Books Whats everyone reading atm?

[Lakih]

Need some ideas.

Thomas Harris books about Hannibal Lecter (Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs etc) are still very good even though you probably seen the movies many times.

 

[DaGaffer]

Other than the two above, how about:

Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A Heinlein. (You'll love it when you get it)
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut (You'll read it in chunks laughing, then get to a bit and go "aaaand that's enough for today")
Battlefield Earth - L Ron Hubbard (Shit film. Good book that gets better as it goes on. Worth it)

Read, Read and Read.

 

[leggy]

Oh and @DaGaffer, that's a recommendation too. It's SF but different from what I've read in the past. If you loved The Stars my Destination, I'm sure you'll like it. Even though it shares absolutely nothing in common. Other than being astoundingly well written.

There are 4 books though and this compilation is the first 2. I believe the first book - 'Shadow of the Torturer' - is decent as a stand alone effort.

 

[Scouse]

Read, Read and Read.

And the two above?

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is just about the perfect human story.
The Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson - starting with Red Mars.

I think you've read all the Iain M Banks stuff haven't you. I know it strays into fantasy but how about A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. I quite enjoyed it and I'm not a massive fantasy fan


Edit: I'd be remiss if I didn't say Farenheight 451 by Ray Bradbury.

 

[DaGaffer]

Oh and @DaGaffer, that's a recommendation too. It's SF but different from what I've read in the past. If you loved The Stars my Destination, I'm sure you'll like it. Even though it shares absolutely nothing in common. Other than being astoundingly well written.

There are 4 books though and this compilation is the first 2. I believe the first book - 'Shadow of the Torturer' - is decent as a stand alone effort.

Thanks, I'll take a look.

And the two above?

I've read everything Heinlein and Bester have ever written Tbh I've read most of the classic SF, but I increasingly don't have much of a frame of reference for new authors, and Amazon isn't really helping. I think the last "new" SF author I got into was probably Charles Stross or Alastair Reynolds, and that was ages ago.

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is just about the perfect human story.
The Mars trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson - starting with Red Mars.

I think you've read all the Iain M Banks stuff haven't you. I know it strays into fantasy but how about A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. I quite enjoyed it and I'm not a massive fantasy fan
Edit: I'd be remiss if I didn't say Farenheight 451 by Ray Bradbury.

Read, and...read (although I have to admit I fought my way through the Mars trilogy. I find Kim Stanley Robinson a bit dry). I read some Burroughs a long long time ago (and I think I'm one of the few people who enjoyed John Carter) so it might be worth a look. On the other hand I might just re-read Cryptonomicon as my standard fall-back novel, or go and check out the history shelves.

 

[Scouse]

I find Kim Stanley Robinson a bit dry

Yeah...But it was still worth the effort.

I read some Burroughs a long long time ago (and I think I'm one of the few people who enjoyed John Carter)

It's why I read it. It's better than John Carter btw.

Farenheight 451 if you've not read that. Or get yourself a subscription to 2000AD

 

[leggy]

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is just about the perfect human story.

Read this a few weeks ago and I absolutely love it. Couldn't agree more with you sentiments.

 

[Lamp]

War of the Worlds

 

[Doh_boy]

Currently working my way through Portnoy's Complaint by Phillip Roth. It's *ok* I'm probably missing the shock factor around the masturbation and other such stuff but considering I've been told that it's a classic I'm not too impressed. His style isn't bad, so I'd be interested in read more from him but I'm expecting it to be better than this.

 

[Z^^]

i've read thise books by Joe Abercrombie,

1. The Blade Itself (2006) Best one,
2. Before They Are Hanged (2007)
3. Last Argument of Kings (2008)

Really good science fiction wizards kings, tribal clans and magical beings, if your looking for some nice fantasy with good characters and storytelling i recommend this author.

 

[Scouse]

Really good science fiction wizards kings, tribal clans and magical beings

Sci-Fi and Fantasy are not the same thing.

/pedant ON.

 

[Chosen]

Started reading the "Long War" series by Christian Cameron last week(4 books out til now). I love historical novels, and he is a good writer.

The serie is about the war between the Greeks themself, and continues with the war between the Greeks and Persians.

Book 1(Killer of Men)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7998933-killer-of-men

&
Book 2(Marathon)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7998944-marathon?from_search=true

Also completed book 7 in "The Eagle Series" by Simon Scarrow.

 

[Hawkwind]

Robert Harris - Archangel and The Ghost next

 

[Laddey]

The Ricky Hatton book is a good holiday read.

 

[gmloki]

Do Audio Books count

I read The Passage and The Twelve last year. Just Waiting on City of Mirrors So I got The Passage on Audible. Really good if you like end of the world, post apocolyptic Vampire kinda reads

 

[TdC]

I might just re-read Cryptonomicon

On that note I just re-read Neuromancer and am working my way through Snow Crash again.

 

[SilverHood]

Reading Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson... been so long since I read complex stories, hard to keep track of who everyone is, but still very good.

 

[Laddey]

Papillon is a fantastic book.

 

[sayward]

Am finally reading Twilight. It is so much better than the film. Those people are painfully miscast.

 

[Madmaxx]

Finishing of the Robert Langdon series of books by Dan Brown - which started off with the Da Vinci Code (film with Tom Hanks) now halfway through the latest book "Inferno".

 

[Billargh]

Chuck Palahniuk - Pygmy

To say the least, it's strange.

 

[leggy]

Reading Cunts.

Anyway ... The Wool Trilogy (daft name but like Fallout in literary form). Quite excellent and no spoon feeding in sight. After the first 'Chapter' I was hooked and devastated at the same time.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Wool-Trilogy-Shift-Dust-ebook/dp/B00I96357W

Sorry about the Amazon link.

 

[DaGaffer]

Currently reading

Its not holding my attention the way his stuff usually does.

 

[Zarjazz]

Finished the Southern Reach series recently. It's like a cross between the environments of Stalker & Solaris relocated to an isolated American coastal region. I'm not sure I liked all of it, the later two books dragged on slightly too long and probably should have been compressed into one novel. However the series as a whole, especially the first book, certainly knew how to generate an incredibly creepy atmosphere with everyone lost in a strange world of paranoia and genuine weirdness.

 

[TdC]

Just bought The Wool Trilogy. We shall see

 

[SilverHood]

I started reading The Moon is Harsh Mistress, but finding it fairly tough going.

I bought some airport sci-fi at the end of last year when I had a lot of trips:
Nova War (The Shoal Sequence) by Gary Gibson. It's kind of weird, the writing could be better, but still OK sci-fi.
The Risen Empire (Succession) by Scott Westerfield. I particularly liked the explanations behind the science.

 

[wolfeeh]

Peter F Hamilton's Night's Dawn trilogy again as I haven't read it for over ten years. and got all three for 99p each recently.

 

[Lakih]

Reading Stephen King's The stand at the moment, the extended edition. It's good, it sucks you in but 'effin hell it's a long book. Clocks in at around 1100 pages.
Saw the TV series years and years ago and don't remember anything except that i really enjoyed it.

 

[Shagrat]

Napoleon the Great by Andrew Roberts. Enjoying it so far, very good look at his life and influence on Europe.

 

[Zarjazz]

Proper science fiction, as in it has lots of bold ideas and follows them through. Though the conceit of a language where gender is irrelevant and everyone is call 'she' is very confusing.