a good starting list for me.

minipol · #7 January 2nd, 2003, 05:52 PM

i'm reading "Hacking Exposed Linux" right now as i'm quite busy with learning linux. Maybe not as good as some of the novels listed but a masterpiece in its own genre.

kalthalior · #8 January 2nd, 2003, 06:30 PM

Heinlein & Asimov are probably my favorite "classic" SF authors.
I like Brin, Eddings and Weber alot as well for "guys who are alive". Some of my Favorites (some still alive --I THINK) not listed: Phillip Jose Farmer, Poul Anderson, Edgar Rice Burroughs, H. Beam Piper, & Frank Herbert.

Jmenschenfresser · #9 January 2nd, 2003, 06:52 PM

**** guys how could we forget Philip Dick?

My alllllllll-time fave scifi writer...even though I've only read 5 of the 4,000,000 novels he wrote.

Which reminds me, a friend of mine gave me a burned CD of damned near every Heinlein novel ever written...50 something in total...over 6000 pages. I suspect he found it on the newsGroups or IRC, but hell, Heinlein is dead, isn't he. I don't feel bad. That's as far as copywrite goes for me. If his kids or sig. other want more money tell them to either produce a movie or write their own damned books.

"Moochin' war widows..."
Homer Simpson

DirectorTsaarx · #10 January 2nd, 2003, 07:12 PM

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Originally posted by kalthalior:
Heinlein & Asimov are probably my favorite "classic" SF authors.
I like Brin, Eddings and Weber alot as well for "guys who are alive". Some of my Favorites (some still alive --I THINK) not listed: Phillip Jose Farmer, Poul Anderson, Edgar Rice Burroughs, H. Beam Piper, & Frank Herbert.

Frank Herbert, for one, is NOT still alive - although his son is co-writing new Dune books...