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Book Recommendations
Posted: 7/8/2004, 5:20 pm
by Axtech
Need some ideas as to what I should read now that I'm done the stuff I have been reading... (and, of course, everyone else should get book ideas here too).
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Posted: 7/8/2004, 5:22 pm
by Long Jonny
vernon god little.
seriously, it's an awesome book.
it's very michael mooreish.
i need somebody else to read this so i can compare thoughts with them. it;s very satirical.
Posted: 7/8/2004, 5:39 pm
by Rusty
LOTR, and harry potter
Posted: 7/8/2004, 6:03 pm
by Random Name
I'm supposed to be reading this book that my friend lent me. The thing is, its a fantasy book and I really don't like fantasy. I mean, I like Harry Potter and LOTR and shit but those are the extreams. I suppose I'll have to force myself through it though. She claims it's really funny but I can't see it.
Posted: 7/8/2004, 6:04 pm
by Rusty
fantasy is the best
Posted: 7/8/2004, 6:11 pm
by One-Eye
Random Name wrote:I'm supposed to be reading this book that my friend lent me. The thing is, its a fantasy book and I really don't like fantasy. I mean, I like Harry Potter and LOTR and shit but those are the extreams. I suppose I'll have to force myself through it though. She claims it's really funny but I can't see it.
Is it Goodkind or Jordan or some shit? Because, if so, RUN! RUN WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!!
Modern fantasy is almost uniformly a festering pit of suck. *sheds a tear for ye olde daies of good fantasy*
Posted: 7/8/2004, 6:18 pm
by Rusty
sword of shannara thats an amazing fantasy book
Posted: 7/8/2004, 6:20 pm
by One-Eye
In fantasy, stick with the classics, yo. Lord of the Rings. The Chronicles of Narnia. The Neverending Story. The Last Unicorn. Peter Pan.
Posted: 7/8/2004, 6:22 pm
by Rusty
hey the sword of shannara is a classic, its a lot like LOTR
Posted: 7/8/2004, 6:26 pm
by One-Eye
Exactly. It's LotR knockoff. It might be good if it were original, but...
Posted: 7/8/2004, 6:30 pm
by Rusty
its not a knockoff, it's an entirley different storyline i said it was similar, have you ever read it?
Posted: 7/8/2004, 6:35 pm
by One-Eye
Wait, I might be thinking of Sword of Truth. Which I HAVE read (at least the first thousand-page book), AND it made me want to stab the author repeatedly.
Who wrote Sword of Shannara?
Posted: 7/8/2004, 6:37 pm
by Rusty
ummmm, it was...terry brooks
Posted: 7/8/2004, 6:41 pm
by One-Eye
Oh, well, he sucks too.
It's possible I'm just jaded about all this stuff, but... pop fiction just doesn't do much for me. *shrug*
Posted: 7/8/2004, 6:43 pm
by Rusty
he doesn't suck and he isn't pop fiction its fantasy
Posted: 7/8/2004, 6:47 pm
by Waiting to Exist
Underground, by Haruki Murakami. I'm not entirely finished with it, but it's an amazing book. It's accounts with sixty different people gassed on Tokyo subways on March 20, 1995. That's just the first part. In the second part, he interviews all sorts of people, including a member of the cult that committed the act. I've heard Murakami's other books are amazing, too. His most famous is Norwegian Wood. Underground is the only one I have read, and I'm not even all the way through.
Posted: 7/8/2004, 7:02 pm
by Long Jonny
once again, if you are looking for a good read, vernon god little. plz?
Posted: 7/8/2004, 7:11 pm
by tasha
of course, i'm first gonna reccommend Brave New World.
i just finished reading Prey, by the guy who wrote jurrasic park and does something on the TV show ER too. it's a really good book, i couldn't put it down
anyone looking for a chick book, try Something Borrowed. it's a new release
Posted: 7/8/2004, 7:13 pm
by Long Jonny
brave new world was... well... i would have liked it a lot more if we didn't have to analyze it in class everyday. it took away any preconceptions i had about what was going on. i had to believe whatever the teacher was saying, not how i took it.
Posted: 7/8/2004, 7:15 pm
by tasha
i had to do that too. doesn't change that it was a good book.... i liked it before i had to analyze it, write essays and stuff. lol