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Another fantastic read, for those who like more modern-ish sci-fi. Follows a bunch of ice pushers who end up making a very intriguing discovery, and its full of TWISTS. Not as graphic as the books by Richard K. Morgan, which I still highly recommend, but Alastair Reynolds is another top favorite of mine.
I began reading Tarzan last night and this morning, I'm about 1/3 of the way through, it's pretty good.
[QUOTE=Darrylop;30580198]Can anyone recommend a Dystopian book I haven't read? I've read 1984, Animal Farm, A Clockwork Orange, Little Brother, Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, and a bunch of others. Please don't tell me I've read all the good ones :gonk:[/QUOTE]
Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale
It takes place in a government where woman are treated very unequally from the point of view of some chick whose live sucks because of it.
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also check out We by Yevgeni Zamyatin
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I have that but all in one book. I've read the first one and half the second a long time ago when I was a big fan of the series. I'm not really that compelled to go back tbh.
Myst Reader is blah.
I prefer having them all in hardcover. Book of Ti'Ana includes a fold out map.
Reading The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Great books.
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Another fantastic read, for those who like more modern-ish sci-fi. Follows a bunch of ice pushers who end up making a very intriguing discovery, and its full of TWISTS. Not as graphic as the books by Richard K. Morgan, which I still highly recommend, but Alastair Reynolds is another top favorite of mine.[/QUOTE]
I own every Reynolds novel, he's my favourite author.
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Of any of these books, which would be a couple good ones?
[QUOTE=Darrylop;30580198]Can anyone recommend a Dystopian book I haven't read? I've read 1984, Animal Farm, A Clockwork Orange, Little Brother, Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, and a bunch of others. Please don't tell me I've read all the good ones :gonk:[/QUOTE]
The giver?
[QUOTE=Exosel;30598675]The giver?[/QUOTE]
I already read that one, as well as Animal House, Gulliver's Travels, and a couple other ones.
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Of any of these books, which would be a couple good ones?[/QUOTE]
Read Catch-22 and As I Lay Dying.
The former is a hilarious WWII comedy, then latter a southern mindfuck.
I also see One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest which is just as entertaining as the movie.
Know what's a good book?
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[QUOTE=Zombii;30598555]I own every Reynolds novel, he's my favourite author.[/QUOTE]
His books are a main driving force behind my own creative methods, alongside Richard K. Morgan. If you like the style of Reynolds, you might like Morgan's books as well. Altered Carbon, Woken Furies, Fallen Angels, Thirteen, Market Forces, and I think the Steel Remains. It's aimed for a very mature audience, as there is lot of violence, sex, and philosophical issues. I highly recommend these.
Chasm City <3
[QUOTE=pie_is_good;30598174]Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale
It takes place in a government where woman are treated very unequally from the point of view of some chick whose live sucks because of it.
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also check out We by Yevgeni Zamyatin[/QUOTE]
Read Handmaiden's Tale. Really slow. Ill check out We.
We have a large bookcase(s) in our house, picked out a book.
Anybody heard of [u]A Widow for One Year[/u].
[QUOTE=kepper;30599448]His books are a main driving force behind my own creative methods, alongside Richard K. Morgan. If you like the style of Reynolds, you might like Morgan's books as well. Altered Carbon, Woken Furies, Fallen Angels, Thirteen, Market Forces, and I think the Steel Remains. It's aimed for a very mature audience, as there is lot of violence, sex, and philosophical issues. I highly recommend these.
Chasm City <3[/QUOTE]
One of my favourite parts of any book ever is [sp]the slow realization that Mirabel is Sky.[/sp]
[QUOTE=Zombii;30600005]One of my favourite parts of any book ever is [sp]the slow realization that Mirabel is Sky.[/sp][/QUOTE]
Omg yes, that part was mind blowing. And when [sp]He ends up biting Tanner's head off with the fangs from hamadryad.[/sp] So cool!
Also, the Inhibitors. Scary...that and the Pattern Jugglers and the Shrouders are the most awesome things ever.
If you've ever played the Mass Effect series, the plot from Revelation Space/Redemption Ark/Absolution Gap and from ME is eerily similar.
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Another fantastic read, for those who like more modern-ish sci-fi. Follows a bunch of ice pushers who end up making a very intriguing discovery, and its full of TWISTS. Not as graphic as the books by Richard K. Morgan, which I still highly recommend, but Alastair Reynolds is another top favorite of mine.[/QUOTE]
:respek:
Absolutely love that book
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Also, another great book is by Mike Brotherton, and it's called Spider Star. [img]http://i43.tower.com/images/mm111329361/spider-star-mike-brotherton-hardcover-cover-art.jpg[/img]
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Read this a few weeks ago, I loved it (except I never got to finish Ubik, it was due at the library and I couldn't renew). Are there any other novels similar to these? I love science fiction, and these were really great.
A Scanner Darkly.
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Just finished Life of Pi. Great book.
[sp]Are there any pictures of the carnivorous island out there? That place sounded bad-ass.[/sp][/QUOTE]
I found two copies of this book in charity I work in, I'll make sure to pick it up.
Also, anyone read Sixth Winter by Douglas Orgill and John Gribbin?
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Also I'll make sure to make list of the books when I'm going to be in work.
Im about 2/3s through Tarzan of the apes now, and wow it's great I just got to the turning point and I want to see how it turns out. A lot different than I expected.
I was just reading "Hyperspace" by Michio Kaku; its' all about a lot of hypothetical multi-dimensional stuff. It's pretty out there, but I just love these kinds of science books, and all their theories.
I've also just read "The Day after World War III" by Edward Zuckerman, which is some 1980's book about the government planning before, during, and after a large atomic assault on US soil.
I really like child long novels. Suchas bang bang your dead. read it a couple of times.
I've given up on reading The Stranger in French, it's just infuriating me.
I guess I'm going to start reading A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin, I've been putting it off ever since I finished A Game of Thrones.
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