Good books?

[JustMe]

I don't know if many of you find the time to read or even like to read, but some how I ran out of books. Thinking about taking a trip to the bookstore and buying some new ones but I want some ideas. Has anyone read any good books lately?

Some of the authors on my bookshelf are; V.C. Andrews, Stephen King, John Grisham, J.R.R. Tolkien and Iris Johansen.. any other good ones I should look out for?

[Makkah]

I used to be a big fan of Anne Rice. Then I forgot how to read.

rht

[Meos]

check out 1984 and animal farm by George Orwell. I also really liked Ralph Ellison's the invisible man.

[JustMe]

I read Animal Farm in High School, I loved that book. We had to do a huge report on it, was a very interesting book to say the least.

[Tendarian]

I read a lot of fantasy science fiction so if you like the Tolkien books id suggest Terry Goodkind or Robert Jordan.

[Halfsilver]

Was just about to put Jordan's Wheel of Time series.

He gets a bit long-winded, but they are good books, regardless.

-grays/d(waiting for #10 in the series!)

[StrayRogue]

Dragonlance rules. As does Elric.

[Rowi]

Yes, Terry Goodkind is a very good writer.

Sword of truth is a great series.

[CrystalTears]

Robert A. Heinlein books are very good. He's the one who wrote Starship Troopers. If you're into sci-fi, you'll like him.

[Edaarin]

The Count of Monte Cristo, unabridged version.

Probably one of my favorite books of all time.

[Morstanya]

Ya, good call. Michael Moorecock's Elric Saga is fantastic and I like most of his other books as well.

I also think most people with brains should read two other books at some point in their life. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, and The Art of War by Sun Tzu.

Mors

[Drew2]

Originally posted by Edaarin
The Count of Monte Cristo, unabridged version.

Probably one of my favorite books of all time.
I read the abridged version in HS, but I have to admit it was probably the best book I read in all 4 years there. The teacher was really into it to so it made it all the better. :thumbsup:

[Drew2]

Originally posted by Meos
check out 1984 and animal farm by George Orwell. I also really liked Ralph Ellison's the invisible man.

Animal farm was alright. 1984 put me to sleep. Hardcore.




Dragonlance rules. As does Elric.


:thumbsup:


Was just about to put Jordan's Wheel of Time series.

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Weedmage Princess]

The Dragonlance books make for very interesting reading. If you like fantasy, definitely check those out.

I also enjoyed David Edding's two series, the Belgariad and the Malloreon. Each series is 5 books...starting with the Pawn of Prophecy (first book in the Belgariad series) ...VERY VERY good. I finished that first series off in about a month and a half. Couldn't put the books down. Starts out a little slow..but once you get about 1/4th the way into the first book....it's great.

[Artha]

The Wizard's First Rule and everything after that by Terry Goodkind. Also, anything by Mercedes Lackey.

[Adhara]

In the fantasy section I recommend:

A game of thrones (George R. R. Martin) Book 1 of A song of Ice and Fire

Gardens of the Moon (Steven Erikson, by FAR my favorite writer ever) book 1 of the Malazan book of the Fallen

[Tendarian]

Ill second David Eddings and ill also add Elizabeth Hayden, Sara Douglass and David Drake too.

[StrayRogue]

A Game of Thrones is also great. Good call.

[Adhara]

David Eddings is great for initiation to fantasy. He was the first author I read in the genre and he made me love it. Then I moved on to Jordan. I liked him at first but after book 9 I was sick of a lot of things he does (including the personality of his fememine characters, his writing style that drags on and on etc...)

I read a Tad Williams and though I can tell he's awesome, his style did not sweep me off my feet.

After reading Jordan's Wheel of Time, or most of it anyway, I finally knew what I wanted from fantasy. I don't like pure evil and pure good. I like grey. I like reaslitic multidimensional characters that are smart and make sense. This is why I fell in love with Erikson's work. He's an anthropologist by profession and his deep understanding of human nature transpires in his work. I am in awe of his talent. I hope to make at least one of you want to read Gardens of the Moon because it's hard to find a treasure like this and not want to share it with everyone.

I also forgot another of my fantasy favorites. Terry Pratchett, the king of humoristic fantasy, very unique in style. I laugh out loud, literrally, when I read a Discworld novel.

