the best books on the earth??
- Thread starter Rhodeyo
- Start date
Recommended Videos
IMMA LET YOU FINISH- BUT RICHARD LAYMON IS THE BEST AUTHOR EVA!
http://www.amazon.com/Richard-Laymon/e/B000AQ233Q/ref=sr_tc_2_0
Most of his books were written during the 80's-90's. Some of it goes back to the 70's. It's all horror/murder mystery stuff that is very graphic, violent and has some raunchy sex to boot. His writing is punch and visceral. He does action and suspense very well. His characters are very human.
Reading him will build character.
http://www.amazon.com/Richard-Laymon/e/B000AQ233Q/ref=sr_tc_2_0
Most of his books were written during the 80's-90's. Some of it goes back to the 70's. It's all horror/murder mystery stuff that is very graphic, violent and has some raunchy sex to boot. His writing is punch and visceral. He does action and suspense very well. His characters are very human.
Reading him will build character.
Huh, well I couldn't really provide lots of examples if you're looking for ideas on something you're trying to write, but my favourite book I've read has to be Catch-22 - but I have an immense list of classic novels to read with Dante's Inferno being next on the list. I wouldn't try to pull off what Joseph Heller did in Catch-22 though, it's bewildering and confusing to the reader and could easily be badly done. The time period changes and conversation switches with no warning or time spacing can really throw a reader off, but that's how Heller writes (At least in Catch-22 and Closing Time which I'm currently reading).
The fact no one reads books anymore is really disappointing and sad. Ergo the responses we have in this thread...lol. Does anyone reading this actually panic when they see a book? You'd think reading was kryptonite to some people...
The fact no one reads books anymore is really disappointing and sad. Ergo the responses we have in this thread...lol. Does anyone reading this actually panic when they see a book? You'd think reading was kryptonite to some people...
The superlative form of "good" is quite inappropriate with books, it makes the assumption that we have read everything ever published to qualify our judgment.
I will still indulge you though,
I would say some books of the Diskworldseries to be really good (this includes Good Omens, which isn't strictly a Diskworld book), the Lord of the Rings series is pretty good, as are the Silmariliion and the Unfinished Tales by Tolkien
but the best of what I have read so far is, Fire and Ice by Robert Frost.
I will still indulge you though,
I would say some books of the Diskworldseries to be really good (this includes Good Omens, which isn't strictly a Diskworld book), the Lord of the Rings series is pretty good, as are the Silmariliion and the Unfinished Tales by Tolkien
but the best of what I have read so far is, Fire and Ice by Robert Frost.
Another vote to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Criptonomicon and Anathem by Neal Stephenson are both quite good.
My personal favorite are the Four Great Classical Novels, along with "Jin Ping Mei" (because this one is actually a very well written erotic novel). I've read three of the four, and will start the fourth one (Dream of the Red Chamber) around Christmas time. I've actually not finished Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but I've played enough of the games to know exactly what happens and how it happens.
I also found Pride and Prejudice to be quite good.
Criptonomicon and Anathem by Neal Stephenson are both quite good.
My personal favorite are the Four Great Classical Novels, along with "Jin Ping Mei" (because this one is actually a very well written erotic novel). I've read three of the four, and will start the fourth one (Dream of the Red Chamber) around Christmas time. I've actually not finished Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but I've played enough of the games to know exactly what happens and how it happens.
I also found Pride and Prejudice to be quite good.
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.
Crazy plot within a plot type thing, i can't really explain, just check it out.
Edit: I'm not stressing how good this book is. I read a lot. This is my favorite book, and I really can't imagine anything topping it, or being more neurotic, crazy,and original. This book is really unsettling, not like Paranormal Activity, not like any horror novel you've ever read. After you finish you won't know what to think, it really affects the way you think about things for the duration of you're reading and several days afterward. I found myself looking over my shoulder and being paranoid about shit for days, nothing does that to me. In conclusion I guess, just read it.
Crazy plot within a plot type thing, i can't really explain, just check it out.
Edit: I'm not stressing how good this book is. I read a lot. This is my favorite book, and I really can't imagine anything topping it, or being more neurotic, crazy,and original. This book is really unsettling, not like Paranormal Activity, not like any horror novel you've ever read. After you finish you won't know what to think, it really affects the way you think about things for the duration of you're reading and several days afterward. I found myself looking over my shoulder and being paranoid about shit for days, nothing does that to me. In conclusion I guess, just read it.
http://www.amazon.com/Faust-German-Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe/dp/3423124008/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259127255&sr=1-2
Best book ever, bar nothing else. Reading Göthe is like seeing Homer and Virgil have a baby and that baby married Shakespeare's and Cervantes's baby and the ensuing baby is married to a baby produced by Voltaire and Rousseau marrying each other and the Homer-Virgil-Shakespeare-Cervantes-baby's and Voltaire-Rousseau-baby's baby is Göthe.
Best book ever, bar nothing else. Reading Göthe is like seeing Homer and Virgil have a baby and that baby married Shakespeare's and Cervantes's baby and the ensuing baby is married to a baby produced by Voltaire and Rousseau marrying each other and the Homer-Virgil-Shakespeare-Cervantes-baby's and Voltaire-Rousseau-baby's baby is Göthe.