Read any good books recently?

[JohnD76]

What are people reading, if anything, and what would you recommend?

Since commuting to work I now have 1.5 hours of train boredom to contecnd with, so I decided to start reading again. Have read some fantastic books recently and was wondering if anyone has anything to recommend?

Have recently read Otherland and Memory, Sorrow and Thorn (Both by Tad Williams) and am currently reading Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe. Am in a Fanasy mood at the mo..... But am willing to read something different if someone really reocmmends something.

Not expecting many results on this one, I must admit...

John.

[dreadly]

Am reading Snow white and the seven samurai by Tom Holt at the moment.
Overtime and Paint your Dragon by him are also good.

Robert Rankin's Brentford trilogy's not bad (even if there are 4 books in it).

And if you've not read them the Dirk Gently books (Dirk Gently's holistic detective agency and Long dark teatime of the soul) by Douglas Adams are worth a read.

[RichardM]

If you have not previously read them

Iain M Banks Sci Fi novels, and the publications of his straight fiction alter ego Iain Banks, are all truly a joy to read.

[Billy]

"Maximum Boost" by Corky Bell.

Well, you did ask......

[docwra]

Recently, I have read:
hitchikers guide to the galaxy
Lord of the rings (again!!)
Mr Nice by Howard Marks
Respect by Freddy Fraser
The Tempest (dont ask, I just fancied it)
And a few thrillers, all of whose names escape me atm - Ill post back if I remember
I recommend all of the above very highly http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/smile.gif

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[Billy]

Originally posted by docwra:
Recently, I have read:
hitchikers guide to the galaxy
Lord of the rings (again!!)
Mr Nice by Howard Marks
Respect by Freddy Fraser
The Tempest (dont ask, I just fancied it)
And a few thrillers, all of whose names escape me atm - Ill post back if I remember
I recommend all of the above very highly http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/smile.gif


What? No "Zen and the art of motorcycle maintainance."? Or Jack Kerouac? http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/wink.gif

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[JohnD76]

I love the Hitchhikers Guide, and have read LOTR (Seeing it tonight too http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif).

Have got a Tom HOlt book, the one about the Dragons and the weather. Can't remember what it's caleld though...

I haven't read any Iain Banks, will check him out. Have heard good things about him.

Tried reading the Long Dark Teatime... when I was a wee nipper, but couldn't get on with it. May give it another go though.

Do want to read Mr nuice though, for obvious reasons. Have read many an excerpt of it http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif
On a similar subject, Doc, you might enjoy Storming Heaven by Jay Stevens, and The Doors of Perception: Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley.

Cheers guys, keep em commin'...

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[JohnD76]

Ooopps

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[Billy]

Flan O'Brien, "The Third Policeman"

Best book ever, by anybody, about anything.

[andyf]

I'm reading Diaspora by Greg Egan - it's good

[docwra]

Originally posted by Billy:
What? No "Zen and the art of motorcycle maintainance."? Or Jack Kerouac? http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/wink.gif

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I am actually planning to read zen as it goes .......
And John - I love Aldous Huxley - Brave new world is one of my favourites - Ill be sure to try and hunt that other one down
Mr Nice is the best autobiography Ive read, by about 3 miles - hes got a new one out that Im expecting someone will give me for Chrimbo
Cant think why ......... http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/wink.gif http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif

[PazzaAE86]

You must read this book... I told a freind of mine to get it for the flight to Oz, so he went out and got it. I got an E-Mail from him not so long ago, telling me that he had to buy the rest of the series, they are that good... I have never recomended a book as highly as i do this one:

The Magician by Raymond E. Fiest

Seriously, its awesome.

Paz

[Rossy]

John,

DOCWRA mentioned Mr Nice by Howard Marks, I'm just finishing reading it again so you can borrow it next time you pop down!

[Papa Lazarou]

Just started reading Essex Boys by Bernard O'Mahoney. Abaht Essex drug trade innit!! Its OK so far.

[jimbo]

I've just finished "the wrong boy" by Willie
Rushton, Which is well worth a read. Magician and the rest of the serpant war/rift war series are good. And if you like serious sci-fi then try neverness by davic zindell. But Zen and the art... is so over rated.

[Tomcat]

Hi John!

Iain Banks was already mentioned. I've read just four of his books by now and liked "The crow road" and "walking on glass" best.

The Dirk Gently novels by Douglas Adams are twio of my favourites. But the best book he ever wrote was "last chance to see" - a journey to find some rare species of animals.

