Books/Novels Discussion Thread V1: Literary Gems
rhitwick
Democracy is a myth
@faun, hope this help you to decide,
Best Horror Novels (641 books)
The Top 20 Greatest Horror Writers of All-time - Mania.com
and, more on the book u chose,
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror by H.P. Lovecraft - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists
And, the strange this is that, if u click on "read book" on my previous link you would get to read the whole book!!!
Best Horror Novels (641 books)
The Top 20 Greatest Horror Writers of All-time - Mania.com
and, more on the book u chose,
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror by H.P. Lovecraft - Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists
And, the strange this is that, if u click on "read book" on my previous link you would get to read the whole book!!!
Lovecraft is not horror as much as atmosphere, some people are easily turned off by it, find it very dated like watching old black and white movie, some stories have really good ideas though
read Rosemary's Baby, very cinematic horror novel, and scary as hell
number 14 on that list, seems to have sci fi and fantasy titles in equal measure with horror lol, almost nothing else on the list is scary, scrolled till I had enough non scary titless no 59 is picture of dorian gray wow
read Rosemary's Baby, very cinematic horror novel, and scary as hell
number 14 on that list, seems to have sci fi and fantasy titles in equal measure with horror lol, almost nothing else on the list is scary, scrolled till I had enough non scary titless no 59 is picture of dorian gray wow
Any recommendation ?
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The story is reminiscent of John carpenter's Thing.
Looking for it.
Thanks guys.
Krow
Crowman
Thanks for posting the list rhitwick. I found that website's sci-fi list pretty good. Top 15 Greatest Science Fiction Writers of All-Time - Mania.com
In the recent past, I read Orson Scott Card's Speaker for the dead. Ender's game was amazing and totally different. Speaker is equally amazing, for those who like philosophy-oriented sci fi. Loved it.
Finished Asimov's Foundation saga (from Robot short stories to Foundation and Earth). Great series, except that by the end of the series I think Asimov lost his nut. Foundation's Edge (second last) was interesting, but not great. Foundation and Earth was below average. Glad I bought them second hand.
For those wondering, Asimov's last two books are much better than Clarke's second Rama book.
Can anyone recommend good Arthur C. Clarke novels? I've read Space Odyssey 3 and 4, saw the other two movies, Rendezvous with Rama, Rama II. How are Childhood's end and Fountains of paradise?
Made this list for now. Need more of Larry Niven.
William Gibson: Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive
Isaac Asimov: The Gods Themselves, Nightfall
Arthur C. Clarke: The Fountains of Paradise, Childhood's End
Robert A. Heinlein: Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Ray Bradbury: The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, The Meteor, The Fog Horn, A Sound of Thunder, The Illustrated Man
Philip K. Dick: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, We can Remember it for you Wholesale, Second Variety, The Golden Man, Minority Report, Paycheck, A Scanner Darkly, The Man in the High Castle
E. E. “Doc” Smith: Lensman, Galactic Patrol, Skylark
Jack Williamson: The Ultimate Earth, Legion of Space series, Undersea and Starchild Trilogy
Frank Herbert: The Jesus Incident, Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune
Larry Niven: The Mote in God’s Eye, Ringworld
In the recent past, I read Orson Scott Card's Speaker for the dead. Ender's game was amazing and totally different. Speaker is equally amazing, for those who like philosophy-oriented sci fi. Loved it.
Finished Asimov's Foundation saga (from Robot short stories to Foundation and Earth). Great series, except that by the end of the series I think Asimov lost his nut. Foundation's Edge (second last) was interesting, but not great. Foundation and Earth was below average. Glad I bought them second hand.
For those wondering, Asimov's last two books are much better than Clarke's second Rama book.
Can anyone recommend good Arthur C. Clarke novels? I've read Space Odyssey 3 and 4, saw the other two movies, Rendezvous with Rama, Rama II. How are Childhood's end and Fountains of paradise?
Made this list for now. Need more of Larry Niven.
