anyone here read?

[dassbaba]

any literate people around here? (not likely)

right now i'm reading Speaker for the Dead, the sequel to Enders Game

If you read, definetly read Enders game. It's a sci-fi, and it's among the best sci-fi and books for that matter, ever written. It's easy to read and very inspirational.

I wonder how speaker for the dead will be, my friends have told me it's real good

:angel:

 

[LittleB]

I read lots. My fave writers are Micheal Crichton and Clive Cussler. I haven't read "Ender's Game" yet, but I'm going to.


My absolute favorite book of all time is "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follet. You should definitely read it. Epic.

 

[Shuzer]

I don't know how to read. ;(

 

[FictiousWill]

Ender's game is good, and so is Ender's shadow. Speaker for the Dead was rather shitty. It tried to be all high and mighty, bu there was no battle room and accompanying story structure, so it sucked.

 

[Icarus]

dassbaba....
botha are good books...be sure to pick up ender's shadow...which is about bean....and the book takes place at the same time as ender's game...so you see it from bean's point of view

Edit: My favorite author is John Grisham....look him up and you'll understand

 

[Javert]

Lord of the Rings + The Hobbit.
Harry Potter (all 5).
Chronicles of Narnia (all 7).
Ender's Game/Shadow.
John Grisham (all of them).
Tom Clancy (Rainbow Six, the novel).
Some Shakespeare.
Victor Hugo (Les Miserables ROX!! It's where I got my nickname from).
Charles Dickens (Tale of Two Cities is a favorite).
And who can forge George Orwell (1984 and Animal Farm).

 

[Neutrino]

I think I have a library of about 2 or 3 hundred scifi books I've read.

I really need to start reading different genres more often. But I like scifi too much.

 

[CrazyHarij]

I read your e-mail.

 

[HatRabit]

stephen king, thats about it.

 

[Harryz]

I'm particular fond on Nick Hornby books such as "High Fedlity" and "How to be good." I'm currently reading "Tom's Midnight Garden" by Philppa Pearce.

 

[-=jt=-]

i read pritty much anyone, that being said i don't really go for classic books.
whats suprising about speaker for the dead/children of the mind is the way his writing style completely changes, i enjoyed all the ender books, but i prefered the pace of the first book.

edit: john grisham is one of the best :thumbs:

 

[C-O-N-Spiracy]

im not really into novels.. i read things i can learn from or books on politics and other documentaries. Just got done reading Sun Tzu art of War for the 3rd time.. working on Sun Pin, Military Methods of the Art of War.. (yeah im crazy into strategy like that.)
I only finished one Novel and that was Rainbow Six.. great book! Tried to read The Bear and The Dragon but just looking at how many pages the book has overwhelms me from the beginning :|. I'll get around to it one day.

 

[A2597]

all the time. on my third compleat read through of the WoT series. all ten books so far, waitinf for book 11....(Each book being ~650 pages long)

 

[Majestic XII]

If Manga counts... then yes... loads.

 

[mortiz]

Nope, I can't read at all, and because of that I can't type either, I just bash the keyboard and see what comes out.

 

[SidewinderX]

Tom Clancy, Larry Bond, W.E.B. Griffen, Dale Brown.

Lately my reading has been FAR/AIM (Federal Aviation Regulation / Aviator's Information Manual)

 

[Mechagodzilla]

I read lots. My fave writers are Micheal Crichton and Clive Cussler. I haven't read "Ender's Game" yet, but I'm going to.

Woot Chrichton! All his books are damn good.


I've read a lot of graphic novels lately.
Louis Riel: A Comic Strip Biography is the single greatest book in the universe.

No joke. It's entertaining, funny, historically accurate and painstakingly drawn.
If it weren't for it, I would have failed my history final. It was the best damn 30 canadian dollars I ever spent.

 

[Shakermaker]

Books rule. Some of my favorites that haven't been mentioned here:

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.
A monk (supposedly Francis Bacon) and his apprentice investigate murders in a monastry in medieval Italy. All the victims seem to have something to do with secret writings by Aristotle. The movie is very good too, if you can't be bothered to read it.

The Beach by Alex Garland
Forget the movie and read the book. Its Lord of the Flies with backpackers in Thailand. Richard, the main character, gets a map to an island and goes on a quest. Especially good if you've travelled yourself (and if you have, also read Backpack by Emily Barr and Are You Experienced by William Sutcliffe).

Dune by Frank Herbert
Best SF-novel ever imo. Basically its about a count and his family that get to reign over the only planet in the Galaxy that has the 'fuel' for inter-stellar travel. But its about much more than that. It has the same detail as the LotR trilogy.

 

[Brian Damage]

/me has three large bookshelves, which groan occasionally and have books sticking out at odd angles and wedged in anywhere that they'll fit.

I like SciFi, fantasy, comics, all that kind of stuff. I really like Terry Pratchett's stories :E.

 

[DizzyOne]

hitchikers guide to the galaxy =D
dont read too much, like comics tho =))

 

[DreamThrall]

any literate people around here? (not likely)

Actually, I don't know how to read. I don't even know what you've written. What am I typing???

 

[Letters]

I'm near the end of Dean Koontz's 'By the Light of the Moon'... it's been pretty good.

 

[thehunter1320]

i read the Halo novels... does that count?

 

[evil^milk]

i've read all 5 harry p books and omg... i've read 3, 4, and 5 twice, i've read the lovely bones, and other suspense books :|

edit: when's hp 6 out?

 

[nw909]

I read somethingawful.com

Spokkerjones and Lowtax are awesome wrighters.

 

[Prince of China]

I can read, but I choose not to because whatever piece of information I find in books I can find faster on T.V.

And besides, at school, they dedicate 20 minutes to U.S.S.R.( Unsolicited Silent Reading)

But I do read articles I like on the INtArw3b.
Like Maddox.

 

[Direwolf]

Man...thats a flashback. I read the Ender series back in fifth grade, and enjoyed it at the time (Enders Game is the real classic among them). I did kinda burn out on Orson Scott Card after that though.
I've pretty much cleaned out my library of most of the authors I like, although I do occasionally find something new.

 

[Neutrino]

I can read, but I choose not to because whatever piece of information I find in books I can find faster on T.V.

That's the funniest thing I've read all week. Yes, TV is so incredibly educational.

 

[outpost]

I just finished reading Brave New World.

 

[blahblahblah]

I don't read books that often anymore. I do read the newspaper daily and about 5 to 10 different magazines (newsweek, time, Business 2.0, etc) a month.

When I used to read books, I read from authors like Tom Clancy, Stephen King (old ones), Dean Koontz, Micheal Crichton, and John Grisham.

In my spare time, I am currently reading "The Bourne Identity" by Robert Ludlum. It is sufficiently different than the movie, but I am not impressed with it. The characters seem so dry and I am three quaters of the way done with the book.

 

[nw909]

And besides, at school, they dedicate 20 minutes to U.S.S.R.

That made me lolzor.

I thought you actually meant Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

 

[Dalamari]

Isnt it United Soviet Socialist Republic?

 

[DreamThrall]

Actually, it's "Russia" now :thumbs:

 

[falconwind]

But back then, it was indeed Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Also commonly known as "those commie bastards". :thumbs:

 

[Kyorisu]

Back on topic, I'm currently reading "Children Of Dune."

 

[Brian Damage]

"Only You Can Save Mankind", from the Johnny Maxwell trilogy.