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For lack of a better title, The Book Thread!
Acclrator:
Right now, I'm on the 3rd book of "Of Fire and Ice" series by George R. R. Martin. It's pretty entertaining and unlike many authors who will let you pick favorite characters, this one always has a twist you did not expect.. It's more fantasy, but it's politics and such really keep you entertained.
Another book I just read was "Paranoia". Unfortunately, I can not remember the author, but it's something to check out if you're in to a techno thriller/drama type thing. It's a quick weekend read, maybe a week tops, but it's really really good. Again, it doesn't turn out like you'd think.
siobhan:
i'm an avid reader of anything put in front of me that has words on it.. which means i'm caught reading the ingredients in a chocolate bar when there's nothing better around.
when i need to relax i pull out the romance novels (Nora Robers, Elizabeth Lowell, Johanna Lindsey) because they don't require too much from me.
i finished the Dune series a couple weeks ago and have been in a reading draught since then, i might go to the library soon and pick up some of my favorite Margaret Atwood novels.. i believe i was the only person in my 12U english class who enjoyed 'Alias Grace' though
elcapitan:
I read too much...
General Fiction:
Thomas Pynchon - Gravity's Rainbow (I can't recommend this highly enough, it's easily one of the best books I've ever read).
Pat Barker - The Regeneration Trilogy.
Ernest Hemingway - The Sun Also Rises.
John Fowles - The Magus.
Tim Winton - Cloudstreet.
Robert M. Pirsig - Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Fantasy:
George R.R. Martin - A Song Of Ice And Fire (series).
Anything ever written by Robin Hobb.
Mervyn Peake - The Gormenghast Trilogy.
Tim Powers - The Anubis Gates and On Stranger Tides.
Allan Dean Foster - Spellsinger. (Pure 80s acid fantasy!)
Sci-Fi:
Dan Simmons - Ilium, the Hyperion Cantos, and The Hollow Man.
Frederik Pohl - Gateway (and to a lesser extent, the rest of the Heechee Saga).
William Gibson - Neuromancer (of course), Pattern Recognition, and The Difference Engine (with Bruce Sterling).
Philip K. Dick - The Man In The High Castle.
elcapitan:
--- Quote from: siobhan ---i'm caught reading the ingredients in a chocolate bar when there's nothing better around.
--- End quote ---
You do this too?
siobhan:
sadly enough, i do.. BUT! it's only when i'm at work, in the lounge and there's nothing but insufferable people around me
maybe i've justified it ?
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