William Gibson: Neuromancer, Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive
Isaac Asimov: The Gods Themselves, Nightfall
Arthur C. Clarke: The Fountains of Paradise, Childhood's End
Robert A. Heinlein: Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Ray Bradbury: The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, The Meteor, The Fog Horn, A Sound of Thunder, The Illustrated Man
Philip K. Dick: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, We can Remember it for you Wholesale, Second Variety, The Golden Man, Minority Report, Paycheck, A Scanner Darkly, The Man in the High Castle
E. E. “Doc” Smith: Lensman, Galactic Patrol, Skylark
Jack Williamson: The Ultimate Earth, Legion of Space series, Undersea and Starchild Trilogy
Frank Herbert: The Jesus Incident, Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune
Larry Niven: The Mote in God’s Eye, Ringworld
^hey yeah good list found some new authors to check out Robert A. Heinlein and E. E. “Doc” Smith, gonna check out rest of the site now..
hmmm good Clarke Books r
City and the Stars
A Fall of Moondust
Cradle
The Fountains of Paradise - this one is very Indian Fantasy
have you read Azazel by Asimov yet?
hmmm good Clarke Books r
City and the Stars
A Fall of Moondust
Cradle
The Fountains of Paradise - this one is very Indian Fantasy
have you read Azazel by Asimov yet?
reddead
LoSt!
ok..guys i need something new to read,
finished "the alchemist" a week ago and i was totally disappointed, it was full of his philosophy....
anyways i have read sidney sheldon, dan brown, stieg larsson....
and need to read something which is pure fiction and no philosophy...
recommendations??
BTW i saw P.G Wodehouse books in my library, how are those? anyone read them?
also looking forward to A Song of Ice and Fire....
finished "the alchemist" a week ago and i was totally disappointed, it was full of his philosophy....
anyways i have read sidney sheldon, dan brown, stieg larsson....
and need to read something which is pure fiction and no philosophy...
recommendations??
BTW i saw P.G Wodehouse books in my library, how are those? anyone read them?
also looking forward to A Song of Ice and Fire....
asingh
Aspiring Novelist
pratzgh1
Broken In
Guys,
Hi. I'm new to the forums and wish to be guided with the name of books that i can read in the leisure time that i get while traveling to and from work (well, that almost 2-2.5 hours either way
)
Also, i have recently started reading and as i wanted to, my parents asked me to read something lying at home (they are true non-fiction lovers), so i got hold of "Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus", read it, and dint quite relate to it. (yes, although i did get a few tips on understanding my GF, results - well....
)
Anyways, so that made me realise i dont quite like non-fiction. Also somehow i relate more to the Indian Author than the foriegn one's.
So, i randomly searched and have read "trust Me- Rajashree" and "Those small lil things - Rahul Saini(correct me if i'm wrong, i'm very bad at name recall)". And i really loved the writing and the way it was spoken through words.
So guys could you please suggest some books within the same genre and feel, preferably Indian Authors (i relate to them nice and easy).
I would love a few choices so that i can choose what suits me best.
(Boy, i wrote so much - I could end up writing a book myself - Yeah but it would be not bigger than 'who moved my cheese'
)
Hi. I'm new to the forums and wish to be guided with the name of books that i can read in the leisure time that i get while traveling to and from work (well, that almost 2-2.5 hours either way
)Also, i have recently started reading and as i wanted to, my parents asked me to read something lying at home (they are true non-fiction lovers), so i got hold of "Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus", read it, and dint quite relate to it. (yes, although i did get a few tips on understanding my GF, results - well....
)Anyways, so that made me realise i dont quite like non-fiction. Also somehow i relate more to the Indian Author than the foriegn one's.
So, i randomly searched and have read "trust Me- Rajashree" and "Those small lil things - Rahul Saini(correct me if i'm wrong, i'm very bad at name recall)". And i really loved the writing and the way it was spoken through words.
So guys could you please suggest some books within the same genre and feel, preferably Indian Authors (i relate to them nice and easy).
I would love a few choices so that i can choose what suits me best.
(Boy, i wrote so much - I could end up writing a book myself - Yeah but it would be not bigger than 'who moved my cheese'
)
asingh
Aspiring Novelist
Capitalism.