I'll read just about anything!..at the moment I've got my teeth into "Not a penny More, Not a Penny Less" by Jeffrey Archer; a bit dated, but one of his that I hadnt read before...good story and very well told.
Was listening to 5-Live yesterday and there was this guy who had compiled a list of weird-titled books that had been released and slipped through the censors and political correctnes net...the one that REALLY had me ROFL'ing was:
"Sodomy in Reformation Germany and Switzerland"...by Helmut PUFF!!!
Gene Wolfe's 'Book of the New Sun' series is head and shoulders above everything else I've read. Regarded extremely well by literary types, it's pretty damn dense reading - is written quite differently with a very interesting first person viewpoint from the far future, with a reasonable bit of internal thought / monologue. After reading this many other sci-fi / fantasy's fall very short for me with the way the author's draw so much influence from current social habits, and generally fail to create a truly fresh situation.
I know the What are you Reading thread is more recent, but I'm not actually reading this In fact I last read this masterpiece almost 8 years ago, but I happened to stumble upon it just moments ago.
The Hot Zone by Richard Preston. A medical 'outbreak' thriller based on actual events.
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
The Ear, The Eye, and The Arm by Nancy Farmer
The last one is at a little lower reading level than the other two, but the storyline captivated me for the entire length of the book. And the first two are just badass.
The Hobbit. J.R.R Tolkien
LOTR. J.R.R Tolkien
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams
and "The Sword of Truth" series by Terry Goodkind
Cool- I might buy a copy to take on the plane with me when I go on holiday.
In the way of an offering, I might suggest 'The Complete Roderick', by John Sladek. I didn't read much in the way of books this year, but I loved Roderick- it's truly hilarious in many parts, and Roderick himself is such a great character. While in the book he's never really well described physically, which makes for great comedy in itself (people are always confusing him for a normal boy, even though he gets around on tank treads at one point he is called into the school psychologist for insisting that he's a robot!), the other parts of Roderick really leave an impression. Thinking back now to when I read it, I realise that I had imagined a very definite speaking voice for him that's still clear to me now, for eg.
I think the Johnny 5 writers must have taken a lot from the Roderick books. But Johnny 5 got nothing on poor little Roderick.
Recommended.
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In fact I last read this masterpiece almost 8 years ago, but I happened to stumble upon it just moments ago.