[Miss X]

Originally posted by Edaarin
The Count of Monte Cristo, unabridged version.

Probably one of my favorite books of all time.

The count of Monte Cristo is by far my fave book of all time, and Dumas is my fave author!

[DCSL]

If you can find it, get Villains by Necessity by Eve Forward. It's the most hilarious strangely true satire of traditional fantasy ever.

Hm.. Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress. An interesting look at humanity in a slight science fiction way.

The Abhorsen series by Garth Nix, starting with Sabriel, then Lirael, then ending with Abhorsen. Undeadish fantasy.

And if you haven't read anything by Douglas Adams... run out and do so now.

[DCSL]

Oh, and if you like weird suspense books, try Elizabeth Hand. Her book Blacklight had a couple of scenes that freaked me out. And H.P. Lovecraft too... get his books, if you haven't already. They'd fit great with what you already have on your shelves.

[StrayRogue]

Lovecraft, while using an older style of prose, much like Howard and Poe, is truely scary. I love his Cthuthlu stuff.

[imported_Kranar]

Nineteen Eighty Four is a masterpiece.

[GSLeloo]

I like Invisible Man by ralph waldo emerson.. any of the Anne McCaffrey books, Isaac Asimov Amy Tan, hmm.... And the "So you want to be a wizard series" by Duane. Plus of course, Harry Potter.

[Skirmisher]

Originally posted by Kranar
Nineteen Eighty Four is a masterpiece. Oh Kranar, that is just so you.:bouncy:

[CrystalTears]

Originally posted by Kranar
Nineteen Eighty Four is a masterpiece.

It sure was! Fahrenheit 451 is a classic too.

[Skirmisher]

Now that was a good book.

[Artha]

Agreed, they're both definately good books. I prefer 1984 because Fahrenheit 451 seems too short.

[peam]

Will - Gordon Liddy. It's his autobiography. The man's awesome and INSANE!!!

John Adams - David McCullough.

Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X.

Evasion - by various authors. Should be available through www.crimethinc.com. It's the account of people living homeless voluntarily.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams.

Dr. Faustus - Christopher Marlowe, if you're into plays.

Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman. One of my favorite American poets.

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays - Henry David Thoreau

I'm a fan of the Dragonlance/Forgotten Realms series when I'm in the mood for fantasy. The books are easy reads and are entertaining. I just finished up the newest? Dragonlance series "War of the Souls" not too long ago. I'd recommend it.

Edited to note my fondness for George Orwell's "Animal Farm." I love the book. It puts the flaws of communism into perspective so well. Take that, reds.

[Edited on 9-26-2003 by peam]

[Ravenstorm]

Originally posted by CrystalTears
Robert A. Heinlein books are very good. He's the one who wrote Starship Troopers. If you're into sci-fi, you'll like him.

Heinlein is God. 'nuff said.

But also good are:

Mercedes Lackey (fantasy)
David Eddings (fantasy)
Spider Robinson (sf)
Steven Brust (fantasy)
David Weber (sf)
Marion Zimmer Bradley (fantasy)

Raven

[Bobmuhthol]

Jennifer Government by Max Barry.

Syrup by Maxx Barry.

Both excellent books. The best I've ever read.

[DCSL]

I feel so alone here. I hated the majority of the books I was forced to read in school. I did not like 1984. I was neutral on Fahrenheit 451 (I liked some of his other stories much more) and I hated, absolutely LOATHED Catcher in the Rye. Wasn't too thrilled by Siddhartha or All Quiet on the Western Front. And Night by Elie Wiesel was impacting, but not enjoyable.

[Artha]

Jennifer Government by Max Barry.

Just curious, bob, have you ever played Nation States?

It was created by Max to promote that book, so I was just wondering.

[Bobmuhthol]

Yeah, I played it for about a month.

[Adhara]

I hated Catcher in the Rye with a passion. It's a short book yet it was the first time I ever put down a book without finishing it.

I did finish it years later out of boredom and even though sometimes you love a book years after hating it, it wasn't the case. I hated it just as much the second time around.

