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Re: What books do you suggest to read to this community?
Posted: 04 Mar 2010, 11:16
by Riftoff
I'm echoing this. Definitely not entry level stuff, but the book is amazing.
Re: What books do you suggest to read to this community?
Posted: 04 Mar 2010, 11:21
by Liquid Death
kplax3 wrote:I remember hearing about this book, I'm pretty sure it was a best seller for a few centuries.
i think its called Bibble? or something like that
It has mediocre reviews tho
I found this collection of books hard to follow, The authors ramble a bit at times, and the ending is open ended with seemingly no follow-up book. Its like a trilogy with only 2 books. The main character of the book seemed a bit to child-like. The story of the son seemed a bit to repetitive. I would only recommend this book for those interested in mythology and research into Christianity.
The Holy Bible is definitely one of the most epic tales in all of fiction - seriously, the Odyssey and the Illiad have nothing on this one. Memorable characters and plenty of brutality to go around. Yahweh is perhaps one of the most devious and evil antagonists in all of literary history, while Jesus is the epitome of the peace-loving hippy (that is, before he tells people to gouge out their eyes and mutilate their bodies in order to avoid going to hell - real humanitarian of him).
However, there are a LOT of inaccuracies and contradictions throughout the bible, very often presenting two or even three divergent opinions as gospel on one issue over the course of several books. The Lord of the Rings movie had less continuity errors in it. I suppose a fairy tale shouldn't be held up to much standards, but come on... this is just ridiculous. Check this website for a list of all the contradictions in the bible, complete with verse reference: [...]
It's a decent book if you want to scare the hell out of little Jimmy to convince him to believe in your invisible sky daddy. The atrocities in this book are shocking enough to convert (or traumatize) any impressionable child - exactly what the Christian right wants. So overall I give three stars for a decent epic fiction story and the level of brutality shown. Can't give it 4 or 5 with the knowledge that some people actually take this book seriously and think Genesis is hard science... what a disturbing thought. And we wonder how Bush got into office with those people running around...
Re: What books do you suggest to read to this community?
Posted: 05 Mar 2010, 10:16
by Vengeful Sinz
Lord of the Flies does not have a single thing remotely close to Lord of the Rings.
Lord of the Flies = A story about a group of boys that crashed landed on an island to try to survive and govern themselves
Lord of the Rings = Elves, Dwarves, and Hobbits OH MY! oh and Middle Earth too.
Re: What books do you suggest to read to this community?
Posted: 05 Mar 2010, 08:15
by TheBlindKhezu
Stephen kings:It and The Stand
I have no mouth and i must scream
Genji
Re: What books do you suggest to read to this community?
Posted: 06 Mar 2010, 11:50
by Ohnoez
im just saying my opinion you guys dont need to get mad for my opinion
Re: What books do you suggest to read to this community?
Posted: 07 Mar 2010, 01:46
by num yummy
Riftoff wrote:
I'm echoing this. Definitely not entry level stuff, but the book is amazing.
You're the first person I've talked to that actually knew about this book.
Re: What books do you suggest to read to this community?
Posted: 07 Mar 2010, 04:35
by Riftoff
num yummy wrote:Riftoff wrote:
I'm echoing this. Definitely not entry level stuff, but the book is amazing.
You're the first person I've talked to that actually knew about this book.
Have you ever read Only Revolutions? It's a much harder read, imo. But theres a ton of cool quirks, like you have to read the first ten pages one way, then you flip the book upside town and read the first ten pages the other way.
Re: What books do you suggest to read to this community?
Posted: 07 Mar 2010, 09:34
by num yummy
Riftoff wrote:num yummy wrote:Riftoff wrote:
I'm echoing this. Definitely not entry level stuff, but the book is amazing.
You're the first person I've talked to that actually knew about this book.
Have you ever read Only Revolutions? It's a much harder read, imo. But theres a ton of cool quirks, like you have to read the first ten pages one way, then you flip the book upside town and read the first ten pages the other way.
No, but I'll definitely have to check it out. Thanks.
Re: What books do you suggest to read to this community?
Posted: 11 Mar 2010, 06:17
by Daedalus
Aside from ones already listed,
The original Dune books are a must for any sci-fi lovers (Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, Chapterhouse: Dune). That's the chronological order of the books too. The Dune books by the original author's (Frank Herbert) son (Brian) aren't as good, but are still worth a read; just not Hunters of Dune or Sandworms of Dune because they're based off Frank's notes on what was supposed to be the seventh and final book of the original series but the story just doesn't feel right without Frank's writing.
If you're a fan of fantasy, I'd recommend Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series (it's eleven books starting with Wizard's First Rule). I loved the first book, and the following ten are real good too except for one repetitive plot line in every book that kinda bugged me after a while, I won't post what it is here (PM me if you want a vague description) but it really doesn't detract from the story itself.
Any of Michael Crichton's books are good too. They're mostly modern day sci-fi; one's that I liked in particular are Jurassic Park (of course), Sphere, Congo and A Case of Need. Don't judge those books by the movies, the movies aren't even close to doing the books justice.
Re: What books do you suggest to read to this community?
Posted: 13 Mar 2010, 04:08
by z0th
just a few i can think of off the top of my head.
Fiction
"Lamb" by Christopher Moore
"Song of Ice and Fire" series (incl. "Game of Thrones") by George R.R. Martin
"Perdido Street Station" by China Miéville
Non-FIction
"The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman
"The Code Book" by Simon Singh
"Access All Areas" by Ninjalicious
Re: What books do you suggest to read to this community?
Posted: 13 Mar 2010, 04:17
by PhrozenFlame
Did no one mention The Davinci Code? Even so, I think it's a very good book.
Re: What books do you suggest to read to this community?
Posted: 14 Mar 2010, 10:08
by HurTmePlentY
if you are into any kind of mythology and epic-ness..
there's always:
The Iliad (Greek)
The Oddessy (Greek)
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Mesopotamian)
Beowolf (Norse)
Le Morte d'Arthur (French)
The Song of Roland (French)
Paradise Lost (English)
Don Juan (Spanish)
The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso (After Life)
these are all great
Re: What books do you suggest to read to this community?
Posted: 15 Mar 2010, 05:28
by Wamp Rats
World war Z and The complete zombie survival guide by Max Brooks