Books thread

[keithace]

Everyone should read George Orwell's 1984 if they can.

people don't believe me when i tell them its a love story...

[Sherlock Ohms]

Sherlock Ohms, I haven't read Tom Holt, but will get something from him soon since you suggested it. Any books in particular you recommend from Mr Holt?

"On the road" by Jack Kerouack is a classic and a good read! And if you want to follow Neal Cassidy ( a real person and character from the book) read some Allen Ginsberg poetry, and "The Electric Koolaid Acid Test" by Tom Wolfe.

An excellent fantasy series is "The tales of Thomas Covenant" by Stephen R Donaldson.

Keep em coming. I'm making a reading list

I'd probably start with 'The Better Mousetrap' & 'The Portable Door'

Read 'On The Road' more times than I care to remember, and it is good. If you like things like tha, have you read HST's Rum Diary?

[VanGogo]

I'd probably start with 'The Better Mousetrap' & 'The Portable Door'

Read 'On The Road' more times than I care to remember, and it is good. If you like things like tha, have you read HST's Rum Diary?

Thanks for the suggestions! And I haven't read Rum Diary, but it's going on the list too.

[nuke5]

Zaniac - them Matthew Reilly books look right up my street. Never come across him before so thanks man. Have you read Dan Brown's Deception point and Digital fortress?

1984 is one of them books that I want to read but never get round to. Same as animal farm.

Those Dan Brown books are really good! i love em...and you should check out a writer by the name of Vince Flynn...he has a series on a character called Mitch Rapp...

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_tc_2_0?rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Ck%3AVince+Flynn& keywords=Vince+Flynn&ie=UTF8&qid=1317924636&sr=8-2-ent&field-contributor_id=B000APHM1K"]Amazon.com: Advanced Search - Vince Flynn: Books@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51T6h2F8xZL.@@AMEPARAM@@51T6h2F8xZL[/ame]

Matthew Reilly is a great writer IMO. Non stop suspense and action
ice station is my favourite, you will understand once you get into it

I have not read any of Dan Browns books. But this thread has got me wanting to
read a few, will check them out

totally check out dan brown! amazing writer and i think you would like Vince Flynn (he sounds very similar to matthew reilly) and thanks for letting me know about matthew reilly i will for sure check him out!!

[Sherlock Ohms]

Dan Brown makes me want to scrub my eyeballs with wire wool ... really really can't stand things on that tip (which includes Tom Clancy/John Grisham and their ilk)

Just my opinion though - more people reading whatever floats your boat is a good thing

[kooper1980]

Those Dan Brown books are really good! i love em...and you should check out a writer by the name of Vince Flynn...he has a series on a character called Mitch Rapp...

Ill check them out. Thanks man!!!

[nuke5]

Ill check them out. Thanks man!!!

no problem dude...my friend got me into them and ive been hooked ever since! vince flynn has pancreatic cancer and had to push the release date of his new book back to feb 7th 2012 but he says its gonna be better than ever...such a badass


you wanna start with term limits (first book) and then mitch rapp gets introduced in transfer of power (2nd book and my favorite)

[keithace]

(I knew I started a book thread somewhere)

You can also add non music magazines to this list....

"The partly cloudy patriot - Sarah Vowell" was fantastic

so was "Lonesome Dove" my dad's favorite book...

[William Gibson]

I have no idea how I missed this thread for nearly 3 weeks.

If your into sci-fi at all then a must read is Neromancer by William Gibson and Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. Although if you are into sci-fi I'm sure you already have....

[slinkydisc]

Game of Thrones better than the series

For sci fi you can't go past Phillip K Dick start on one of his short story books

For something a bit deeper Arthur C Clarke the 2001 series is great

The Dune series by Frank Herbert

William Gibson of coarse

Charles Bukowski is a laugh