[Skirmisher]

Ok, light reading material:

- Most books by Jennifer Crusie- She writes very fun easy romantic comedies

-Janet Evanovich(sp?) Her series on Stephanie Plum is just hilarious. I literally laugh out loud while reading them. They are about a 30 or so year old woman who after losing her job as a lingerie buyer for a discount store becomes a bounty hunter. Anyone from NJ will enjoy even more as pretty much its one of the few series I've ever seen where all the action is there.

Fantasy/Sci-Fi:

-The Narnia Chronicles are simply amazing, with depth and emotion yet able to be read and enjoyed by children. I can think of no books that would be a better introduction to fantasy and reading in general.

-Gordon R Dickson is really fun with his Dragon and the George series, although the first book of his and my personal favorite is I don't think quite as well known. Wolf and Iron is one of the few post-apocolyptic type of books that feels plausible enough to let myself go into it.

-Elizabeth Moon-Deed of Paksenarrian is perhaps my favorite fantasy novel. A strong lead character yet one who is also fallible. I also enjoyed the world building as one of the reviews mentions. She makes it all just seem to fit rather than working like a racehorse with blinders who can only see the our hero wherever they may be.

-David Gerrold- Voyage of the Star Wolf- Its one of a series of I think two or three books and his writing style again is one that strikes me as fun, exciting, yet again, with characters who respond in a manner I can see as making sense. He explains science juuuuuust enough without getting overly geeky and technical and losing me and focuses on the people.

Favorite Non Fiction:

One of your countryman Stray :P

-Antony Beever- Stalingrad: an astounding book about the struggles and horrors of the eastern front second world war on both sides. He followed it up with a more recent book I am only about halfway through now about the fall of berlin which is also amazing.

Here's one for you Ben.
The Holocaust and the Historians by Lucy S Dawidowicz. Her Earlier book The War Against the Jews is also advisable reading for anyone really into their history.

[Edited on 9-26-2003 by Skirmisher]

[DCSL]

Yay, someone else who hates that stinking piece of trash Catcher in the Rye!

You know what else I hate? Ernest Hemingway. I hated him as a writer, and then when I found out more about him, I hated him as a person as well. People keep telling me he's the Great American Novel writer or something and I have to keep saying that he BLOWS GOAT.

Anyone that thinks it's a beautiful thing when a man writes a story about making love to his gun has got issues.

[StrayRogue]

I hated Hemingway too. The English teacher used to have an orgasm after each paragraph of his. I was mainly "what the hell, its not THAT good".

[peam]

Originally posted by DCSL
Ernest Hemingway. I hated him as a writer, and then when I found out more about him, I hated him as a person as well. People keep telling me he's the Great American Novel writer or something and I have to keep saying that he BLOWS GOAT.

Anyone that thinks it's a beautiful thing when a man writes a story about making love to his gun has got issues.

I can tolerate the dislike of Catcher in the Rye. However, you must be destroyed for your insolence concerning Mr. Hemmingway.

[CrystalTears]

Hey Dex, you're not alone in not liking Hemingway. I can't STAND him. I'm not much of a reader, but when I was assigned this book in high school, I tried really hard to read at least The Man and the Sea, which took me forever to read because I kept falling asleep! It's just fishing! Can't get the fish, reel it in and find another one. It's just a fish! Sometimes there really is such a thing as TOO much detailed information.

[DCSL]

Originally posted by peam
I can tolerate the dislike of Catcher in the Rye. However, you must be destroyed for your insolence concerning Mr. Hemmingway.

Smite away! You can't even spell his name. War and Peace was a better read!! ::runs!::

[peam]

Ugh. I LOVE Hemingway. I believe his works ARE more directed towards males though. Maybe it's just a guy thing. Check out "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", it's probably my favorite.

http://www.shortstory.by.ru/hemingway/happylife/

[peam]

Originally posted by DCSL
Smite away! You can't even spell his name.

Touche. :lol: I'm horrible with 'm's. Most words look so much better with two.

[Skirmisher]

Arms and the Man By Shaw was one of my favorite must read for HS books, well that and a Tale of Two Cities.

[GS4Gurl]

As a Child my favorites were:

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
Dr. Seuss books are just classic.
Anne Of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Disney related books. Cinderella, Snow White.
I was such a girly girl... still am.

Growing up I liked:

The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespear well ALL of his works actually.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
The Stand by Stephen King. I like most of his novels
The Mummy by Anne Rice.


