Larian Studios Forums General Chat Favorite Books????

Well, pretty self explanitory. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I tend to go by authors... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Terry Pratchett, Tom Holt, Douglas Adams. Anything these guys have done is pretty cool.

Robert Jordan: Wheel of time, almost finished book IV
Tolkien: Lord of the rings (duh)
Stephen King: The dark tower saga,.... need more books of him though

for the rest I read study books about DirectX, PC's, C++, .....

I have never read anything by Robert Jordan.
I really like the Magic Kingdom for Sale series by Terry Brooks...kinda cheasy, but i was younger.
The neatest book i have ever read by far is Ash a Secret History. Can't rememer the author. It was neat though, really made you think. The basis was that history kept changing as our views (as a people) evolved. So, say, in the 15th century, magic was accepted, and taken as "history" but now, it is fiction because no one believes it. Kinda like history is written by the winners of the war...
I am getting more into the historical fiction, i think i have read all the fanasty books that appeal to me. I liked the Autobiography of Henry VIII. I try to stay away from Forgotten Relms and that, though they may be good.
I am of course - looking forward to the new Harry Potter!!!! And the new George RR Martin.
OK, very long responce! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

American Gods - Neil Gaiman

best book ever written <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

So, what is it about?

I've seen a few of Terry Brook's books. Never really impressed me that much. Terry Pratchett captures the humour in fantasy perfectly. Also the "hitchiker's guide" series was one of the best and funniest I've ever read.
Don't read as much as I should to be honest.

Pratchett's Discworld's cycle of course, looking forward to his next book.

A non-fantasy book that fascinated me for hours was
"Alice Sebold: Beautiful bones"

The story of an 11-year-old girl, raped and murdered. In her heaven (That's the German title) she watched her family cope with this, observed her murderer, had troubles with her guardian. All written in the naive language of a child - not pathetic or sentimental, just beautiful.
Kiya

Carrie, did you ever read Henry VIII by Margaret George?

That book sounds so sad!!!! It is in German?
Yes, that is the book that i was talking about (the autobiography) I loved it, it made him a real human being, not just a pig king who murdered his wives. It let you see the possible side of why he did the things he did (like Anne Bolyne being a witch, and how she commited adulety...) Whether it was true or not,it still gave him a more human side, and i no longer think so down upon him. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I am currently reading Mary Queen of Scots (by Margret George)
Another intresting one was the French Executioner. About the executioner that was hired to kill Anne Boylne by Henry, it was good too.

Oh, and the person who wrote Ash - Mary Gentle.
Anyone else fell in love with The Mists of Avalon? (Marion Zimmer Bradley) I have read that one 5 times over.

lord of the rings <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Nope, Alice Sebold is American, was/is still a bestseller there and in Europe. And I just checked it, Susie is/was 14 - no, not sad - and yes, sad. Difficult to explain. It's the dry, matter-of-fact way children tend to take the worst catastrophies. I like her book, because there are not many authors showing the child world in such an awesome and believeable consequence.
Kiya

BTW, Margaret George is my favourite history novellist <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" /> She's not shallow, very good research done.
Ever read Donna Woolfolk Cross: Pope Joan?

At the moment I'm reading: Torey L. Hayden: Beautiful child.
The author is therapist for children with a mental disorder, in this case, it's about a child refusing to speak or communicate in any way with its environment. Maybe you know her most famous one: Sheila.
Kiya

Yes, I read Avalon <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Definetly a girl after my own heart Kiya!!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
No, i have not read either of those...never heard of them...
Sound like very powerful books though.
I would like to become a book critic! Get paid to read books, boy would i be happy!!!!

favorite books...
eh... about a couple dozen times 10. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

I wouldn't know where to start.

You can start with the one you read last i suppose! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Wanna come check out my library of King stuff? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> In Dutch and English. Including books containing short stories but with at least one that King wrote. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Like Dark Love. With stories of King, Ramsey Campbell, Stuart Kaminsky, Edward Kramer, Martin Greenberg, Nancy Collins,...
Gotta love it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Well that would be re-re-re reading Children of the corn.
I just felt like reading it again and I started yesterday.
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The one before that was Pitface by Herman Brusselmans and before that it was rat by Andrzej Zaniewski. For the 4the time or so. Great book... life as a rat - through the eyes of a rat.

the lorax by dr. seuss. mumkin by stephen cosgrove.

and the usuals, robert jordan (obviously), david eddings, douglas addams....
right now i am reading walden by henry david thoreau, next in line is the autobiography of the dalai lama.

Carrie, ever read Margaret Atwood? Great Canadian writer

The handmaid's tale = George's Orwell 1984 in feministic view - great!

Alias Grace = In 1843, a 16-year-old Canadian housemaid named Grace Marks was tried for the murder of her employer and his mistress, Atwood rewrote what happened out of her opinion

Cat's eye = Elaine's visit triggers thoughts of her childhood with all the urgency of a bad rash. Dominating her reflections are her childhood "friends", three girls who wreak havoc on Elaine's self-esteem

the Robber Bride = Zenia is beautiful, smart and greedy, by turns manipulative and vulnerable, needy and ruthless; a man's dream and a woman's nightmare.

The last 2 ones are about destructive relations between females, children in the Cat's eye - adults in the Robber Bride.

How could I forget her???
Kiya

VIPER...Dark tower series has been phenomenal thus far...too bad its been 5 years since the last one came out...

An author that I've read quite a few from recently is Laurell Hamilton's "Anita Blake" series - definitely books geared more for the female audience.

The early McCaffrey Pern novels were good.

My first favorite fantasy fiction author was Andre Norton and her Witch World novels.

Too many great novels, too little time.