Read any good books lately?

[Ibaneezer]

Originally Posted by Oz

Next on the list is Clive Cussler's new book.

I love Cussler's older books, but I'm not a fan his new main characters... bring back Dirk!!

As for me, I'm "On Liberty" by John Stuart Mill just for fun and my girlfriend keeps trying to get me to read "Fast Food Nation" Anybody read it?

[crayzayjay]

Check out Popcorn by Ben Elton. I havent read any thing in ages and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's an entertaining and very funny read. It's sold in droves here. Just as i told my friend "it's so good, it should be a movie", he told me it's been made into a play. Check it out, it's not long, you can easily read it over one weekend. I couldnt put it down

[Steel]

Yes, definetley in the proccess of Iceworld. Awesome book so far

I love the Ender series from Scott Card. Read those through a few times. I was sad when I finished the series the first time, cause I didn't want it to end, it was that good.

Hmm, I think i might pick up those books again and reread them.

[ci5ic]

Originally Posted by lordvektra

I loved “snow crash” but couldn’t get into “the diamond age”, is any of is other stuff up to par with snow crash.

Im not currently reading anything, not sure why I may have to drop by the book store and pick something up tomorrow, maybe that new book “Eragon”. Anyone who has suggestions for a good fantasy book let me know. last few book I read was the “Prey” Series by John Sandford “rules of pray” and “show pray” both good Detective\serial killer books

Yeah, for some reason, Diamond Age was tough to get into, and is my least favorite of his books. I would highly recommend Zodiac which is a very short read, but a fun book, and Cryptonomicon. Cryptonomicon was also a tough read at first, but once you do get into it (and get the characters straightened out), you'll be glad you did. Quicksilver has been much easier to get into so far, and although, I wasn't very keen on reading something set in that time-period (1600's), I think I'm going to really like it. The characters in this book are the ancestors of those in Quicksilver, so it's interesting to see how their paths have crossed so many times, and Neal Stephenson does a great job of writing a fantastic story where he doesn't totally mangle actual historical events. But do read Cryptonomicon before Quicksilver (if you intend to read either of them).

I've also read quite a bit of Heinlen and enjoyed most of it. Also read some of the Discworld series by Terry Pratchet (at the insistance of one of the fanatics that Replicant mentioned). Funny stuff, but certainly not something I would be a fanatic about.

Oh, and I can't forget David Eddings "The Belgariad" (and other books in that story-line). Read them all a few years ago, and really liked them. The writing in them is decent, and not very high-level, but a good story none-the-less...