OK - this has been done before, but I would like to know what books everyone enjoys. These can be books you are reading at the moment, have on your bookshelf (read or unread) and those you have read before and remember fondly.
The main idea here is to discover new authors that relate to those we already enjoy.
I will go first:
1) Isaac Asimov
2) Terry Pratchett
3) Agatha Christie
And then because I enjoy science:
1) Brief History of Time
2) The Blind Watchmaker (a book on evolution - highly recommended).
Originally posted by AlcraI read at least three books a week, and I never stick to any one particular genre.
OK - this has been done before, but I would like to know what books everyone enjoys. These can be books you are reading at the moment, have on your bookshelf (read or unread) and those you have read before and remember fondly.
The main ide ...[text shortened]... ) The Blind Watchmaker (a book on evolution - highly recommended).
However, I have just read a few of Cornwell "Sharpe" books which were historically interesting, even though they are fictional.
I have just started "Inversions" by Iain M Banks (one of his Sci-Fi ones, I'm not too keen on his other novels).
And I have just read a biography of Nick Drake, which was enjoyable, if relatively unrevealing.
Originally posted by AlcraHave read: 'Gödel, Escher, Bach' by Douglas Hofstadter (I know that's a mathmo cliche, but it is good)
OK - this has been done before, but I would like to know what books everyone enjoys. These can be books you are reading at the moment, have on your bookshelf (read or unread) and those you have read before and remember fondly.
The main idea here is to discover new authors that relate to those we already enjoy.
I will go first:
1) Isaac Asimov
2) Te ...[text shortened]...
1) Brief History of Time
2) The Blind Watchmaker (a book on evolution - highly recommended).
Am reading: 'Don Quixote' (in translation I'm afraid 😳 ) by Miguel de Cervantes
Intend to read: 'The Quark and the Jaguar' by Murray Gell-Man (half autobiography, half adventures in physics, by one of the 20th century's greatest physicists - he's also meant to be quite witty)
Authors I'd recommend...
Irvine Welsh (E, Trainspotting, Porn)
Raymond E Feist (Riftwar sagas)
George R.R. Martin (A song of Fire and Ice Saga)
Graham Greene
Jon Krakauer (Into Thin Air)
Chuck Palahniuk (esp Choke and Fight Club)
Daniel Quinn (Ishmael, My Ishmael)
Derrick Jensen (esp Culture of Make Believe)
Greg Palast
John Pilger
And the no.1 book that you really have to read is... Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts.
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I'm afraid I also have to say 'Goedel, Escher, Bach'. I may actually commit murder soon to get my copy back.
'Lila' by Robert Pirsig. Ditto about the copy-retrieval.
'The Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand.
Stephen Fry's autobiography 'Moab Is My Washpot' is quite funny.
'The Pleasures of Counting' by Tom Korner is written differently from most books and is quite interesting.
Finally, I'm currently reading Stephen Fry's 'Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music', whose author has the dubious shared honour of being mentioned twice in this post.
Originally posted by shavixmirAs a matter of fact I am. I've just fixed all my computer problems, ahum ..... well, I hope ........ and this thread is one of the first I am reading since my digital friend decided to crash.
The cider house rules - John Irving (are you listening Ivanhoe?)
So wassup with this John Irving title, Shavix .... anything I should know ?
Originally posted by ivanhoeActually, Ivanhoe, no need to read Irving's book; the film is actually better (a rare situation).
As a matter of fact I am. I've just fixed all my computer problems, ahum ..... well, I hope ........ and this thread is one of the first I am reading since my digital friend decided to crash.
So wassup with this John Irving title, Shavix .... anything I should know ?