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May 26, 2004 9:17:39 GMT -5
Post by Míriel Ithildin on May 26, 2004 9:17:39 GMT -5
(Because I need some new ones after I've finished the 15+ still lying besides my bed ) Tell us what your favourite books are.
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May 26, 2004 10:12:16 GMT -5
Post by Catriona on May 26, 2004 10:12:16 GMT -5
Oooooooooooooooooh... Books!! ;D Alright, these are all I can think of so off the top of my head, I may add more later In Dutch: ( ) - Anything by Tonke Dragt
- "Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek" by (recently deceased ) Beckman ("Crusade in Jeans", true Dutch children's lit classic)
- "Meester van de Zwarte Molen" by Preussler ("Master of the Black Mill") yes I know this is a translation from a German original.
- "De Vier Heemskinderen" and "Het Roelandslied" by Lechner (two of the Charlemagne myths retold) yes I know these are translations from German originals.
- "Griekse en Romeinse Sagen" by Schwab ("Greek and Roman Myths") yes I know this is a translation from a German original.
- "Lemland" by Toonder
In English: - "Macbeth" by Shakespeare
- "A Passage to India" by Forster
- "An Ideal Husband" and "The Importance of Being Ernest" by Oscar Wilde
- "Kidnapped" and "Catriona" by R.L. Stevenson
- "The Hobbit" by Tolkien- oh and I guess that other book was kinda good too, what was it called again?
- "The Basic Eight" by Handler and "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by Snicket (= Handler)
- "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Le Guin
- "The Woman in White" and "The Moonstone" by Wilkie Collins
- "David Copperfield" by Dickens
- "The Secret Agent" by Conrad
- "The Last Stand" by Grillock
- "Rhyme of the Ancient Marinier" by Coleridge
- "Stories for Children" by Bashevis Singer
- "Vanity Fair" by Thackeray
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May 26, 2004 10:31:07 GMT -5
Post by Mellinore Brightshield on May 26, 2004 10:31:07 GMT -5
Lets see.
The Lord of the Rings and the Silmarillion by JRRT.
Raymond E Feist's early Midkemia books; Magician, Silverthorn and A Darkness at Sethanon. There are ithers, but they will do to start.
His collaboration with Janny Wurts : Daughter of the Empire, Servant of the Empire and Mistress of the Empire.
David and Leigh Eddings Elenim and Tamuli series. Also the Belgariad and Mallorean.
Barbara Hambly has written a couple of interesting series; her Darwath books and the Sun Wolf stories.
Guy Gavriel Kay's Fionavar Tapestry
Katherine Kerr's (incomplete) Deverry series. Two more books to come I understand.
Robert Don Hughes' Pelmen the Powershaper books.
Julian May's Saga of the Exiles, which lasted eight books before the cycle was wholly complete.
Anne McCaffrey's Pern books, up to and including All the Weyrs of Pern.
Roger Taylor's Chronicles of Hawklan
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, but only if you like being immersed in morbidity.
The mote in God's Eye, and its sequel, The Moat around Murcheson's Eye (aka The Gripping Hand). First contact with aliens.
They'll do. For now.
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May 26, 2004 15:26:35 GMT -5
Post by Kaitan on May 26, 2004 15:26:35 GMT -5
The Dark Tower series by Stephen King
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
Most any Dean Koontz book, especially Watchers
Any Terry Pratchett book
The Rattle Bag, a poetry anthology
Sabriel by Garth Nix
Edgar Allen Poe's short stories
Ringworld, by Larry Niven
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggart
Night Shift, short stories by Stephen King
And some others I can remember. I'll update the list when I do.
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May 26, 2004 16:09:42 GMT -5
Post by Mellinore Brightshield on May 26, 2004 16:09:42 GMT -5
Ringworld (and its sequels) are by Larry Niven, from his Known Space series.
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May 26, 2004 16:17:21 GMT -5
Post by Kaitan on May 26, 2004 16:17:21 GMT -5
Thanks. I don't actually own the book, so I couldn't check. I'd like to read the sequels, however.
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Aurane
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Jun 20, 2004 18:39:48 GMT -5
Post by Aurane on Jun 20, 2004 18:39:48 GMT -5
Ah, most stuff I can think of has already been listed... Eoin Colfer, (Artemis Fowl, the Wish List, the Supernaturalist) Jasper Fforde, (The Eyre Affair) Neil Gaiman, (Coraline) Terry Pratchet (Good Omens, written w/ Gaiman) They've written other books, but those are ones I particularly enjoy. A few have sequels to them.
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Aug 2, 2004 19:33:56 GMT -5
Post by Kaitan on Aug 2, 2004 19:33:56 GMT -5
I read a ton of books over the last two months. The best of them:
The Stand (Extended Version) by Stephen King
Mort, Jingo, Men at Arms, and Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
The Face by Dean Koontz
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Aug 2, 2004 19:39:40 GMT -5
Post by Julia of Hillsdown on Aug 2, 2004 19:39:40 GMT -5
Pratchett Discworld rawks
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Sept 30, 2005 11:32:13 GMT -5
Post by Catriona on Sept 30, 2005 11:32:13 GMT -5
"Treasure Island" by Stevenson, just rocks.
"Far from the Madding Crowd" by Hardy.
I'm not so sure about Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy ("Northern Lights", "The Subtle Knife" and "The Amber Spyglass"). Everyone sings their praises but... hm. They were interesting, but not my favourites. Anyone else read them?
Shakespeare's "Richard III" is great. Love it.
"Tortilla Flat" by Steinbeck. Love it, love it.
Hey, some more discussion beside the list would be nice. For one thing, I would like to challenge Pratchett. I started the "Colour of Magic" and it was... boring, boring, boring.
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Kheris
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Dec 9, 2006 23:19:42 GMT -5
Post by Kheris on Dec 9, 2006 23:19:42 GMT -5
Read and enjoyed "His Dark Materials." Then again, that was a long while ago.
"Colour of Magic" ? I don't know... I've certainly enjoyed every book of his that I've read, but that isn't one of them.
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