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    Re: Recommend a book.

    Of Mice and Men is a fantastic book if anyone hasn't read it as is To Kill A Mockingbird.

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    Re: Recommend a book.

    Asimov's Foundation series. Started reading it as a teen and was hooked. Regarded as one of the great SF series.

    It's about a mathematician that uses chaos-theory type maths to predict the downfall of the galactic civilisation and uses his maths to engineer a least-bad fallout by building a new colony at the far reaches of the galaxy to form the seed of a new civilisation.

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    Anyone read "Tarantula: The Skin I Live In"? Sick stuff

    I would always recommend to read "Witcher" saga. Brilliant fantastic book.
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    Re: Recommend a book.

    Doestoyevsky (sp?) - Brothers Karamazov

    with the proviso that you must get a good translation, i recommend Pevear & Volohonsky.

    I dont know how to 'sell' this book, its quite heavy going in places and wanders all over the place but its wonderfully written. There are psychological and spiritual insights but woven neatly into the story rather than painted over them iyswim.

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    Re: Recommend a book.

    Quote Originally Posted by phinix View Post
    Anyone read "Tarantula: The Skin I Live In"? Sick stuff

    I would always recommend to read "Witcher" saga. Brilliant fantastic book.
    I have the 1st book as iwas so enamoured of the atmosphere in the 1st PC game, but im put off starting it because they still havent released part 2 in english 3 years later, which doesnt fill me with confidence of being able to complete the saga this decade, if ever (im not going to learn polish). I usually like to complete a series without too big a gap between books.

    I wonder, since youve read at least one part, is it an episodic kind of saga, or does a books ending leave you hanging with lots of open threads to remember?

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    Re: Recommend a book.

    Not for everyone, but I loved One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

    Love in the Time of Cholera, by the same author is also worth reading.

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    Cloud Atlas.

    The film comes out soon but I'd say read the book because it's quite complex and I don't see how the film is going to work very well. I'd say a film of this book could be a bit over ambitious. We'll see.

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    Re: Recommend a book.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bluewizzy View Post
    Da Vinci Code
    Angels and Demons
    Deception Point
    Digital Fortress

    All by Dan Brown.
    Didn't you find them a bit formulaic? After you've read two you can predict the plot of the last 2. Whoever Dan Brown is he sure milked that trick some...

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    Re: Recommend a book.

    Reading this right now. Good stuff. Not the most epic ever, but definitely a good angle:

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    Re: Recommend a book.

    Just finished reading the Eagle series of books by Simon Scarrow.
    They start with Under the Eagle, a great series of books, many of the early books set around the Roman invasion of Briton. A great bit of fiction with a historical backdrop.
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Under-Eagle-...7698330&sr=1-1

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    "Something Wicked This Way Comes", by Ray Bradbury. A classic from 1962. Re-read it recently on my Kindle and it still sends shivers down my spine. He was a truly great writer. Its a shame the film that was made of this novel was so poor.

    A more recent book, totally original in style and content, that I can heartily recommend is "The Sopranos" by Alan Warner. Nothing remotely to do with the US TV series of the same name, it tells the story of a group of Scottish teenage schoolgirls who, as the choir from our Lady of Perpetual Succour School for Girls, heads to the city for a choir competition. I won't say any more! When I read this is 1998 I considered it to be one of the very best books I'd ever read. Alan Warner's first novel, "Morvern Callar", is also very unusual and worth a read. The film of "Morvern Callar" was rubbish, unfortunately.

    More recent still (2006) I can recommend "The Road", by Cormac McCarthy. Post-apocolyptic nightmare.
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    Re: Recommend a book.

    I've been reading this series of books about a wizard called Harry. He has a wand and a staff and he meets fairies and all sorts of magical creatures. He has a couple of friends that help him out and together they face down all manner of evil magical stuff.


    and no, its not that Harry...


    Started reading it 2 weeks ago when I had a couple of days off, now onto Book 10. This is wizarding with a little bit of sex, a few drugs and a fair amount of rock n roll. Throw in the mob, a couple of demons, a few Crusading knights and modern day Chicago, it works for me.


    First book is Storm Front, by Jim Butcher, series is commonly known as The Dresden Files (well, the later books are). Its got some snappy humour, a great deal of violence, a fair amount of heartache and a lot of repressed sexual tension, and a skull named Bob, I defy you to want more!
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    Re: Recommend a book.

    The Riftwar Trilogy by Raymonde E Fiest,
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    Silverthorn
    Darkness at Sethanon

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    The Riftwar Trilogy by Raymonde E Fiest,
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    Darkness at Sethanon
    Love those books!! I recommend The Divine Comedy, its an amazing piece of literature

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    Re: Recommend a book.

    The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson

    Also, the Harry Bosch books by Michael Connelly are compelling reading

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    Re: Recommend a book.

    I read 'The Last Good Man' whilst on holiday last month, it was very good. It's by a couple of Swedish film/book guys who write under a pseudonym. A. J. Kazinski, that's it. Anyway, I recommend it.

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