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[Denim Chicken]

Originally Posted by ragman

Funny that you should mention the Hyperion Cantos. I just finished Book 2, The Fall of Hyperion, yesterday. Good book, but I liked Hyperion better.

Are you going to read the other two?

[Denim Chicken]

Originally Posted by Future

This thread is super long, I don't know if anybody has mentioned in, but Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series is pretty epic. Gets a bit slow and bogged down but unnecessary details at times as you get a bit past the midway point, but it's the only series that's kept my attention for as many pages.

Be warned, it's not a series to take lightly. You're looking at over 10,000 pages to read all of it.

Yep, Wheel of Time is #12 on the list. I know that it is 13 books, so I've kinda been dodging that one.

What is the subject for your thesis?

[Denim Chicken]

Originally Posted by ethiostar

Both great books. I'm assuming you meant to say Neuromancer by Gibson. I read Neuromancer after I had seen The Matrix and similarities were uncanny.

Yep, damn spell check got me. Your right about the Matrix. Thought the female character (Molly) was like Trintiy and the main protagonist was akin to Neo.

As a bonus this book let me add Derm to my mental collection of crazy, made-up, dystopian drugs, like: Soma, Mélange, & Milk-plus

[Hopeuhavechange]

Predator Nation-- Chuck Ferguson 8.5
maddening as it is insightful. Sharpen yer pitchforks

Darwin's Dogs-- Emma Townshend, 9.8

Delightful insights in CD and how his passion for dogs infromed and guided his life's work.

Black Rednecks and White Liberals-- Thomas Sowell 10.00

Brilliant racial commentary, historically researched and full of surprises, written with ease and simplcity and absent any flamethrowing or red meat, to the greatest extent possible political commentary avoided. Carefully, accurately cited. Provactive to the hilt.

Mayflower-- Nathaniel Philbrick, 11
Mesmerizing. Uplifting and hopeful.

Grimm's Fairy Tales-- Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, 9.9
instructive, enertaining and creative; morally proufound. Timeless.

Friedrich Hayek-- Road to Serfdom, 12
Critical read. Do so twice.


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[Kristen82]

"Baudolino" & "The Prague Cemetery" - Umberto Eco
"Pilgrim" - Timothy Findley
= 10's

If you like European history, these are for you.

[Denim Chicken]

Still working on NPR list. Knocked off recently: Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville -Really good Steampunk novel Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut -Anti-war satire, right up my alley. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells -Why didn't I read any Wells sooner? Working on Cat’s Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut now.

[Denim Chicken]

-fixing block of text from last post-

Still working on NPR list.

Knocked off recently:

Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville
-Really good Steampunk novel

Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
-Anti-war satire, right up my alley.

The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
-Why didn't I read any Wells sooner?

Working on Cat’s Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut now.

[AmarilloCowboyFan]

Originally Posted by Denim Chicken

Continuing to scratch titles off the NPR 100 best Sci-Fi & Fantasy:

Necromancer by William Gibson: Good, fast-paced read. Crazy some of the language and themes in this book regarding the internet and technology, while have been written in 80’s before the internet. Did you know he coined the term ‘cyberspace’? That’s why I love Sci-fi.

Do Andriods Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip K. Dick: Read this one in a day and found it was the novel the film ‘Blade Runner’ was based on. Explored more deeply than the film about the human trait of empathy and really goves a new perspective to android related fiction (caught A.I. on TV after I read this and the similatites in theme were quite startiling).

Starting on the four novel 'Hyperion Cantos' now.

Hey Denim, I'm a Fantasy/Sci Fi fan also, have you read "The First Law" trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. I highly recommend it. It is one of my favorites. I just finished it and am now reading one of his other books.

[Denim Chicken]

Originally Posted by AmarilloCowboyFan

Hey Denim, I'm a Fantasy/Sci Fi fan also, have you read "The First Law" trilogy by Joe Abercrombie. I highly recommend it. It is one of my favorites. I just finished it and am now reading one of his other books.

I have not read that. Is the title a reference to Asimov's three laws of robotics, perchance?

[JIMMYBUFFETT]

Savages by Don Winslow - I really loved this book. I watched the movie a couple of week later and it completely sucked.

