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11/12/2008 6:40:00 PM

thats right bitches

Gary fuckin Paulsen.

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11/12/2008 6:49:21 PM

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"There's plenty of stuff that is entertaining but not good. Most of the stuff that people read is the book equivalent of a popcorn movie. Grisham, Dan Brown, Clancy, J.K. Rawlings, etc. are not great authors, but they're entertaining and easy to read. "

right. and i use those as "beach books" but i still cannot finish them. i always discard them after awhile because i get distracted by other things. i think it also has to do with the fact that when i do read (things besides law school books) i read like 3 books at once. so those always get kinda pushed to the side.

oh well. i guess i meant the term "good" as in books i can get into.

no worries though, i got into harry potter

11/12/2008 6:59:07 PM

I have 6 or 7 books I'm currently reading.

11/12/2008 6:59:51 PM

Pynchon is my all-time favorite. <3

But I'll also put in a good word for:

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"Kundera Nabokov"

11/12/2008 7:14:31 PM

Lolita is actually one of the best books I've ever read. Unfortunately its also the only Nabakov I've read so I can't really comment on how he is as an author.

11/12/2008 7:16:23 PM

william motherfuckin' gibson - postmodern science fiction written in a dense, atmospheric style. wrote Neuromancer, possibly the best science fiction novel of all time.

margaret atwood - Oryx and Crake and The Handmaid's Tale are my #2 and #3 favorite books of all time.

michel faber - wrote The Crimson Petal and the White, a top contender for my favorite book of all time. an epic, Dickensian tale of a prostitute named Sugar who climbs the social ladder in Victorian-era London. this book is almost 900 pages but i didn't want it to end.

11/12/2008 7:27:12 PM

George Martin- mainly his song of ice and fire series. low fantasy
JRR Tolkein- Lord of the rings-nuff said
Robert E Howard- pulp writer from the 30's. Wrote fantasy, sports, and westerns mainly.
HP Lovecraft- "weird" fiction. creepy stories that are scary because of the concepts in them.
Lloyd Alexander-best kids fantasy ever.
Edward O. Wilson-naturalist that loves ants and other social insects. Especially his work with Holldobler.
Dan abnett-military science fiction and fantasy. Also wrote some comic books.

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11/12/2008 7:55:20 PM

Nabakov
Faulkner
Guy de Maupassant
Thomas Harris
Paul Auster

^Tolkein

Im sure there are plenty of others but those come to mind first

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11/12/2008 7:58:48 PM

hunter s thompson
dostoevsky
john krakauer
george orwell
christopher hitchens
stephen ambrose
bill simmons

11/12/2008 8:02:11 PM

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"Richard Dawkins Christopher Hitchens"

I'LL THROW THESE IN THERE WITH HUNTER S. THOMPSON AND ALDOUS HUXLEY SON.

SO AS OF NOW MY FOUR FAVORITE AUTHORS ARE:

RICHARD DAWKINS
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
HUNTER S. THOMPSON
ALDOUS HUXLEY

11/12/2008 8:16:42 PM

stephen chbosky
gregory maguire
nick hornby

11/12/2008 8:25:40 PM

Tracy Chevalier -historical fiction, like her book Girl with the pearl earring you can really get into it.

11/12/2008 10:13:27 PM

Piers Anthony, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, more to come.

11/12/2008 10:15:03 PM

I've always thought Huxley was absolute shit.

11/12/2008 10:17:57 PM

ONLY 4 PEOPLE READ MY ACTUAL POST!!!!

I WANT YOU TO TELL ME ABOUT THE AURTHOR'S STYLE!!!

11/12/2008 10:18:01 PM

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"Piers Anthony, Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, more to come."

I like their attention to detail, but I moreso like their British style of humor. It's interesting how timeless that particular brand of funny is. It's like all Brits learn how to do it when they're young chaps.

11/12/2008 10:20:42 PM

Personally, I like Dean Koontz who is a lot like Stephen King, only better. IMO hehe

Maeve Binchy is good travel reading, writes a lot about Ireland and learning lifes lessons. Has an almost poetic writing style.

