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its Adam Ants autobiography
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Originally Posted by this_is_gav
The DNA Cowboys trilogy by Mick Farren, Sci Fi and bloody good
The Black Company Series - 9 or 10 of em by Glen Cook - Fantasy
Anything by Robin Hobb and David Gemmel as has been said.
Repairman Jack series by F Paul Wilson of The Tomb fame.
Alan Dean Foster - Spellsinger - fantasy
Stephen Lawhead - anything by him - fantasy
Larry Nivin - The Ringworld series - sci fi
The Dark is Rising sequence by Susan Cooper - modern fantasy/occult
Anything by William Gibson - the guy is a god
Last edited by Gunwitch; 02-07-2007 at 05:58 PM.
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craigtrap (03-07-2007)
Harry Potter!
CCNA 1 & 2
nearly 1000 pages of never ending fun and enjoyment..... LoL
Last edited by jackvdbuk; 03-07-2007 at 12:17 AM.
I read mainly non-fiction books...cosmology, astrophysics, particle physics, Roman history, comedies, autobiographies etc.
Favourite authors include Carl Sagan, Paul Davies, Bill Bryson, David Niven, Michio Kaku no name a few!
0iD (02-07-2007)
I'm currently reading three books. One is "The Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren (sold over 20 million copies), the next is "The Christian Agnostic" by Leslie D. Weatherhead - a superb book for the Christian thinker and finally I tend to read my bible every day. I was reading other novels before that by George Orwell and some Dan Brown books which I enjoyed too.
Big Bang by Simon Singh
Great book about the evolution of astronomy and the Big Bang. Very interesting read. I have his other books waiting at home for me.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Bang-Imp...3399278&sr=1-4
I quite enjoyed this book too Funkstar.
Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat series are worth a read, plenty of chuckles along the way. Stephen Donaldson's Thomas Covenant books. Julian May, Peter Morwood, Eric Van Lustbader, Anne McCaffrey.
Factual books, Michio Kaku is a living legend & very readable, William Scott Wilson has done some fantastic translations of classical Japanese literature. Loved his Lone Samuri (the life of Miyamoto Musashi).
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Damn forgot about Eric Van Lustbader and his Sunset Warrior series.
Thanks for the remind OiD
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The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch (this really was the book that got me back into fantasy, think a medieval oliver twist with a bit of the sopranos thrown in for good measure) Ive got the sequel ready to read, but am having to force myself to finish the one I'm on at the moment before I start it.
The Blade Itself & Before They Were Hanged by Joe Abercrombie, again, excellent, fresh fantasy, and not a dragon, elf troll or whatever in sight
The Book of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe, classic, and although the spiel sounds incredibly formulaic, its really very very original
Lord Of Light - Roger Zelazny, dont read a plot summary, just go at it with an open mind and stick past the first couple of chapters, which are a bit thick, and it will really draw you in.
The Night's Dawn trilogy by Peter F Hamilton and also Judas Unchained/Pandora's star by the same. Very good, if a little predictable sci fi adventure.
Neil Gaiman - American Gods, not a fan of his other stuff, but this was genuinely excellent
Robert E Howard - Conan Chronicles - Available as part of the fantasy masterworks series in paperback - only other volume i've seen is about £30 quid gold laid hardback in waterstones
Raymond E Feist - Magician, but do yourself a favour and dont read the followups, they arent anywhere near as good, and you know what happens anyway.
Thats about everything that sticks in my head, but theres bound to be a few more. 2 hours a day on the train = lots of books
Was going to suggest that when I saw the thread. A must read.
I was less enamoured, however, i have got a scientific background so maybe thats why. Asimov's new guide to science is very good, a very light tone, whilst still maintaining a tremendous amount of depth.
Snob.
I'm not, its just that 90% of the stuff in it I knew already, it is very well written, and entertaining, but I'm not overly into reading something I already know. I think its fair to point out given that a sizeable number of people on here are going to be educated to a fairly high level, and likely did sciences to A-level, which is about as in depth as it got (just look at the job thread)
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