Hmmm... what about Nick Hornby? He's quite popular in GB, I guess. Try "high fidelity".

greetings

Tomcat

[Cheekee]

Yes! Raymond Feist
Fantastic
his other stuff Daughter of the Empire trilogy

great read.

Try Robert Jordan "Wheel of time"

good yarn. Book 10 of the set should be out soon & it'll be the last of the series.

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[David_S14]

Jordan, Feist, Eddings are all good.
Into David Gemmell and L.E.Modesitt Jr at the moment for fantasy stuff and you cannot beat Peter F. Hamilton for scifi.

[Christian]

Just went through the original "The Stand" from Stephen King.

About some superflu escaping a war laboratory and killing most of America's people.
frightening actual topic...

1400 pages, though http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/smile.gif

Christian

[Jezz_S13]

Being illiterate I rarely read but I find Irvine Welsh books exceedinly good.

Makes you wanna go out, get some whores, kill some people and take more drugs then you can rightly afford. http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif

Jezz

[Amdathlonuk]

You could try 'the chronicles of Thomas Covenant'
Makes Lord of the Rings look like a kids story...... http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/wink.gif(No offence intended)

[Dodger]

I'm a constant dipper-into The Lord of the Rings. Must have read it about two dozen times since about 1973ish. Onto my third set (first fell apart, dog chewed second).
At the mo reading auto biog of Don McCullin, the war photographer: "Unreasonable Behaviour". Also reading George Ivanovich Gurdieff's "Meetings with Remarkable Men" - a combination of 1930's travelogue, philosophy and theology, best consumed sober and then considered later with the help of alcohol and quasi-illegal substances.
And just finished reading "Timequake" by Kurt Vonnegut. Fabulously thoughtful and funny sci-fi.

[Nathan_200sx]

I read the daily sport about 2 weeks ago, quality reading http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif

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Red S13 few bit's n bobs 330ish BHP

Dont get even -- Get odd!!!

[Clong]

Peter F hamilton, stunning sci-fi series starting with "Reality Dysfunction", along the same lines is Stephen Donaldson the gap series starting with "The Real Story". Ian M banks culture novels are very good "the use of weapons" being my favorite. His other novels are very good but can be a bit dark. If you can get them, "The Darksword Trilogy" by margret wise & tracey hickman, dungeons and dragons type fantasy. In fact the dragonlance chronocles by the same authours aren't to bad either, a bit childish perhaps but enjoyable none the less. Terry Prachet is very good, again biased towards younger readers but a bloody good laugh anyway. I could go on but that's enough for now.

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[docwra]

Feckin hell - everyone would think this was a "intellectual literati" webboard!! http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/wink.gif


apart from Nathan ......... did you read it one handed mate?? http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif


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[DuncanM]

"You could try 'the chronicles of Thomas Covenant'
Makes Lord of the Rings look like a kids story...... (No offence intended)"

Even though TLOTR is essentially a kids story it will probably always be my favourite book http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/smile.gif.

Other great books I have read recently are the Flashman novels by George MacDonald Fraser http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif Funniest books I have ever read and excellent in there own right.

More serious but still superb are the Patrick O'Brian Aubrey and Maturin novels if you are into Historical fiction (Napoleonic).

Anything by Robert Ludlum for spy thrillers and Wilbur Smith for adventure in SA http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/smile.gif.

Duncan

[AshT_200]

Lord of the Rings was recently voted Novel of the century.

Childhoods End by Arthur C Clarke

[kerfumph]

Originally posted by Christian:
Just went through the original "The Stand" from Stephen King.

About some superflu escaping a war laboratory and killing most of America's people.
frightening actual topic...

1400 pages, though http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/smile.gif

Christian

Sod that, I just bought the DVD http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif

[Christian]

Originally posted by kerfumph:
Sod that, I just bought the DVD http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif

Lazy ba*tard http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/wink.gif

[JohnD76]

Originally posted by Christian:
Just went through the original "The Stand" from Stephen King.

About some superflu escaping a war laboratory and killing most of America's people.
frightening actual topic...

1400 pages, though http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/smile.gif

Christian

Read this a good few years ago and loved it.

Have got DVD too http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/smile.gif

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[JohnD76]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by docwra:
Feckin hell - everyone would think this was a "intellectual literati" webboard!! http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/wink.gif


apart from Nathan ......... did you read it one handed mate?? http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif

Doc,

I am quick suprised by this too, was expecting abuse to be hurled at me for even mentioning the R word. I appear to have been mistaken though.

Have got The doors of percecption and Heaven and Hell in one volume. They are both "essays" Aldous wrote after taking an amount of mescaline. http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif

Next 200 meet I will bring it along.



