I think a thriller such as "thriller" or something should have been used in place of horror - thriller could perhaps include horror, and it could also encompass books by people such as Grisham, Clancy, etc...
I'm not a big reader personally, though some I've enjoyed are Clancy's work, Tolkien's work (particularly LOTR and The Silmarillion), and The Romance of the Three Kingdoms... though admittedly that last one does get a bit heavy going at times.
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Posted by ReNo on Mon Apr 12th at 10:08pm 2004
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Re: READERS UNITE
Posted by Crono on Mon Apr 12th at 10:11pm 2004
Posted by Crono on Mon Apr 12th at 10:11pm 2004
The book I have coming up next is "If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor" By Bruce Campbell. From what I've read so far, it's hillarious, and it has great insight for individuals who plan on being in the entertainment biz.
I'm interested in it myself for some ideas on how to organize shoot times and get the most bang for your buck as a director, independant or not. [addsig]
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Re: READERS UNITE
Posted by Myrk- on Mon Apr 12th at 10:15pm 2004
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Posted by Myrk- on Mon Apr 12th at 10:15pm 2004
I just read non-fiction that relates to my course or anything that is of interest to me.
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Re: READERS UNITE
Posted by Orpheus on Mon Apr 12th at 10:27pm 2004
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Posted by Orpheus on Mon Apr 12th at 10:27pm 2004
i am really surprised we have no horror fans.. my wife loves king and his ilk 
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Re: READERS UNITE
Posted by ReNo on Mon Apr 12th at 10:31pm 2004
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Posted by ReNo on Mon Apr 12th at 10:31pm 2004
I used to read a few Stephen King novels, but not in the past 5 or 6 years. Certainly not my favourite style of book.
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Re: READERS UNITE
Posted by Wild Card on Mon Apr 12th at 10:36pm 2004
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Posted by Wild Card on Mon Apr 12th at 10:36pm 2004
I dont really like horror. I'm more into war/WW2 type senarios.
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Re: READERS UNITE
Posted by Myrk- on Mon Apr 12th at 10:59pm 2004
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Posted by Myrk- on Mon Apr 12th at 10:59pm 2004
Horror novels seem to be more of a femanine read really... they get scared really easily 
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Re: READERS UNITE
Posted by Myrk- on Mon Apr 12th at 11:01pm 2004
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Posted by Myrk- on Mon Apr 12th at 11:01pm 2004
Oh yer! Double post! I know how to do them now
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Posted by Orpheus on Mon Apr 12th at 11:04pm 2004
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Posted by Orpheus on Mon Apr 12th at 11:04pm 2004
| ? posted by Myrk- |
| Horror novels seem to be more of a femanine read really... they get scared really easily |
a double post, 2 minutes apart? 
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Posted by Myrk- on Mon Apr 12th at 11:07pm 2004
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Posted by Myrk- on Mon Apr 12th at 11:07pm 2004
Yer I made my post, clicked submit, chatted to some people then when I can back it was still loading it, so I clicked submit again and it did a double post 
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Re: READERS UNITE
Posted by Wild Card on Mon Apr 12th at 11:10pm 2004
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Posted by Wild Card on Mon Apr 12th at 11:10pm 2004
lame!
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Re: READERS UNITE
Posted by Tracer Bullet on Tue Apr 13th at 4:49am 2004
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Posted by Tracer Bullet on Tue Apr 13th at 4:49am 2004
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Tom Clancy!! The only books I've read on my own. Rainbow Six was the best. Followed by Sum of all Fears. |
Rainbow six was his last decent book, and it was nothing compared to his earlier work. Sum Of All Fears is great though! have you read Without Remorse? that is my all time favorite Clancy book.
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Re: READERS UNITE
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Posted by Tracer Bullet on Tue Apr 13th at 4:52am 2004
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I like 'Space operas'- Peter F Hamilton's 'Nights Dawn' series, David Brin's 'Uplift' series, Isaac Asimov's 'Foundation' series (and the 2nd foundation trilogy), and Alastair Reynold's 'Revelation Space' books are all pretty awesome. Robert Reed is also pretty good for random settings, and I'd highly recommend Neal Asher to anyone who likes sci-fi, about to start his latest book 'Cowl'. As for 'real' books, I think "The Forgotten Soldier" by Guy Sajer is the best thing I've read recently, lovely account about a Russian conscript in WW2. |
Have you read any of the Honor Harington serries by David Webber? Great stuff.
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Re: READERS UNITE
Posted by Crono on Tue Apr 13th at 5:55am 2004
Yeah, I tend to hate s**tty plots and dialog as well. [addsig]
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Re: READERS UNITE
Posted by $loth on Tue Apr 13th at 6:43am 2004
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Posted by $loth on Tue Apr 13th at 6:43am 2004
HARRY POTTER!!!!...no seriously those books are great!
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Re: READERS UNITE
Posted by Cassius on Tue Apr 13th at 6:49am 2004
Posted by Cassius on Tue Apr 13th at 6:49am 2004
Myrk, you've made several double-posts today. I'm gonna have to say...
You're fired.
Re: READERS UNITE
Posted by fraggard on Tue Apr 13th at 12:19pm 2004
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Posted by fraggard on Tue Apr 13th at 12:19pm 2004
I don't like any specific genre of books, TBH. I just like individual ones and they come from everywhere... For example, I really liked Is Paris Burning By Simon Collins and Dominicque Lapierre, which would come under Historical or something, but I also really liked Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (Fiction-Philosophy?). Not to mention my recent fascination for the Foundation series by Asimov. I marked "Other".
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Re: READERS UNITE
Posted by Monqui on Wed Apr 14th at 5:35am 2004
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Posted by Monqui on Wed Apr 14th at 5:35am 2004
I like Dean Koontz, as From the Corner of His Eye is simply an epic story, although the ending is so terribly lacking. Well, not the ending ending, but what ends up happening when the hero and the antihero finally meet up. It's just... so fake. Rest of the story is gold though.
I've always liked anything by J. D. Salinger, The Great Gatsby, The Angle Quickest for Flight, Flatland... I think that sums up my top 7 or so books... pretty genre spanning, I think. [addsig]
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Re: READERS UNITE
Posted by Crono on Wed Apr 14th at 5:39am 2004
Posted by Crono on Wed Apr 14th at 5:39am 2004
God, I hated the Great Gatsby. I don't know if it was the flat, dimensionless characters, or the terrible plot. Or maybe it was the over indulgence of symbolism. I just didn't care for it.
However, Salinger is alright, wasn't too crazy about Catcher in the Rye though ... I think it's a bit (like most older books) over rated. But then so are newer books too ... *cough* Twelve *cough* [addsig]
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Re: READERS UNITE
Posted by Sim on Wed Apr 14th at 11:16am 2004
Posted by Sim on Wed Apr 14th at 11:16am 2004
Harry Potter is a good idea, but the books are seriously overrated. They just aren't written well at all, and it seems that people think it doesn't matter too much as long as it's creative and exciting. It does matter, and while they are average books, there are better.
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