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09-05-2008, 04:00 AM | #1 |
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As I personally read a lot, I wonder what you guys like to read if it comes to books in general (comics aren´t counted here ;-) ).
To make a start I list two of my fave books: Alistair Mac Lean "The Guns of Navarone" I absolutely love the books by Mac Lean but this one being my fave. A must-read for any reader intersted in exciting military novels! Btw- my avatar is taken from the movie adaption ;-) Story: Quote:
"The story concerns the efforts of an Allied commando team to destroy a seemingly impregnable German fortress that threatens Allied naval ships in the Aegean Sea, and prevents over 1,200 isolated British troops from being rescued. The story is based on the real events surrounding the Battle of Leros in World War II.
The Guns of Navarone brought together elements that would characterise much of MacLean's subsequent works: tough, competent, worldly men as main characters; frequent but non-graphic violence; betrayal of the hero(es) by a trusted associate; and extensive use of the ocean and other dangerous environments as settings. Its three principal characters — New Zealand mountaineer-turned-commando Keith Mallory, American demolitions expert "Dusty" Miller, and Greek resistance fighter Andrea Stavros — are among the most fully drawn in all of MacLean's work." This one´s very cool, weird, brutal and great pulp-fun This is the sequel to "Anno Dracula" (which you don´t have to read to enjoy this stand-alone book, it just would add more depth) where Dracula infiltrated the british royal house and made the queen his "pet" but was defeated and now has fled to Germany and has waged WW1. Story: Quote:
"In February 1918 the fates of nations hung in the balance. Dracula The Allied powers faced Germany across a tattered no mans land, knowing that Russia had left the war, and now all Germany’s might was ready for the final push. But this isn’t the world we know, where flesh and blood died in the stinking mud. Here the quick and the undead will decide the fate of nations, man and vampire fighting alongside each other in the trenches, whilst a very bloody Red Baron rules the skies.
... The key to victory may lie hidden in the Chateau du Malinbois, home of the fabled Richthofen Flying Circus. It is here that diabolical experiments have created something new and dangerous, something that is making mincemeat of the allied aces that make up the Condor Squadron. This is not your traditional alternate history, nor is it a pot-boiler vampire slasher. Newman seizes both genres firmly by the scruff of the neck, and bangs their heads together, to give us this thoroughly enjoyable romp. Each short chapter is folded around an exquisite vignette - Dr Moreau dissecting vampires in the trenches, Edgar Allen Poe allied with Franz Kafka against the might of the German bureaucracy, a vampire Winston Churchill drinking the blood of a Madeira-sozzled rabbit - a series of set pieces that build slowly into a climactic dawn patrol over the Western front."
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09-05-2008, 04:51 AM | #2 |
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Many different types of genres.
Recently just finished the Indiana Jones series. Max McCoy is a great novelist I think. Who knows what's next. I'll go into a bookstore and do some snooping around and if gets my attention, I'll buy it. I'm a bookworm. I've probably read 300 books in the last year. Sab |
09-05-2008, 05:32 AM | #3 |
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Wow - 300 books. That´s a lot. I mostly read when on my way to and back from work in the train, making about two books a week...
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09-05-2008, 07:45 AM | #4 |
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Im taking a break from The Micronauts Time Traveler Trilogy. The first book is still the best.
Also taking a break from the DUNE franchise. That series will give your brain wrinkles. Babylon Babies, the book Babylon AD the movie was based on, seriously....French need to not write books. Just ban writing in the country. It reads like a cold war era fanboy fanfic. I constantly read The Hagakure by Tsunetomo Yamamoto |
09-05-2008, 07:52 AM | #5 |
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the lost gospel of judas! behold a pale horse, the freemasons, the god code, the tutankhamun prophecies, the lost keys of freemasonry, da vinci code, da vinci coded decoded,. an few more, the gospel of mary magdelene!!
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09-05-2008, 08:52 AM | #6 |
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Besides from the two books mentioned in my first post, some of my other fave books/works are:
"The Hungry City Chronicles" by Philip Reeve (great post-apocalyptic steampunk stuff) Fritz Leiber´s brilliant stories of "Farfhd & The Grey Mouser" R.E. Howard´s "Conan" stories, as well as "Bran Mak Morn" and "Solomon Kane" "Altered Carbon" and the other Kovac´s books written by Richard Morgan (all great, full-speed Sci Fi with lots of Action but not missing tension) Scandinavian Crime/Thrillers by Arnaldur Indridason, Hakan Nesser etc. Though I prefer some generes, I´m not restricted to any specific.
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09-05-2008, 09:08 AM | #7 |
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I have a few series I regulary re-read:
Orson Scott Card's Ender and Shadow series Battletech Legend of the Jade Falcon Magic the gathering Onslaught and Odyssey Cycles Resident Evil series |
09-05-2008, 09:18 AM | #8 |
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Let's see, recently:
I know I missed a few, but that's what I can think of. Currently working on "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy and "The City of Ember" by Jeanne Duprau.
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09-05-2008, 09:19 AM | #9 |
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"Ender's Game" and "Speaker for the Dead" are two of my favorite books, and ones I go back to a lot.
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09-05-2008, 09:22 AM | #10 |
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I like the Takeshi Kovacs books, but "Market Forces" is my hands-down favorite of his. Love that book.
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