OT: Read a book!

[QuarianRex]

Originally posted by Cheeze:
I may have said this already, but I recommend Zelazny's Lords of Light. And no, it's not a book based on Thundarr the Barbarian(although that would totally rule!!)!!

Holy SnotBalls Batman!! You remember Thundar ?!? I used to watch that when I was a kid. The Last season I saw was incredible! It had this story arc about a bunch of women who were transported from our universe and mysteriously given different powers as part of some kind of apocalyptic plot. It ended with a cliffhanger and said to watch for a conclusion next season. I waited all summer in anticipation for it to continue but it just disappeared from the airwaves. Not knowing the completion of that storyline is one of the few actual regrets that I have in my life.

Granted, that is all remembered through my then childish eyes. I managed to pick up a copy of one of the episodes in a bargain bin at blockbuster a few years back. I had forgotten all about that cyborg vilain who had two faces. The animation was laughable and the storyline was an abomination, but I tell myself that it must have gotten better in later seasons.

Anywho... Back to topic...

The Dune series. Tis a masterpiece. Truly a work of art.

The Jesus Incident and its sequels. Also by Frank Herbert. Has nothing to do with Dune but is a great read.

The Necroscope Series by Brian Lumley. About the only man on earth who can speak to the dead and the vampires who killed most of them.

Starship Troopers by Heinlein. If you have seen the movie you havent seen anythin yet. Possibly one of the best books ever written and a good map for how the military should be run (if only boot camp was like that...). Also the first mention of power-armour.

Anything by Clive Barker. This man has one of the richest imaginations I have ever encountered. He has an incredible capacity to evoke disturbing imagery. Although his tendancy to portray aberrant sexuality in most of his books means that I have a hard time recomending anything of his to my grandmother.

The Hiram Key by Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas. This is a non-fiction book about two freemasons who try to find the origins of their orders rituals. Their research points finds links going back to the Templars, Christ, and ancient Egypt. Think what you will, but their research is pretty good and it does tie up into a pretty damn solid theory, one that got me thinking. I highly recomend it. There is a sequel called The Second Messiah but I haven't gotten around to it yet.