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 Posted: Sat, 16th May 2009 22:18 Post subject: Recommend me a book. |
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| Posted: Sat, 16th May 2009 22:31 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 16th May 2009 22:34 Post subject: |
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Frant
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| Posted: Sat, 16th May 2009 23:29 Post subject: |
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Eon by Greg Bear
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
Neuromancer by William Gibson
The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov
Factotum by Charles Bukowski
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
"The sky was the color of a TV tuned to a dead station" - Neuromancer
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| Posted: Sat, 16th May 2009 23:41 Post subject: |
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Any of the Shadowrun or Dragonlance saga.
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| Posted: Sat, 16th May 2009 23:47 Post subject: |
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The Battletech novels are good (but not the later MechWarrior novels. I couldn't get into them because the earlier state of the unvierse as it was in Battletech was just cooler ^^)
The Wheel of time novels are good aswell.
Terry Pratchett books go without saying.
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
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lhzr
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| Posted: Sun, 17th May 2009 00:14 Post subject: |
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Well, haven't seen it but since I'm a Pratchett fan I'm probably gonna take a look at it and if you're a fan too I suppose there's no going around that one ;D
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| Posted: Sun, 17th May 2009 00:42 Post subject: |
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The Prophet - Khalil Gibran
I also think fisk should be unbanned.
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| Posted: Sun, 17th May 2009 00:45 Post subject: |
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Illium and it's sequel Olympos.
The Hyperion Cantos
To a Lesser extent, the Endymion Cantos.
All by Dan Simmons, an absolute genius in my opinion. They're all epic scale operatic Sci-fi but they have influences from every genre imaginable. All of them are LotR length, so you can't expect to read through them in a weekend.
In Illium and Olympos there are some highly scientific abstract concepts dealing with quantum mechanics, metaphysics and Planck relations but an understanding is not necessary to enjoy the story. If you like stretching your intellect, look here.
I also recommend 'The Culled' by Simon Spurrier', so much character in that book, and although it's not complex by any means, it is both highly unpredictable and has a gritty sense of realism. Lots of violence, swearing, drug abuse, sex and other morally dubious things, in fact I would say it reminds me a lot of Fallout 2 in style.
"Techniclly speaking, Beta-Manboi didnt inject Burberry_Massi with Benz, he injected him with liquid that had air bubbles in it, which caused benz." - House M.D
"Faith without logic is the same as knowledge without understanding; meaningless"
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Epsilon
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| Posted: Sun, 17th May 2009 01:02 Post subject: |
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| AnimalMother wrote: | Illium and it's sequel Olympos.
The Hyperion Cantos
To a Lesser extent, the Endymion Cantos.
All by Dan Simmons, an absolute genius in my opinion. They're all epic scale operatic Sci-fi but they have influences from every genre imaginable. All of them are LotR length, so you can't expect to read through them in a weekend.
In Illium and Olympos there are some highly scientific abstract concepts dealing with quantum mechanics, metaphysics and Planck relations but an understanding is not necessary to enjoy the story. If you like stretching your intellect, look here.
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Seconded. Get the Hyperion Omnibus and the Endymion Omnibus, then continue with Illium and Olympos to read them chronologically.
In the same vein I might also recommend Revelation Space and the continuing books in that series, I've only just completed Revelation Space but so far so good, they're about the same things as Dan Simmons books; transhumanism and various sub species of humanity.
AnimalMother: I will get The Culled from amazon next week, thanks alot for that - Love the wasteland/ fallout universe. |
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| Posted: Sun, 17th May 2009 01:13 Post subject: |
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I've only read Hyperion, and I loved it! I'll try to read the rest of his books when I'll have time, goddamned university 
"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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| Posted: Sun, 17th May 2009 01:21 Post subject: |
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| Epsilon wrote: | | AnimalMother wrote: | Illium and it's sequel Olympos.
The Hyperion Cantos
To a Lesser extent, the Endymion Cantos.
All by Dan Simmons, an absolute genius in my opinion. They're all epic scale operatic Sci-fi but they have influences from every genre imaginable. All of them are LotR length, so you can't expect to read through them in a weekend.
In Illium and Olympos there are some highly scientific abstract concepts dealing with quantum mechanics, metaphysics and Planck relations but an understanding is not necessary to enjoy the story. If you like stretching your intellect, look here.
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Seconded. Get the Hyperion Omnibus and the Endymion Omnibus, then continue with Illium and Olympos to read them chronologically.
In the same vein I might also recommend Revelation Space and the continuing books in that series, I've only just completed Revelation Space but so far so good, they're about the same things as Dan Simmons books; transhumanism and various sub species of humanity.
