I think I started reading it just for the challenge of reading a big book. But it's really an easy read - very engrossing. It's interesting because it weaves in historical events with the characters. I went out and rented the movie versions after reading it.
and Johnny Mnemonic, my fave short story (butchered by a lame movie I never saw)
His stuff is creepy cuz he wrote Neuromancer twenty years ago, but it is more true today than ever. He writes 'cultural Sci Fi' which is a very intriguing take on an old and typically cheesy genre. If you like Bladerunner, I'd recommend all his books.
all by William Gibson, who lives in Vancouver, BC
Good books:
The Code Book by Simon Singh (it covers the history of cryptography, from Julius Caesar to Quantum cryptogaphy, sounds really boring but ain't)
The Man who was Thursday, by G K Chesterton
The Conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar (interesting to read his 'diary' and military strategy)
The End Of Print, a collection of essays on design collected by David Carson, a notable graphic designer (Raygun, etc).
The Conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar (interesting to read his 'diary' and military strategy)</strong><hr></blockquote>
Interesting. Did you read it in Latin or English? I never read it completely, but my Latin teacher thought Caesar was one of the greatest Roman writers. I can still recite most of the opening from Latin II three years ago.
Gaula est omnis divisa in partes tres. Quoram unam incolunt Belgi, aliam Aquitani, tertia ...
Just a dozen of my faves of the last hundred years (or so). And no, I never was forced to read them. :cool:
Mandricard
AppleOutsider
Holy crap. I was all set to moan about the taste in books in this thread (with the exception of Groverat's _Infinite Jest_), and here you come with a solid list that includes _Waterland_, one of the finest modern novels in English, I would argue.
Please explain usually ... er ... in these times...
When you look at all the threads on the page and there are more of them with locks on them than are open (like tonight...it's a bloodbath in here), it's time to start a new thread...one that can foster good, intelligent discussion. This one is just way too old, the mods don't like it if you bump a 6 month old thread let alone 2 years! It's not a huge deal, but it would probably just make their lives easier. That said, I don't speak for the mods and administrators of this board, I just go on what I hear from them.
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Earnest Hemingway (recommend: A Farewell to Arms)
Joseph Conrad (recommend: "Heart of Darkness" or "The Secret Sharer")
Mark Twain (recommend: Huckleberry Finn)
Absolutely NOTHING by Ayn Rand, especially The Fountainhead.
War & Peace
I think I started reading it just for the challenge of reading a big book. But it's really an easy read - very engrossing. It's interesting because it weaves in historical events with the characters. I went out and rented the movie versions after reading it.
The best book that I was forced to read is either Mary Shelly's Frankenstein or Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut.
Night by Elie Wiesel
Having Our Say by Sarah and Elizabeth Delany
Best book read.
The Myst Series.
Greatest book of all time:
HOP ON POP!!!!
and we can't forget,
Lord Of The Rings......may it live on and on....
Goodbye moon rules.
But the best, and I do mean BEST childrens book I can remember (actually I remember most of this book to this day, its still great):
Remember the Midnight Rainbow.
I credit most of my desire to write to this book
"If the sky falls use shooting stars as streetlamps"
Does any one else remember this? (it was kind of a back water beatnik publisher I think).
Any how, Id just like to add one more book to my list here:
Neuromancer.
Im sorry, this book is by far the coolest book Ive read, probably the most original too. Still not as good as "Breakfast of Champions" though.
The Bible always keeps me coming back (I can never catch all the little hidden meanings in it
CS Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia.
Hitchhikers Guide series.
and many many more...
