What are your favourite books/novels?

[Aredhel]

Hello all!!!

The title describes it all!

My favourite books/novels are fantasy novels. Things like Lord of the Rings (Tolkien), Harry Potter *sweet* (J.K. Rowling), the Dark Tower *wub* (Steven King) and lots of Terry Pratchett discworld novels. *wub*

The Terry Pratchett novels I have got are in german, like the most of my books. I try to read most of the books in english, but I do not have got the money to buy them in german AND english.

At the moment I am reading Harry Potter in english (wanna read all 6 books before the 5th movie and the 7th book comes out).

So, what do you like to read? It doesn't matter if books, comics or something else, just tell!

-Aredhel

[Cyclone Titan]

Lemony Snicket's A series of unfortunate events, its fantasy, mystery, suspense, adventure, I could go on and on about all those different genres, but in all A series of unfortunate events is a great novel!

[Minifig Lecturer]

I like Calvin & Hobbes, The Farside Gallery, and books like Stalingrad (Antony Beevor) or The Last Battle (Cornelius Ryan) and the odd novel like Gormenghast (Mervin Peake).

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon was a good novel i read recently.

[rexcal]

At the moment I am reading Harry Potter in english (wanna read all 6 books before the 5th movie and the 7th book comes out).

What a nice coincidence - I do exactly the same now. But it's pretty much for sure that I won't manage to finish all six books before the seventh will be published...

Otherwise my favorite book is "Catcher in the rye" by Salinger. It still moves me, it's funny, sad and very sensitive.

[exo attack]

I like Fantasy, adventure and horro books. My favs are either Harry poter, or the curios incedent of the night time, which is also very good.

[casewindu]

alex rider if anybody has ever heard of him. Sort of like a kid james Bond! ;-)

and percy Jackson he is like a half greek god but he lives in New York! :-) i suppose anything can happen in that city! :-D

favorite holiday destination ;-)

read on!

michael

[Aredhel]

What a nice coincidence - I do exactly the same now. But it's pretty much for sure that I won't manage to finish all six books before the seventh will be published...

I started about a week ago with the first one. Yesterday I started the third and maybe I will finish it today... In comparison to other english books its really easy reading! When you just started you can get into it very fast.

-Aredhel

[Brainbox]

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Great book. Very funny :-D

I hope to read '1984' soon. At least, as soon as I find a better copy than my dads. The cover has all but fallen off, and a big chunk of the middle pages are loose. I'm sure I could manage... as long as I didn't touch it. ;-)

I generally prefer non-fiction and graphic novels ('comics' ;-) ) though. Stuff like Batman, Fantastic Four, that sort of thing.

[Capn Kirk 911]

300 - graphic novel

First Stike - Halo Novel

Mixim Ride - Kids are angels!

Horus Hersy(all three, soon to be four! *sweet* ) - WarHammer 40,000 books

I'll think about some later... oh! and

Touching Spirit Bear - It's not what it sounds like!

[captaintau]

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Great book. Very funny :-D

Which version have you read? The latest was A Trilogy in Five Parts which started off great and ended OK, but went very boring around about part 4.

I hope to read '1984' soon. At least, as soon as I find a better copy than my dads. The cover has all but fallen off, and a big chunk of the middle pages are loose. I'm sure I could manage... as long as I didn't touch it. ;-)

If you read 1984, then can I also recommend three other major sci-fi works that started my sci-fi addiction some years ago. The four books are arguably the greatest sci-fi works written. They are certainly apocryphal.

- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

- Neuromancer by William Gibson

- 2001: A Space Odysey by Arthur C. Clark

I love the first three books of Michael Cordy. Miracle Strain, Crime Zero and Lucifer. They've been released under different names now but you can look him up on Amazon. Miracle Strain has been bought for making as a film and is the only book to make me cry.

I feel I have to plug my cousin: Dean Vincent Carter writes horror. He released his first book, The Hand of the Devil last year and his second book, Hunting Season is due for release this month or next. He's tipped as the next Stephen King.

[ApophisV]

Here are my current favourites, I'm reading both books for the second time now, immediatelly after I read them the first time ;-)

Oliver Uschmann: Hartmut und ich.

