mostly horror (especially King) though i do enjoy sci-fi fantasy, especially when it doesn't take it's self too serious. Terry Pratchet's books are great for this. I'm also a big Gaimen fan.
Do you read novels If so what is your prefered genre?
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First-person, realistic stories, not necessarily true stories. Some of my favourites include Far From Shore (one of my favourite books ever), A Clockwork Orange, 1984, and Fifth Business. They're all non-fiction, but they aren't fantasy or unrealistic. I dunno... non-fiction? Just not bullshit non-fiction.
I pick up actual biographies once in a while, especially of the auto- variety. Marilyn Manson's was really something else. Hated the guy before, somewhat respected him after.
First-person, realistic stories, not necessarily true stories. Some of my favourites include Far From Shore (one of my favourite books ever), A Clockwork Orange, 1984, and Fifth Business. They're all non-fiction, but they aren't fantasy or unrealistic. I dunno... non-fiction? Just not bullshit non-fiction.
I pick up actual biographies once in a while, especially of the auto- variety. Marilyn Manson's was really something else. Hated the guy before, somewhat respected him after.
Yeeeah, I checked out the first one... vowed never to read the others. Tripe.Machiavellian007 said:
As a kid, I was into Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series, the Proton/Phase books, and his Bio of a Space Tyrant(I wasn't allowed to watch R rated movies, but I could read whatever I wanted) When I was in high school I ate up Stephen King, Anne Rice's Vampire books. College had me enjoying Frank Herbert's Dune series. Can't forget Anne McCaffery, Raymond Feist, Lloyd Alexander, Orson Scott Card.
Hm. I've read others, but it looks like mostly fantasy, huh. I consider Science Fiction and Horror as subsets of the Fantasy genre, and I may get some flak for that, but any fiction that has to do with something that couldn't actually have been real in the time period it was written is fantasy. Science Fiction is unique as a subgenre in that some of the fantastic things in it become possible as time passes.
Oh, and I have to say that I've loved books in other genres, too, and read some crappy science fiction. One called um...something: exile was really bad. the pirate king cut off the prince of mars' eyelids? Horrible book.
Hm. I've read others, but it looks like mostly fantasy, huh. I consider Science Fiction and Horror as subsets of the Fantasy genre, and I may get some flak for that, but any fiction that has to do with something that couldn't actually have been real in the time period it was written is fantasy. Science Fiction is unique as a subgenre in that some of the fantastic things in it become possible as time passes.
Oh, and I have to say that I've loved books in other genres, too, and read some crappy science fiction. One called um...something: exile was really bad. the pirate king cut off the prince of mars' eyelids? Horrible book.
Horror almost exclusively. Richard Laymon is the shit.
The whole bottom shelf is Laymon. I have almost everything he's written novel-wise. A couple collections of his short stories as well. There's some Brian Keene on the top right and I'm still working on getting most of his stuff.
They are both excellent authors and Laymon was a huge inspiration for Keene. Richard Laymon passed away on valentines day of 2001. It's sad there will be no more books by him. He's written so many though, and some are rare. You can spend a good while acquiring and reading his stuff.
I've paid 50 dollars for one of his rarer paperbacks. Recently the rights were sold to another publisher and it has been reprinted. You can find most of his works relatively cheap. Some of his stuff, written under the pseudonym Carl Laymon, is super rare and can fetch between 150-500 bucks.
He mostly deals in men as monsters. Deranged, psychopaths. A couple of his stories are supernatural, some are tales of monsters. Most of his villains are just sex crazed murderers. His protagonists are usually women. It's gory, raunchy, sexy and vile stuff.
Highly recommend it.
The whole bottom shelf is Laymon. I have almost everything he's written novel-wise. A couple collections of his short stories as well. There's some Brian Keene on the top right and I'm still working on getting most of his stuff.
They are both excellent authors and Laymon was a huge inspiration for Keene. Richard Laymon passed away on valentines day of 2001. It's sad there will be no more books by him. He's written so many though, and some are rare. You can spend a good while acquiring and reading his stuff.
I've paid 50 dollars for one of his rarer paperbacks. Recently the rights were sold to another publisher and it has been reprinted. You can find most of his works relatively cheap. Some of his stuff, written under the pseudonym Carl Laymon, is super rare and can fetch between 150-500 bucks.
He mostly deals in men as monsters. Deranged, psychopaths. A couple of his stories are supernatural, some are tales of monsters. Most of his villains are just sex crazed murderers. His protagonists are usually women. It's gory, raunchy, sexy and vile stuff.
Highly recommend it.
I started out with Sherlock Holmes before moving into Tom Clancy. Lately, I've been into the crime genre, reading a lot of Chandler.
Fantasy all the way. Raymond E Feist, Dragonlance, Robert Jordan, David/Leigh Eddings they all rock. Though some occasional sci-fi is alright (by that I mean Warhammer 40k novels, Dan Abnett and so on) Gaunts Ghosts series kicks arse and so does the Eisenhorn series.
You forgot manipulation of people and outwitting them, that is one thing that used to be popular with the original style vampires.NoblePhilistineFox said:
Science Fiction. The harder the better [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness]. I really like hard SF short stories. Their compact nature means you get a nice rush of info and drama and plot all at once. When they're done well, they're amazing.
Are you freaking KIDDING me!?y1fella said:
Agreed with the Artemis Fowl fan, and Garth Marenghi. Gotta love a bit of Garth Marenghi
I believe the same person who wrote the Artemis Fowl series has written a sequel to the universally beloved by geeks (Myself extremely included) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.Cakekey said:
You may want to check it out. I found it quite entertaining while still in keeping with the spirit of the original author, Douglas Adams.
I don't read books, i read subtitles...
But i'm pretty hooked on Japanes VNs. And not just the eroge type.
It's ironic really, i get bored reading novels but when long lines are accompanied with pictures, it gives me a drive to read. And since i love anime, the addiction is out if the question...
But i'm pretty hooked on Japanes VNs. And not just the eroge type.
It's ironic really, i get bored reading novels but when long lines are accompanied with pictures, it gives me a drive to read. And since i love anime, the addiction is out if the question...