Pendergast books by Preston/Child. The earlier ones I always found were a nice mix of some fantasy/crime/thriller. It sorta reminded me of watching X-files. I also read this book Scar Night once that was pretty good, kinda screwy.
I need some books . . .
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Anything by Diana Wynne Jones is fun and worth reading.Singularly Datarific said:
Also an older series, maybe a little childish but The Dark is Rising by a female author. They made a terrible film out of it but the books are quite fun.
Another slightly childish one but the Redwall series by Brian Jacques. Slight repetitive but nice lighthearted fun nonetheless.
As has been said before, The Belgariad and The Mallorean by David and Leigh Eddings as well as the two companion books Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress. Also the Rivan Codex if you want some background, probably best to read after the series.
Hope you choose some good books for Christmas and enjoy the holidays
I'll second the Philip K Dick recommendations. I'll throw Ubiq in there as my favorite.
Alone Against Tomorrow by Harlan Ellison is a great collection of short stories. And that includes I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream which is an essential science fiction story.
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. The story is centered around a visit to the atheistic Soviet Union by the Devil and his entourage. One of which is a large talking cat with a fondness for chess and vodka. Bulgakov was still working on his final draft when he died in 1940. It wasn't published until the '60's in a heavily edited and censored version. Eventually we got a complete version based on all available manuscripts some decades later.
And a character in Psychonauts was named after Mikhail Bulgakov, which is awesome.
Alone Against Tomorrow by Harlan Ellison is a great collection of short stories. And that includes I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream which is an essential science fiction story.
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. The story is centered around a visit to the atheistic Soviet Union by the Devil and his entourage. One of which is a large talking cat with a fondness for chess and vodka. Bulgakov was still working on his final draft when he died in 1940. It wasn't published until the '60's in a heavily edited and censored version. Eventually we got a complete version based on all available manuscripts some decades later.
And a character in Psychonauts was named after Mikhail Bulgakov, which is awesome.
You're the only other person on The Escapist I've seen say they've even heard of them. I have mentioned these books in like 10 other book threads and I have never seen anyone else mention the books and not once has anyone ever quoted me saying that they're good or anything.Suicidejim said:
I second the Night Angel Trilogy. Great books - top-notch story.gigastar said:
I'd also recommend The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher if you enjoy supernatural stories with a good sense of humor and great characters.
I would wholeheartedly recommend Titus Groan and Ghormenghast, however I felt the series lost momentum with the loss of "that" character in Ghormenghast. Titus Alone just seemed to wander. (That might actually be fitting, but it has no real drive to keep me reading).Paddy the Second said:
I'm going to bring up Neal Stephenson. Now a lot of people will bring up Snow Crash or The Diamond Age, not me. Read Cryptonomicon and then the Baroque Cycle, and then read Cryptonomicon again to see how interwoven the whole thing is. In fact I'm going to start on Quicksilver again tonight.