Oliver Uschmann: Voll besch

[gylman]

I've been a reading demon (20 books a week until I went to university, much less now of course) all my life, and there are too many books to mention.

I guess Lord of the Rings would be the most important book to me. I reread it about once a year every year since I was 12. I mostly favour fantasy. Used to love SF, but it got boring about 15 years ago (William Gibson's Neuromancer though is truly great).

Currently I think the best Fantasy author is a local Toronto person (I guess I am biased), named Guy Gavriel Kay, who only put out a few books, but each one is incredibly well done. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Gavriel_Kay If you have not read something by him, you should. His first series, the Fionavar Tapestry, is a bit childish, but has matured hugely as an author, and probably the best is his Sarantine Mosaic series. Complex without being overwhelming, very exciting. It's more like historical fiction than fantasy.

It's probably not a coincidence that Kay was a major assistant in putting Tolkien's work together, along with the son Christopher tolkien, after JRR Tolkien died. He helped edit the Silmarillion!

Sean Russell is also a VERY good relatively new Fantasy author. All his stuff is good. http://www.sfsite.com/seanrussell/index.htm

I can't think of any major fantasy series I have not read in whole or in part in the last 30 years. From the more recent big series, I liked Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, although it is getting a bit too long at this point (11 books and counting, he should have ended at about 7 tops).

http://www.tor.com/jordan/

Non-fantasy, For Whom the Bell Tolls is my favourite book, although this is the only book of Hemingway's I like. The others are too boring and self-absorbed.

Now, for my German friends, I have to ask, did you guys (and gal)read Karl May's western books? Winntou, Old Shatterhand, Old Surehand... As a child I was completely crazy about them! I knew they were (are?) popular in Germany and Europe generally, but in English only a few are available. I have looked for them for many years, and have a total of 5.

[yellost]

DUNE!!!

THE best sci-fi serie I have ever read. I'm talking about the original here, from Frank Herbert. The ones from his son and K. J. Anderson are ok but definitely not as good as the originals. I hope the last two chapters they're writing will be a good finale.

Otherwise, I love the Lord of the Ring and all Tolkien's work.

Currently, I'm reading the Dragon Star trilogy from Melanie Rawn. it's the sequel to her Dragon Prince trilogy. It's a great piece of work, very different from other fantasy novels because it's much more focused on the feelings and emotions of the characters than usual. But boy, did I have a hard time finding those books...

And finally, the best author ever, Terry Pratchett himself. Whenever I feel sad, melancholic or depressed, I just have to read one of his books and it's on for a blissfull moment of joy and hilarity.

Apart from that, there's the usual lot of classics, like Alice in Wonderland, Dracula, Frankenstein (very good, that one) and other victorian litterature.

for the entertainment, there's also Harry Potter and finally, for the pondering, all of those anticipation work (Orwell, Huxley, Asimov, Bradburry etc...)

In the comic department, I love the Ultimate Spider-Man serie and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. And some of the good Batman stories. As well as a lot of other belgian and french comics, but too many to list them all.

[rexcal]

Touching Britney Spears - It's not what it sounds like!

It's a pity. Or a blessing.

[Brainbox]

Which version have you read? The latest was A Trilogy in Five Parts which started off great and ended OK, but went very boring around about part 4.

All 5. I own the trilogy of 4, and I borrowed the 5th from my library. I didn't mind the 4th. It wasn't great, but it wasn't too bad. I kind of thought the 5th spoilt the end established in the 4th. Ah well. Although I did like the conclusion to the running joke with the deaths of... oh, I've forgotten his name. It began with 'A' I think.

BTW, I ordered ALL Civil War Tradepaperbacks which is 270$ all together... Yes, I AM a geek! :-$

It barely costs me anything to quench my craving since I borrow a load from my library. I only buy the odd few. 'Infinite Crisis', 'Fantastic Four:Unthinkable' (I love Wieringo's art *wub* ) and a few others are ones I own, and ther're a few others I'm going to buy eventually.

$270!? 8-

[exo attack]

I forgot to add, I like the Darren Shan series, It was aimed, at kids/teens, but loads of adults read them as well, so I wll probably find another fan.