Good books to check out

ndeezl said:
I've read them so many times over the past few years I didn't need to go back and catch up fortunately. I just finished Dance it was as good as all the others...and that's all I'll say so as not to spoil anything!

As to the bolded part above I believe that you're speaking of Robert Jordan and his Wheel of Time series which is another fantastic set of books. AND anyone who hasn't read the Dark Tower series by Stephen King should pick up the first book "The Gunslinger". It isn't like anything else King has written (aside from the fact that the Dark Tower world pops up in almost every other one of his books) but it is an amazing story with amazing characters, couldn't put the books down when I first read them.

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I was referring to how long it took King to write Wolves of the Calla--YEARS overdue. Same thing can be said of Dance. As far as the Dark Tower is concerned, The Gunslinger is the masterpiece of the series.
 
Ahhh, sorry I misunderstood. It's frustrating sometimes reading these great series before they've been finished because there's always something HUGE that happens at the end that leaves you needing more. That's actually one of the things I loved about the Dune books was the fact that I could plow right though all of them to the end of the series (although it was a pretty strange ending if I remember correctly...).
 
Some of the best I have read lately:

Trinity by Leon Uris
The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk
Arundel by Kenneth Roberts
 
ndeezl said:
Ahhh, sorry I misunderstood. It's frustrating sometimes reading these great series before they've been finished because there's always something HUGE that happens at the end that leaves you needing more. That's actually one of the things I loved about the Dune books was the fact that I could plow right though all of them to the end of the series (although it was a pretty strange ending if I remember correctly...).
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So right about Herbert's books...liked that about them too. I think King was genuinely tired of Dark Tower when he did the last two books; just bored with the whole thing after 30 years
of thinking about it. Sad for those of us who followed the series for so long but, in a way, I understand his burnout. I hope Martin can suck it up for the last 2 books and complete the reader/writer
contract for those have waited....
 
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CARRERA50 said:
I think King was genuinely tired of Dark Tower when he did the last two books; just bored with the whole thing after 30 years
of thinking about it. Sad for those of us who followed the series for so long but, in a way, I understand his burnout.
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I am not as into the books as some that I am distraught over the ending, but I think that he, as you said, got bored, maybe disenfranchised, with the series. He might be an artist first, but also a salesman, and I think he could have ended the series better. Not exactly a positive ending, but a better one. The end of the series turned me off of his writing, the end of the series was a cop out to me.
 
CARRERA50 said:
So right about Herbert's books...liked that about them too. I think King was genuinely tired of Dark Tower when he did the last two books; just bored with the whole thing after 30 years
of thinking about it. Sad for those of us who followed the series for so long but, in a way, I understand his burnout. I hope Martin can suck it up for the last 2 books and complete the reader/writer
contract for those have waited....
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Oh I don't doubt that Martin will keep it going. What bothers me about him (and yes I know this is rediculously selfish and petty but oh well) is that he works on multiple projects at a time. As in maybe 4-5 at any given time, so it's difficult for him to focus on the series as much as I would like :). As far as King goes I don't know if I think he gave up and just finished the series for the money. He started writing the books when he was a very young man and you can see how much his writing style changed from the Gunslinger to the newer books. And with the ending it certainly wasn't my favorite but I don't think it was a cop-out, closing in on the very end of The Dark Tower I almost knew it was coming. Don't want to spoil anything for those that haven't read it but there was serious foreshadowing throughout the series. Anyway I dug the series as a whole and have read all the books multiple times (as with most of my books).

And throwing this out there for those that have made it this far in life without reading it (like myself up until a few months ago) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne is a classic for a reason, fabulous book.
 
silenthunterstudios said:
I am not as into the books as some that I am distraught over the ending, but I think that he, as you said, got bored, maybe disenfranchised, with the series. He might be an artist first, but also a salesman, and I think he could have ended the series better. Not exactly a positive ending, but a better one. The end of the series turned me off of his writing, the end of the series was a cop out to me.
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Pretty much the same for me as well; I haven't read a King novel since.
 
I am currently reading 2 books:

1. Wilbert Rideau's autobiography, In the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance.A fascinating story.

2. I'm on the last book of the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Very nicely done! They are making Hunger Games into a movie and it has already been cast and I believe it is being filmed. I don't know if they are only using the first book, or if the movie will cover the entire triology.
 
I'm about 150 pages into "Atlas Shrugged". Nearly 1100 pages, single spaced, in some ridiculously small font. My eyes hurt but I can barely put it down. :thumbup: :cool:
 
I am reading the complete fiction of HP Lovecraft, and the authorized biography of Tolkien by Humphrey Carter.
 
silenthunterstudios said:
I am reading the complete fiction of HP Lovecraft, and the authorized biography of Tolkien by Humphrey Carter.
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Lovecraft was WAY ahead of his time and still, imho, under appreciated. "The Whisperer in Darkness" is one of the scariest stories I have ever read.
"Pickman's Model" is another hair-raiser.
 
I have been reading a lot of Matthew Reilly books (really good) i am currently reading 6 sacred stones right now, good book

i also read a lot of Clive Cussler books, Jack du Brul and others

also waiting (impatiently) for the new inheritance cycle book to come out, I started reading these at like 15 (19 now) and will read each again before the next one is out. Inheritance comes out November 8






I love my kindle.......
 
One second after is prety good, the science is suppose to be pretty strate, but I have not had time to research. It's an "apocalypse" store but no zombys, vampires or magic swords.

+ another 1 on atlas shrugged hard to believe it was written so long ago. Also like the main carector in fountain head.
 
Almost forgot for those of you that grew up in the south or those that are trying to under stand those of use from the south Farrell Sam's run with the horsemen is Grate. It is the first of a trilogy that is incredible funny and a grate sketch of the old south good and bad. It is set south Ga staring in the mid 1930's.
 
dogwood dan said:
One second after is prety good, the science is suppose to be pretty strate, but I have not had time to research. It's an "apocalypse" store but no zombys, vampires or magic swords.

+ another 1 on atlas shrugged hard to believe it was written so long ago. Also like the main carector in fountain head.
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I'm about a third of the way through 'Atlas' now. Ayn Rand was a very talented writer. I may check out "The Fountainhead" next.
 
dttomcat
would be interested to hear your take on fountain head, you can see the makings of John Gault and Hank Rearding in it. it seems to be polarizing among Ayn Rand fans like/ dislike with little middle ground. I like that it is more of a personal story and that it comes down to compromise or make what is the best and pay the price, It has less macro philosophy and more micro (personal) philosophy I hope you enjoy both. as to "atlas" if you are 1/3 the way threw it and have not thrown it at the walls as blaspheme then you must like as much as the rest of us.
 
Still working on "Atlas". I have oscillated back and forth between wanting to throw it and being unable to put it aside. I especially loved Francisco's money rant at Jimmy's wedding. It actually changed my perspective slightly. I'll get to "Fountainhead" one of these years.
 
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