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5 Favourite Books

Ell

Ell

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We had a "favourite book" thread before, but I think people had trouble coming up with just one book (I know I did).

So how about your top 5?
No need to list them in order - though you can if you wish. Series can count as one.

Here are mine: (at least for now)

- Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
- The Foundation series by Isaac Asimov
- Sho-Gun by James Clavell

:( That was tough, maybe I should have said top 10?

Ell
 
"Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
"The Ladies'Paradise" by Emile Zola
"Foucault's Pendulum" by Umberto Eco
"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
The Harry Potter series

Ask me tomorrow and I'll probably come up with 5 different titles! That was tough indeed:(

Marie
 
In no order...

Watership Down - Richard Adams
Hitchhikers Guide Trilogy - by Douglas Adams
The Stand - Stephen King
Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
 
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress - Robert Heinlein
The Odyssey - Homer
White Fang - Jack London
Lord of the Rings - Tolkein
Until We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis

Indeed, five is too few.
 
The discworld series - Terry Pratchett
Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkein
The Belgariad series - David Eddings
Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Xanth series - Piers Anthony

I could just keep going.

Mike
 
Mike, (or anyone)

What's Terry Pratchett like? Are his books more sci-fi or fantasy?

I keep seeing his name show up on sci-fi/fantasy lists. I'm always looking for new (to me) authors to try, but lean more toward sci-fi than fantasy in the speculative fiction genre.

Is the Discworld series a good place to start?

Ell
 
hmmmm tough. Hope y'all don't mind me posting??

Stone of tears: Terry Goodkind
Children of Amarid: David B. Coe
Exiles: Melanie Rawn
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide (all 6): Doug Adams
...and honestly Alanna by Tamora Pierce. Written for "young adults", (so I'm too embarassed to go get her new ones :() but they're great books.

Is Piers Anthony any good, Mike (or anyone)? I walked into Borders last week to get one of his and walked out with Raymond E. Feist, what a mistake that was.

I do hope I'm not overstepping my place here, I'm brand new :confused: I've been looking for a forum like this for a while, and low and behold, here I am.
 
Welcome, LxD. (or would you rather we call you by something else?)

Feel free to jump in anywhere. We're a pretty friendly bunch :)

I loved Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker series, too. Didn't know what to expect when I read the first, but once you "get" his kind of wierd sense of humour, it's hilarious.

Ell

p.s.
You might want to post in the Members Introductions section and tell us a bit about yourself, books and authors you like, etc.
 
The Xanth novels possess the same type of illogical humor Adams' books do. I have just started in on Terry Pratchett's Discworld series and it's written along the same lines as Xanth, I.e., fantasy spoof. He is quite adamant, however, that his books are neither zany or wacky, stating that
Only TV redheads in the 50's were wacky.
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They are funny all the same.

I can read either Fantasy or SciFi, but I tend to enjoy SciFi more. Unfortunately, all of my favorite authors seem to be dead. Anyone have any suggestions for a Heinlein/Zelazny/Adams fan?
 
I would be inclined to try Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman before you start looking at the Discworld series. I personally feel that the first few books are not the best in the series but it's best read in the correct order to get a feel for the characters. Terry's childrens books are also worth a read.

There seems to be a lot more fantasy written now than Sci Fi. Probably because technology has moved on so far. Have you tried any Larry Niven recently? Footfall in asscociation with Jerry Pournelle and The Legacy of Heorot with Pournelle and Steven Barnes are more in the classic Sci Fi tradition.

Mike
 
Choir Boys (Diabolical Film) Joseph Wambaugh
Hunt Red October (Great Film) Tom Clancey
Sun Bird Wilbur Smith
Saloms Lot (good film) S King

Lord Rings (Good film) Tolkein


quote: He who makes the most noise is Least listened to.
 
Oooooh, top 5? That's hard.
Well, some of my favorites:
Memoirs of a Geisha
Time and Again
Isabel's Bed
Moo
The Joy Luck Club
 
Magician - Raymond Feist
Waylander - David Gemmell
Bravo Two Zero - Andy McNab
Guards Guards - Terry Pratchett (in fact all of the Guards series, hell.. everything he writes :) )
The Harry Potter books.

For people asking about Pratchett, his main discworld series are fantasy based with a huge spoon of humour thrown in. I've yet to hear of someone who doesn't have a favourite book from the discworld.

Terry has a gaggle of main characters and each book is loosely based on one or more of them, so within the discworld series you get the Guards books, Witches books, Death books etc.

I would not recommend starting at the beginning of his works, but rather pickup something like 'Guards Guards' or 'Wyrd Sisters' and get into his humour. I give warning now that once you have started you will be buying every book he writes.

Apart from main the discworld books Terry has a number of children's books which are also fun to read. Both my gf and I finished 'The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents'
recently which we both found hilarious.
 
In no special order:

Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy
DEFCON One by Joe Weber
The Red Horseman by Stephen Coonts
War of the Rats by David L. Robbins
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth
 
My Top 5 for today:
In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje
The Bone Flute by N A Bourke
The Fortunate Man by John Berger
Owls Do Cry by Janet Frame
White Noise by Don Delillo
 
I hope you guys don't mind me barging in!!

Animal Farm by George Orwell
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
The Light Bearer by Donna Gillespie
The Waterborn by Greg Keyes
 
Originally posted by Gawariel
The Light Bearer by Donna Gillespie
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The Light Bearer is that Auriane, Dochter van het Licht you're talking about? (I couldn't help noticing you're from Belgium and you speak Dutch...) God I loved that book! ;)
 
Yes!! That's exactly the book I was talking about!! It's was just magnificent!!
Ben jij van België of van Nederland, of ken je gewoon Nederlands?
(for those who don't speak dutch, I asked: Are you from Belgium or The Netherlands, or do you just know dutch?)
 
Five favorite books (in no particular order):

Enders Game
The Stand
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Gunslinger
The Hobbit
 
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