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240135
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Post by
Monday
Guns, Germs, and Steel (pretty long, but good, about how environmental factors influence societies)
I have read this. Very, very good book, especially if you watch the documentary video with it as well.
Post by
variable303
I'm not about to read through every page, so sorry if I repeat a suggestion.... I mostly read non-fiction and love stuff by Jon Krakauer (
Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, Where Men Win Glory
, and
Under the Banner of Heaven
).
Three Cups of Tea
is another great one. Oh,
A Beautiful Mind
was awesome as well, sooooo much better than the movie.
For fiction:
-
Flowers for Algernon
, by Daniel Keyes (so sad, yet inspiring and uplifting at the same time)
-
Middlesex
, by Jeffrey Eugenides (funny, touching, well-written, just an all around great coming of age story about a hermaphrodite)
-
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
, by Mark Haddon
-and of course
Ender's Game
, which I'm sure has already been mentioned numerous times by now.
Post by
Thror
Meh, i read a lot. Listing individual books would take long... ill just throw up a list of my fav writers, directly from my facebook :D
Here we go, Stephen King, William Gibson, Terry Pratchett, H. P. Lovecraft, Andrzej Sapkowski, Neil Gaiman, China Miéville, Jay Lake, Hal Duncan, Romain Rolland, Erich Maria Remarque, Jack London, Dan Brown.
Mostly fantasy, sci-fi, some horror, some mystery, some world wars.
Hm. I got to King, Remarque, and Rolland thanks to my ex-girlfriend. The others i kinda bumped into. Those are mostly authors i have read more than one book from. The books that influenced me the most of those i have read would be the Perdido Street Station by China Miéville, and the classic Neuromancer from Gibson.
I want to be a writer myself, its my biggest dream... currently, i am shaping my writing style on short novels...
Post by
Queggy
Guns, Germs, and Steel (pretty long, but good, about how environmental factors influence societies)
I have read this. Very, very good book, especially if you watch the documentary video with it as well.
Ugh. I'm having to read this book for my Honors Technology and Culture class, and I hate it.
Post by
variable303
For anyone who really liked Guns, Germs, and Steel (like Queggy), you might want to check out
Strangers in a Strange Land
, by Douglas Massey. It's a bit more 'text bookish' but quite accessible.
Post by
Queggy
You mean Funden, not Queggy.
:P
Post by
variable303
You mean Funden, not Queggy.
:P
Apparently, I can't read...
Post by
Hyperspacerebel
Strangers in a Strange Land
, by Douglas Massey.
How dare he blaspheme one of the most influential works of 20th-Century fiction :P
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240135
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Post by
HiVolt
I just finished reading
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
, and I have to say it's one of the better books I've read. It's full of crude humor, and the author, Tucker Max, claims that all of his stories are rooted in truth(albeit with drunken embellishment). I picked it up after seeing the film created from the book, and though I really enjoyed the film, I found myself laughing much more while reading the book. I highly recommend it to anyone with a taste for vulgarity in their literature.
Post by
135207
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Post by
Monday
/sigh
Eff this. I went to the library today, where Brandon Sanderson was supposedly speaking. Turns out he was speaking yesterday, and I missed it!
Today was James Dashner though, pretty cool guy.
Post by
Queggy
/sigh
Eff this. I went to the library today, where Brandon Sanderson was supposedly speaking. Turns out he was speaking yesterday, and I missed it!
Today was James Dashner though, pretty cool guy.
O_O
BRANDON SANDERSON WAS SPEAKING AT YOUR LIBRARY? WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
Post by
Hyperspacerebel
O_O
BRANDON SANDERSON WAS SPEAKING AT YOUR LIBRARY? WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
Orem, Utah.
/stalk
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Post by
Monday
O_O
BRANDON SANDERSON WAS SPEAKING AT YOUR LIBRARY? WHERE DO YOU LIVE?
Orem, Utah.
/stalk
L2Twitter
Aye this ^
He lives about 20-ish miles from me, if I remember the distance to American Fork correctly.
Post by
Monday
Oh, and do you know what the worst part was?
I WAS AT THE LIBRARY WHILE HE WAS SPEAKING AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE WAS THERE!
Post by
HoleofArt
I just finished reading
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
, and I have to say it's one of the better books I've read. It's full of crude humor, and the author, Tucker Max, claims that all of his stories are rooted in truth(albeit with drunken embellishment). I picked it up after seeing the film created from the book, and though I really enjoyed the film, I found myself laughing much more while reading the book. I highly recommend it to anyone with a taste for vulgarity in their literature.
Read it in a single night.
Many.. many laughs.
Post by
Queggy
Oh, and do you know what the worst part was?
I WAS AT THE LIBRARY WHILE HE WAS SPEAKING AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE WAS THERE!
Wow. Ultra-Fail.
Post by
Adamsm
So..... Side Jobs is out soon, then Ghost Story in April heh.
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