Well, after reading a restricted selection of authors, I have finally come out of the closet and decided to try new authors! Basically, you just put down your favorite books and authors, and hopefully add comments as to why you like it. Please note that this will probably help those other than me, so don't keep your favorite books close to your chest out of personal vendettas :P. I'll try to keep spoilers not available in the blurb away from you folk. [B]Stephen King[/B] - I would really recommend this author. Currently my #1. Great horror stories, and just about everything he writes is creepy as hell. The Stand - A post-apocalyptic story with basically two parts: First, how a man-made virus ravages humanity and leaves only one out of every few hundred thousand people alive, and second, how the people still alive in America form into two communities that pretty much go to war with one another. I advise getting the unrevised edition - after reading the whole thing, I put it as my #1 favorite book of all time. It - A horror story in which two timelines are told parallel, telling how a group of children met and set about planning their destruction of a monster killing the children of Derry. Also, at pretty much the same time, it tells a story of how, years later, the monster returns and they return as well to finish It once and for all. The Long Walk - I like most of the Bachman novels (except Thinner - I can't really recommend that one), but this instantly shot up to #1 (of the Bachman novels). A hundred ~17 year old boys registered and were accepted to a competition called the Long Walk. Basically, they walk to the death. Winner gets anything he wants in the world - all losers die. If they stop or go less then four miles an hour, they get warned. They get three warnings and still don't continue properly, they get killed. There are no breaks, period. Some die because diarrhea forced them to sit down, others get to shoot a soldier before dying. In the end, only one survives. Desperation - A story of how a group of people are gathered by a crazy policeman in a town devoid of all human life (yet containing hundreds of fresh corpses) called Desperation. They escape while the policeman is doing something, meet a few surviving villagers who tell them what happened to Desperation, and find out what evil is truly behind it. [b]Dan Brown[/b] - A great author of thrillers. All of his books I've read so far have kept me guessing at who the antagonist really is, and I was always wrong (though, once it was because it seemed a bit too obvious. But only once.) Angels and Demons - Robert Langdon is called by CERN to illuminate the director, Maximilien Kohler, about the identity of the Illuminati, who have left an imprint on the flesh of a murdered scientist, Leonardo Vetra. On a tip, they travel to the Vatican, where he must follow a path laid by the ancient Illuminati before all of Vatican City and it's estimated 46 billion in assets is destroyed by an antimatter 'bomb'. Great book, and the ending... The identity of the antagonist is really.. surprising. Deception Point - Rachel Sexton is called out to Ellesmere island to the north because of an event that would make NASA history. However, after she and a group of civilian scientists finds a flaw with the data, she and the others are on the run, with the falsifier of the data after their lives. [b]R.A. Salvatore[/b] - A great fantasy writer. I particularly enjoy his fighting scenes. Promise of the Witch King - Artemis and Jarlaxle have gone far in their search for adventure and power, and here's a new turn: An ancient castle is reanimating in the Vaasa, and they, along with selected heroes from Vaasa, must venture in and destroy the castle and it's demonic inhabitants before the nearby town of Palischuk is overrun and before the castle grows in power enough to beat down any armies sent against it. Believe it or not, it's not a simple killfest (though there IS a lot of killing) - betrayal and a lot of other stuff make this a very good read. Note that these are just my favorites - I really enjoyed almost every book Stephen King wrote (I didn't like Gerald's game, for instance - borefest), and enjoyed every book Dan Brown wrote immensely (Well, he wrote like four). I just didn't want to do a review containing thirty King books and four Brown books - that would be weird. Post your favorites. If I think of some other authors, I'll add 'em on.

Well, after reading a restricted selection of authors, I have finally come out of the closet and decided to try new authors! Basically, you just put down your favorite books and authors, and hopefully add comments as to why you like it. Please note that this will probably help those other than me, so don't keep your favorite books close to your chest out of personal vendettas .

I'll try to keep spoilers not available in the blurb away from you folk.

Stephen King - I would really recommend this author. Currently my #1. Great horror stories, and just about everything he writes is creepy as hell.
The Stand - A post-apocalyptic story with basically two parts: First, how a man-made virus ravages humanity and leaves only one out of every few hundred thousand people alive, and second, how the people still alive in America form into two communities that pretty much go to war with one another. I advise getting the unrevised edition - after reading the whole thing, I put it as my #1 favorite book of all time.

It - A horror story in which two timelines are told parallel, telling how a group of children met and set about planning their destruction of a monster killing the children of Derry. Also, at pretty much the same time, it tells a story of how, years later, the monster returns and they return as well to finish It once and for all.

