Ah, Ender's Game. That was my favorite book in high school. Must have read it three or four times. Just be wary of the sequels if you end up liking this one. Ender's Shadow and Speaker for the Dead were okay, but the others are absolutely ridiculous. He even recently wrote an Ender's Christmas special called War of Gifts. Seriously.
I haven't read a novel in a while, I'm on a science one at the moment. I finished reading The God Delusion (a book that was seemingly written for me) and have moved onto Science: A Four Thousand Year History (much more entertaining than it sounds). After I'm done with that I have Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos queued up. Yum!
Hey Machu, what's a good book on physics or cosmology? I've read Hawking's stuff and also The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene, but that's it. I'm currently grinding my way through a maths module for my physics course and need some motivation to keep going! Recommend me something inspiring.
Well, I'm only a few chapters in, Shake, but I definitely see what Waltz is saying. Each chapter, rather than build on the existing plot, starts one or two new plot threads instead while throwing out a million new terms without explanation. Pretty annoying. It's less a novel and more a memory test, a test I know I'll fail.
Yeah I know what you mean. In fact, when I started A Game Of Thrones I actually contemplated making notes, but decided to just wing it and you know, everything eventually starts coming together and you gain familiarity with the key characters and story arcs. Give it more time, it doesn't have its reputation for nothing :]
@shake_zula: Gosh, pressure. I mainly read science for recreational purposes and to keep the brain juices flowing, I'm not sure what to suggest for educational purposes. I'll have a think, and a gander at the bookshelf sometime, then get back to you (playing games atm).
edit: Glancing across the room, The God Effect jumps out at me. It's all about quantum entanglement. I remember it being really well written and fairly accessible, even if it is describing one of the strangest things in the Universe. 0.o
Assuming the book is just like the movie, I had mixed feelings about Shutter Island. I thought the twist ruined it. All that beautiful, disturbing surrealism building up and building up, only to be explained away, wrapped up neat and pretty and tied with a bow. I wish it had been left a mystery, myself.
Have you read anything else by the author? I thought to read the book after, but I figured might as well not, though I'm sure it's at least as worthy as the movie.
Might just be a matter of taste--I'll admit I haven't seen the film, but I found the twist at the end of the book to be mindblowingly brilliant; and the way the author lets it unfold is just...breathtaking. It takes him, no joke, 50 pages to explain the ending, but it's the quickest 50 pages you'll ever read. Just incredibly gripping stuff. From the few previews I've seen of the film it looks pretty spot on, so it might just come down to a matter of taste. I can't think of a better, more satisfying ending.
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My favs are 1984, Brave New World, and Catcher in the Rye.
Right now I'm trying to finish up Cat's Cradle, which I started up ages ago and only got about halfway through. And I'm also going back to In Cold Blood. I started it a while back and never got around to making progress in it.
Once I finish up CC, I'm gonna head down to Border's and pick up Breakfast of Champions.
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle (of Sherlocke Holmes fame) is better. It's also about dinosaurs, which makes Crichton's choice of title smack a bit more of theft than homage, not that a title is a big deal at all.
I really like “Black Order” by James Rollins because the action never seems to slow down through out the book. Not reading anything right now, but this summer i'll have some free time so i'll end up reading a book recommended in this thread .
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle (of Sherlocke Holmes fame) is better. It's also about dinosaurs, which makes Crichton's choice of title smack a bit more of theft than homage, not that a title is a big deal at all.
I'll have to read it sometime. Say, have you read Red Dragon by Thomas Harris? I think it's an absolutely phenomenal book, it's one of my favorites. EDIT: Why on Earth does it say weirdadam?
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I love Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Thief Lord, Septimus Heap: Magyk, and the Last of The Jedi Star Wars book series (If that counts).
Even though I haven't read it in a very long time, The Hobbit is the one that I am really reading.
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Ever since I read it ive always loved 1984 the most. I did enjoy Of Mice And Men quite a bit.
Currently Im reading Catch-22 by Joseph Heller which im currently very much enjoying.
I thought 1984 was surprisingly amazing. I want to see the movie, but that was a damn good book.
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Well, I'm only a few chapters in, Shake, but I definitely see what Waltz is saying. Each chapter, rather than build on the existing plot, starts one or two new plot threads instead while throwing out a million new terms without explanation. Pretty annoying. It's less a novel and more a memory test, a test I know I'll fail.
Yeah I know what you mean. In fact, when I started A Game Of Thrones I actually contemplated making notes, but decided to just wing it and you know, everything eventually starts coming together and you gain familiarity with the key characters and story arcs. Give it more time, it doesn't have its reputation for nothing :]
It does have its reputation for nothing, as far as I'm concerned. I've read the first two in the series now, and while they're decent enough reads, they're hardly a shining light to want fantasy should try to be.
The series is too bloated for its own good, characters are terrible, and it's impossible to feel any kind of sympathy towards any of them. The plot itself is hardly original, for the most part it's political drama 101.
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