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Someone could work a list from the "Five Best..." thread, I suppose ...

I'll look up Kay, but I've been reading sf for 40 years and have never had him recommended to me nor even noticed him on bookstore shelves. Nor A & B Strugatski ... To land as many books as they have on this list and not see the name of the man who practically invented SF --Jules Verne-- not...

I've read Bryson's "Walk," too, very funny! I remember reading a book about Shackleton when I was in grade school. I ordered it through the usual book club that school's subscribe to--the name escapes me ... :rolleyes: With my sons grown up, I don't even know that that club still exists at...

The one female writer I put on the list ... :rolleyes: ... <mutters> somedays ya can't win ...

Technically, those are two series. The Shadow books (5-7) take off from Enders Game and occur during the time frame of perhaps #1-2. It would be interesting to hear your perspective on reading them in this sequence: 1, 5, 6, 7, 2, 3, 4.

Starship Troopers--Robert Heinlein Rendevous with Rama--Arthur C. Clarke The Stars My Destination--Alfred Bester Dune--Frank Herbert Downbelow Station--C. J. Cherryh Very hard to narrow down to five! You can replace Troopers with The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, but Heinlein must be...

Another "type" of nonfiction category for gathering recommended books. As I mentioned on the "Do You Read ..." thread, I seem to have this curiousity about tragic events. Mentioned Sebastion Junger's The Perfect Storm as an example. Another book that I found haunting was To Sleep with the Angels...

I'm a very big fan of Speaker for the Dead and would recommend going along with Ender for one more book. The themes are quite different and mature, with a strong conceptual aspect to the way time is handled and with a truly "alien" race depicted. As most of Card's work, the question of whether a...

I thought it might be better to put up a thread dedicated to a type of nonfiction and start with titles culled from the "What do you read?" thread ... If I missed any, please feel feel to add, to comment, or recommend other titles. Outdoor Adventure Into Thin Air by Rob Krakauer and The...

For instance, The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest by Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston DeWalt provide another perspective on the tragedy. Boukreev, who lost his life less than two years later, was honored with the American Alpine Club's David A. Sowles Memorial Award for his heroic actions taken...

Just wanted to bump this great thread to keep the discussions going. The Orchid Thief is a wonderful example. A terrific book but a lousy idea for a movie and so the writer assigned to adapt it does something very different and succeeds in making a great movie.

When I first saw the title of this thread, I thought you were quoting Rocky Horror ... :rolleyes:

As a conversation, it's wonderful and realistic. Especially, the urban legendesque crossword puzzle survey. Were Ethan Hawke and Julie Delply in Waking Life, too? It's been a few years since I saw that one. Watched the two "Before" movies with them--same director, Richard Linklater. The man is...

I've not read anything by him outside of the Battletech series and thought he did a very good job with the material. The Battletech universe was very interesting with the various codes of honor of the different houses and of the Clan. Space opera of the highest order.

There's also a relatively new "official" Web site for SRD: Stephen R. Donaldson Web site Another older link: Future Fiction: SRD

First SF: Space Rangers by Andre Norton. I had a chance to reread it a year or two ago in an Ace Double, and it had a different title. First Fantasy: Wind in the Willows qualifies as fantasy! First Horror: Edgar Allen Poe short stories very likely. I also remember reading an Alfred...

Great point. By acknowledging that he's slowing down, he often uses cunning where he used to tough it through. He also calls in reinforcements more quickly than he used to. Hawk is a great character but I'm glad Parker has resisted using him alone in a book or tried to spin him off. I...

Not that quantity is a measure of quality, but Parker has a lot of Spenser novels out there and they are of such consistent quality that you have to admire them for that if nothing else. The humor is handled well and the mysteries are quite good. Spenser has a solid supporting cast and crackling...

I'd say yes. You're reading what I consider his best work, the Mordant books, so if you enjoy heroes/heroines who are--how to say it?--slow to rise to the occasion, the Covenant books are worthwhile. TC is the epitome of the Anti-Hero and that's what makes the series dark and difficult...

Screwed, Erin Brockovich, and My Dog Skip---but in a different order on the marquee. :D :eek: