Author Topic: Recommended Reading. (Read 4401 times)

MofoNofo · « **Reply #20 on:** July 08, 2008, 07:12:12 am »

Quote from: Hair|Trigger on July 06, 2008, 11:24:29 pm

Quote from: MofoNofo on July 06, 2008, 10:55:22 pm
Ice Station, Area 7 and Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly (or anything else by him)

Im currently up to 7 Ancient wonders

Heh, I bought and finished off Six Sacred Stones when it came out (sequal to Seven Ancient Wonders).

Great book, but it ends off in a f***ing CLIFFHANGER. At least we know that there will be another sequal.

Shadow G-Unit · « **Reply #21 on:** July 08, 2008, 11:36:02 am »

Quote from: The Trooper [GN`R] on July 07, 2008, 07:25:51 pm

Quote from: Shadow G-Unit on July 07, 2008, 05:57:29 pm
Anyone read Lord of the Flies?
Nope
but teenagers are coming back to their dark drives
sounds pretty cool
how was it?

I don't recommend it. It was somewhat boring until the end.

ColonD · « **Reply #22 on:** July 08, 2008, 06:22:08 pm »

Quote from: Shadow G-Unit on July 07, 2008, 05:57:29 pm

Anyone read Lord of the Flies?

Yes :O! It was alright

READ VERNON GOD LITTLE by D. B. C Pierre. (Booker Prize Winner) About this troubled American kid that is falsely accused with murder and runs away to Mexico. It's really funny, witty, and quite vulgar. CHECK IT THE FECK OUT!

My personal favourite, though, is The Hobbit by J. R. R Tolkien (Best book ever)

Other good reads
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- A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka (Booker Prize Winner)
- A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster by Bobby Henderson
- Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

I'm starting the Life of Pi. Wish me luck.

jrgp · « **Reply #23 on:** July 09, 2008, 06:25:02 am »

As others have said:
The Green Mile - Stephen King (I'm like halfway finished with the last book in it's series)
The Shining - Stephen King
Congo, Timeline, Andromida Strain by Michael Chrichton

And also:
The James Bond books - Ian Flemming (especially Goldfinger!)
FightClub - Chuck Palahniuk
The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger

..and sooo many more...

Captain Ben · « **Reply #24 on:** July 09, 2008, 06:38:55 am »

rant casey
jpod

animal farm
1984

the invisible man
20,000 leagues under the sea
war of the worlds
the time machine
the picture of dorian gray
deadheads
goldfinger

spandau pheonix
the day after tomorrow
hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy [trilogy of four]

anything by john connolly
why men don't listen and women can't read maps [deliciously full of crap]

and like a million more

Date Posted: 09 July 2008, 17:36:45

matthew reily's books are alright, but theres so much AND THEN THIS HAPPENED BUT WHATHISFACE HAD THIS ON HIS BELT SO IT WASN'T EVEN AN ISSUE

as well as that he includes little homo maps that mean jack... a real writer would be able to explain the whole thing without them

Outcast · « **Reply #25 on:** July 09, 2008, 06:57:24 am »

A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin
The Island of Secrets(Mysteries?) by Jules Verne
Do androids dream electric sheep? by I don't know
The Naked Sun by I don't know

Rope · « **Reply #26 on:** July 09, 2008, 06:54:55 pm »

Quote from: Outcast on July 09, 2008, 06:57:24 am

A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin

that..
and books from Sven Hassel about WW2
from Neil Gaiman - American Gods (fight against old gods like Odin and new 1 like god of TV sounds :S but great )

maybe i will add some later

Smegma · « **Reply #27 on:** July 09, 2008, 07:16:30 pm »

This thread

Exodus · « **Reply #28 on:** July 10, 2008, 09:49:07 am »

Shadow G-Unit · « **Reply #29 on:** July 10, 2008, 10:10:05 am »

Exodus, I guess you don't read.

