Anyone reading good books?

[BayAreaToker]

[Maelman]

Originally Posted by Palmer Eldritch

Maelman, have you ever read Tad Williams' "Memory Sorrow and Thorn" series? I feel its much better than Goodkinds "Sword of Truth" series. I always thought that Goodkind was sort of borrowing heavily from Terry Brooks and Robert Jordon which made the final product somewhat bland.

No i haven't, but i'll be sure to pick it up next time I head out to a book store.


Anyone ever read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card?

It's an extremely good read even if you're not really into sci-fi books.

[Foop]

Originally Posted by .ViciouS.

I just got the books,
A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Foop! by Chris Genoa
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
I already know these books are going to be good, can't wait to read them

And i'm reading The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde, so far pretty good, the author has a pretty good imagination and I like it.

I just had to bump this because the book Foop! is where I got my name! I thought I was the only one who had ever read this book. Damn great book.

I just got finished reading a zombie book called The Dead Sea (i love zombie books. Can't get enough. It's sad that there aren't more out there...)

And after I look through Homer's the Odyssey I'm gonna pick up a book called UnLondon. Excited.

Anyone read 100 Young Americans? That book is the shit.

[TuxxiT]

Around 70 pages in today, and I really enjoy it so far.
Next book on my list is The Naked Lunch, if I can find a copy within the nexty couple of days.

My sister has a copy of the Naked Lunch. I know that doesn't help much, but we should start at the same time. Hehe, GrassCity Book Club ftw!

[GimmieMore]

I really like Dean Koontz. I just bought one of his books at a bookstore that is going out of business for $4!! A hardback copy! It's called Velocity.... It rules.... He rules....

[JRR Token]

Great book. I highly suggest reading it.
Also, if you liked this, read "God Bless You, Doctor Kevorkian", which is also by Vonnegut.

[TuxxiT]

Originally Posted by Pink Oddity

My sister has a copy of the Naked Lunch. I know that doesn't help much, but we should start at the same time. Hehe, GrassCity Book Club ftw!

Heh, well, i'll let you know when I get a copy haha!

As for a GC bookclub, I think that would be an amzing idea, and I think a host of people would jump on board from this community. Maybe we should start a new thread, with a poll and some questions relating to a GC Book Club!

As for currently reading: Zadig, by Candide. A short little tale, that I'll finish tonight.

[DarthHerbage]

Nietzsche "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" "Human All Too Human" "Daybreak"
Hesse "The Glass Bead Game" "Narcissus und Goldmund" "Siddhartha"
Sartre "No Exit" "The Flies"
Camus "The Myth of Sisyphus"
Kafka "The Castle"
Dostoevsky "Notes from the Underground"
Tolstoy "The Death of Ivan Illyich"
Dan Simmons - the Hyperion/Endymion books
Clive Barker - "Imajica" "The Great and Secret Show" "Everville"
Harlan Ellison "Dreams with Sharp Teeth"

[DarthHerbage]

Originally Posted by JRR Token

Great book. I highly suggest reading it.
Also, if you liked this, read "God Bless You, Doctor Kevorkian", which is also by Vonnegut.

Read everything he ever wrote (I think) (RIP btw). I love it all, but "Harrison Bergeron" is a personal favorite.

[Blix]

The Thing by Alan Dean Foster

[AmsterdamdreamN]

The latest book I read was this thread.

Wow, a lot of stuff here I have read, and a lot I haven't. But now, thanks to you all, I got some good suggestions on some stuff to pick up. ( Yes, I read all 14 or 15 pages of this thread) Now, I mostly read what I call 'mind rot'. Books that don't teach me anything, don't enlighten me any. Here the last few years, I basically just want a good easy read that'll 'take me away'.

If your into a dungeons & dragons kinda thing, check out the Dragonlance Chronicles. I read 'em in H.S. and loved them, picked them up a couple months ago and re-read them, still an awesome read. I really like Dean Koontz too. I have most of his books up to the last 4 or 5. My favorite of his is Midnight. I guess the most informative book I've read lately is 'Biggest Brother : The Life of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led the Band of Brothers' The movie/miniseries was my favorite war pic ever. And I wanted to learn a little more about the man.

[spyboarder6996]

Originally Posted by chronictoker

Palahniuk is great, I like the reality of his writing. Choke was good, if u like him. On The Road was spectacular, but I thought Kerouac's other works were crap but hey, if you're into buddhism it's def worth a look...Vonnegut is way too weird for me, crazy science fiction satirist...I'm more of a literary fiction nut...

yes on the road is the shit just got done reading it

[Chronitron]

check out: The Skeleton Key - great dead history book.

Right now I'm reading With and Hourglass - The Incarnation of Time.