Eh I could go on for hours. I love to read!

[Faellyn]

1984 was ok Farenheit 451 was better.

Right now I just finished off the Otherland series by Tad Williams, which I didn't expect to like and then couldn't put down. The Naked Empire by Terry Goodkind was a very good book, it's the 9th (?) book in his Wizards First Rule books.

[Edited on 9-26-2003 by Faellyn]

[theotherjohn]

Originally posted by Lady Daina
L.E. Modesitt has a great series, The Magic of Recluse.

Not only is the work very good but there is a lot of it.

Justen is by far my favorite character. I will not elaborate so not to spoil anything for future readers.

[Artha]

The only thing I don't like about the recluse books is there's a whole bunch, but the only way they tie in is they're in the same place. I hate series like that.

[Drew2]

I agree with Daina about the Xanth series. I read a good portion of them. I missed a couple at the end I think.

Another good set that came to mind was the Immortals series by Tamora Pierce. I think that's her name. Anyways, I thought it was a very unique view of the workings of magic. They were also very well written books.

Another note... one of the best things about the Wheel of Time series was magic system. However towards the last few books, Jordan totally made the books about story rather than action. Which meant no sweet fighting scenes or anything. :(

[GSLeloo]

I hate early American writers... all of those war writers from the disillusioned era. They suck ass, they're whiny and boring and I can't stand them. I love H.G. Wells and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and all of those amazing books.
Also, The Once and Future King by T.H. White, several of Shakespeare's plays...
Really my biggest one is Anne McCaffrey's Pern series. I own every single book and I love it and I can imagine that world in my head and it's like I know those people. I mean, I cried during one of the books when my favorite character died.. (like seventh book) and i mean flat out sobbing.

[AnticorRifling]

Pern series is good.

Shanarra series ruled.

Redwall series is great.

Ender's game and the books in that series are some of the best fiction I've read as of late. I've actually bought 5 copies of Ender's game in paperback because when I talk to someone about books and they haven't read it I give it to them. I'm the same way with Dune.

I liked the Hannibal books, I love old scifi books too.

Ohh there is a book called Hyperion Cantos I don't know the author but it is a great, and I mean great, piece of work. Same with one that I can't remember the name but it's about England/France where there is magic and machines but set in the past I'll find it and post it I read the book back in 10th grade and it still sticks with me, I can see the cover but not the title in my head arghhh!

[DCSL]

Originally posted by Tayre
Another good set that came to mind was the Immortals series by Tamora Pierce. I think that's her name. Anyways, I thought it was a very unique view of the workings of magic. They were also very well written books.


I love Tamora Pierce. I've been reading her books since I was in middle school and now that I'm in college, I STILL read them. Her first two books are amazingly short and lacking, but you can see her growth as a writer in the rest of her different quartets.

[HarmNone]

Just finished "The DaVinci Code" by Dan Brown. Great mystery with lots of twists and turns. Normally, I am a sci-fi/fantasy freak, but this was a damned good book!

HarmNone

[JustMe]

Okay, I am a book nerd. I opened up an Iris Johansen book this morning, knew that I'd finish it sometime within the next day or two, but I'm well over halfway done, I haven't been able to put it down. Long After Midnight is a great suspense and if you like those type of books, read it.

[Praefection]

One of my all time favorite books, it was simply amazing. Check it out! It's called Swan Song by Robert McCammon.

[Vesi]

Originally posted by Praefection
One of my all time favorite books, it was simply amazing. Check it out! It's called Swan Song by Robert McCammon.

I liked that one. Boy's Life by him is really good too.

I've probably read most anything that would be considered a 'classic'. If I was made to read a book in school and I liked it, I would read all books by that author. (actually, I still do that)

A few to look into:

The Merlin Trilogy by Mary Stewart
Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley (those two are great if you like Arthurian legends)

Morgan Llywelyn (she's great at mixing magic/fantasy with actual history) I've read most of her older books. She's done some modern ones on Ireland that I haven't read. I would suggest starting out with Bard.

