Youth N Asia Posted November 19, 2003 Report Posted November 19, 2003 What was the last book you read? I mean a book book, not comic. I finished Bentley Little's newest one "The Policy." The guy is a sick sick horror writer. I wouldn't put it near his best, but it wasn't bad, probably middle of the pack.
MrRant Posted November 19, 2003 Report Posted November 19, 2003 Jack the Ripper's Black Magic Rituals. Good read. In general I read more non-fiction than fiction.
Vyce Posted November 19, 2003 Report Posted November 19, 2003 Bentley Little has really come on strong for the horror genre. I'd like to say that I just finished the works of Herman Melville or read the Great Gatsby for the 20th time, but the last book I read was "Star Wars: Tales From the Empire." It was decent. I dug the Zahn / Stackpole novella.
MrRant Posted November 19, 2003 Report Posted November 19, 2003 It was decent. I dug the Zahn / Stackpole novella. Well IMO most (not all) of the Star Wars writers are hacks. Zahn puts some feeling into the books.
starvenger Posted November 19, 2003 Report Posted November 19, 2003 Just finished rereading "The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Morgawr" by Terry Brooks. One of the best ongoing fantasy series right now. Before that, I finished "Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: The Final Prophecy" by Greg Keyes. A very good build towards the finale, and I'm hoping that James Luceno's book (on it's way from Barnes and Noble.com) doesn't disappoint.
Crimson Platypus Posted November 19, 2003 Report Posted November 19, 2003 Just finished reading both Wolves of the Calla (King, duh) and Timeline by Creighton (sp?) within the last two days.
Henry Spencer Posted November 19, 2003 Report Posted November 19, 2003 The Dunwich Horror by HP Lovecraft.
Guest The Son of Sting Posted November 21, 2003 Report Posted November 21, 2003 Just finished "1984" and then read "Animanl Farm".
Guest Agent of Oblivion Posted November 21, 2003 Report Posted November 21, 2003 A self-defense book called The Art of Knife Fighting and Self Defense or some such. Had some nice exercises in there. Also, if you flip the pages real fast, the guys in the pictures of the kata start to scrap with each other.
Guest BDC Posted November 21, 2003 Report Posted November 21, 2003 Stackpole and Zahn are the only good Star Wars writers. Kevin Anderson has to be the worst author I've ever read. Now, most recently I finished Cheyenne Raiders by Robert Jordan. It's an incredible look into the Cheyenne way of life by a guy sent to study them by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Insane Bump Machine Posted November 21, 2003 Report Posted November 21, 2003 I just read Red Dragon by Thomas Harris and will now start Silence of the Lambs. After seeing the movies a couple of times I finally want to see what the books are like.
Guest Boo_Bradley Posted November 21, 2003 Report Posted November 21, 2003 Why People Believe Wierd Things by some college Prof.
Vyce Posted November 22, 2003 Report Posted November 22, 2003 I just read Red Dragon by Thomas Harris and will now start Silence of the Lambs. After seeing the movies a couple of times I finally want to see what the books are like. Just my word of advice - after you read Silence of the Lambs, just quit. Don't read Hannibal - IMO, it's the worst of the series, and what becomes of Clarice is enough to taint the entire book. Go out on top with Silence.
Nighthawk Posted November 22, 2003 Report Posted November 22, 2003 Why do so many people read Star Wars books? I mean, really. Last book I read was a collection of stories from Weird Tales magazine between 1920/1950.
The Amazing Rando Posted November 22, 2003 Report Posted November 22, 2003 Alison's Automotive Repair Manual - Brad Barkley... he's my college prof, so I gave him it a good read...nice book too.
Vyce Posted November 22, 2003 Report Posted November 22, 2003 Why do so many people read Star Wars books? I mean, really. Because the characters and plots are better than anything Lucas is doing, or has done for several years.
Edwin MacPhisto Posted November 22, 2003 Report Posted November 22, 2003 I've just finished Mona in the Promised Land by Gish Jen, and Pnin by Nabokov. The last thing I've finished that you might actually care about is Phillip Roth's The Human Stain.
