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Originally posted by: Ispy
Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind..Sword of Truth series, great book!! I was kind of skeptical because of the title itself but a co-worker finally pursuaded me into reading it. After about 50 pages I couldn't get enough of it! It's also the first book of 8 I think, just starting "Stone of Tears". Highly recommend it!
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Do yourself a favor and stop at book 4, at the very latest. That's the last good one in the series. (5 is really the knife edge.) The first two are some of the most steallar fantasy books I've read, and I think you could agree there. The last three are some of the most abysmal and horrid things I have ever crossed. The 6th one especially, which is him ripping off pretty much wholesale The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand and doing a piss poor job. Take the warning as you may, but don't hold out much hope beyond book 4.

As for me, my last read was Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds. Simply put OMFG!!! That is one of the single best pieces of science fiction I have read in ages. I am a tech junkie, and the goodies he trots out throughout are fantastic. The story itself is a blend of science fiction and mystery, with a dash of horror. The overall setting has kind of a noir/punk feel to it. While the character and social complexity isn't on par with say the Exordium Series, the mysteries in the story make up for it. (And unlike Exordium, you can still buy Revelation retail.) Anyone looking for first rate space opera, look here.

The read before that was Dracula by Bram Stoker. That was... boring. Interesting to see a perspective from a different century, but utterly dull and nothing to grab my attention. Took me about six times as long as Space.

For a current read I'm about to start Against a Dark Background by Iain M. Banks, as I had finally managed to score a copy of that book last month. I hope it's as good as everyone says
 
Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
technically I haven't read an entire book since like 6th grade... but I'm trying to start again. Reading Timeline by Michael Crichton right now 🙂
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not bad actually. just don't watch the movie. very bad.

cider house rules (john irving)- a very good read actually, and not really like the movie, which wasn't faithful or good.
 
Yeah Wuffsunie, I was actually wondering about the series as a whole myself. A few co-workers of mine have read through the whole series except for the one that isn't out yet, and I asked them about the others books and they just reply with "the first one is by far the best, after that it kinda slows down, and in the later books Richard is basically a side-character". But I really can't blame Terry for his mishaps because I can't even begin to fathom what he could do with 8 huge books taking place in the same "world" let alone have the same characters.

I'm also assuming you've read "Debt of Bones"? I'm thinking about picking it up buts it's extremely small and costs almost $20, just wondering what you think about it.

Ispy
 
Last few:
Angels & Demons (Dan Brown)
The Tommyknockers (Stephen King)
Killing Floor (Lee Child) (recommend Child, very entertaining)
 
Against All Enemies - Richard A. Clark
Welcome to the Ivory Tower of Babel: Confessions of a Conservative College Professor - Mike S. Adams
 
Originally posted by: Wuffsunie
Originally posted by: Ispy
Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind..Sword of Truth series, great book!! I was kind of skeptical because of the title itself but a co-worker finally pursuaded me into reading it. After about 50 pages I couldn't get enough of it! It's also the first book of 8 I think, just starting "Stone of Tears". Highly recommend it!
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Do yourself a favor and stop at book 4, at the very latest. That's the last good one in the series. (5 is really the knife edge.) The first two are some of the most steallar fantasy books I've read, and I think you could agree there. The last three are some of the most abysmal and horrid things I have ever crossed. The 6th one especially, which is him ripping off pretty much wholesale The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand and doing a piss poor job. Take the warning as you may, but don't hold out much hope beyond book 4.

As for me, my last read was Revelation Space by Alistair Reynolds. Simply put OMFG!!! That is one of the single best pieces of science fiction I have read in ages. I am a tech junkie, and the goodies he trots out throughout are fantastic. The story itself is a blend of science fiction and mystery, with a dash of horror. The overall setting has kind of a noir/punk feel to it. While the character and social complexity isn't on par with say the Exordium Series, the mysteries in the story make up for it. (And unlike Exordium, you can still buy Revelation retail.) Anyone looking for first rate space opera, look here.

The read before that was Dracula by Bram Stoker. That was... boring. Interesting to see a perspective from a different century, but utterly dull and nothing to grab my attention. Took me about six times as long as Space.

For a current read I'm about to start Against a Dark Background by Iain M. Banks, as I had finally managed to score a copy of that book last month. I hope it's as good as everyone says
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You ever read "Calculating God" by Robert J. Sawyer? Check that out...VERY GOOD BOOK.
 
El Club Dumas, Arturo Perez-Reverte
El Otro Sendero (The Other Path): The Economic Answer to Terrorism, Hernando De Soto
The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else, Hernando De Soto
 
I'm reading Gai-jin by James Clavell. It's going a little slowly. I'm at about 550 out of 1200 pages.

If it weren't for Shogun and Tai-pan being such good books, I'd have given up on this one a week ago.

My little neighbor has borrowed my copy of Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden). That was a good book.

My little Pei Pei is reading my copy of Life of Pi (Yan Martel), and I think she's having some problems with the English. It's worth reading, though, so I hope she gets through it.
 
Originally posted by: MadCowDisease
Art of Loving - Erich Fromm
Roots - Alex Haley
The Japanese - Edwin Reischauer
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Roots is a good book. I was never required to read it in high school, so I picked it up last summer.

It really added a whole new perspective on... a lot of stuff.

I read Malcolm X (extensively edited by Haley) afterwards, and I didn't like it so much. It seemed a little too angry and mean and rambling after his teen years... and that might have been the point/truth, but it didn't make for such an interesting book for me.
 
Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
technically I haven't read an entire book since like 6th grade... but I'm trying to start again. Reading Timeline by Michael Crichton right now 🙂
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what? that's what i am reading right now also 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Ispy
Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind..Sword of Truth series, great book!! I was kind of skeptical because of the title itself but a co-worker finally pursuaded me into reading it. After about 50 pages I couldn't get enough of it! It's also the first book of 8 I think, just starting "Stone of Tears". Highly recommend it!

Also- Mystic River and Sacred both by Dennis Lehane, mystery thrillers, good reads.
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The Sword of Truth series is really good for people who like more serious fantasy stuff. Gets a little intense at times, but worth it...the series just gets better.

Also, the actual "Wizard's First Rule" is very true 😉
 
"What's the Matter with Kansas? : How Conservatives Won the Heart of America"

:thumbsup:Good read,

I'm sure many of the Conservatives on the board are rolling their eyes, so I'll do it for them. :roll:
 
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett.
Before that, it was Ringworld's Children by Larry Niven.
Need to go buy some books at Barnes & Noble tomorrow.
 
Deep Black - Stephen Coonts

First non-Jake Grafton Coonts book I've read. Pretty decent.

Prior to that was Shadows of Steel - by Dale Brown. I love the Megafortress series.
 
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