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[RichardM]

Hey everybody, next meet, the cactus gear is on JohnD!

[JohnD76]

Don't quite know if I got enough ton go round.

Oh well, I am sure we can stretch it out with a few Fungi http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif

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[docwra]

Originally posted by Jezz_S13:
Being illiterate I rarely read but I find Irvine Welsh books exceedinly good.

Makes you wanna go out, get some whores, kill some people and take more drugs then you can rightly afford. http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif

Jezz
Sounds a bit like my life ............ http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/wink.gif

Yeah John, Ive heard of those essays b4 - Ive toyed with the idea of writing something similar myself as well ................
The highest mark I ever got for an essay at A level, I wrote after returning from a rather large rave, while I was still off my face http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif
Teach said it was full of symbolism and had various themes running through it http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/smile.gif
I was just trying to make some sense!!



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K+N 57i (Im ready for max power now!!)
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Manual, for I have the stick in the middle of my car and in the middle of my legs
Never refuse a challenge!!
gentlemen prefer blondes ......

[JohnD76]

LOL http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/biggrin.gif

[andyf]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0595094724/102-6204552-4883308

This one looks jolly good. here's a quote from someone that read it:


"But then I was sitting at my computer in the nude late one night, spamming usenet forums, and unthinkingly began the rhythmic clenching and unclenching. Suddenly, like an enraged schnauzer, my anus tore a chunk of the seat cushion out of my chair. And swallowed it"

[andyf]

Ahem

"Besides shooting out a big blank from your buttock, you can feel as if your root chakra leaked sweet hot mucus."

[Johnny]

Just started reading American Psycho ..... that is one sick sick book ... nothing like the film ... he has just used a nail gun to nail this dildo up some womans arse ...... its seriously twisted :eek:

[JohnD76]

Originally posted by Johnny:
<STRONG>Just started reading American Psycho ..... that is one sick sick book ... nothing like the film ... he has just used a nail gun to nail this dildo up some womans arse ...... its seriously twisted :eek:</STRONG>

One severely fecked up book.

[Zenki]

I would recommend "Bag of bones" by Stephen King and "Filth" by Irvine Welsh as two of my recent faves. I am reading "The true history of the Kelly gang" by Peter Carey at the moment and it's brill! Oh yeah "Take it like a man" by Boy George is a really good read if you remember all that eighties stuff. It shows the other side of the Culture Club phenomenon warts and all!

[PAUL NEWMAN]

if your into mindless violence(like me)then try
CHOPPER
CHOPPER 3 HOW TO SHOOT FREINDS AND INFLUANCE PEOPLE
HARD B******DS 1 OR 2
ALL ARE BASED ON TRUE EVENTS :cool:

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[Chris_Lacey]

As far as horror goes, no one beats the Poe!

Edgar Allen Poe is great, and responsible for some truely horrifying stories :-)

Recently though I have been reading Captain Corellis Mandolin, I might even watch the film soon. Top book.

[docwra]

Originally posted by DL:
<STRONG>Recently though I have been reading Captain Corellis Mandolin, I might even watch the film soon. Top book.</STRONG>

I went to cephallonia (where it was set) last year. Absolutely beautiful island - comes with a very high recommendation from me!! :) :D

[JohnD76]

Being highyl pedantic here, but we are on the subject of literature.

Whoever codes for UBB don't no English speak.

This topic is comprised of 2 pages....

Should be "this topic comprises..." with no of

Honestly :rolleyes:

[docwra]

Originally posted by JohnD76:
<STRONG>Being highyl pedantic here
Honestly :rolleyes:</STRONG>

Is that like methyl pedantic??
Honestly! :rolleyes:
(and dont try and claim you did that deliberate like :))

[JohnD76]

:( Balls :(

Well you see, eerrrr :rolleyes: , I didn't errrrr want the UBB peeps to errrrrr feel really bad so I *cough* did it on purpose???? :rolleyes: *cough*
*nervous laugh*

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[jimboturbo]

all Feist books are amazing, as is the daughter of the empire trilogy. another amazing authour and series is eddings. I am currently reading terry goodkind book 5.

in my other moments, Turbochargers by hugh mcinnes is a very good tech guide on turbo's and honda/ accura performance by sport compact car is also a very good read, even if you don't have a honda!

Happy readings....

[andyf]

Originally posted by DL:
<STRONG>As far as horror goes, no one beats the Pope!
</STRONG>

The pope rules, ok! :D

[RichardM]

Pure rock crystal pedantry......nice