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Re: Great Books
« Reply #30 on: August 27, 2011, 11:25:02 pm »
The Ender's Game.

Anything by Orson Scott Card.
Pendragon
Harry Potter

Wake

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY....
The sword of truth series. [wikipedia]The_Sword_of_Truth[/wikipedia]
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #31 on: August 27, 2011, 11:55:50 pm »
Sherlock Holmes.  Especially A Study of Scarlet and Hound of the Baskervilles.
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #32 on: August 27, 2011, 11:57:55 pm »
Books/authors I like:
 - Neuromancer
 - Anything by Terry Pratchett
 - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
 - Anything by Garth Nix (but especially the Abhorsen series)
 - Pillars of the Earth
 - Anything by Ayn Rand -- personally, I disagree with her politics, but I've always felt her books have a compelling rhythm in them.
 - The Slaughterhouse
 - Anything by Agatha Christie
 - Anything by Neil Gaiman (try "Neverwhere" or "Coraline")
 - Anything by Cory Doctorow (although he has a tendency to lecture)
 - Anything by H. P. Lovecraft (try "Color Out of Space" or "At the Mountains of Madness")
 - 1984

Books/authors I agree with:
 - Catch-22
 - A Wrinkle in Time
 - Watership Down
 - Ender's Game (the rest of them are 'meh')
 - Lord of the Flies
 - The House of the Scorpion
 - The Hunger Games (series)
 - Pendragon series (mostly because of the last books, which were epic)
 - Harry Potter
 - Nearly anything about Eoin Colfer (he was my favorite author when I was younger)
 - Anything by Cornelia Funke (especially the Inkheart saga (Inkdeath was AWESOME))
 - Gödel Escher Bach
 - Anything relating to Sherlock Holmes

I haven't read a lot of the books on here -- I know what I'm going to be doing for the next few weeks :D
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #33 on: August 27, 2011, 11:58:54 pm »
The Ender's Shadow series was a lot better than the original ender's game sequels. Just FYI.
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #34 on: August 28, 2011, 12:01:19 am »
Quote from: willrandship on August 27, 2011, 11:58:54 pm
The Ender's Shadow series was a lot better than the original ender's game sequels. Just FYI.

The ones about Bean?  I concur wholeheartedly.
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #35 on: August 28, 2011, 12:03:36 am »
Indeed. They were awesome!

Of course, I also loved the other ender's game books. You can appreciate them much more as audiobooks, since you can phase out the boring parts while you're programming!
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #36 on: August 28, 2011, 02:28:14 am »
Anthony Horowitz:
--Alex Rider Series
--Gatekeepers Series
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #37 on: August 28, 2011, 09:55:03 pm »
Quote from: shmibs on August 28, 2011, 04:12:06 am
House of Leaves(Daneilewski is another fantastically creative writer. his work is of a slightly different flavour, but no less enjoyable. he also does some stream of consciousness work, like Only Revolutions).

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I have to agree -- that was an awesome book.  I can't believe I forgot about it.
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #38 on: August 28, 2011, 11:20:06 pm »
Quote from: turiqwalrus on August 28, 2011, 02:28:14 am
Anthony Horowitz:
--Alex Rider Series
--Gatekeepers Series
Wow, I can't believe I forgot about these...
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #39 on: August 29, 2011, 05:36:11 pm »
and some more...
Michael Scott:
--Secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel series(first book is The Alchemist)
David Lynn Golemon:
--Event Group Series
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #40 on: August 29, 2011, 07:14:27 pm »
I have always liked Catcher in the Rye.  :P

I am not too sure what aspect of the book attracts me, but it is somehow my favorite book.
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #41 on: September 01, 2011, 01:44:53 am »
I don't think tolkien made the wrong decision by splitting it into 3 parts. It meant he could make them longer without making a massive book, and it meant he made more money off of it.
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #42 on: September 01, 2011, 08:47:20 am »
My favorites have to be:

1984
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell -Excellent, excellent book
Daemon by Daniel Suarez -Interestingly enough, not a "demon" but a "Disc and Execution Monitor" :D
Dead Space: Martyr -If you've ever played Dead Space you must read this :P
The Halo series minus Halo: Cryptum -If you ever played Halo you must read these :P (Ghosts of Onyx is my favorite of these)
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #43 on: September 01, 2011, 12:28:47 pm »
I'd like to add :
*the saga of Elric of Melniboné, by Michael Moorcock
*The Legend of Drizzt, by R. A. Salvatore
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Re: Great Books
« Reply #44 on: September 01, 2011, 12:39:11 pm »
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