[KazuoMM]

I'm looking for new books to read and was wondering
if anyone had some suggestions
i'll read just about anything
so don't hold back

[acutekat]

orson scott card has some good sci-fi stuff
you could read mein kampf by hitler
the narnia series
the LOTR series
ill come up with more from your reaction to these

[Filleraol]

I think the "His Dark Materials" Trilogy is a great read.

[yagsnave]

If you're wanting something a bit less mainstream volumes 1-5 of the Chronicles of Amber are great. 6-10 are a different, less riveting storyline.

[Issitheus]

Stephen King has very few bad books out... VERY few.

[Filleraol]

Stephen King has very few bad books out... VERY few.

That is very true

[yagsnave]

You could always go with a classic like All Quiet on the Western Front or The Grapes of Wrath.

[KazuoMM]

orson scott card has some good sci-fi stuff
you could read mein kampf by hitler
the narnia series
the LOTR series
ill come up with more from your reaction to these


i wouldnt mind reading LOTR or Narnia but
its a little hard for me to read stuff like that

i've never heard of His Dark Materials or Chronicles of Amber
but they seem like they would be interesting

[Adjacent Badger]

What about Frank Herbert's "Dune"

[Major_Tom]

Crash by J.G. Ballard
Battle Royale by Takami Koushun
The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Welcome to the N.H.K. by Takimoto Tatsuhiko
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Damn good books!

[abyssion1337]

Catch-22
Snow crash
neuromancer
1984
slaughter house 5
farenheit 451

[yagsnave]

If you want to read Amber, I'll warn you it could be a bit hard to track down. If it's not at the library you may need to order the anthology.

[SS_nyuu911_SS]

have u read any of John Grisham's books?
o my goodness there so damn good!

[Useful]

Catch-22
Snow crash
neuromancer
1984
slaughter house 5
farenheit 451

Seconding this list, because it's heavy on Vonnegut: anything by him is great, also try Cat's Cradle.




Stephen King has very few bad books out... VERY few.

That is very true

In particular, try The Stand. That should keep you busy for a while ;).

A MAJOR second on the Dark Materials trilogy, very well written and catchy as allgetout! Plus anti-organized religion goodness!

The only great series NOT mentioned on this thread that comes to mind right now is the Foundation series by Issac Asimov. Some of the greatest sci-fi ever written there. Also, start with Prelude to Foundation, not Foundation.

Go ahead and try some Heinlein, too. I especially suggest The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Starship Troopers.

[Jazean]

"Ender's Game" FTW

[Useful]

Indeed, seconded! I just remembered: Larry Niven is perhaps my favorite writer of all time.

YOU MUST read the Ringworld series, if it doesn't make your brain melt. By the way, it stands a good chance of doing just that.

Also, read Rainbow Mars because it is epic and also mind melting.

[Jazean]

"mote in god's eye"

[SS_nyuu911_SS]

JOHHHNNNNNN GRISHAMMMMMMMMMM

[Useful]

JOHHHNNNNNN GRISHAMMMMMMMMMM

You know, I have a friend who's totally obsessed with him too. He actually sounds a lot like you, but I'm sure you're not him ^^.

[KazuoMM]

i continually look forward to these books that will
"melt my mind"
i'll to find them quick before i go on my little journey

[Ionzorg]

Right now I'm reading Lolita (some of you may have heard of this title...), by Vladimir Nabokov. It is, of course, responsible for the term "lolicon". ;D Due to its being about a man's obsession with a twelve year old girl.

The writing is extremely complex and detailed, so the casual reader might find it a tad frustrating at times (that's the case with me sometimes as well, in fact), but I think it's worth it. I'm only about 50 pages in right now but I'm already engrossed.

I'm also probably going to rent the film adaptation immediately after I'm done reading. Oh yeah, and there's a movie adaptation, for you non-literary-types.

[Issitheus]

Read some Stephen King.

[abyssion1337]

Both my girlfriend and I recomend Kokoro

[Ionzorg]

I don't know what that is...but perhaps I will look into it. To Wikipedia! :)

[1337uvis]

read Dante's Inferno and Goethe's Faust :D

[abyssion1337]

you shouldn't limit it to the inferno, that's only part one of Dante's divine comedy

[1337uvis]

yes, yes it is. But then again who would want to read 2nd and 3rd without reading the 1st

[Ionzorg]

What everyone in here should really read is a play called Waiting For Godot, by Samuel Beckett. Absolutely hilarious, very insightful, and you don't even need to see the play performed, it's all about the dialogue. Not that I wouldn't kill a bishop to see it performed professionally, but the point stands. :)

[KazuoMM]

who've got me very interested in Lolita
i need a complex book

[abyssion1337]

there's always pornagami it's a fun distraction

[KazuoMM]

there's always pornagami it's a fun distraction


ok i'll look into that