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On August 16 2005 22:27 Smurg wrote:
Terry Goodkind - The Sword of Truth series:
1. Wizard's First Rule
2. Stone of Tears
3. Blood of the Fold
4. Temple of the Winds
5. Soul of the Fire
6. Faith of the Fallen
7. The Pillars of Creation
8. Naked Empire
9. Chainfire
HAHAHAAHHA
My fat friend reads that shit. I've been calling him a nerd everyday because of that
A hero named Richard is just too shitty
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Australia3067 Posts
On August 16 2005 20:55 Refrain[FriZ] wrote:
The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Nighttime (really cool book)
and that and book and is and horrible and
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Never understod why people read books, its so boring >.<
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I just finished "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Very thought-provoking and compelling read. If you're into reading intelligently-written material that isn't esoteric bullshit then this would be worth your time
it won the pulitzer so you know it doesn't suck
edit: also highly recommended
Heller's Catch 22 if you havent read it yet
The World According to Garp (i forget the author but it is a masterpiece, 100% certain the people at the bookstore could help you find it)
edit 2: i hear vonnegut is great but i've never read; keep me posted if you get it
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The classics of course, and I recently read one called "Gravity" by Tess Gerritsen, was pretty creepy and well written.
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Dune, although you've probably already read it =)
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Austin10833 Posts
On August 17 2005 00:12 lil.sis wrote:
The World According to Garp (i forget the author but it is a masterpiece, 100% certain the people at the bookstore could help you find it)
John Irving
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David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Voltaire - Candide
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
Gordon Houghton - Damned If You Do
Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse-Five
Niccolo Machiavelli - The Prince
J.D. Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye
Friedrich Nietzsche - Beyond Good and Evil
Adam Smith - The Wealth of Nations
Karl Marx - Capital (y'know, to balance out Smith)
Edit: Forgot about Nietzsche.
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United Kingdom10597 Posts
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Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Fountainhead
Battle Royale
1984
All six Harry Potter books.
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Australia3818 Posts
On August 16 2005 22:55 LetMeBeWithYou wrote:Show nested quote +On August 16 2005 22:27 Smurg wrote:
Terry Goodkind - The Sword of Truth series:
1. Wizard's First Rule
2. Stone of Tears
3. Blood of the Fold
4. Temple of the Winds
5. Soul of the Fire
6. Faith of the Fallen
7. The Pillars of Creation
8. Naked Empire
9. Chainfire
HAHAHAAHHA My fat friend reads that shit. I've been calling him a nerd everyday because of that A hero named Richard is just too shitty
If you base your judgements on such immature things then you're a retard. 
I also take it you have the same views about Harry Potter? A lead character called Harry is too shitty? Who really cares so much about the names of the characters? It's the other words that count.
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the problem with terry goodkind, while his books are entertaining and i loved reading them, is that he seriously overestimates his importance and intellect. For one, he doesnt consider himself "fantasy" even though its freaking obvious thats exactly what it is. Ann Rand is his favorite author, and it is reflected in some of his works. Since he puts himself on a pedestal of important modern literature or whatever, i started reading into what he was writing more, and some of it was pretty disturbing. like in one of the more recent books, naked empire, he makes a statement on how it was ok to kill women and children if they are in the line of fire for your enemies .
however a great author who only has a few books out so far is Neil Gaimen. You should check American Gods and Neverwhere, both amazing books. he is a fantasy author, but it seems so much more while reading. hes someone i wouldnt mind putting on a pedestal of literary quality.
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anything by thomas pynchon...
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Goodkind is terrible. I read halfway through the 1st SOT and couldn't stand torturing myself. What an unlikeable main character, hackneyed storyline, immature use of language. I've read alot of fantasy and was shocked at how bad a popular series like his could be. Harry Potter is much better written. Maybe if he's one of your first authors you'll like him. I remember liking Dragonlance many years ago, but on rereading it recently, I realize how poorly it is written.
If you want a long fantasy series, Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan is good for the first few books. But the series slows down and the plot gets somewhat pointless after book 5 or 6, so if you have better things to do, I recommend you quit reading at that point.
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Australia3818 Posts
RivetHead...I find that killing anyone is bad enough.  But I guess it being a fictional text...it's all good...as long as it doesn't influence the minds of younger readers.
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United Kingdom10597 Posts
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I've said this and I'll say it again: for leisure reading no one beats Jane Austen. Emma is my favourite but all of her novels are special.
If you ignore every other piece of advice and never read 99% of our recommended books, please read my recommendation 
Paradise Lost and Inferno might also be worth reading but you have to have a good background on literary and religious history to appreciate it.
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I was curious about those warcraft novels and bought them. Just read lord of the clans and day of the dragon and loved them. It's probably for warcraft fans only tho.
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Korea (South)2971 Posts
if you're into some war/warfare books, you can't go wrong with Owen's Colder Than Hell, or Cornelius Ryan's The Longest Day and A Bridge Too Far. Pressfield's Gate of Fire is a fun read, too.
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United States3468 Posts
This is what I'm currently reading.
fiction: Sirius by Olaf Stapledon. A book written in 1930s or 40s about a genetically engineered dog with human intelligence. It's an engaging read if you can put up with thinly veiled Marxist ideology (I think I'm through with Stapledon after this T.T)
nonfiction: 6 volume Jefferson biography by Dumas Malone, and a math book with rigorous multivariable calculus and differential forms (it turns out calc 3 doesn't teach you shit)
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