Neuromancer
Mona Lisa Overdrive
Count Zero
Idoru
and Johnny Mnemonic, my fave short story (butchered by a lame movie I never saw)
His stuff is creepy cuz he wrote Neuromancer twenty years ago, but it is more true today than ever. He writes 'cultural Sci Fi' which is a very intriguing take on an old and typically cheesy genre. If you like Bladerunner, I'd recommend all his books.
all by William Gibson, who lives in Vancouver, BC
Good books:
The Code Book by Simon Singh (it covers the history of cryptography, from Julius Caesar to Quantum cryptogaphy, sounds really boring but ain't)
The Man who was Thursday, by G K Chesterton
The Conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar (interesting to read his 'diary' and military strategy)
The End Of Print, a collection of essays on design collected by David Carson, a notable graphic designer (Raygun, etc).
9 Short Stories by JD Salinger. Phenomenal.
30 pages will take you like 30 mins-1 hour to read, and will give you a taste of the dopeness that is William Gibson fiction.
Also, it is nothing like the movie, I know because I have a signed copy of the short story and screenplay.
The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier by Bruce Sterling
All you cheapos can read it <a href="http://www.lysator.liu.se/etexts/hacker/"; target="_blank">here.</a>
<strong>Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace</strong><hr></blockquote>
I second that. Neal Stephenson eat your heart out. I really enjoyed Cryptonomicon, but its not even in the same league as Infinite Jest.
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The Conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar (interesting to read his 'diary' and military strategy)</strong><hr></blockquote>
Interesting. Did you read it in Latin or English? I never read it completely, but my Latin teacher thought Caesar was one of the greatest Roman writers. I can still recite most of the opening from Latin II three years ago.
Gaula est omnis divisa in partes tres. Quoram unam incolunt Belgi, aliam Aquitani, tertia ...
Latin is interesting, but not interesting enough for me to learn. I can catch the gist of it though.
Gaul is divided into three parts...
I also liked enders game.. not one of the best, but its still one of my favorites.
Originally posted by Toebwon
sorry i am a bit late for that thread, but i found it just right now.
1. SCANNERS DARKLY by P. K. Dick
2. GRAVITY'S Rainbow by T. Pynchon
or other way around, quite unsure...
Usually, you just start a new one when it's this old...just a suggestion though. 8)
Fellowship is already working his butt off, this just gives him something else to do. Haha.
Originally posted by DMBand0026
Usually, you just start a new one when it's this old...just a suggestion though.
Please explain usually
Originally posted by Mandricard
Ulysses-- James Joyce
Moby Dick-- Melville
Independent People-- Laxness
A Farewell to Arms-- Hemingway
Gravity's Rainbow-- Pynchon
Laughter in the Dark--Nabokov
100 Years of Solitude-- Marquez
Wise Blood--Flannery O'Connor
Light in August--Faulkner
Waterland--Graham Swift
Kristin Lavransdatter--Sigrid Undsett
Just a dozen of my faves of the last hundred years (or so). And no, I never was forced to read them. :cool:
Mandricard
AppleOutsider
Holy crap. I was all set to moan about the taste in books in this thread (with the exception of Groverat's _Infinite Jest_), and here you come with a solid list that includes _Waterland_, one of the finest modern novels in English, I would argue.
To which I say:
Melville, Moby Dick
Swift, Waterland
Eliot, Middlemarch
Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd
Dillard, An American Childhood
Shelley, Frankenstein
Fielding, Tom Jones
Austen, Pride & Prejudice
Bronte, Jane Eyre
Thackeray, Vanity Fair
I'd better stop now.
Originally posted by Vox Barbara
Please explain usually
When you look at all the threads on the page and there are more of them with locks on them than are open (like tonight...it's a bloodbath in here), it's time to start a new thread...one that can foster good, intelligent discussion. This one is just way too old, the mods don't like it if you bump a 6 month old thread let alone 2 years! It's not a huge deal, but it would probably just make their lives easier. That said, I don't speak for the mods and administrators of this board, I just go on what I hear from them.
Originally posted by DMBand0026
...This one is just way too old, the mods don't like it if you bump a 6 month old thread let alone 2 years! ...
And why do you participate? If the mods don't like that? Do you want to argue with them? Don't be square, do you, hm, sweetheart?