11/12/2008 10:22:09 PM

Dostoyevsky--and classic Russian novelists--leave nothing out. Every detail is there. Damn near every sense is filled, building a very full experience. I also love the darker feel of Russian lit.

Heller is fucking hilarious. Chabon is a modern-day Faulkner. Beautiful prose with no hitches.

Vonnegut is a no-brainer. King of American modern satire (modern = approx last 30 years), and I fucking LOVE post-apocolyptic stuff. He also made science-fiction cool for me. Malemud is somewhat existentialist, darker, sneaks in funny pockets from time to time.

I also forgot Tolstoy and DeLillo. Sometimes Rand, but she definitely piled it on at times.

There are quite a few whom I've dabbled in (one book), but not enough to claim them as one of my favorites.

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11/12/2008 10:24:53 PM

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"Personally, I like Dean Koontz who is a lot like Stephen King, only better. IMO hehe"

It hurts to say, but it is true.

11/12/2008 10:26:25 PM

11/12/2008 10:26:46 PM

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"There's plenty of stuff that is entertaining but not good."

If I'm reading a book to be entertained, and the book accomplishes the goal, I would call it a good book.

11/13/2008 1:13:38 AM

Orson Scott Card : Definitely read Ender's Game and the Seventh Son books if you haven't. His short science fiction stories are good too, and he's from Greensboro!

Ayn Rand: Did you know Atlas Shrugged is the second-most influential book in peoples lives of all time? Even if you don't like the philosophical message, the plot is pretty gripping. I like the Fountainhead and We the Living as well.

11/13/2008 1:17:03 AM

^ Vix has rockin' taste.

11/13/2008 1:17:52 AM

Read Feast of the Goat.

I'm walls1441 and i approved this message.

11/13/2008 1:18:02 AM

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"Ayn Rand: Did you know Atlas Shrugged is the second-most influential book in peoples lives of all time? Even if you don't like the philosophical message, the plot is pretty gripping. I like the Fountainhead and We the Living as well."

I really hated reading Atlas Shrugged. I only remember hating Wuthering Heights more

11/13/2008 9:20:37 AM

never read Atlas Shrugged, but I fucking love The Fountainhead.

11/13/2008 9:21:25 AM

If you liked the Fountainhead, chances are you will like Atlas Shrugged too

11/13/2008 9:23:48 AM

s'what i hear

11/13/2008 9:26:42 AM

atlas shrugged was just not my type of book, so I cant say you wouldn't like it. I really didnt mind a lot of the themes in there but the book just dragged for me. I certainly dont mind large books, in fact I welcome epics; but if a book is going to be as long as atlas shrugged, I need it to keep me a little more interested. But then again, I guess people enjoy this kind of book more for "academic" purposes than an enthralling read.

*note that I didnt say it was a bad book, just that I didnt enjoy reading it And unfortunately, something that long that I didnt like the first time, Im hesitant to give it a 2nd chance (been about 4 years since I read it)..not as easy to do as a CD heh


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11/13/2008 9:27:21 AM

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"ONLY 4 PEOPLE READ MY ACTUAL POST!!!! I WANT YOU TO TELL ME ABOUT THE AURTHOR'S STYLE!!!"

I TOLD YOU THE "AURTHOR'S STYLE" IN MY FIRST POST, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO WRITE A GOD DAMNED NOVEL FOR YOU. WHY DON'T YOU READ ABOUT THEM YOURSELF YA METRO ASS BITCH SON?

11/13/2008 9:40:43 AM

just remember karma is a bitch.

11/13/2008 9:41:34 AM

11/13/2008 9:43:01 AM

I totally forgot to mention Vonnegut. Inexcusable...I need to add some of his books that I haven't read to my already sizeable list (next up: Bluebeard.)

Heard great things about Chabon, I own two of his books but haven't gotten to either of them yet.

I might also add Umberto Eco to my list. Can be dense, and probably loses a bit in translation (he is Italian) but he really has a gift for storytelling, and brings in all kind of obscure history and folklore but makes it relevant, central to the plot. Also, his translator is pretty good, because the prose is still well put together. (If you want to read Eco, Baudolino or The Name of the Rose are good places to start.)

11/13/2008 10:12:06 AM