28-06-2005, 06:19 PM | #41 | ||
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Strangely i remembered only now to reccomend you the books written by Ray Bradbury: very well written! They're masterpieces of art IMO!
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28-06-2005, 07:18 PM | #42 | ||
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the salmon of doubt by douglas adams. not only is it full of amazing material, but also it is the best insight into the arch hitchikers mind i have come across in book form.
it is actually one of the only books that has bought tears to my eyes a little, as it is such a shame that adams a man with many ideas still to come died and yet noel edmunds who is older than him and far more hated still survives. |
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28-06-2005, 08:39 PM | #43 | ||
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28-06-2005, 08:56 PM | #44 | ||
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I used to love em.....(redwall) I would read them all the time when I was 5 or 6....now I hate them . The older I get the more I hate books about mice and hares and foxes and rats and so forth. It just sounds too ridiculous to me.
They were very good, though. k: |
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28-06-2005, 09:45 PM | #45 | ||
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I agree on Ray Bradbury's books (a bit more artsy then Asimon [did I recomend him to you in this thread already?] or Clarke - but still excelent).
Then there are many other books that would be simply excelent (I'll just go by the authors): - Karl May (I'm sure you've heard of and maybe even watched the films, but have you read them?) - Julius Verne (I bet you read most of his work, if there's something you missed out you should go to the library now - and if you read them when you were younger then 12 you should reread them again - they give you a completely new perspective) - Jose Saramago (his style of writing is something completely else and his books are from historycal right up to the social realism - great stuff) - Mark Twain (remember his books are social/political satire mostly, so don't simply go for Huckelbery Finn or Tom Sawyer - although those two aren't bad either) - Jack Karuac (he talks about things that were basicaly the inspiration for the hippie movement, so you're bound to like it ) - John Steinbeck (what can I say - novels at their best) As I said before: "More will follow..." |
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28-06-2005, 10:28 PM | #48 | ||
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Steinbeck: "The Pearl" sucked. Had to study it for english.
Asimov (not asimon ): love him. I,Robot is the best book ever written IMO. |
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28-06-2005, 10:48 PM | #49 | ||
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Why don't you try Chinua Achebe's (pronounced Achaba)Things Fall Apart. It is a very good novel on the pre- and post-colonial lifestyle of the lower Niger tribes. Although it sounds hard to read , it is a very "digestible" book. |
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28-06-2005, 11:48 PM | #50 | ||
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Well, as odd as this may sound Masters of Doom by David Kushner is a Awesome book, chroncling the adventures of the Two Johns through making Wolf 3D, Doom, and Quake.
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