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what do u read? (genre, favourite, current/just-finished)

vurtomatic

vurtomatic

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i think the topic says it all? as usual curiosity got the cat and since there was a thread on wat cds everyone's listening to, why not?
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doesnt have to be an exhaustive list of favourites, just something representative
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in case anyone's wondering, i did do a search n dug up this thread:
yes another fav. list
sci-fi and fantasy is my staple.
just finished neil gaimen's american gods... for anyone who's a sandman fan, this is a must-read
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i'll read just about anything, so genre is a bit hard to pin down.
fave has to be trainspotting by irvine welsh at the moment, with desperation by stephen king a close second.
current is the brethren by john grisham / just finished bag of bones by stephen king.
 
I like reading (and watching movies) about events that actually occurred in 'real life'...but having said that, I'm currently reading Neuromancer by William Gibson - so go figure
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Why do I think a lot of us read scifi?
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Just finished Iain Banks' 'Excession' - for any scifi readers who haven't tried him - you have a real treat in store.
 
i'm with mr fluffy, i like reading anything good, so i don't have a particular favourite...
The last book i read was "Warlock" by Wilbur Smith...not AS good as River God and The Seventh Scroll, but still awesome.
2 funny things about the book
There are Phat Guards (hehe)
A warrior says to Prince Nefer:
"I will cut off your braid and stick it up your bung-hole". LMAO at that
(read: Beavis and butthead do america)
I haven't found another book yet that tickles my fancy, but still looking.
 
Currently this year Ive read about 40-50 novels. All of Ann Rice Interview with a vampire series, the mayfair witches (boring) and the 2nd vampire ones (pandora etc). Also re-reading YET AGAIN, all the eric lustbader books, currently reading the nicholas linnear ones. My fav books are the above and any stephen donaldson, robert jordoan, writings of Nietszche, any occult - religous stuff, serial killer stuff, arthur c clarke and a lot more. Im kinda into reading a lot
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Also since I commute on train/tram for about 3-5 hrs every day, I get a lot of time to read...
 
i read all the time... well when i am not buggering around on the net or pretending to be at uni... like now... what? a lecture... pffft...
anyways, i just finished reading good omens by terry pratchett and neil gaiman, and am now halfway through pyramids by terry pratchett...
i am quite a big fan of fantasy novels, and have also finished about 40 so far this year... but i also enjoy books by wilbur smith, tom clancy, john grisham and others...
i have a habit of starting an author, then buying everything they have written in order and going through it and then picking another... this year i have gone through iain irvine, terry goodkind and am now 7 books into terry pratchett... i also read raymond e feist's krondor books coz i didn't read them before...
mmm... books... one of my more legal habits... but just about as expensive as my non-legal ones...
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"oh the grand old duke of york,
he had 10,000 men,
he marched them up to the top of the hill,
and crushed all the nations of the world and brought them under the rule of satan our master..."
Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman - Good Omens...
 
ohmygod, the mayfair witches series is the best series anne rice has written imho. more so than the vampire series, to me anyway.
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theres alot more forethought spun into the whole plot, and it wont be till the 2nd (lasher) or 3rd book (taltos) that u really realise what is going on, and how every little thing suddenly clicks into place/its implications. when i finished the 3rd and last book, i wished i didnt. i was devastated that there was nomore.
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ive read almost all of anne rice's other books. servant of the bones is very gripping, and that theory of heaven/hell in layers is very interesting.
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the vampires series has its ups and downs. in the new installments, like pandora, it seems sometimes that shes running out of ideas. armand was quite interesting bcos hes a character close to the reader. ive just finished vittorio, something different from the glamourous clan of lestat and his friends.
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id like someone to make a movie out of the tale of the body thief and memnoch the devil.
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my other favourite series are also getting a new lease of life it seems. orson scott card has started a parallel series to ender's game (YAY!!), and brian herbert is doing the same for frank herbert's dune.
terry pratchet is to fantasy what douglas adams is to sci-fi. they bring their genre to a higher (and funnier) dimension.
i shall be weird and say i dont like JRR Tolkien's style of writing.
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hehe, i have the feeling alot of us like sci fi, aswell... yeah i dig the whole scifi/fantasy, stuffs...
Raymond E Fiest's series of books are great... just wish he'd publish a new one!
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Im currently reading Ivine Welshs' new novel 'Glue'
I was reading a few at the same time, E M Forsters 'A passage to India' and a bunch of Terry Pratchett books.
The genre that I like the most... errr I dont know the 'genre', but I like novels that have some sort of social commentary, I like mid 20th century to modern stuff like Lolita, the deer park, fear and loathing in Las Vegas and Glamourama
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The odd modern classic never goes astray!
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"If you are a promoter and cannot represent drum and bass on a real soundsystem in a proper venue, please do not contact my booking agent. I do not wish to be used as 'bait' to steal money from drum and bass enthusiasts who rightfully expect value for thier hard-earned party-going dollar.Come correct or don't come at all (fucking for real). This has been a public service announcment from the planet of the drums kru." - Deiselboy, the 6th session.
 
