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Przepraszam
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can be anything but prefer thriller/mystery
open to any suggestions!
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Phluxed
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My personal favourite series of all time is The Warlord Chronicles. It's a realistic type story of Arthur etc. Just great storytelling.
Also, read a Brief history of time by steven hawking. It's a must imo for everyone, I always recommend it.
Sorry I don't have thriller/mystery suggests broski, just not a personal fav. genre of mine.
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ChinUp
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If you're into graphic novels then I strongly recommend Watchmen. Bought it yesterday and couldnt stop reading. Its a superhero themed murder mystery/thriller/end of the world story.
Zack Snyder is working on a movie based on it aswell.
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Anything by Philip K. Dick. i prefer his short stories and novellas.
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Parallax_
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| GeordieRacer wrote: | | Anything by Philip K. Dick. i prefer his short stories and novellas. |
+1 Best sci-fi psychological writer  |
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George R. R. Martin, "A Game of Thrones".
Best story I've read in a while, and I read A LOT of books... highly (highest?) recommended.
Sense Amid Madness, Wit Amidst Folly
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My favourite novel ever. Why can't you read it again?
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Dan Simmons , his Hyperion saga is great read imo
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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deelix
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Try the bible. Supposed to be really funny.
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zipfero
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Philip K. Dick
Dashiell Hammett - Red Harvest, Maltese Falcon (among others)
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frno
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not much of a bookworm myself but I can highly recommend Greg Mandel trilogy or Nights Down trilogy by Peter F Hamilton. He is a brilliant sci fi author.
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Hierofan
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Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
Fyodor Dostoevsky - Notes from the underground
HP Lovecraft - Pickman's Model
HP Lovecraft - The Shadow Over Innsmouth
HP Lovecraft - The Dunwich Horror
Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud - Max Ehrlich
Mark Laidlaw - The 37th Mandala
and the best work of fiction i've ever read
The Bible
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The Lies of Locke Lamora
Altered Carbon
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Phluxed
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| Hierofan wrote: | Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
Fyodor Dostoevsky - Notes from the underground
HP Lovecraft - Pickman's Model
HP Lovecraft - The Shadow Over Innsmouth
HP Lovecraft - The Dunwich Horror
Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud - Max Ehrlich
Mark Laidlaw - The 37th Mandala
and the best work of fiction i've ever read
The Bible |
Holy crap man, that list is fantastic. Every one of those books are amazing. You sir are a gentleman and a scholar. |
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WaldoJ
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there was this little philosophy book that debunked the existence of everything. it was a paper back and it just blows your mind whenever you read it. I don't know the name, but you lot are a literary type so you must know. It's supposidley funny and such. it's very short from what i heard but very potent in info.
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ChinUp
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WaldoJ
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My english prof was preaching it. saying that if you're ever interested in philosophy that's the book to read. It'll change your view on everything.
It was a little book. i wish I weren't such a heavy drinker. Then I'd prolly remember the title. But I can't.
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WaldoJ
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I'm trying.  My prof said that thee was segment there that debunked the existence of a chair in front of you. I should see him this coming semester. I'll ask him if we don't find out. Haha.
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Micheal Frayn - Spies
Brilliant book.
Most who have read it either love or loathe it; in fact most simply do not get it. I got it, it was on my level; his sense of humour and technique of storytelling makes Frayn one of my fave authors.
I found this book incredibly nostalgic; he describes childhood down to a T of what its really like in the world when you are just a little boy. Girls, bosoms, german pilots and cheating housewives diaries through the eyes of a child.. great story.
I found it also incredibly sad. Some of the things in the book describe human nature so well that it saddens the heart to read some of the lies that children are told by parents.
But the best thing about this book is the ammount of symbolism. Its thick as a block with so many gems of hidden meanings and has a near perfect open-ending. I wont spoil it however.. just grab it.
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| Posted: Wed, 6th Aug 2008 08:28 Post subject: Re: recommend me some books |
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| besthijacker wrote: | can be anything but prefer thriller/mystery
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You have to give more information. What are some of the books you have read in the past that you really liked?
I love Horror. I have a huge range tho.
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Hierofan
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The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Philip K. Dick
i'm surpised nobody mentioned Faust
and i wasnt really impressed by these
Point Counter Point - Aldous Huxley
Brave New World - same guy
and has anyone read ?
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner - James Hogg
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
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Przepraszam
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thanks alot!
will go on saturday to library and pick something
i have 3 weeks of doing nothing ;o
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