Chuck Woolery Posted November 22, 2003 Report Posted November 22, 2003 I'm working on Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, which I'm enjoying a surprisingly good deal.
Nighthawk Posted November 22, 2003 Report Posted November 22, 2003 Why do so many people read Star Wars books? I mean, really. Because the characters and plots are better than anything Lucas is doing, or has done for several years. Well, if you read one and it was good, I'd expect you'd read more. The problem is I can't think of where the initiative would come from. It's just this board though, I suppose people here like the movies more than I'm used to, which causes them to pick up a book.
KingPK Posted November 22, 2003 Report Posted November 22, 2003 I finished The Bear and the Dragon by Tom Clancy a few weeks ago (I was surprised that I got through a 1100+ page book as quickly as I did. I'm now on Patriot Games for the second time.
Kahran Ramsus Posted November 22, 2003 Report Posted November 22, 2003 Stackpole and Zahn are the only good Star Wars writers. My favourite is actually Aaron Allston, especially with his Wraith Squadron trilogy. AC Crispin is pretty good too. Last book I read was Master & Commander by Patrick O'Brian.
Vyce Posted November 23, 2003 Report Posted November 23, 2003 Okay, maybe one of you can help me out here. I haven't read any James Patterson books before. BUT I saw "Along Came A Spider" on TNT last night, and while I thought it was okay (I'm a Michael Wincott mark, so I watched the whole damn thing), I felt like I was missing a ton of stuff that was probably done a lot better in the book. So, anyone read the novel? Is it worth me picking up at the library?
Masked Man of Mystery Posted November 23, 2003 Report Posted November 23, 2003 The last book I read was "Betrayl" by Lois Tilton. It's one of the early Star Trek: Deep Space Nine books. Pretty interesting, with stuff about the Bajoran religon I don't ever remember seeing in the show and some theories about terrorists and can they live in a peaceful world. Not the deepest book, but definately deeper than a lot of the Star Trek I've read, and I've read a LOT. I'm also a huge fan of the X Wing books and most anything original trilogy Star Wars.
Youth N Asia Posted November 23, 2003 Author Report Posted November 23, 2003 Okay, maybe one of you can help me out here. I haven't read any James Patterson books before. BUT I saw "Along Came A Spider" on TNT last night, and while I thought it was okay (I'm a Michael Wincott mark, so I watched the whole damn thing), I felt like I was missing a ton of stuff that was probably done a lot better in the book. So, anyone read the novel? Is it worth me picking up at the library? Well, for starters in the book Alex Cross is in about his late 30s, lives with his granny, and has two young children (3 in later books)...and 200 year old Morgan Freeman plays him in the movie. Although the Cross novels are very very good. And the chapters are short so you don't have to worry too much about losing your place or waiting a while to get to the next chapter.
Steviekick Posted November 23, 2003 Report Posted November 23, 2003 The last book I read was Star Trek Star Charts, which is basically all the maps in Star Trek land and it explains how they divide up the universe and stuff. Very geeky but interesting to read.
Kardo Posted November 23, 2003 Report Posted November 23, 2003 Blankets by Craig Thompson Interesting yet pricey book about growing up.
LaParkaYourCar Posted November 30, 2003 Report Posted November 30, 2003 Foley is Good (Yeah I don't read much) But now I'm finally getting around to reading Lord of the Rings. I got the big 3-in-1 Volume and I'm reading all the way through. I'm already to the second book of The Two Towers.
Hank Kingsley Posted November 30, 2003 Report Posted November 30, 2003 Just finished Things Fall Apart for my English class. Ugh. and I'm finally finishing Nelson Mandela's autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom (albeit the abridged version) for my AP World History class. I thought it would suck, but I was pleasantly surprised.
Guest Skironox Posted November 30, 2003 Report Posted November 30, 2003 The last book I finished was Breakthrough by Harry Turtledove, part three in the Great War Trilogy. I like his style, he's very descriptive of a characters thoughts and personality. That being said, I need to pick up American Empire.
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