Recommended Reading

[Kogarian]

You guys liked Ender's Game more than Speaker for the Dead? Speaker was the best in the series, and one of the best I've read in my life.

 

[Easykill]

Fuck it all. I try to enlighten you and the goddamn browser freezes up the moment I go to press post. Maybe some other time.

 

[Kayevcee]

I see 2001 has already been mentioned- can I also suggest Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama? He teams up with Gentry Lee in the sequels to add flesh to the bare-bones human cast and the whole thing goes south with terrifying speed, but the first book is superbly atmospheric and as imaginative as you'd expect from someone with Clarke's reputation.

-Nick

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig (Seconded from Angel Slayer- And Anita Blake as well, but remember Sex-Horror-Sex-Horror)
Jennifer Government - Max Barry
Anything by Jeffrey Deaver.
The Ode Less Travelled - Stephen Fry
Who on Earth is Tom Baker
Any of the Stainless Steel Rat
Any Alan Moore work : Watchmen is a must. (Despite him being bat-loopy)
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Thursday Next Chronicles - Jasper FForde (Seconded)
Any Robert Rankin (Seconded)
Dirk Gently
Everything's Eventual - Stephen King
Hellblazer (John Constantine) - Vertigo (DC)
Any John Wyndham (Seconded)
Dresden Files (Third/Forthded?)

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

If you're looking for a little action, try and see if you can find a Matthew Reilly

I really fell out with Matthew Reilly over "Scarecrow". If you've read it, I'm sure you know which part I mean.

 

[stompy]

If you're looking for a little action, try and see if you can find a Matthew Reilly

I really fell out with Matthew Reilly over "Scarecrow". If you've read it, I'm sure you know which part I mean.

You mean, 'that part', with uber-mega-plot twist that you woulda never seen coming if you hadn't spoiled the story? I read it, but, me, I usually don't get attached to characters.

- A procrastinator

 

[The Sorrow]

I used to read a lot of Clancy. Read his original series, plus Red Storm Rising (my personal favorite book, period).
Also: The Afghan and The Bourne Identity (haven't read the sequels).

 

[Strafe Mcgee]

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig (Seconded from Angel Slayer

Hey! I recommended it to you guys first! Goes to show how often anyone actually reads any of my posts... **fades to grumbling**

 

[John Galt]

Due to my name, I'm required to reccommend Atlas Shrugged and Anthem. Both are great for lovers of dystopia. Robert A Heinlein is probably my favorite author. Read everything that bears his name, Starship Troopers and Stranger in a Strange Land really adjusted my outlook on life and human affairs. Farnham's Freehold is really nice for fans of survival novels and adds a twist to race relations. If you're looking for a really dark and messed up story, check out The Stand. It's probably the creepiest thing I've seen from Stephen King, besides The Mist of course. Finally, Kurt Vonnegut's works always make you cringe with their mix of humor and dark irony.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig (Seconded from Angel Slayer

Hey! I recommended it to you guys first! Goes to show how often anyone actually reads any of my posts... **fades to grumbling**

I did notice that most of mine had already been mentioned, but going back through all the posts would have been a mare.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

You mean, 'that part', with uber-mega-plot twist that you woulda never seen coming if you hadn't spoiled the story? I read it, but, me, I usually don't get attached to characters.

I don't think I've spoilt it, but I get really attached to characters.

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

War Of The Worlds - H.G. Wells
The Dark Tower (all of them) - Steven King
The Shining - Steven King
The Thief Of Always - Clive Barker
Mona Lisa Overdrive - William Gibson

If you're in the mood for something more colourful but equally engrossing:
Y: The Last Man - Brian K. Vaughan /Vertigo Comics
Watchmen - Alan Moore / Vertigo Comics

 

[stompy]

I don't think I've spoilt it, but I get really attached to characters.

No, I was referring to the fact that you most likely wouldn't have seen said plot twist coming if you hadn't spoilt the story, by going on the 'net. Not implying that you've spoilt the story, root.

- A procrastinator

 

[Conqueror Kenny]

Well i enjoyed the saga of Darren Shan. A twelve book saga in which a normal teenage boy gets caught up in the world of vampires and finds himself a key part of an epic battle. But i wont ruin it but you can see for yourself [http://www.darrenshan.com/vampires/index.html]