Not a lot of Readers on this Board...

[runningtongue]

I dont know, it just kind of seems that way. There's only one page of subjects about books here. I think we need to read more, all of us. It's a great thing to do and everyone can benifit from it. It's like a movie times ten because you make it (the book, story) any way you want it to be.

I have some book recomendations. Here they are:

The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

The Divine Comedy by Dante

Dante's Inferno by Marcus Sanders

House of Leaves

The Shining by Stephen King

VENUS by Ben Bova

Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

The Time Machine by HG Wells

The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter


These are really good books, mostly in the Sci Fi and Horror genre, but still, very well spoken and thought provoking. I feel like I'm one of those posters at a school with a pro wrestler on it that says "SMACKDOWN YOUR READ" or something. But you know, I just thought this section was kind of thin.

[Ramplate]

I really liked The Amityville Horror book much better than the movie - it really creeped me out.
The shining - I was underwhelmed with that one - King tends to ramble on sometimes and that book was certainly the most rambling - he went on and on about the history of a gay bar for about two pages or more - and that bar really had nothing to do with the story at all.

I would highly reccemd

The Darwath Trilogy - by Barbara Hambly
(The Time of the Dark, The Walls of Air, The Armies of Daylight)
She wrote two more of the series in later years that I have not read yet
(Mother of Winter, Icefalcon's Quest)

I also greatly enjoyed The first Shannara Trilogy - by Terry Brooks
(The sword of Shannara, The Elfstones of Shannara, The Wishsong of Shannara)
There are more in the series that I also have yet to read
(The Heritage of Shannara story set -- The Scions of Shannara, The Druid of Shannara, The Elf Queen of Shannara, The Talismans of Shannara.)
And a prequel
(First King of Shannara)
And about 8 other books from the World of Shannara

There was also another set of books I read ages ago that were really good but I can't for the life of me, remember the titles - one of the covers had a Wizard (robe and pointy cap with long white beard) sitting in a modern kitchen drinking Budweizer beer.

I've also read over 3,000 comic books in the last few years - but there's too many of them to list :P

[tedward]

Only one page - well, It is a movie forum after all.

I do advocate reading though - comparing it to movies though its not as social and it takes up more of your time.

However I do enjoy to read the occasional book - I may only read about 4 or 5 fiction books a year though. (My spelling and grammar would probably be alot better if i read more too)

Of the books you have listed I have only read HG Wells' The Time Machine (I read it after war of the worlds) The time machine is a very good read - full of interesting places, people and ideas - (I can still picture the rolling green hills, white slightly run down castles, littl;e umpa woompas, dark, dank mechanical underground, and sparse beaches with bizare creatures under a twilight sky) its all the more amazing when you consider when it written. I shall consider your other recomendations.

[Ramplate]

Oh, if you are into Star Trek novels - there are two good ones I read too.

Dreadnought
Battlestations!
both written by Diane Carey

She has a way of using secondary characters in those books as main characters, while using the famous ones effectively and sparingly that made both books a good read.

[runningtongue]

Only one page - well, It is a movie forum after all.

I do advocate reading though - comparing it to movies though its not as social and it takes up more of your time.

However I do enjoy to read the occasional book - I may only read about 4 or 5 fiction books a year though. (My spelling and grammar would probably be alot better if i read more too)

Of the books you have listed I have only read HG Wells' The Time Machine (I read it after war of the worlds) The time machine is a very good read - full of interesting places, people and ideas - (I can still picture the rolling green hills, white slightly run down castles, littl;e umpa woompas, dark, dank mechanical underground, and sparse beaches with bizare creatures under a twilight sky) its all the more amazing when you consider when it written. I shall consider your other recomendations.


if you liked the time machine, read the TIME SHIPS, its the official sequel.

great book that clears up some of the things that HG Wells' book didnt.