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Heretic

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Jul 7, 2011 10:56 AM
cbus4life;823306 wrote:Read the Song of Ice and Fire series, by George R. R. Martin.

Good stuff.

I want to read that, but want to wait until the series is a bit closer to being done, especially considering the massive amounts of time it takes between books right now (something like 7 years between the fourth and the fifth, isn't it).

I've been burned by that with Wheel of Time. I started with them around when the sixth book was released...and got to the point where I didn't remember half the lesser characters when starting the ninth. So, I waited a few years and started over reading them. Up to the early parts of Book 10 with 13/14 out, so hopefully when I get the last one after it comes out next year, I'll be wrapping up 13.
Jul 7, 2011 10:56am
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Jul 7, 2011 11:08 AM
I hate reading, but I read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in high school and LOVED it! Very random and very funny.
Jul 7, 2011 11:08am
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Jul 7, 2011 11:17 AM
I read purely for entertainment and love a genre known as urban fantasy.

Probably the best series I've found is: The Repairman Jack series (still going on, but wrapping up) by F. Paul Wilson
Jul 7, 2011 11:17am
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Jul 7, 2011 7:45 PM
i was really into the runelords. but i haven't read like the last 3 books in the series. it was good, but like the wheel of time, it really dragged on and got off into the weeds.
Jul 7, 2011 7:45pm
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Jul 7, 2011 9:29 PM
Over the holiday weekend, I read Brave New World, Slaughterhouse Five, and Lord of the Flies. They're all okay, but I don't think I'd recommend any of them all that much.

If you're a fan of classic lit, Anna Karenina or The Brothers Karamazov are good options. If you want something a bit shorter, check out The Great Gatsby.
Jul 7, 2011 9:29pm
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Jul 7, 2011 10:08 PM
lol i read the great gatsby, lord of the flies and brave new world in high school. the only one worth a damn was lord of the flies IMO.
Jul 7, 2011 10:08pm
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Jul 7, 2011 10:09 PM
another good book for those into religous plights is Postville. relatively short and easy read too.
Jul 7, 2011 10:09pm
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fan_from_texas

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Jul 7, 2011 10:58 PM
j_crazy;824217 wrote:lol i read the great gatsby, lord of the flies and brave new world in high school. the only one worth a damn was lord of the flies IMO.
Yeah, if I went to a high school that wasn't crappy, I would've read 'em, too. So now I'm making up for it by reading things that I should be familiar with but never read.
Jul 7, 2011 10:58pm
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Jul 7, 2011 11:03 PM
fan_from_texas;824297 wrote:Yeah, if I went to a high school that wasn't crappy, I would've read 'em, too. So now I'm making up for it by reading things that I should be familiar with but never read.

correction it was 1984 not brave new world that i read in high school. read brave new world after high school, basically the same theme in both books.
Jul 7, 2011 11:03pm
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Jul 8, 2011 12:49 AM
tcarrier32;822195 wrote:i took a thematic literature course at OSU a few years ago, and the "theme" was Cormac McCarthy. We read Child of God, Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men, and The Road. Of those, The Road was the one that stuck with me the most. I'd recommend any of those to the OP, if you haven't read them before.

Also, the Rum Diaries by Hunter Thompson would be good if you haven't read it before.

+1.

No Country for Old Men & The Road were excellent reads. The movies were very well done as well.
Jul 8, 2011 12:49am
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Jul 8, 2011 12:58 AM
j_crazy;824307 wrote:correction it was 1984 not brave new world that i read in high school. read brave new world after high school, basically the same theme in both books.

How in the fuck did you not like 1984?
thePITman;823505 wrote:I hate reading, but I read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in high school and LOVED it! Very random and very funny.
What the hell does that even mean?
Jul 8, 2011 12:58am
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Jul 8, 2011 1:01 AM
I Wear Pants;824372 wrote:How in the fuck did you not like 1984?

Just didn't like it. thought it was too verbose for what it was trying to do.
Jul 8, 2011 1:01am
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Jul 8, 2011 6:36 AM
The classic horror trifecta is great...Dracula, Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde
Jul 8, 2011 6:36am
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Jul 8, 2011 8:50 AM
j_crazy;824307 wrote:correction it was 1984 not brave new world that i read in high school. read brave new world after high school, basically the same theme in both books.

And the giver, and catch-22, and all the other dystopian novels.

What about a thousand years of solitude? Or goethe's faust? Both a great reads.
Jul 8, 2011 8:50am
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Jul 8, 2011 5:55 PM
I loved brave new world. Can't wait for film version. Rumor is Christopher Nolan with Leo dicaprio in it.
Jul 8, 2011 5:55pm
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Jul 8, 2011 10:37 PM
The Left Behind Series --- read everyone and couldn't put them down.
Jul 8, 2011 10:37pm
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Jul 8, 2011 10:52 PM
Waterloo Read a good book dipicting the battle of waterloo. If not that see if you can find a short story book on the Vietnam experiance.. Both true events ..
Jul 8, 2011 10:52pm
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Jul 8, 2011 10:53 PM
Dan Brown is my favorite author. Really anything by him.
Jul 8, 2011 10:53pm