Any good books?

Crazy Man · Post by **Crazy Man** » Mon May 30, 2005 4:50 pm

This Other Eden by Ben Elton.

I read this in 10th grade...and I'm planning on rereading it again at some point. It should appeal to fans of other Ben Elton stuff (Blackadder and such), and perhaps fans of Pratchett and Adams (which I am, and I can't recommend their books enough).

Another book I'd strongly recommend that I'm sure was mentioned but haven't seen it yet (if not, that's surprising considering it's popularity) is Good Omens by Niel Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. Very funny, and concerns the conflict between Heaven and Hell...

Metzgirl · Post by **Metzgirl** » Mon May 30, 2005 9:11 pm

[quote="wocket";p="501536"]Alright, just got my summer reading list. Has anyone read these books? Are they good?

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami

According to my English teacher, A Wild Sheep Chase will BREAK MY BRAIN.[/quote]

The only one of those I've attempted to read is Waiting for Godot. Possibly the most boring, depressing, and agrevating thing I've ever read. I don't care if Mr. Beckett is supposed to be one of the great playwrites of all time, I think he just sucks.

wocket · Post by **wocket** » Mon May 30, 2005 9:12 pm

...Wonderful. Ah well. Thank you for warning me, Metzy.

I'm currently reading through all of the Chronicles of Narnia! wheee!

Best. Children's. Books. EVAR.

Terrene · Post by **Terrene** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:32 pm

The only one of those I've attempted to read is Waiting for Godot. Possibly the most boring, depressing, and agrevating thing I've ever read. I don't care if Mr. Beckett is supposed to be one of the great playwrites of all time, I think he just sucks.

Oh god, YES. It was just... so... gaaaah. My copy smelled like rotten brocolli...
I can't remember if I ever gave it back to my drama teacher or just threw it away.

BadMonkey · Post by **BadMonkey** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:42 pm

/me looks up at book shelf
Iain M. Banks - Iain Banks does sci-fi, and does it well. (I strongly recoomend "The Player of Games")

Iain Banks - Iain Banks does stuff other than Sci-Fi and does it even better.

John Simpson - "Strange Places, Questionable People", and "It's A Mad World, My Masters" - Legendary BBC Journo, who has had an incredible knack at bieng in the right place at the right time to see some history go down.

Stephen King - The Stand - I read this when I had a bad dose of the flu. Those were unpleasent fever dreams. (The US Army accidently releases a Mutated Flu virus on the world, everyone bar a small number of immune people survive. Then the visions of The Dark Man start...)

wocket · Post by **wocket** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:48 pm

The Stand is one of my favorite King Books.

Oh, a good book if you're into that stuff is Robert Bloch's Psychos. It's a collection of short stories of the horror/mentally deranged sort.

The first one is a King story, quite good, with a humorous twist.

BadMonkey · Post by **BadMonkey** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:54 pm

Another good book that I once read when I had the Flu and was all fevered up was Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
I had to stop though, it was making my head ...break.

But still, read it!

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Mon May 30, 2005 11:02 pm

I also would like to recommend the Coldfire trilogy. Some of you rejoiced for LWW movie, but when I saw the preview what went through my head was "Oh come on, the other series was MUCH better..." Maybe because Tarrent was such a badass. Damien too, in his own little priest way.

Also, I'd second (third) the Dark Tower series, as well as Hero's Die and Blade of Tyshalle.

Another good/funny book, especially if you liked Hitchhiker's humor, is Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.

Terry Goodkind's Wizard's First Rule is also good, as long as you just read only 3-4 books into the series.

Tasty Biscuit Toothpaste · Post by **Tasty Biscuit Toothpaste** » Tue May 31, 2005 12:49 am

The Count of Monte Christo by Alexandre Dumas, father of the writer of The Three Musketeers. It's better after you get into it.

StruckingFuggle · Post by **StruckingFuggle** » Tue May 31, 2005 12:56 am

/me gives Raven some huge prize, too, for mentioning Stover's work
Hah! Someone else who's read them!

... Though ... only read 3 or 4 books into Goodkind's work? You mean it gets worse than Wizard's First Rule? o.o

Nerdess10052 · Post by **Nerdess10052** » Tue May 31, 2005 2:42 am

I like older books. Like The Man in the Iron Mask. Well, only reason I ever read it was becase I REALLY REALLY liked that episode of Wishbone when I was younger. ^^;;;

Healer24 · Post by **Healer24** » Tue May 31, 2005 3:08 am

Wishbone was a great show. I was able to use the literary knowledge gained from that show till something like my sophomore year in high school.

Nerdess10052 · Post by **Nerdess10052** » Tue May 31, 2005 3:56 am

Good, I don't feel like such a looser now. It also got me intrested into the Red Badge of Courage.

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Tue May 31, 2005 4:39 am

The series gets very, very, very repititive. Like you said Eddings works are all interchangeable (which I disagree, but that isn't the point right now), after finishing book 4 and picking up book 5, after reading 3 chapters into it, I just thought "You gotta be kidding. This AGAIN!?" I don't know how to explain it exactly, it just felt like exactly the same storyline with a minor detail changed every now and then.

StruckingFuggle · Post by **StruckingFuggle** » Tue May 31, 2005 5:04 am

Doesn't surprise me, as WFR was boring, predictable, with no thought given to any of the setting or plot or characters except as poorly-handled mouthpieces for his philosophy. Bleh.

Nothing new or even old done interestingly.

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