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#1 werewolfv2

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Posted 20 September 2006 - 11:48 PM

which books should I read next? The following is a list of most books I have that I have yet to read.

The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Algebraise - Iain Banks
Consider Phlebas - "
Look to Windward - "
The Player of Games - "
The Last Unicorn - Beagle
Brokedown Palace - Brust
The Lord of Castle Black - Brust
The Paths of the Dead - Brust
Iron Dawn - Stover
Otherland bk 1 - Williams
Hunters Death - West
Shriek: an Afterword - Vandermeer
The Thackery T. Lambshead Guide To Eccentric & Discredited Diseases -Vandermeer
The Silmarillion - Tolkien
The Book of Lost Tales part - Tolkien
The Mind Pool - Sheffield
The Spheres of Heaven - Sheffield
The Thousandfold Thought - Bakker
Dying of the Light - Martin
Tides of War - Pressfield
Monstrous Regiment - Pratchet
Gormenghast trilogy - Peake
Against the Odds - Moon
Hunting Party - Moon
Rules of Engagement - Moon
Iron Council - Mieville
The Scar - Mieville
Pyschomech - Lumley
Swords of Ice and Magic - Leiber
Knight and Knave of Swords - Leiber
The Second Book of Fritz Leiber - Leiber
The Left Hand of Darkness - Le Guin
Hawkwoods Voyage - Kearney
The Heretic Kings - Kearney
Forever Free - Haldeman
Vellum - Duncan
Wild Cards II - Martin
The Sword in the Storm - Gemmell
Hero in the Shadows - Gemmell
Daughter of the Empire - Feist
Time and the Gods - Dunsany
The Sparrow - Russell
Lieutenant Nun - Erauso
Water Sleeps - Cook
The Priest of Blood - Clegg
Hammerfall - Cherryh
The Paladin - Cherryh
Night Watch - Pratchett
Going Postal - Pratchett
The Charnel Prince - Keyes
Pirates of Venus - Burroughs
The Outlaw of Torn - Burroughs
Tana of Pelucidar - Burroughs
The Shadow Kingdom - Howard
The Great Prince Shaw - Oppenheim
The Lion and the Lamb - Oppenheim

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 12:45 AM

This is why I never let my 'To Read' list go beyond about 10 books. If it was 57 books long I'd go mad.

I'd say The Silmarillion. Tolkien's best book and a vital cog in the machinery of modern fantasy.

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#3 Obdigore

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 01:51 AM

Dont bother with the Silm by Tolkien... if you have something else to read, its not worth it. Or anything by Bakker

Go to douglas adams.. a light, entertaining read.

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 04:37 AM

Obdigore;118210 said:

Or anything by Bakker

Pfft. Don't listen to him. His words are lies!

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 04:55 AM

Iain M. Banks. All of them.

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#6 ObsoleteResolve

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 05:18 AM

Kearney.

Read.

Kearney.

Iain M. Banks is also some great, great stuff...

If I can just find my half-read copy of the Algebraist. Damned Vonnegut. He distracted me~!

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 05:58 AM

Read Douglas Adams to warm up your brain, the entire series, not just Hitchhiker.

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#8 Whelp

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 06:35 AM

Imho, the order to read should be:
Adams -> Pratchett -> Mieville -> Leiber -> the rest

Avoid Lumley, it is not worth the effort.

Btw, if you own these books, I envy you...

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 06:49 AM

Shriek: an afterword, followed by Consider Phlebas and then TTT :morgoth:

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 10:43 AM

Douglas Adams. I don't care about when you read any of the rest. If you haven't yet read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy you ought to, and you might as well do it now.

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 11:10 AM

Adams, Banks player of games first followed by the rest of them. bakker is good no matter what everyone else says. Also simarillion. and Kearney.

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 12:17 PM

Shriek, The Scar, Gormenghast, Vellum. In any order.

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 05:18 PM

potsherds;118295 said:

Douglas Adams. I don't care about when you read any of the rest. If you haven't yet read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy you ought to, and you might as well do it now.

well, I have read the Guide, but it was a long time ago and I never read the other books in the series.

It was kinda funny

the post was a bit of a bet with myself (yay! I won $1...from myself!)

I was wondering how fast the Bakker and Tolkien reps would come flying in

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 07:52 PM

I have read the first two books of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and, yes, they were almost constantly funny, but I would still not consider them to be more than temporary entertainment. Great for the moment, but as soon as you close the covers you forget about them. It is the same way with Night Watch. And avoid Feist too.

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 08:20 PM

Banks, Adams, Bakker.

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 08:29 PM

Skip Bakker, Banks is light years ahead of him.

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Posted 21 September 2006 - 09:00 PM

Skip them all and go buy some Irvine.

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