aka, what should I read? I asked for book recommendations in a group giveaway recently, and was pleased with the suggestions. As an extension of that, I'd like to hear what y'all are reading... so I can go look those books up too. I've been blessed with the twin gifts of a short attention span, and a powerful memory; I tend to read several books concurrently. What about you?

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The Witcher Last Wish - Andrzej Sapkowski.

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It depends, personally I love sci-fi and cyberpunk so I would recommend Neuromancer, Virtual Light from William Gibson, or Snow Crash from Neal Stephenson(some people prefer snow crash since it's more ADVENTUREEEE kind of). Also the saga of Tales of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin if you like more fantasy. Starhip troopers by Robert A Heinlein is awesome. Mmmmm I would recommend also American Gods from Neil Gaiman and the saga of Discworld by Terry Pratchett (best funny adventure ever).
Bonus track: Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

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You have a good taste in books, all of those are really good suggestions! Though I have Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, I haven't read Snow Crash yet. Putting that one on my have-to-read-list now (which happens to be quite long).

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Thanks a lot! Trying to keep my reading muscle training all the time. I really recommend that you read Snow Crash, it was quite enjoyable and it's one of my favorite. I wish I could read Cryptonomicon, but I could only find the third one and since I live in a country wich has now put a lot of effort in blocking the arrival of books from other countries, I'm really scavenging for what I can find in bookstores, wich isn't a lot.

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Haha, good timing for the recommendation! Passed a second-hand bookstore in town today only by chance and got lured inside by a free book offer of which I chose a Steampunk one. Found among others Snow Crash and went home having bought 5 books. :D
Too bad for you Argentina is blocking international books! :(

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Nice, you're in for a ride! I also love steampunk but never actually found one book about it in here, truly sad.
Yes, it's a major pain in the ass because it's not only the books, it's almost everything. You need to pray to get something that you ordered from another country...or pay double. I want to move to another country but I can't even find a job so I can save some money. It sucks.
But anyway, hope you enjoy the book, if you need another recommendation maybe I can help =P

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Changeless, 2nd book from Parasol Protectorante series.

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On The Road written by Keruac

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The Road - Cormac McCarthy

It won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for a good reason.

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they filmed the movie version of that a mile from my house!

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Just started A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin.

After I'm finished with that, it's on to Tarnsman of Gor by John Norman

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Books that I more recently enjoyed include:

  • Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel (autobiography)

  • Girl Interupted by Susanna Kaysen (autobiography)

  • Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh (fiction)

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I just finished Fair Coin by E.C.Myers, a YA SciFi, very easy read, kinda wish it was getting a movie deal, its the type of book that could become a movie easily

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Nice thread!

Lately I've been reading Stephen King's Saga of the Dark Tower, but it's rare to see them translated to Spanish so I only have up to the third book bought. A while ago I read a .pdf of the 4th book in english just because I wanted to know how they escape that damn train... And also wanted to kill myself for having to read it on Spanish translated by spanish people (instead of latin/neutral spanish)... translations, even when they're good, are never the same as the original. But meh, reading it on the computer isn't even close to reading a book, so I'll stick to them for now.

More recently I've been re-reading Franz Kafka's "Metamorphosis", "Mar's Chronicles" and Orson Scott's "Ender's Game". I have to ask a friend to lend me some of George R. R. Martin's books.

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In fact, there are up to the fourth book in Spanish from Spain and also the final one.

Also I´ve seen the sixth book in paperback.

Waiting for the fifth one........:D

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For class I assume? If so, I'm in the same boat. I'm reading World Religions Today, by John Esposito.

Its kill me boring.

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I just finished The Book of Human Insects (Tezuka) and I'm currently reading Fear and Trembling (Kierkegaard) and A Prayer For Owen Meany (Irving).

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i see some existentialism in there, try some albert camus when you get the chance!

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I've already done Camus. :) Enjoyed Myth of Sisyphus and L'Etranger. Planning to pick up The Fall someday (when there is no more backlog). Shame he died when he did.
Also Kafka and Dostoevsky (Notes From Underground). Considering Sartre but Nietzsche should probably take priority.

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Don't forget Camus' La Peste.
It's one of his best in my opinion.

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Read it. :) Wasn't my favourite but then again I was a teenager when I read it.

I have a copy of The Rebel lying around too (my roommate left it when he moved out). Doesn't interest me so much though.

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Twilight.

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If you count it, I am reading (actually listening) to the Inkheart trilogy. Starts out slow, but gets better.

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it has taken me 10 years but i've finally finished reading the lord of the rings in its entirety including all the appendices at the back.

-Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthey (finished, wow what an incredible writer, also not the easiest read)
-Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman (a sociologist in disguise as a witty, pop-culture obsessed [yet pop-culture hating] journalist, some seriously great articles in it so far.)

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Right now I am reading Mort by Terry Pratchett...if you haven't picked him up yet, do it! He is like a mixture of Douglas Adams, Tolkien, and Piers Anthony. I would also suggest anything by Mark Z. Danielewski, especially House of Leaves.

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Terry Pratchett FTW! :D

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Bioshock : Rapture

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Is it good? And how much is it related to the games? Haven't finished the second one yet.

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At the moment I'm reading Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon and it's great.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

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Awesome book!

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Necroscope - Brian Lumley
Fahrenheit - Bradbury
The Republic - Plato

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the picture of Dorian Grey

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cosmopolitan

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Finishing up the Hunger Games trilogy.

DO NOT

buy the books. Torrent if you feel you must read them.

WASTE

OF

DOSH

I won't give direct spoilers, but:




Book 1: Onoes I had to kill people
Book 2: Onoes I had to pretend to love someone
Book 3: Onoes I had to help one evil regime overthrow another
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This.

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I wish I could make the text even larger, or marquee style.

DO NOT BUY THE HUNGER GAMES TRILOGY BOOKS. DO NOT BUY THE HUNGER GAMES TRILOGY BOOKS. DO NOT BUY THE HUNGER GAMES TRILOGY BOOKS.

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Peter V. Brett has two nice books, "The Warded Man" ("The Painted Man" being British version title) and "The Desert Spear".

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Just finished A Darkness at Sethanon from Raymond E. Feist

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The Hunger Games - Stephanie Meyer

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