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 Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:18 am
Ok, well, this is fairly simple. Basically what you've got to do is post what literary genre you are usually involved in, and wait. You'll get recommendations of books from other genres to read, pick one, go out and read it and post your reaction. Anyone want to join?
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 1:07 pm
I usually read Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Any recommendations please?
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:32 pm
Read the entire Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. It's not traditional fantasy, it's very political and philosophical.
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:34 pm
You're talking about Wizard's First Rule and the like?
Yeah. I couldn't get through the first one.
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:29 pm
For Science Fiction:
-The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
-Ringworld
-Dirk Gently
-I, Robot
-TIme Enough for Love
Maybe some others. Let's hear what you have to say first.
My genre is Science Fiction. I love it so.
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:11 pm
I think the point is other genres. I'm going to suggest Foucault's Pendulum or The Count of Monte Cristo.
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:20 pm
Teela-B~ While the idea is to recommend books of other genres, good choices. I love the HHGG series and I, Robot was good. I've not read any of the others, though I think I've heard of Dirk Gently.
Ffaux Pas~ I picked up Foucault's Pendulum today at the library. I'm about ten pages in. It's good so far.
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:49 pm
The first paragraph turns most people off. But it's a great book in that if you understand what he's saying all the way through you feel smart. xD There are too many templer/christianity conspiracy books out there now, but this one's been around a while so I don't feel too bad about enjoying it, and it is well written. Eco appeals to me because of his constant use of languages and math in fiction.
I've gone through four copies of the bloody thing, over the last five years.
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:53 pm
Alright. I'll bite. It will be a while before I finish whatever you suggest, since I have so many I'm in the middle of as it is, but I'll get it done eventually.
I generally read
Historical fiction,
non-fiction,
the classics,
french lit,
more modern gritty stuff - think trainspotting or fight club (which I'm not really enjoying all that much),
and some crime/cia/spy sort of stuff, if it's well written or I'm really bored.
Hit me.
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:11 pm
Sci Fi~ Callahan's Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson
Fantasy~ Lady of the Forest by Jennifer Roberson
Dhampir by Barb and JC Hendee
Enjoy.
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:26 pm
*twitch, twitch* I should have known.
I think I've read the second one though.
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:21 am
Ffaux Pas *twitch, twitch* I should have known.
I think I've read the second one though. Here's one for you: Read some Robert E. Howard or Lovecraft. They might b easier considering your taste.
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:44 am
Ffaux Pas *twitch, twitch* I should have known.
I think I've read the second one though. I'd say Vampire Hunter D. It's sort of like a gritty futuristic... Some kind of book! I'm not sure what genre it compares best to.
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 7:10 am
With pleasure:
Rilke, Rainer Maria: Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge
Max Frisch: Homo Faber
Thomas Mann: Tonio Kröger
Lawrence Norfolk: Lempriere's Dictionary; The Pope's Rhinoceros
Akif Pirincci: Felidae
Günter Grass: Peeling the Onion
Umberto Eco: On Ugliness
Heinrich v. Kleist: Michael Kohlhaas
Bill Bryson: A walk in the woods
Myself, I like to read historical and science fiction, fantasy, poetry, popular science á la Dawkins/Hawking etc.
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:44 am
Ffaux Pas *twitch, twitch* I should have known.
I think I've read the second one though. Really? Did you like it?
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