The Magician series by Raymond E. Feist (think there are three books... been awhile since I read it but it was really good)

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (a book my sister gave me for my birthday... neat little book)

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series by Stephen R. Donaldson (whoa where did that come from... so long ago)

(most of the above fall into the fantasy catagory... but that's not all I read)

Most anything by:

Eudora Welty, Lee Smith, Flannery O'Connor, Amy Tan, Tennesse Williams, Anne Rice (I liked the vampire and witch books but try her others that are based on actual history because they are really good such as Cry to Heaven or Feasts of All Saints) and I could know I could go on and on but this is a just a sampling of things I read. I tried to list books and/or authors that people haven't already listed since I've read most of the books that have been listed.

Yes, now you know, I'm a book freak! I think the ones other's have posted have been very good and agree with whoever said this was a well-rounded group of readers.

Vesi

[StrayRogue]

The Riftwar Series (Magician, Prince of Blood, Silverthorn, and a Darkness at Sethanon) are indeed great reads. Recommended.

[Bobmuhthol]

Sethanon? Seanathon?!?!

[Prestius]

Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon both by Neil Stephenson

Dune

Also a big Eddings and George RR Martin fan.

Old standby: Hobbit/LoTR.

-P

[Edited on 9-27-2003 by Prestius]

[Edited on 9-27-2003 by Prestius]

[Prestius]

Wow .. Boardja Vu

-P

[Stacey]

Harmnone

You've got to read Angel's & Demon's by Dan Brown too! I just finished reading Digital Forest and it was ok but not as good as angel's & Demons. I can't wait until he write's another book.

Stacey

[Edited on 9-28-2003 by Stacey]

[Prestius]

Ok .. I'm gonna bump this one back up to the top specifically to reiterate my recommendation for Snow Crash.

For those of you out there that haven't read Snow Crash, you really need to. Probably one of the best (and most precient) books I;ve ever read. It's an extrapolation of what we do in GS, and on the Net pushed into the near future.

When it was first written and I read it, the Internet was barely a blip on the radar and this guy totally nailed what it could be. It was one of those books that changed my whole view of things.

On top of that, it's insanely funny in a strange sort of cyberpunk sorta way.

So .. if you haven't read it .. trust me on this .. read it!

And .. for another totally great and fun read .. and another great extrapolation of Roleplaying, SCA, and Disneyland tied into one, read Dream Park by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes. Not earthshattering, but a hell of a lot of fun. I think it's out of print so you may have to go to a used bookstore to get it (which you should simply because a trip to a good used bookstore is therapy for the soul).

Ok .. I'm done. Quit dicking around and read this stuff!

-P

[Edited on 9-29-2003 by Prestius]

[DCSL]

A bunch of my friends really loved Snow Crash, so I took it on a plane ride with me. And I promptly put it down again within a few pages. The author tries way too hard with his up front, in your face language. He's far too... glib. I don't know how else to put it.

If the book hadn't been borrowed from someone else who loved it, I would have recycled it into printer paper.

[Skirmisher]

From a deli man, that's a rave.

[HappyGuyJr]

Or... you could go to Amazon.fr and get the 6 books that make up the Sillage series.

***WARNING!!!***

Do NOT get them off Amazon.com. They only have the censored and edited/abridged version. If you want the story as it was written, you have to get it in the original French. It's been translated into 15 different languages, but the most popular have been released in Spain and France. The US version has some 80 panels missing, dozens of panels repainted to change 'questionable material, and an entire chapter/story missing. Not only that, but the translation is absolutly HORRID. Its like running something thru Babblefish a few times. :(

In Spanish, it's called Estela, and in English it's called Wake... but get the original Sillage.. you wont regret it. All 6 books will cost you (including international shipping) about 110 Euros ($130 USD)

[HappyGuyJr]

Eddings is good for any ONE book... thats IT. because once you've read a single book out of the many he has written, you've read them all. He writes every single book exactly the same way.

Each character will shift thru each form of personality and emotion, and when THEY do, all the other characters will shift to fill the voids. So EVERYONE gets to be evil, coy, droll, angry, sexy, whatever... sorry, but though i think I enjoyed Sapphire best.. he's nothing compared to Stephen R. Donaldson or Elliot S. Maggin


Originally posted by Prestius
Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon both by Neil Stephenson

Dune

Also a big Eddings and George RR Martin fan.

Old standby: Hobbit/LoTR.

