The Books thread.

Tingel Tangel · Post by **Tingel Tangel** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:40 pm

I'm reading Skeleton Crew by King these days.

Splatterpope · Post by **Splatterpope** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:11 pm

fallout ranger wrote:My name is Legion by Roger Zelazny.

Everything by Roger Zelazny.

edhead · Post by **edhead** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:12 pm

Splatterpope wrote:
fallout ranger wrote:My name is Legion by Roger Zelazny.
Everything by Roger Zelazny.

I concur.

Cthulhugoat · Post by **Cthulhugoat** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:39 pm

Slaughterhouse Five by Vonnegut and I Am Legend (with titties on the cover!).

edhead · Post by **edhead** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:20 pm

Cthulhu wrote:Slaughterhouse Five by Vonnegut

Finished it a couple of months ago. Somehow, I grow to like Vonnegut more with each of his books that I've read. I guess he's become one of my favourites, now.

Goretheglowingone · Post by **Goretheglowingone** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:43 am

"silverlock" by John Myers Myers
is a damn good book, its one of those books that
gets worn out from re reading .

Mad Max RW · Post by **Mad Max RW** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:24 am

In the last month I read
Monster Island and Monster Nation by David Wellington. And I'm about to finish the trilogy with Monster Planet.. If you liked World War Z you'll probably dig this. The world is taken over my your classic style zombies with an interesting twist. In few cases when a corpse reanimates, if their brain is kept alive with oxygen they don't turn into animals and have somekinda telepathic link to all zombies everywhere. Well written, and not long reads. Recommended.

The Postman by David Brin. Ok, I admit I never read the book and only saw the movie a few times. Unsurprisingly the book is much better. The main character has a name (Gordon Krantz) and is little more than a middle aged loser who's too stubborn to forget the old ways of life. Because of that he screws up at almost every turn. The movie captures some of that, but made him embrace his role as a hero too easily. Also the ending in the book is nicely handled. Recommended.

Starship Troopers by Robert A Heinlein. Isn't terrible like the movies, but still drags. The guy really buries you in military jargon. I do love the attention to detail with how stuff works. If you ever played the game Terra Nova this is pretty much what that's like. Power armor suits, jump jets, platoons spread across hundreds of miles of terrain. Shit hits the fan for a few pages, then it's like 50 pages of exercises and emotionless banter. Any scifi movie or videogame finds some inspiration from this book. Read it.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:15 am

Ernesto Sabato's Tunnel. Great, ima buy the two sequels.

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 11:57 pm

Currently reading The Tunnel by William H. Gass

susan, book title pals for life

Naked_Lunch · Post by **Naked_Lunch** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 3:47 am

me and nicolai are reading the same book

:triumphantreturn:

Nameless_One · Post by **Nameless_One** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:12 am

It`s a manga comic book but I am reading Zombie Powder series right now.

Goretheglowingone · Post by **Goretheglowingone** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:02 am

sarge112 wrote:I just started reading the foundation series, cant stop

yup, i have the series.

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:00 pm

lulzing my way through gibbon's the history of the decline and fall of the roman empire

current bus book: stalingrad by antony beevor - those soviets were pretty

alright

johnnygothisgun · Post by **johnnygothisgun** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:25 pm

get out of my brain nicolai, i just got a copy of gibbon from my brother

i started reading notes from underground and the double by our boy dostoyevsky

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD · Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:55 am

Dr Bloodmoney by PKD and Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis

Followed by UBIK by PKD and Citizen of the Galaxy by Heinlein

Redeye · Post by **Redeye** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:49 am

sarge112 wrote:I just started reading the foundation series, cant stop

easy reads, and totally formulaic.

Asimov had some good ideas, but he was a shitty SF writer.

The Foundation books were fast page turners, though.

I'm finishing up the French Connection, starting The Snow Queen, and have the Satyricon of Petronius coming up.

Caleb · Post by **Caleb** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:06 pm

Mandalorian FaLLouT GoD wrote:Dr Bloodmoney by PKD and Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis

Followed by UBIK by PKD and Citizen of the Galaxy by Heinlein

tell me how ubik is....and definitely pick up valis/scanner darkly if you haven't had the chance before..

edhead · Post by **edhead** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:09 pm

Norman Mailer's An America Dream

Damn, Rojack can sure bend steel with his balls.

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:05 pm

johnnygothisgun wrote:get out of my brain nicolai, i just got a copy of gibbon from my brother

oh my, what a coincidence Â¬_Â¬

Now, if you have the 3 volume Penguin Classics edition as well..

johnnygothisgun wrote:i started reading notes from underground and the double by our boy dostoyevsky

hm, this is getting rather creepy. I just finished my scheduled reread of notes from underground the other day

book pals for life

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:19 pm

gut book, just finished