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curiouslystupid

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Hey,

Looking for a little help!

I've never really been a big reader; in fact I'm 23 and have probably only completely read 3 books, most of the time I lose interest before the end. But recently I've read a few; Fahrenheit 451, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, The sleeper awakes.

In most cases I think I've enjoyed these books as I've related to the bleak often melencollie characters, and how they develop through the story discovering more about them selves or finding clarity in their lives. I'm not sure why I have latched into sci-fi, but most likely because I'm a fan of it as TV and Film genre.

Has anyone got any names of books that you think I might enjoy? Ones you’d consider “Easy” reads!

Thanks,

CS :p
 
Don't know any that fit your main character descriptions but as for Sci-Fi you might enjoy Douglas Adam's Hitchhikers Series (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaraunt at the End of the Universe, So Long and Thanks for all the Fish, etc..) They're easy reads but very smart and sarcastic. I read them years ago and they remain in my collection.:D
 
Supposedly George Orwell has work similar to Fahrenheit 451 but I've never read him. The titles I've heard in particular are Animal Farm and 1984. But again, I've never actually read them.
Sci-fi wise, do you like Star Wars? You might try some of the books if the answer is yes. Timothy Zahn is awesome.
 
Agree on Timothy Zahn. Read his first Star Wars trilogy... brilliant.

I also suggest Joe Haldeman's Forever War, which is an easy read and hard to forget. Also pick up Orwell's 1984, which Valkyrie did suggest, and that's also hard to forget.

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Maybe try some of PKD's other work, such as A Scanner Darkly (which I consider his best novel). Another you might consider is Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes - about a mentally retarded janitor who has his intelligence increased by an experiment, following the success of testing on a mouse. Excellent character development in it. It's written in diary format.

I personally thought Farenheit 451 was the best of the dystopian novels
(1984 by George Orwell and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley being the other main two), but you might want to try the others out.

As direstraits said, The Forever War by Joe Haldeman is really excellent. Finally, give The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester a try. Very fast paced, quite an easy read, and an excellent revenge novel. It seems to have the type of character your looking for in it as well.
 
Brys said:
Maybe try some of PKD's other work, such as A Scanner Darkly (which I consider his best novel).
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I was just going to suggest this one. I agree that it is a fantastic book (although I haven't read enough of Dick to qualify it as his best). My non-reading SO just finished Do Androids... and I bought him this one. He says he likes it even better than Do Androids... He's also one of those guys who doesn't read much and often gets bored midway through a book.
 
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