Exodus · « **Reply #30 on:** July 10, 2008, 10:40:24 am »

I do, but that post was pointless

I recently read some huge trilogy, which was about 5000 pages long over all :3

MofoNofo · « **Reply #31 on:** July 10, 2008, 01:20:13 pm »

The Tomorrow Series by John Marsden (a series of 7 books)

Awesome series by an Australian writer. Girlfriend let me borrow her copies last week. Now I'm hooked.

Basically, it's about 7 teens from an Australia country town who go camping in the bush for a couple weeks, and when they go back to their town, they discover that their country has been invaded, their whole town either imprisoned or gunned down. So they end up fighting with guerrilla-esque tactics, blowing up stuff and crap.

Nice little read (all 300x7 pages of it), but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who couldn't stand a female 'narrator' telling the story. Full of PMS.

What's funny, though, is that the nation that invaded Australia is not actually specified, and they're written in a way that doesn't point to one nation in particular. It's like the writer didn't want to be racist

LtKillroy · « **Reply #32 on:** July 10, 2008, 02:36:07 pm »

So basically its a complete ripoff of Red Dawn, except on Kangaroo Island.

I'm reading Pendragon by DJ MacHale. So far 9/10 have been written. Its good, but a little young. Eragon by Christopher Paolini is also ok, but also young. I also liked Flags of our Fathers (John Bradley) and Inside Delta Force (I have no clue my friend borrowed and destroyed the book)

El_Spec · « **Reply #33 on:** July 10, 2008, 03:56:18 pm »

Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides. The movie "The Great Raid" is based on it.

Captain Ben · « **Reply #34 on:** July 10, 2008, 09:05:53 pm »

Quote from: MofoNofo on July 10, 2008, 01:20:13 pm

What's funny, though, is that the nation that invaded Australia is not actually specified, and they're written in a way that doesn't point to one nation in particular. It's like the writer didn't want to be racist

john marsden is the biggest softcock for that seriously

Date Posted: 11 July 2008, 08:04:40

it's fiction not racism

{LAW} Gamer_2k4 · « **Reply #35 on:** July 11, 2008, 01:23:52 pm »

Quote from: Outcast on July 09, 2008, 06:57:24 am

Do androids dream electric sheep? by I don't know

Isaac Asimov maybe?

Slashnoob · « **Reply #36 on:** July 11, 2008, 02:22:11 pm »

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Unless you're an illegal Mexican immigrant who found their way into Australia, or just a retard, then you should possess this skill.

So, post up some of your favourite books.

but just then;

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Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling (only the first five)

yah huh.. surely an intelectual individual.

anyhow, i've read a couple of books.. was nice, understood the message when there was one, but honestly it didn't made me want to keep going and read some more.
if you can honestly enjoy a book more than watching a good, entertaining movie than it's logical. if you don't, and you read just to make yourself or others think you're more intelligent (or will become more intelligent) you're actually an idiot.

i for example, enjoy watching a good movie much more than reading, and it's not because i cannot SEE what the writer wrote about, it's because it's simply more entertaining for me, hence i don't read. therefore it got nothing to do with a skill i don't have or anything alike.

you can read all of the finest writing masterpieces ever made, understand them, the meaning, hidden message and all, and still stay a retard.

but just to stay on-topic; lord of the flies is the book that entertained me the most.

Lord Frunkamunch · « **Reply #37 on:** July 11, 2008, 02:27:45 pm »

Quote from: {LAW} Gamer_2k4 on July 11, 2008, 01:23:52 pm

Quote from: Outcast on July 09, 2008, 06:57:24 am
Do androids dream electric sheep? by I don't know

Isaac Asimov maybe?

Philip K. Dick, I think.

First name could be Richard, I'm not sure.

tehsnipah · « **Reply #38 on:** July 11, 2008, 08:55:20 pm »

All Darren Shan's. It's Sci-Fi/Gore
Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

Wraithlike · « **Reply #39 on:** July 11, 2008, 10:20:06 pm »

It is Phillip K. Dick. It was made into the movie Blade Runner.

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Author Topic: Recommended Reading. (Read 4401 times)