Stu-Fred Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Noo dan, tocht it wid be a fine idea fur a thread. A'm been readin' alot o H.P. Lovecraft's books. He haes a brally narrative style we his writin'. Alot o' da stories ir based on his nightmares - un it's most stunnin'ly written. A'm never afore read sumteen dat wis se engrossin, every detail is dare - you could nearly be in da story itsell. Check him oot! you'll no be disappointed. Here's sum mare info if ony o' you is interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hp_lovecraft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kephas4 Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 A'm wi de in laekin Lovecraft, Stu-Fred, bit A'm fun da best time you read him is da first time, especially wi da short stories. Dat shock end isna fairly da sam when you go tae him a second time. Dat said, his Randolph Carter stories ir juist laek poetry wi da images an use o language. Idder writers du might appreciate fir da sam raesons: Lord Dunsany (Lovecraft wis a big fan), Tanith Lee, Clive Barker an' Neil Gaiman. Hit's no aesy ta say wha your favourite author is an' why, caas every een haes suntin gyaan fir dem. O' da fower A'm geen (sae far an' in nae particlar order:Lord Dunsany: Just aboot onything he wratTanith Lee: Night's MasterClive Barker: ImajikaNeil Gaiman: the Sandman series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brink Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 You can read Lovecraft for free online. Copyright on his writings expired this year. http://www.templeofdagon.com/lovecraft-archive/stories/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAStewart Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Dawkins... great scientistNozick... great political scientist. I don't read a lot though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Bridgman-Elliot Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Philip Jose Farmer and the riverworld series I really enjoyed, pity the TV film wasn't so good. I liked the way it looked at human behaviour if we suffered from immortality and how cooperative behaviour eventually triumphed over exploitativeness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 I can't think of a specific - but these are books that mean a lot to me and are staples in my "library" .. *cough* Frank Herbert - DuneAldous Huxley - Brave New World^^ Read them when I was like 14/15 ... always stuck in my mind as fantastics books ... read them many times since. William Gibson - Neuromancer^^ Book I always wanted to read - managed sucessfully in 2001 when I found a copy in a bookshop on Phi Phi Simon Mitnick - All his books .. one craaaazy dude! All my other books are reference books nowadays ... don't have time to read anything else but dry dry dry reference books! + they cost an f'in fortune!! - sheer abstract dry dry spew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Got a shelf of Montague Rhodes James first editions sitting on a shelf calling me, not books to be read when alone at night... good though, especially as a teenager. One of the great Masters of Gothic Horror, pity Hammer murdered them so horribly. (I'm afraid before you ask Kephas4 the Bram Stoker 1st ed didn't make past the vultures - sorry book dealers, but a couple of the Sheridain Le Fanu did.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabiaTerra Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Terry Pratchett - The greatest living writer in the english language. I'm eagerly awaiting his new one, Nation, in the post from Play.com (£8.49 plus free postage for a hardback!). My current favourite is Ken Macleod, fantastic political sci-fi. I've just finished reading his Fall Revolution novels for the nth time. And for educational purposes, Richard Dawkins, particularly Climbing Mount Improbable and The Ancestors Tale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 So many good authors already listed. Did anyone mention Banks yet? Probably my favourite for his varied imagination. Usually prefer when he writes with the M, but both are good; the Bridge is my favourite. The Crow Road, meh; Feersum Endjin, awesome. Douglas Adams... And then an assortment from Gibson, Pratchett, Asimov, King, Huxley, Farmer (I read 'To your scattered bodies go' at about age 9 or 10... I think it permanently warped me), PK Dick, Bradbury, Niven, Moorcock, and so on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxter Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Chris Ryan and Andy Mcnab are good if yur into SAS kind of thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trout Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Yes, yes ... Asimov! .... Crikey some close to modern day outcomes, no? Can I bang in Douglas Adams too at this late point?! ... all your vitamins and goodness in a book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Terry Pratchett - The greatest living writer in the english language. I'm eagerly awaiting his new one, Nation, in the post from Play.com (£8.49 plus free postage for a hardback!).It's good.You know it's not a discworld, but like all his children's fiction it's good for adults too. ooh and trout http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/dirkgently/ long awaited - well in this house anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu-Fred Posted September 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 A'm wi de in laekin Lovecraft, Stu-Fred, bit A'm fun da best time you read him is da first time, especially wi da short stories. Dat shock end isna fairly da sam when you go tae him a second time. Dat said, his Randolph Carter stories ir juist laek poetry wi da images an use o language. Idder writers du might appreciate fir da sam raesons: Lord Dunsany (Lovecraft wis a big fan), Tanith Lee, Clive Barker an' Neil Gaiman. Hit's no aesy ta say wha your favourite author is an' why, caas every een haes suntin gyaan fir dem. O' da fower A'm geen (sae far an' in nae particlar order:Lord Dunsany: Just aboot onything he wratTanith Lee: Night's MasterClive Barker: ImajikaNeil Gaiman: the Sandman series Tangs fur dat Kephas4! A'l be sure t' check dem oot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavrossT Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 Hunter S Thompsonthe rum diary or fear an loathin in las vegas, or any o his stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeemsie1989 Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 I've never been much of a book reader (outside Harry Potter ) But I really enjoy reading plays, my favourites being (with my favourite play of theirs being in paraenthesis): Shakespeare- Romeo & JulietTom Stoppard- ArcadiaOscar Wilde- The Importance of Being EarnestCharles Dickens- Tale of 2 Cities Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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