Heh, with all the things I've been doing lately I found some space to try and start Clive Barker's (THE) GREAT AND SECRET SHOW, which is another SF/horror/fairytale crossover, like WEAVEWORLD... I can't say I'm getting bored with it, but I expected some straight bloody-bath horror and I feel that the pace of events in the book is just a bit slow for me :paperbag2: but WTH, I can smell a happyend here and that's all that matters to me. I love happyends
So, W4O peoplez, are you reading something interesting at this time ?

The Oblivion General forums.

Oh wait, interesting you said? Hmmm...

Well, I've been thinking about reading a few specific books. Right now the options are as follows:

Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Lord of the Rings, the Trilogy (again...)

or

Some work of Raymond E. Feist

The work of Roger Zelazny is also excellent, especially his short fiction.

If you don't mind a long read, try Robert Jordan's series, "The Wheel of Time". It is however not that fast-paced, so it might not be to your taste. As well as that, it takes quite a while to read each book (the series is ten books, and an average of 700 pages each, some have up to 1000).

All of David Shermans books

All of Dan Craigs books.

All of Eric Nylunds books

All of Tolkiens books

And the Drivers Ed handbook.

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All of Eric Nylunds books



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who´s that? sound like a swedish name....

Hes the guy who wrote the Halo books after and before the games came out. I don't know his nationality though.

ok..hmm I see, never heard of him though..

[quote=jonajosa]
And the Drivers Ed handbook. [/quote]

Lmao...

Anyways I say read the Dune books, start with Dune: The Butllerian Jihad then finish that trilogy, then move on to Dune: House Atriedes finish that series and then move into the hole shabang that is dune. Then continue to desperatley wait for the next (and last) two books.

Also Jearusalem, by Cicilia.. somehting or other.

Dune Preludes
Rigante series (David Gemmell)
anything to do with Druss the Legend, like Legend or First Chronicles of Druss the Legend (also by David Gammell)
The Elenium, Tamuli, Belgariad and Malloreon series by David Eddings
LOTR
His Dark Materials trilogy (Philip Pullman)
................................i read alot

Chamus' The Stranger or The Plague. Two best books I've ever read.

*thinks* Um. *Mind goes blank* I've read alot of good books lately... Just don't remember any titles, because they're library books. I'm not very good at remembering titles of library books, because I read them and then return them without looking closely.

White Fang by Jack London is the only book that was some random SW novel i've read. 'tis a good book about a Wolf, and is pretty cool.

Esspecially in fight scences, as the wolf 'White Fang' like...kicks everything's boat.

[quote=Aki]White Fang by Jack London is the only book that was some random SW novel i've read. 'tis a good book about a Wolf, and is pretty cool.

Esspecially in fight scences, as the wolf 'White Fang' like...kicks everything's boat. [/quote]

Oh Aki.....why am I not surprised? But sure that book is awesome, also "the cry from the wilderness" is a goodie imo....(don´t know if the translation is correct)

I'm currently reading...

R.A.Salvatores

A Thousand Orcs and Lone Drow

Very very very good books..! :goodjob:

Hmmmm. The best series i've ever read was Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" that was the best. Hichhikers guide is good but also the most confusing book ever! Wheel of times good too. Really good.

I highly recommend "The Shadow of the Wind". It's a novel about a boy who finds a book in a hidden library in Barcelona, and things begin to happen. Quite astounding. It's the authors first book, and already a masterpiece. The plot comes beautifully together at the end, and the whole storyline is done perfectly Highly recommended.
















Oh, and LotR is good too

Not the most original of reccomendations, but I'd have to say:

Dune, Frank Herbert
His Dark Materials (trilogy), Phillip Pullman

Completely unrelated, but an amazing book if you want a laugh is the "Molesworth" series by (I think) Geoffrey Willans and Robert Searle.

[quote=Fuzzy Knight]I'm currently reading...

R.A.Salvatores

A Thousand Orcs and Lone Drow

Very very very good books..! :goodjob:[/quote]

Yeah but the ending of that trilogy pissed me off so much. The least he could do was end a trilogy. It's like he's afraid to kill them off.

I just finished the last of The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman - read to see why people on TES liked it so much. Me, I strongly dislike them all. While okay in themselves, they go against everything I believe in and are avidly anti-Christian.

If you are interested in a more substantial book, Exodus by Leon Uris is worthy. It is old and so it may be hard to obtain a copy, but is about the exodus of Jews to Israel during and after WWII. Excellent book, and made me cry numerous times.

Or any book by Wilbur Smith - my fav author. His books revolve around Africa, and the majority are in four or five series' (which actually lead onto one another also). Each book makes perfect sense as a stand-alone read, however. The Ballentynes and Courtneys are the series books' families. River God is my favourite book, and is about Egypt around 1800 B.C. Unbelievably good. Cry material also, for me...

[quote=Hammergand]I just finished the last of The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman - read to see why people on TES liked it so much. Me, I strongly dislike them all. While okay in themselves, they go against everything I believe in and are avidly anti-Christian.
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Yeah, I can't imagine "His Dark Materials" appealling to christians very much (or any other monotheistic religion for that matter). The anti-religious themes just add appeal for me, I've never been comfortable with any kind of religion.

I'm Christain and i still thought the His Dark Materials books were briliant. I didn't find them offensive, he was just expressing an opinion through his story. Or maybe he just wrote a story and that's how it ended up happening

[quote=LoneWolf]I'm Christain and i still thought the His Dark Materials books were briliant. I didn't find them offensive, he was just expressing an opinion through his story. Or maybe he just wrote a story and that's how it ended up happening[/quote]

Fair point actually, there are probably a lot of christians who don't mind anti-christian views in literature. There was a big outcry from more conservative areas of the church when it was published though, and Pullman has expressed that he does intend the books to be anti-religious.

Well then at least he had the courage to do it, and he wrote some damngood books in the process too

[quote=LoneWolf]Well then at least he had the courage to do it, and he wrote some damngood books in the process too [/quote]

Amen to that (oh the irony). You know what? If the church had someone to write a version of the Bible that was as good as "His Dark Materials" I reckon more people would start following them.

Yeah they probably would. I mean as it is, the bible has a huge number of page that have stuff like ".............and Jospeh begat David, who begat Saul, who begat .........." etc, etc (names may not be accurate )

[quote=LoneWolf]Yeah they probably would. I mean as it is, the bible has a huge number of page that have stuff like ".............and Jospeh begat David, who begat Saul, who begat .........." etc, etc (names may not be accurate )[/quote]

Yeah, less "begat"ing and more wizards. That ought to do the trick

lol you never know

[quote=minque]
Oh Aki.....why am I not surprised? [/quote]
I have no clue.
[quote=minque]But sure that book is awesome, also "the cry from the wilderness" is a goodie imo....(don´t know if the translation is correct)[/quote]
Never read that one. Will have too sometime.

[quote=LoneWolf]I'm Christain and i still thought the His Dark Materials books were briliant. I didn't find them offensive, he was just expressing an opinion through his story. Or maybe he just wrote a story and that's how it ended up happening[/quote]
My sister did too. Just personal opinion. :paperbag:

Other books I really enjoy are Jeffrey Archer's. The Fourth Estate is brilliant, as well as Kane and Abel, The Prodigal Daughter and Shall We Tell The President.