The Kings of Cool by Don Winslow - The prequel to Savages. Also fantastic, I think I may have even liked it a little better.

Wool Omnibus Edition by Hugh Howey - A post apocalyptic story about a community living underground. Really cool book and unpredictable.

The Hunger Games - I usually don't read off the best seller list but my wife insisted I read them. I loved all 3 books.

The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs - I really like Burroughs and Jules Verne type books. I'm about 1/2 way through this one and so far it's really cool.

[AmarilloCowboyFan]

Originally Posted by Denim Chicken

I have not read that. Is the title a reference to Asimov's three laws of robotics, perchance?

No, it has it's own laws. LOL

[Denim Chicken]

Originally Posted by JIMMYBUFFETT

Savages by Don Winslow - I really loved this book. I watched the movie a couple of week later and it completely sucked.

The Kings of Cool by Don Winslow - The prequel to Savages. Also fantastic, I think I may have even liked it a little better.

Wool Omnibus Edition by Hugh Howey - A post apocalyptic story about a community living underground. Really cool book and unpredictable.

The Hunger Games - I usually don't read off the best seller list but my wife insisted I read them. I loved all 3 books.

The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs - I really like Burroughs and Jules Verne type books. I'm about 1/2 way through this one and so far it's really cool.

I've had 'Savages' on my Kindle for a while. I've been hesitant to read it do to the horrible reviews the movie got, but maybe I'll check it out now.

[JIMMYBUFFETT]

Originally Posted by Denim Chicken

I've had 'Savages' on my Kindle for a while. I've been hesitant to read it do to the horrible reviews the movie got, but maybe I'll check it out now.

If you like sex, drugs, and violence you'll love it.

[Denim Chicken]

Originally Posted by JIMMYBUFFETT

If you like sex, drugs, and violence you'll love it.

Lol, I am a fan and in that order.

[ethiostar]

I have neglected this thread much too long. I have read many books since I last posted here. I don't remember all the books i've read this my last post but here are the books I can recall. Lots of crime novels.

I started the Elvis Cole detective series by Robers Crais.

-Monkey's Rain Coat
-Stalking An Angel
-Lullaby Town
-Free Fall
-Indigo Slam
-L.A. Requiem

There may have been others but i don't remember now. Entertaining novels about a PI and his sidekick (Pike). I like L.A. Requiem the best so far. Not bad overall and all the books I've read are decent reads. However, as contemporary detective novels go, I prefer Michael Connely's Bosch series and Harlan Coben's Bolitar novels better than Crais.

-The Drop (Michael Connelly)

One of the most recent novel in the Bosch series. Not bad, I enjoyed it.

-Blood Work (Michael Connelly)

Not a Bosch novel and an older book I had yet to read until now. It was made into a movie staring Clint Eastwood. Also a decent read.

-Back Spin (Harlan Coben)

One of the better Myron Bolitar novels.

-Killing Floor (Lee Child)

The first in a series of Reacher novels. Not bad but I'm not terribly impressed. Maybe the books get better as the series progresses.

-Out on the Cutting Edge (Lawrence Block)

One of the Matthew Scudder crime novels and the first one I have read. It's good enough to want me to read more in the series. In fact, I went out and bought a couple more.

-Thank You For Smoking (Christopher Buckley)

A story about a PR man for the tobacco industry. Very funny and entertaining book. Loved it. I have also read "The White House Mess" by Buckley and I don't think anyone else does political satire as well as he does.

-Gil's All Fright Diner (A. Lee Martinez)

About two friends, a vampire and a werewolf. A light, wacky and funny read. I liked it a lot and plan to read more books by this author.

-Bloodsucking Fiends (Christopher Moore)

I can only say, for the upteenth time that I love Moore. He is absolutely hilarious. Carl Hiaasen put it best, "Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of the world". Very funny and entertaining book.

I can't think of the other books I've read. I will post my reviews on them if/when I remember.

I just started reading Stephen King's The Stand, the complete and uncut version. Good grief!!!!! This is a long book (1153 pages). I expect to post my review on this book by 2015...lol.