The Long Walk - I like most of the Bachman novels (except Thinner - I can't really recommend that one), but this instantly shot up to #1 (of the Bachman novels). A hundred ~17 year old boys registered and were accepted to a competition called the Long Walk. Basically, they walk to the death. Winner gets anything he wants in the world - all losers die. If they stop or go less then four miles an hour, they get warned. They get three warnings and still don't continue properly, they get killed. There are no breaks, period. Some die because diarrhea forced them to sit down, others get to shoot a soldier before dying. In the end, only one survives.

Desperation - A story of how a group of people are gathered by a crazy policeman in a town devoid of all human life (yet containing hundreds of fresh corpses) called Desperation. They escape while the policeman is doing something, meet a few surviving villagers who tell them what happened to Desperation, and find out what evil is truly behind it.

Dan Brown - A great author of thrillers. All of his books I've read so far have kept me guessing at who the antagonist really is, and I was always wrong (though, once it was because it seemed a bit too obvious. But only once.)
Angels and Demons - Robert Langdon is called by CERN to illuminate the director, Maximilien Kohler, about the identity of the Illuminati, who have left an imprint on the flesh of a murdered scientist, Leonardo Vetra. On a tip, they travel to the Vatican, where he must follow a path laid by the ancient Illuminati before all of Vatican City and it's estimated 46 billion in assets is destroyed by an antimatter 'bomb'. Great book, and the ending... The identity of the antagonist is really.. surprising.

Deception Point - Rachel Sexton is called out to Ellesmere island to the north because of an event that would make NASA history. However, after she and a group of civilian scientists finds a flaw with the data, she and the others are on the run, with the falsifier of the data after their lives.

R.A. Salvatore - A great fantasy writer. I particularly enjoy his fighting scenes.
Promise of the Witch King - Artemis and Jarlaxle have gone far in their search for adventure and power, and here's a new turn: An ancient castle is reanimating in the Vaasa, and they, along with selected heroes from Vaasa, must venture in and destroy the castle and it's demonic inhabitants before the nearby town of Palischuk is overrun and before the castle grows in power enough to beat down any armies sent against it. Believe it or not, it's not a simple killfest (though there IS a lot of killing) - betrayal and a lot of other stuff make this a very good read.

Note that these are just my favorites - I really enjoyed almost every book Stephen King wrote (I didn't like Gerald's game, for instance - borefest), and enjoyed every book Dan Brown wrote immensely (Well, he wrote like four). I just didn't want to do a review containing thirty King books and four Brown books - that would be weird. Post your favorites. If I think of some other authors, I'll add 'em on.

I liked this book in particular: [B][U]The Cat in the Hat[/B][/U] - By Dr. Seuss But on topic, I'm not really sure who my favorite author is, or what my favorite book is.

I liked this book in particular:

The Cat in the Hat - By Dr. Seuss

But on topic, I'm not really sure who my favorite author is, or what my favorite book is.

Then don't post.. you can comment on others 'reviews', but a worthless post is worthless.

Then don't post.. you can comment on others 'reviews', but a worthless post is worthless.

Terry Pratchett is an excellent satirist/fantasy writer. In particular the Discworld series, there really aren't any in particular that stand out however, so I'll talk about the gnomes series instead. Make sure you read the Discworld series in order though, you'll get a lot more of the gags. Truckers Diggers Wings These three books follow the story of a group of gnomes, and their struggle to cope with humanity. They go on many escapades, and each book goes into detail about a human caused crisis affecting the poor things, they constantly relocate because of each crisis, and so in the end, hilarity always ensues. These are some of his early books, and are a good read, especially if you're into Pratchett already and haven't read them. David Gemmell He wrote a lot of fantasy styled fiction, with several universes where the same rules applied. Some of the best are those in the Sipstrassi series, held in the same universe, often at different points in history, from the roman times, to a post apocalyptic setting, the thing tying the books together is a type of magic stone capable of limited healing, magic, and good in general, but also capable of endless evil when human blood is poured onto it.. The Sipstrassi series is my favourite, and it shows that with power comes responsibility, and what can go wrong if said responsibility is failed. Sadly, Gemmell died recently, so we won't be getting any more of these...

Terry Pratchett is an excellent satirist/fantasy writer.

In particular the Discworld series, there really aren't any in particular that stand out however, so I'll talk about the gnomes series instead. Make sure you read the Discworld series in order though, you'll get a lot more of the gags.

Truckers
Diggers
Wings
These three books follow the story of a group of gnomes, and their struggle to cope with humanity. They go on many escapades, and each book goes into detail about a human caused crisis affecting the poor things, they constantly relocate because of each crisis, and so in the end, hilarity always ensues. These are some of his early books, and are a good read, especially if you're into Pratchett already and haven't read them.