lol go the Terry Pratchetts
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Other faves
-Catch 22
-Hitchhikers
-River god
-David Eddings books
-David Gemmel books
-Ray Fiesty
-Vampire chronicles (mmm anne rice)
-How To Improve Your Chipping In 10 Minutes
-The Idiots Guide To World Domination
HC
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Will read anything as long as its well written. I do read a lot of sci-fi and alternate history books for pure entertainment. However my favourite book I've ever read is the Unauthorised Rupert Murdoch biography by William Shawcross.
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Reality is for those that cannot handle drugs!
 
oooh yeah i forgot... i finished reading all of david gemmell's books as well earlier this year... he is a really good writer... i was quite impressed, i am now waiting (not holding my breath cause that would be silly) for the sequel to ravenheart... i hate having to wait for books to come out... eh... i guess i will have to cope...
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"oh the grand old duke of york,
he had 10,000 men,
he marched them up to the top of the hill,
and crushed all the nations of the world and brought them under the rule of satan our master..."
Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman - Good Omens...
 
Currently reading Temple - Mathew Reilly
I like sci-fi mostly but I'll read anything if it's interesting enough.
 
Fav books in no special order:
Thomas de Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium Eater. Duh...
James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Aldous Huxley, Brave New World and George Orwell, 1984
Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Christo
Leon Uris, Trinity
Homer, The Iliad
Frank Herbert, Dune.
and a few others, too. these are my picks at this moment tho.
DQ.
| [edit] yes i fucked up. don't post when
| you've had no sleep.
V
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JP Donleavy: The Ginger Man
William Peter Blatty: The Exorcist
Anthony Burgess: A Clockwork Orange
Terence McKenna: The Archaic Revival
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: One Hundred Years Of Solitude
Dougla Rushkoff: The Ecstasy Club
and the book I stole from the primary school library: Chilly Billy, The Story of the little man who lives in your Fridge.
Just Finished Lord of The Rings
Am currently wading through the Vampire Chronicles The Vampire Armand
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The Ginger Man (1955) is really amusing;
'I've got to find something, get my hands on a few quid.'
'Turn to gangsterism'
'Sebastian, I couldn't.'
'Tone, Pride has you at it's mercy.'
'Has me by the very bollocks.'
'I think a pint would set us right.'
'Wait till I use your toilet.'
'You can't.'
'I say, Tone, what?'
'I ripped the damn thing out and sold it down the quays for thirty bob.'
'God's teeth.'
'A fine bit of lead too, fetched six and eight.'
'Will we ever see the end.'
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i believe 1984 is by george orwell
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currently reading the ecolitan enigma by l.e. modesitt jr.
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fav. books - the magic faraway tree,harry potter (kiddiebooks are fun :p)
just finished needle in the groove(thanks vurtomatic for introin jeff noon =)
would have to say tat's my top book so far
others include
lord of the rings + the hobbit
(i love the elves)though i found The Silmarillion a litte harder to read.
just got into reading again recently. used to read alot of vampish books,i thot pandora was not bad, alittle romantic actually. mabbe Ghost can lend me some of the others
starting on "automated alice" but i think i prefer "needle in the groove" style of writing. any recommendations of such?
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i love the way he descibe music and bassline.
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