AnimalMother: I will get The Culled from amazon next week, thanks alot for that - Love the wasteland/ fallout universe. |
Oooh shit, just read the synopsis for Revelation Space and it totally sounds like my kind of book. I'll be ordering that on monday, thanks!
"Techniclly speaking, Beta-Manboi didnt inject Burberry_Massi with Benz, he injected him with liquid that had air bubbles in it, which caused benz." - House M.D
"Faith without logic is the same as knowledge without understanding; meaningless"
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Sun, 17th May 2009 01:28 Post subject: |
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I like Clive Barker's 7 Books of Blood or Books of Blood.
Got em all and still read them occasionally. Some fucked up stories in those books.
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| Posted: Sun, 17th May 2009 02:02 Post subject: |
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| AnimalMother wrote: | Illium and it's sequel Olympos.
The Hyperion Cantos
To a Lesser extent, the Endymion Cantos.
All by Dan Simmons, an absolute genius in my opinion. They're all epic scale operatic Sci-fi but they have influences from every genre imaginable. All of them are LotR length, so you can't expect to read through them in a weekend.
In Illium and Olympos there are some highly scientific abstract concepts dealing with quantum mechanics, metaphysics and Planck relations but an understanding is not necessary to enjoy the story. If you like stretching your intellect, look here.
I also recommend 'The Culled' by Simon Spurrier', so much character in that book, and although it's not complex by any means, it is both highly unpredictable and has a gritty sense of realism. Lots of violence, swearing, drug abuse, sex and other morally dubious things, in fact I would say it reminds me a lot of Fallout 2 in style. |
Damn they only have the Ilium/Olympus on the kindle I'll get em, see how it goes.
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| Posted: Sun, 17th May 2009 02:03 Post subject: |
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japanese hentai manga
make sure it's about incest and tentacles
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Sun, 17th May 2009 02:08 Post subject: |
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| AnimalMother wrote: | | SycoShaman wrote: | I like Clive Barker's 7 Books of Blood or Books of Blood.
Got em all and still read them occasionally. Some fucked up stories in those books. |
Syco, you'd probably like 'The Culled' too, the melee violence is well described. With the main character having trained in the special forces and certain practical martial arts, plus being an absolute nutter, it makes for some excellent eye gouging, scrotum ripping and ankle shattering confrontations.  |
Sounds interesting. The Culled eh? By Clive Barker? The woman wants to go shopping tomorrow so I will see if I can find it (tho the only good book store is in another city or in Toronto and we are just going to our mall....I HOPE lol  ). |
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Frant
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No, it's not Clive Barker. It's written by a comic book author (Simon Spurrier), some sort of post apocalyptic story.
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
"The sky was the color of a TV tuned to a dead station" - Neuromancer
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Sun, 17th May 2009 02:17 Post subject: |
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| Frant wrote: | | No, it's not Clive Barker. It's written by a comic book author (Simon Spurrier), some sort of post apocalyptic story. |
Thanks.
Wrote both the name of the book and the author down. Now lets see if I can find it at my local, shitty book store. |
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| Posted: Sun, 17th May 2009 02:19 Post subject: |
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anything by HP lovecraft is worth a look too
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deelix
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| Posted: Sun, 17th May 2009 02:22 Post subject: |
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the bible, heard its good fun
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Sun, 17th May 2009 02:24 Post subject: |
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| FireMaster wrote: | | anything by HP lovecraft is worth a look too |
Yeah, Lovecraft is awesome
@deelix
The Bible is a good read man. Great story. Sex, violence, murder, incest, rape etc
Best work of fiction to date imo |
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| Posted: Sun, 17th May 2009 03:20 Post subject: |
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| deelix wrote: | | the bible, heard its good fun |
I asked for good books, not good toilet paper.
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| Posted: Sun, 17th May 2009 03:23 Post subject: |
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The Bible is actually quite fun to read.
I really like the Revelation. But then again I just see it as a book not as some religious piece to follow by the word
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Sun, 17th May 2009 05:04 Post subject: |
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| Reklis wrote: | The Bible is actually quite fun to read.
I really like the Revelation. But then again I just see it as a book not as some religious piece to follow by the word |
Exactly. Revelations is a great horror sort of read. Maybe horror isnt the right word, apocalyptic is more fitting.
Still, the Old Testament is full of blood. And the New Testament isn't bad either.
The Bible is a good read. Like I said, its got sex, blood, war, incest, horror etc in it.
Again, like I said, its one of the best works of fiction to date.
@best
Not toilet paper, rolling paper bud. I've smoked so many pages of the bible through my years lol. Especially in school. Had no papers....grab the bible of the shelf, rip out a page and spin a joint so its ready to smoke after class. And Bible paper burns so well.
I know guys who will only smoke bible paper....no zig zags (reg papers). |
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