Corvus Posted January 4, 2008 Posted January 4, 2008 I strongly recommend that you read the entire trilogy in five parts, though be warned that it gets really quite boring in book four. A good idea would be to listen to the radio series, they're really good. The third through fifth follow the book, but I haven't been able to find the first and second parts. :-/ Will Quote
yellost Posted January 4, 2008 Posted January 4, 2008 I strongly recommend that you read the entire trilogy in five parts, though be warned that it gets really quite boring in book four. I'll try to find them, but it's getting hard to find english books here, lately... At least the ones I'm interesting in... I found those two by luck on a flee market, and since I've always meant to read them I jumped on the occasion. But I remember when I looked for Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince serie, it took me 5 years to find all six volumes *wacko* ... and the last one cost me around Quote
Brainbox Posted January 5, 2008 Posted January 5, 2008 I strongly recommend that you read the entire trilogy in five parts, though be warned that it gets really quite boring in book four. I wouldn't say "boring" exactly, but I do see what you mean. Personally, I prefer the first three to the last two. But 'trilogy in 5 parts' does sound pretty cool though, doesn't it? Anyway, went to the library this afternoon. Just finished reading The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1. And it was very good. But I'm just not sure I'm a big Alan Moore fan. I don't doubt he's a brilliant writer, and he's written some pretty revolutionary stuff, but... I don't know. And I know that's sacrilage for a comics geek, but still, there're other writers I prefer. I don't know why, I just do. Quote
SlyOwl Posted January 5, 2008 Posted January 5, 2008 I'm reading the Castaways Of The Flying Dutchman trilogy by Brian Jaques - I had read the first 2, but when I got the third for Christmas, I needed to refresh my memory. After that, I'll be re-reading Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo to further my Japanese and then continue with my Where's Wally? marathon X-D I love it! SlyOwl Quote
yellost Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 I wouldn't say "boring" exactly, but I do see what you mean. Personally, I prefer the first three to the last two. But 'trilogy in 5 parts' does sound pretty cool though, doesn't it?Anyway, went to the library this afternoon. Just finished reading The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Volume 1. And it was very good. But I'm just not sure I'm a big Alan Moore fan. I don't doubt he's a brilliant writer, and he's written some pretty revolutionary stuff, but... I don't know. And I know that's sacrilage for a comics geek, but still, there're other writers I prefer. I don't know why, I just do. Well, it's the same for every writer, really... I love the LXG books, and can't wait for the new ones to be released but he's done some other that wasn't so great. V for Vendetta, for instance, The film is right on top of my top 5 list but the book isn't taht great. Sure it's revolutionary (pun intended) but I find it going in too many different directoin before starting to follow a single coherent plot. Which in a way is understandable, since Moore didn't know where he wanted to go with it when he started the serie. Quote
simonjedi Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 Gaunts ghosts - the first omnibus by Dan Abnett Quote
Brainbox Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 Well, it's the same for every writer, really... I love the LXG books, and can't wait for the new ones to be released but he's done some other that wasn't so great. V for Vendetta, for instance, The film is right on top of my top 5 list but the book isn't taht great. Oh, I agree. I mean, I enjoyed V for Vendetta, but I have to admit I was just a little tiny bit disappointed after I finished, because personally I didn't think it was quite the classic it's been hailed as. Good, yes. Experimental, yes. Revolutionary, certainly. But not 'absolutely brilliant'. For me, I much prefer a 'regular' comic/graphic novel to an experimental one. Give me a good Batman story over a 'powerful exploration of the genre' anyday. Quote
alexrider7 Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 Alex Rider: Stormbreaker (for the 17th time) Quote
Aredhel Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 Right now I am reading "Cujo" of Steven King and before I did again read the dark tower series... Really really great stories! Aredhel Quote
Lord Of Pies Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 F1 racing magazine, nah I do actually read proper books once in a while. ;-) Quote
simonwillems Posted January 6, 2008 Posted January 6, 2008 Right now I am reading "Essential Criminology" by Mark Lanier and Stuart Henry. Studyrelated but a nice book. It is less fun to read something when you have to, I think.... But hey, it's in the interest of my future... Quote
UniqueBuilder Posted January 18, 2008 Posted January 18, 2008 The Dungeons and Dragons Core Rulebook I: Player's Handbook v 3.5 by Wizards of the Coast (Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook and Skip Williams). :-P Quote
Corvus Posted January 19, 2008 Posted January 19, 2008 I've recently been speed-reading Michael Crichton. One book per day, I have no life. :-D Currently on Airframe. Will Quote
yellost Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 read the dark tower series... Really really great stories!Aredhel I heard a lot about that serie. But I never quite got what it is. Can you tell what it is about (without too much spoiler ;-) )? Your signature sure makes it look interesting, though X-D . I might give it a try... Quote
snefroe Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 reading dark tower part 2 right now, next to Lyn Macdonald's excellent book called "Passendale 1917", as a part of 4 or 5 books... also started "Maigret aan de Rivi Quote
mechamike Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 Bilbo.. ( I read the ring triology and Bilbo every third year) Quote
Cardinal Brick Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 I have the pleasure as a student of reading around four books at any one time but currently I Quote
snefroe Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 Great! I will ask you about the contents in Billund then. ;-) In German! X-D btw. its "3 M Quote
msavageesq Posted January 22, 2008 Posted January 22, 2008 I have the pleasure as a student of reading around four books at any one time but currently I Quote
The Daphne Blue Strat Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 I'm reading Les Miserables for fun...books about advertising, accounting and othersuch will be coming soon, though, as the semester kicks off...oh boy. Quote
yellost Posted February 6, 2008 Posted February 6, 2008 I just finished "Sandworms of Dune", the latest and final book of the Dune serie... I have mixed feelings about it. I can't help wonder what the original writer would have done if he hadn't died before finishing it. Now it's his son who finished it by following some lay out left by his father (or so he says) but after reading all he added to the serie, it feels weird... He wrote 2 prequels of 3 books each before where he introduced a lot of new notions which come back in his final chapter (but there isn't even a hint about the main one in the original serie). In the end I don't know what to think...It wasn't bad at all, it's just that it doesn't really fit in the original continuity (at least that's my opinion...) Now I'm starting "Life, the universe and everything", part 3 of the H2G2 serie... Quote
Opproperaar Posted February 6, 2008 Posted February 6, 2008 (edited) 'L'inspecteur mourra seul' - it's for French class X-D Perhaps because I can actually comprehend 75% of this 250 page booklet I can't say I'm very impressed by it. It isn't a bad book either but for a detective novel, the writer easily resorts to clich Edited February 6, 2008 by Hairy Ruben Quote
Tarfful Posted February 6, 2008 Posted February 6, 2008 I just finished Stone of Tears, by Terry Goodkind. I now plan on reading the third in the series, The Blood of The Fold. It is an excellent series that keeps you guessing to the very end. My favorite book ever is Wizards First Rule, which is the first book of the series with SOT being the second. It is by far the best series I've ever encountered, so far X-D , and I highly recomend it to anybody who likes the Fantasy genre. *y* On another note has anybody read any books by one or more of these authors: Terry Brooks, R.A. Salvator, or Raymond E. Feist? They are all great authors, Terry Brooks is most famous for his Shanara series and for a little book called The Phantom Menace, R.A. Salvatore is famous for the Drizzt Du Urden series(which is about a good Drow, Drizzt, and his adventures), and Raymond E. Feistis famous for creating Rift-War Saga. A Wookie general who loves to read, General Tarful Quote
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