OT: Read a book!

dogscoff · #1 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 · #2 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 · #3 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 · #4 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 · #5 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 · #6 January 2nd, 2003, 07:12 PM

Quote:

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...

Puke · #7 January 2nd, 2003, 07:58 PM

how about Lem, for classic sci fi?

right now im reading Daniel Quinn and Douglas Hofstadter, for two non-sci-fi authors. and just got the new War of Honor, so i can read all the old David Weber / HH books on the CD that comes with it.