Nuth on 15/6/2009 at 07:53
Dark of the Moon by John Sandford. I didn't like the last Lucas Davenport novel(Phantom Prey) I read by him, but other than that he's been a pretty reliable author.
Matthew on 15/6/2009 at 10:32
Paingod and Other Delusions by Harlan Ellison.
june gloom on 15/6/2009 at 17:57
Gibson is my favourite author. Make sure you pick up Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive as they're sequels to Neuromancer (with Count Zero being the middle book.)
Andarthiel on 15/6/2009 at 23:49
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Gibson is my favourite author. Make sure you pick up
Count Zero and
Mona Lisa Overdrive as they're sequels to
Neuromancer (with
Count Zero being the middle book.)
Don't worry I will. Usually if I start reading a series I like then I'll read all of it.
SubJeff on 15/6/2009 at 23:52
Favourite? Hmmm.
Anyways, I've abandoned everything in search of something new. I'm hoping to get inspiration here. Leaning towards Flowers for Algenon (or whatever his name is) in the meantime. I don't like long books anymore as I something always happens to stop me finishing and then when I get back to it picking the story up again is a chore.
Tocky on 16/6/2009 at 03:40
Algernon. You are in luck as the short story covers the theme quite well and loses no emotional impact compared to the book which seemed to me to be the same story with filler. But I read it when I wore a younger mans clothes.
Breakfast of Champions was totally self indulgent and I loved it every bit. I don't know how he manages to get into your very thoughts but he does. Vonnegut is the only author who can pull off this kind of thing.
RBJ if you read this then you will know exactly what I meant when I wanted to hear the bullshit behind the modern art. He describes it perfectly. He is very much a facet of me and was around my age at the writing. On the other hand another facet is Walter from Gran Torino so it gets muddled.
Namdrol on 16/6/2009 at 07:58
Neuromancer, Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive are in the top 10 (as 1 entry) of all books as far as I'm concerned.
They still come up in my head.
For me, being a religous nutter, the Voodoo in the machine and the question of sentience of the AIs still comes up.
((
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And it says a lot about books if you still think about them when you haven't read them for 6 years.
The Bridge trilogy isn't as good, but they were ok.
And any player of Thief should read The Difference Engine, written with Bruce Sterling.
And yes, Kurt Vonnegut, no one like him. Gentle and kind but uncompromising.
Thirith on 16/6/2009 at 09:18
Just about to finish Bill Bryson's Shakespeare, which I'm reading out of a sense of obligation (got it as a present). It's a pretty bad book for someone who did a degree in English Literature, although I could imagine that it's quite okay for people who are into that sort of thing.
Looking forward to reading Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian. I liked The Road a lot and have heard good things about BM.
Sulphur on 16/6/2009 at 19:53
Quote Posted by Tocky
Algernon. You are in luck as the short story covers the theme quite well and loses no emotional impact compared to the book which seemed to me to be the same story with filler. But I read it when I wore a younger mans clothes.
Absolutely word for word what I wanted to say. Except for the last bit, as I was still in school when I discovered science fiction through Clarke and Asimov and this.
I reread Algernon a year ago and it's lost no impact whatsoever. Listen to Tocky, SE.
