Favorite Book

[starpug]

Inheritance Trilogy (not anymore 3 was going to be too long so he's doing a 4th)

he's doing a fourth!?!?!? WHY? HOW? WHEN?

it took him long enough to get the third one out and now he's making another

http://www.amazon.com/Brisingr-Inherita ... 574&sr=8-1 look at the video that'll explain everything

[aphoticruby]

Can you give a brief 'teaser?'

It follows a man who shows very little feeling for...well...pretty much anyone. He ends up killing a guy after an altercation. It then gets really introspective as the guy grapples with his place in humanity. The book is the defining work of existential absurdism.

[theoneandonly]

This sounds excellent, and seems to have some similarities to Crime and Punishment. Another novel to add to the list.

[science_geek]

Nineteen Eighty-Four (Orwell)
Tuesdays With Morrie (Albom)
To Kill A Mockingbird (Lee)
The Fountainhead (Rand)
Slaughterhouse Five (Vonnegut)

I will add more later.

[gneissisnice]

sweet, another Rand fan. And I laughed when I saw Tuesdays with Morrie, cause my dad just finished writing a book called "Thursdays with Murray". I wonder if its a coincidence, or if he heard of the other book.

[speedycat129]

Most of the books I read have already been suggested, but I have a few others that are good.

For the people who like to think when they read:
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
The Science of Discworld 1, 2, and 3 (Half based in a world devised by Terry Prachett, half scientific discourse. Really interesting, but not printed in the US, so you'd have to order them online.)

For people who just like to read books without needing to get anything but enjoyment:
Joust and it's sequels by Mercedes Lackey.
Peter and the Starcatchers by Dave Berry and Ridley Pearson
Sorcery and Cecelia and it's sequels by Patricia C Wrede and Caroline Stevermer

Not sure what catagory, but also reccommend The Eight. It's something of a thriller, but also has historical parts in it, and claims that it'll have romance in it eventually (about half done with it).

I'll think of more later. Now I'm tired from running after 3rd graders and want to go read something soft and fluffy.

[rocketman1555]

discworld is a good series, i haven't read the science of discworld, i'll have to get it

[gneissisnice]

Most of the books I read have already been suggested, but I have a few others that are good.

For the people who like to think when they read:
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
The Science of Discworld 1, 2, and 3 (Half based in a world devised by Terry Prachett, half scientific discourse. Really interesting, but not printed in the US, so you'd have to order them online.)

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Is The Gods Themselves a short story or a novel? I thought I read most of Asimovs sci-fi books but i dont think i've heard of that one. Then again, he did write like 400 books, but most of them were non-fiction.

[aphoticruby]

Not sure what catagory, but also reccommend The Eight. It's something of a thriller, but also has historical parts in it, and claims that it'll have romance in it eventually (about half done with it).

The Eight is just a bad rip-off of Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum. Also, Katherine Neville is apparently only capable of writing one book, as the rest of her publications are exactly the same. If you like The Eight, go pick up some Eco and treat yourself to some legitimate writing.

[gneissisnice]

I asked my dad, and apparently he did have "Tuesdays With Morrie" in mind when he wrote "Thrusdays with Murray". So much for a funny coincidence.