-P

[Edited on 9-27-2003 by Prestius]

[Edited on 9-27-2003 by Prestius]

[Edited on 9-29-2003 by HappyGuyJr]

[StrayRogue]

The original Akira is a good read, if anything as an interesting counter-point to the motion picture.

[DCSL]

The original Ghost in the Shell too. They cut out alot in the US version of the comic.

[HappyGuyJr]

Oh... just remembered, if you just want to read something that is just fall down laugh out loud till you cant breath, crying your eyes out funny, get anything written by Patrick F. McManus or Robert Lynn Asprin

[StrayRogue]

Well you can say that about any manga to anime translation really. You have to remember that most manga isn't the usual 25 page comic book, but a thick volume of material, often running thousand's of pages. I think only DBZ is the only anime to be nearly totally faithful to the original material. Of course, I've read some dross manga, only to see an excellent film, and vice versa.

[Solkern]

Hearts in atlantis, it made me break down and cry, king makes it seem so real and alive, its like you can touch it

[DCSL]

Originally posted by StrayRogue
Well you can say that about any manga to anime translation really. You have to remember that most manga isn't the usual 25 page comic book, but a thick volume of material, often running thousand's of pages. I think only DBZ is the only anime to be nearly totally faithful to the original material. Of course, I've read some dross manga, only to see an excellent film, and vice versa.

No no... I'm not talking about mistranslation. I'm talking about, they took out a few entire sections of the big book of Ghost in the Shell manga when it came over. Too raw for America, I believe the excuse was.

I don't usually watch anime or read manga (I have other addictions, thanks..) but sometimes I have to and sometimes they wind up being good or bad... But I always read them in the original Japanese if at all possible. Which means... if the manga has furigana with its kanji (I suck at kanji, I am most sorry.) I only hear about the English versions being trash from my friends who can't speak/read Japanese.

[draconis nematoda]

I gave up reading the Xanth series when Piers Anthony got all caught up in his underwear fetish. The man is obsessed.

No one has mentioned Terry Pratchett, or did I miss that?

- "What is it that a man may call the greatest things in life?"
- "Hot water, good dentishtry and shoft lavatory paper."


-- Cohen the Barbarian in conversation with Discworld nomads (Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic)

[Jenisi]

Adored Catcher in The Rye.. sorry guys.
Sphere - Michael Crichton (couldn't put it down, he's an excellent writer)
The Great Gadspy (If I spelled that right, don't remember who it's by)
And my absolute favorite writer of all time, Cristopher Pike! His series The Last Vampire, absolutey amazing.
He wrote alot of teenage novles, but his more adult stuff was great.

[GSLeloo]

I HATED Catcher in the Rye

[CrystalTears]

Well I would have rather read Catcher in the Rye a hundred times than have to read Beowulf. Aaaaaaagh!!

[DCSL]

I don't remember much of Beowulf but it wasn't TOO bad. I think it depends on what version you read, 'cause I hear there are bunches and bunches of translations.

Catcher in the Rye was worse! :P Plus infinity, to the infinite power, plus one.

[Halfsilver]

Anyone read any of the Tolkien history books?

Silmarillion is one of the last ones in the series. The first two are called something like The lost tales volume one and two...something similar anyways.

Just wondering...and if you have, are they any good?

-grays/d

[Wezas]

Only two books I've read since College are:

Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis (A book about a reporter who wants to get the scoop on the world of professional scrabble players - but he becomes addicted himself) - Good book, a bit technical in some parts, but amusing stories.

The Blue Nowhere by Jeffery Deaver (In this 21st century version of the "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral," two computer wizards engage in the kind of high-tech combat that only a hacker could love.) - not my words, that was the review. Good book, lots of twists and turns, even I (The Wezas bwahahaha) was suprised a few times.

[Fabled]

Where The Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein has always been one of my favorites! :saint:

[Edaarin]

Have you considered reading books that were later made into movies? The books are so much better than the movies in 90% of the cases.

[Stacey]

Originally posted by Halfsilver
Anyone read any of the Tolkien history books?

Silmarillion is one of the last ones in the series. The first two are called something like The lost tales volume one and two...something similar anyways.



Just wondering...and if you have, are they any good?

-grays/d

I am reading The return of the shadow now. It's wonderful so far. It give's great history.

Stacey