OT: Read a book!

geoschmo · #1 January 3rd, 2003, 02:10 AM

You know, this forum used to have "My favorite books" threads all the time. It occurs to me I haven't seen any for a while. Maybe since PBW got going good. It would really make me feel bad if PBW was taking so much or your free time that you can only read when it's not working.

David E. Gervais · #2 January 3rd, 2003, 02:55 AM

gosh, reading books, that's something I haven't done in a long time. You wouldn't know it by size of my book collection (300+ books) Here are some of my all time Favorites..

The 'Myth Advanture' series by Robert Asprin,
The 'Phule's' series by Robert Asprin,
The 'Guargians of the Flame' series by Joel Rosenberg,
The 'Dragonlance' novels,.
The 'Forgotten Realms' novels,
The 'Star of the Guardians' series by Margaret Weis,
The 'Death Gate' novels by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman,
The City and the stars by Issac Isamov,
The 'Rama' series by Arther C. Clarke,
..and all things 'Star Wars',..

That covers about the top 200+- of my collection.

Cheers!

dogscoff · #3 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 · #4 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 · #5 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 · #6 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 · #7 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.

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