Books you've read and recommend

RadicalEd0 · Post by **RadicalEd0** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 3:24 pm

Isis Unveiled
The Secret Doctrine

for you philosophical and theological types >_>

Plato is good

HellBlazer · Post by **HellBlazer** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 3:26 pm

Old yeller... or somethin like that. the one with the boy and the dog

The Wired Knight · Post by **The Wired Knight** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 3:49 pm

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (one of my favorite books ever)
The Count of Monte Cristo (A classic)

Those are my three favorite books that I highly recomend to anyone.

Lonley Driver · Post by **Lonley Driver** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 3:59 pm

A few of my favorite books.

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein
Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein
The Foundation Series - Issac Azimov
Ringworld - Larry Niven

-David

SSJVegita0609 · Post by **SSJVegita0609** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 4:09 pm

Snow Crash by Neil Stephenson is also good, and I agree with eveyone on the Ender/Bean sagas.

Moloch · Post by **Moloch** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 4:25 pm

Haven't read the following in a while, but, man, are these disturbingly good:

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch - Phillip K. Dick
A Scanner Darkly - same
The Man In The High Castle - ditto

Can you tell I'm a fan of the guy who inspired "Blade Runner"?

Of course, Vonnegut's works excellent as well....

Farlo · Post by **Farlo** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 4:26 pm

brave new world at the huxley site for free

http://www.huxley.net/bnw/

if you have never read DO IT NOW!!

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 4:31 pm

Here's a few of my favorites:

Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, by Dr. Edward O. Wilson (really neat philosophy on the workings of science)
The World According To Wavelets: The Story of a Mathematical Technique in the Making, by Barbara Burke Hubbard (really good if you're mathematically inclined)
Man Is The Measure: A Cordial Invitation to the Central Problems of Philosophy, by Dr. Reuben Abel (I read this a couple years ago, but I still really like it...as you can probably glean from the title, it's a philosophy text)
Emilè, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (I probably got the accent wrong, but still: really neat book on the philosophy of education and child-rearing)
The Guns of August, by Barbara Tuchman (historical account about the events leading up to World War I; it seems eerily relavent today)
Programming Languages, by Dr. Allen B. Tucker (survey of programming languages, also discusses the concepts behind programming languages)

<-- geek

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 4:58 pm

My list... in order of favorites if at all possible...

Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan - Very long and interesting. Intriguing and well-developed characters. And a world that is nearly as in-depth as Tolkien's. (not listing Tolkien's because his transcends literature )

The Riftwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist - Huge world, insanely engaging plot and so many elements of fantasy integrated into a world that could be real. Continued in another side series with Janny Wurst (just as good ).

Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind - Just got a lot better with Pillars of Creation. The first two were amazing and they were the first really thorough and more adult books I'd read.

Sword of Shannara series by Terry Brooks - Amazing job with the characters. Their relationships and emotions are more developed and realistic than I've seen any author create before. And the story's really nice too.

The Belgariad and The Mallorean by David Eddings - First series I'd ever read. Lighthearted, comical, and totally fantasy.

The Elenium and The Tamuli by David Eddings - Similar to the other series, but more geared toward adults.

The Wayfarer's Redemption by Sara Douglass - Haven't finished it yet, but it's the best thing to come out of Australia ever!

There's some more I'd include, but they consist mainly of epic poems and other literature. And there are quite a few philosophical texts and writings that were extremely well written, but I'm only including traditional stories and literature.

He Thor01 · Post by **He Thor01** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 5:52 pm

I would suggest:

A farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemmingway:long but good.

1984, I have forgotten who by:if you liked Farignheight 451 you will like this book, warning it is somewhat depressing.

The Road to Mars, by Eric Idle :damn funny all the way through.

I might have to make another post when I get to my bookshelf.