David Gemmell
He wrote a lot of fantasy styled fiction, with several universes where the same rules applied. Some of the best are those in the Sipstrassi series, held in the same universe, often at different points in history, from the roman times, to a post apocalyptic setting, the thing tying the books together is a type of magic stone capable of limited healing, magic, and good in general, but also capable of endless evil when human blood is poured onto it.. The Sipstrassi series is my favourite, and it shows that with power comes responsibility, and what can go wrong if said responsibility is failed.

Sadly, Gemmell died recently, so we won't be getting any more of these...

[quote=Praetor]aahahahaha I have one joke in my post along with actual content and it gets deleted in this goddamn spam hole!! ahahahahahaha sen sucks maplantis moderators ftw[/quote] I saw the post myself, and there was [I]no[/I] actual content in it. Praetor, I hope you get banned. The best book I've read in a while was "Go Ask Alice"... I need to start reading more :/

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aahahahaha I have one joke in my post along with actual content and it gets deleted in this goddamn spam hole!! ahahahahahaha sen sucks maplantis moderators ftw

I saw the post myself, and there was no actual content in it. Praetor, I hope you get banned.

The best book I've read in a while was "Go Ask Alice"... I need to start reading more :/

She's not a member :ban:

She's not a member

Douglas Adams for great justice.

Douglas Adams for great justice.

[quote=candle12345]Terry Pratchett is an excellent satirist/fantasy writer. In particular the Discworld series, there really aren't any in particular that stand out however, so I'll talk about the gnomes series instead. Make sure you read the Discworld series in order though, you'll get a lot more of the gags.[/quote] Damn! You beat me to the punch. Terry Prattchet <3

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Terry Pratchett is an excellent satirist/fantasy writer.

In particular the Discworld series, there really aren't any in particular that stand out however, so I'll talk about the gnomes series instead. Make sure you read the Discworld series in order though, you'll get a lot more of the gags.

Damn! You beat me to the punch. Terry Prattchet <3

Stephen King, writes the best books I've read. Scared me to death at one point (my mum frightening me while I was reading didn't help :lol: )

Stephen King, writes the best books I've read. Scared me to death at one point (my mum frightening me while I was reading didn't help )

[s]Stephen King's an author, not a book[/s] Which books in particular? I'll definitely look into Terry Prattchet :P. [QUOTE]Douglas Adams for great justice.[/QUOTE] I really like Douglas Adams' books (read the Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy series and some others - before the movie came out), but I get lost in them a bit too easily. I hate being lost in books. EDIT: I forgot, yesterday I got an Amazon shipment of like ten books. Included are, by Stephen King: Insomnia, Blaze, The Long Walk (finished within 16 hours of receiving it :P), Wolves of Calla, The Regulators, and Salem's lot. Also, The Damnation Game by Clive Barker, Call to Heaven by Anne Rice, and one of Lovecraft's short story books. Last three for experimentation.

Stephen King's an author, not a book Which books in particular? I'll definitely look into Terry Prattchet .

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Douglas Adams for great justice.

I really like Douglas Adams' books (read the Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy series and some others - before the movie came out), but I get lost in them a bit too easily. I hate being lost in books.

EDIT: I forgot, yesterday I got an Amazon shipment of like ten books. Included are, by Stephen King: Insomnia, Blaze, The Long Walk (finished within 16 hours of receiving it ), Wolves of Calla, The Regulators, and Salem's lot. Also, The Damnation Game by Clive Barker, Call to Heaven by Anne Rice, and one of Lovecraft's short story books. Last three for experimentation.

I agree, some books i sort of faze out, and realise after 5 pages, I haven't actually been reading any of it.

I agree, some books i sort of faze out, and realise after 5 pages, I haven't actually been reading any of it.

IT, by Stephen King

IT, by Stephen King

Robert Venturi plz :P It's architecture theory writer. I don't recommend readin it unless you at least know basic designing aspects.

Robert Venturi plz
It's architecture theory writer. I don't recommend readin it unless you at least know basic designing aspects.

[quote=Praetor]aahahahaha I have one joke in my post along with actual content and it gets deleted in this goddamn spam hole!! ahahahahahaha sen sucks maplantis moderators ftw[/quote] Apologies for being off topic; but I'm posting this here to clear this up: I removed the insult from his post, and he added it back a few minutes later. So, I just picked off the entire post. :) To go on topic a bit.. I have plenty of favorites, but my recent one is "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe. May have been a book filled with words that an American could never pronounce, but it was really interesting to learn about their cultures and lifestyles.

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aahahahaha I have one joke in my post along with actual content and it gets deleted in this goddamn spam hole!! ahahahahahaha sen sucks maplantis moderators ftw

Apologies for being off topic; but I'm posting this here to clear this up: I removed the insult from his post, and he added it back a few minutes later. So, I just picked off the entire post.

