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« Reply #20 on: June 18, 2009, 01:43:31 PM »
I LOVE Animal Farm and Lord of the Flies

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« Reply #21 on: June 18, 2009, 02:13:13 PM »
Douglas Adams's stuff.

The Hitch-hikers Guide To The Galaxy trilogy (of 5) is legendary.

And I'm quite excited, because there's a new one coming out. XD
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« Reply #22 on: June 18, 2009, 02:15:14 PM »
the warriors series
the alex rider series
that series about the kid and like preasent greek mithology thing.
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« Reply #23 on: June 18, 2009, 02:37:40 PM »
artemis fowl is quite cool
harry potter suks
percy jackson suks
thief lord is also pretty good

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« Reply #24 on: June 18, 2009, 02:38:13 PM »
I love Alex Rider too.

Young Bond series is also really good. I also read Doctor Who novels. 'Cos I can.

EDIT: Forgot about Artemis Fowl. Agree with Duck, but not on the Harry Potter front. Never heard Percy Jackson or Theif Lord. On the subject of AM though, the same auther who wrote Am is writing the new Hitch-hikers...
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« Reply #25 on: June 18, 2009, 02:49:05 PM »
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I LOVE Animal Farm and Lord of the Flies

I will agree with that. Didn't really loved LotF though.

Moby Dick is awesome, and the Tom Sawyer series are pretty good too.

Ah, and in another style i'm forgetting Elric's Cycle too...

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« Reply #26 on: June 18, 2009, 03:39:54 PM »
Company:  by Max Barry
The Game:  by Neil Strauss
Lady Chatterly's lover: by D.H. Lawrence
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« Reply #27 on: June 18, 2009, 03:46:18 PM »
The Far Side by Gary Larson.
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« Reply #28 on: June 18, 2009, 04:00:31 PM »
Fav books - probably Harry Potter.
I like Doctor Who novels (like Weirdo - cos I can) and the Torchwood ones.
Alex Rider's pretty good too.
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« Reply #29 on: June 18, 2009, 09:09:45 PM »
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Moby Dick is awesome, and the Tom Sawyer series are pretty good too.


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« Reply #30 on: June 19, 2009, 03:11:25 PM »
Books by Cornelia Funke, Artemis Fowl, and I'm curently reading the Guardian of Ga'Hoole series.

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« Reply #31 on: June 20, 2009, 12:03:43 AM »
Deltora Quest series by Emily Rodda and the horrible History/Science/Geography series.
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« Reply #32 on: June 20, 2009, 04:09:46 AM »
Probably the best book I have read in a while is Saturday Night Dirt by Will Weaver. It's about a group of local dirt track racecar drivers on one particular Saturday night, it gives each of their stories of the night. I can relate to the book because I was pretty much raised at the local dirt tracks on Friday and Saturday nights. Plus it's fairly simple... which is always good. lol

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« Reply #33 on: July 24, 2009, 02:44:07 AM »
Time for an update.  And a 1 month bump, but it's on topic so it's OK.

I just finished reading Elantris by Brandon Sanderson.  Decided to pick it up since he's finishing the late Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, see what his writing is like.  And WOW--the final Wheel of Time books are in good hands.  This is only Sanderson's first book but you would never know from reading it, except for the frequent misspelling of "thought" as "though", but that doesn't affect the quality or originality of the story (which is high).  Recommended for all fans of fantasy who want a break from Tolkein-esque adventures.

Also, Tad Williams is now officially my favorite author.

His standalone fantasy The War of the Flowers is what did it.  It's original, compelling, wondrously detailed, and the ending couldn't have been more perfect.  I would describe it as Stephen King meets Harry Potter.

Then his four-book Otherland science fiction series just reinforced my opinion of him.  This story can only be described as EPIC.  It contains joy, sorrow, and plenty of humor, and is both bizarre and at the same time totally serious and believable.  The cast of characters is massive, and they're all truly individual, no cookie-cutter stereotypes.  I don't know how he does it.  It's about a lifelike virtual-reality network, but any similarity to The Matrix ends there.  There's really nothing else like it.

So, yeah.  I just had to share that.  Because anyone who likes fantasy/sci-fi should read those books.

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« Reply #34 on: July 24, 2009, 06:16:02 AM »
Oh man, You are one real advertizer Click.

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« Reply #35 on: July 24, 2009, 06:42:09 AM »
I finished reading Red Scarf Girl for Summer Reading.

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« Reply #36 on: July 24, 2009, 01:12:32 PM »
I am trying to find a book called Super Stock Rookie by Will Weaver. It is the sequel to Saturday Night Dirt that I mentioned before. I have looked at various stores (everywhere from Wal-Mart to Barnes & Noble) and have come up nothing. I'm sure it can be ordered online but my family doesn't order much off the internet.

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« Reply #37 on: July 26, 2009, 08:37:43 PM »
I go to Barnes and Noble at least once every week (that's how much I love books).

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« Reply #38 on: July 26, 2009, 08:40:47 PM »
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Well that's what this thread is for, right?  Talking about books you like?

Do we have no other fantasy aficionados on this forum?  I thought fantasy and video games sort of went hand in hand.

Well there's eFFe, but he doesn't post anymore.  I do plan to read that Song of Ice and Fire series he mentioned...

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« Reply #39 on: July 26, 2009, 10:06:46 PM »
Reading the Septimus Heap series by Kathryn Lasky.

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