NF book club

[guitarchick]

This thread still lives? Jeez man I abandoned this one months ago.

[insane_child]

ha. i got you beat. i never knew it existed until tonight. ...and it's weird.

 

no porn. no sexism. no racism. psht. <--- = ---> no fun. = no jen. ;)

[Bladeso]

I think I restarted it, I saw book club and added my 2 cents. Another great series is "His dark materials" which incldues:

the golden compass

the subtle knife

the amber spyglass

 

 

all amazing books

[Detigr]

(The Dark Materials is by Philip Pullman. Blindingly good read.)

 

Another fan-fugu-tastic series is called The Malazan Book of the Fallen. It's got a fantasy element to it, but the quality of the characters and writing is so incredible that I'd recommend this book to anyone and everyone.

[Guest acrobate]

I've read Timbit Nation and I thought it was rather interesting but I must say I prefer Will Ferguson's books, especially Why I Hate Canadians And How to Be Canadian.

[Les Trois Yeux]

I have to say that catch 22 is among my favorites

Catch-22 is awesome.

Definately one of my faves as well.

[Crusader]

You die, that's the catch!

[SolidEric]

I've been reading novels by Chuck Palahniuk recently. He's the author behind Fight Club. One novel in particular that really stood out was Survivor. It's an amazing read from one of my now-favourite authors.

[Les Trois Yeux]

I'm getting into Chuck Palahniuk. I bought Choke and am waiting to save up some money to buy his other novels.

[primetime_deliverance]

Yeah man, Survivor rules, I read that one about a year ago, lent it to my friend and never saw it again. But he tells me its passed around to like 20 people since then sooooooo.. i suppose its allright.

[penismightier]

The Indian in the Cupboard series when I was younger was fantastic. I just wanted to throw this in the ring because ive uncovered it in my mounds of books and reminisced.

[Moonlight_Graham]

reading is for nerds. So don't read this post, or you'll be a nerd!

[Biggie]

Please read the Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.

[mrs jesus]

i just finished the third book in the song of ice and fire series by george rr martin..

amazing books, some of the best ive ever read..

but so fucking long

[saturnine]

Please read the Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.

if i read one more sentence from ayn rand, the world will implode and we will all die

[Dan #2]

What is Fountainhead about?

 

Why would your reading cause the apocolypse?

[saturnine]

think of the most boring thing in the world that you can possibly think of... i mean really, really think... and then write 1000 pages about it

[S.E. Hardy]

I *like* Ayn Rand. But I would suggest reading the Fountainhead before reading Atlas Shrugged, 'case if you don't like the Fountainhead, you definitely won't like Atlas Shrugged. But I think that Atlas Shrugged is one of the best books ever written...it truly is a masterpiece.

[saturnine]

i'm 1/10 of the way through atlas shrugged... needless to say, 1/10 of the way is where i'll stay.. take that, dr. seuss!

[ecnarf]

One of my favourite books... Hangman by Michael Slade.

 

It's a pretty cool mystery/thriller book, a bit graphic in parts (example: a falsely convicted prison inmate gets castrated in a prison riot, though not overly obscene), and it really did fascinate me.

 

1984 by George Orwell, though it's probably a compulsory read.

 

Not to mention IT by Stephen King. Ridiculously long ( longer than your average bible), but I still enjoyed reading it. Wasted a whole summer on that.

Edited January 4, 2005 by ecnarf

[S.E. Hardy]

Well, if you enjoyed it, then it wasn't a waste.

[pvnc]

I just finished Neuromancer by William Gibson. I'm sure some of you have heard of it - basically the original cyberpunk novel. It's amazingly stylish. If you're interested in cyberpunk (basically gritty underworld type science fiction, heavy on the cool style factor), I also recommend Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Amazing book.

[rmak]

navigator of new york -> good read

[SolidEric]

Well, I just finished Choke by Chuck Palahniuk. That was messed up, yet very funny, in a twisted way. I got Diary for Christmas, but I'm not sure whether or not to wait on reading it.

[mrs jesus]

i wanna read choke

 

ive only read survivor & fight club