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[taikara]

@Iron Scarecrow:

I totally concur. David Eddings freaking rocks.

About 1984, it really is a great novel, and so originally presented. Orwell is a master of political commentary, imho. If you haven't read it, you definitely should.

Catcher in the Rye is another of my "classical" favorites.

[Marek]

Originally posted by Flop@Apr 21 2005, 02:18 PM
@Marek: Is L. Ron Hubbard seriously one of your favourite sci-fi authors? I thought he only made one book, namely Battlefield Earth, which sucks so badly, it made me want to kill myself. I might be wrong , though, maybe he's made other books, some of which are better than BE.

L. Ron Hubbard also wrote a decology called Mission Earth.
Brilliantly funny and a great sci-fi adventure.

I bought and read the first 9 books, but could never manage to find the tenth one so I never read the last one...

I thought Battlefield Earth was Excellent, I thought the movie was a washout...
I found the second half of the book more mesmerising than the first half. and the second half of the book is what they left out of the movie.

I am not so sure if it was the writing style of the book so much as the setting, I love any story that deals with a sort of post apocolyptic world and how the survivors put back together the pieces.

The Sci Fi factor puts an interesting twist and makes a change from the Stand or somesuch...

[TheChosen]

Has anyone read any Terry Pratchett? They (also)RRRROCK!!

[Flop]

Originally posted by Puffin+Apr 21 2005, 07:38 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Puffin @ Apr 21 2005, 07:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Flop@Apr 21 2005, 01:44 PM
So you did like at least one Danish novel. Btw, I think the movie won an oscar, when it came out. Did you watch that?

Another suggestion for your class would be Frydenholm, by Hans Scherfig. It's set in Denmark during the occupation. It's not as famous as some of his other books, but it is definitely good. One of his best, if not the best.

I saw the movie, but I haven't heard about that Oscar!! Interesting!

I'll check that Scherfig book out! The only one I've read by him is Det Forsömte For?r. I didn't really like it when reading it, but afterwards it is actually good!!
I have an exam on it next Thursday [/b][/quote]
Holy crap! Exam next week! Just remember that the cronic innocence is, in fact the main character (not Janus, but his friend, whatever his name is). As long as you say that you're guaranteed a passing grade. And, yeah, check out Frydendal, it really is a good book.

[Puffin]

Edvard Elleström?
The mama's boy?

[BeefontheBone]

Originally posted by drumminfreek@Apr 21 2005, 10:04 PM
Ive never read 1984 but ive heard its really interesting
but i have read a book of the same genre i found interesting:
The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy! it was a cool book

erm, not even remotely the same genre there - Nineteen Eighty-Four is about trying to live in a nightmarish futuristic police state (and is where the terms Room 101 and Big Brother come from) whereas H2G2 is a series of comedy books of very British humour by the late Douglas Adams, based on the original radio series. There's a new film version of it out soon, too.

[Sebatianos]

Well we did have at least one similar discusion in the past HERE, but that was about writers. So here's about books:

The End of Childhood, 2001, 2010, 2061, 3001, The planet of seven suns, Meeting with Rama, Songs of distant earth,... (Arthur Charles Clarke).

The Fundation (the whole triple trilogy - 9 books by Isac Assimov).

The jurney to the middle of the earth, 20.000 leagues under the sea, The Fifteen year old captain (not sure about the english title), The voyage to the moon,... (by Julius Verne).

The Essey on Blindnes, The Notes from a Monastery,... (by nobel prize winner Jose Saramago).

Process - by Robert London (biography of a communist who got arrested during the party cleansing in Checkoslovakia).

Paleandra, The letters of experianced devil,... (by C. J. Lewis).

On the Road - Jack Karuac

The name of the Rose - Umberto Eco

Jurasic Park (trilogy), Time Trap, The Rising Sun,... (by Michael Crichton).

Most of the murder mysteries by Agatha Christie.

The Lost World, The adventures of Speckled band, The Hound of Baskervilles,... (by Arthur Charles Dyle).

The adventures of the three musketeers, Twenty years later, The Black Tulip,... (by Alexander Dumas).

TRUST ME... this list could go on and on and on and on...

EDIT - see, just can't stop adding:
Huxley - A brave new world
Orwel - Animal Farm, 1984
Duglas - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Burges - A Clockwork Orange
??? - Budha of the Suburbs
Hesse - Sidharta

[Spookyfish]

Originally posted by Sebatianos@Apr 22 2005, 11:03 AM
EDIT - see, just can't stop adding:
Huxley - A brave new world
Orwel - Animal Farm, 1984
Duglas - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Burges - A Clockwork Orange
??? - Budha of the Suburbs
Hesse - Sidharta

Finally someone mentions Anthony Burgess ! A Clockwork Orange was brilliant, as was the movie. Too bad Kubrick ditched the last chapter for his screenplay, but it works as it is in my opinion.

Stephen King is also pretty good. A tad surprised I'm the first to mention him though .

[TheSmyth]

I'm a big fan of stephen kings movies, but not really his books. I find he drags things out too much, and I find it easy to get bored when the story just seems to be filling in the gaps between the good bits.

For Horror / Thriller the best writers have to be Brian Lumley and Clive Barker, IMHO. :twisted:

[Rogue]

Originally posted by UnHoly@Apr 21 2005, 01:45 PM

For me books on tapes are very stupid idea. It takes much more time to read (listen to it), it's harder for me to imagine when someone is reading tahn i read by myself, and i get bored with that listening thing very fast. Not for me!

As I already said, I am listening while driving, and books I listen are one that I already have read.


@Bobbin - same here.


@flop - Battlefield Earth is one of the books that I could not stop reading, after I started. In my country book was separated in to two books, battlefield and earth, and as Marek already said, second is much more intense then first. I was very disappointed with the movie, as it did not even scratch the book. (If made properly, should be long at least 6-8 hours IMHO)


@everyone - Terry Goodkind anyone?