To go on topic a bit.. I have plenty of favorites, but my recent one is "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe. May have been a book filled with words that an American could never pronounce, but it was really interesting to learn about their cultures and lifestyles.

The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer. You will never read anything better. Ever.

The Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer.
You will never read anything better. Ever.

Yes, I assure you, I will, as long as I'm not a flamer. Try the Dune series, best series out there! The ones written by his son are good too.

Yes, I assure you, I will, as long as I'm not a flamer.

Try the Dune series, best series out there! The ones written by his son are good too.

My favorite books are The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.

My favorite books are The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.

If you want less than perfect (Aka Twilight.), try The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Johnathan Stroud. Very good books, and i love the altered history and the government structure.

If you want less than perfect (Aka Twilight.), try The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Johnathan Stroud. Very good books, and i love the altered history and the government structure.

Let's see... [u]Fiction:[/u] George Orwell's [b]1984[/b], Aldous Huxley's [b]Brave New World[/b] and Ray Bradbury's [b]Fahrenheit 451[/b] because I like dystopias. :P Actually, pretty much anything by Ray Bradbury will do. Douglas Adams (of course!) and anything by Rob Grant (the Red Dwarf books, and another good one, [b]Colony[/b]) I liked Margret Peterson Haddix's "Among the Hidden" series when I was younger, it's probably a little simple now... Orson Scott Card, especially the Ender's Shadow line of books. Bean's awesome. :P And of course the original [b]Ender's Game[/b] is amazing. Max Brooks had some brilliant zombie novels, [b]World War Z[/b] and [b]The Zombie Survival Guide[/b]. Kurt Vonnegut is, of course, deliciously cynical and an amazing writer. [u]Non-Fiction[/u]: Christopher Hitchens is a brilliant and awesome writer, especially in [b]God is Not Great[/b]. Gwynne Dyer is a great political/military analyst, I recommend [b]Ignorant Armies[/b] and [b]Future Tense[/b]. Naomi Wolf's [b]The End of America[/b] is a recommended read to anyone with a brain. More atheism books I've enjoyed: [B]The God Delusion[/B] (Richard Dawkins), [b]Letter to a Christian Nation[/b] (Sam Harris), again, recommended to everyone and it's very short, and [b]The End of Faith[/b] (also Sam Harris.) [b]Misquoting Jesus[/b] was an interesting read as well. Another book that should be recommended reading in our schools would be [b]What Terrorists Want[/b] by Louise Richardson. Craig Unger's books [b]House of Bush, House of Saud[/b] and [b]The Fall of the House of Bush[/b] are great. [b]Dead Certain[/b] by Robert Draper is a fascinating and objective look into the life and career of everyone's favourite president. [b]Takeover[/b], by Charlie Savage is a great read and details some of the things the Bush administration, especially Cheney have done behind the scenes. Alright, that's all I have. xD

Let's see...

Fiction:

George Orwell's 1984, Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 because I like dystopias.

Actually, pretty much anything by Ray Bradbury will do.

Douglas Adams (of course!) and anything by Rob Grant (the Red Dwarf books, and another good one, Colony)

I liked Margret Peterson Haddix's "Among the Hidden" series when I was younger, it's probably a little simple now...

Orson Scott Card, especially the Ender's Shadow line of books. Bean's awesome. And of course the original Ender's Game is amazing.

Max Brooks had some brilliant zombie novels, World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide.

Kurt Vonnegut is, of course, deliciously cynical and an amazing writer.


Non-Fiction:

Christopher Hitchens is a brilliant and awesome writer, especially in God is Not Great.

Gwynne Dyer is a great political/military analyst, I recommend Ignorant Armies and Future Tense.

Naomi Wolf's The End of America is a recommended read to anyone with a brain.

More atheism books I've enjoyed: The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins), Letter to a Christian Nation (Sam Harris), again, recommended to everyone and it's very short, and The End of Faith (also Sam Harris.)

Misquoting Jesus was an interesting read as well.

Another book that should be recommended reading in our schools would be What Terrorists Want by Louise Richardson.

Craig Unger's books House of Bush, House of Saud and The Fall of the House of Bush are great.

Dead Certain by Robert Draper is a fascinating and objective look into the life and career of everyone's favourite president.

Takeover, by Charlie Savage is a great read and details some of the things the Bush administration, especially Cheney have done behind the scenes.




Alright, that's all I have. xD

Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter, and Issac Asimov are the ABC's of science fiction. All of their books are made of win.

Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter, and Issac Asimov are the ABC's of science fiction. All of their books are made of win.