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« on: January 03, 2004, 01:56:16 AM »
I hope others here share the same interest in reading as I do, as a vast amount of my time is spend doing so.

Anyway, my list of favorite authors/books.

Shogun - James Clavell ; Long one, but boy is it amazing, his finest work IMO.

Dean Koontz ; he is beginning to be my favorite author after reading some of his material. I suggest the Face of Fear, By The Light of the Moon, and False Memory. All thriller/horror.

Stephen King ; All good ol\' King.

Brian Jacques ; Some of his books are rather childish, in the sense its all animals. But they really are well written. He is mostly known for the Redwall series.

I have some others, and will probably list them after my memory is sparked by other members.
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« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2004, 02:14:49 AM »
How to Change From Spudz to (e) - from (insert name here).  This book is about a guy that change his name.  Wow, what a fascinating story this could be.:rolleye:
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« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2004, 02:50:22 AM »
Hmm, lots of faves:

William Gibson
Homer
Isaac Asimov
J.R.R. Tolkien
Edgar Allan Poe
Aldous Huxley
George Orwell

Probably lots more that I can\'t be arsed to mention right now. ;)
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« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2004, 03:37:21 AM »
My favourite authors are JRR Tolkien, LOTR. And Ken Follet, The Pillars of the Earth.
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« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2004, 04:24:11 AM »
Stuff/Maxim/FHM magazine :D
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« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2004, 08:00:10 AM »
HP Lovecraft
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« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2004, 10:12:36 AM »
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How to Change From Spudz to (e) - from (insert name here).  This book is about a guy that change his name.  Wow, what a fascinating story this could be.:rolleye:


Give him a chance. I\'m skeptical also, but give him a chance.


As for mine..
Don\'t have one... I can\'t stand to read fiction.
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« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2004, 10:23:57 AM »
Although it\'s cliche at this point... J.R.R. Tolkien.

The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings
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« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2004, 11:35:51 AM »
I have plans on reading the Lord of the Rings series. I saw the movies and want to see how the books are. As for my favorites.

I forget the authors on some so bear with me:
Fallen Angels-its a book about the Vietnam war

Death Be Not Proud- touching memoirs of a father dealing with his son\'s brain tumor. Pretty sad.

Breakfast of Champions- very strange book.

Catcher in the Rye- Salinger- about a kid growing up. Very funny.

All Quiet on the Western Front- about a group of boys that grew up together but now fighting together in WWI. I never finished it but plan to.

Enders Game- about a boy sent away to learn how to fight. Its science fiction and very good.

I like a lot of Edgar Allan Poes works, especially The Raven.
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« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2004, 11:37:56 AM »
I am just playing around with (e).  Not sure what Spudz does to give him a chance.  (did he got banned and the mod unbanned him, but with his name change or something, if so what did he do that got him banned?)

I heard a guy that recommend the author Christopher Pike so I thought I should check out some of his books.  I read The Graduation, the Dance, and the Party, a 3 books episodes to find out who is the killer.  This book is pretty long since it come in 3 books, near the end of the third book, the main character finally found out who is the killer and how the killer done it without being noticed.  without spoiling too much here, the killer killed this guy or girl (can\'t remember, been a while) during a party in a house.  I believe it was a girl that got killed and her body was found in a restroom.

But probably the best books i read so far from Christopher Pike is The Last Act.  Not that I read many books from Christopher Pike, but if you are into mystery novel/movie/etc.  This book really stands out.  It would be cool if this book is made into movie.  The story is about some high school girl who one night doing a theater show with her friends, then one scene where she used a fake gun to shot the other person and somehow killed her.  She was arrested for questioning and the police also asks the audiences in the theater what they see and how many gunshots they heard.  Anyway, i won\'t spoil the story, but the killer is pretty clever on killing the other person without getting caught, but eventually the killer did get caught near the end of the story.

Another book to recommend is Remember Me from the same author.  pretty good story too.  This story is about a girl who one night while she was having a party in a house, she was standing in the balcony when someone push her over and she fall to her death.  She turn into a ghost and she go looked for the killer and wants to know why killed her.  Well, eventually, she finally find out who the killer is and how the killer managed to sneak away the party guests after pushing her over the balcony.  Because there are people in the house, when i first read it, i couldn\'t get how the killer could manage to sneak away, its not like the killer jump over the balcony and run into the house or walk in without getting noticed.  But finally near the end of story or so, i finally found out how the kiler did it.  Pretty clever too.

Sorry for the long post, I am just a Mystery Genre hore.
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« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2004, 10:03:34 PM »
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anyway my favorite books are
american psycho
the godfather
on the road

favorite authors
jack kerouac
tom clancy
elmore leonard
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« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2004, 10:07:34 PM »
No, Spudz was not banned. He said part of his new year resolution, was to change and change the impression he has left on all of us. Part of this change was a name change to (e).

With all that said, I\'ve been on a huge \'DUNE\' kick as of late and am thinking about buying some of the books (namely: \'Dune\', \'Messiah of Dune\' and \'Children of Dune\') and goin\' thru them.
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« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2004, 10:15:49 PM »
Only books I have ever read on my own free will were Heavier Than Heaven(Cobain biography) and the LOTR trilogy...so gonna have to say Tolkien.
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« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2004, 11:07:55 PM »
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(namely: \'Dune\', \'Messiah of Dune\' and \'Children of Dune\') and goin\' thru them.


Have you watched the mini-series? I was going to pick it up after finishing Messiah of Dune, but I blew it off.

Impressions/opinions if you have seen it would be awesome. After all its 40 hoursI believe. :eek:
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« Reply #14 on: January 03, 2004, 11:08:28 PM »
Wasn\'t Christopher Pike the captain on the original Star Trek pilot?

Yeah, he\'s a good author. He\'s written a few damned good captain\'s logs in his time! Ba dum pshhhh!

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